Rearranging part of the studio so I can get started on the sailcloth/warp-weighted loom project. The antique floor loom I disassembled to make space looks so tiny when it's in pieces! #weaving

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Between storms. There's a nor'easter on its way, but the sheep are always most focused on mealtimes.

it's one of those amazing things about our planet where we have 14 mountains that are over 8K m including a some super famous for burying climbers in avalanches and by far the worst most dangerous weather you'll find on any mountain outside Antarctica is on this lil 6000 footer in New Hampshire, USA

Snowy morning, sleep in. #caturday

"Like you, I am deeply troubled by the Atrocity Machine’s recent activity. It is a stain on our nation, and we must take action. With this in mind, I am proud to announce that we are dedicating billions of dollars to the Atrocity Machine."

HEY! #catsofbluesky

Just awaiting international sheet cake day. You know what day that is. We'll all buy or make a sheetcakes and share them with our neighbors in town squares around the world.

Today we are launching a new intitative of Stand With Minnesota—KeepMNHoused.com, a rent-relief campaign backed with a $1.5 matching fund from the Wilson Foundation. Thousands of MN families are at risk of eviction because of the ICE occupation’s lasting impacts. We can keep them housed.

The sunrise was very dramatic this morning.

Then hens made FIVE eggs yesterday; another sign that winter is losing its grip (even tho there's 8 inches of snow in the forecast). #eggs

This is a CAT checkpoint. Show me the most recent cat image on your phone

Stop what you're doing. The answer to the question about modern American protest music has been answered (by an Irish band). And it's a banger. U2. ❤️🎶 "What you can’t kill can't die America will rise Against the people of the lie I love you more Than hate loves war." youtu.be/Y3ziTSYyook?...

Early detection would mean removing DJT from public life before The Art of the Deal. He's Stage IV now & metastasized into the other organs of the body politic. MAGA is a cancer killing this country. No matter when he goes away, we'll be recovering in remission for a LONG time. If we live.

Have had to work at my laptop more than usual recently and good grief, I really need to get my eyes checked. There's no focal distance that's not blurry. #oldeyes

I think I need another cat bed (or a bigger bed).

We are now at $375!

Someone has sure already made this observation but the fact they can convert all those empty warehouses into prison camps means they could have converted them into housing, community centers, job training centers or, hell, libraries or schools all along. It’s always a matter of will not resources.

(1/11) If you live in NY, you’ve probably started seeing a new warning: “THIS PRICE WAS SET BY AN ALGORITHM USING YOUR PERSONAL DATA.” This mandatory disclosure went into effect late last year, and it’s the first attempt by a US state to grapple with a new generation of surveillance pricing.

lol part of the blue/yellow line on the metro is being replaced by shuttle busses this weekend and the guy next to me is pissed about it and I wanna be like buddy wait til you learn who you are sitting next to

Holy crap: this is a *REPUBLICAN* United States Congressman feeling the need to post this. The reason? He's been highly critical of Trump. Scary AF

Monarch Butterfly Double Knit Shawl Whistle Fund Auction Starting Bid - $1 Minimum Bid Increase - $5 Place bids by commenting on this post (ie $450) Bidding is open on Bluesky, Instagram, and Facebook. Auction runs Feb. 13 at 4pm CST through Feb 16th at 6 pm CST. 1 hour snipe guard in effect.

Zuck wants to put AI-powered facial recognition into his stalkerware and turn Meta glasses into a warrantless surveillance network at the same time. This will empower the creepiest dudes in the world and make everyone who wears them an accomplice for ICE. Absolutely the fuck not, Mark. cc @eff.org

Donald Trump isn’t going unchallenged — at least by us. ash.harvard.edu/programs/cro... @chenoweth.bsky.social

"Bluebird sky," the Vermont people call it. Temperatures this week will be above freezing in daytine and colder at night, so sugaring season is about to begin. It's still winter, but when the sap moves, winter's end is near. #home

Finally, people held in the Whipple dungeon/ICE detention system will be able to speak to their lawyers. Here is an example of the present system. O. was transferred to El Paso without speaking to a lawyer. After 5 days, his lawyer's habeas petition was successful and he was returned to Whipple.

Photo of the Day: MNPR reporter/producer Sam Stroozas standing in the frigid cold in a bathrobe and slippers protecting her neighbors from ICE. Photo by Leila Navidi, Star Tribune

Pretty kitty Luna. 🤎🖤🤍🧡

I made a video showing the size of European towns 700-2000. It uses a log scale, so the area of each dot is _not_ proportional to the number of inhabitants. This makes it much easier to see smaller towns.

I don’t really know what I expect in posting this, but maybe some people see it and can learn from it. I’ll call it “lessons from an unwilling immigration attorney.” 1/

Playing around with this vintage needlepoint canvas. We'll see where it goes. #fiberarts #February #moreismore

BONDI: You didn't ask Merrick Garland anything about Epstein BALINT: Weak sauce BONDI: And with this antisemitic culture right now, she voted against a resolution-- BALINT: You want to go there! Really? Talking about antisemitism to a woman who lost her grandfather in the Holocaust! *storms off*

This is the aftermath of an ICE kidnapping a few blocks from my home in St. Paul—an hour ago. A quiet street full of broken glass and at least three wrecked cars. The target of the kidnapping was taken away by ambulance. He was on a stretcher and covered by a sheet, though a cop said he was alive.

Ruben Gallego throws down the gauntlet. If the pedophile führer attempts to steal and rig the 2026 midterm elections and destroy democracy, the American people should be prepared to shut down the entire country. 🙌💪👏✊️👇

www.theguardian.com/sport/2026/f... Local kid medals at Olympics + knitting = ❤️

Team USA Curler Rich Ruohonen: "We'd be remiss if we didn't at least mention what's going on in Minnesota...I am a lawyer, as you know, and we have a constitution... and what's happening in Minnesota is wrong. There's no shades of gray. It's clear."

hey it’s us!

“...Williston, Vermont is essentially the starting point for all the people being picked by ICE. This building contains the National (ICE) Tip Line and main data center. It all starts right here, and we can't pretend that it doesn't." #endicesurveillance #abolishice www.wcax.com/2026/02/09/p...

www.mynbc5.com/article/sit-... Peaceful protest with arrests at the national ICE surveillance facility in Williston tonight. Proud of these Vermonters. ##abolishice

Lots of opportunities to support our immigrant communities in this traumatic time can be found at www.standwithminnesota.com. Thank you all once again. With love, your local Mischievients. 💖

Another classic post-Homan day where around school dismissal time we get a flurry of ICE vehicles all across our neighborhoods. Today one vehicle led an observer to their own home and pointed at it. This is a sick game to them, but we won’t be intimidated and we won’t stop until DHS is abolished.

I made a map of 3.4 million Bluesky users - see if you can find yourself! bluesky-map.theo.io I've seen some similar projects, but IMO this seems to better capture some of the fine-grained detail

Concentration camps: “For 280 days we haven’t eaten a single piece of fruit, banana, apple, orange, or anything fresh. We are all in one big room with no doors or windows. We can’t see any grass or trees. We are all constantly sick."

Lots of red yarn ready to become icemelt hats. #whistlerebellion

There was so much ICE activity today. A group of agents spent the whole morning inside Jimmy’s Bar and then ended up driving erratically all throughout the Holland & Como neighborhoods, eventually trying to park at the 2nd precinct police station.

This regime and its minions are evil to the core.

Yes he said/ did another thing, he never stops. Diarrhea just dribbles from his mouth. The man is soul less and irredeemable. Happy Friday and don't forget, build over them, crush them.

NEW: A federal judge in Oregon issued a sweeping rebuke of the Justice Department’s nationwide push to seize state voter rolls, ruling that the department can no longer be presumed to be acting in good faith and warning that its conduct threatens voters and states’ rights.

minnesotareformer.com/2026/02/06/r... Thinking of my friends in western Wisconsin. 💔💪

Check out these wild colors! Bright pink cochineal+vinegar after rinse, then chopping up madder root made purple (higher ph in the roots or metallurgy of knife?). Yes, I have gloves, I just forget/don't care to put them on. #botanicaldye #naruraldye #abolishice #redyarn 🧶