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Avalon Zoe (A.Z.) Madonna @knitandlisten.bsky.social · 9d

he clearly hasn't been fed in aeons

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Avalon Zoe (A.Z.) Madonna @knitandlisten.bsky.social · 20d

I know Amanda Palmer didn't write this but it's giving Amanda Palmer-ish energy

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Avalon Zoe (A.Z.) Madonna @knitandlisten.bsky.social · 20d

It's not about suppressing a 13 year old's right to have a body that does body things, it's about making sure the teachers can breathe

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Avalon Zoe (A.Z.) Madonna @knitandlisten.bsky.social · 20d

This is why I was going 😶 at the passage about deodorant being on the school supplies list. If you've ever been, or lived with, a 13 year old boy...deodorant is not optional. Not that 13yo girls can't smell funky too, but teenage boy funk strikes a particular chord on the old smell organ

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Avalon Zoe (A.Z.) Madonna @knitandlisten.bsky.social · 26d

Walked into the Central Square indie bookstore/tarot shop (Seven Stars) because I spotted RF Kuang's KATABASIS in the window; unexpectedly left with this instead

A copy of LANDOWSKA ON MUSIC, writings of harpsichordist and pianist Wanda Landowska (1879-1959)

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Avalon Zoe (A.Z.) Madonna @knitandlisten.bsky.social · 27d

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Avalon Zoe (A.Z.) Madonna @knitandlisten.bsky.social · 27d

beat chronos for the first time in Hades 2 so here's the "can you buy me pads" meme with Hades 2 characters 🧵

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Avalon Zoe (A.Z.) Madonna @knitandlisten.bsky.social · Sep 26

swap the sewing kit for current knitting project, lose the ear picks and corkscrews, and this is an accurate representation of what's in my bag

(I oughta get a Leatherman)

derek guy @dieworkwear.bsky.social · Sep 24

The Lady's Companion, a series of small kits containing things a Victorian woman would have carried in the mid-19th century: sewing kit, notions, small notebook, scent bottle, corkscrews, and ear picks. Currently on display at the Tatter Library in Brooklyn

IG tatterbluelibrary

Two photos. The first shows four small kits, opened so you can see their contents. One kit displays small needlework scissors and needlework cases.

Two photos. The first shows a black container that says "Lady Companion." The second shows its content, which appear to be scent bottles and small needlework cases.

Two photos. The first shows a container that's open, so you can see it's contents. It holds needlework scissors, a thimble, needlework cases, and scent bottle. The second shows a close-up of the thimble.

Two photos. The first shows a container that says "Lady's Companion." The second shows its contents, which include needlework scissors, sewing needle, and scent bottle.

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NBC News @nbcnews.com · Sep 10

A federal judge blocks the Trump administration's attempt to subpoena medical records of transgender patients who received gender-affirming care at Boston Children's Hospital.

Judge blocks Trump admin's subpoena of trans kids' medical records from Boston hospital

The judge said the Department of Justice's administrative subpoena was improper and "motivated only by bad faith."

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LindsAI ➡️ Akimatsuri @neomeruru.bsky.social · Sep 6

Today the internet lost Maru, cat of legend, so I'm putting out an empty cardboard box for him.

A quickly-drawn picture of an empty cardboard box

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Avalon Zoe (A.Z.) Madonna @knitandlisten.bsky.social · Aug 19

Is there a word for "the feeling of early-30s existential vertigo that results from realizing just how many of one's high
school classmates are either pregnant or new parents"

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Incorrect Final Fantasy Quotes @incorrectffqts.bsky.social · Aug 4

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Carla Hill @carlahill.bsky.social · Jul 25

Left my GoPro in with the Puffins while I went and did a Shorewatch yesterday and this was the result! Such curious little birds! @fairislebirdobs.bsky.social

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Avalon Zoe (A.Z.) Madonna @knitandlisten.bsky.social · Jul 21

Dies irae, dies illa

@tanglewoodma.bsky.social 7-20-25, Tanglewood Music Center Orchestra with Andris Nelsons

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Avalon Zoe (A.Z.) Madonna @knitandlisten.bsky.social · Jul 20

Butterfly is 2 for 3 (tragic and pious); Minnie from Fanciulla del West isn't tragic, but she teaches some rough and rowdy miners a Bible lesson in act 1 and also seems like she's up for a night of passion with Johnson in act 2 before it gets interrupted by a posse. Did I forget anyone?

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Avalon Zoe (A.Z.) Madonna @knitandlisten.bsky.social · Jul 20

Mimí from Bohéme is the poster girl for this -- ("I don't always go to Mass, but I do pray") -- but there's also Tosca, whose faith is crucial to her identity, and Suor Angelica, who's a sister in the first place because she had a kid and her noble family had to disappear her

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Avalon Zoe (A.Z.) Madonna @knitandlisten.bsky.social · Jul 20

#opera thought: Puccini was *obsessed* with tragic heroines who also a. Are sincerely pious and b. have/had sex out of wedlock

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Dr. Davey F. Wright ⛏️🦕🧬 @daveyfwright.bsky.social · Jul 18

"i asked grok" "i asked chatgpt" yeah well i asked carl sagan and he said the greatest enemy of knowledge is not ignorance but the illusion of knowledge 🧪

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Avalon Zoe (A.Z.) Madonna @knitandlisten.bsky.social · Jul 16

Good catch! Fixed! It'll take a bit for the website to update, but it should be fine within a few hours

Avalon Zoe (A.Z.) Madonna @knitandlisten.bsky.social · Jul 16

Apparently I turned 32 and my brain suddenly decided we want to construct crosswords

Here's my best one so far

crosshare.org/crosswords/W...

Can't Get You Out of My Head

How to address the Queen after first calling her "Your Majesty"; It might be false; Sweetener with prickly origin; West Point inits.; Emperor number two in Roman Year of Four Emperors; Some trading ca...

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