Opal
@opalescentopal.bsky.social
I do crochet stuff and sometimes math stuff. (she/her)
I heard somebody mention crocheting ponytail holders into fancy scrunchies, and I liked the idea.
So I tried the first thing I could think of. Fuck patterns, ONLY vibes.
1 row SC around the elastic like a magic circle. 1 row SC increase. 1 row DC. Crab stitch to finish.
So. Goddamn. Simple.
So I tried the first thing I could think of. Fuck patterns, ONLY vibes.
1 row SC around the elastic like a magic circle. 1 row SC increase. 1 row DC. Crab stitch to finish.
So. Goddamn. Simple.
November 28, 2025 at 4:06 AM
I heard somebody mention crocheting ponytail holders into fancy scrunchies, and I liked the idea.
So I tried the first thing I could think of. Fuck patterns, ONLY vibes.
1 row SC around the elastic like a magic circle. 1 row SC increase. 1 row DC. Crab stitch to finish.
So. Goddamn. Simple.
So I tried the first thing I could think of. Fuck patterns, ONLY vibes.
1 row SC around the elastic like a magic circle. 1 row SC increase. 1 row DC. Crab stitch to finish.
So. Goddamn. Simple.
Crochet. I don't know how to describe it beyond a flow state that lets me focus on the good things in my life.
These socks are for my wife; I love her and want her feet to be warm. This blanket is for my cousin's new baby, he's cute and his parents are wonderful.
I can feel positive for a moment.
These socks are for my wife; I love her and want her feet to be warm. This blanket is for my cousin's new baby, he's cute and his parents are wonderful.
I can feel positive for a moment.
7. What's something that isn't therapy, but feels like therapy?
November 27, 2025 at 11:26 PM
Crochet. I don't know how to describe it beyond a flow state that lets me focus on the good things in my life.
These socks are for my wife; I love her and want her feet to be warm. This blanket is for my cousin's new baby, he's cute and his parents are wonderful.
I can feel positive for a moment.
These socks are for my wife; I love her and want her feet to be warm. This blanket is for my cousin's new baby, he's cute and his parents are wonderful.
I can feel positive for a moment.
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It's only going to get worse for trans people as the FBI under Bailey will make prosecuting trans people and parents of trans youth a higher priority. They'll start by trying to effectively ban access to HRT throughout the US.
Andrew Bailey, in line to replace Patel, is a white nationalist firebrand whose name you might recognize as in '23 as Missouri AG, he tried to unilaterally ban trans health care for adults & children, sought kids' private medical records, and tried to get local police to physically enforce his law.
MS NOW EXCLUSIVE: “President Trump is considering removing Kash Patel as FBI director in the coming months, as he and his top aides have grown increasingly frustrated by the unflattering headlines Patel has recently generated.”
www.ms.now/news/trump-k...
www.ms.now/news/trump-k...
November 26, 2025 at 12:08 AM
It's only going to get worse for trans people as the FBI under Bailey will make prosecuting trans people and parents of trans youth a higher priority. They'll start by trying to effectively ban access to HRT throughout the US.
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We're gonna need a truth and reconciliation commission and Nuremberg style trials to reckon with all of this evil, and any Dem candidate for office who shies away from a full reckoning in the name of "moving forward as a nation" can get well and truly fucked
I feel much safer today knowing that we deported a Babson College student back to a country where she hasn't lived since childhood.
She wasn't even flying internationally. She was flying to Texas.
She wasn't even flying internationally. She was flying to Texas.
A Babson College student wanted to surprise her family for Thanksgiving. She was deported instead. - The Boston Globe
Any Lucia Lopez Belloza was at Logan to catch a flight to Texas when immigration authorities detained her as she was about to board the plane.
www.bostonglobe.com
November 27, 2025 at 4:29 PM
We're gonna need a truth and reconciliation commission and Nuremberg style trials to reckon with all of this evil, and any Dem candidate for office who shies away from a full reckoning in the name of "moving forward as a nation" can get well and truly fucked
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Corporate Media is going to pretend that Trump is heartbroken about the two West Virginian National Guardsmen being shot in DC, but the entire point of moving a standing army into a peaceful city was to induce violence by The People to justify more violence by Trump on The People in retaliation.
November 27, 2025 at 12:19 PM
Corporate Media is going to pretend that Trump is heartbroken about the two West Virginian National Guardsmen being shot in DC, but the entire point of moving a standing army into a peaceful city was to induce violence by The People to justify more violence by Trump on The People in retaliation.
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took this stance real early on, have been paying close attention, and i have yet to see a single thing that manages to challenge that opinion even a little bit, rather than solidifying it into diamond-hard conviction
I'm an "A.i." abolitionist.
No consumer-facing LLMs or generative "A.i." in anything.
Sure, machine learning in science and a few other limited applications is fine.
But consumer-facing LLMs and generative "A.i." that are based on theft, push disinfo, and can be manipulated by billionaires?
No.
No consumer-facing LLMs or generative "A.i." in anything.
Sure, machine learning in science and a few other limited applications is fine.
But consumer-facing LLMs and generative "A.i." that are based on theft, push disinfo, and can be manipulated by billionaires?
No.
November 27, 2025 at 1:26 AM
took this stance real early on, have been paying close attention, and i have yet to see a single thing that manages to challenge that opinion even a little bit, rather than solidifying it into diamond-hard conviction
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If writing is so easy why do people argue that they can’t do it without the pablumatic verbiage extruder
And if it’s so difficult then why do people think it’s not labour and writers are not workers
And if it’s so difficult then why do people think it’s not labour and writers are not workers
November 27, 2025 at 4:10 AM
If writing is so easy why do people argue that they can’t do it without the pablumatic verbiage extruder
And if it’s so difficult then why do people think it’s not labour and writers are not workers
And if it’s so difficult then why do people think it’s not labour and writers are not workers
The description sounds silly, but "gray rock" is an absolute BANGER of a tool when you don't have a lot of choice about hanging out with manipulative, self-centered, shit-stirring relatives.
November 27, 2025 at 4:08 AM
The description sounds silly, but "gray rock" is an absolute BANGER of a tool when you don't have a lot of choice about hanging out with manipulative, self-centered, shit-stirring relatives.
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When the Wampanoag first fed the Pilgrims
they didn't realize
they'd just invented Socialism
for undocumented refugee immigrants.
Happy Thanksgiving.
they didn't realize
they'd just invented Socialism
for undocumented refugee immigrants.
Happy Thanksgiving.
November 26, 2025 at 11:10 PM
When the Wampanoag first fed the Pilgrims
they didn't realize
they'd just invented Socialism
for undocumented refugee immigrants.
Happy Thanksgiving.
they didn't realize
they'd just invented Socialism
for undocumented refugee immigrants.
Happy Thanksgiving.
Not to put too fine a point on it, but Nathan Wade is a grown man and a lawyer who got training in professional ethics.
He had every reason to turn down the position, but DIDN'T. He threw his values out the window, too.
I get that Fanni Willis was the elected official, but it takes two to tango.
He had every reason to turn down the position, but DIDN'T. He threw his values out the window, too.
I get that Fanni Willis was the elected official, but it takes two to tango.
I (and everyone else who watched this story unfold) are so fucking infuriated by this sort of dumb goddamn idiocy that I don't have words. 🤬
While I do not think Fani Willis committed a crime nor should she be prosecuted... she should never be able to eat comfortably in a restaurant ever again.
While I do not think Fani Willis committed a crime nor should she be prosecuted... she should never be able to eat comfortably in a restaurant ever again.
Judge Dismisses Georgia Election Interference Case Against Trump
The extremely poor judgment exercised by Fulton County DA Fani Willis in hiring a man she was dating as a Special Prosecutor to lead the case against Trump doomed the case.
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/26/u...
The extremely poor judgment exercised by Fulton County DA Fani Willis in hiring a man she was dating as a Special Prosecutor to lead the case against Trump doomed the case.
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/26/u...
November 26, 2025 at 9:05 PM
Not to put too fine a point on it, but Nathan Wade is a grown man and a lawyer who got training in professional ethics.
He had every reason to turn down the position, but DIDN'T. He threw his values out the window, too.
I get that Fanni Willis was the elected official, but it takes two to tango.
He had every reason to turn down the position, but DIDN'T. He threw his values out the window, too.
I get that Fanni Willis was the elected official, but it takes two to tango.
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Stop calling insomniacs "woke"
November 26, 2025 at 6:45 PM
Stop calling insomniacs "woke"
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No, ChatGPT is not conscious. Are the journalists who keep writing these fucking articles?
November 25, 2025 at 10:27 PM
No, ChatGPT is not conscious. Are the journalists who keep writing these fucking articles?
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Many men feel the stripper really likes them. Scientists say it's time to consider whether they're onto something
November 26, 2025 at 7:27 AM
Many men feel the stripper really likes them. Scientists say it's time to consider whether they're onto something
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imagine having to hear shit like "study confirms giving diabetic children insulin reduces their death rates by 100%" as if that hasn't been known for like a hunred years. that's what being trans is like
November 25, 2025 at 12:06 PM
imagine having to hear shit like "study confirms giving diabetic children insulin reduces their death rates by 100%" as if that hasn't been known for like a hunred years. that's what being trans is like
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Uh, excuse me, but this new report written by a doctor whose license is under review for abuse and malpractice actually says being suicidal builds character and so now we're gonna make that national health policy
November 25, 2025 at 11:20 PM
Uh, excuse me, but this new report written by a doctor whose license is under review for abuse and malpractice actually says being suicidal builds character and so now we're gonna make that national health policy
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I've seen people say that getting attached to ChatGPT is like "believing the stripper really loves you", but that's not true. It's more like believing that the dryer personally composed that little jingle on a lonely sockless night just to win your affections.
November 26, 2025 at 1:55 AM
I've seen people say that getting attached to ChatGPT is like "believing the stripper really loves you", but that's not true. It's more like believing that the dryer personally composed that little jingle on a lonely sockless night just to win your affections.
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Sometimes I think it’s going to be the librarians who will save us all.
November 25, 2025 at 1:47 AM
Sometimes I think it’s going to be the librarians who will save us all.
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One explanation for economic populism in the US is the recurring cycle of bubbles and bailouts that happens without any democratic input
November 24, 2025 at 10:35 PM
One explanation for economic populism in the US is the recurring cycle of bubbles and bailouts that happens without any democratic input
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This is identical to Russia invading Ukraine. Illegally invading a country for their resources and likely killing thousands—if not more—is immoral and should not be supported by anyone with any shred of moral conscience.
Rep. Salazar on Venezuela: "We're about to go in ... we need to go in ... Venezuela for the American oil companies will be a field day"
November 24, 2025 at 9:36 PM
This is identical to Russia invading Ukraine. Illegally invading a country for their resources and likely killing thousands—if not more—is immoral and should not be supported by anyone with any shred of moral conscience.
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Right after insisting all of the president's orders to the military are lawful, she notes that the president is going to continue to order the military to assassinate innocent fishermen in international waters.
Leavitt on Trump's boat strikes: "You can expect to see those strikes continue"
November 24, 2025 at 8:41 PM
Right after insisting all of the president's orders to the military are lawful, she notes that the president is going to continue to order the military to assassinate innocent fishermen in international waters.
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we need to bully tech people more
November 24, 2025 at 1:57 AM
we need to bully tech people more
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To appreciate trans existence you have to face the horrifying reality that trans adults were not cis kids.
November 22, 2025 at 7:31 PM
To appreciate trans existence you have to face the horrifying reality that trans adults were not cis kids.
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I know this is rhetorical but my stab at a real answer: because they are trying to get funding from VC people who are ideologues like Peter Thiel and Thiel doesn’t want us to have libraries
Why is startup culture always “I am inventing a coffeeproof phone you can put in your coffee cup to keep it warm with cell radiation” and never “I’m inventing a new library wholesaler to replace the single company that is shutting down and sending libraries into crisis”
November 22, 2025 at 5:07 PM
I know this is rhetorical but my stab at a real answer: because they are trying to get funding from VC people who are ideologues like Peter Thiel and Thiel doesn’t want us to have libraries
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🚨 Only a pussy maces a man who is handcuffed. True story. Also, nobody who has EVER spent time at ANY shooting range holds a firearm like this fool. 1/2
November 23, 2025 at 2:39 AM
🚨 Only a pussy maces a man who is handcuffed. True story. Also, nobody who has EVER spent time at ANY shooting range holds a firearm like this fool. 1/2