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Arien (Arrrrr-ee-en) @arienh.bsky.social · 11h

My Arachne pullover is one of my spookiest knits! But the Necromancer Mitts are one of my all time faves.

#ShowMeYourKnits

A Latina person with short dark hair wears a spiderweb themed colorwork yoke sweater in front of a winter landscape

Back view of a colorwork yoke sweater with a spiderweb motif. The main color is rich variegated black-purple-red with a bright white contrast

A pair of colorwork mitts in charcoal and silver. Each mitt features half of a realistic skull image.

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A.J. Demas @ajdemas.bsky.social · 12h

Fish sauce. sextonscottage.com/products/swo...

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Arien (Arrrrr-ee-en) @arienh.bsky.social · 2d

Anyone headed to Oregon Flock and Fiber next weekend? Please say hi if you see a dorky masked person with a mohawk!

#oregonflockandfiber #handspinning

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Oregon Capital Chronicle @oregoncapitalchronicle.com · 9d

Commentary: If you get your coffee at Starbucks, you may want to ask for extra sugar. That’s because recent news about the company’s tax avoidance schemes sure leaves a bitter taste.

Time for a cup of transparency • Oregon Capital Chronicle

The world’s largest coffee company has dodged about $1.3 billion in taxes over the past decade through the use of a subsidiary.

buff.ly

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Nghi Vo @nghivo.bsky.social · 9d

Hey. Hey.

On sale TOMORROW is my standalone novella A Mouthful of Dust, #6 in the Singing Hills Cycle!

us.macmillan.com/books/978125...

The story-collecting Cleric Chih and Almost Brilliant are headed to Baolin, a town known for its incredible pork and a famine that occurred eighteen years ago.

A Mouthful of Dust

Hunger makes monsters in this dark new tale in Nghi Vo's Hugo Award-winning Singing Hills Cycle."Nghi Vo is so good."―NPR on The Brides of High HillWanderi...

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Arien (Arrrrr-ee-en) @arienh.bsky.social · 14d

If wpi too skinny, why gauge so chunky in knitted swatch? (I know, I know, keep sampling and swatching)

Handspun yarn, a bright purple pink and natural chocolate

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Arien (Arrrrr-ee-en) @arienh.bsky.social · 14d

A vicious predator spies her natural prey

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Arien (Arrrrr-ee-en) @arienh.bsky.social · 15d

#handspinning #handspunyarn

Arien (Arrrrr-ee-en) @arienh.bsky.social · 15d

A bright spindle turtle of neon sunset colors sits on a table in front of a planter

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Arien (Arrrrr-ee-en) @arienh.bsky.social · 15d

We have a new trouble maker

A long haired tabby kitten delicately laps at the rim of a coffee cup

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Jorts (and Jean) @jortsthecat.bsky.social · 17d

Californians: do it

South Bay Queer Solidarity @sbqsolidarity.bsky.social · 19d

A huge win for trans people in California: the state legislature passed five bills protecting our rights!

Now it's time to call on Governor Gavin Newsom to sign them. Contact him before October 12th: transfamilysos.org/action-neede...

#TransRights #TransYouth #TransCalifornia

Action Needed: Urge Governor Newsom to Sign Five Critical Trans Rights Bills

TransFamily Support Services is proud to co-sponsor five critical trans rights bills that have officially passed the California Legislature. This is a major victory—one made possible through a powerfu...

transfamilysos.org

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Rien Gray @riengray.bsky.social · Sep 7

It's the best time of the year! #SapphicSeptember is here and one of this year's themes is sapphic knights, which is one of my favorite things to both write and read about.

You can get this lesbian-centered, trans-inclusive, high heat Arthuriana series direct at my shop: riengray.shop ⚔️

Several women in the forest reach out to a knight with a heart on their tabard. It is the illustration The Fairy of the Dawn (1906) by Henry Justice Ford. Overlaid in orange text is Sapphic Knights for Sapphic September.

Rien Gray's sapphic knight book Valerin the Fair overlays a knight with a heart on their tabard and is accompanied by tropes.

Rien Gray's sapphic knight book Martis the Brazen overlays a knight with a heart on their tabard and is accompanied by tropes.

Rien Gray's sapphic knight book Seure the Tempered overlays a knight with a heart on their tabard and is accompanied by tropes.

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Arien (Arrrrr-ee-en) @arienh.bsky.social · Sep 7

September is peak food season in the PNW. Very grateful for a mostly successful harvest season, including loads of peppers and tomatillos. #pnwfarming #localfood

A tray of broiled tomatillos and onions ready for blending

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Arien (Arrrrr-ee-en) @arienh.bsky.social · Aug 11

Get partners who send you frog pics. That's it. That's my life advice.

A small frog perches on a plastic pot edge

A small green frog clings to a mint leaf

A frog faces the camera head on, perching on a plastic bucket edge

A small gray frog blends into wet concrete

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𝔖𝔭𝔬𝔬𝔨𝔶 𝔖𝔦𝔯𝔦 𝔇𝔞𝔥𝔩🧛🏻‍♀️ @siridahl.com · Aug 8

Share this with a SWERF or any chronically online person between 18-30 years old

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Arien (Arrrrr-ee-en) @arienh.bsky.social · Aug 4

Purple fiber? A Rube Goldberg machine for dispensing blackberries?

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Arien (Arrrrr-ee-en) @arienh.bsky.social · Jul 30

I just called my reps with @5calls.org, you should too: 5calls.org

It's my birthday! Please call about the ongoing genocide in Gaza.

5 Calls

Spend 5 minutes. Make 5 calls. Make your voice heard.

5calls.org

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Arien (Arrrrr-ee-en) @arienh.bsky.social · Jul 5

Dumb little hobbies connecting us in a deeply fucked up world! I'm ready for #TourDeFleece2025, trying to finish up some spindle spins. Coincidentally, all the fiber I'm working on comes from rad, sustainably minded businesses.

A green Turkish spindle with green fiber and singles sits on an oilcloth tablecloth next to a tumbler of jamaica

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Arien (Arrrrr-ee-en) @arienh.bsky.social · Jul 5

I have Calypso on a sock yarn base, one of my favorite colorways!

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Arien (Arrrrr-ee-en) @arienh.bsky.social · Jun 28

Just realized I dress more revealingly for fiber shows than drag shows. Tbf, evenings here get cold!

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Arien (Arrrrr-ee-en) @arienh.bsky.social · Jun 28

Ready to go pet some sheep at @blacksheepgathering , let's gooo!!!

Please say hi if you're a fiber friend! Will probably be wearing a pink mask, but really I think the crop top plus mohawk should be distinctive enough 😆 #blacksheepgathering #handspinning #fiberfestival

A Latina woman with a very cropped mohawk wearing a speckled handknit Ripple Crop Top in gray yarn stands in front of a bookshelf

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arwyn @arwynsays.bsky.social · Jun 28

reblogging to remind myself, and to ask my fellow Oregonians, to make the calls urging them to challenge this provision.

emily moonlight @threnody.bsky.social · Jun 28

breaking my general rule against tagging electeds online to ask specifically @wyden.senate.gov or @jeff-merkley.bsky.social if they’ll commit to challenging sec 71114’s gender-affirming care prohibitions & sex definition on the floor so trans people online can get a better night’s sleep.

gentlemen?

Eric Michael Garcia @ericmgarcia.bsky.social · Jun 28

This means that Democrats will have to raise a point of order on this part of the bill. This would force a vote on the amendment that would require 60 votes. Republicans have 53 Senate seats, so it means they would need to pick off 7 Democrats for this.
www.independent.co.uk/news/world/a...

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Arien (Arrrrr-ee-en) @arienh.bsky.social · Jun 28

Worth checking R H Lindsay if you're in the states! Very mixed options, but the cheviot top I got from them is delightful.

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Arien (Arrrrr-ee-en) @arienh.bsky.social · Jun 25

Who's going to Black Sheep Gathering in Albany this weekend?? I'll be there a good chunk of Saturday! #blacksheepgathering #wool #fiber #handspinning

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