Arien (Arrrrr-ee-en)
@arienh.bsky.social
Obnoxiously obsessed with wool, food, books. 🏳️🌈🍉 Assigned Crafter At Birth
No AI / No TERFs
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No AI / No TERFs
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Spinning through dark and confusing times
Hoping to finish this languishing WIP (my ongoing "travel spin") for #spindlebingo2026 . Time will tell!
Hoping to finish this languishing WIP (my ongoing "travel spin") for #spindlebingo2026 . Time will tell!
January 18, 2026 at 12:59 AM
Spinning through dark and confusing times
Hoping to finish this languishing WIP (my ongoing "travel spin") for #spindlebingo2026 . Time will tell!
Hoping to finish this languishing WIP (my ongoing "travel spin") for #spindlebingo2026 . Time will tell!
Going to try to get back on bluesky after getting ducked back into the metaverse. What better excuse than #spindlebingo2026 ?
#spindlebingo #spindlespinning
#spindlebingo #spindlespinning
January 13, 2026 at 12:55 AM
Going to try to get back on bluesky after getting ducked back into the metaverse. What better excuse than #spindlebingo2026 ?
#spindlebingo #spindlespinning
#spindlebingo #spindlespinning
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Immigration rights attorneys are asking a federal court to stop Immigration and Customs Enforcement from arresting people without a warrant in Oregon.
Oregon immigrant rights attorneys sue to stop warrantless ICE arrests • Oregon Capital Chronicle
Immigration rights attorneys are asking a federal court to stop ICE from arresting people without a warrant in Oregon.
buff.ly
January 13, 2026 at 12:44 AM
Immigration rights attorneys are asking a federal court to stop Immigration and Customs Enforcement from arresting people without a warrant in Oregon.
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Let's show up this Wednesday at the Salem City Budget Meeting and show support for immigrant families!
#WhyNotSalem #ICEOut #FundOurFamilies #CommunityCare #SalemOr
#WhyNotSalem #ICEOut #FundOurFamilies #CommunityCare #SalemOr
January 12, 2026 at 11:38 PM
Let's show up this Wednesday at the Salem City Budget Meeting and show support for immigrant families!
#WhyNotSalem #ICEOut #FundOurFamilies #CommunityCare #SalemOr
#WhyNotSalem #ICEOut #FundOurFamilies #CommunityCare #SalemOr
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To their credit their mic technique was pretty solid.
December 29, 2025 at 5:12 AM
To their credit their mic technique was pretty solid.
My Arachne pullover is one of my spookiest knits! But the Necromancer Mitts are one of my all time faves.
#ShowMeYourKnits
#ShowMeYourKnits
October 15, 2025 at 8:54 PM
My Arachne pullover is one of my spookiest knits! But the Necromancer Mitts are one of my all time faves.
#ShowMeYourKnits
#ShowMeYourKnits
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Fish sauce. sextonscottage.com/products/swo...
October 15, 2025 at 8:27 PM
Fish sauce. sextonscottage.com/products/swo...
Anyone headed to Oregon Flock and Fiber next weekend? Please say hi if you see a dorky masked person with a mohawk!
#oregonflockandfiber #handspinning
#oregonflockandfiber #handspinning
October 13, 2025 at 1:42 PM
Anyone headed to Oregon Flock and Fiber next weekend? Please say hi if you see a dorky masked person with a mohawk!
#oregonflockandfiber #handspinning
#oregonflockandfiber #handspinning
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Commentary: If you get your coffee at Starbucks, you may want to ask for extra sugar. That’s because recent news about the company’s tax avoidance schemes sure leaves a bitter taste.
Time for a cup of transparency • Oregon Capital Chronicle
The world’s largest coffee company has dodged about $1.3 billion in taxes over the past decade through the use of a subsidiary.
buff.ly
October 6, 2025 at 7:15 PM
Commentary: If you get your coffee at Starbucks, you may want to ask for extra sugar. That’s because recent news about the company’s tax avoidance schemes sure leaves a bitter taste.
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Hey. Hey.
On sale TOMORROW is my standalone novella A Mouthful of Dust, #6 in the Singing Hills Cycle!
us.macmillan.com/books/978125...
The story-collecting Cleric Chih and Almost Brilliant are headed to Baolin, a town known for its incredible pork and a famine that occurred eighteen years ago.
On sale TOMORROW is my standalone novella A Mouthful of Dust, #6 in the Singing Hills Cycle!
us.macmillan.com/books/978125...
The story-collecting Cleric Chih and Almost Brilliant are headed to Baolin, a town known for its incredible pork and a famine that occurred eighteen years ago.
A Mouthful of Dust
Hunger makes monsters in this dark new tale in Nghi Vo's Hugo Award-winning Singing Hills Cycle."Nghi Vo is so good."―NPR on The Brides of High HillWanderi...
us.macmillan.com
October 6, 2025 at 7:32 PM
Hey. Hey.
On sale TOMORROW is my standalone novella A Mouthful of Dust, #6 in the Singing Hills Cycle!
us.macmillan.com/books/978125...
The story-collecting Cleric Chih and Almost Brilliant are headed to Baolin, a town known for its incredible pork and a famine that occurred eighteen years ago.
On sale TOMORROW is my standalone novella A Mouthful of Dust, #6 in the Singing Hills Cycle!
us.macmillan.com/books/978125...
The story-collecting Cleric Chih and Almost Brilliant are headed to Baolin, a town known for its incredible pork and a famine that occurred eighteen years ago.
If wpi too skinny, why gauge so chunky in knitted swatch? (I know, I know, keep sampling and swatching)
October 1, 2025 at 5:18 PM
If wpi too skinny, why gauge so chunky in knitted swatch? (I know, I know, keep sampling and swatching)
A vicious predator spies her natural prey
October 1, 2025 at 5:15 PM
A vicious predator spies her natural prey
We have a new trouble maker
September 30, 2025 at 10:23 PM
We have a new trouble maker
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Californians: do it
A huge win for trans people in California: the state legislature passed five bills protecting our rights!
Now it's time to call on Governor Gavin Newsom to sign them. Contact him before October 12th: transfamilysos.org/action-neede...
#TransRights #TransYouth #TransCalifornia
Now it's time to call on Governor Gavin Newsom to sign them. Contact him before October 12th: transfamilysos.org/action-neede...
#TransRights #TransYouth #TransCalifornia
Action Needed: Urge Governor Newsom to Sign Five Critical Trans Rights Bills
TransFamily Support Services is proud to co-sponsor five critical trans rights bills that have officially passed the California Legislature. This is a major victory—one made possible through a powerfu...
transfamilysos.org
September 28, 2025 at 10:46 PM
Californians: do it
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It's the best time of the year! #SapphicSeptember is here and one of this year's themes is sapphic knights, which is one of my favorite things to both write and read about.
You can get this lesbian-centered, trans-inclusive, high heat Arthuriana series direct at my shop: riengray.shop ⚔️
You can get this lesbian-centered, trans-inclusive, high heat Arthuriana series direct at my shop: riengray.shop ⚔️
September 7, 2025 at 6:02 PM
It's the best time of the year! #SapphicSeptember is here and one of this year's themes is sapphic knights, which is one of my favorite things to both write and read about.
You can get this lesbian-centered, trans-inclusive, high heat Arthuriana series direct at my shop: riengray.shop ⚔️
You can get this lesbian-centered, trans-inclusive, high heat Arthuriana series direct at my shop: riengray.shop ⚔️
September is peak food season in the PNW. Very grateful for a mostly successful harvest season, including loads of peppers and tomatillos. #pnwfarming #localfood
September 7, 2025 at 7:07 PM
September is peak food season in the PNW. Very grateful for a mostly successful harvest season, including loads of peppers and tomatillos. #pnwfarming #localfood
Get partners who send you frog pics. That's it. That's my life advice.
August 11, 2025 at 9:24 PM
Get partners who send you frog pics. That's it. That's my life advice.
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Share this with a SWERF or any chronically online person between 18-30 years old
August 8, 2025 at 2:03 AM
Share this with a SWERF or any chronically online person between 18-30 years old
I just called my reps with @5calls.org, you should too: 5calls.org
It's my birthday! Please call about the ongoing genocide in Gaza.
It's my birthday! Please call about the ongoing genocide in Gaza.
5 Calls
Spend 5 minutes. Make 5 calls. Make your voice heard.
5calls.org
July 30, 2025 at 11:36 AM
I just called my reps with @5calls.org, you should too: 5calls.org
It's my birthday! Please call about the ongoing genocide in Gaza.
It's my birthday! Please call about the ongoing genocide in Gaza.
Dumb little hobbies connecting us in a deeply fucked up world! I'm ready for #TourDeFleece2025, trying to finish up some spindle spins. Coincidentally, all the fiber I'm working on comes from rad, sustainably minded businesses.
July 5, 2025 at 7:21 PM
Dumb little hobbies connecting us in a deeply fucked up world! I'm ready for #TourDeFleece2025, trying to finish up some spindle spins. Coincidentally, all the fiber I'm working on comes from rad, sustainably minded businesses.
Ready to go pet some sheep at @blacksheepgathering , let's gooo!!!
Please say hi if you're a fiber friend! Will probably be wearing a pink mask, but really I think the crop top plus mohawk should be distinctive enough 😆 #blacksheepgathering #handspinning #fiberfestival
Please say hi if you're a fiber friend! Will probably be wearing a pink mask, but really I think the crop top plus mohawk should be distinctive enough 😆 #blacksheepgathering #handspinning #fiberfestival
June 28, 2025 at 2:55 PM
Ready to go pet some sheep at @blacksheepgathering , let's gooo!!!
Please say hi if you're a fiber friend! Will probably be wearing a pink mask, but really I think the crop top plus mohawk should be distinctive enough 😆 #blacksheepgathering #handspinning #fiberfestival
Please say hi if you're a fiber friend! Will probably be wearing a pink mask, but really I think the crop top plus mohawk should be distinctive enough 😆 #blacksheepgathering #handspinning #fiberfestival
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reblogging to remind myself, and to ask my fellow Oregonians, to make the calls urging them to challenge this provision.
breaking my general rule against tagging electeds online to ask specifically @wyden.senate.gov or @jeff-merkley.bsky.social if they’ll commit to challenging sec 71114’s gender-affirming care prohibitions & sex definition on the floor so trans people online can get a better night’s sleep.
gentlemen?
gentlemen?
This means that Democrats will have to raise a point of order on this part of the bill. This would force a vote on the amendment that would require 60 votes. Republicans have 53 Senate seats, so it means they would need to pick off 7 Democrats for this.
www.independent.co.uk/news/world/a...
www.independent.co.uk/news/world/a...
June 28, 2025 at 8:03 AM
reblogging to remind myself, and to ask my fellow Oregonians, to make the calls urging them to challenge this provision.
Who's going to Black Sheep Gathering in Albany this weekend?? I'll be there a good chunk of Saturday! #blacksheepgathering #wool #fiber #handspinning
June 25, 2025 at 1:33 PM
Who's going to Black Sheep Gathering in Albany this weekend?? I'll be there a good chunk of Saturday! #blacksheepgathering #wool #fiber #handspinning