@bthl.bsky.social
Usually found in one of two places: at my computer or at my sewing machine. ⌨️📖🪡🧵
Board member @ Tomorrow Foundation for a Sustainable Future 🌳🌬️ tomorrowfoundation.ca
Board member @ Tomorrow Foundation for a Sustainable Future 🌳🌬️ tomorrowfoundation.ca
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bthl.bsky.social
@bthl.bsky.social
· Dec 1
Finally finished a mending project I’ve been stuck on all month. This free tote bag I got in 2020 immediately became a favourite for grocery runs. After 4ish years of use, I needed to 1) darn some holes, 2) add a panel to the bottom, and 3) make shorter handles.
Before / after
Before / after
I unexpectedly found 1.5 mm knitting needles at the thrift store last week. I’m excited to use them for something but first I need to get better at tensioning such itty bitty yarn. This will take some time. 🧶
January 26, 2026 at 4:23 AM
I unexpectedly found 1.5 mm knitting needles at the thrift store last week. I’m excited to use them for something but first I need to get better at tensioning such itty bitty yarn. This will take some time. 🧶
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and which of course we all know is false, as the loved ones of Breonna Taylor will remind you
seeing conservatives admit alex pretti was disarmed and need to change their message to “well you know where you won’t get shot? at home” is just an impressive level of pathetic allegiance to their dictator
January 25, 2026 at 4:08 PM
and which of course we all know is false, as the loved ones of Breonna Taylor will remind you
I’ve reset the counter like 8 times today, what is going AWN over there?!
Resetting the “days since encountering Heated Rivalry content in the wild” counter back to zero lol
January 23, 2026 at 6:33 AM
I’ve reset the counter like 8 times today, what is going AWN over there?!
Saw this gorgeous vintage cocoon coat at Value Village today. Crimson wool and mohair with a wide rolled collar and large floral buttons. Will be thinking about it for a long time.
January 23, 2026 at 4:51 AM
Saw this gorgeous vintage cocoon coat at Value Village today. Crimson wool and mohair with a wide rolled collar and large floral buttons. Will be thinking about it for a long time.
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Just found this 11-year-old Alberta-as-worker’s-paradise joke t-shirt from the 2015 provincial election. I did not anticipate the political environment we’d be in now but this reads in a very different way now that there’s a real (but deeply delulu) effort to make AB an independent petrostate.
January 21, 2026 at 4:08 AM
Just found this 11-year-old Alberta-as-worker’s-paradise joke t-shirt from the 2015 provincial election. I did not anticipate the political environment we’d be in now but this reads in a very different way now that there’s a real (but deeply delulu) effort to make AB an independent petrostate.
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Gary Larson: In my cartoon I invented Cow Tools as a cautionary tale
Cows: At long last, we have created the Cow Tools from classic newspaper comic Cow Tools
Cows: At long last, we have created the Cow Tools from classic newspaper comic Cow Tools
January 19, 2026 at 5:04 PM
Gary Larson: In my cartoon I invented Cow Tools as a cautionary tale
Cows: At long last, we have created the Cow Tools from classic newspaper comic Cow Tools
Cows: At long last, we have created the Cow Tools from classic newspaper comic Cow Tools
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To my fellow local craft ppl who barely use instagram, please be advised that Reimagined Fabrics (the fabric/sewing supply store in Hazeldean) has extended their store hours 🥳
January 17, 2026 at 5:51 AM
To my fellow local craft ppl who barely use instagram, please be advised that Reimagined Fabrics (the fabric/sewing supply store in Hazeldean) has extended their store hours 🥳
Resetting the “days since encountering Heated Rivalry content in the wild” counter back to zero lol
January 14, 2026 at 3:04 AM
Resetting the “days since encountering Heated Rivalry content in the wild” counter back to zero lol
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ah, they appear to have written Woke where they meant to write WoC - common mistake!
This person analyzes american politics for a living
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January 11, 2026 at 4:03 PM
ah, they appear to have written Woke where they meant to write WoC - common mistake!
I’m the new owner of a Singer 191J and while this isn’t my first vintage sewing machine, it’s my first cast iron machine and I was almost literally floored by its weight when it came out of the cabinet. It’s a very healthy 31 lbs, which is around 7 lbs heavier than my road bike.
January 11, 2026 at 4:34 AM
I’m the new owner of a Singer 191J and while this isn’t my first vintage sewing machine, it’s my first cast iron machine and I was almost literally floored by its weight when it came out of the cabinet. It’s a very healthy 31 lbs, which is around 7 lbs heavier than my road bike.
Fort Rd and 132 Ave: not loving the transition between the SUP and one-way bike paths. If you're going south via the Fort Rd SUP and you want to go west on 132 Ave you need to cross 132, press a beg button, wait, cross Fort Rd, wait more, and then cross 132 Ave again to get on the right bike path.
January 10, 2026 at 12:48 AM
Fort Rd and 132 Ave: not loving the transition between the SUP and one-way bike paths. If you're going south via the Fort Rd SUP and you want to go west on 132 Ave you need to cross 132, press a beg button, wait, cross Fort Rd, wait more, and then cross 132 Ave again to get on the right bike path.
There’s now a second, larger box in the grass between the SUP and the street. I guess that means the first box will be removed at some point? I don’t know. In the meantime the snow clearing is going exactly as you’d expect, they’re going around the box as if the SUP swerves to one side of it.
Seen on the new SUP on the north side of 137 Ave between the north and south-bound legs of Manning Drive. I thought the city had stopped doing this kind of thing. Surely there were other options? #yegbike
January 9, 2026 at 11:53 PM
There’s now a second, larger box in the grass between the SUP and the street. I guess that means the first box will be removed at some point? I don’t know. In the meantime the snow clearing is going exactly as you’d expect, they’re going around the box as if the SUP swerves to one side of it.
Value Village is not pricing their books with consideration to the fact that I’ve literally never found a book there that wasn’t also available for free at EPL or the Internet Archive’s library. I will not be buying a $7.99 book that still has a $1.99 sticker from the last thrift store that sold it.
January 8, 2026 at 5:37 AM
Value Village is not pricing their books with consideration to the fact that I’ve literally never found a book there that wasn’t also available for free at EPL or the Internet Archive’s library. I will not be buying a $7.99 book that still has a $1.99 sticker from the last thrift store that sold it.
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keep thinking of a vocally anti-woke reporter who insisted that the term "environmental racism" was nonsense
After a white county in South Carolina rejected a data center, developers have sets their sights on a Black community for a proposed data center complex the size of 1,200 football fields
After a White Town Rejected a Data Center, Developers Targeted a Black Area
Four million Americans live within 1 mile of a data center. The communities closest to them are “overwhelmingly” non-white.
capitalbnews.org
January 7, 2026 at 3:02 PM
keep thinking of a vocally anti-woke reporter who insisted that the term "environmental racism" was nonsense
Ew, the 82 St bike lane is windrow storage but then again you’re not actually supposed to bicycle on 82nd, you silly goose, so it’s fine. On the plus side several north side SUPs (not pictured) are looking good. #yegbike
January 7, 2026 at 2:54 AM
Ew, the 82 St bike lane is windrow storage but then again you’re not actually supposed to bicycle on 82nd, you silly goose, so it’s fine. On the plus side several north side SUPs (not pictured) are looking good. #yegbike
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The University of Alberta approved a tuition increase of 75% in graduate nursing.
They slashed all funding to the affiliated child care centres, leaving students faculty and staff without spots
At the same time the president's hospitality expenses have increased by 290%.
They slashed all funding to the affiliated child care centres, leaving students faculty and staff without spots
At the same time the president's hospitality expenses have increased by 290%.
January 5, 2026 at 8:51 PM
The University of Alberta approved a tuition increase of 75% in graduate nursing.
They slashed all funding to the affiliated child care centres, leaving students faculty and staff without spots
At the same time the president's hospitality expenses have increased by 290%.
They slashed all funding to the affiliated child care centres, leaving students faculty and staff without spots
At the same time the president's hospitality expenses have increased by 290%.
Do you ever decide to sew something that will use up most of your four types of leftover black bias tape and then realize that not only do none of the four match each other in hue, you are also half a metre short in total and have to go to the store to buy more…
January 3, 2026 at 6:16 AM
Do you ever decide to sew something that will use up most of your four types of leftover black bias tape and then realize that not only do none of the four match each other in hue, you are also half a metre short in total and have to go to the store to buy more…
I’ll see you all on r/craftsnark later 🫡
huh so Google is kicking off the new year by pissing off knitters that’s fun
January 2, 2026 at 4:08 AM
I’ll see you all on r/craftsnark later 🫡
…You’re telling me this isn’t a high school in a 90s/00s American coming-of-age film? 🤨
December 31, 2025 at 5:57 AM
…You’re telling me this isn’t a high school in a 90s/00s American coming-of-age film? 🤨
I’m not 100% sure, but I don’t think this is the winter weather I signed up for
December 16, 2025 at 12:14 AM
I’m not 100% sure, but I don’t think this is the winter weather I signed up for