Tide pool embroidery 🧵🪡

The witch hunts of 1400-1780 and today's misinformation crisis have striking parallels. Both were fueled by new media technologies that allowed false information to spread rapidly and widely. buff.ly/6RFALyJ By Julie Walsh @wellesley.edu

They mean to be as insulting to Black people, as dismissive of our lives, as resistance to our status as full citizens in this country as they can be. There is no common ground to be had at the expense of our sisters & daughters’ lives and our dignity as a people. www.nytimes.com/2025/07/17/u...

As an Iranian American, it feels like I need to help explain something: A friend recently expressed confusion as to why those in the Iranian diaspora (liked myself), who hate the regime, would be opposed to the attacks on Iran. I’ll try to explain my thoughts/feelings. 🧵

Just some creepy armed Mad Max guys trying to gain entry to Dodgers Stadium. ICE says it wasn’t them. DHS says they were Border Patrol. But honestly who the hell knows? They’ve given permission for any psycho to put on a ski mask, point a gun, grab people & throw them into an unmarked vehicle.

A Chicago Pope implies the existence of an MLA Pope and APA Pope

Old message from my friend Simon: “Promised you a list of names of poisonous British mushrooms. I realise now that it reads like a list of rejected Cocteau Twins song titles.”

Last Saturday was a whale of a day in the Salish Sea! Community scientists helped us document no fewer than 79 orcas in the region: 41 Southern Residents and 38 Bigg's killer whales! Read more about the day here: www.orcabehaviorinstitute.org/orca-updates...

New York public schools tell Trump administration they won’t comply with DEI order

The @nytimes.com chimes in on how DOGE’s cuts to NOAA staffing in Washington State could directly impact salmon abundance, tribal treaty rights, and endangered Southern Resident killer whales

Those trying to understand the tariffs as economic policy are dangerously naive. No, the tariffs are a tool to collapse our democracy. A means to compel loyalty from every business that will need to petition Trump for relief. 1/ A 🧵 to explain his plan and how we fight back.

I totally agree....

@ kendrick lamar do one about schumer

One of my favorite places on earth. A plein air sketchbook painting done on the Pinnacle trail in Big Bend National Park. Sure hope I’ll be able to paint there again. #marchintonlandscapes #arid #artyear @altnps.bsky.social

♥️ Wed, Mar 5 ~ Yesterday, endangered Southern Residents K pod & some of L pod were in Monterey Bay, CA (southern part of SRKW range) while J pod foraged in Puget Sound. Would love to hear if you see any type whales today. 📸 K pod members in Saratoga Passage - by Charvet Drucker 12/2023 #PSWS

“I find it frustrating and lazy that men don’t get involved,” Ryan Hamilton said. “Why are you not out here going, ‘How dare you?’ … You’re happy to let your wife or daughter go out and tell their nightmare story over and over again while you sit your lazy ass at home?”

There has been a lot of chatter today about Zelenskyy's meeting with Trump, some regarding this moment when White House correspondent Brian Glenn asked if the Ukrainian president plans to wear a suit. I want to address idea in this thread. 🧵

Freddie Mercury didn't go into the studio and nail the vocals for "The Show Must Go On" in one take while dying of AIDS for you to despair and give up now. Take the time you need, but then get up and get back out there. The show must go on.

10 years gone #startrek

Democratic Leaders Stand Real Still In Hopes No One Notices Them

i will become a total shill for whichever politician decides to become the joe mccarthy of rooting out silicon valley ideology and influence

Whatever else emerges in time about the Delta crash in Canada, one thing is certain: the importance & amazing professionalism of flight attendants who safely evacuated the plane in a matter of seconds.

Cat in the box #catsky

In Port Townsend … grey whale skeleton glowyness ❤️❤️

The Hon. Brendan A. Hutson has issued a 53-page opinion supporting his grant of a temporary restraining order enjoining the enforcement of two of Trump’s transphobic EOs, EO 14187 and § 3(g) of EO 14168. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...

A #februarty offering in the form of an art card - A birthday gift for my quirky, smart niece Anna — one of the most quotable people I know — on the occasion of her 7th birthday 🎉 Cut paper isn’t my usual jam, but this was really delightful to make #tunnelcard #cutpaper #keepmakingart

i am going to put a finer point on this: executive orders are not laws. and they certainly are not royal decrees. they are interpretations of existing law for the purposes of enforcement. the fact that so many people are treating them as laws is actually driving me a bit insane.

www.propublica.org/article/elon... for the record

Candy salad our way

I hate to inform you of this, but you are, in fact, the adult in the room.

kendrick lamar really does make me want to be a better hater

You are not powerless, and he is not unstoppable. Look at, and learn from, the funding freeze and how quickly he was forced to surrender.

if i text you this just know you’re cooked

Fuck you, make me. Embroidered the mood for going into this week 🧵🪡

Can someone please tell whoever is in charge of Star Trek that it would be a lot easier to survive this hellscape if there was some fresh Star Trek? 🖖

Look at these cuties. 💕 Photo from my collection, no date but the back says “Tiger and I on porch at home.”

Happy 99th birthday to my grandpa, here with me as a baby. He was a bad ass - and he loved me very much. #Grief is a forever state - I have actual discussions (arguments!) with him in my head. #truestory some days when I need armor, I wear one of his his belt buckles. 💪🏻❤️

When I got married years ago, my husband gave me a small white gold band carved with forget me nots. Inside: ‘ALH to GEJ 2-7-25’. To celebrate we will eat a beautiful dinner with our dear friends tonight ❤️ Happy 100th anniversary ALH and GEJ - we remember you #history #vintage #love #jewelry

Just a reminder…

#Februarty day 6 theme is eyes. This is J59 Sxwyeqólh (Swee-a-kosh) Southern Resident killer whale Orca calf born in 2022. I stitched her and she sold at a show. Orca eyes are tricky, tiny, black on black and very expressive. Hand dyed silk and velvet, silk thread embroidery 🪡🧵

Great Blue Heron closeup - in flight! Sometimes your subject will fly right by you. If you're using a fixed focal length you just have to go with it! #bird #photography #BirdPhotography #nature #NaturePhotography #wildlife #WildlifePhotography #heron #GBH #GreatBlue Heron @everyheron.bsky.social

My sweet little tree house art studio in the Seattle snow ❄️❤️ #snow #wherewomencreate

“PFLAG’s got you” 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️💜