Debbie
@chihnu.bsky.social
Yarn, books, cats, SciComm, climate resilience, collaborative conservation. Indie dyer, MAD Dyeworks. Resistance through craft and community. No AI. All views are my own. Albuquerque, NM, USA (she/her)
A powerful piece. Something all Americans should read. What does this say about us? Our values?
I wrote this for @latimes.com after reading reporting I couldn’t shake about a three-year-old appearing alone in immigration court — and what that says about power, responsibility, and character.
www.latimes.com/opinion/stor...
www.latimes.com/opinion/stor...
Contributor: How does a 3-year-old hire an immigration attorney?
Lucy couldn't understand the words being spoken around her or the dangers she fled. Yet under the system we've built, she's the one required to answer to a judge.
www.latimes.com
December 19, 2025 at 1:57 AM
A powerful piece. Something all Americans should read. What does this say about us? Our values?
This entire thread is gold.
We can all play this game of which demographic shouldn’t be allowed to vote since the US right wants women’s right to vote to be banned. The group that has proved themselves the biggest liability is Republican men.
December 12, 2025 at 3:19 PM
This entire thread is gold.
I just finished Snake-Eater by T. Kingfisher and if that wasn't the most Southwest T. Kingfisher book ever. Evil roadrunner. Yup, makes total sense.
December 7, 2025 at 8:15 PM
I just finished Snake-Eater by T. Kingfisher and if that wasn't the most Southwest T. Kingfisher book ever. Evil roadrunner. Yup, makes total sense.
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Reporting now confirms that U.S. forces fired second missiles at survivors of our own strikes. This is no “gray area.” It’s illegal — and it morally injures the very people we ask to serve.
My op-ed in the LA Times on why killing survivors is neither legal nor moral: www.latimes.com/opinion/stor...
My op-ed in the LA Times on why killing survivors is neither legal nor moral: www.latimes.com/opinion/stor...
Contributor: Killing survivors is not a legal or moral gray area
There is a rule every professional military knows it cannot break: You do not attack people who can no longer fight, such as survivors of the recent boat strikes in Latin America.
www.latimes.com
December 2, 2025 at 3:25 PM
Reporting now confirms that U.S. forces fired second missiles at survivors of our own strikes. This is no “gray area.” It’s illegal — and it morally injures the very people we ask to serve.
My op-ed in the LA Times on why killing survivors is neither legal nor moral: www.latimes.com/opinion/stor...
My op-ed in the LA Times on why killing survivors is neither legal nor moral: www.latimes.com/opinion/stor...
I started using an AI image detector and ran questionable book covers on my wishlist through it. Well, my to-buy list is now significantly smaller. I wish I had thought to do this sooner as I had bought a fair number of books with AI covers that I hadn't pegged as AI. Indie authors, do better.
December 7, 2025 at 9:22 AM
I started using an AI image detector and ran questionable book covers on my wishlist through it. Well, my to-buy list is now significantly smaller. I wish I had thought to do this sooner as I had bought a fair number of books with AI covers that I hadn't pegged as AI. Indie authors, do better.
Also, if you've ever wondered how Targhee Worsted knits up... Amazingly! Here I am in Broken Oath by Thea Colman, Targhee Worsted in colorway Octopus's Garden.
December 3, 2025 at 6:07 PM
Also, if you've ever wondered how Targhee Worsted knits up... Amazingly! Here I am in Broken Oath by Thea Colman, Targhee Worsted in colorway Octopus's Garden.
I was in a very purple mood this weekend. (What else is new?) New yarn at The Yarn Store at Nob Hill in Albuquerque! Including a new 100% North American wool base that is love, and sock blanks.
#yarn #indiedyer #knitting #crochet
#yarn #indiedyer #knitting #crochet
December 3, 2025 at 6:05 PM
I was in a very purple mood this weekend. (What else is new?) New yarn at The Yarn Store at Nob Hill in Albuquerque! Including a new 100% North American wool base that is love, and sock blanks.
#yarn #indiedyer #knitting #crochet
#yarn #indiedyer #knitting #crochet
Last time I only did one skein in this colorway (using up dye at the end of a dye session) and it sold almost immediately. Here's more Pink Pony Club coming!
November 29, 2025 at 7:11 AM
Last time I only did one skein in this colorway (using up dye at the end of a dye session) and it sold almost immediately. Here's more Pink Pony Club coming!
Rejoice! The Targhee Worsted base is back in stock at the mill. *Immediately buys $1000 dollars worth of undyed yarn*
November 25, 2025 at 2:17 AM
Rejoice! The Targhee Worsted base is back in stock at the mill. *Immediately buys $1000 dollars worth of undyed yarn*
This is the ten billion dollar question isn't it?
We’re killing people at sea without trial or oversight. A secret memo now promises immunity.
This is what happens when a system built to obey forgets how to take a moral stand.
My LA Times op-ed: “Do our military leaders have the backbone to disobey illegal orders?”
www.latimes.com/opinion/stor...
This is what happens when a system built to obey forgets how to take a moral stand.
My LA Times op-ed: “Do our military leaders have the backbone to disobey illegal orders?”
www.latimes.com/opinion/stor...
Contributor: Do our military leaders have the backbone to disobey illegal orders?
A recently uncovered memo promises U.S. soldiers immunity for the killing of more than 80 people in boat strikes throughout the Caribbean, effectively conceding it crossed a line.
www.latimes.com
November 20, 2025 at 3:49 PM
This is the ten billion dollar question isn't it?
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Ignore all laws about altering historic properties ✅
Pave over Rose Garden for tacky Mar-A-Lardo Patio ✅
Demolish East Wing after lying that "It won't interfere with the current building. It'll be near it but not touching it" ✅
Build gaudy $250M Ballroom as public struggles financially ✅
#Ugh🤢✅
Pave over Rose Garden for tacky Mar-A-Lardo Patio ✅
Demolish East Wing after lying that "It won't interfere with the current building. It'll be near it but not touching it" ✅
Build gaudy $250M Ballroom as public struggles financially ✅
#Ugh🤢✅
October 21, 2025 at 4:01 PM
Ignore all laws about altering historic properties ✅
Pave over Rose Garden for tacky Mar-A-Lardo Patio ✅
Demolish East Wing after lying that "It won't interfere with the current building. It'll be near it but not touching it" ✅
Build gaudy $250M Ballroom as public struggles financially ✅
#Ugh🤢✅
Pave over Rose Garden for tacky Mar-A-Lardo Patio ✅
Demolish East Wing after lying that "It won't interfere with the current building. It'll be near it but not touching it" ✅
Build gaudy $250M Ballroom as public struggles financially ✅
#Ugh🤢✅
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When this is over, no matter the effort and no matter the cost, we tear down Trump's ballroom and restore the White House to the way it was.
And then we take a wrecking ball to Mar-a-Lago.
And then we take a wrecking ball to Mar-a-Lago.
October 20, 2025 at 11:30 PM
When this is over, no matter the effort and no matter the cost, we tear down Trump's ballroom and restore the White House to the way it was.
And then we take a wrecking ball to Mar-a-Lago.
And then we take a wrecking ball to Mar-a-Lago.
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billionaires should not be allowed to exist because the downside of "one of them loses their mind" is simply too dangerous for a functional society
also, having a billion dollars tends to make you lose your mind
also, having a billion dollars tends to make you lose your mind
The whole point of democracy is so one person's derangement does not become everybody's problem. It's social hygiene. The fact the richest men in the West are a mix of grotty twelve year olds and deranged apocalypse fanatics is a problem, and we should be honest about it.
Someone went there:
"It Kind of Seems Like Peter Thiel is Losing It"
via @futurism.com
futurism.com/future-socie...
"It Kind of Seems Like Peter Thiel is Losing It"
via @futurism.com
futurism.com/future-socie...
October 20, 2025 at 5:47 PM
billionaires should not be allowed to exist because the downside of "one of them loses their mind" is simply too dangerous for a functional society
also, having a billion dollars tends to make you lose your mind
also, having a billion dollars tends to make you lose your mind
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I cannot recommend you enough to install the Wikipedia app on your devices and use it like you would any search engine. Nowadays they even have tabs so you can open many articles at once.
And, if you can, please donate to the foundation. It has survived the internet enshittification that way.
And, if you can, please donate to the foundation. It has survived the internet enshittification that way.
wikipedia's data shows that AI is siphoning traffic away from the site, which is a danger to its sustainability. ironically Wikipedia is more important than ever to users who want reliable information instead of slop, and to AI companies that need it for training data www.404media.co/wikipedia-sa...
Wikipedia Says AI Is Causing a Dangerous Decline in Human Visitors
“With fewer visits to Wikipedia, fewer volunteers may grow and enrich the content, and fewer individual donors may support this work.”
www.404media.co
October 17, 2025 at 2:41 PM
I cannot recommend you enough to install the Wikipedia app on your devices and use it like you would any search engine. Nowadays they even have tabs so you can open many articles at once.
And, if you can, please donate to the foundation. It has survived the internet enshittification that way.
And, if you can, please donate to the foundation. It has survived the internet enshittification that way.
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Caturday meets No Kings day.
October 18, 2025 at 2:50 PM
Caturday meets No Kings day.
Still some Balloon Glow left from this weekend's mini fiber festival. It will be heading to The Yarn Store at Nob Hill later today.
October 6, 2025 at 1:30 PM
Still some Balloon Glow left from this weekend's mini fiber festival. It will be heading to The Yarn Store at Nob Hill later today.
Also despite me vending this weekend, I've given up dyeing more fiber or yarn because the day job is taking all my time at the moment. And fuck it. If I sell out, hooray! I might put a dent in the loan I gave the business to stockpile supplies.
October 2, 2025 at 7:22 AM
Also despite me vending this weekend, I've given up dyeing more fiber or yarn because the day job is taking all my time at the moment. And fuck it. If I sell out, hooray! I might put a dent in the loan I gave the business to stockpile supplies.
Changing my avatar because sometimes you are just a cat under a chair.
October 2, 2025 at 7:21 AM
Changing my avatar because sometimes you are just a cat under a chair.
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We are thrilled to announce that our NEW Large Language Model will be released on 11.18.25.
October 2, 2025 at 1:43 AM
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Albuquerque area fiber folks! Are you missing MAVWA this year? Come by The Yarn Store at Nob Hill this weekend for a mini fiber festival! MAD Dyeworks will be joined by Desert Wools, ZiaWoolz, Fabrilliant Bags, Enchanted Spinners, and the Oveja Project with Chief the sheep!
October 1, 2025 at 7:21 AM
Albuquerque area fiber folks! Are you missing MAVWA this year? Come by The Yarn Store at Nob Hill this weekend for a mini fiber festival! MAD Dyeworks will be joined by Desert Wools, ZiaWoolz, Fabrilliant Bags, Enchanted Spinners, and the Oveja Project with Chief the sheep!
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At some point, we really need to ask ourselves:
Is all the authoritarian crap Trump is doing a distraction from the Epstein File?
Or, is the Epstein File a distraction from the fact we are watching our country descend into a dictatorship under the control of a demented old man?
Is all the authoritarian crap Trump is doing a distraction from the Epstein File?
Or, is the Epstein File a distraction from the fact we are watching our country descend into a dictatorship under the control of a demented old man?
September 27, 2025 at 3:51 PM
At some point, we really need to ask ourselves:
Is all the authoritarian crap Trump is doing a distraction from the Epstein File?
Or, is the Epstein File a distraction from the fact we are watching our country descend into a dictatorship under the control of a demented old man?
Is all the authoritarian crap Trump is doing a distraction from the Epstein File?
Or, is the Epstein File a distraction from the fact we are watching our country descend into a dictatorship under the control of a demented old man?
Fresh from the dye pot, this year's Balloon Fiesta colorway. Inspired by the Balloon Glow nights!
#yarn #indiedyern #handdyedyarn
#yarn #indiedyern #handdyedyarn
September 15, 2025 at 6:52 AM
Fresh from the dye pot, this year's Balloon Fiesta colorway. Inspired by the Balloon Glow nights!
#yarn #indiedyern #handdyedyarn
#yarn #indiedyern #handdyedyarn
I'm almost halfway done with my current spin. I got about a lb of Aurora Borealis from World of Wool. I've just got a little bit left of the first half lb, and then to start the second single. Plan is double plied for a sweater.
#handspinning #yarn #spinning #spinningfiber
#handspinning #yarn #spinning #spinningfiber
September 13, 2025 at 9:00 PM
I'm almost halfway done with my current spin. I got about a lb of Aurora Borealis from World of Wool. I've just got a little bit left of the first half lb, and then to start the second single. Plan is double plied for a sweater.
#handspinning #yarn #spinning #spinningfiber
#handspinning #yarn #spinning #spinningfiber
This is really amazing and fascinating!
Shout out to everyone only now learning that "Albert Einstein was reclusive at the end of his career, shunning public engagements."
Really meant,
"For the last *20 years* of his career, Einstein opposed US racism by only speaking publicly at Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs).
Really meant,
"For the last *20 years* of his career, Einstein opposed US racism by only speaking publicly at Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs).
September 12, 2025 at 8:10 AM
This is really amazing and fascinating!