Amber Piona
@geekydancer.bsky.social
Historian and Urban Planner, passionate about the past and the future.
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i feel like the viral bus thread resonates because at every step of the way you're like "ok surely this will be resolved shortly, any second now," which seems like what all the passengers are also thinking. then the fact that the situation doesn't resolve and the bus just keeps going is an Allegory
January 20, 2026 at 5:02 PM
i feel like the viral bus thread resonates because at every step of the way you're like "ok surely this will be resolved shortly, any second now," which seems like what all the passengers are also thinking. then the fact that the situation doesn't resolve and the bus just keeps going is an Allegory
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FRIEND: what are you doing this weekend?
ME: slowly crumbling from the gruesome balancing act of needing to stay informed while trying to salvage enough healthy headspace to be able to continue to support myself
FRIEND: cool, cool
ME: slowly crumbling from the gruesome balancing act of needing to stay informed while trying to salvage enough healthy headspace to be able to continue to support myself
FRIEND: cool, cool
January 16, 2026 at 7:46 PM
FRIEND: what are you doing this weekend?
ME: slowly crumbling from the gruesome balancing act of needing to stay informed while trying to salvage enough healthy headspace to be able to continue to support myself
FRIEND: cool, cool
ME: slowly crumbling from the gruesome balancing act of needing to stay informed while trying to salvage enough healthy headspace to be able to continue to support myself
FRIEND: cool, cool
The news is horrible and has been for a while. I turned on my sewing machine just to give my hands a thing to do. I know I will really love this little crib quilt. I remember spending happy hours playing with these fabrics. But right now, I don't have much joy in me.
January 15, 2026 at 5:13 AM
The news is horrible and has been for a while. I turned on my sewing machine just to give my hands a thing to do. I know I will really love this little crib quilt. I remember spending happy hours playing with these fabrics. But right now, I don't have much joy in me.
2025 is nearly over and good riddance! The things I am going to carry over to 2026 are:
1. Rejoicing as a communal activity (thanks @theradr.bsky.social for this!).
2. Using ring theory for anti-trans news (care in/dump out).
3. Writing a monthly card to my friend as a secular homily on feelings.
1. Rejoicing as a communal activity (thanks @theradr.bsky.social for this!).
2. Using ring theory for anti-trans news (care in/dump out).
3. Writing a monthly card to my friend as a secular homily on feelings.
January 1, 2026 at 12:49 AM
2025 is nearly over and good riddance! The things I am going to carry over to 2026 are:
1. Rejoicing as a communal activity (thanks @theradr.bsky.social for this!).
2. Using ring theory for anti-trans news (care in/dump out).
3. Writing a monthly card to my friend as a secular homily on feelings.
1. Rejoicing as a communal activity (thanks @theradr.bsky.social for this!).
2. Using ring theory for anti-trans news (care in/dump out).
3. Writing a monthly card to my friend as a secular homily on feelings.
My first economy block (diamond in a square). I forgot about seam allowance and over trimmed it, but that is why I do test blocks!
This block is a little fussy, but the effect is neat.
This block is a little fussy, but the effect is neat.
December 30, 2025 at 11:32 PM
My first economy block (diamond in a square). I forgot about seam allowance and over trimmed it, but that is why I do test blocks!
This block is a little fussy, but the effect is neat.
This block is a little fussy, but the effect is neat.
And complete! I ended up stitching in the ditch in a very fun zig zag around the squares that just barely shows on the yellow fabric on the back.
This little blanket is ready to go off to its new home!
This little blanket is ready to go off to its new home!
December 24, 2025 at 11:35 PM
And complete! I ended up stitching in the ditch in a very fun zig zag around the squares that just barely shows on the yellow fabric on the back.
This little blanket is ready to go off to its new home!
This little blanket is ready to go off to its new home!
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I was a kid once. And my biggest regret in life is that I never got a childhood without pain.
Politicians should never insert themselves into the personal health care decisions of patients, parents, and their providers—and that includes trans Americans.
Politicians should never insert themselves into the personal health care decisions of patients, parents, and their providers—and that includes trans Americans.
December 17, 2025 at 11:17 PM
I was a kid once. And my biggest regret in life is that I never got a childhood without pain.
Politicians should never insert themselves into the personal health care decisions of patients, parents, and their providers—and that includes trans Americans.
Politicians should never insert themselves into the personal health care decisions of patients, parents, and their providers—and that includes trans Americans.
Now you see these nine-patches, and now you don't!
I am enjoying this little crib blanket, it is also nice to see how my sewing has improved. If I were to do a quilt like this again I would pick higher contrast fabrics, but I think this is cute!
I am enjoying this little crib blanket, it is also nice to see how my sewing has improved. If I were to do a quilt like this again I would pick higher contrast fabrics, but I think this is cute!
November 30, 2025 at 8:36 PM
Now you see these nine-patches, and now you don't!
I am enjoying this little crib blanket, it is also nice to see how my sewing has improved. If I were to do a quilt like this again I would pick higher contrast fabrics, but I think this is cute!
I am enjoying this little crib blanket, it is also nice to see how my sewing has improved. If I were to do a quilt like this again I would pick higher contrast fabrics, but I think this is cute!
I love family book club. Every two weeks we take turns talking about a new book we read.
Today I got to hear about the latest Marisol Rainey book from the 11 year old and a very enthusiastic review of Of Monsters and Mainframes from Lara. Hearing people be excited about books is itself exciting.
Today I got to hear about the latest Marisol Rainey book from the 11 year old and a very enthusiastic review of Of Monsters and Mainframes from Lara. Hearing people be excited about books is itself exciting.
November 23, 2025 at 12:26 AM
I love family book club. Every two weeks we take turns talking about a new book we read.
Today I got to hear about the latest Marisol Rainey book from the 11 year old and a very enthusiastic review of Of Monsters and Mainframes from Lara. Hearing people be excited about books is itself exciting.
Today I got to hear about the latest Marisol Rainey book from the 11 year old and a very enthusiastic review of Of Monsters and Mainframes from Lara. Hearing people be excited about books is itself exciting.
Whenever I am trying a new (to me) quilt block, I do a test block out of stash fabric.
Accidentally made something mesmerizing with this disappearing nine-patch block using Kaffe Fassett and Morris & Co fabric. This feels like a Victorian drug trip, in a fun way.
Accidentally made something mesmerizing with this disappearing nine-patch block using Kaffe Fassett and Morris & Co fabric. This feels like a Victorian drug trip, in a fun way.
November 15, 2025 at 12:51 AM
Whenever I am trying a new (to me) quilt block, I do a test block out of stash fabric.
Accidentally made something mesmerizing with this disappearing nine-patch block using Kaffe Fassett and Morris & Co fabric. This feels like a Victorian drug trip, in a fun way.
Accidentally made something mesmerizing with this disappearing nine-patch block using Kaffe Fassett and Morris & Co fabric. This feels like a Victorian drug trip, in a fun way.
Felt motivated to do something small(er). I was able to put together this quilted table runner pretty quickly. This is for my mother's dining table which is wider than mine. Log cabin blocks are so versatile, I spent forever deciding how to arrange them because so many ways looked good!
November 12, 2025 at 4:01 AM
Felt motivated to do something small(er). I was able to put together this quilted table runner pretty quickly. This is for my mother's dining table which is wider than mine. Log cabin blocks are so versatile, I spent forever deciding how to arrange them because so many ways looked good!
I realized I never shared the finished quilt. I learned a lot, and I really like how it looks. Hopefully my grandmother agrees!
November 9, 2025 at 3:08 AM
I realized I never shared the finished quilt. I learned a lot, and I really like how it looks. Hopefully my grandmother agrees!
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It’s basically Deep Space Nine.
Hello welcome to bluesky. We have every kind of anti-government radical left of center, and also, baseball
November 2, 2025 at 3:54 AM
It’s basically Deep Space Nine.
Having some people over to celebrate Halloween (by eating ghost pizza and decorating Halloween cookies).
Behold my costume, the Other Kind of Mermaid!
Behold my costume, the Other Kind of Mermaid!
October 26, 2025 at 12:36 AM
Having some people over to celebrate Halloween (by eating ghost pizza and decorating Halloween cookies).
Behold my costume, the Other Kind of Mermaid!
Behold my costume, the Other Kind of Mermaid!
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"Oh yeah? You like baseball? What if I make you smoke *an entire pack* of baseball?"
October 11, 2025 at 4:52 AM
"Oh yeah? You like baseball? What if I make you smoke *an entire pack* of baseball?"
Out of idle curiosity I checked in on the mariners/tigers game at the bottom of the seventh, and it was 2-2. That was two hours ago, we are now at the bottom of the 14th inning, it is still 2-2.
October 11, 2025 at 4:51 AM
Out of idle curiosity I checked in on the mariners/tigers game at the bottom of the seventh, and it was 2-2. That was two hours ago, we are now at the bottom of the 14th inning, it is still 2-2.
Every 2 weeks, my wife, our kid, and I have Book Club. We each read a book and share it. There's a giant gavel, it's fun.
I just shared the People's Project, and read @mirajacob.bsky.social 's You are Here to the table. Thank you, Mira (also @theferocity.bsky.social & @maggiesmithpoet.bsky.social)
I just shared the People's Project, and read @mirajacob.bsky.social 's You are Here to the table. Thank you, Mira (also @theferocity.bsky.social & @maggiesmithpoet.bsky.social)
October 4, 2025 at 2:25 AM
Every 2 weeks, my wife, our kid, and I have Book Club. We each read a book and share it. There's a giant gavel, it's fun.
I just shared the People's Project, and read @mirajacob.bsky.social 's You are Here to the table. Thank you, Mira (also @theferocity.bsky.social & @maggiesmithpoet.bsky.social)
I just shared the People's Project, and read @mirajacob.bsky.social 's You are Here to the table. Thank you, Mira (also @theferocity.bsky.social & @maggiesmithpoet.bsky.social)
Last night Lara and I got dressed up and went to the theater to see The Play That Goes Wrong. I love a farce, and a -live- farce is such an impressive technical feat.
September 28, 2025 at 5:48 PM
Last night Lara and I got dressed up and went to the theater to see The Play That Goes Wrong. I love a farce, and a -live- farce is such an impressive technical feat.
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so many dead canaries and we just keep on mining
September 17, 2025 at 11:10 PM
so many dead canaries and we just keep on mining
Okay, I am done with the news today. I have a pizza birthday dinner to attend (someone in this house turned 11 today), and I need a little time to get my party face on.
September 11, 2025 at 12:33 AM
Okay, I am done with the news today. I have a pizza birthday dinner to attend (someone in this house turned 11 today), and I need a little time to get my party face on.
After dinner out, I read a book with a cup of tea. On my way back to my car I heard live funk music. I followed it to a little theater and was let in for free to see the last hour of an excellent band. It was a really great time! Fun little community event.
September 7, 2025 at 5:28 AM
After dinner out, I read a book with a cup of tea. On my way back to my car I heard live funk music. I followed it to a little theater and was let in for free to see the last hour of an excellent band. It was a really great time! Fun little community event.
I have two quilt tops I much want to quilt but I do not have the space to pin one of them and I somehow miscalculated the yardage I needed for my backing on the other. I know I could make my life easier if I quilted small(er) things (or lived in a smaller place) but I dream in big cuddly blankets.
September 4, 2025 at 11:28 PM
I have two quilt tops I much want to quilt but I do not have the space to pin one of them and I somehow miscalculated the yardage I needed for my backing on the other. I know I could make my life easier if I quilted small(er) things (or lived in a smaller place) but I dream in big cuddly blankets.
Every time my kid adds a new food to her list of food she will eat it is a celebration for all of us. She is so giddy from the success of tonight's vegetarian corndog (delicious) and side of red bell peppers with dip (the dip helped a lot) that she is right now reading a kid's cookbook in bed.
August 30, 2025 at 5:01 AM
Every time my kid adds a new food to her list of food she will eat it is a celebration for all of us. She is so giddy from the success of tonight's vegetarian corndog (delicious) and side of red bell peppers with dip (the dip helped a lot) that she is right now reading a kid's cookbook in bed.
In 7th grade a friend lent me VHS of MST3K: the Movie. I saw it and suddenly got so many jokes. It was foundational to my friend group. I never saw the show when it aired (no cable), only tapes. Years later I found @glaiveguisarme.com blog b/c she also liked that show. We've been married 14 years.
What movie has had the most impact on your actual literal life? Not necessarily your favorite, but the one that’s most influenced or shaped something in your trajectory?
August 23, 2025 at 7:06 PM
In 7th grade a friend lent me VHS of MST3K: the Movie. I saw it and suddenly got so many jokes. It was foundational to my friend group. I never saw the show when it aired (no cable), only tapes. Years later I found @glaiveguisarme.com blog b/c she also liked that show. We've been married 14 years.
On the last day of my vacation I managed to finish this quilt top. I really like how this one turned out if you stand back and look at it from afar.
Now I have two quilt tops that need finishing.
Now I have two quilt tops that need finishing.
August 11, 2025 at 12:08 AM
On the last day of my vacation I managed to finish this quilt top. I really like how this one turned out if you stand back and look at it from afar.
Now I have two quilt tops that need finishing.
Now I have two quilt tops that need finishing.