In The Mitten Knits ☑️
inthemittenknits.bsky.social
In The Mitten Knits ☑️
@inthemittenknits.bsky.social
Knitter, occasional knitwear designer, sometime home baker.
EV enthusiast, rooftop solar and ground loop heat pump.

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DTE: squeezing Michigan residents and weaseling around clean energy legislation.

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If You Thought Data Centers Were Bad, Wait Until You See How DTE Is Using One to FU*K Over Michigan
What looks like a “tech investment” is actually a Trojan Horse packed with pollution, higher bills, and a climate escape hatch the size of Ohio.
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November 18, 2025 at 2:20 AM
I'm attending Oak Park Concerned Citizens's event, “No Kings! No Hunger! Stop the Healthcare Heist!!” - sign up now to join me!

This event includes a food drive for the Oak Park Gifting Little Pantry.

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No Kings! No Hunger! Stop the Healthcare Heist!! · Oak Park Concerned Citizens
Join Concerned Citizens Oak Park Area (CCOPA) in lending a hand to our neighbors by donating to the Oak Park Gifting Little Pantry. https://www.wxyz.com/news/positively-detroit/oak-park-familys-front-...
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November 7, 2025 at 5:49 PM
Got a #Socktober sock on the needles for husband.
🧦 Pattern is Chequer Socks by @verybusymonkey.bsky.social
🧶 Yarn is West Yorkshire Spinners Signature sparkle 4-ply in Mulled Wine.

Pattern 5 of 5 stars: interesting enough but not super complicated, good car or social knitting
October 26, 2025 at 5:51 PM
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October 24, 2025 at 1:12 PM
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We can save the White House from demolition but it’s going to cost money. A lot of money. Don’t worry, I have a plan: let’s put on a show
October 22, 2025 at 10:11 PM
Non-political rant ahead.

Authors, please check that your book is made up of the words that mean what you intend to say. My current read uses “passed” in every instance that should be “past.” And “virulent” instead of “virile.”

Virulent = 🦠🤧
Virile = 🏋🏻‍♀️🍆
This concludes my Ted Talk.
October 22, 2025 at 10:24 PM
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💛❌👑 #NoKings
October 14, 2025 at 10:39 PM
Oct. 18- find an event near you, then show up with your sign and a paperclip.

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They wore a paperclip. And they won.
How Norwegians used the world's most boring office supply to defeat Nazi occupation and what that means for October 18th
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October 7, 2025 at 1:09 PM
This is bullshit. Facts will soon have no meaning in the US.
October 1, 2025 at 12:45 AM
Crafting stash to the rescue!

The throw pillows I got from Ikea are too squishy to provide adequate support as backrests on the daybed. I was able to grab my stash of assorted fabrics (thanks, Covid mask-making!) and quilt batting to add floof and structure. (Alt texts for details) #fabric #stash
September 30, 2025 at 6:52 PM
We have been updating our tv/home theater space, from a 15+ year old tv that only 75% worked (half the screen was fuzzy), to smart tv with assorted players, amps, and 7.1 channel surround sound.
This is Car Guy playing with setups. The big amp remote (66 buttons!) is not pictured.
September 28, 2025 at 4:15 PM
The UN needs to implement the anti-time-overrun measures that awards shows use: cut the mic, cue the orchestra, and have a page walk the offender away from the podium.
September 23, 2025 at 7:47 PM
USians, make a sign, grab your comfy shoes, and join your neighbors on October 18. (And before, if you have other events in your area!)
October 18 is going to be the largest peaceful protest in American history. This is the land of the free and the home of the brave — but if we want to be free, then we’ve got to be brave. Find your local event: www.nokings.org?SQF_SOURCE=i... #NoKings
September 23, 2025 at 3:50 PM
I’ve been calling Disney “The Evil Empire” for a quarter century. Mostly related to their metamorphosis into a greedy mega-corp so far from their roots of providing quality family entertainment.
I guess that was just the start of the transformation to cowardly yes corp of a fascist regime.
And we can do even BETTER!!! If you already cancelled yours, tell a friend 😎

#cancelDisney #cancelHulu #jimmykimmel
September 20, 2025 at 11:53 PM
Getting ahead with my sign for protests this weekend.

I was going to use red for “fascist,” in a classic color combo. And then I realized that the T at the end was perfect for a minimalist Dementia Don, and that meant I needed to use orange.

#FirstAmendmentRights #Protest #ProtectFreeSpeech
September 18, 2025 at 10:22 PM
At the risk of sounding callous, thoughts and prayers.

But seriously, violence is not the answer.

Trump ally Charlie Kirk fatally shot during event at Utah Valley University www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
Trump ally Charlie Kirk fatally shot during event at Utah Valley University
Turning Point USA executive director was shot in neck while speaking at event and suspect still at large
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September 10, 2025 at 10:04 PM
September 1, 2025 at 1:36 PM
Laserdisc night!

Car Guy picked up some discs with me in mind. Should I be offended that a bunch are really old musicals or things like a Busby Berkeley sampler?

Tonight’s selection: Seven Brides for Seven Brothers (1954)
August 16, 2025 at 11:12 PM
Today in Double Duh News: Tariffs and deportations seen as contributors to rising prices and fewer immigrant workers.

Really? How could anyone have predicted either of those things? (Extreme sarcasm indicator here)

www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news...
Tariffs and deportations seen as contributors to rising prices and fewer immigrant workers
Experts say higher wholesale vegetable costs and an economic slowdown in Texas could be signs that Trump's immigration policies are hurting industries.
www.nbcnews.com
August 16, 2025 at 10:19 PM
Next up in the crazy timeline that is 2025 USA: sandwich shops will require background checks and a waiting period.
Sandwiches must be carried in their paper wrapper only, not concealed in a lunchbox.
Only law enforcement and the military will be able to get licensing to carry a party sub.
August 14, 2025 at 11:29 PM
Laserdisc night! Stay Tuned, 1992.

The theme music is vaguely Superman-like.
August 13, 2025 at 11:31 PM
Laserdisc time!
1955’s Hit The Deck

I know nothing about this beyond what’s on the disc sleeve. At least it will have dancing.
August 11, 2025 at 11:06 PM
Laserdisc night!
I asked husband if we could maybe watch something that didn’t suck. I had to dig through the shelf of discs to find one- Wayne’s World.

Excellent! Party on!
August 10, 2025 at 11:22 PM
Tonight’s #laserdisc entertainment: Tales of Terror, the 2nd movie in the double feature set. It’s a live action version of a Simpson’s Halloween special- 3 vignettes, each based on an Edgar Allan Poe story.
Not so much terrifying as ridiculous. Vincent Price was in all 3 stories.
August 8, 2025 at 12:27 AM