Reminder that, as of the latest reports, Liam Ramos is still in prison in Texas - now for 5 days. His parents are legal asylum seekers with no criminal record.

i made my youngest niece a teddy bear for christmas this year ☺️ #showmeyourknits pattern: teddy bear vera by annita wilschut

there is no reason for ICE to exist. immigrants aren’t doing anything wrong by trying to live and work and provide for their loved ones. I don’t care how people got here. if they want to be here that’s good. leave them alone.

part two of my worldbuilding series is live on substack! open.substack.com/pub/zoebelle...

is worldbuilding art? new post on substack! isopodlegs.substack.com

it’s kinda hilarious to see seasonal color charts continue going viral in the 2020s but with nothing new added since the 80s/90s version. i used to check this book out of my local public library all the time when i was 13, anyone else? #oregontrailgeneration www.thriftbooks.com/w/color-me-b...

New post at isopodlegs.substack.com on creative rituals for busting writer’s block!

This is why everything sucks. It's not trans people. It's not immigrants. You are being robbed blind before your eyes and those same people also own all the tech and media networks to tell you that the cause is not them

They want you so mad at the very visible ABC & Disney so that you forget about them and the far less visible Nexstar and Sinclair media groups. By all means, be mad at ABC & Disney execs for being cowards under pressure. But be madder at the people who applied that pressure in the first place.

new substack post on how knitting helps my adhd brain! open.substack.com/pub/isopodle...

I’m on Substack! Nerding out about fantasy worldbuilding and linguistics, of course xx isopodlegs.substack.com

#showmeyourknits finished spring project!! (i even got to wear it a couple of times before it got too hot out) pattern: fennel seed jacket by florence miller yarn: knitting for olive soft silk mohair and heavy merino, both in colorway fennel seed green leather buttons from buttonsandthingsco on etsy

knitting WIPs are more photogenic than writing WIPs

hey there #booksky. i'm a nerdy fantasy writer and obsessive knitter. nice to meet you :)