Emily the knitter
@emilyknits.bsky.social
Knitter, quilter, social worker, researcher, writer, educator, immigrant, race traitor. Cat person. Queer. AuDHD. Married GenX parent of a GenZ. #sts133 NASATweetup alum.
Confront whiteness. Support trans people.
Ka8enesgo (Amherst Island) and Tkaronto.
Confront whiteness. Support trans people.
Ka8enesgo (Amherst Island) and Tkaronto.
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I think about this all the time.
This is especially true when those people are neurodivergent.
This is especially true when those people are neurodivergent.
Introduce yourself with 5 animals you’ve seen in the wild:
Puffins
Moose
Beavers
Foxes
Bald eagles
Puffins
Moose
Beavers
Foxes
Bald eagles
Introduce yourself with 5 animals you've seen in the wild:
Caribou
Ravens
Seals
Kea
Turkeys
Caribou
Ravens
Seals
Kea
Turkeys
Introduce yourself with 5 animals you've seen in the wild:
Moose
Humpback whales
Giraffes
African Elephants
West African or Nile monitor lizard
Moose
Humpback whales
Giraffes
African Elephants
West African or Nile monitor lizard
November 28, 2025 at 7:35 PM
Introduce yourself with 5 animals you’ve seen in the wild:
Puffins
Moose
Beavers
Foxes
Bald eagles
Puffins
Moose
Beavers
Foxes
Bald eagles
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Racism aside, the problem with "it's not stolen, it's conquered" is that attitude is nothing but "killing you is an acceptable way to take your stuff" and I'm pretty sure that's bad. "I didn't steal your car, I conquered it" would, uh, not hold up at trial.
November 27, 2025 at 7:34 PM
Racism aside, the problem with "it's not stolen, it's conquered" is that attitude is nothing but "killing you is an acceptable way to take your stuff" and I'm pretty sure that's bad. "I didn't steal your car, I conquered it" would, uh, not hold up at trial.
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I'm not interested in "I told you so."
A lot of people voted Liberal because they were terrified of Poilievre and his gang. I get that.
But Carney's who we got, he's being a weak leader, pushing policies that are harming the vast majority of us and it's time to just admit he sucks and push back.
A lot of people voted Liberal because they were terrified of Poilievre and his gang. I get that.
But Carney's who we got, he's being a weak leader, pushing policies that are harming the vast majority of us and it's time to just admit he sucks and push back.
Mark Carney drops Trudeau-era climate measures in energy deal with Alberta
Mark Carney drops Trudeau-era climate measures in energy deal with Alberta
rime Minister Mark Carney's Liberal government is scrapping plans for a major national climate policy and immediately suspending another in Alberta alone, as part of a wide-ranging accord that softens
www.thestar.com
November 27, 2025 at 6:48 PM
I'm not interested in "I told you so."
A lot of people voted Liberal because they were terrified of Poilievre and his gang. I get that.
But Carney's who we got, he's being a weak leader, pushing policies that are harming the vast majority of us and it's time to just admit he sucks and push back.
A lot of people voted Liberal because they were terrified of Poilievre and his gang. I get that.
But Carney's who we got, he's being a weak leader, pushing policies that are harming the vast majority of us and it's time to just admit he sucks and push back.
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I will pay for a show that is Planet of the Apes with dolphins. Paul Gross is in the Charlton Heston role, and all the dolphins have Newfoundland accents for some reason.
November 26, 2025 at 7:40 PM
I will pay for a show that is Planet of the Apes with dolphins. Paul Gross is in the Charlton Heston role, and all the dolphins have Newfoundland accents for some reason.
I love this SO MUCH.
Good morning to Brazilian reporter Manuela Borges, who’s been waiting eleven years for this petty moment. ❤️ 🇧🇷
November 26, 2025 at 8:39 PM
I love this SO MUCH.
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Now that the long-range forecast has been issued, it’s time for my annual thread of Advice on Making Mittens that Will Actually Keep You Warm. 1/...🧶
November 26, 2025 at 6:37 PM
Now that the long-range forecast has been issued, it’s time for my annual thread of Advice on Making Mittens that Will Actually Keep You Warm. 1/...🧶
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1. A landmark study was just published in The Journal of Pediatrics.
It found a 68% reduction in suicidality for trans youth getting HRT.
It also found only 7 of more than 400 stopped taking HRT... and of those that did, 4 still identified as gender-diverse.
Transgender care saves lives.
It found a 68% reduction in suicidality for trans youth getting HRT.
It also found only 7 of more than 400 stopped taking HRT... and of those that did, 4 still identified as gender-diverse.
Transgender care saves lives.
Study In The Journal Of Pediatrics Finds Trans Youth Care Lowers Suicidality, Few Detransition
The groundbreaking study found that suicidality dropped for transgender youth receiving hormone therapy by nearly 70%, with only 7 patients of 432 discontinuing treatment.
www.erininthemorning.com
November 24, 2025 at 11:01 PM
1. A landmark study was just published in The Journal of Pediatrics.
It found a 68% reduction in suicidality for trans youth getting HRT.
It also found only 7 of more than 400 stopped taking HRT... and of those that did, 4 still identified as gender-diverse.
Transgender care saves lives.
It found a 68% reduction in suicidality for trans youth getting HRT.
It also found only 7 of more than 400 stopped taking HRT... and of those that did, 4 still identified as gender-diverse.
Transgender care saves lives.
Scenario: 1985. You are awakened by your teenage daughter’s alarm going off at 1am and you get up to find her bed empty. You find her in the basement wearing headphones and watching Friday Night Videos because you don’t have cable and there is no way for her to see videos otherwise. What do you do?
November 25, 2025 at 7:43 PM
Scenario: 1985. You are awakened by your teenage daughter’s alarm going off at 1am and you get up to find her bed empty. You find her in the basement wearing headphones and watching Friday Night Videos because you don’t have cable and there is no way for her to see videos otherwise. What do you do?
I have to go back to the city for next week to go to a big gala, have my annual eye exam, and get the car fixed. Dreading it so much that I’m already building a list of ways to try to cope.
Toronto folks: anyone want to meet for coffee or beer? (Not in the Distillery. Anywhere but the Distillery.)
Toronto folks: anyone want to meet for coffee or beer? (Not in the Distillery. Anywhere but the Distillery.)
November 25, 2025 at 5:35 PM
I have to go back to the city for next week to go to a big gala, have my annual eye exam, and get the car fixed. Dreading it so much that I’m already building a list of ways to try to cope.
Toronto folks: anyone want to meet for coffee or beer? (Not in the Distillery. Anywhere but the Distillery.)
Toronto folks: anyone want to meet for coffee or beer? (Not in the Distillery. Anywhere but the Distillery.)
The building manager sent an email about the loud construction noise and vibrations today in our neighbourhood in Toronto. I am three hours away at ground level in an unfinished house on a dead-end gravel road on an island, and I am happy as a clam (albeit a chilly one). So grateful to be here.
November 25, 2025 at 5:10 PM
The building manager sent an email about the loud construction noise and vibrations today in our neighbourhood in Toronto. I am three hours away at ground level in an unfinished house on a dead-end gravel road on an island, and I am happy as a clam (albeit a chilly one). So grateful to be here.
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narrator: 50 years ago...
me: [nods] in 1945
narrator: in 1975...
me: what
me: [nods] in 1945
narrator: in 1975...
me: what
November 25, 2025 at 2:11 AM
narrator: 50 years ago...
me: [nods] in 1945
narrator: in 1975...
me: what
me: [nods] in 1945
narrator: in 1975...
me: what
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The open secret that Thomas King is not Indigenous at all is finally verified, and honestly it's a relief. Having him just confess this instead of going out kicking and screaming like so many before him causes a LOT less harm to Indigenous communities.
It still sucks though.
It still sucks though.
November 24, 2025 at 11:15 PM
The open secret that Thomas King is not Indigenous at all is finally verified, and honestly it's a relief. Having him just confess this instead of going out kicking and screaming like so many before him causes a LOT less harm to Indigenous communities.
It still sucks though.
It still sucks though.
Such a great thread.
Any viable left-populist economic coalition in a diverse polity has to include people whose economic exploitation is experienced through racialized and gendered forms.
You can’t ask them to bracket out those concerns as a precondition for solidarity that… just doesn’t make any goddamn sense.
2/
You can’t ask them to bracket out those concerns as a precondition for solidarity that… just doesn’t make any goddamn sense.
2/
November 24, 2025 at 11:49 PM
Such a great thread.
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I just bookmarked the Cheetah Cub Cam, this is the fucking cutest
Cheetah Cub Cam
The Cheetah Cub Cam streams live from the Smithsonian Conservation Biology Institute in Front Royal, Virginia.
nationalzoo.si.edu
November 24, 2025 at 1:54 AM
I just bookmarked the Cheetah Cub Cam, this is the fucking cutest
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The people spreading misinformation know exactly what they are doing. They don't care and they made sure that you won't care either. At least not until it's too late. White supremacy is a death cult and it isn't the only one. Hating your neighbors will kill them and you too.
November 24, 2025 at 12:21 AM
The people spreading misinformation know exactly what they are doing. They don't care and they made sure that you won't care either. At least not until it's too late. White supremacy is a death cult and it isn't the only one. Hating your neighbors will kill them and you too.
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So a big part of the Project 2025 goals hinges on forcing women out of the workforce. The Heritage Foundation knows that women voters hold the most power in terms of sheer numbers. If they can push you out of the workforce, they can push you out of your voting rights.
Digging into the data of what's taking place with Black women unemployment and this graph is pretty damning.
You can see the EXACT month Black women's unemployment begins to splinter and that what hit us FIRST is now coming for all other women. This is #TheDoubleTax.
#blacksky #news #econsky
You can see the EXACT month Black women's unemployment begins to splinter and that what hit us FIRST is now coming for all other women. This is #TheDoubleTax.
#blacksky #news #econsky
November 23, 2025 at 7:45 PM
So a big part of the Project 2025 goals hinges on forcing women out of the workforce. The Heritage Foundation knows that women voters hold the most power in terms of sheer numbers. If they can push you out of the workforce, they can push you out of your voting rights.
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Yet when we warned you that he had all the warning signs of a dude who does not understand gender-based analysis, y'all squawked at us.
No more feminist foreign policy, Carney says
Prime Minister, who made the comments at the G20 summit in Johannesburg, has placed less emphasis on feminist policies than the Trudeau government
www.theglobeandmail.com
November 23, 2025 at 5:28 PM
Yet when we warned you that he had all the warning signs of a dude who does not understand gender-based analysis, y'all squawked at us.
Out of the city for a few days and a huge weight has lifted. Can’t stay here, though. It is going to take a lot of work to get through this winter.
November 23, 2025 at 12:25 AM
Out of the city for a few days and a huge weight has lifted. Can’t stay here, though. It is going to take a lot of work to get through this winter.
Saw this little guy in Paris years ago and I still think about him all the time. He understands.
November 22, 2025 at 11:17 PM
Saw this little guy in Paris years ago and I still think about him all the time. He understands.
New study: People are on better behaviour when there's a guy in a Batman suit nearby
Unexpected events and prosocial behavior: the Batman effect - npj Mental Health Research
npj Mental Health Research - Unexpected events and prosocial behavior: the Batman effect
www.nature.com
November 21, 2025 at 11:36 PM
New study: People are on better behaviour when there's a guy in a Batman suit nearby
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Gmail can read your emails and attachments to train its AI, unless you opt out.
This is legit, and the instructions are fairly simple and work. You have to do the whole thing to every separate Gmail account you have, too.
This is legit, and the instructions are fairly simple and work. You have to do the whole thing to every separate Gmail account you have, too.
Gmail can read your emails and attachments to train its AI, unless you opt out
A new Gmail update may allow Google to use your private messages and attachments for AI training. Here's how to turn it off.
www.malwarebytes.com
November 21, 2025 at 4:39 PM
Gmail can read your emails and attachments to train its AI, unless you opt out.
This is legit, and the instructions are fairly simple and work. You have to do the whole thing to every separate Gmail account you have, too.
This is legit, and the instructions are fairly simple and work. You have to do the whole thing to every separate Gmail account you have, too.
Very important thread. Canada needs migrants, and migrants deserve fair treatment and accessible paths to citizenship.
I know people are closely following what's going on the US and the horrors of ICE, but do you know how Canada is quickly and quietly is growing its deportation machinery?
Canada plans to increase deportations by 25 percent over the next two years. 25 PERCENT!!!
Here are 5 other things to know:
Canada plans to increase deportations by 25 percent over the next two years. 25 PERCENT!!!
Here are 5 other things to know:
November 21, 2025 at 3:52 AM
Very important thread. Canada needs migrants, and migrants deserve fair treatment and accessible paths to citizenship.
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happy trans day of remembrance. you are beautifully and wonderfully made and I will never stop fighting for you. the world is better because you are in it
November 20, 2025 at 11:54 PM
happy trans day of remembrance. you are beautifully and wonderfully made and I will never stop fighting for you. the world is better because you are in it
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If you are looking for ways to disrupt the abduction detention & deportation machine check out the new mini-toolkit from @interruptcrim.bsky.social gathering opportunities for action from orgs like @detentionwatchnetwork.org @siembranc.bsky.social BAJI +
www.interruptingcriminalization.com/block-it
www.interruptingcriminalization.com/block-it
November 20, 2025 at 10:25 PM
If you are looking for ways to disrupt the abduction detention & deportation machine check out the new mini-toolkit from @interruptcrim.bsky.social gathering opportunities for action from orgs like @detentionwatchnetwork.org @siembranc.bsky.social BAJI +
www.interruptingcriminalization.com/block-it
www.interruptingcriminalization.com/block-it