Sarah (🧶 + 👩💻 + 🎨)
@gliful.bsky.social
Software person who wishes they could just be doing crafts like #tapestryweaving & #printmaking instead. Likes tinkering with things. London, UK.
All opinions are my own- there’s only me to blame.
All opinions are my own- there’s only me to blame.
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Not sure which stat blows me away more. That Donald Trump's name shows up more times in the Epstein Files (38K) than Harry Potter's does in the Harry Potter books (~19K) or that Joe Rogan has had more guests that were named in the Epstein Files (10+) than he's had Black women guests (~5).
February 4, 2026 at 5:09 AM
Not sure which stat blows me away more. That Donald Trump's name shows up more times in the Epstein Files (38K) than Harry Potter's does in the Harry Potter books (~19K) or that Joe Rogan has had more guests that were named in the Epstein Files (10+) than he's had Black women guests (~5).
There’s a type of mood I can get in where I’m antsy, frustrated, and just want to start ruthlessly donating/disposing of clutter and stuff from my house that’s not needed. Craving a blank-er slate.
I have that now, but not clear what to dispose of. Think the items are just surface-level coping
I have that now, but not clear what to dispose of. Think the items are just surface-level coping
February 3, 2026 at 12:47 AM
There’s a type of mood I can get in where I’m antsy, frustrated, and just want to start ruthlessly donating/disposing of clutter and stuff from my house that’s not needed. Craving a blank-er slate.
I have that now, but not clear what to dispose of. Think the items are just surface-level coping
I have that now, but not clear what to dispose of. Think the items are just surface-level coping
I stumbled upon a website about #weaving from the university of Arizona that has a bunch of free resources, including PDF scans of a Peter Collingwood book about rug weaving that someone recommended to me!
www2.cs.arizona.edu/patterns/wea...
www2.cs.arizona.edu/patterns/wea...
On-Line Digital Archive of Documents on Weaving and Related Topics
www2.cs.arizona.edu
January 13, 2026 at 11:54 PM
I stumbled upon a website about #weaving from the university of Arizona that has a bunch of free resources, including PDF scans of a Peter Collingwood book about rug weaving that someone recommended to me!
www2.cs.arizona.edu/patterns/wea...
www2.cs.arizona.edu/patterns/wea...
A software engineer archetype I’ve encountered a few times:
Senior (or worryingly, Staff) IC who likes to make it known they don’t know where the team’s tickets are in Jira.
Likes: reminiscing about the pre-IPO days, or $LAST_JOB.
Dislikes: any team processes or rotas
Senior (or worryingly, Staff) IC who likes to make it known they don’t know where the team’s tickets are in Jira.
Likes: reminiscing about the pre-IPO days, or $LAST_JOB.
Dislikes: any team processes or rotas
December 15, 2025 at 6:33 PM
A software engineer archetype I’ve encountered a few times:
Senior (or worryingly, Staff) IC who likes to make it known they don’t know where the team’s tickets are in Jira.
Likes: reminiscing about the pre-IPO days, or $LAST_JOB.
Dislikes: any team processes or rotas
Senior (or worryingly, Staff) IC who likes to make it known they don’t know where the team’s tickets are in Jira.
Likes: reminiscing about the pre-IPO days, or $LAST_JOB.
Dislikes: any team processes or rotas
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Tech CEOs stopped Trump from sending troops to San Francisco which would have been disastrous for their immigrant worker base given the troops come along with massive indiscriminate ICE raids.
Who needs Congress when you have an oligarchy?
Who needs Congress when you have an oligarchy?
Exclusive | Inside the Tech CEO Campaign to Stop Trump From Sending Troops to San Francisco
Sam Altman, Jensen Huang and Marc Benioff helped Mayor Daniel Lurie to persuade the president not to deploy the National Guard.
www.wsj.com
October 25, 2025 at 10:27 AM
Tech CEOs stopped Trump from sending troops to San Francisco which would have been disastrous for their immigrant worker base given the troops come along with massive indiscriminate ICE raids.
Who needs Congress when you have an oligarchy?
Who needs Congress when you have an oligarchy?
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watching the UKs green party elect an actual unafraid leftist into leadership and see party membership double in under a month is once again endless proof that if you stand up for leftist causes and treat the electorate like adults, you’ll win people over easily
October 13, 2025 at 5:32 PM
watching the UKs green party elect an actual unafraid leftist into leadership and see party membership double in under a month is once again endless proof that if you stand up for leftist causes and treat the electorate like adults, you’ll win people over easily
IT’S CALLED “SPLIT WARP”!!! 🗣️🗣️🗣️ 👹
If anyone knows of good blog posts/youtube videos on this that’ be a big help! I tried googling but it’s hard to do when i don’t know a specific name for what I’m doing 🤦♀️
August 26, 2025 at 9:27 PM
IT’S CALLED “SPLIT WARP”!!! 🗣️🗣️🗣️ 👹
Solution for me: do a line of soumak using half the normal weft (ie half of the weft in the finer areas) to mark the transition between areas of higher and lower epi.
Good to use the colour that matches the chunky area, so raised sections match.
Better to do soumak back-to-front; blends in more
Good to use the colour that matches the chunky area, so raised sections match.
Better to do soumak back-to-front; blends in more
August 11, 2025 at 10:53 PM
Solution for me: do a line of soumak using half the normal weft (ie half of the weft in the finer areas) to mark the transition between areas of higher and lower epi.
Good to use the colour that matches the chunky area, so raised sections match.
Better to do soumak back-to-front; blends in more
Good to use the colour that matches the chunky area, so raised sections match.
Better to do soumak back-to-front; blends in more
I started a (very disposable) #tapestry sample to try out combining different setts; ie #weaving w/ 2x the number of weft threads while grouping duos of warp threads in places.
A challenge I encountered was getting the thicker weft to cover gaps from the previous pick done at a finer sett. 🤦♀️
A challenge I encountered was getting the thicker weft to cover gaps from the previous pick done at a finer sett. 🤦♀️
August 10, 2025 at 11:59 PM
AI-generated PRs can suck to review when maintaining an open source project, but it’s even more frustrating when people make AI-driven code review bots and then point them at large public repos 😡
At least spam PRs only annoy maintainers, spam reviewers annoy _everyone_
At least spam PRs only annoy maintainers, spam reviewers annoy _everyone_
August 1, 2025 at 1:57 PM
AI-generated PRs can suck to review when maintaining an open source project, but it’s even more frustrating when people make AI-driven code review bots and then point them at large public repos 😡
At least spam PRs only annoy maintainers, spam reviewers annoy _everyone_
At least spam PRs only annoy maintainers, spam reviewers annoy _everyone_
The company I work for was acquired and I had to visit the new owner’s London office for admin related to transferring employment.
It’s a surreal experience to get an office tour when you’re “forced” to be there, and not a starry-eyed job seeker. Or maybe I’ve just seen enough WeWorks in my life
It’s a surreal experience to get an office tour when you’re “forced” to be there, and not a starry-eyed job seeker. Or maybe I’ve just seen enough WeWorks in my life
July 29, 2025 at 11:49 AM
The company I work for was acquired and I had to visit the new owner’s London office for admin related to transferring employment.
It’s a surreal experience to get an office tour when you’re “forced” to be there, and not a starry-eyed job seeker. Or maybe I’ve just seen enough WeWorks in my life
It’s a surreal experience to get an office tour when you’re “forced” to be there, and not a starry-eyed job seeker. Or maybe I’ve just seen enough WeWorks in my life
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I needed very little encouragement for this, I'm very excited about it:
The colorwork is from the Penguin Classics chart by Catherine Waterfield (mostly)
www.ravelry.com/patterns/lib...
The colorwork is from the Penguin Classics chart by Catherine Waterfield (mostly)
www.ravelry.com/patterns/lib...
July 20, 2025 at 2:57 PM
I needed very little encouragement for this, I'm very excited about it:
The colorwork is from the Penguin Classics chart by Catherine Waterfield (mostly)
www.ravelry.com/patterns/lib...
The colorwork is from the Penguin Classics chart by Catherine Waterfield (mostly)
www.ravelry.com/patterns/lib...
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This one, kind of went some unexpected directions but I rather like him. I only have two more toucans and I'm tempted to just tackle and get them done.
14 birds total left to quilt. #quiltsky
14 birds total left to quilt. #quiltsky
July 18, 2025 at 6:50 PM
This one, kind of went some unexpected directions but I rather like him. I only have two more toucans and I'm tempted to just tackle and get them done.
14 birds total left to quilt. #quiltsky
14 birds total left to quilt. #quiltsky
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@aroddick.bsky.social is back after a month in Bolivia and has brought me textiles. These are both made by Jalq’a weavers, depicting fantastic beings. See the alt text for more details.
#Textiles #Bolivia
#Textiles #Bolivia
June 3, 2025 at 4:14 PM
@aroddick.bsky.social is back after a month in Bolivia and has brought me textiles. These are both made by Jalq’a weavers, depicting fantastic beings. See the alt text for more details.
#Textiles #Bolivia
#Textiles #Bolivia
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Israeli defence minister’s Gaza proposal marks escalation from incitement of war crimes to official planning for mass forced displacement
Israeli defence minister’s Gaza proposal marks escalation from incitement of war crimes to official planning for mass forced displacement
Plans for an internment camp on ruins of Rafah are ‘unviable, impractical and morally depraved’ but should be taken seriously
www.theguardian.com
July 9, 2025 at 7:24 AM
Israeli defence minister’s Gaza proposal marks escalation from incitement of war crimes to official planning for mass forced displacement
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Stunning weavings from artist Jan Landrum (1931-2024) a former teacher who spent summers in San Miguel de Allende learning her craft, available for the first time thru an estate sale.Please contact for more info. Thank you! #fiberart #tapestry #weaving #looms #wool #craft #mexico #sanmigueldeallende
July 7, 2025 at 1:08 AM
Stunning weavings from artist Jan Landrum (1931-2024) a former teacher who spent summers in San Miguel de Allende learning her craft, available for the first time thru an estate sale.Please contact for more info. Thank you! #fiberart #tapestry #weaving #looms #wool #craft #mexico #sanmigueldeallende
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Left: Louise Haigh, "I will support the government on Tuesday in recognition they've made significant progress, and protecting the incomes of 400,000 disabled people across the country"
Right: Rosie Jones, "They're not thinking about the millions of people who will become disabled in the future"
Right: Rosie Jones, "They're not thinking about the millions of people who will become disabled in the future"
June 29, 2025 at 11:18 AM
Left: Louise Haigh, "I will support the government on Tuesday in recognition they've made significant progress, and protecting the incomes of 400,000 disabled people across the country"
Right: Rosie Jones, "They're not thinking about the millions of people who will become disabled in the future"
Right: Rosie Jones, "They're not thinking about the millions of people who will become disabled in the future"
As the very disruptive home renovation project in one (1) room reaches its fourth (4th) month, I am beginning to reach my limit 😩
All my leisure time ends up becoming get-sweaty-and-covered-in-dust time.
All my leisure time ends up becoming get-sweaty-and-covered-in-dust time.
June 21, 2025 at 6:01 PM
As the very disruptive home renovation project in one (1) room reaches its fourth (4th) month, I am beginning to reach my limit 😩
All my leisure time ends up becoming get-sweaty-and-covered-in-dust time.
All my leisure time ends up becoming get-sweaty-and-covered-in-dust time.
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there's an interesting detail in this, which is that *technically* he did not have his visa cancelled for his speech, they used his speech as a pretext to single him out for search and concoct allegations that he'd lied about illegal drug use, and that became the pretext for the deportation.
This is shocking. Pure totalitarianism from DHS, and also blatantly unconstitutional.
www.newyorker.com/news/the-led...
www.newyorker.com/news/the-led...
How My Reporting on the Columbia Protests Led to My Deportation
As an Australian who wrote about the demonstrations while on campus, I gave my phone a superficial clean before flying to the U.S. I underestimated what I was up against.
www.newyorker.com
June 19, 2025 at 6:53 PM
there's an interesting detail in this, which is that *technically* he did not have his visa cancelled for his speech, they used his speech as a pretext to single him out for search and concoct allegations that he'd lied about illegal drug use, and that became the pretext for the deportation.
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Obviously I have to go back to my Game of Life Fair Isle project for today's #mathartmarch prompt "game". Here's my knitted portrait of its originator, John Conway, with heraldic bands of pulsars and gliders in traditional Fair Isle colours.
March 30, 2025 at 5:32 PM
Obviously I have to go back to my Game of Life Fair Isle project for today's #mathartmarch prompt "game". Here's my knitted portrait of its originator, John Conway, with heraldic bands of pulsars and gliders in traditional Fair Isle colours.
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The word “tapestry” conjures Medieval constructions in dark, simple palettes, conveying religious rites and hunting motifs — but modern practitioners like Sam Dienst have demonstrated that the form is due for a (second) Renaissance.
Sam Dienst Weaves the Everyday Into Rich Tapestries
Dienst wrests playfulness and movement from the warp and weft of weaving.
hyperallergic.com
June 8, 2025 at 4:42 PM
The word “tapestry” conjures Medieval constructions in dark, simple palettes, conveying religious rites and hunting motifs — but modern practitioners like Sam Dienst have demonstrated that the form is due for a (second) Renaissance.
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See it: plums in the icebox
Say it: lol eating those
Sorted: a poem
Say it: lol eating those
Sorted: a poem
June 11, 2025 at 11:45 AM
See it: plums in the icebox
Say it: lol eating those
Sorted: a poem
Say it: lol eating those
Sorted: a poem
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Labour deselects Jewish Streatham councillor for Gaza support insidecroydon.com/2025/06/11/l... #Lambeth #Croydon #Gaza #Genocide #Labour @left-foot-forward.bsky.social @britainelects.com
Labour deselects Jewish Streatham councillor for Gaza support
Councillor Martin Abrams has accused those running Keir Starmer’s party of ‘pursuing their factional obsession against the interests of both the community and the Labour Party’ Ma…
insidecroydon.com
June 11, 2025 at 1:21 PM
Labour deselects Jewish Streatham councillor for Gaza support insidecroydon.com/2025/06/11/l... #Lambeth #Croydon #Gaza #Genocide #Labour @left-foot-forward.bsky.social @britainelects.com
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Watermelon shoelaces for a friend! Inspired by a strawberry design from @matchathylacine.bsky.social #weaving #inkle #bandweaving
May 23, 2025 at 5:17 AM
Watermelon shoelaces for a friend! Inspired by a strawberry design from @matchathylacine.bsky.social #weaving #inkle #bandweaving
When the Go code finally marshals your json the way you want… json.Mashallah 🙏
May 21, 2025 at 5:16 PM
When the Go code finally marshals your json the way you want… json.Mashallah 🙏