Oxford University Press has announced its word of the year for 2025: "rage bait."

Sure, they've made an environmentally catastrophic mass hallucination disinformation plagiarism Clippy that will destabilize the world, but also their other goal is to replace human workers entirely and let us humans starve. A boycott of AI is the most important boycott of your entire life.

It's extremely vital to remember that these artists aren't just being replaced by AI, they're being replaced by AI using the artist's work. The artists are being replaced with THEMSELVES, only free. That's the situation here

This is critical. Is it even on Carney's radar with all the critical economic changes that he's focused on? 🍁 #cdnpoli #canada #canadasky

This week's #ShowMeYourKnits features #minis, #gradients, and #AdventCalendars I love them and have made many things with them, but one of my favorites is still my #MontanaMountainCowl Pattern by #AndreaMowry

OK, hear me out lol💡... Seriously, replacing Cyber Monday with Micro Biz Monday is such a great idea! What do you say, all? Can we do it 👀?? Y'all know the drill: shop, repost with your own info, and SHARE! It's way past time for the little guys to take back our economy ✊! #shopsmall #supportsmall

The war will end when Russia stops fighting. Therefore, pressure has to be put on Russia, so that they stop believing that they will win. Why is that so hard to understand?

2. It's rare for any creative, including writers, to be able to live solely off their creative income. Moreover, there is no correlation between the creative value of art and the income status of its creator. It's okay to have another gig to eat and pay bills and survive our capitalist hellscape.

AI has been infiltrating knitting and crochet spaces, filling them with useless patterns. Here's why that's happening and what can be done about it. www.plagiarismtoday.com/2025/11/24/t... #AI #Knitting #Crochet #FiberArt #Copyright

The #birthday fairies have been super good to me. #KnitSky #CrochetSky #bicraftual

This is so accurate it makes me cry.

These posters started popping up ahead of next week’s We Ain’t Buying It boycott. From Nov 27 - Dec 1, folks are stepping back from corporate chains like Target, Home Depot, and Amazon. People are done being squeezed, so they are using the leverage of their wallets 💥

Grateful to the team at @newpublic.org for this thoughtful convo on how (and why) we're building Gander Social: rethinking digital infrastructure, public spaces, and how shared values can shape better online experiences. And, you know, building an app people actually feel good about using.

Today is Transgender Day of Remembrance, bringing attention to the transgender and gender diverse people who have lost their lives due to anti-trans violence, and raises awareness around the continued adversity that trans people face in our society.

Last batch of hats for the 2025 #YSB #ChristmasHampers Anything on my needles now will have to go into next year's. #knitting #KnitSky #crochet #CrochetSky 🧶

Another big winter sweater off the blocking pins. Temps are dropping, so I may be wearing this one soon. Pattern: #BestiesHoodie by #TinCanKnits Yarn: Sweater by #Artfil #KnitSky #Knitting #KnitFastDieWarm 🧶

The 400 richest Americans are now worth a record $6.6 trillion. The entire bottom 50% of America is worth just $4.2 trillion. Read that back. When 400 people control more wealth than half a country’s population, we have a very serious problem.

The Salvation Army are a hate group. Do not forget that this winter.

OMG, I can't unsee that now.

It's here! Early birthday prezzie to myself. #CrochetHighway #ReversibleCrochetSweaters #BookSky #crochet #CrochetSky 🧶

Well, that was a sudden end to a mild #fall. I guess La Belle Dame Sans Merci got a little impatient. #snow #winter #SweaterWeather

Finished this over a month ago, but since it was too warm to wear, it languished on the to-be-blocked pile. Now day highs are in the low Celsius teens, and I'm ready. #FreeSolo tunic length to wear with leggings #PrettyString #knitting #KnitSky 🧶

You deserve better. Go vote.

Heads up, #Ottawa.

hire all the fired political teen vogue writers and make a new magazine call teen rogue. we’ll all subscribe en masse

Apple and Cheddar Soup is a fall staple in our house. Absolutely delicious. diethood.com/apple-chedda... Pro tip: Blend /before/ adding cheese for easier clean-up. We like it with a bit of dried sage, and parsnips instead of carrots. #SoupSeason #SoupSky #FoodSky

She was right about everything.

Yes! Thank you.

✨✨✨ Smart move by resistors.

The #CrochetAway theme for this week is latest FO. I've been squirreling away on hats for the YSB Christmas hampers, and every now and then, one of them is #crochet. 🧶

They are also intentionally conflating machine-learning and generative AI slop to confuse and try to make GenAI seem necessary. Google Maps traffic stuff is machine learning, not GenAI, for example. Auto-correct is too. Don't let them make you lose the thread. GenAI slop is slop.

What! The Fuck?

You know when Terry Pratchett said 'It doesn't stop being magic just because you know how it works'? Yeah, he meant this.

Ahem

Help my friend escape her hell! I usually don't post things like this, but I know this woman well, and I am truly afraid for her life. I've donated a good chunk, every little bit helps. Had she been in Norway I would have had her out of there a long time ago. www.crowdfunder.co.uk/p/escapefrom...

This is what democracy looks like. #NoKings

Perfect timing. I just pulled this blanket back out as evenings get cooler. #CrochetAway #orange #fall #CrochetSky

In honour of spooky month, share a 4-word horror story that only someone in your profession would understand... Must frog mohair lace.

Today is a day when arts degrees are worthless, but the product of those degrees is so valuable it would kill an entire industry if they were made to pay for it.

I'm in. Here's to hoping it'll take off. 🤞🏼

Rosinenstuten mit Leberwurst

My quote of the day In the end, we will remember not the words of our enemies, but the silence of our friends. Martin Luther King, Jr.

The present government in America is run by the MAGA regime. Here’s their strategy.