Aunt Fancy
@auntiefancy.bsky.social
Fiber artist and opinionated Minneapolis leftist. Come for the embroidery, stay for the chaotic bisexual energy. BLM - ACAB
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Aunt Fancy
@auntiefancy.bsky.social
· Feb 11
After listening to a composer discuss how ai is transforming & destroying his industry, I was driven to create this piece. Embroidered on my hand-controlled #chainstitchembroidery machine w my interpretation of a famous woodcut of a Luddite destroying a jacquard loom.
#fiberart #generativeai
#fiberart #generativeai
I keep reading articles about people begging to just be allowed to leave the country while stuck in ICE detention for weeks to months on end. It seems clear ppl are intentionally being held much longer than in the past. I assume it's bc of profiteering. Is anyone covering this??
December 13, 2025 at 12:21 AM
I keep reading articles about people begging to just be allowed to leave the country while stuck in ICE detention for weeks to months on end. It seems clear ppl are intentionally being held much longer than in the past. I assume it's bc of profiteering. Is anyone covering this??
Why do like 2/3 of used things I buy online smell like they were fully soaked in scent beads? The synthetic smell is just horrible, and as someone who thrifts a lot I know thrift stuff does not generally smell bad so it doesn't need to be covered up. ARGH.
December 12, 2025 at 4:53 PM
Why do like 2/3 of used things I buy online smell like they were fully soaked in scent beads? The synthetic smell is just horrible, and as someone who thrifts a lot I know thrift stuff does not generally smell bad so it doesn't need to be covered up. ARGH.
This!
For example, it had basically no impact on me when Joann closed bc ive been thrifting my sewing supplies for years, and on the rare occasion I don’t have what I need I go to the local quilt shop or look on eBay. When youve already changed yr habits it’s much easier to deal w system changes.
For example, it had basically no impact on me when Joann closed bc ive been thrifting my sewing supplies for years, and on the rare occasion I don’t have what I need I go to the local quilt shop or look on eBay. When youve already changed yr habits it’s much easier to deal w system changes.
build the toolbox of skills you want for the world you want to live in while you work to dismantle systems of oppression
December 10, 2025 at 5:07 AM
This!
For example, it had basically no impact on me when Joann closed bc ive been thrifting my sewing supplies for years, and on the rare occasion I don’t have what I need I go to the local quilt shop or look on eBay. When youve already changed yr habits it’s much easier to deal w system changes.
For example, it had basically no impact on me when Joann closed bc ive been thrifting my sewing supplies for years, and on the rare occasion I don’t have what I need I go to the local quilt shop or look on eBay. When youve already changed yr habits it’s much easier to deal w system changes.
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i’m so sick of the way people feel entitled to cheap clothes. people are taking “no ethical consumption under capitalism” to mean “don’t blame me if there were slaves in the supply chain.”
clothes should cost money—the solution is that you need less clothes, and that you should be paying a lot more
clothes should cost money—the solution is that you need less clothes, and that you should be paying a lot more
December 9, 2025 at 1:35 PM
i’m so sick of the way people feel entitled to cheap clothes. people are taking “no ethical consumption under capitalism” to mean “don’t blame me if there were slaves in the supply chain.”
clothes should cost money—the solution is that you need less clothes, and that you should be paying a lot more
clothes should cost money—the solution is that you need less clothes, and that you should be paying a lot more
This is a statistic that lives in my head rent free: the more days someone spends experiencing unsheltered homelessness, the more likely they are to use hard drugs. So the ppl who hand wring about "drug camps" need to be a bit more concerned about keeping folks housed, period.
December 8, 2025 at 5:27 PM
This is a statistic that lives in my head rent free: the more days someone spends experiencing unsheltered homelessness, the more likely they are to use hard drugs. So the ppl who hand wring about "drug camps" need to be a bit more concerned about keeping folks housed, period.
Very much this. I think there is a particular culture of upper middle class carpet bagging in high profile jobs that explicitly rejects local vernacular knowledge as having any value - you see it a lot in journalism but also roles like school superintendents and nonprofit ED's.
An interesting thing about the East Coast journalism bias is I'd argue that much of the East Coast media corps came from flyover country and left.
The bias comes from the rejection of their home terrain and trying to adopt the ... social mores of the rich people who run media.
The bias comes from the rejection of their home terrain and trying to adopt the ... social mores of the rich people who run media.
this is not meant to be a diss against "East Coast professors," it's that these are just completely different ecosystems and the streams rarely cross - ofc that's one big reason the US media, centered on the East Coast, didn't recognize the flyover evangelical threat taking over the GOP for decades
December 8, 2025 at 5:30 AM
Very much this. I think there is a particular culture of upper middle class carpet bagging in high profile jobs that explicitly rejects local vernacular knowledge as having any value - you see it a lot in journalism but also roles like school superintendents and nonprofit ED's.
Thinking about the dream of municipal snow clearing for sidewalks and wondering if anyone has dug into the history of street plowing? When was it instituted? Was it controversial? How did folks deal with it before plowing existed?
December 7, 2025 at 6:52 PM
Thinking about the dream of municipal snow clearing for sidewalks and wondering if anyone has dug into the history of street plowing? When was it instituted? Was it controversial? How did folks deal with it before plowing existed?
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i'm real sick of people not in minneapolis trying to give chief o'hara some sort of credit for an ultimately meaningless statement
the things the MPD has sworn are policy and then either didn't follow or just blatantly contradicted could fill a world book encyclopedia
the things the MPD has sworn are policy and then either didn't follow or just blatantly contradicted could fill a world book encyclopedia
December 7, 2025 at 5:05 AM
i'm real sick of people not in minneapolis trying to give chief o'hara some sort of credit for an ultimately meaningless statement
the things the MPD has sworn are policy and then either didn't follow or just blatantly contradicted could fill a world book encyclopedia
the things the MPD has sworn are policy and then either didn't follow or just blatantly contradicted could fill a world book encyclopedia
On one hand, I think public officials should just be paid the area median income ($104k for a family of 4). On the other, it's pretty bananas that the mayor literally isn't in the top 100 highest paid city employees. openpayrolls.com/rank/highest...
December 5, 2025 at 12:50 AM
On one hand, I think public officials should just be paid the area median income ($104k for a family of 4). On the other, it's pretty bananas that the mayor literally isn't in the top 100 highest paid city employees. openpayrolls.com/rank/highest...
Or maybe we should nationalize Amazon and make it part of USPS.
It may sound radical, but if one guy has so much wealth and power that he can use the large newspaper he owns to publicly threaten to ruin a service we all rely on, presumably as a bargaining tactic to get lower rates, we probably need to tax that guy until he can't do that anymore.
Exclusive: Amazon has long been USPS’s top customer, providing over $6 billion in annual revenue in 2025.
But Amazon may give up its long-standing partnership with USPS to deliver packages itself, which could spell disaster for the mail agency.
But Amazon may give up its long-standing partnership with USPS to deliver packages itself, which could spell disaster for the mail agency.
December 4, 2025 at 7:40 PM
Or maybe we should nationalize Amazon and make it part of USPS.
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We Love Our Somali Neighbors 🇸🇴
We Love Our Immigrant Neighbors 🦋
We Love Our Immigrant Neighbors 🦋
December 4, 2025 at 6:02 PM
We Love Our Somali Neighbors 🇸🇴
We Love Our Immigrant Neighbors 🦋
We Love Our Immigrant Neighbors 🦋
It was above freezing when I left for a Thanksgiving trip to ny, I got back Tuesday night and now it's horrendously cold and I feel totally debilitated by it 😔
This is when being car free makes me depressed.
This is when being car free makes me depressed.
December 4, 2025 at 7:31 PM
It was above freezing when I left for a Thanksgiving trip to ny, I got back Tuesday night and now it's horrendously cold and I feel totally debilitated by it 😔
This is when being car free makes me depressed.
This is when being car free makes me depressed.
Reached a new level of girl internet today: fb recommended a reel featuring a pretty granola mom teaching you where to buy incandescent bulbs bc LED's are ~toxic~
December 3, 2025 at 9:39 PM
Reached a new level of girl internet today: fb recommended a reel featuring a pretty granola mom teaching you where to buy incandescent bulbs bc LED's are ~toxic~
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They are beating people who maybe once had a broken taillight and sending them to foreign slave prisons while freeing the worst fraudsters and every corrupt pol. The juxtaposition is so stark and appalling.
NEW: The commutation Trump issued to David Gentile wipes away all further fines & restitution.
Gentile had been sentenced to 7 years for his role in a $1.6B scheme that defrauded thousands of investors.
Prosecutors had been seeking $15.5M in forfeiture.
www.justice.gov/pardon/media...
Gentile had been sentenced to 7 years for his role in a $1.6B scheme that defrauded thousands of investors.
Prosecutors had been seeking $15.5M in forfeiture.
www.justice.gov/pardon/media...
December 3, 2025 at 5:39 PM
They are beating people who maybe once had a broken taillight and sending them to foreign slave prisons while freeing the worst fraudsters and every corrupt pol. The juxtaposition is so stark and appalling.
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Aimee Bock was the ring leader of feeding our Future.
Namcy Hylden was their lawyer / lobbyist.
Jacob Frey lobbied to continue the fraud.
White people need to own their shit.
Namcy Hylden was their lawyer / lobbyist.
Jacob Frey lobbied to continue the fraud.
White people need to own their shit.
December 3, 2025 at 12:22 AM
Aimee Bock was the ring leader of feeding our Future.
Namcy Hylden was their lawyer / lobbyist.
Jacob Frey lobbied to continue the fraud.
White people need to own their shit.
Namcy Hylden was their lawyer / lobbyist.
Jacob Frey lobbied to continue the fraud.
White people need to own their shit.
I'm a white person in Minnesota. My state rep, my state senator, and my federal rep are all women of Somali descent. I voted for all of them and I feel lucky to have them as elected officials and neighbors.
our doofy ass president needs to go back to sleep and keep his mouth shut.
our doofy ass president needs to go back to sleep and keep his mouth shut.
December 3, 2025 at 1:26 AM
I'm a white person in Minnesota. My state rep, my state senator, and my federal rep are all women of Somali descent. I voted for all of them and I feel lucky to have them as elected officials and neighbors.
our doofy ass president needs to go back to sleep and keep his mouth shut.
our doofy ass president needs to go back to sleep and keep his mouth shut.
Has anyone used msp reserve for going thruough TSA? Why is it trying to make me reserve a slot 2.5 hours before my flight at 4:15am!?
November 24, 2025 at 2:00 AM
Has anyone used msp reserve for going thruough TSA? Why is it trying to make me reserve a slot 2.5 hours before my flight at 4:15am!?
Really wild scene outside Target Center today (looked it up later and learned there’s a monster truck show this weekend)
November 22, 2025 at 12:12 AM
Really wild scene outside Target Center today (looked it up later and learned there’s a monster truck show this weekend)
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It's really important that people understand LLMs aren't capable of logic. They morph inputs into outputs by comparing the most frequently related information in their training sets. They aren't capable of judging or reasoning about anything any more than a power adapter you plug into a wall.
November 20, 2025 at 5:56 PM
It's really important that people understand LLMs aren't capable of logic. They morph inputs into outputs by comparing the most frequently related information in their training sets. They aren't capable of judging or reasoning about anything any more than a power adapter you plug into a wall.
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This professor makes a great point about individual behavior and elides the painful material reality of the matter: Students don’t want to fail because failing is incredibly, incredibly costly. “Learn because it’s a hard-fought right!” is motivating until your scholarships are hanging in the balance
November 21, 2025 at 12:38 AM
This professor makes a great point about individual behavior and elides the painful material reality of the matter: Students don’t want to fail because failing is incredibly, incredibly costly. “Learn because it’s a hard-fought right!” is motivating until your scholarships are hanging in the balance
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I love him. “The first time I caught up to [ICE], I could tell that they already knew who I was. They had seen me before, so they thought they were just going to speed away. I was like, ‘Ha ha, bitches, I got a new scooter!’”
Meet the veteran who chases ICE on a scooter
Clifford “Buzz” Grambo patrols the streets of Baltimore to keep his neighbors safe—and make federal agents uncomfortable.
www.motherjones.com
November 20, 2025 at 4:41 PM
I love him. “The first time I caught up to [ICE], I could tell that they already knew who I was. They had seen me before, so they thought they were just going to speed away. I was like, ‘Ha ha, bitches, I got a new scooter!’”
Did Hodges mess up big time and lose the election over this? Yes. Has Frey messed up like 1000x worse but somehow got reelected twice? Also yes! Did the Strib clearly hate Hodges but love Frey? Yes again!
November 19, 2025 at 11:48 PM
Did Hodges mess up big time and lose the election over this? Yes. Has Frey messed up like 1000x worse but somehow got reelected twice? Also yes! Did the Strib clearly hate Hodges but love Frey? Yes again!
Saw a matinee of If I Had Legs I'd Kick You yesterday and PHEW it was was a tough watch but so good. Rose Byrne is fantastic and her wonderfully expressive and natural 46-year-old face really speaks to my feeling that the botox/fillers era is making so many actors worse.
November 19, 2025 at 11:43 PM
Saw a matinee of If I Had Legs I'd Kick You yesterday and PHEW it was was a tough watch but so good. Rose Byrne is fantastic and her wonderfully expressive and natural 46-year-old face really speaks to my feeling that the botox/fillers era is making so many actors worse.
What's the deal with nonprofits that have "collective" in their name but seem to have totally traditional hierarchical structures? Like what does collective mean to these folks??
November 19, 2025 at 11:37 PM
What's the deal with nonprofits that have "collective" in their name but seem to have totally traditional hierarchical structures? Like what does collective mean to these folks??
Just emailed my first ever pitch for @racketmn.com ahhhhhh I hope they like it someone please come give me a little kiss on the forehead and say good job! 🫣
November 17, 2025 at 11:13 PM
Just emailed my first ever pitch for @racketmn.com ahhhhhh I hope they like it someone please come give me a little kiss on the forehead and say good job! 🫣