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Fibercrafts, books.
Still not much to say.
Will block on vibes, still deciding about xylophones.

Sometimes I take time to respond, because I am trying to be thoughtful.

Has read but does not like Moby Dick.

Still on Dreamwidth and Mastodon
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pomological.xor.blue
cortland apples, painted by mary daisy arnold, 1930
cortland apples, painted by mary daisy arnold, 1930
December 17, 2025 at 2:18 PM
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lizclimo.bsky.social
Top: hamster sits in front of a laptop, and says “I’m writing our holiday newsletter. What should I say?” Gator replies “I dunno. What did we accomplish this year?” Bottom: Hamster says “I’ve got it” and types “we are cuter than ever” Gator adds “ooh, tell them I got a new hat!”
December 15, 2025 at 11:47 PM
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cryptidchicken.bsky.social
This is an insane thing to do but I'm getting desperate:
My husband is an extremely skilled tier 3 tech support worker with a bachelor's of economics, familiarity with a wide variety of technical systems, and a long employment history in aerospace.
He's been out of work for seven months now.
December 15, 2025 at 7:28 PM
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erinbiba.bsky.social
Fucking Schumer and Gillibrand AGAIN I am so fucking furious at the existence of these goddamn people and their relentless betrayal of us.
fascistdemtracker.bsky.social Fascist Dem Tracker @fascistdemtracker.bsky.social · 6d
Here are the 28 Dem Senators who voted to advance the first federal ban on trans athletes & a federal definition of sex that would make trans & intersex people non-existent: Angela Alsobrooks (MD), Tammy Baldwin (WI), Richard Blumenthal (CT), Lisa Blunt Rochester (DE), Chris Coons (DE), ->
fascistdemtracker.bsky.social Fascist Dem Tracker @fascistdemtracker.bsky.social · 6d
By a vote of 76-23, S 1071 passes the motion to proceed to the motion to concur. Won't know who voted for this until the roll call is uploaded, but safe to say it passed with the support of at least 24 members of the Democratic caucus. (Rand Paul probably voted nay and Steve Daines has been absent).
December 16, 2025 at 6:43 PM
nancymittens.bsky.social
The acquired terrier pronks in the snow. #TerrierTuesday
December 16, 2025 at 10:15 PM
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karidru.bsky.social
I'm going to do my best to alt text this because holy crap, everyone should know.
It's a map focused on Central America, much of the US at top, part of Brazil at bottom. The murder strikes are marked in red. There's a cluster by Venezuela, and a line of three headed up to Haiti and DR. There's one to the North of Panama in the center of the Caribbean. Here's where it gets even more shocking: there's a line of 14 strikes in the Pacific stretching across the coastlines of Mexico, El Salvador, Nicaragua, Costa Rica, and Panama. Nowhere near Venezuela or the US.
December 16, 2025 at 5:14 PM
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pecunium.bsky.social
Wear a mask.

www.foxnews.com/health/aggre...
‘Aggressive’ new flu variant sweeps globe as doctors warn of severe symptoms
Flu season intensifies as the new H3N2 variant causes severe illness worldwide. Experts urge vaccination, hand-washing and staying home when sick to prevent transmission.
www.foxnews.com
December 15, 2025 at 11:59 PM
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scifantasy.bsky.social
my name is cow
and wen its nite
and when a star
is shiyning brite

and three wise men
give me the nod
i walk up close
I lik the God
December 15, 2025 at 2:24 AM
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chadloder.bsky.social
And finally, the assault on Section 230. This is the endgame for independent speech.

If you repeal 230, you don’t hurt Google or Meta—they have the lawyers to survive. You destroy the small forums, the independent blogs, the dissenters. You make the cost of speaking the truth too high to bear.
How Democrats’ Attack On Section 230 Plays Right Into Trump’s Censorial Plans
Like clockwork, lawmakers are once again rallying around the idea of eliminating Section 230. That Republicans are leading this charge is hardly surprising—repealing Section 230 is explicitly laid …
www.techdirt.com
December 14, 2025 at 9:11 PM
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indivisible.org
We’re hiring and we would love to hear from you if you’re looking to take your activism to the next level.
Senior Social Media Associate | Join Our Team
About Indivisible Project We’re building something new.  We’re a progressive grassroots organization that began in the aftermath of Tr...
ats.rippling.com
December 15, 2025 at 1:38 AM
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cyberciti.biz
"RemoveWindowsAI" is a script created by zoicware, available on GitHub, that does exactly what it says: it remove every AI feature in Windows 11. Do what you wish to do with this information. I'm sharing this because some folks are forced to use Win11 at work or other places for any reasons.
A screenshot of repo web page that reads: Title: Remove Windows Ai Why? The current 25H2 build of Windows 11 and future builds will include increasingly more AI features and components. This script aims to remove ALL of these features to improve user experience, privacy and security.
December 10, 2025 at 9:56 AM
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ethankocak.com
Pew pew pew
Me holding a leachianus gecko as if it were a gun
December 15, 2025 at 1:42 AM
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czedwards.bsky.social
And one additional: SOME SETTINGS ARE BY DEVICE, some are by account. Alt-text settings especially are by the device so you have to enable them on all devices you use. And it’s always worth re-checking that your decisions are in sync and what you want.
wootmaster.bsky.social Wootmaster @wootmaster.bsky.social · Nov 6
Ok so what you need to know about these is that:

BLUESKY RESETS YOUR MODERATION SETTINGS PERIODICALLY WITHOUT TELLING YOU.

YOU HAVE TO CHECK ANYTIME THE SITE UPDATES BASICALLY.
astridoverthere.bsky.social I said abolish and I fucking meant it @astridoverthere.bsky.social · Nov 6
Wondering why no one likes your posts anymore, even among your friends? It's because @jay.bsky.team and team have decided to hide a huge amount of content from all of our feeds by default.

Here's how to turn it off.

First go to the hamburger menu in the upper left corner
December 15, 2025 at 12:26 AM
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clairewillett.bsky.social
another ICE grab from within our Portland Catholic community. Evelyn is a high school student whose father was assaulted and abducted while she was in the car. My parents have dear friends who know the family and asked for help spreading the word. Please donate and boost if you can 💕
Donate to Justice for Fermin Lara Palacios, organized by Evelyn Lara
Hi, my name is Evelyn Lara Roque and I am the daughter of Fermin Lara Palacios. On Thursd… Evelyn Lara needs your support for Justice for Fermin Lara Palacios
www.gofundme.com
December 14, 2025 at 8:47 PM
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aegtx.bsky.social
#Gaudete Sunday (throwback to when people cared about not spreading germs)
The King's Singers - Gaudete (arr. Brian Kay)
YouTube video by The King's Singers
youtu.be
December 14, 2025 at 12:35 PM
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nameshiv.bsky.social
I genuinely don't think I've ever seen a more transparently corrupt government and I'm from India
kidvanguard.bsky.social Kid Vanguard @kidvanguard.bsky.social · 6d
trumpcard.gov is live and the million dollar fees are all referred to as “gifts” or “contributions” to an undisclosed party lol
Special Benetits. For Individuals For Business Trump Gold Card For a $15,000 DHS processing fee* and, after background approval, a contribution of $1 million, receive U.S. residency in record time with the Trump Gold Card. *Additional small fees to the U.S. Department of State may apply depending on the applicant. Trump Platinum Card Coming Soon* An official website of the United States government Apply Now 个 Corporate Gold Card? The Trump Corporate Gold Card is issued to a corporate sponsor for one or more of the sponsor's employees. To apply, the corporate sponsor must pay a nonrefundable, $15,000 DHS processing fee per employee. Corporate sponsors may apply for multiple employees at once. A $2 million per employee gift upon completion of the employee's vetting is evidence that the employee will substantially benefit the United States. The advantage of the Trump Corporate Gold Card is that corporate sponsors may cease sponsoring one employee and use the gift contribution tied to the prior application as a basis for sponsoring a new employee, without a new $2 million gift. The Trump Corporate Gold Card is subject to a small, 1% annual maintenance fee and a 5% transfer fee, which includes the cost of a new DHS background check. Small additional fees to the U.S. Department of State may also apply depending on each employees circumstances.
December 11, 2025 at 7:08 AM
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suesswassersee.bsky.social
Reminder: women's hockey ☺️
nest-of-shiny-things Nov 30 Follow every day people are out here weaving elaborate fictional narratives for nhl players meanwhile pwhl players will just straight up say shit like "we were skinny dipping with team canada while training for the olympics and a shooting star passed overhead and no one else saw it but us and we locked eyes and thus began a secret teammate romance that almost fell apart after we lost the gold medal but the next time our teams played against each other she chased down my team bus after the game to win me back and seven years later we were married and I said in my wedding vows that she was the wish I had always dreamed of and I didn't realize it until now." anyway true story and it happened to my girl laura stacey.
December 12, 2025 at 3:43 AM
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mmasnick.bsky.social
The whole point of 230 is to encourage sites to act as publishers for third party content, without taking on liability as publishers of all that content. If it didn't want online services to act as publishers, why would it protect them from publisher liability?!?
December 13, 2025 at 11:13 PM
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robertscotthorton.bsky.social
"Tincher [a US citizen] has marks on her neck and wrist from where agents restrained her. Agents cut off her wedding ring and held her in leg shackles at Whipple Federal Building for about five hours, where she saw about seven other detainees." www.mprnews.org/story/2025/1...
Federal agents arrest citizen observer watching ICE detain neighbors on her north Minneapolis block
Susan Tincher, a 55-year-old American citizen, appears to be the first observer arrested by federal immigration enforcement officers since the agency launched an immigration surge in the Twin Cities l...
www.mprnews.org
December 14, 2025 at 12:36 AM
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onbearfeet.bsky.social
If you need a measles jab in the US and can't afford one, hit up Bree's replies. There are people in there volunteering to cover someone else's shot in the name of Fuck Measles.

I got my titers checked in May, and I'm good. If you're not sure, go get yer jabs!
mostlybree.kitrocha.com Bree @mostlybree.kitrocha.com · 3d
If you are worried this is too big an executive function barrier you can go to a pharmacy and they will probably just jab you. That is what I did.

I'm not saying it's necessarily the right way to do this, that is just how much I am not fucking around with the measles
erinbiba.bsky.social Erin Biba @erinbiba.bsky.social · 3d
Go to your doctor and get your measles titers checked to make sure you are still immune and if not get re-vaccinated. It’s more and more likely all of us are going to eventually come in contact with it.
December 14, 2025 at 5:00 AM
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pecunium.bsky.social
This is "gender affirming medicine".

www.npr.org/2025/12/12/n...
Testosterone levels have declined in men. Here's what the FDA wants to do about it
NPR's Steve Inskeep speaks with FDA Commissioner Martin Makary about the decline in testosterone in men in the U.S. and what his agency wants to do about it.
www.npr.org
December 14, 2025 at 3:34 AM
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streamlass.bsky.social
*inhale*
aaaaaAAAAAARRRRRRrrggghhhhHHhhhHHHHhhhhhh...
ascolotl.bsky.social Kit @ascolotl.bsky.social · 3d
Learned today that “Galápagos” comes from a Spanish word for tortoise, meaning that “Galápagos Tortoise” is,

in fact,

a tortology
December 13, 2025 at 11:31 PM
nancymittens.bsky.social
Reposting for the excellent moose picture.
December 14, 2025 at 4:00 AM
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stefanejones.bsky.social
A nice variant on the "A QA engineer walks into a bar" gag.
December 14, 2025 at 2:22 AM
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pecunium.bsky.social
When do we land on Mars?
karlbode.com Karl Bode @karlbode.com · 6d
once again this is not a real thing Elon Musk is going to actually accomplish, this is a lazy fiction designed to inject the looming Space X IPO with memestock fantasy magic
"A major additional factor should be considered. Satellites with localized AI compute, where just the results are beamed back from low-latency, sun-synchronous orbit, will be the lowest cost way to generate AI bitstreams in <3 years. And by far the fastest way to scale within 4 years, because easy sources of electrical power are already hard to find on Earth. 1 megaton/year of satellites with 100kW per satellite yields 100GW of AI added per year with no operating or maintenance cost, connecting via high-bandwidth lasers to the Starlink constellation. The level beyond that is constructing satellite factories on the Moon and using a mass driver (electromagnetic railgun) to accelerate AI satellites to lunar escape velocity without the need for rockets. That scales to >100TW/year of AI and enables non-trivial progress towards becoming a Kardashev II civilization."
December 13, 2025 at 8:26 PM