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So many hobbies, so little time. Sewing, nalbinding, knitting, some dabbling in other fiber arts. Society for Creative Anachronism, historical re-creation, historical fencing. Etc.
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TIL about a memorial ceremony in Iceland in 2019 to mark the end of a glacier, changing the place name from Okjökull to Ok (jökull = glacier). Uncompromising wording on the bronze plaque:
"This is to acknowledge that we know what is happening and what needs to be done. Only you know if we did it".
"This is to acknowledge that we know what is happening and what needs to be done. Only you know if we did it".
December 7, 2025 at 5:17 PM
TIL about a memorial ceremony in Iceland in 2019 to mark the end of a glacier, changing the place name from Okjökull to Ok (jökull = glacier). Uncompromising wording on the bronze plaque:
"This is to acknowledge that we know what is happening and what needs to be done. Only you know if we did it".
"This is to acknowledge that we know what is happening and what needs to be done. Only you know if we did it".
Hannah Arendt: “The result of a consistent and total substitution of lies for factual truth is not that the lies will now be accepted as truth, and the truth be defamed as lies, but that the sense by which we take our bearings in the real world...is being destroyed.”
How are we supposed to trust the FBI & DOJ after years of watching Donald Trump denigrate & politicize them? That question was brought into sharp focus by the arrest earlier this week of Brian Cole, Jr., on bomb planting charges. joycevance.substack.com/p/charges-in...
Charges in the RNC/DNC Bomb Planting Case
Can we trust the FBI and this Justice Department after years of watching Donald Trump denigrate and politicize those previously independent agencies?
joycevance.substack.com
December 8, 2025 at 12:33 AM
Hannah Arendt: “The result of a consistent and total substitution of lies for factual truth is not that the lies will now be accepted as truth, and the truth be defamed as lies, but that the sense by which we take our bearings in the real world...is being destroyed.”
It's unfortunately difficult to find places to donate used good in many localities. But, please don't support Salvation Army by donating stuff for them to sell in their stores, either.
It's that giving time of year again, so this is a reminder that no matter how they try to dress it up, the Salvation Army is not a charity.
December 6, 2025 at 6:46 AM
It's unfortunately difficult to find places to donate used good in many localities. But, please don't support Salvation Army by donating stuff for them to sell in their stores, either.
Date night last night-saw the new Nuremburg movie. While watching it, I thought it was too heavy-handed an allegory for current events. Discussion over dinner afterward suggests it was far too subtle.
December 6, 2025 at 6:36 AM
Date night last night-saw the new Nuremburg movie. While watching it, I thought it was too heavy-handed an allegory for current events. Discussion over dinner afterward suggests it was far too subtle.
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I named my fists John and Cage because you're not going to be doing anything for the next four minutes and thirty three seconds
I named my fists Chekhov and Gun because you know they're coming but you don't know when
i named my fists Rodgers and Hammerstein cuz theyre always in my own little corner
December 1, 2025 at 3:05 AM
I named my fists John and Cage because you're not going to be doing anything for the next four minutes and thirty three seconds
Things I've neverthought about: cruise ships run on diesel. Even in port they still burn it for electric, adding pollution to the area. They could plug in to electric grid on land, but most terminals don't have that infrastructure: w42st.com/post/our-res...
“Our Residents are Suffocating” — Pols Push For Cruise Ships to Switch Off Engines and Plug In
The cruise business is booming — and so is air pollution on the West Side. The statistics are enough to take your breath away.
w42st.com
November 23, 2025 at 6:10 PM
Things I've neverthought about: cruise ships run on diesel. Even in port they still burn it for electric, adding pollution to the area. They could plug in to electric grid on land, but most terminals don't have that infrastructure: w42st.com/post/our-res...
It was bound to happen sooner or later, but this is the first report I've seen of it. NYPD responded to call for carjacking, but it was ICE: gothamist.com/news/nypd-sa...
NYPD says 2 officers injured during Washington Heights ICE chase
NYPD officials said officers were unaware the people were federal immigration officers as their clothing concealed their identities.
gothamist.com
November 14, 2025 at 2:06 AM
It was bound to happen sooner or later, but this is the first report I've seen of it. NYPD responded to call for carjacking, but it was ICE: gothamist.com/news/nypd-sa...
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Earlier this year, I met a Croatian journalist who was in the US doing a piece on America’s politics and I asked her what surprised her. And she said, “What you all call the far left is just being normal.”
November 4, 2025 at 3:37 PM
Earlier this year, I met a Croatian journalist who was in the US doing a piece on America’s politics and I asked her what surprised her. And she said, “What you all call the far left is just being normal.”
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Mamdani has won more votes than the entire population of any of the 5 smallest states.
Mamdani has won more votes than there are people in South Dakota.
November 5, 2025 at 2:59 AM
Mamdani has won more votes than the entire population of any of the 5 smallest states.
I kind of love that BBC World Service, reporting on NYC mayor election, called Mamdani a "left-leaning Democrat". Not "left-wing", not "leftist", not "socialist".
I'm pretty sure no American news outlet would ever use that phrase.
I'm pretty sure no American news outlet would ever use that phrase.
November 5, 2025 at 5:38 AM
I kind of love that BBC World Service, reporting on NYC mayor election, called Mamdani a "left-leaning Democrat". Not "left-wing", not "leftist", not "socialist".
I'm pretty sure no American news outlet would ever use that phrase.
I'm pretty sure no American news outlet would ever use that phrase.
Eulogy for another victim of gun violence
I feel every word of this in my soul.
Did you happen to read this? It soothed some part of my heart that I didn't think could be soothed
bsky.app/profile/espi...
Did you happen to read this? It soothed some part of my heart that I didn't think could be soothed
bsky.app/profile/espi...
I wrote my own Charlie Kirk obituary, and about valuing truth over manners: www.thenation.com/article/poli...
September 13, 2025 at 9:04 AM
Eulogy for another victim of gun violence
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Just tried watching Ezra Klein’s latest NYT podcast episode on how the U.S. got to this point where vaccines are so politicized.
It’s pretty clear that Klein and his guests—David Wallace Wells and Rachael Bedard—really do not understand why/how the political right turned on vaccines.
It’s pretty clear that Klein and his guests—David Wallace Wells and Rachael Bedard—really do not understand why/how the political right turned on vaccines.
August 28, 2025 at 3:39 PM
Just tried watching Ezra Klein’s latest NYT podcast episode on how the U.S. got to this point where vaccines are so politicized.
It’s pretty clear that Klein and his guests—David Wallace Wells and Rachael Bedard—really do not understand why/how the political right turned on vaccines.
It’s pretty clear that Klein and his guests—David Wallace Wells and Rachael Bedard—really do not understand why/how the political right turned on vaccines.
Came across this little post randomly the other day and I can't stop thinking about it. Maybe I should wait until Monday (Labor Day) to share? But, I don't want to forget.
Sometimes a needle is more than just a needle.
www.moderndailyknitting.com/community/th...
Sometimes a needle is more than just a needle.
www.moderndailyknitting.com/community/th...
The Cost of a Needle – Modern Daily Knitting
www.moderndailyknitting.com
August 27, 2025 at 8:47 PM
Came across this little post randomly the other day and I can't stop thinking about it. Maybe I should wait until Monday (Labor Day) to share? But, I don't want to forget.
Sometimes a needle is more than just a needle.
www.moderndailyknitting.com/community/th...
Sometimes a needle is more than just a needle.
www.moderndailyknitting.com/community/th...
t's amazing how this is from more than 20 years ago but very well could have been from today.
July 30, 2025 at 2:42 PM
This is the sort of thought that can provoke a depressive spiral. And yet, it is an important thing to consider.
Will we
get through this?
No, we
will not get through this.
Only some of us
will get through this.
And it is imperative
that you
understand this difference.
*
A compendium of the 278th week of plague poems…
librarianshipwreck.wordpress.com/2025/07/11/p...
get through this?
No, we
will not get through this.
Only some of us
will get through this.
And it is imperative
that you
understand this difference.
*
A compendium of the 278th week of plague poems…
librarianshipwreck.wordpress.com/2025/07/11/p...
Plague Poems – The Two-Hundred-and-Seventy-Eighth Week
If you would protect yourself from this summer’s sun make sure to wear sunscreen. And if you would protect yourself from this summer’s heat make sure to stay hydrated. And if you would …
librarianshipwreck.wordpress.com
July 12, 2025 at 4:24 AM
This is the sort of thought that can provoke a depressive spiral. And yet, it is an important thing to consider.
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BREAKING: U.S. regulators have approved the world's only twice-a-year shot to prevent HIV.
FDA approves the world's only twice-a-year shot to prevent HIV
The Food and Drug Administration has approved the world’s only twice-a-year shot to prevent HIV. In two groundbreaking studies, Gilead Sciences’ shot nearly eliminated new infections in people at high risk of HIV.
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June 18, 2025 at 7:00 PM
BREAKING: U.S. regulators have approved the world's only twice-a-year shot to prevent HIV.
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It's .........very cosplay so far here at Trump's birthday parade. Those wigs must be so damn hot
Let's do this!
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Let's do this!
🧵
June 15, 2025 at 12:14 AM
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Clearly the fire department doesn't have anything better to do...
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The FDNY Sped to ICE Headquarters for a Bogus 911 Call: 'They Used Us'
After the fire truck pulled up to the federal building where more than 100 people are being held, a van of the sort ICE uses to transport detainees sped out past protesters.
hellgatenyc.com
June 11, 2025 at 6:05 AM
Clearly the fire department doesn't have anything better to do...
hellgatenyc.com/fdny-ice-hea...
hellgatenyc.com/fdny-ice-hea...
My husband just called an éclair a "sugar hot dog" and I can't decide if it's brilliant or idiotic.
June 7, 2025 at 3:34 AM
My husband just called an éclair a "sugar hot dog" and I can't decide if it's brilliant or idiotic.
I had some ponnish this morning, but it settled down into teluge after a nap.
Makes me think of the Blue Channel “Thalasin” video lmao
June 6, 2025 at 6:40 AM
I had some ponnish this morning, but it settled down into teluge after a nap.
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Thought of the day: Kilmar is Gen Z's Mumia
April 18, 2025 at 2:29 AM
Thought of the day: Kilmar is Gen Z's Mumia
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Say hello to a new subway map! 🗺️
Today, the MTA unveiled a new subway diagram that provides riders with essential travel information in an easily readable, bright, and orderly manner.
Today, the MTA unveiled a new subway diagram that provides riders with essential travel information in an easily readable, bright, and orderly manner.
April 2, 2025 at 3:28 PM
Say hello to a new subway map! 🗺️
Today, the MTA unveiled a new subway diagram that provides riders with essential travel information in an easily readable, bright, and orderly manner.
Today, the MTA unveiled a new subway diagram that provides riders with essential travel information in an easily readable, bright, and orderly manner.
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it's remarkable how quickly "tren de aragua" went from something i had never heard of to a crisis so urgent centuries-old safeguards of liberty and due practice had to be cast aside, even at the acknowledged cost of some innocents getting pressed into indefinite detention and enslavement.
March 30, 2025 at 4:56 PM
it's remarkable how quickly "tren de aragua" went from something i had never heard of to a crisis so urgent centuries-old safeguards of liberty and due practice had to be cast aside, even at the acknowledged cost of some innocents getting pressed into indefinite detention and enslavement.