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Spookybritches PenPaladin

@penpaladin.bsky.social

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SQL DBA, escaped TX to CO, so many pets, so many creative projects, so many fandoms. Writer, artist, mom, queer. She/they

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Spookybritches PenPaladin @penpaladin.bsky.social · Jun 13

Left, liberal, progressive, Democrat, radical, socialist, punk, comrade, furry, I don’t give a fuck what you call yourself as long as you’d kick a fascist in the shins given the chance.

B. David @b-david.bsky.social · Jun 12

I've always left and liberal interchangeably to describe myself and it annoyed me when some aggro internet dweebs gave them specific meanings and decided one was a pejorative. There's so many people whose ideology is solidly leftist who call themselves liberal because they're not terminally online

Faine Greenwood @faineg.bsky.social · Jun 12

The people railing about Cowardly Liberals right now really don’t seem to understand how I bet at least 90% of the people who show up to protest would self-identify as if you asked them about their political beliefs

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Spookybritches PenPaladin @penpaladin.bsky.social · 5h

I can’t make out the model number, any idea which model she would be?

Spookybritches PenPaladin @penpaladin.bsky.social · 6h

Until there are hills.

Aaron Sojourner @aaronsojourner.org · 20h

"Humans aren’t very efficient movers—until you put us on a bicycle, when we become some of the most energy-efficient land travelers in the animal kingdom."
www.scientificamerican.com/article/a-hu...

Spookybritches PenPaladin @penpaladin.bsky.social · 10h

Gonna start side-eyeing days that go off the rails and saying “Was this written by Steven Moffat?”

Roeland van Zeijst @rovaz.bsky.social · 20h

The Doctor is real.
Lux (including its encore) proves that the Doctor is not fictional.
It's us. We are made up.

If you accept this simple truth and pay close attention, you can even tell if today was written by Steven Moffat or Chris Chibnall.

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Spookybritches PenPaladin @penpaladin.bsky.social · 10h

Me, a progressive, trying to keep chickens, garden, do textile arts, read about tall ships, work on a mountain cabin: YOU FASCISTS GET OUT OF MY HOBBIES

Spookybritches PenPaladin @penpaladin.bsky.social · 15h

But I know NOTHING about this model! Except that it probably doesn’t take a standard needle.

Spookybritches PenPaladin @penpaladin.bsky.social · 15h

God, right??? I’d be so down. I own a loom and 3 spinning wheels. I long for sheep. I was looking at a treadle sewing machine earlier TODAY. I want a root cellar. But if I start looking too hard at prepping stuff, I run smack into the brick wall of far right bozos.

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Spookybritches PenPaladin @penpaladin.bsky.social · 1d

What app ought to replace it?

Spookybritches PenPaladin @penpaladin.bsky.social · 1d

Reverse isn’t a deal breaker. Yeah, standard needles are definitely a requirement. Oh my there are many different models, aren’t there? Aaaaand I immediately found an 1885 one. I must not think “I can fix her” … cosprings.craigslist.org/for/d/colora...

Singer Sewing Machine - Antique - general for sale - by owner - craigslist

Original Painted Singer Treadle Sewing Machine - 19th Century Sewing Machine made in 1885. Beautiful. New leather belt included for treadle which must be installed, will function. Dimensions:...

cosprings.craigslist.org

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Spookybritches PenPaladin @penpaladin.bsky.social · 1d

Catherine Zeta Jones is pretty dang perfect as Morticia

Spookybritches PenPaladin @penpaladin.bsky.social · 1d

I love sand boas! If I were to have another snake it would be a sand boa.

Spookybritches PenPaladin @penpaladin.bsky.social · 1d

What app should we use instead?

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Spookybritches PenPaladin @penpaladin.bsky.social · 1d

YES I HATE IT SO MUCH

Spookybritches PenPaladin @penpaladin.bsky.social · 1d

Ok for the sake of indulging my longing for a machine I do not need … what would I want to look for in a treadle Singer to make sure it would be functional?

Pictured: the old loom I just bought that I also did not have room for. 4 harness but warping with just 2 for a trial run.

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Spookybritches PenPaladin @penpaladin.bsky.social · 1d

Ok I want to know what solutions you come up with, because I don’t like meat and my ass is a diabetic who is supposed to be on a low carb, low sugar, high protein, high fat diet.

Spookybritches PenPaladin @penpaladin.bsky.social · 1d

For sale: baby shoes, never worn. GIANT BABY

Spookybritches PenPaladin @penpaladin.bsky.social · 1d

Sad, tragic stories are a goddamn HACK to make mediocre writing sound deep and important. LOOKIN AT YOU, ERNO HEMINGWAY AND JOHNNY STEINBECK.

Rachel Feder @rachelfeder.bsky.social · 2d

Tell me your most unhinged literary opinion, as a little treat

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Spookybritches PenPaladin @penpaladin.bsky.social · 1d

Today in dystopian news, pretty sure the 988 text responder is an AI chat bot.

Spookybritches PenPaladin @penpaladin.bsky.social · 1d

I mean, I can also just hand sew.

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Spookybritches PenPaladin @penpaladin.bsky.social · 1d

Oh I’ve GOT the buttons, fabric, yarns, needles, etc. stash. In fact I have my great-grandmother’s stash of needles and my grandmother’s stash of thread. My entire lineage has apparently been worried about a notions shortage.

Spookybritches PenPaladin @penpaladin.bsky.social · 1d

Yes but I have a tiny cabin

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Spookybritches PenPaladin @penpaladin.bsky.social · 2d

Oh that’s so much better!!!

Spookybritches PenPaladin @penpaladin.bsky.social · 2d

No, self, the looming collapse of society does NOT mean you need to buy a vintage treadle-powered Singer sewing machine in case you need to sew and there is not electricity anymore.

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Spookybritches PenPaladin @penpaladin.bsky.social · 2d

Is it really? That’s … exhausting. On an existential level. But I’m glad it’s gotten better.

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Spookybritches PenPaladin @penpaladin.bsky.social · 2d

Rest in Pieces, bullet journal

Spookybritches PenPaladin @penpaladin.bsky.social · 2d

My void and his giant dog mother

Black cat kneading the belly of the Mastiff/Great Pyrenees mix who raised him