might even add to it a little bit

Time spent scritching animals is not deducted from your lifespan

A legend. Only met him briefly, but he was lovely. It was a real honor to get to be a part of the Sundance legacy with the Screenwriters Lab and the festival the year after.

My haul from The Peculiarity Shop (@peculiarityshop.bsky.social). Thank you, Hillary and Becky! The ring is Some Evenstar Bullshit and the silver round pendant with a drop of blue in the center is Little Drop of Magic, both by Hillary. The tear drop shape pendant is Shiv and Hillary's Coppertone.

Current Me is very grateful to Past Me for bookmarking my favorite How to Crochet a Magic Circle video. Current Me, however, is also frustrated that I can't just pick up and start crocheting again after not doing it for over a year. So silly of me to think it would be like riding a bike.

I finished a scarf! I knit this using two lace yarns together and it formed a fabulously squishy fabric that I love. It is 12" x 70" in size (unblocked) and it would really benefit from blocking but I just don't have the spoons (or space) for that right now. Additional details in the Alt Text. 🧶

Just Orange Boys

The only election on my primary this September is for Alderperson for my Ward. There are three contenders. One has no website. One has a website and called me and we chatted for a few minutes. One has friends canvassing for them BANGING ON FUCKING DOORS and scaring the bloody hell out of people.

If Democratic politicians do not fight this because it's a "distraction," it will simply happen. They need to get in front of every mic and say that we will not allow Trump to destroy American history. He wants a culture war? GIVE HIM ONE. There are no distractions. Have every fight.

I had not heard this and holy bananas www.nbcnews.com/news/amp/rcn...

crazy, what is it about lisa cook that might have led the white house to baselessly accuse her of mortgage fraud in order to force her out of her job?

A dark day for the Senate, & the country—confirmation of Emil Bove as a federal appellate judge. Unfit & unqualified, he was rushed to a vote by Republicans, who refused  to hear whistleblower testimony or demand DOJ files. Reckless & reprehensible.

AI is killing the internet. If all anyone reads or sees are AI summaries, what incentive is there for people to continue to generate the material that AI is summarizing?

I have three projects on needles and none are going to be finished anytime soon, so I figured maybe I would post 🧶 WIP. I decided to use the mitered square skillz I picked up from a Louise Tilbrook KAL a few years ago to make a mitered square patchwork scarf. It's an easy one square at a time.

These vicious predator beasts!!!

Lots of helping going on today

Today was really bad: “Monday’s ruling would be offensive to the rule of law in any scenario, but for Chief Justice John Roberts, in particular, to do so in a case involving the Education Department, in particular, it is little more than … laughing in the face of Americans and the rule of law.“

i miss my ignorance, like two years ago when I didn’t know anything about what these powerful little freaks believe in. i don’t want to know about digital eugenics or AGI gods or transhumanists or rationalists. i want to pick berries in the woods 😭

It's always this stupid. Always.

Yet another seismic decision fundamentally reshaping our system of government issued on the shadow docket with not even a single word of explanation.

Da milk bar is open for business

This pinkish cowl just came off my needles. My fingers are so relieved to have it done. Lace weight yarn 🧶 and small needles are tough on my arthritic fingers. The pattern is the Little Ladders Scarf by Purl Soho. See the alt text for description and additional information.

TGIF!!!!

In 80 seconds, AOC has completely dismantled the #BigUglyBill. Dems should turn this into a prime time campaign ad NOW. “This Bill is a deal with the devil”💥 @aoc.bsky.social

I'd really like to see more people in our government who have actually lived the way the rest of us do. Paycheck to paycheck, shift to shift, gig job to gig job. Explaining this shit to people with zero frame of reference is like trying to shove water uphill.

i wrote about what it feels like to live in the collapse of the american empire "a flake of shale in a great upheaval of the earth" buttondown.com/theswordandt...

This will be an issue for many adopted people... (and I do not anticipate this administration will err on the side of compassion or empathy if there are any questions about citizenship)

Here are Cloak, Tutu, and Romper. I can't say enough nice things about this shy family. Just the cutest little kitties. bsky.app/profile/east...

Noodle is a resident of Kitten Academy. She needs an adopter or a foster by end of June. We don't have an estimate on her age, but she's young and healthy, and highly play motivated. A real sweetheart. She's a bit shy and would need a slow introduction to other pets in your household.

The Morning Monty settles in for another week of shenanigans.

Thanks for the reminder @janemunday.bsky.social. Every summer, I repost this article DROWNING DOES NOT LOOK LIKE DROWNING. To date, I know of FOUR kids who were saved after someone who'd clicked on the link learnt how to spot actual drowning. Take time to read and pass on. slate.com/technology/2...

I've just released a new issue of Church Climbing - for this one I actually spent nearly five years climbing over scaffolding and watching the Cathedral change before my eyes. I hope you enjoy it! jayhulme.com/church-climb...

The void gazes back #ProofOfCat

just a heads up, if you're looking to work with an artist for any type of project, this thread has a TON of great options--all kinds of styles and talents. highly recommend browsing (or if you just love art!) we will def. be reaching out to a few for upcoming projects 💀

The reason the media does this, that is to give some credibility to psychopaths like RFK Jr., is that the truth is so horrible that it's hard to accept. And the truth is that RFK Jr and anti-vaxxers altogether are psychopathic monsters that KNOW very well that they are going to murder millions.

I love that a politician can say something like “I believe mice naturally spawn out of grain” and the news will now just treat that as a legitimate line of thought

Genie: ok what do you want for your birthday Trump: a military parade, oh, and also millions of people on the street chanting my name Genie: okie dokie

I am thrilled to say this 🧶 gem is finally off the needles. I finished weaving in ends this afternoon. I love the pattern, which is Shona by Jerusha Neely. I started this in October 2021. It took a while because I hate working with the yarn - it's sticky, oily feeling, now discontinued, not sorry.

Tomorrow at 7pm ET, Broadway history will be made — with an urgent message. George Clooney’s “Good Night, and Good Luck” recounts journalist Edward R. Murrow confronting Senator Joseph McCarthy over rampant government censorship in the 1950s. This is the first broadcast of a live Broadway show.

I just ate so much pad Thai that it may be an integral percentage of my body weight right now

Somewhere a presidential historian is wheezing into a paper bag right now

9 out of 10 agencies targeted by DOGE for layoffs are liberal-leaning. Every single proposed GOP budget increase goes to conservative agencies. They're not cutting fat—they're performing ideological surgery with a chainsaw.

"So I snuck out of the house, was gone for five days and you were worried sick about me? Well, that's a 'you' problem, now, isn't it?"

I can prove I am a US citizen because a) I have all the documentation, b) it's four generations back before you find immigrants in my family, c) I'm well-known enough that my birthplace is public record. But the system isn't designed to help anyone prove anything. nymag.com/intelligence...

Just took a photo of my milkweed. Usually I get a caterpillar or two but nothing this year.

The Tiffany rose is being offensively perfect again. #garden #gardening #flowers #BloomSky #bloomscrolling

Unlock the anti-aging and skin-brightening secrets of hay facials! Available exclusively at Gertie's new day spa, Piglet Perfection.

Pals. 🥰 Photo from my collection, 1968.

I realize that I'm super sensitive to noise, but... How do people tolerate the constant roar of sound at soccer games? I would watch it more often but I just can not handle that crowd noise. The sheer intensity seems to be unique to soccer? Or maybe I just don't tune in sports often enough.

RFK Jr's "MAHA" report is filled with references to studies that literally do not exist, or that completely misinterpret the studies' findings. “We did not publish a paper.. on this topic with that co-author group, or with that title,” says one cited researcher. www.notus.org/health-scien...