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Windy McHindenburg @oldtrout.bsky.social · 1d

I've lived on wells for a large portion of my adult life (I do now, in fact), and live in fear of running dry. City/suburban folk have no idea. Also, when the power goes out (including electricity to your well pump), you can't flush the toilet without physically pouring water into the tank.

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Mekka Okereke @mekka.mekka-tech.com · 2d

"No Kings" illustrates the uncomfortable truth about US politics: That the > 50% of white US people that want to turn the US into a white ethnostate (their words) is a lot of people. But the > 40% of white US people that don't want this, plus > 50% of brown people and > 90% of Black people, is more.

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Windy McHindenburg @oldtrout.bsky.social · 4d

And sometimes the dosage needs to be upped.

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Windy McHindenburg @oldtrout.bsky.social · 5d

Who are these people? The Pro-Louis XIV constituency, I expect.

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Windy McHindenburg @oldtrout.bsky.social · 5d

It's math. White + Penis = Authority.

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The Web Optimist @weboptimist.bsky.social · 8d

YES!

M.T. Nestor @mt-nestor.bsky.social · 9d

This!!

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Windy McHindenburg @oldtrout.bsky.social · 9d

Yes, I just did! Wheeeee!

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Windy McHindenburg @oldtrout.bsky.social · 9d

Also, #knitsky

Windy McHindenburg @oldtrout.bsky.social · 9d

Spooky socks for this week's #showmeyourknits! I made this pair for my son 12 years ago, using motifs from the "Deathflake Mittens" pattern: www.ravelry.com/patterns/lib...
#knitting
#strandedcolorwork

A pair of hand-knitted, stranded socks lying flat on a towel. Rainbow skulls on the legs and skull-snowflakes on the foot against a black background, with striped soles and a solid black heel.

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Windy McHindenburg @oldtrout.bsky.social · 11d

I must agree; semicolons are the best!

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Windy McHindenburg @oldtrout.bsky.social · 13d

You are state-of-the-art Joe!

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Windy McHindenburg @oldtrout.bsky.social · 13d

A knitting repair tool! I received a little metal one as a prize in a KAL, and I use it so much! When googling what to call it (I call it a fix-it tool, but that seems to be the one with a latch), I found that you have a YouTube video to show how they can be used:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=tixn...

How to Use Knitting Repair Hooks | Essential Knitting Tool for Fixing Mistakes

YouTube video by Carol Feller

www.youtube.com

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I may be invisible, but you're transparent. @invisiblelad7.bsky.social · 15d

"The price good men pay for indifference to public affairs is to be ruled by evil men."
- Plato

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Windy McHindenburg @oldtrout.bsky.social · 15d

Ha! I'm a fine one to talk! I just had a huge green salad with a bunch of chopped up anchovie-stuffed olives on it (and I am closely related to several people who think this an abomination!)

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Windy McHindenburg @oldtrout.bsky.social · 15d

Yes, you are crushing it! (After clarification)

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Windy McHindenburg @oldtrout.bsky.social · 15d

Thanks for the clarification, 'cause I was "well, to each his own" but throwing up a little in my mouth...

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Jay @johnathanperk.bsky.social · 18d

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Windy McHindenburg @oldtrout.bsky.social · 19d

We just replaced our modem; we'd had it for 10 years! Not Spectrum.

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Windy McHindenburg @oldtrout.bsky.social · 19d

Hawaii, too! I just didn't think of it back in November 2024.

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Windy McHindenburg @oldtrout.bsky.social · 19d

If the response is too long for a text, send an email please, and a text saying "I emailed you."

Windy McHindenburg @oldtrout.bsky.social · 19d

At least Carrot Top was funny.

Windy McHindenburg @oldtrout.bsky.social · 19d

I was talking CA/OR/WA secession as soon as the election results were in. My friends thought I was joking...

Also, I want our country to be called "Pacifica."

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Windy McHindenburg @oldtrout.bsky.social · 20d

I don't know what these are. The edges are more gold in real life than in the photos.
#fungi
#pnw
#HarstineIsland

A collage photo of dark brown mushrooms with gold/white edges.

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Windy McHindenburg @oldtrout.bsky.social · 20d

🤣It all just sort of happened...

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Windy McHindenburg @oldtrout.bsky.social · 21d

At least they're not on the same day! Tomorrow my spouse has a dental appointment and flu/covid shots!

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