People! I'm crocheting a table centre and need colour advice. Natural, Terracotta, and Avocado are locked in. What to use for a fourth? Bark, Bottle, Grape, or Rose? #crochet

My kid’s dental appointment is actually literally at 2.30 and I feel like we are a punchline to a dad joke

I've only seen snippets of the Charlie Kirk fascist memorial rally celebration funeral gala mourning festival fireworks party But it's really fucken weird

Republicans warn Australia of ‘punitive measures’ over recognition of Palestinian state

Earlier this year, ProPublica found that the sepsis rate in second-trimester pregnancy loss hospitalizations increased by more than 50% under Texas’ abortion ban. Here’s how we did our analysis. (Published Feb. 2025)

Alleged texts in which he allegedly confirms.

A TikTok video that appears to show gigantic crowds at an Australian anti-immigration protest has signs of being an AI creation. www.aap.com.au/factcheck/fa...

I sent an email this afternoon to the reporters of that Wall Street Journal article asking them to change the headline and body of the article to confirm trans people had nothing to do with the motives of the assassin. No response. Instead, WSJ posted an editor's note and kept the headline. Classy.

If you’re a journalist writing about the Kirk murder and you don’t know what the Groyper Wars are, I beg you to find someone who knows what the Groyper Wars are before you write your article

The Groyper Wars

The US mainstream media desperately needs to find some commenters younger than whatevertf-this-is *waves hands* to talk about internet radicalisation, meme culture, gamer culture, groypers, black-pilling, and so on.

I keep humming "the sun'll come out tomorrow" youtu.be/ZLfe_aVpSXE?...

So many many months ago, a bidder in this charity auction won the custom crocheted blanket item I offered. She gleefully selected her colors and then showed extraordinary patience as I blew multiple aspirational completion dates. But it's done and ready to ship.

Whether Trump's dead or not is one question. Another one is: if he's sick enough that he shouldn't be operating heavy machinery, should he really be in charge of the nukes?

Trump has entered a quantum super position and is both alive and dead until we open the box.

Social media posts are falsely claiming Australia has funded Hamas to the tune of $130 million, but this figure represents humanitarian aid for Gaza and Lebanon. www.aap.com.au/factcheck/no...

The WA measles outbreak has blown out to 13 cases, with widespread exposure sites. PLEASE get your vaccines up to date, and wear a respirator in public spaces if you can't do so (eg if immunocompromised), and if you're at all unwell. www.health.wa.gov.au/News/2025/pe...

If you like rectangular shawl patterns, and don't mind puff stitches, you should check out the GenmaichaTea shawl pattern. #crochet

It's been a while since I woke up to the political shit hitting the fan in Australia, but here we are. First time post-WWII that we've expelled an ambassador www.abc.net.au/news/2025-08...

Sadly I could not, in conscience, apply to a women's fellowship that explicitly excludes trans women. :-(

Men: "waah my male loneliness epidemic" The same men: whatever this is:

The growing array of queer takes on Jane Austen in YA: bookriot.com/lgbtq-ya-jan...

Wintry Sunday night cookery: oat milk rice pudding with rhubarb & blood orange compote

Netflix is going to be 21 bucks come September, just for a Standard plan? Given the fragmentation of the market, that's going to be reeeally pushing it for us.

Perth: Measles in returned Bali traveler. Active contact tracing case. Current exposure sites include Kiara, Morley, Rockingham, Mandurah, Baldivis, & airport. Get your booster or a titre today! And be aware of postexposure prophylaxis if at very high risk. www.health.wa.gov.au/News/2025/pe...

A case of bromism with metabolic alkalosis and psychosis. "For 3 months, he had replaced sodium chloride with sodium bromide obtained from the internet after consultation with ChatGPT, in which he had read that chloride can be swapped with bromide" www.acpjournals.org/doi/10.7326/...

arstechnica.com/tech-policy/... "When users clicked 'Share,' they were presented with an option to tick a box labeled 'Make this chat discoverable.' Beneath that, in smaller, lighter text, was a caveat explaining that the chat could then appear in search engine results."

Youtube link to that EP for those who don't do Spotify. For all those who enjoy acoustic music, good songwriting, and a lot of feelings youtu.be/iKFw6NC1QL4?...

Anyone want to support a local Perth musician? It's his debut solo EP. Link is for convenience; it should be out most places by now. open.spotify.com/album/4NxJZF...

Ooft quite a correction

work in progress: Malduguns Fen Fire top #crochet

A few weeks ago I shared how terrifyingly low our influenza vaccination rates are here, especially in under-fives. Now there's a dead toddler who very likely would be alive today should she have been vaccinated. www.abc.net.au/news/2025-07...

I've heard LLMs described as automated mansplaining, so this doesn't surprise as much as it might. BBC needs to fix itself though

Oh, Bookfunnel. No. No.

This week's WA data for the "COVID Is Over" crowd. 1st graph is wastewater, 2nd is notifications (blue bar graph is %positivity), and last graph is hospitalisations. It all adds up to an escalating COVID surge greater than Xmas 24, similar to winter 24, but not yet the height of the Xmas 23 spike.

TV talking heads are saying "was the vehicle stolen, or did he make one?" and not asking "is the shooter actually a cop?"

According to KSTP, former DFL State House Speaker Melissa Hortman and her husband are dead: kstp.com/kstp-news/to...

So Mirriam Webster has announced that 'FRIDGE' is an official word in their dictionary now, and sited me as the concept's creator in the definition. Very cool, and weird at the same time. I got death threats over this, cool for it it to be recognized. www.merriam-webster.com/slang/fridge

Progress on my #crochet Marinus baby blanket (designer Helen Shrimpton).

I can’t imagine that there are any ICE members who read my books and are on Bluesky, but just on the very off chance—you’re monsters, you’d be the villains of anything I write, the Church of the White Rat would work to bring you down, Alex Easton would spit in your face, and I hope you die alone.

The position that "vulnerable members of our community deserve one conference they can attend in safety" is hands-down the most genuine "human kindness" thing I've seen all week.

In other news, the USA is experiencing a sudden overwhelming popcorn shortage, to rival the Great Toilet Paper Famine of 2020 #trump #musk

Oh for fuck's sake

I love this so much theconversation.com/linguistics-...

Today in WTF.... a crochet vlogger doing a month-long Pride-flag-themed series of videos. Using Hobby Lobby yarn.

Make an observation about your pantry that also sounds like the title of a novel: MINAS HEAT

Creative product of the day: I finished my Rain Boheme blanket! And discovered a new worsted weight blanket-yarn love: Hobbii Daily Stitch Wool Blend Tweed. #crochet