Bxknits
@bxknits.bsky.social
Cat person, knitter, Not an expert
PSA! 📢 The dept of Ed is planning to reclassify nursing, counseling, social work, ＆ other degrees from "professional" to "graduate." This would cut in HALF the amount of loans students can take out ＆ would undermine these vital, women-dominated fields. Sign to join the fight app.sosha.ai/s/7qg8A6yH
Sign now: Protect professional status for nurses, teachers, & social workers!
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December 5, 2025 at 6:36 PM
PSA! 📢 The dept of Ed is planning to reclassify nursing, counseling, social work, ＆ other degrees from "professional" to "graduate." This would cut in HALF the amount of loans students can take out ＆ would undermine these vital, women-dominated fields. Sign to join the fight app.sosha.ai/s/7qg8A6yH
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We've had a year of ICE raids, rampant awful xenophobia, and racism, Pantone chooses "white" for 2026 color of the year. Wow. REALLY?
FFS.
FFS.
December 5, 2025 at 5:53 PM
We've had a year of ICE raids, rampant awful xenophobia, and racism, Pantone chooses "white" for 2026 color of the year. Wow. REALLY?
FFS.
FFS.
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The U.K. will ban the sale of plastic-based wet wipes from 2026, targeting a major source of sewer blockages and riverine microplastics. The ban forces a full market shift toward biodegradable alternatives that the treatment plants can actually handle. tinyurl.com/2b3srnmh
#ShareGoodNewsToo
#ShareGoodNewsToo
Plastic wet wipes to be banned from spring 2027 in England
England is bringing in a ban on plastic wet wipes from 2027. This will mean they then have the same rules as the rest of the UK.
tinyurl.com
December 5, 2025 at 1:50 PM
The U.K. will ban the sale of plastic-based wet wipes from 2026, targeting a major source of sewer blockages and riverine microplastics. The ban forces a full market shift toward biodegradable alternatives that the treatment plants can actually handle. tinyurl.com/2b3srnmh
#ShareGoodNewsToo
#ShareGoodNewsToo
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cool that the official position of the administration appears to be that black people don’t really count as americans
"The Donald Trump administration has changed which holidays qualify for free entrance to national parks, removing two holidays celebrating Black people and adding the president’s birthday."
National parks change prioritizes Trump birthday over days honoring Black people
Free entrance days at national parks no longer include MLK Day and Juneteenth.
www.sfgate.com
December 5, 2025 at 1:20 PM
cool that the official position of the administration appears to be that black people don’t really count as americans
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Hi again! It's me with an another installment of the last book I ever thought would get banned--my picture book about a unicorn and kitty who are pals. A quick look at what this school district bizarrely found objectionable. 1/
You'll never guess what book got the Carroll ISD school library advisory committee to say "genitals" a dozen times in 20 minutes. @txfreedomread.bsky.social will have more on this story soon, but for now, you have to hear this audio. open.substack.com/pub/franklin...
Please don’t say “genitals” one more time, Carroll ISD SLAC.
Listen to the audio of the committee that decided to ban Pretty Perfect Kitty Corn from Carroll ISD. If you dare.
open.substack.com
December 2, 2025 at 11:14 PM
Hi again! It's me with an another installment of the last book I ever thought would get banned--my picture book about a unicorn and kitty who are pals. A quick look at what this school district bizarrely found objectionable. 1/
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The sky is clear and the full moon over the snow is wonderful
December 4, 2025 at 10:46 PM
The sky is clear and the full moon over the snow is wonderful
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This story is outrageous!
I had vaguely followed the ridiculous legal threats over "sabzi" but learned from this op-ed that the DUCHY OF CORNWALL got involved?! Wild. www.theguardian.com/food/comment...
I called my recipe book Sabzi – vegetables. But the name was trademarked. And my legal ordeal began
The granting of patents and trademarks to foods and words from the global south is part of a long colonial grab. It’s time to realise we share what we cook, and what we call it
www.theguardian.com
December 4, 2025 at 2:30 PM
This story is outrageous!
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I've been teaching on the college level for almost 26 years now, and I have never had a student confront me after a class like one of my students did today. It was as if she wanted to start a fight--like, an actual fight. It was absolutely bizarre, and really disturbing.
December 4, 2025 at 4:35 PM
I've been teaching on the college level for almost 26 years now, and I have never had a student confront me after a class like one of my students did today. It was as if she wanted to start a fight--like, an actual fight. It was absolutely bizarre, and really disturbing.
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Happy National Sock Day! Want to knit socks but nervous about handling dpns?
🧶 One of my most popular posts features knitting patterns for 2 needle socks knit flat, like these.
intheloopknitting.com/2-needle-soc...
🧶 One of my most popular posts features knitting patterns for 2 needle socks knit flat, like these.
intheloopknitting.com/2-needle-soc...
December 4, 2025 at 5:02 PM
Happy National Sock Day! Want to knit socks but nervous about handling dpns?
🧶 One of my most popular posts features knitting patterns for 2 needle socks knit flat, like these.
intheloopknitting.com/2-needle-soc...
🧶 One of my most popular posts features knitting patterns for 2 needle socks knit flat, like these.
intheloopknitting.com/2-needle-soc...
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If you don't want to be viewed as a supporter of fascism, you need to find an alternative music streaming service.
Spotify has laid off thousands in recent years, while reportedly paying artists $0.003 per stream.
Spotify profits rose 28% in Q3. Its CEO is worth $9.8 billion. It's making money off ICE recruitment ads.
Don't you think it's time put a wrap on corporate greed and exploitation?
Spotify profits rose 28% in Q3. Its CEO is worth $9.8 billion. It's making money off ICE recruitment ads.
Don't you think it's time put a wrap on corporate greed and exploitation?
December 4, 2025 at 5:19 PM
If you don't want to be viewed as a supporter of fascism, you need to find an alternative music streaming service.
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Leopard cats! So cute.
Ancient DNA reveals China’s first 'pet' cat wasn’t the house cat
The modern house cat reached China in the 8th century. Before that, another cat — the leopard cat — hunted the rodents in ancient Chinese settlements.
www.sciencenews.org
December 4, 2025 at 1:29 PM
Leopard cats! So cute.
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You can’t tell if someone is disabled just by looking at them.
There’s no such thing as the “genuinely disabled”.
You are not entitled to a person’s entire medical history just so you can decide whether to believe them or not.
People are not faking disability, most are trying to fake being well.
There’s no such thing as the “genuinely disabled”.
You are not entitled to a person’s entire medical history just so you can decide whether to believe them or not.
People are not faking disability, most are trying to fake being well.
December 4, 2025 at 5:52 AM
You can’t tell if someone is disabled just by looking at them.
There’s no such thing as the “genuinely disabled”.
You are not entitled to a person’s entire medical history just so you can decide whether to believe them or not.
People are not faking disability, most are trying to fake being well.
There’s no such thing as the “genuinely disabled”.
You are not entitled to a person’s entire medical history just so you can decide whether to believe them or not.
People are not faking disability, most are trying to fake being well.
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A little motivation for new knitters & a knitting idea for seasoned ones. This is my very first knitted mitten using @greyowlknits.bsky.social #DracoManusMittens pattern. Im just 9 months into knitting so maybe jumped into the deep end but her pattern is very
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#showmeyourknits #yarnsky #knitsky
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#showmeyourknits #yarnsky #knitsky
December 3, 2025 at 7:25 PM
A little motivation for new knitters & a knitting idea for seasoned ones. This is my very first knitted mitten using @greyowlknits.bsky.social #DracoManusMittens pattern. Im just 9 months into knitting so maybe jumped into the deep end but her pattern is very
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#showmeyourknits #yarnsky #knitsky
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#showmeyourknits #yarnsky #knitsky
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NEWS: The Institute of Museum & Library Services has restored ALL previously canceled federal grants to libraries, following a ruling by a federal judge in Rhode Island last month.
This is a massive win for libraries & communities in every state & territory!
Learn more: www.ala.org/news/2025/12...
This is a massive win for libraries & communities in every state & territory!
Learn more: www.ala.org/news/2025/12...
December 3, 2025 at 11:14 PM
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PLAYING CARDS!
For day two of our Advent fun, here's one of the Newberry's many sets of playing cards. It's incomplete, but I love it anyway! (Wing ZX 547 .B4) It's by 16th c. German artist Sebald Beham and the acorns, pomegranates, and flowers suit me just fine!
December 2 (2/24) #AdventCalendar
For day two of our Advent fun, here's one of the Newberry's many sets of playing cards. It's incomplete, but I love it anyway! (Wing ZX 547 .B4) It's by 16th c. German artist Sebald Beham and the acorns, pomegranates, and flowers suit me just fine!
December 2 (2/24) #AdventCalendar
December 2, 2025 at 1:39 PM
PLAYING CARDS!
For day two of our Advent fun, here's one of the Newberry's many sets of playing cards. It's incomplete, but I love it anyway! (Wing ZX 547 .B4) It's by 16th c. German artist Sebald Beham and the acorns, pomegranates, and flowers suit me just fine!
December 2 (2/24) #AdventCalendar
For day two of our Advent fun, here's one of the Newberry's many sets of playing cards. It's incomplete, but I love it anyway! (Wing ZX 547 .B4) It's by 16th c. German artist Sebald Beham and the acorns, pomegranates, and flowers suit me just fine!
December 2 (2/24) #AdventCalendar
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Bookish Holiday Fun and Games For... YOU!
Now in its sixth year, for this #NewberryLibrary Advent Calendar, we'll play around with the collection! Cards, Board Games, Puzzles, Gambling...
What's up first?
CHESS!
December 1 (1/24)
Here's last year's extra-shiny offering:
bsky.app/profile/drka...
Now in its sixth year, for this #NewberryLibrary Advent Calendar, we'll play around with the collection! Cards, Board Games, Puzzles, Gambling...
What's up first?
CHESS!
December 1 (1/24)
Here's last year's extra-shiny offering:
bsky.app/profile/drka...
December 1, 2025 at 1:23 PM
Bookish Holiday Fun and Games For... YOU!
Now in its sixth year, for this #NewberryLibrary Advent Calendar, we'll play around with the collection! Cards, Board Games, Puzzles, Gambling...
What's up first?
CHESS!
December 1 (1/24)
Here's last year's extra-shiny offering:
bsky.app/profile/drka...
Now in its sixth year, for this #NewberryLibrary Advent Calendar, we'll play around with the collection! Cards, Board Games, Puzzles, Gambling...
What's up first?
CHESS!
December 1 (1/24)
Here's last year's extra-shiny offering:
bsky.app/profile/drka...
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Occasionally there is good news.
Native American tribe reclaims land at the edge of Yosemite National Park
The tribal nation that calls Yosemite National Park its ancestral home has reclaimed a stunning piece of its historical territory with the acquisition of 800 acres along the edge of the park.
www.sfchronicle.com
December 4, 2025 at 2:43 AM
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🪡TYING LOOSE ENDS👋
December 8th and February 8th in west Japan are known as 'Koto-osame' (御事納め), a good day to finish something, and 'Koto-hajime' (御事始め), a good day for beginning something.
Rather confusingly (but unsurprisingly), this is the opposite in east Japan.
#御事納め #御事始め
December 8th and February 8th in west Japan are known as 'Koto-osame' (御事納め), a good day to finish something, and 'Koto-hajime' (御事始め), a good day for beginning something.
Rather confusingly (but unsurprisingly), this is the opposite in east Japan.
#御事納め #御事始め
December 4, 2025 at 1:56 AM
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A book from the 19th century that depicts the Rhine Valley by creating an impression of three-dimensionality and spatial distance.
@MasayukiTsuda2 #globalmuseum #books #travel #19thcentury
@MasayukiTsuda2 #globalmuseum #books #travel #19thcentury
December 2, 2025 at 7:02 PM
A book from the 19th century that depicts the Rhine Valley by creating an impression of three-dimensionality and spatial distance.
@MasayukiTsuda2 #globalmuseum #books #travel #19thcentury
@MasayukiTsuda2 #globalmuseum #books #travel #19thcentury
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NEW: Colorado Secretary of State Jena Griswold (D) is the latest state election leader to reject a request from the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) to share private, unredacted voter data with the federal government. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...
Colorado Tells DOJ ‘Take a Hike’ as It Rejects Demand for Statewide Voter Data
Read more here.
www.democracydocket.com
December 3, 2025 at 11:24 PM
NEW: Colorado Secretary of State Jena Griswold (D) is the latest state election leader to reject a request from the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) to share private, unredacted voter data with the federal government. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...
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Jeffries has got to go. We need a new leader of House Democrats if we want to survive as a Party
Corporate Dem Rep Henry Cuellar & his wife were indicted in March 2024 for accepting hundreds of thousands in foreign bribes.
Trump just pardoned them.
Hakeem Jeffries is praising Trump’s decision as “exactly the right outcome” & praising Cuellar as “a beloved member of the House.”
Ridiculous.😐
Trump just pardoned them.
Hakeem Jeffries is praising Trump’s decision as “exactly the right outcome” & praising Cuellar as “a beloved member of the House.”
Ridiculous.😐
December 4, 2025 at 12:56 AM
Jeffries has got to go. We need a new leader of House Democrats if we want to survive as a Party
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It’s time for folks at DoD and in the IC to start lawyering up.
If you’re an officer or official who was forced into pushing through potentially illegal orders, get a lawyer.
If you’re a soldier, seaman or airman who was forced to execute them, get a lawyer.
If you’re an officer or official who was forced into pushing through potentially illegal orders, get a lawyer.
If you’re a soldier, seaman or airman who was forced to execute them, get a lawyer.
December 4, 2025 at 12:33 AM
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Music lovers who aren't down with Trump's brutal deportation regime are canceling their Spotify subscriptions until the platform stops running ads for ICE. Join us. app.sosha.ai/s/yFoCqLLK
Spotify: Wrapped in complicity
app.sosha.ai
December 3, 2025 at 9:09 PM
Music lovers who aren't down with Trump's brutal deportation regime are canceling their Spotify subscriptions until the platform stops running ads for ICE. Join us. app.sosha.ai/s/yFoCqLLK