Chemistring
@chemistring.bsky.social
Chemist. Crafty. Likes to play with string. (she/her)
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The Air Canada desk monitors at my gate are running the Windows bubbles screensaver.
December 28, 2025 at 11:35 PM
The Air Canada desk monitors at my gate are running the Windows bubbles screensaver.
How, in the year of 2025, have people not yet figured out that the blue part of a blue surgical mask faces OUT? Props for at least trying, but dang.
This message brought to you by multiple examples of people who presumably also wear their clothing inside out on a regular basis.
This message brought to you by multiple examples of people who presumably also wear their clothing inside out on a regular basis.
December 28, 2025 at 4:39 PM
How, in the year of 2025, have people not yet figured out that the blue part of a blue surgical mask faces OUT? Props for at least trying, but dang.
This message brought to you by multiple examples of people who presumably also wear their clothing inside out on a regular basis.
This message brought to you by multiple examples of people who presumably also wear their clothing inside out on a regular basis.
Proof of sock.
It's giving cafeteria vibes.
It's giving cafeteria vibes.
December 27, 2025 at 12:03 AM
Proof of sock.
It's giving cafeteria vibes.
It's giving cafeteria vibes.
Christmas sock update: I arrived with 21 pairs of hand-knit socks.
-I kept the 2 pairs that fit me
-Mom snagged 4 pairs
-Sister grabbed 9 pairs
-Older nephew fit 1 pair
-Younger nephew nabbed 3 pairs
I will be returning with 2 unclaimed pairs of socks (that fit none of my family).
-I kept the 2 pairs that fit me
-Mom snagged 4 pairs
-Sister grabbed 9 pairs
-Older nephew fit 1 pair
-Younger nephew nabbed 3 pairs
I will be returning with 2 unclaimed pairs of socks (that fit none of my family).
December 26, 2025 at 6:30 AM
Christmas sock update: I arrived with 21 pairs of hand-knit socks.
-I kept the 2 pairs that fit me
-Mom snagged 4 pairs
-Sister grabbed 9 pairs
-Older nephew fit 1 pair
-Younger nephew nabbed 3 pairs
I will be returning with 2 unclaimed pairs of socks (that fit none of my family).
-I kept the 2 pairs that fit me
-Mom snagged 4 pairs
-Sister grabbed 9 pairs
-Older nephew fit 1 pair
-Younger nephew nabbed 3 pairs
I will be returning with 2 unclaimed pairs of socks (that fit none of my family).
Wishing you all a day of quality time with the ones you love (and yes, spending quality time alone counts - you deserve love too ❤️).
December 25, 2025 at 5:40 PM
Wishing you all a day of quality time with the ones you love (and yes, spending quality time alone counts - you deserve love too ❤️).
Today in family funerals, we literally got "Youth Pastor Jesus'd" by the minister:
"As we heard from the eulogies, <Relative> was the best person we all knew at being able to make friends even with strangers they just met. Well, we say the best, but there was one person who was better - Jesus."
"As we heard from the eulogies, <Relative> was the best person we all knew at being able to make friends even with strangers they just met. Well, we say the best, but there was one person who was better - Jesus."
December 23, 2025 at 5:43 AM
Today in family funerals, we literally got "Youth Pastor Jesus'd" by the minister:
"As we heard from the eulogies, <Relative> was the best person we all knew at being able to make friends even with strangers they just met. Well, we say the best, but there was one person who was better - Jesus."
"As we heard from the eulogies, <Relative> was the best person we all knew at being able to make friends even with strangers they just met. Well, we say the best, but there was one person who was better - Jesus."
Proof of sock. I have relocated to a gate, and am regretting my decision based on YET ANOTHER IDIOT deciding to listen to videos without headphones.
December 19, 2025 at 8:31 PM
Proof of sock. I have relocated to a gate, and am regretting my decision based on YET ANOTHER IDIOT deciding to listen to videos without headphones.
🎶Sleigh bells ring, are you listening...🎶
*INCREASINGLY AGGRESSIVE DINGING OF AIRPORT PASSENGER CART BIKE BELLS*
*INCREASINGLY AGGRESSIVE DINGING OF AIRPORT PASSENGER CART BIKE BELLS*
December 19, 2025 at 8:00 PM
🎶Sleigh bells ring, are you listening...🎶
*INCREASINGLY AGGRESSIVE DINGING OF AIRPORT PASSENGER CART BIKE BELLS*
*INCREASINGLY AGGRESSIVE DINGING OF AIRPORT PASSENGER CART BIKE BELLS*
Shout out to the cook at the airport bar I posted up at for lunch, for watching me accidentally fling* a knitting needle across the bar and commiserating with me about flight delays.
*It's a 2-cider flight delay so far. Don't judge me.
*It's a 2-cider flight delay so far. Don't judge me.
December 19, 2025 at 7:55 PM
Shout out to the cook at the airport bar I posted up at for lunch, for watching me accidentally fling* a knitting needle across the bar and commiserating with me about flight delays.
*It's a 2-cider flight delay so far. Don't judge me.
*It's a 2-cider flight delay so far. Don't judge me.
I have the infinite 4 hr flight layover.
Arrive at connecting airport on time.
Have 4 hrs to kill.
Spend 2 hrs drinking coffee and knitting.
Connecting flight delayed 2 hrs.
Still have 4 hrs to kill.
I'd better not run out of yarn on this bloody layover...
Arrive at connecting airport on time.
Have 4 hrs to kill.
Spend 2 hrs drinking coffee and knitting.
Connecting flight delayed 2 hrs.
Still have 4 hrs to kill.
I'd better not run out of yarn on this bloody layover...
December 19, 2025 at 6:34 PM
I have the infinite 4 hr flight layover.
Arrive at connecting airport on time.
Have 4 hrs to kill.
Spend 2 hrs drinking coffee and knitting.
Connecting flight delayed 2 hrs.
Still have 4 hrs to kill.
I'd better not run out of yarn on this bloody layover...
Arrive at connecting airport on time.
Have 4 hrs to kill.
Spend 2 hrs drinking coffee and knitting.
Connecting flight delayed 2 hrs.
Still have 4 hrs to kill.
I'd better not run out of yarn on this bloody layover...
Now somebody needs to give @chemjobber.bsky.social a Hunt for Red October Christmas tree ornament in the style of the Die Hard ones...
There we go. Confirmed.
The Christmas subplot from the novel of Hunt for Red October does turn up (albeit briefly) in the film.
Therefore Hunt for Red October is a Christmas film.
One "ho ho ho", Vasily, and one "ho ho ho" only...
The Christmas subplot from the novel of Hunt for Red October does turn up (albeit briefly) in the film.
Therefore Hunt for Red October is a Christmas film.
One "ho ho ho", Vasily, and one "ho ho ho" only...
Yes it's mentioned at the start and end of the film
December 19, 2025 at 5:09 PM
Now somebody needs to give @chemjobber.bsky.social a Hunt for Red October Christmas tree ornament in the style of the Die Hard ones...
Remember back in the day when everybody who vaguely knew you through a friend of a friend was trying to be your friend on Facebook so they could rope you into some stupid mafia or farming or zombie game and use you for free resources?
Remember how stupid that was?
Remember how stupid that was?
No, Linkedin. I do not want to play 'Sudoku' with my connections. I want you to maintain connections with my professional business contacts and LITERALLY NOTHING ELSE.
WHAT IS SO HARD TO UNDERSTAND ABOUT THAT?!
WHAT IS SO HARD TO UNDERSTAND ABOUT THAT?!
December 19, 2025 at 7:48 AM
Remember back in the day when everybody who vaguely knew you through a friend of a friend was trying to be your friend on Facebook so they could rope you into some stupid mafia or farming or zombie game and use you for free resources?
Remember how stupid that was?
Remember how stupid that was?
My 2025 Socks year in review.
One pair is missing (given away), and another is still on the needles, so I'm at 22 completed pairs in 2025 and counting.
Year 2 of knitting my sock stash and all of this is either yarn I bought >10 years ago or scraps from more recent projects.
One pair is missing (given away), and another is still on the needles, so I'm at 22 completed pairs in 2025 and counting.
Year 2 of knitting my sock stash and all of this is either yarn I bought >10 years ago or scraps from more recent projects.
December 18, 2025 at 11:41 PM
My 2025 Socks year in review.
One pair is missing (given away), and another is still on the needles, so I'm at 22 completed pairs in 2025 and counting.
Year 2 of knitting my sock stash and all of this is either yarn I bought >10 years ago or scraps from more recent projects.
One pair is missing (given away), and another is still on the needles, so I'm at 22 completed pairs in 2025 and counting.
Year 2 of knitting my sock stash and all of this is either yarn I bought >10 years ago or scraps from more recent projects.
There's a funeral home in Canada that is going to look up their visitor IP logs one day and wonder why someone from Texas was stalking their website for a week.
But at least now I know I'll be able to attend *one* uncle's funeral in person.
But at least now I know I'll be able to attend *one* uncle's funeral in person.
December 16, 2025 at 6:17 AM
There's a funeral home in Canada that is going to look up their visitor IP logs one day and wonder why someone from Texas was stalking their website for a week.
But at least now I know I'll be able to attend *one* uncle's funeral in person.
But at least now I know I'll be able to attend *one* uncle's funeral in person.
Are we running out of good ideas, or are you only listening to the bad ones (because they're comfortable and familiar and don't expect you to do anything differently)?
America, you have spoken loud and clear: You do not like AI. But what if AI is the way to restart the world’s idea machine?
We’re running out of good ideas. AI might be how we find new ones.
What if the best use of AI is restarting the world’s idea machine?
www.vox.com
December 16, 2025 at 4:43 AM
Are we running out of good ideas, or are you only listening to the bad ones (because they're comfortable and familiar and don't expect you to do anything differently)?
Obituaries are a weird way to find out that your relative's legal/given name is not the name you've known them by all your life.
It doesn't help when there are also 3 different spellings used for their given name on the funeral home website. 🤦🏼♀️
It doesn't help when there are also 3 different spellings used for their given name on the funeral home website. 🤦🏼♀️
December 15, 2025 at 5:10 PM
Obituaries are a weird way to find out that your relative's legal/given name is not the name you've known them by all your life.
It doesn't help when there are also 3 different spellings used for their given name on the funeral home website. 🤦🏼♀️
It doesn't help when there are also 3 different spellings used for their given name on the funeral home website. 🤦🏼♀️
Ain't that the truth...
i do not have enough good things going atm to process all this bad so imma just put it in "the box" to process later
oh, ah this box is full
better start a new box and put this one in storage for later...
oh, ah this box is full
better start a new box and put this one in storage for later...
a person is holding a pocket watch with the hands on the numbers 1 and 5
Alt: ending scene from raiders of the lost ark where the box is wheeled into a warehouse full of boxes
media.tenor.com
December 15, 2025 at 3:32 PM
Ain't that the truth...
Stress knitting? I can't *imagine* what you're talking about... >.>
Anyways, more scrap socks.
Anyways, more scrap socks.
December 15, 2025 at 2:57 AM
Stress knitting? I can't *imagine* what you're talking about... >.>
Anyways, more scrap socks.
Anyways, more scrap socks.
2 Yarn 2 Chicken Socks complete as pictured, along with every single bit of leftover/unused yarn.
Getting the most sock possible from my sock yarn scraps.
Getting the most sock possible from my sock yarn scraps.
December 15, 2025 at 12:35 AM
2 Yarn 2 Chicken Socks complete as pictured, along with every single bit of leftover/unused yarn.
Getting the most sock possible from my sock yarn scraps.
Getting the most sock possible from my sock yarn scraps.
Reposted by Chemistring
*sigh* Not new or unexpected news re: extended family, but once again...
FUCK CANCER
FUCK CANCER
November 22, 2025 at 6:54 PM
*sigh* Not new or unexpected news re: extended family, but once again...
FUCK CANCER
FUCK CANCER
*Increasingly* fewer. This is turning out to be one helluva rough holiday season.
Hug your loved ones close, friends. Growing old sucks.
Hug your loved ones close, friends. Growing old sucks.
Nobody tells you that growing up with a lot of aunts and uncles means that at some point, inevitably, you will start having...fewer aunts and uncles.
Yeah. 😞
Yeah. 😞
December 14, 2025 at 10:15 PM
*Increasingly* fewer. This is turning out to be one helluva rough holiday season.
Hug your loved ones close, friends. Growing old sucks.
Hug your loved ones close, friends. Growing old sucks.
Lost to the Yarn Chicken final boss. Had to bring in the leftovers from the first sock for 3 toe rows and a graft. 🤷🏼♀️
December 14, 2025 at 8:12 AM
Lost to the Yarn Chicken final boss. Had to bring in the leftovers from the first sock for 3 toe rows and a graft. 🤷🏼♀️
Final boss: last set of toe decreases and grafting closed. 🤞😬🤞
December 14, 2025 at 7:52 AM
Final boss: last set of toe decreases and grafting closed. 🤞😬🤞
The yarn wins this round. 11.5 rounds instead of the 17 I needed, so now it's a premature Stage 3 - hoping I have enough of the olive toe yarn for an extra 5 rows.
December 14, 2025 at 6:19 AM
The yarn wins this round. 11.5 rounds instead of the 17 I needed, so now it's a premature Stage 3 - hoping I have enough of the olive toe yarn for an extra 5 rows.
2 Yarn 2 Chicken: Stage 2 - ultra challenge mode. I need to get 17 rows out of this tiny hollow ball. 🤞😬🤞
December 14, 2025 at 5:20 AM
2 Yarn 2 Chicken: Stage 2 - ultra challenge mode. I need to get 17 rows out of this tiny hollow ball. 🤞😬🤞