I just read the third book in this series, and can confirm that they’re delightful!

Libraries are a magical place where physical media is the name of the game.

Hang in there lovely Bluesky people and don’t let the political shenanigans get you down this evening (Tufted Titmouse) #birds 🌿

our common life depends upon each other's toil

#EPP #QuiltSky

In a world thick with shadow, conflict, division, polarization, and cold uncertainty, joy becomes our remedy. It heals fractures, soothes wounds, and refuses to surrender to darkness. Greet each sunrise as an invitation.

I'm not going to censor who posted this because he should be unfollowed, and you need to know who he is before you can do that. This homophobia is unacceptable in Canada or anywhere. Homophobes need to learn that their hate is losing them community.

OMG there’s a PURR at the end!!!

For today’s #BirdOfTheDay theme of #PowerPose, I present this absolute Napoleon of red-winged blackbirds. #birds

Proof your public library loves you: they leave you alone when you're reading, they love when you bring your kids over, and they'll literally let you borrow any book you want...even their hardcovers

That change you want... it only happens if we make it happen. It's not "too late" (or "too early"!). Do the change. The most powerful thing in the world right now for everyone to understand they have *agency*. They can do things differently & it doesn't just *matter*... *it is everything*. ✊

Pied-billed Grebe reflecting 🪶

The place for goodness is in life, not on the screen. (1968)

I do not want the lie of a digital zombie. I want to look at photos and videos and cherish my memories and feel sad and cry and know the truth of loss alongside the power of love.

This is a really good time to contact your MP. Weather radio is very important, particularly for people ON THE ROAD in rural Canada (which is an extremely large portion of our country). There is hardly any cellular reception in the mountains and northern forest, but radio signal bounces very well.

I'm constantly trying (/failing) to get this point across. If you're a trained expert in a field, then it may be worthwhile to question the scientific consensus of your peers. If you're not, the scientific consensus is absolutely the best you can do and it's arbitrary foolishness to disregard it.

I'm helping the Park Slope Women's Shelter rebuild their art and craft room pretty much from scratch, on zero budget. Can you help? Here's our wish list: www.thingstogetme.com/2169641a9c163

Tiny bicycle thieves in 1966. Photo from my collection.

#cdnpoli #Canada This is your safety being put at risk by the government. Contact your MP! Weather radio works (or did) everywhere, even when there's no cell service (which is true of much of Canada). We all deserve safety and radio alerts that work without a phone plan. www.ourcommons.ca/members/en

[6] Passport by descent. If you have an Irish born parent or grandparent, who was born anywhere on the Island, you qualify. You may need to speak to an immigration lawyer if it’s a great grandparent. Ireland’s definition is very generous compared to other countries

I want you to know that it's ok if you only save 1 person and that person is you

Fussy-cut Liberty star #EPP #QuiltSky

There are good & bad kinds of trouble. But the kind that involves ancient forests, weathered witches, and the dark magic of the old gods is the best kind of trouble.

NEW PATTERN ✨ This one was outta my comfort zone, but MAN was it fun to stitch.

The problem with a lot of white people's understanding of racism is they think intention, particularly malicious intention, is a necessary condition and it isnt.

“Why are men afraid of women?” “If your strength is only the other's weakness, you live in fear,” Ged said. “Yes; but women seem to fear their own strength, to be afraid of themselves.” “Are they ever taught to trust themselves?” Ged asked “No,” she said.

A steady diet of mass culture is a form of deprivation. (1971)

Governments need to realize the AI productivity boost is not coming, and the investment they’re eager to win will dry up once the bubble bursts. They need to protect their citizens, not sell them out to tech companies that care so little for the social good. disconnect.blog/sam-altmans-...

Source: insidestory1 on tumblr

Less doom. More penguin knees

People saying OpenAI reporting a user it banned for posts about gun violence would be mass surveillance are fucking idiots. The tech industry *is* mass surveillance. There is no genAI or ChatGPT without mass data collection on everyone. Don’t like mass surveillance? Stop using fucking chatbots.

Today’s ArtDrop is ‘Safety Patrol’ a quilt by Bisa Butler from 2018.

Quilters are often overlooked in the art world because of sexism, since the tradition is anchored by women artists and rooted in feminized domestic labor. But quilts have gained increasing prominence in recent decades as vehicles for storytelling, celebration, and protest.

Hey Winnipeg. www.nytimes.com/2025/11/18/c...

It’s time for round 2! #EPP #QuiltSky

The anti-perfectionist manifesto: “Wow Them with the Minimum.” Funky embroidery on old quilt piece. #artquilt quiltsky #slowstitch #imperfection #embroidery

Next stage! It's all dried and has received three coats of underglaze (colors will be more punchy after the kiln). Now I'll sgraffito (carve thru the paint to the white clay below) all the lil dots and lines! #art #ceramics #pottery #HumanMade

This might be the best adaptation of a treadle base I’ve seen. #Steampunk #SewSky #QuiltSky

"Please accept our apologies. We were roaring drunk on petroleum." —Kurt Vonnegut

You're scrolling the internet. You see people discussing something you're not interested in and/or actively dislike*. You: A) Burst in like Kool-Aid Man to tell them this thing is terrible B) Mock them for liking it C) Keep scrolling C! C!! C!!! *Your regular reminder that shutting up is free

Wildlife biologist Kelsey Prediger is founder/Executive Director of the #Pangolin Conservation & Research Foundation--created to raise awareness & deliver grassroots conservation outcomes for Pangolins in Africa. #WomenInSTEM DYK Pangolins are the most-trafficked wild mammals? #WorldPangolinDay

Serious talk. Real photo postcard from my collection, no date/info.

You are not lost. You are simply waiting to be found by the right person, the right book, the right movie, the right ghost in a malevolent fog, reaching out with its spectral hand to guide you to your new home in the shadows.

If you water a seed of peace in your mind, peace will grow. When the seeds of happiness in you are watered, you will become happy. When the seed of anger in you is watered, you will become angry. The seeds that are watered frequently are those that will grow strong."

Bex McCharen’s photographs and quilts speak to the presence of queer and trans people in Florida through the lens of Miami's waterways. “I went into the ocean as one person and came out another,” the artist told Alexandra Martinez.

ever wondered what you throw away in a year? A friend collected her family’s thin plastic packaging for me for an entire year. The resulting quilt I made is 26-ft wide by 26-ft long at its longest. Always open to collecting someone else’s for a different window into our waste! 🐡🌎 must be CLEAN 🪤🐭

I'm going to stop calling it generative AI and start calling it regurgitative AI.