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Kate York

@kateyork.bsky.social

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Retired misplaced Texan living her best life in Spain. Part-time artist and perpetual tinkerer. Sock knitter Extraordinaire. Proudly Autistic. Lemme show you my latest hyperfixation.

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Kate York @kateyork.bsky.social · Nov 18

OK, time to post some of my art. This seems appropriate. It is colored pencil, one of my first pieces. Done during the pandemic. #bluesky

A colored pencil drawing of a blue butterfly.

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nancabell.bsky.social

@nancabell.bsky.social

Let’s keep moving👇🏼👇🏼👇🏼👇🏼

October 19, 2025 at 9:37 PM

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GrannyFacts

@granifacts.bsky.social

Absolutely!

Mamasev69 @theicequeen.bsky.social · Nov 11

NEVER!!!

April 3, 2025 at 3:27 AM

Kate York

@kateyork.bsky.social

This was a good night to stay home and finish listening to my audiobook. I found it a bit dated (1968) but still well worth the listen. I understand Spain much better.

Iberia by James A. Michener's, photo of the audiobook cover.

March 19, 2025 at 10:27 PM

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News Eye

@newseye.bsky.social

Senator Mark Kelly was commander of the Space Shuttle. He flew four missions to space. He flew 39 combat missions in Iraq. He went to visit Ukraine for himself & is calling for its freedom to be defended.

So, Elon Musk brands him a "traitor".

I’m careful with language on this site.

Fuck Musk.

Mark Kelly tweets that we can’t give up on the Ukrainian people. Musk replies with the words “You are a traitor”.

March 10, 2025 at 5:59 PM

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sharonfisher68.bsky.social

@sharonfisher68.bsky.social

March 9, 2025 at 11:12 PM

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Clearing the Air

@clearingtheair.bsky.social

No, vaping isn’t causing a respiratory crisis. A review of 12 studies found no strong link between exclusive vape use and lung disease. #VapingFacts

Vaping not scientifically linked to severe respiratory issues, University of Catania evidence review finds

No significant link found between exclusive vape use and severe respiratory issues among people who have never smoked Associations with mild respiratory symptoms “tenuous and variable” Lack of…

buff.ly

March 7, 2025 at 10:25 AM

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Annie B

@annie-the-bee.bsky.social

Someone from the 50501 movement made these to wear to protests. The badge is from the French Revolution. Thérèse Defarge, a character from Dickens’ A Tale of Two Cities, knitted the names of all the elite who tried to suppress the revolution into her work.
🧵/1

Photo of red white blue bunting formed into a type of corsage with pair of knitting needles and a sign that says “LEARNING TO KNIT”

March 5, 2025 at 12:00 AM

Kate York

@kateyork.bsky.social

I have finished my first ever #Weaving project on the #3dPrint loom that my dear made for me. There are mistakes in the weaving, but I learned a lot. I made it from leftover sock #Yarn scraps.

Close up of a plain weave multicolored section of a scarf.

Close up of a blue, green, and yellow twill section of a scarf.

March 4, 2025 at 8:24 PM

Kate York

@kateyork.bsky.social

This thread!

Thomas Zimmer @thomaszimmer.bsky.social · Mar 2

Sunday reading: One week ago, the far right emerged from the German election stronger than it has ever been since 1945.

I wrote about the relationship between MAGA and the AfD and what to make of the transnational alliance of extremists.

This week’s piece:

MAGA, the German Far Right, and the Transnational Assault on Democracy

A reflection on the German far right, Elon Musk’s interference in the German election, and why the MAGA-AfD alliance isn’t nearly as irresistible as they want us to believe

thomaszimmer.substack.com

March 3, 2025 at 6:14 AM

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scha·den·freu·de

@blisterpearl.bsky.social

Old, soiled couch sitting on the curb with a trashcan.
text: You didn't say "Thank you. -J. D. Vance

March 3, 2025 at 5:17 AM

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Anonymous

@youranoncentral.bsky.social

Astonishing speech by Danish Prime Minister. #3E #StandWithUkraine

Astonishing speech by Danish Prime Minister.

YouTube video by Dylan Burrill

youtu.be

March 3, 2025 at 4:33 AM

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Marta McCall

@martamccall.bsky.social

Ukrainian women are also amazing knitters and crocheters. Here's how to support 12 of them: flaxandtwine.com/blogs/blog/1...
🧶 #art #artists #fiberartists #fiber #crochet #crocheted #crocheting #crocheters #knit #knitting #knitters #makers #ukraine #ukrainian #support #buy #buyukrainian #products

12 Fabulous Ukraine Makers To Support

Are you makers looking for ways to support Ukraine? Support these talented knit and crochet designers. What talent!

flaxandtwine.com

March 1, 2025 at 2:24 PM

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Anonymous

@youranoncentral.bsky.social

Norwegian firm Haltbakk Bunkers announced it will stop providing fuel to all US forces in Norway: "No Fuel to Americans! We encourage all Norwegians and Europeans to follow our example. SLAVA UKRAINA" #3E #StandWithUkraine

A US submarine emerges from the ocean, highlighted by a clear blue sky and calm waters, symbolizing a recent fuel supply dispute.

March 1, 2025 at 7:38 PM

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Nina Willburger

@drnwillburger.bsky.social

A blue background with a yellow silhouette of Ukraine. The text above reads, "Courage has a name," and "UKRAINE" is written in bold capital letters inside the country's shape.

February 28, 2025 at 8:11 PM

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Adrian Teal

@tealcartoons.bsky.social

By far our most warmly received puppet on stage during Spitting Image Live was Zelensky. When I attended a performance, he got a standing ovation. I'm proud to have designed his care-worn #caricature. What a hero, beset and bedevilled by shysters, cut-price con artists, and despots.

March 1, 2025 at 9:52 AM

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Paintings by Debra

@deeporter29.bsky.social

March 1, 2025 at 6:39 AM

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Anne Applebaum

@anneapplebaum.bsky.social

"We’re witnessing the self-sabotage of the United States"

from @davidfrum.bsky.social
www.theatlantic.com/politics/arc...

At Least Now We Know the Truth

It’s ugly, but necessary to face.

www.theatlantic.com

February 28, 2025 at 8:34 PM

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Martin Matishak

@martinmatishak.bsky.social

EXCLUSIVE: Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth last week ordered U.S. Cyber Command to stand down from all planning against Russia, including offensive digital actions.

On @therecordmedia.bsky.social

therecord.media/hegseth-orde...

Exclusive: Hegseth orders Cyber Command to stand down on Russia planning

The secretary of Defense has ordered U.S. Cyber Command to stand down from all planning against Russia, including offensive digital actions, sources tell Recorded Future News.

therecord.media

February 28, 2025 at 8:07 PM

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News Eye

@newseye.bsky.social

An ad put up at a bus stop in London today.

The advert is seen at the end of a bus stop. It says “GOES FROM 0 TO 1939 IN 3 SECONDS”.
Underneath is a picture of Elon Musk doing his Hitler salute out of the roof of a white Tesla.
Underneath is says. TESLA: THE SWASTICAR

February 24, 2025 at 6:56 PM

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Boze the Library Owl

@sketchesbyboze.bsky.social

We need to bring the concept of autodidacts back into circulation—those who learn things for the pure joy of learning—the idea that you don’t have to be formally schooled to educate yourself. The word “amateur” comes from the Latin for “love,” and to learn is to love.

February 24, 2025 at 7:09 PM

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Clearing the Air

@clearingtheair.bsky.social

Massive review of 126 studies finds NO evidence that vaping leads to smoking. 🚭 In fact, youth smoking declines as vaping rises. #VapingWorks #HarmReduction