but i've been confidently assured that yimby policies can't make a difference on any electorally significant timescale!

I hate how weak willed I am. I went to this weaving shop to pick up my goodie bag for this workshop I had to miss because I was sick. Why did I leave with a skein because it caught my eye 🙈 🧶 #knitsky #knitting #knit

“In Finland, the number of homeless people has fallen sharply. Those affected receive a small apartment & counselling with no preconditions. 4 out of 5 people affected make their way back into a stable life. And all this is CHEAPER than accepting homelessness.” It costs less to house people.

Started The Comfort Crisis: Embrace Discomfort to Reclaim Your Wild, Happy, Healthy Self by Michael Easter. #booksky 📚

Back from my trip that I did not want to leave. But means I can order yarn for my next project! 🧶 #knitsky #knitting

Flu derailed all my plans of the last week 🙂. -15/10, do not recommend to anyone.

I have a few days to pick yarn for an airport project. Ooof the pressure is on. And I'm already shopping around for my next sweater. Thinking of doing a sequined lace sweater by James N Watts for pride. 🧶 #knitsky #knitting #knit www.ravelry.com/patterns/lib...

Did an Icelandic bind off for the neck. Ignore the fact that I still didn't close the underarm. The body is a little long... Even with a tighter gauge. Idk if I should attempt surgery given it seems that's how the style is supposed to sit. 🧶 #knitsky #knitting #knit

I got to leave work early so I finished the yoke! I have to do my neck short rows, a neck band depending how I feel, underarm stitch cast off and remove the provisional yarn on my cast on. I feel like I'll look like a grade school teacher (and not mad). 🧶 #knitsky #knitting #knit

Already in the middle of the audiobook Sociopath: A Memoir by Patric Gagne, PhD. I'm so fascinated by psychology and it's even more interesting to get a firsthand account of someone sharing their thought process and experience. #booksky 📚

First time having to manage 3 yarns in one row. I think I'm getting the hang of it. I cannot imagine 4 or 5 or 6! 🧶 #knitsky #knitting #knit

Add to the list of spineless, opportunistic businesses to stop supporting. We called it a very long time ago about their conditional support. They want your dollars but could not care less if your rights and livelihood are at stake. #pride 🏳️‍🌈 #SanFrancisco #SF www.them.us/story/san-fr...

🔥Volcanic lightning - an electrical discharge caused by colliding particles of ash and ice rather than from a thunderstorm.

Here's a progress pic of my #TerraSweater (Annika Konttaniemi) from Icelandic Knits. Currently 5 rows into the yoke. And I still have to do a three needle bind off for the underarm stitches. 🧶 #knitsky #knitting #knit

I finally got to the yoke colorwork of my sweater. Do y'all ever do a jogless technique for a circular yoke sweater or do you just go round to round? 🧶 #knitsky #knitting #knit

I had to share; I won the most intense game of yarn chicken and won! 🧶 #knitsky #knitting #knit

I know that oftentimes we really are at the whims of income coming in to sustain ourselves. But I'd love these administrators in writing or on camera explaining what the problem is. I'd want them to come into my classroom and take it down because I'd refuse unless they provide reasoning.

I'm finding it so delightful to run into hay that likely fed the sheep in my léttlopi yarn. It makes me feel like I have a closer connection than I do to the sheep. 🧶 #knitsky #knitting #knit

I hope they lose every penny on this lawsuit. It's petulant and on the level of throwing a temper tantrum because things didn't go the way you wanted.

Been more social than usual recently so not much progress on my #TerraSweater. 🧶 #WIPWednesday #knitsky #knitting #knit

I saw Hair (1979) for the first time this past weekend and fell in love with this performance & song. Although this song is meant to be interpersonal, I feel like this song explains how I feel about our current moment. #movies #musicals youtu.be/U45CzgrLE9s?...

Doing some archival research on the 1978 San Francisco downzoning for my book, and it's striking how many people were warning at the time that tighter zoning controls could ultimately end up pricing working class and middle class people out of the city.

Another meme because I feel like a LOT of us have similar (if not entirely identical) stories #HandSpunYarn #HandSpinning

Body on hold and cast on the sleeves two at a time using a tubular cast on with a scrap yarn. Please clap for me. Haha. I'm enjoying how fast everything is knitting up on aran weight. 🧶 #knitsky #knitting #knit #TerraSweater #IcelandicKnits

If driving is so freeing and convenient, why is every driver one nanosecond away from total rage meltdown?

Almost done with the body of the #TerraSweater before it goes on hold to knit the sleeves. The construction of this lopapeysa is interesting because there are two sections of short rows for the back. Really curious how it'll sit on my body. 🧶 #knitsky #knitting #knit

Making quite fast progress on my lopapeysa-like sweater. I love the heather effect. With a stop work order, I have so much free time to knit 🙃. 🧶 #knitsky #knitting #knit #TerraSweater #lopi

I had my first ant infestation. One of my planters became their base next to my window. I just figured it out when I tried showering my plants; hundreds came out of the problem planter. I threw on random clothes and ran down the hallway to chuck that planter. I deserve a reward after that. Ugh.

This is the longest set up for a cast on but I think it'll be worth it! 192sts tubular cast on with waste yarn. And learned my first lesson with lopi; do not pull too hard... 😬 🧶 #knitsky #knitting #knit

Lmfao! Have y'all seen this?? www.ravelry.com/patterns/lib... 🧶 #knitsky #knitting #knit #craftivism

Starting the swatch for my #TerraSweater from Icelandic Knits. Léttlopi is such an interesting yarn. Never worked with anything like this. It's very very hairy and both soft and kind of coarse. Going to try a size up next to see gauge difference. 🧶 #knitsky #knitting #knit

My léttlopi order came in at my LYS! I can start swatching for my lopapeysa-inspired sweater 😈 🧶

Did some more spinning at knitting group last night. About 0.5oz. The most consistent I've spun so far. It's like fingering to light fingering weight. Also, BFL is so hairy! Now to figure out how to spin thin without snapping... #handspun #handspinning 🧶

LGBTQ federal workers say they're terrified they're about to be fired for their gender identity, sexual orientation, or past efforts to support other queer and trans employees—in other words, a second Lavender Scare. Honored to have their trust with this story: www.motherjones.com/politics/202...

Finished the vest! Need to weave in a couple more ends and block it. Since I'm still waiting for a yarn order for my next sweater, I guess I can keep practicing my spinning. 🧶 #knit #knitting #knitsky

Finished the body of my vest and tried a new bind off they suggested, the lace bind off or decrease bind off. Just need to do neckband and armholes. Can't wait for the blocking. 🧶 #knit #knitting #knitsky

I have video of the exact moment I was completely sold on vibrant cities, streets for people, and active transportation. It happened right here, and I lost all sense of reality. I felt like I was in a movie. This was my urbanist awakening, the moment I turned against car dependency. 👇

Waller Street Skate Park is getting a new name after the Rec & Park Commission unanimously approved renaming the space after late skateboarder & advocate Zion Williams Gaines. The plaza, located in Golden Gate Park at Waller & Stanyan streets, is now known as Zion Skate Plaza.

I've really been enjoying keeping my sock project in my coat pocket and getting some rows in randomly out and about.

Yeah... It's almost like none of them know wtf they're doing or saying. - I need to embody their delusional confidence in themselves more.

“After we’ve discriminated against, deported, or disparaged all the immigrants, the gay and lesbian and transgender people, the developmentally disabled, the women, and minorities. Once we’ve ostracized our neighbors and betrayed our friends… what comes next?” - Gov. JB Pritzker

Maybe stay in bed today…

"Does this ring a bell for you yet?" Campaign video from the Dutch Ministry of Infrastructure to encourage people to take the bike instead of the car for short trips.

REVEALED: we identified the operator of an overtly racist X account, "GlomarResponder," as ICE Assistant Chief Counsel James Rodden, based on an overwhelming number of biographical details matched through publicly available documents, other social media activity, and courtroom observation.

Found out just now that one of my federal contacts for a project got fired today. This is so fucked. It seems they are emptying out the agencies created to improve healthcare in this country. Wtf.

I found these via @craftsuntold.bsky.social and I am OBSESSED. To the top of the queue they go 🧶 www.ravelry.com/patterns/lib... #knitsky #knitting #knittingpattern #ravelry #craftivism #eattherich #denydefenddepose

I found a #weaving & design workshop in my city for the end of March... I might bite. I have this grandiose plan for weaving with my own #handspun and dyeing with local plants and making a poncho inspired by the city and area.

Sitting All Day Can Cause Dead Butt Syndrome. The name might make you snicker, but addressing “gluteal amnesia” can help you avoid chronic pain, by Jen Murphy www.nytimes.com/2024/09/04/w... via @nytimes.com

I'm wearing my porcelain sweater out for the first time. One, my knitting group was very impressed. Two, I can't stop touching the fabric. It's 100% Gentile Merino. #knit #knitsky #knitting