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Quilts, Knits, Fibers, and more 😘🌈 Philly ❤️‍🔥 www.flamingbaubles.com

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Kurt (they/them) @flamingbaubles.bsky.social · Jan 29

Sup bluesky, just me and my crafting over here. My name is Kurt (they/them) and I love quilting, sewing, knitting, crochet, printmaking and more! I sell some of these creations: www.flamingbaubles.com Eager to join the crafting community here 🪡🧶

Flaming Baubles

Handmade pieces quilted with love.

www.flamingbaubles.com

Kurt (they/them) @flamingbaubles.bsky.social · Jul 17

Made some paper bag shorts to match the button up I made last year. Finally have a matching set! #sewing #peppermintpatterns #springshorts #garmentmaking #memade #diy

A person wearing a newly made matching short sleeve button up and paper bag shorts. The print is a black background with purple, pink, red and blue flowers.

A person wearing a newly made pair of paper bag shorts. The print is a black background with purple, pink, red and blue flowers.

Kurt (they/them) @flamingbaubles.bsky.social · Jun 22

Re-upholstering my dining chairs. Finally getting rid of this leather. I've had these for 10 years and summers were brutal on leather. Time to breathe. #diy #upholstery

A mid century modern dining chair with black leather seats

A newly upholstered mid century modern dining chair with a white/neutral/orange/blue patterned fabric seat

Kurt (they/them) @flamingbaubles.bsky.social · Jun 18

Love it! How are you attaching the yarn? I usually make button holes and crochet into those but am interested in other options

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Kurt (they/them) @flamingbaubles.bsky.social · Jun 12

This is why they need all the distractions. This is a rich vs. everyone else game.

Bobby Kogan @bbkogan.bsky.social · Jun 12

NEW FROM CBO: brutal distributional analysis of House GOP "Big Beautiful Bill"

On avg the bottom 30% of households get poorer under the GOP bill

Avg gets little - and are worse off if you include tariffs

This'd be the largest transfer of wealth from the poor to the rich in a single law in history

figure 2. shows poor get poorer and rich get richer, percent change. -4% for bottom 10%. +2.5% roughly for top 10%.

dollar change. shows poor get poorer and rich get richer.

Kurt (they/them) @flamingbaubles.bsky.social · Jun 11

Happy Birthday Maya ❤️🕊️ You would've turned 11 today. Miss you everyday. Hope you're being mischievous and getting all the belly rubs in kitty heaven 😘

A tortoiseshell/calico cat named Maya sits on a bed with a rainbow ribbon toy.

Kurt (they/them) @flamingbaubles.bsky.social · Jun 6

Pier 39 by Isabell Kraemer

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Kurt (they/them) @flamingbaubles.bsky.social · Jun 5

Thank you!

Kurt (they/them) @flamingbaubles.bsky.social · Jun 5

OG boat neck looked weird in the back. Added some short rows and a ribbed collar. Much better! #knitsky #knitting #summerknits

A person wears their knit striped tank top that has a boat neck that sags in the back.

A person wears their knit striped tank top that has a fixed neckline with a ribbed collar.

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Senator Bernie Sanders @sanders.senate.gov · Jun 3

The Republican reconciliation bill which makes massive cuts to Medicaid in order to pay for huge tax breaks for billionaires is not just bad public policy.

It is not just immoral.

It is a death sentence for struggling Americans.

According to Yale University and the University of Pennsylvania, 51,000 additional Americans will die each year if Trump’s ‘Big, Beautiful Bill’ is passed.

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Kurt (they/them) @flamingbaubles.bsky.social · Jun 1

The 600ft pride flag in Philly ❤️🏳️‍🌈 #pride #philly

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Erin Reed @erininthemorning.com · May 23

Hey folks, I have a HUGE request from the Trevor Project and would appreciate help getting the word out.

Trevor is now recruiting for it's 2025 National Youth Survey. They need people 13-24, LGBTQ+, in the United States to take it.

This research is critical to LGBTQ+ rights.

Take it here:

To proceed to the survey, please check off the box and click the button below.

trevorredcap.trvr.org

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Erin Reed @erininthemorning.com · May 20

Absolutely insane filing. The Trump government is arguing that a law firm is a national security threat because it was part of the lawsuit against the transgender military ban.

We are just STEPS away from Russia-style designating LGBTQ+ orgs "extremist and terrorist organizations"

DOJ Says Susman Godfrey Is National Security Threat... For Giving Money To GLAD - Above the Law

Stupid, but also disturbing.

abovethelaw.com

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Kurt (they/them) @flamingbaubles.bsky.social · May 16

That part

Esteban @estebananza.bsky.social · May 16

Ok, I've considered it: I think this is a shitty idea. Thanks for your input.

Counterpoint: fully fund SEPTA so people can reliably get to work, shopping, and other things that generate tax revenue that flows to the rest of the Commonwealth.

It’s time to consider privatizing SEPTA | Opinion

The fiscal instability of SEPTA is quickly on the horizon and has left us with a system in crisis and no good way out. The solutions for this cannot come from the same bank of tired ideas.

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Kurt (they/them) @flamingbaubles.bsky.social · May 11

Happy Mother's Day! Grateful for my mom who taught me to sew, and the time we get to spend together #quilting. Here's our latest #Roam quilt top! #modernquilting #tarafaughnan

A mom and adult child posing in front of a quilt too they sewed together

A quilt top of neutral colors hanging over a banister. The quilt has a variety of stars, diamonds, stripes, and squares.

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Kurt (they/them) @flamingbaubles.bsky.social · Apr 28

Pier 39 by Isabell Kraemer. It's a fingering weight pattern but I made gauge. I found that the remix is much thinner than it's branded as.

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Kurt (they/them) @flamingbaubles.bsky.social · Apr 27

Progress on a striped summer tank. Using Berroco Remix Light which is 100% recycled fibers 🌎♻️ #knitsky #knitting #wip

An unfinished knit tank top with white and grey stripes sits on top of a colorful quilt.

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TransLash Media @translash.org · Apr 22

A leaked budget draft from the Trump government shows that they plan to defund the 988 Suicide & Crisis Lifeline’s LGBTQ+ Youth Specialized Services.

Trying to eliminate these lifesaving services is nothing short of cruel.

🔗 www.advocate.com/politics/tru...

Trump Administration to defund suicide hotline for LGBTQ+ youth starting in October

A leaked budget draft shows the federal government's plans to eliminate all funding for the 988 Suicide & Crisis Lifeline’s LGBTQ+ Youth Specialized Services.

www.advocate.com

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Erin Reed @erininthemorning.com · Apr 16

1. It is time that countries begin accepting trans refugees from the United States.

Refuge has always been a defining act in times of political persecution—this is one of those moments. History will remember who opens the door.

I make the case in my latest.

Subscribe to support my journalism.

Countries Should Accept Transgender Refugees From The United States

The situation on the ground for transgender people is deteriorating in real time in the United States. Other countries should open up refugee programs to allow those moving from the US.

www.erininthemorning.com

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Kurt (they/them) @flamingbaubles.bsky.social · Apr 16

PA Senators McCormick and Fetterman aren't even pretending to listen to their constituents. These responses they're sending about every concern submitted are doubling down on their autonomy to act for their own self interest...NOT for us...

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Acyn @acyn.bsky.social · Apr 12

AOC: We must acknowledge the terrifying moment we are in right now. What we are hearing and seeing with our own eyes is, in fact, happening. We are watching our neighbors, students, and friends being fired, targeted, and disappeared. It is real.

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Philly Activist News @phillyactivistnews.bsky.social · Apr 8

Just updated the calendar & WOW! There is something for everyone!!!

We have soooo many political events coming up in next two months… unions, climate, criminal justice, transit, civil rights, media reform - all open to the public. Some in person, some online.
phillyactivist.com/events/

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Kurt (they/them) @flamingbaubles.bsky.social · Apr 1

Trans people belong everywhere! #TDOV #Philly

Gender Justice Fund @genderjusticefund.bsky.social · Mar 31

This #TransDayOfVisibility, we say to those who would erase them that trans people belong EVERYWHERE. Join us in championing trans rights & fighting for trans lives in the Philly region by making a tax-deductible donation to our Trans Resilience Fund: givebutter.com/2025TRF
#TDOV
Art by @kahyangni

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IndivisiblePHL ❌👑 @indivisiblephl.bsky.social · Mar 29

1 WEEK!! 4/5 Join Us as we tell Musk-Trump #HANDSOFF our Democracy! Agenda below. 🧵

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Erin Reed @erininthemorning.com · Mar 27

1. Trump's voting EO that attacked mail-in ballots and required voter ID could be devastating for transgender people.

Trans people often have trouble updating birth certs, and passports right now are held up.

The latest from S. Baum.

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Trump’s Anti-Voter EO Could Disenfranchise Hundreds of Thousands of Trans People

The order, like similar state-level policies, would disenfranchise trans voters en masse.

www.erininthemorning.com

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Congresswoman Jasmine Crockett @crockett.house.gov · Mar 26

Them: “no ‘war plans’ were discussed”

The chat:

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