Dude! You’re soft.

Things that show us how far we've come to how far we still have to go.

Frogtifa... JUST what we need! Frogs are the bellweathers of change in the ecosystems.

Portland staying weird... and I hear that yesterday "Frogtifa" had a super secret meetings way out in the open where they couldn't be listented to... www.youtube.com/shorts/BSkDJ...

Uhhh... dat's not dah goirl-friend.... Dat's de Funder uff Aunty-Fa

Randolph Fritz

#crochetcreations This is a mash-up of Crafty Intentions Doll and "Thicc Mushroom Lady" by Mushroom Fables Crochet. The instrument came from Australia. I made this for a beloved friend. inspired by Yulia Ustinova's "Moonlight Piper." 3 years from inspiration to execution.

I’ve blocked a small set of people on my timeline… mostly for begging or spewing evil stuff. Today I blocked “I’m an 18 year old girl looking for a local bf.” Ugh.

And dead,,, Fleeing ICE in Chicago. But, hey! He’s an undocumented alien lawbreaker and it’s fine to shoot him down like a dog and not let ambulances in. Not like they’ve cared about any medical needs while people are in their custody either.

It’s all about quotas. People thought it was all about brown skins… all about yellow skins… all about any little teensy weeny criminal charge… Irish woman here for 47 years, mother of 5 American born citizens, deported for a $10 check that bounced and was repaid. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

Risky? Since those idiots arrested and deported him, his whole life is at risk forevermore. And he did nothing to cause this.

So… the Venezuelan murder fiasco on the high seas wasn’t the first Trump sea-Bourne fiasco.

Well expressed.

Yes, indeedy.

I DON’T CARE IF IT WAS AN ACCUSED DRUG TRAFFICKER!!! WHAT HAPPENED TO “HEAVE TO?” AND WHO ACCUSED THEM AND WHICH COURT CONDEMNED THEM? This is - - - not piracy on high seas… All I can call it is that is an undeclared war…

What stupid CO of the Navy ordered and launched a missile at an unarmed civilian boat in extra-territorial waters with total loss of life and boat? Which ship? What KIND of missile? What kind of dumb-ass officer and stupider gunnery officer… The more I think about it the more angry I get.

Well. That escalated even more quickly, brutally and senselessly than even pessimistic Aye expected. America warships blew “up and out” (of the water) a speedboat leaving port with total loss of life on board… also, total loss of on-board evidence, but let’s not be picky and bring up details… heh?

Focusing on the real problem.

What is needed, and I have no idea how much work it will be, is a “Database of the Disappeared.” It should have an email and anybody should be able to send,

“Only KNOWN child-rapist and procurer…”

Six IRS bosses in 6 months. I wonder how many people think, (like I do in the dark watches of the night) that the IRS with wholly precedented HUGE legal weapons against the taxpaying public, is moving through a transition in which they are becoming the enforcing arm of a mob that grabbed the US Gov?

this whole: "Thank you for your attention to this matter" thing is getting on my nerves. Dude! You want me to do something about a load of blether? I'm trying, I'm trying, but you won't get your butt out of the damned driver's seat.

Nancy Mace, after a town hall in Charleston responding to a reporter (female like her): "And you're a raging Democrat. So, raging leftist with that kind of questioning. And I would say, as a woman, like you might want to think about how you view other women

#CrochetCreations Moon and Milky Way. Made with a Megan Lapp pattern "Geodes" and weird yarns and acrylic pony beads.

/1 Really pissed. I called somebody out yesterday where they posted and claimed a crocheted geode as their own creation. It’s a pattern by Megan Lapp, of Crafty Intentions. After shocked apologies and assurances that they ALWAYS attributed the pattern to the creator, I checked their Etsy page.

And now I am getting letters purporting to be from Marsha Blackburn, asking me to support ICE which will save our communities from dangerous criminals. Phththtbtbtbttbb

Just saw a post claiming that when BlueSky feels it is “mature” and developed enough, they will institute “blue check marks” and charge $10 per account. Dudes: YES. The only way to stop advertising is to pay. I’d love to not wade through crap here. Facebook is no longer a swamp-it’s a sewer.

Yes... cute otters after butterfly.

#CrochetCreations Finished up an "Anglerfish Fae." I used the Doll pattern by Crafty Intentions and then made the fins using the "Fancy Fish" Crafty Intentions patterns. There is an actual AnglerfishFae pattern coming out, but I needed it now... (Lace weight Yarn and a C hook.)

/1 Language. Language is important and people are torquing the conversation with imprecise language. It’s getting on my nerves. “Underage WOMAN” “CHILD, she’s a child!” Language folks, language! A WOMAN is not underage, she’s woman. A teen is not a child… but she is still underage and legally

I went to stock up on tea today. The very nice lady who filled all my tins apologized. They used to have a policy that if you brought your own containers it’s 10% off. But she can’t do that anymore, the tariffs ate their margin. I told her I had expected it and not to worry.

I was explaining to my Ukrainian colleague the phrase ‘There’s no such thing as a free lunch’. She told me the equivalent in Ukrainian is ‘The only free cheese is in the mousetrap’ - which is so much better

I am reminded of an old, old joke. Tourist Guide: “This is the bullfighting ring. It is our most popular sport.” Tourist, “Isn’t that revolting?” Guide: “No that is our second most popular sport.” Today I am REVOLTED to active nausea as the US BURNS FOOD. www.rollingstone.com/politics/pol...

/1 People who are saying or hearing, “We aren’t getting out of this without a Civil War,” are encouraged to understand that the American Civil War of 1861 was a historical anomaly with rather solid borders across which armies heaved and shoved.

Oh, this is so fun! Joke event, the jockeys race each other.

#CrochetCreations More Geodes from Crafty Intentions pattern by Megan Lapp. You can find it on Ravelry.

No one.

Stop calling them “rubber bullets.“ They are baton rounds. They might be “less lethal,” but they are NOT innocuous. They are bullets, baton rounds and their purpose is to injure.

Officers across Arizona do their jobs safely in uniform, without masks daily. ICE agents should too. Secret police tactics like this erode trust in law enforcement and allows criminals to dangerously impersonate officers – which is already happening. www.phoenixnewtimes.com/news/arizona...

#CrochetCreations The Crafty Intentions pattern of the beaded Geodes is pretty fabulous. Here is my "installation" Tidepools. Crafty Intentions pattern: Geode, found on Ravelry, written by Megan Lapp.

Bukele just released a clip trying to show Abrego as a Big Bad Liar. Fox News has posted it. But, I’m looking at Noem’s happy dance pictures of men crowded into bunk bed chain link cages, half-naked, frightened, worried men. Cringing men… it made her feel really strong and happy and powerful.

The internet is a huge purveyor of mis-information and dis-information. Much of it I can't even figure out WHY would somebody perpetrate such foolishness. I often get "dietary" youtubes. And they are all plain wrong.

#crochetcreations Megan Lapp Impkin pattern. Gympkins for the therapists at my rehab gym.

#crochetcreations Geode. Crafty Intentions pattern by Megan Lapp. Ember:

Long ago... and maybe still, Mexico had a law on the books. It was an anti-suicide law. Suicide was a crime, and failing to kill yourself meant you could be prosecuted and convicted and killed for attempted self-murder. I am writing this from 60 year old memory... I haven't gone and checked it.

#crochetcreations Made for the Summer Solstice ritual. Sakhmet, the Wandering Goddess. I used Crafty Intentions Doll Pattern, topped with the Merlion head (Crafty Intentions) and then made the Uraeus consulting the Snake pattern by the same author.

Laughing my head off at you. I find it entirely ridiculously insane that people cannot let go of their insane, untrue and undocumentable hatred of a good decent politician. He's got cancer. Her served his country. SHUT UP!

Whut…?

#CrochetCreations Geode Pattern from Crafty Intentions (found on Ravelry)

So how many candles do I have to light for the dead of yesterday?