Kirsti
@kst.bsky.social
Librarian. Geek. Music is life. I block early & often. “Always fight for the user, never for the system.”— Cory Doctorow.
Today's ebike adventure involves meeting a friend for a book event at the Museum of History & Industry, then a matinee concert of Britten's Ceremony of Carols. Thinking of stopping for epsom salts on the way home. 😆
November 30, 2025 at 6:53 PM
Today's ebike adventure involves meeting a friend for a book event at the Museum of History & Industry, then a matinee concert of Britten's Ceremony of Carols. Thinking of stopping for epsom salts on the way home. 😆
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Sometimes police violence is the story but more often resistance is the story and telling it in a way that makes police the main actors strips agency from people fighting back, reproduces the toxic white myth of innocence, and keeps us from learning about tactical choices folks are making
November 30, 2025 at 4:41 PM
Sometimes police violence is the story but more often resistance is the story and telling it in a way that makes police the main actors strips agency from people fighting back, reproduces the toxic white myth of innocence, and keeps us from learning about tactical choices folks are making
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Not taking any more pauses posting about this when it stalls. I believe we can fund this book.
All contributions, $5 for a piece of art, or the art shop bundle for $50, or whatever you can *do help*, because the total ticks up and I can post an update. People like seeing progress.
We can do this.
All contributions, $5 for a piece of art, or the art shop bundle for $50, or whatever you can *do help*, because the total ticks up and I can post an update. People like seeing progress.
We can do this.
Let's fund both translations, get these writers and translators paid, and close up the project!
Still needed: $2270 (USD)
Last donation/purchase: 2:00a EST / 09:00 SAST ($25)
Grateful shout out to Claudia Wair and Yilin Wang for the reposts.
ko-fi.com/africantrans...
#CyberSunday #BookSky
Still needed: $2270 (USD)
Last donation/purchase: 2:00a EST / 09:00 SAST ($25)
Grateful shout out to Claudia Wair and Yilin Wang for the reposts.
ko-fi.com/africantrans...
#CyberSunday #BookSky
Support African Translation Project
African Translation Project / Rally Weekend - let's close this up! / please see - please share / After eight months - let's complete funding for the translation of Zvinobvinza to: The Crocodile Doesn'...
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November 30, 2025 at 4:10 PM
Not taking any more pauses posting about this when it stalls. I believe we can fund this book.
All contributions, $5 for a piece of art, or the art shop bundle for $50, or whatever you can *do help*, because the total ticks up and I can post an update. People like seeing progress.
We can do this.
All contributions, $5 for a piece of art, or the art shop bundle for $50, or whatever you can *do help*, because the total ticks up and I can post an update. People like seeing progress.
We can do this.
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Introducing December's #yarnclub colorway "Ira's Velvet Curtain". This luscious colorway is based on the 1st Black Shakespearean actor Ira Aldridge who became a world renowned actor in the 19thc. This month is merino/silk w/ handpainted gold leaf. Abt 15 steps to make this month's but worth it. 🧶
November 30, 2025 at 4:14 PM
Introducing December's #yarnclub colorway "Ira's Velvet Curtain". This luscious colorway is based on the 1st Black Shakespearean actor Ira Aldridge who became a world renowned actor in the 19thc. This month is merino/silk w/ handpainted gold leaf. Abt 15 steps to make this month's but worth it. 🧶
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Japanese pattern book, early 19th c, cataloguing stencil patterns that could be printed onto fabric for a kimono
November 30, 2025 at 3:32 PM
Japanese pattern book, early 19th c, cataloguing stencil patterns that could be printed onto fabric for a kimono
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My film on the largest organized resistance to wartime incarceration is now on a streaming platform. "Conscience and the Constitution" premiered 25 years ago on PBS. You can now watch it on the Nichi Bei Foundation's Films of Remembrance On Demand service. More: resisters.com/2025/11/30/f...
November 30, 2025 at 8:33 AM
My film on the largest organized resistance to wartime incarceration is now on a streaming platform. "Conscience and the Constitution" premiered 25 years ago on PBS. You can now watch it on the Nichi Bei Foundation's Films of Remembrance On Demand service. More: resisters.com/2025/11/30/f...
I just realized that the ebike means I can get to the weekday yoga class I like for the first time in weeks! Which is good because my leg & hip muscles need stretching from all the riding I'm doing.
November 30, 2025 at 8:28 AM
I just realized that the ebike means I can get to the weekday yoga class I like for the first time in weeks! Which is good because my leg & hip muscles need stretching from all the riding I'm doing.
Spouse & I are trying to decide if we want to rewatch Stranger Things Seasons 1-4 before starting Season 5. Kid found a site that tells you how long it takes to bingewatch a show/series. Just a bit over 40 hours.
November 30, 2025 at 8:16 AM
Spouse & I are trying to decide if we want to rewatch Stranger Things Seasons 1-4 before starting Season 5. Kid found a site that tells you how long it takes to bingewatch a show/series. Just a bit over 40 hours.
Today's ebike adventure was biking to the Cinerama (SIFF Downtown) to see Wicked with a friend. I gave myself an hour to be on the safe side. It took 37 min., which left me time to get a croissant at the French bakery up the street.
November 30, 2025 at 7:59 AM
Today's ebike adventure was biking to the Cinerama (SIFF Downtown) to see Wicked with a friend. I gave myself an hour to be on the safe side. It took 37 min., which left me time to get a croissant at the French bakery up the street.
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November 30, 2025 at 12:45 AM
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Too many tough emotions tonight. Gotta get offline.
Will be back tomorrow, but if anyone can get this translation funded, night events, time zones, morning, wherever you are - so many people would be grateful.
Will be back tomorrow, but if anyone can get this translation funded, night events, time zones, morning, wherever you are - so many people would be grateful.
Let's fund both translations, get these writers and translators paid, and close up the project!
Still needed: $2345 (USD)
Last donation: 11:59a EST / 18:59 SAST ($50)
Grateful shout out to Premee Mohamed, Sonia Sulaiman, and Mary Sue for reposts.
ko-fi.com/africantrans...
Still needed: $2345 (USD)
Last donation: 11:59a EST / 18:59 SAST ($50)
Grateful shout out to Premee Mohamed, Sonia Sulaiman, and Mary Sue for reposts.
ko-fi.com/africantrans...
Support African Translation Project
African Translation Project / Rally Weekend - let's close this up! / please see - please share / After eight months - let's complete funding for the translation of Zvinobvinza to: The Crocodile Doesn'...
ko-fi.com
November 30, 2025 at 1:00 AM
Too many tough emotions tonight. Gotta get offline.
Will be back tomorrow, but if anyone can get this translation funded, night events, time zones, morning, wherever you are - so many people would be grateful.
Will be back tomorrow, but if anyone can get this translation funded, night events, time zones, morning, wherever you are - so many people would be grateful.
Old orchards have remarkable stories to go with their unique seedling varieties.
The stories told by an Orcas Island apple | Islands' Sounder
by Russel Barsh
www.islandssounder.com
November 30, 2025 at 1:15 AM
Not just any metal band. That's Chthonic.
Taiwanese ambassador to Finland performs with his metal band at Taiwan-Finland cultural event! 🤘✊️
That's what I call great ambassador
That's what I call great ambassador
November 29, 2025 at 1:17 AM
Not just any metal band. That's Chthonic.
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The calf apparently got hooked on eating his food in yacht shapes after his mother did it once just to get him in the habit of eating his rich.
Picky Orca Calf Won’t Eat Rich Unless Cut Into Little Yacht Shapes: tinyurl.com/2uwf6ezp
November 29, 2025 at 12:39 AM
The calf apparently got hooked on eating his food in yacht shapes after his mother did it once just to get him in the habit of eating his rich.
Mini thread
There are two reasons why universities came into existence and survived as institutions. One is prestige. The other is because they provide a service to employers. Yes, they do lots of other vital things too, but those are the ones with comparatively immediate political clout. Anyway...
November 29, 2025 at 12:58 AM
Mini thread
Someone in Seattle made a website that tells you if there are games or other events today that might affect your travel!
isthereaseattlehomegametoday.com
isthereaseattlehomegametoday.com
Is there a Seattle home game today?
isthereaseattlehomegametoday.com
November 29, 2025 at 12:24 AM
Someone in Seattle made a website that tells you if there are games or other events today that might affect your travel!
isthereaseattlehomegametoday.com
isthereaseattlehomegametoday.com
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✨Weekend Pages Ready✨
Black Sci-Fi Short Stories
Step into worlds imagined by Black voices from across the globe. Black Sci-Fi Short Stories is waiting in our vending machine.
📍Find it at the Sistah Scifi Book Vending Machine at The Northwest African American Museum (www.naamnw.org)
#SistahScifi
Black Sci-Fi Short Stories
Step into worlds imagined by Black voices from across the globe. Black Sci-Fi Short Stories is waiting in our vending machine.
📍Find it at the Sistah Scifi Book Vending Machine at The Northwest African American Museum (www.naamnw.org)
#SistahScifi
November 28, 2025 at 5:18 PM
✨Weekend Pages Ready✨
Black Sci-Fi Short Stories
Step into worlds imagined by Black voices from across the globe. Black Sci-Fi Short Stories is waiting in our vending machine.
📍Find it at the Sistah Scifi Book Vending Machine at The Northwest African American Museum (www.naamnw.org)
#SistahScifi
Black Sci-Fi Short Stories
Step into worlds imagined by Black voices from across the globe. Black Sci-Fi Short Stories is waiting in our vending machine.
📍Find it at the Sistah Scifi Book Vending Machine at The Northwest African American Museum (www.naamnw.org)
#SistahScifi
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Brown Recluse Zine Distro is an incredible resource for the zine community. If you'd like to see them continue their work sharing #zines created by BIPOC zinesters, consider making a donation to help ensure their future!! www.gofundme.com/f/secure-bro... 📚
Donate to Secure BROWN RECLUSE's Future, organized by BROWN RECLUSE
Secure Brown Recluse Zine Distro's Future!
We are seeking funds for the project to conti… BROWN RECLUSE needs your support for Secure BROWN RECLUSE's Future
www.gofundme.com
November 28, 2025 at 5:26 PM
Brown Recluse Zine Distro is an incredible resource for the zine community. If you'd like to see them continue their work sharing #zines created by BIPOC zinesters, consider making a donation to help ensure their future!! www.gofundme.com/f/secure-bro... 📚
Hooray! Woke up to a notification that my library hold on the audiobook of "The True True Story of Raja the Gullible (and his Mother)" is ready.
November 28, 2025 at 5:28 PM
Hooray! Woke up to a notification that my library hold on the audiobook of "The True True Story of Raja the Gullible (and his Mother)" is ready.
Decided I definitely don't want to deal with the Costco parking lot on Black Friday.
Tomorrow is the day I go down to Tacoma for my monthly haircut (because when you've found a good hair stylist you don't give her up). Was planning on a trip to Costco also, but am thinking maybe the Costco parking lot the day after Thanksgiving isn't something I want to subject myself to.
November 28, 2025 at 5:24 PM
Decided I definitely don't want to deal with the Costco parking lot on Black Friday.
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South Africa has some of the most extreme wealth inequality in the world. This is a legacy of apartheid, which only ended in 1994.
But here's the thing:
The median Black South African family only has 5% of the wealth of a white family.
The Median Black US family, has only 6%.
🤦🏿♂️🤦🏿♂️🤦🏿♂️
But here's the thing:
The median Black South African family only has 5% of the wealth of a white family.
The Median Black US family, has only 6%.
🤦🏿♂️🤦🏿♂️🤦🏿♂️
November 28, 2025 at 4:59 PM
South Africa has some of the most extreme wealth inequality in the world. This is a legacy of apartheid, which only ended in 1994.
But here's the thing:
The median Black South African family only has 5% of the wealth of a white family.
The Median Black US family, has only 6%.
🤦🏿♂️🤦🏿♂️🤦🏿♂️
But here's the thing:
The median Black South African family only has 5% of the wealth of a white family.
The Median Black US family, has only 6%.
🤦🏿♂️🤦🏿♂️🤦🏿♂️
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This week, Nora and I talk about holding onto gratitude, forgiveness & connection when life gets complicated. I also share a tribute to my brother D’Marcus, a reminder to say “I love you” while it can still be heard.
If you need a push toward grace, presence & love, this one’s for you.
If you need a push toward grace, presence & love, this one’s for you.
Ep 27: What You Don't Say, You Carry
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November 28, 2025 at 5:02 PM
This week, Nora and I talk about holding onto gratitude, forgiveness & connection when life gets complicated. I also share a tribute to my brother D’Marcus, a reminder to say “I love you” while it can still be heard.
If you need a push toward grace, presence & love, this one’s for you.
If you need a push toward grace, presence & love, this one’s for you.
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I’ve kind of rambled here, but these books are all incredible:
Devin Naar: Jewish Salonica
Sarah Abrevaya Stein: Family Papers
Devi Mays: Forging Ties, Forging Passports.
To summarize: Welcoming immigrants makes the world a better place. Diversity is good.
And JD Vance can eat shit.
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Devin Naar: Jewish Salonica
Sarah Abrevaya Stein: Family Papers
Devi Mays: Forging Ties, Forging Passports.
To summarize: Welcoming immigrants makes the world a better place. Diversity is good.
And JD Vance can eat shit.
/🧵
October 30, 2025 at 2:09 PM
I’ve kind of rambled here, but these books are all incredible:
Devin Naar: Jewish Salonica
Sarah Abrevaya Stein: Family Papers
Devi Mays: Forging Ties, Forging Passports.
To summarize: Welcoming immigrants makes the world a better place. Diversity is good.
And JD Vance can eat shit.
/🧵
Devin Naar: Jewish Salonica
Sarah Abrevaya Stein: Family Papers
Devi Mays: Forging Ties, Forging Passports.
To summarize: Welcoming immigrants makes the world a better place. Diversity is good.
And JD Vance can eat shit.
/🧵
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Because in the end, people want the place they live to be great. They do not want to “take over” or enforce their values. The people willing to cross oceans or the Darien Gap are more often ambitious than they are selfish or evil. The latter fits in much more when they stay where they were born. 18/
October 30, 2025 at 2:03 PM
Because in the end, people want the place they live to be great. They do not want to “take over” or enforce their values. The people willing to cross oceans or the Darien Gap are more often ambitious than they are selfish or evil. The latter fits in much more when they stay where they were born. 18/