Build Soil, Collect Water, Emerge from the Ashes.
@buildsoil.bsky.social
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Emergent, PhD student & Executive Director buildsoil.net
Talks about Build Soil but this is a private account separate from the nonprofit. The Icon for the account is a hand drawn chestnut wrapped up in a ribbon with the words "Build Soil" on pink
Emergent, PhD student & Executive Director buildsoil.net
Talks about Build Soil but this is a private account separate from the nonprofit. The Icon for the account is a hand drawn chestnut wrapped up in a ribbon with the words "Build Soil" on pink
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How to find me:
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Join our discord it’s going to be fun:
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twitch.tv/buildsoil
youtube.com/@buildsoil
kolektiva.social/@BuildSoil (not doing much .here yet)
buildsoil.net
bsky.app/profile/buil...
Join our discord it’s going to be fun:
discord.gg/TvPtygB9Xj
twitch.tv/buildsoil
youtube.com/@buildsoil
kolektiva.social/@BuildSoil (not doing much .here yet)
I would love to see an explanation of normal forms done this way
I’m doing the thing with index cards and yarn (actually ribbon) to explain the concept of a relational database. I’ll let you know how it goes!
February 12, 2026 at 9:32 PM
I would love to see an explanation of normal forms done this way
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Guildhall looms and woven prayer
Rigging lines command the air
Wool tax funds the mounted war
We didn’t start the fiber
It was always turning, shaping all the world
We didn’t start the fiber
We just wove it farther, stretched it round the world
Rigging lines command the air
Wool tax funds the mounted war
We didn’t start the fiber
It was always turning, shaping all the world
We didn’t start the fiber
We just wove it farther, stretched it round the world
February 2, 2026 at 7:22 PM
Guildhall looms and woven prayer
Rigging lines command the air
Wool tax funds the mounted war
We didn’t start the fiber
It was always turning, shaping all the world
We didn’t start the fiber
We just wove it farther, stretched it round the world
Rigging lines command the air
Wool tax funds the mounted war
We didn’t start the fiber
It was always turning, shaping all the world
We didn’t start the fiber
We just wove it farther, stretched it round the world
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Florin banks and wool exchange
Lombard loans in merchant range
Florence cloth and Bruges arrange
Textile credit drives the change
Monte dei Paschi di Siena
Sheep-path loans through hill and arena
Transhumance and credit flow
Fiber wealth makes banking grow
Lombard loans in merchant range
Florence cloth and Bruges arrange
Textile credit drives the change
Monte dei Paschi di Siena
Sheep-path loans through hill and arena
Transhumance and credit flow
Fiber wealth makes banking grow
February 2, 2026 at 7:26 PM
Florin banks and wool exchange
Lombard loans in merchant range
Florence cloth and Bruges arrange
Textile credit drives the change
Monte dei Paschi di Siena
Sheep-path loans through hill and arena
Transhumance and credit flow
Fiber wealth makes banking grow
Lombard loans in merchant range
Florence cloth and Bruges arrange
Textile credit drives the change
Monte dei Paschi di Siena
Sheep-path loans through hill and arena
Transhumance and credit flow
Fiber wealth makes banking grow
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Polyester, crude supply
Oil well lines where ice runs dry
Plastic yarns and drilling tie
Fabric born where glaciers die
Nylon rope and pipeline seam
Fleece and fuel the same regime
Every jacket, polymer stream
Linked to rigs in Arctic gleam
Oil well lines where ice runs dry
Plastic yarns and drilling tie
Fabric born where glaciers die
Nylon rope and pipeline seam
Fleece and fuel the same regime
Every jacket, polymer stream
Linked to rigs in Arctic gleam
February 3, 2026 at 1:21 AM
Polyester, crude supply
Oil well lines where ice runs dry
Plastic yarns and drilling tie
Fabric born where glaciers die
Nylon rope and pipeline seam
Fleece and fuel the same regime
Every jacket, polymer stream
Linked to rigs in Arctic gleam
Oil well lines where ice runs dry
Plastic yarns and drilling tie
Fabric born where glaciers die
Nylon rope and pipeline seam
Fleece and fuel the same regime
Every jacket, polymer stream
Linked to rigs in Arctic gleam
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Poly fleece, wash-cycle shed
Microfibers ocean-led
Ice core plastic, snowpack spread
Clothing dust where no cloth fed
Laundry outflow, current flow
Synthetic drift in polar snow
Thread by thread the residues grow
Wardrobe ghosts in ice below
Microfibers ocean-led
Ice core plastic, snowpack spread
Clothing dust where no cloth fed
Laundry outflow, current flow
Synthetic drift in polar snow
Thread by thread the residues grow
Wardrobe ghosts in ice below
February 3, 2026 at 1:21 AM
Poly fleece, wash-cycle shed
Microfibers ocean-led
Ice core plastic, snowpack spread
Clothing dust where no cloth fed
Laundry outflow, current flow
Synthetic drift in polar snow
Thread by thread the residues grow
Wardrobe ghosts in ice below
Microfibers ocean-led
Ice core plastic, snowpack spread
Clothing dust where no cloth fed
Laundry outflow, current flow
Synthetic drift in polar snow
Thread by thread the residues grow
Wardrobe ghosts in ice below
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Container cloth, Asia bound
Northern routes as ice breaks round
Garment loads on shorter ground
Trade winds hum a thawing sound
Poly blends in cargo rows
Faster turns for fashion flows
Textile freight through polar throes
Threaded trade where ice once froz
Northern routes as ice breaks round
Garment loads on shorter ground
Trade winds hum a thawing sound
Poly blends in cargo rows
Faster turns for fashion flows
Textile freight through polar throes
Threaded trade where ice once froz
February 3, 2026 at 1:21 AM
Container cloth, Asia bound
Northern routes as ice breaks round
Garment loads on shorter ground
Trade winds hum a thawing sound
Poly blends in cargo rows
Faster turns for fashion flows
Textile freight through polar throes
Threaded trade where ice once froz
Northern routes as ice breaks round
Garment loads on shorter ground
Trade winds hum a thawing sound
Poly blends in cargo rows
Faster turns for fashion flows
Textile freight through polar throes
Threaded trade where ice once froz
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And later “Pressure on Huguenot spinners
Faith and loom became the winners
Textile skill bred state converts
Conversion linked to fiber splinters
Reformation, textile ties
Markets shift where doctrine flies
Cloth and creed reshape the skies
Wool and warp in holy cries
“
Faith and loom became the winners
Textile skill bred state converts
Conversion linked to fiber splinters
Reformation, textile ties
Markets shift where doctrine flies
Cloth and creed reshape the skies
Wool and warp in holy cries
“
February 2, 2026 at 8:05 PM
And later “Pressure on Huguenot spinners
Faith and loom became the winners
Textile skill bred state converts
Conversion linked to fiber splinters
Reformation, textile ties
Markets shift where doctrine flies
Cloth and creed reshape the skies
Wool and warp in holy cries
“
Faith and loom became the winners
Textile skill bred state converts
Conversion linked to fiber splinters
Reformation, textile ties
Markets shift where doctrine flies
Cloth and creed reshape the skies
Wool and warp in holy cries
“
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And: “Chinese shuttles, double pick
Brocatelle weave and weft so thick
Knowledge hid in gadget quick
Export banned, the cost was sick
Smugglers carried spindle hints
West reverse-engineered prints
Mechanics born from foreign glints
Textile tech that empire sprints”
Brocatelle weave and weft so thick
Knowledge hid in gadget quick
Export banned, the cost was sick
Smugglers carried spindle hints
West reverse-engineered prints
Mechanics born from foreign glints
Textile tech that empire sprints”
February 2, 2026 at 8:05 PM
And: “Chinese shuttles, double pick
Brocatelle weave and weft so thick
Knowledge hid in gadget quick
Export banned, the cost was sick
Smugglers carried spindle hints
West reverse-engineered prints
Mechanics born from foreign glints
Textile tech that empire sprints”
Brocatelle weave and weft so thick
Knowledge hid in gadget quick
Export banned, the cost was sick
Smugglers carried spindle hints
West reverse-engineered prints
Mechanics born from foreign glints
Textile tech that empire sprints”
February 3, 2026 at 2:53 PM
I was at the protest against W where I saw Portland police directly spray a stroller. There’s a lot of atoning to do
New — I spoke to eight people who were present at the ICE protest on Saturday in Portland, Oregon when federal agents deployed tear gas and rubber bullets into a crowd of families, children, elderly and disabled people, and their pets.
These are their stories:
These are their stories:
What it's like to see ICE tear gas kids
Attendees at a Portland, OR protest describe a vicious, unprovoked and sudden attack
www.thehandbasket.co
February 3, 2026 at 3:27 AM
I was at the protest against W where I saw Portland police directly spray a stroller. There’s a lot of atoning to do
This is like some old school high-quality posting
Me: What if Allan Sherman were in Daft Punk. He'd be all like, "hello muddah, hello faddah, fasta stronga, betta hahda 🎶"
My date who I will NOT be seeing again: you don't have to do the voices 🙄
My date who I will NOT be seeing again: you don't have to do the voices 🙄
February 3, 2026 at 3:24 AM
This is like some old school high-quality posting
So I think about me is that I post things like this when I have school. Build soil started when I was doing a graduate certificate
This has been in my head all week. Current draft:
Golden Fleece, spindle whorl
Linen wraps the ancient world
Tyrian purple tribute curled
Cloth as wealth across the world
Silk Road trade and caravan
Thread counts rise from land to land
Bayeux story, conquest planned
Sail and rope expand command
Golden Fleece, spindle whorl
Linen wraps the ancient world
Tyrian purple tribute curled
Cloth as wealth across the world
Silk Road trade and caravan
Thread counts rise from land to land
Bayeux story, conquest planned
Sail and rope expand command
February 3, 2026 at 2:30 AM
So I think about me is that I post things like this when I have school. Build soil started when I was doing a graduate certificate
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Manchester mills, smoke and wire
Lowell girls in wage-for-hire
Ned Ludd in the night
Frames smashed in the candlelight
(Chorus)
Lowell girls in wage-for-hire
Ned Ludd in the night
Frames smashed in the candlelight
(Chorus)
February 2, 2026 at 7:26 PM
Manchester mills, smoke and wire
Lowell girls in wage-for-hire
Ned Ludd in the night
Frames smashed in the candlelight
(Chorus)
Lowell girls in wage-for-hire
Ned Ludd in the night
Frames smashed in the candlelight
(Chorus)
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“Silk embassies and courtly strains
Chinese walls and foreign gains
Diplomats in mercantile chains
Fiber’s route in royal reigns
Timbuktu to Xian road
Silk and salt in heavy load
Empire face in warp bestowed
Networks built in warp and code
“
Chinese walls and foreign gains
Diplomats in mercantile chains
Fiber’s route in royal reigns
Timbuktu to Xian road
Silk and salt in heavy load
Empire face in warp bestowed
Networks built in warp and code
“
February 2, 2026 at 8:05 PM
“Silk embassies and courtly strains
Chinese walls and foreign gains
Diplomats in mercantile chains
Fiber’s route in royal reigns
Timbuktu to Xian road
Silk and salt in heavy load
Empire face in warp bestowed
Networks built in warp and code
“
Chinese walls and foreign gains
Diplomats in mercantile chains
Fiber’s route in royal reigns
Timbuktu to Xian road
Silk and salt in heavy load
Empire face in warp bestowed
Networks built in warp and code
“
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“Venice docks and Ottoman loom
Silk from Bursa to the room
Genoese cloth in market boom
Ships of thread through eastern plume
Mediterranean’s rich exchange
Fiber routes in cultural range
East and west in warp and change
Trade and power rearranged
“
Silk from Bursa to the room
Genoese cloth in market boom
Ships of thread through eastern plume
Mediterranean’s rich exchange
Fiber routes in cultural range
East and west in warp and change
Trade and power rearranged
“
February 2, 2026 at 8:05 PM
“Venice docks and Ottoman loom
Silk from Bursa to the room
Genoese cloth in market boom
Ships of thread through eastern plume
Mediterranean’s rich exchange
Fiber routes in cultural range
East and west in warp and change
Trade and power rearranged
“
Silk from Bursa to the room
Genoese cloth in market boom
Ships of thread through eastern plume
Mediterranean’s rich exchange
Fiber routes in cultural range
East and west in warp and change
Trade and power rearranged
“
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“Granada silk, Toledo thread
Moorish looms long softly sped
Christian wave the workshops shed
Skill dispersed as courts were led
Reconquista’s shifting sail
Silk lines broke along the trail
Knowledge moved where armies hail
Cloth as impetus and tale”
Moorish looms long softly sped
Christian wave the workshops shed
Skill dispersed as courts were led
Reconquista’s shifting sail
Silk lines broke along the trail
Knowledge moved where armies hail
Cloth as impetus and tale”
February 2, 2026 at 8:05 PM
“Granada silk, Toledo thread
Moorish looms long softly sped
Christian wave the workshops shed
Skill dispersed as courts were led
Reconquista’s shifting sail
Silk lines broke along the trail
Knowledge moved where armies hail
Cloth as impetus and tale”
Moorish looms long softly sped
Christian wave the workshops shed
Skill dispersed as courts were led
Reconquista’s shifting sail
Silk lines broke along the trail
Knowledge moved where armies hail
Cloth as impetus and tale”
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Another: “Drawloom cords and pattern chains
Harness lifted warp in frames
Binary picks in woven lanes
Thread control by coded reins
Shuttle flight across the span
Force and motion, human → machine
Mechanics born from textile plan
Engineering starts in the loom”
Harness lifted warp in frames
Binary picks in woven lanes
Thread control by coded reins
Shuttle flight across the span
Force and motion, human → machine
Mechanics born from textile plan
Engineering starts in the loom”
February 2, 2026 at 8:05 PM
Another: “Drawloom cords and pattern chains
Harness lifted warp in frames
Binary picks in woven lanes
Thread control by coded reins
Shuttle flight across the span
Force and motion, human → machine
Mechanics born from textile plan
Engineering starts in the loom”
Harness lifted warp in frames
Binary picks in woven lanes
Thread control by coded reins
Shuttle flight across the span
Force and motion, human → machine
Mechanics born from textile plan
Engineering starts in the loom”
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“Silkworm eggs and mulberry leaves
Cocoon spun from protein weaves
State-kept craft no one could leave
Life-cycle guarded by decree
Monks with cocoons in hollow cane
Living tech moved down the chain
Sericulture spreads domain
Biology becomes a trade”
Cocoon spun from protein weaves
State-kept craft no one could leave
Life-cycle guarded by decree
Monks with cocoons in hollow cane
Living tech moved down the chain
Sericulture spreads domain
Biology becomes a trade”
February 2, 2026 at 8:05 PM
“Silkworm eggs and mulberry leaves
Cocoon spun from protein weaves
State-kept craft no one could leave
Life-cycle guarded by decree
Monks with cocoons in hollow cane
Living tech moved down the chain
Sericulture spreads domain
Biology becomes a trade”
Cocoon spun from protein weaves
State-kept craft no one could leave
Life-cycle guarded by decree
Monks with cocoons in hollow cane
Living tech moved down the chain
Sericulture spreads domain
Biology becomes a trade”
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This whole thread
This has been in my head all week. Current draft:
Golden Fleece, spindle whorl
Linen wraps the ancient world
Tyrian purple tribute curled
Cloth as wealth across the world
Silk Road trade and caravan
Thread counts rise from land to land
Bayeux story, conquest planned
Sail and rope expand command
Golden Fleece, spindle whorl
Linen wraps the ancient world
Tyrian purple tribute curled
Cloth as wealth across the world
Silk Road trade and caravan
Thread counts rise from land to land
Bayeux story, conquest planned
Sail and rope expand command
February 2, 2026 at 7:49 PM
This whole thread
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This has been in my head all week. Current draft:
Golden Fleece, spindle whorl
Linen wraps the ancient world
Tyrian purple tribute curled
Cloth as wealth across the world
Silk Road trade and caravan
Thread counts rise from land to land
Bayeux story, conquest planned
Sail and rope expand command
Golden Fleece, spindle whorl
Linen wraps the ancient world
Tyrian purple tribute curled
Cloth as wealth across the world
Silk Road trade and caravan
Thread counts rise from land to land
Bayeux story, conquest planned
Sail and rope expand command
February 2, 2026 at 7:22 PM
This has been in my head all week. Current draft:
Golden Fleece, spindle whorl
Linen wraps the ancient world
Tyrian purple tribute curled
Cloth as wealth across the world
Silk Road trade and caravan
Thread counts rise from land to land
Bayeux story, conquest planned
Sail and rope expand command
Golden Fleece, spindle whorl
Linen wraps the ancient world
Tyrian purple tribute curled
Cloth as wealth across the world
Silk Road trade and caravan
Thread counts rise from land to land
Bayeux story, conquest planned
Sail and rope expand command
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Spinning Jenny, Water Frame
Richard Arkwright stakes his claim
Cromford Mill and river tamed
Water power drives the chain
Canal cuts and factory towns
Shift-work bells replace the ploughs
Child labor and cotton crowns
Richard Arkwright stakes his claim
Cromford Mill and river tamed
Water power drives the chain
Canal cuts and factory towns
Shift-work bells replace the ploughs
Child labor and cotton crowns
February 2, 2026 at 7:26 PM
Spinning Jenny, Water Frame
Richard Arkwright stakes his claim
Cromford Mill and river tamed
Water power drives the chain
Canal cuts and factory towns
Shift-work bells replace the ploughs
Child labor and cotton crowns
Richard Arkwright stakes his claim
Cromford Mill and river tamed
Water power drives the chain
Canal cuts and factory towns
Shift-work bells replace the ploughs
Child labor and cotton crowns