Dan the Gnome
@brewergnome.bsky.social
He/Him - Gnomewood/Gnomespun Owner, Biologist, Woodworker, Army Vet, Gardener, Fiber Artist, Baker, Professional Dilettante
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Dan the Gnome
@brewergnome.bsky.social
· Nov 15
Gnomespun Yarn and Fiber Arts
Hand made spindles and fiber tools, hand dyed yarn and breed specific top and roving! fiber arts, spinning, yarn, roving, top, combed, carded, wool, silk, longwool, downswool, downs wool, handmade spi...
www.gnomespun.com
So, uh, hi all! I'm Dan, the Gnome. I do textile arts and woodworking (Gnomespun Yarn and Gnomewood Creations). I'm a gay, ace, disabled, married, Army Veteran with two fabulous Swedish Vallhunds that periodically give advice.
I love to learn anything about anything.
I love to learn anything about anything.
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NEW: Dems easily flipped the sheriff's office in Pennsylvania's Bucks County, a big swing county in the Philly suburbs.
So? The incumbent GOP sheriff had contracted with ICE. His Dem challenger promised to end the contract.
Now he wants other swing-state Dems to look at his victory as a lesson:
So? The incumbent GOP sheriff had contracted with ICE. His Dem challenger promised to end the contract.
Now he wants other swing-state Dems to look at his victory as a lesson:
Voters Ousted This Pennsylvania Sheriff After He Signed Up to Collaborate With ICE - Bolts
A populous, swing county replaced its GOP sheriff on Tuesday after months of controversy over his joining ICE’s 287(g) program. The Democratic winner promises he’ll end the contract.
boltsmag.org
November 10, 2025 at 7:12 PM
NEW: Dems easily flipped the sheriff's office in Pennsylvania's Bucks County, a big swing county in the Philly suburbs.
So? The incumbent GOP sheriff had contracted with ICE. His Dem challenger promised to end the contract.
Now he wants other swing-state Dems to look at his victory as a lesson:
So? The incumbent GOP sheriff had contracted with ICE. His Dem challenger promised to end the contract.
Now he wants other swing-state Dems to look at his victory as a lesson:
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New Moon 🌕🌑 A piece for my ongoing series “A Starry Place”, where I explore spaces meaningful and nostalgic to me!!
November 10, 2025 at 1:54 PM
New Moon 🌕🌑 A piece for my ongoing series “A Starry Place”, where I explore spaces meaningful and nostalgic to me!!
Shock
UPDATE: The Senate votes 53-47 to shoot down the Baldwin amendment to extend ACA funds for 1 year. A party-line vote with every Republican rejecting it.
An important vote in this series: Tammy Baldwin’s proposal to extend ACA expiring funds for 1 year. It’s structured as a motion to table (i.e. scrap it from the amendment tree). But it’ll show the appetite (or lack thereof) in the Senate to address this issue.
November 11, 2025 at 3:22 AM
Shock
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November 11, 2025 at 1:23 AM
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Meanwhile, people unconstitutionally seized or brutalized by ICE agents can’t sue them because there’s no private right of action for them to do that.
Buried inside the deal to reopen government is a provision that would give Senators private right of action to sue for millions in damages over their phone records being analyzed by Jack Smith's team.
news.bloomberglaw.com/us-law-week/...
news.bloomberglaw.com/us-law-week/...
Shutdown Deal Would Let Senators Sue Over Jack Smith Searches
Senators whose phone records were sought by Special Counsel Jack Smith would gain authority to sue for millions in damages under a provision buried in the Senate-advanced deal to reopen the government...
news.bloomberglaw.com
November 10, 2025 at 11:00 PM
Meanwhile, people unconstitutionally seized or brutalized by ICE agents can’t sue them because there’s no private right of action for them to do that.
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knocked off $10 and moved these two walnut boxes into my On Sale category
I like them, they are relatively new and there is nothing wrong with them I just need funds faster than they were providing at their previous price point.
www.galdrecraft.com/category/on-...
weeowweeeooweeeooo
I like them, they are relatively new and there is nothing wrong with them I just need funds faster than they were providing at their previous price point.
www.galdrecraft.com/category/on-...
weeowweeeooweeeooo
November 10, 2025 at 11:31 PM
knocked off $10 and moved these two walnut boxes into my On Sale category
I like them, they are relatively new and there is nothing wrong with them I just need funds faster than they were providing at their previous price point.
www.galdrecraft.com/category/on-...
weeowweeeooweeeooo
I like them, they are relatively new and there is nothing wrong with them I just need funds faster than they were providing at their previous price point.
www.galdrecraft.com/category/on-...
weeowweeeooweeeooo
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Either Schumer isn't able to keep his caucus organized, or the whole thing was a work. Both possible scenarios work out to the same conclusion: he can't be leader anymore.
Welp not a conspiracy anymore
November 10, 2025 at 11:32 PM
Either Schumer isn't able to keep his caucus organized, or the whole thing was a work. Both possible scenarios work out to the same conclusion: he can't be leader anymore.
We were. We did. Then, at best, a bunch of your colleagues stabbed us in the back. Get your colleagues to stay united and give THEM this lecture.
Why would you expect us to be “united” with people who just make us suffer for nothing? Or with leaders who then blame the people angry about betrayal?
Why would you expect us to be “united” with people who just make us suffer for nothing? Or with leaders who then blame the people angry about betrayal?
The sooner we get past internal recriminations and back to fighting united, the better off we all are — the likelier our victory next November.
November 10, 2025 at 11:45 PM
We were. We did. Then, at best, a bunch of your colleagues stabbed us in the back. Get your colleagues to stay united and give THEM this lecture.
Why would you expect us to be “united” with people who just make us suffer for nothing? Or with leaders who then blame the people angry about betrayal?
Why would you expect us to be “united” with people who just make us suffer for nothing? Or with leaders who then blame the people angry about betrayal?
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We WERE fighting united and some of the Dems in the Senate stabbed us voters in the back - don’t talk to us about being united. Stop trolling us and do your damn job.
The sooner we get past internal recriminations and back to fighting united, the better off we all are — the likelier our victory next November.
November 10, 2025 at 11:39 PM
We WERE fighting united and some of the Dems in the Senate stabbed us voters in the back - don’t talk to us about being united. Stop trolling us and do your damn job.
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Democrats helped Republicans kill a ten billion dollar industry in order to cave on the shutdown.
of all the things about this deal that are pissing me off this might have pissed me off the most
November 10, 2025 at 9:22 PM
Democrats helped Republicans kill a ten billion dollar industry in order to cave on the shutdown.
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Josh phrases this a bit more gently than I would, but I think the core of this is right. We're fighting to change the Democratic Party, and we've still got a long way to go. But the fight is ongoing, and the party's center has already shifted dramatically in our direction.
A Quick Take on Team Cave’s Big Win
I have what I suspect is a somewhat counterintuitive take on the...
talkingpointsmemo.com
November 10, 2025 at 3:11 PM
Josh phrases this a bit more gently than I would, but I think the core of this is right. We're fighting to change the Democratic Party, and we've still got a long way to go. But the fight is ongoing, and the party's center has already shifted dramatically in our direction.
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I received this email about Democrats caving to end the shutdown from one of the SNAP recipients I spoke to:
November 10, 2025 at 2:17 PM
I received this email about Democrats caving to end the shutdown from one of the SNAP recipients I spoke to:
I.. what... how do you SAY that with a straight face?!
SENATOR ANGUS KING: "Standing up to Donald Trump didn't work. It actually gave him more power."
November 10, 2025 at 5:21 PM
I.. what... how do you SAY that with a straight face?!
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Hey, a lot of people are talking about changing affiliation from Democratic to Independent.
Let me tell you why you shouldn’t do that in Colorado.
One of the main ways to get a primary challenge candidate on a ballot is to caucus for your party. You need to be registered as a Dem to caucus.
Let me tell you why you shouldn’t do that in Colorado.
One of the main ways to get a primary challenge candidate on a ballot is to caucus for your party. You need to be registered as a Dem to caucus.
November 10, 2025 at 3:32 PM
Hey, a lot of people are talking about changing affiliation from Democratic to Independent.
Let me tell you why you shouldn’t do that in Colorado.
One of the main ways to get a primary challenge candidate on a ballot is to caucus for your party. You need to be registered as a Dem to caucus.
Let me tell you why you shouldn’t do that in Colorado.
One of the main ways to get a primary challenge candidate on a ballot is to caucus for your party. You need to be registered as a Dem to caucus.
First snow!
Husbeast got up early with me to go with me to my Neuro-Opthamology appt.
All good news. Optic nerves look great, no degeneration... doing slightly above average on my aging profile, nearing but not at getting OTC reading glasses.
Ten years since diagnosis and no hidden progression.
Husbeast got up early with me to go with me to my Neuro-Opthamology appt.
All good news. Optic nerves look great, no degeneration... doing slightly above average on my aging profile, nearing but not at getting OTC reading glasses.
Ten years since diagnosis and no hidden progression.
November 10, 2025 at 4:56 PM
First snow!
Husbeast got up early with me to go with me to my Neuro-Opthamology appt.
All good news. Optic nerves look great, no degeneration... doing slightly above average on my aging profile, nearing but not at getting OTC reading glasses.
Ten years since diagnosis and no hidden progression.
Husbeast got up early with me to go with me to my Neuro-Opthamology appt.
All good news. Optic nerves look great, no degeneration... doing slightly above average on my aging profile, nearing but not at getting OTC reading glasses.
Ten years since diagnosis and no hidden progression.
This. I finished a PhD on spite alone, you think I can’t maintain my rage for a single year?! Oh you sweet summer child.
"save your anger for 2026" wait you think I'll run out in a year this is why I hate amateurs
November 10, 2025 at 2:59 PM
This. I finished a PhD on spite alone, you think I can’t maintain my rage for a single year?! Oh you sweet summer child.
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If you thought Frankenstein's Tower in the Guillermo del Toro movie looked cool, check out the real-world inspiration behind it...
November 10, 2025 at 12:27 PM
If you thought Frankenstein's Tower in the Guillermo del Toro movie looked cool, check out the real-world inspiration behind it...
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Quote with your blue art 💎
September 15, 2025 at 9:01 AM
Quote with your blue art 💎
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Trump: *gets booed massively in front of a huge stadium crowd*
Senate Democrats: Wait, they should be booing at us!
Senate Democrats: Wait, they should be booing at us!
November 10, 2025 at 2:03 PM
Trump: *gets booed massively in front of a huge stadium crowd*
Senate Democrats: Wait, they should be booing at us!
Senate Democrats: Wait, they should be booing at us!
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Alt and catch fire
November 10, 2025 at 11:57 AM
Alt and catch fire
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A tiny black cat drawing. A small original artwork at a small price that can be sent as a gift and will easily fit in a standard letterbox.
folksy.com/find/item/85...
#Cat #BlackCat #AnimalArt #OriginalArt #Drawing #Artwork #GiftIdeas #ArtShop #ShopIndy #ChristmasGifts #bsnm
folksy.com/find/item/85...
#Cat #BlackCat #AnimalArt #OriginalArt #Drawing #Artwork #GiftIdeas #ArtShop #ShopIndy #ChristmasGifts #bsnm
November 10, 2025 at 12:01 PM
A tiny black cat drawing. A small original artwork at a small price that can be sent as a gift and will easily fit in a standard letterbox.
folksy.com/find/item/85...
#Cat #BlackCat #AnimalArt #OriginalArt #Drawing #Artwork #GiftIdeas #ArtShop #ShopIndy #ChristmasGifts #bsnm
folksy.com/find/item/85...
#Cat #BlackCat #AnimalArt #OriginalArt #Drawing #Artwork #GiftIdeas #ArtShop #ShopIndy #ChristmasGifts #bsnm
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There has been talk that Kaine, the NH dems, and a few others are potentially willing to switch their votes if constituents are angry enough.
CALL IF THESE ARE YOUR PEOPLE AND TELL THEM WHAT YOU THINK
CALL IF THESE ARE YOUR PEOPLE AND TELL THEM WHAT YOU THINK
According to @underthedesknews.bsky.social, it isn’t over yet. There'll be another vote.
CALL THEM ALL, especially these 8 “YES” votes:
Cortez-Masto
Durbin
Fetterman
Hassan
Kaine
King
Rosen
Shaheen
It isn’t over.
(I mean, PROBABLY, but maybe we can SCARE them out of it.)
202-224-3121
CALL THEM ALL, especially these 8 “YES” votes:
Cortez-Masto
Durbin
Fetterman
Hassan
Kaine
King
Rosen
Shaheen
It isn’t over.
(I mean, PROBABLY, but maybe we can SCARE them out of it.)
202-224-3121
November 10, 2025 at 12:02 PM
There has been talk that Kaine, the NH dems, and a few others are potentially willing to switch their votes if constituents are angry enough.
CALL IF THESE ARE YOUR PEOPLE AND TELL THEM WHAT YOU THINK
CALL IF THESE ARE YOUR PEOPLE AND TELL THEM WHAT YOU THINK
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Oh ffs, this is just stupid and lazy. Not a trace of real interest in showing how knitting works.
Everyone's being let down by #Gameofwool, even Tom Daley. I'm very disappointed in the judges not insisting on better. Surprised no-one jumped ship when they realised quite how rubbish it really is.
Everyone's being let down by #Gameofwool, even Tom Daley. I'm very disappointed in the judges not insisting on better. Surprised no-one jumped ship when they realised quite how rubbish it really is.
also, WHAT IS THIS AI SLOP DOING ON THE KNITTING SHOW?
it's becoming so obvious that the producers don't actually care about knitting at all and just wanted a quirky game show format #GameofWool
it's becoming so obvious that the producers don't actually care about knitting at all and just wanted a quirky game show format #GameofWool
November 10, 2025 at 10:22 AM
Oh ffs, this is just stupid and lazy. Not a trace of real interest in showing how knitting works.
Everyone's being let down by #Gameofwool, even Tom Daley. I'm very disappointed in the judges not insisting on better. Surprised no-one jumped ship when they realised quite how rubbish it really is.
Everyone's being let down by #Gameofwool, even Tom Daley. I'm very disappointed in the judges not insisting on better. Surprised no-one jumped ship when they realised quite how rubbish it really is.