KĀREAREA WINS BIRD OF THE YEAR! (and I fortunately had a design of this beauty already cooking...) Now available for pre-order, this fierce tee for the defenders of nature, non-tolerators of bullshit, and friends of the forest. Pre-order at pepperraccoon.com

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My current act of petty rebellion is filling my tiny, quaint and very British village library with (mostly) queer horror.

I’m working with a new teacher today and apparently she told management she couldn’t teach preschool classes because of trauma. Turns out there is no trauma, she just doesn’t want to do them. 🤬

Went to the doctor today to discuss my blood pressure medicine (working beautifully) and while I was there I asked about this year’s flu and Covid vaccines.

I’d like it if the reboot of Murder She Wrote is actually Jessica Fletcher killing someone every week and elaborately framing someone to settle some decades old grudge.

It’s cool enough in the evenings to open the windows and/or go for a walk. I’m so happy to be able to be outside again I could cry.

Perfect way to deal with Destiny Church

Fuck them all.

September is Bi Visibility Month, so perceiving me may be easier, as all bisexuals have disadvantage on stealth rolls until Halloween 1st.

It’s 35 degrees outside and I’m wearing some autumnal jewellery. I’m manifesting.

Is it wrong to want to keep the ac at work set to 20 even as the temperatures outside cool down (not happening yet!) just so I can move into my autumn cardigans sooner?

Always happy for a chance to say: I read every real study on the impact of bike lanes on street-level retail. They never hurt. They often help. Sometimes they help a lot: www.businessinsider.com/bike-lanes-g...

What does it say about a 4 year old kid when they make no attempts to colour inside the lines?

Rich, weak, ignorant and greedy people have so many platforms and so much power and so few high profile critics - it is not sleepwalking to fascism it is a happy sprint - it is a case of “first they came for !@% and I said ‘yeah, take ‘em away’”

First day back at work and my first lesson has a student sniffing and blowing his nose. No mask of course.

Heartbreaking to watch a much of our world descend into misogyny, butchery, homophobia, transphobia and out and out racism and realise that those politicians and media outlets we thought would fight them actually are more confident encouraging them, platforming them and silencing criticism

@kawaiicon.bsky.social has updated their Health and Safety page for the con. Props to them for doing a threat model for airborne infection vectors and also for streaming the con if your personal threat model requires it! kawaiicon.org/health-and-s...

Seven and a half months to completely mod an AI pattern into making sense is going to be my crowning achievement as a cross stitcher. I am so proud of making this Stardew Valley map just how I wanted 🥰 And lo, the collage is now a quartet! On to the next work! #StardewValley #crossstitch

I am feeling a strong urge to reread the Vampire Chronicles. Somebody stop me.

Payment providers need to be regulated and forced to provide service for any legal payment. They shouldn’t be the gatekeepers of our spending, not should they know what we’re spending our money on. bsky.app/profile/nell...

It's me I am counting BRING ME ALL THE PUMPKINS

Today I have listened to my co-worker telling students that we evolved from gorillas and that you can have an itinerary for a class.

That feeling when you finish a piece of cross stitch that’s a gift for the person you usually show your work to first. 😔 This is going to be a present for my sister. Pattern by @stitchsprout.bsky.social

Chonky boi takahe. Pattern by Tiny Kiwi.

If anyone asks me why they should bother voting in a general election, I remind them that a really high voter turnout means that NZ First requires a lot more votes just to get to 5%. Surely that by itself is enough to motivate non-voters to vote, isn't it?🤔 #nzpol

Doesn't matter what the reboot infuses or not. As long as the royalties go on to "infuse" her pockets, it's still poison.

The high temperature today is 36 degrees. I think my chances of getting heat stroke are low as I'm only outside for very short times but it's exhausting which leaves very little energy for things I want to do.

This is how. Greta Thunberg spits fire and gives you the only media training you may ever need.

I’m thinking of doing this on plastic canvas and making it into a necklace for my sister by attaching a long chain to it. I’m really excited to start it after I finish my current project. @badstitch.bsky.social

It's strange to have to "agree to be deported and leave Israel" when they never wanted or tried to enter Israel, and were only in Israel because Israel brought them there after it abducted them from international waters.

I finished this last nice. I’m thinking of putting it in a hoop frame. Wisteria Biscornu by Faby Reilly Designs.

A few Palestinian YouTube channels have stopped because they were killed. These were kids. They sang songs & loved birds, and showed us the ocean. I'll never forget Medo, a young man growing a garden in the midst of a genocide. Israel killed him; he showed the world that Palestinians are human.

OK, this is wild. In September 2023, geophysicists across the world started monitoring a very odd signal coming from the ground under them. It was picked up in the Arctic. And Antarctica. It was detected everywhere, every 90 seconds, as regular as a metronome, for *nine days*. What the HELL? 1/

Orcas for the win

I’ve been given eye drops that dilate my pupils so I can get some eye tests done. Everything is getting blurry. Doctor said it would last 5-6 hours so I guess I’m not doing any cross stitch this afternoon.

HBO his literal employer btw. This is how you do it.

I don’t understand parents who expect their preschool kids to be able to remember and do homework on their own. One of my kids has done several months of homework in one sitting, just guessing all the listening exercises.

Just had an old lady tell me she was surprised that my hobby, cross stitch, was so feminine.

Emotionally! I don’t think I can watch Louis Theroux’ documentary but I think I will play it on my iPad with the sound down to boost viewing figures.

Inside you are three wolves. This furry convention has really helped you explore your limits!

What bearing does my gender have on anything the government does? What bearing does it have on how I cross borders? In none of my interactions with the government or border control has anyone ever asked to see what’s in my underwear to confirm that I am who I say I am.

In general I try not to repeat myself, but this bears repeating today.

Stopping here and putting it away until next spring. It’s been so much stitching each flower. I can’t wait to finish it next year! Design by Amanda Gregory

The fact that neil gaiman is suing one of his multiple accusers for violating their NDA tells me all of the allegations are absolutely true

People are not mad enough at Israel for intentionally starving Palestinians. It seems surreal to me that the international community is allowing this to happen. There are warehouses full of food and medications that other nations have sent but Israel won't allow in. We are watching a war crime live.

The most accurate description of JK I have seen to date

Trans women are women.