Katherine
@katvanzan.bsky.social
Knitters of the world, unite; we have pointy sticks and know how to use them!
“How did it get so late so soon?
It's night before it's afternoon.
December is here before it's June.
My goodness how the time has flewn.”
- Dr. Seuss
“How did it get so late so soon?
It's night before it's afternoon.
December is here before it's June.
My goodness how the time has flewn.”
- Dr. Seuss
You are a mensch, Jon.
January 16, 2026 at 12:19 AM
You are a mensch, Jon.
All seats in the House are up for reelection at a two year interval. The 119th Congress runs January 3, 2025 to January 3, 2027.
Congress is dissolved, and the next one, the 120th Congress, will be sworn in. Many House members serve consecutive terms.
The Senate has overlapping terms.
Congress is dissolved, and the next one, the 120th Congress, will be sworn in. Many House members serve consecutive terms.
The Senate has overlapping terms.
January 15, 2026 at 6:56 PM
All seats in the House are up for reelection at a two year interval. The 119th Congress runs January 3, 2025 to January 3, 2027.
Congress is dissolved, and the next one, the 120th Congress, will be sworn in. Many House members serve consecutive terms.
The Senate has overlapping terms.
Congress is dissolved, and the next one, the 120th Congress, will be sworn in. Many House members serve consecutive terms.
The Senate has overlapping terms.
... in their black & lace sleeved cocktail dresses? Mother, please!
January 15, 2026 at 5:43 AM
... in their black & lace sleeved cocktail dresses? Mother, please!
As a Midwesterner, this is one Totally Pissed Off Great Lakes Dad Talk.
Gov Walz lays out what is going on, why it's wrong, and what needs to be done, and snap to it, people!
Then he tells you he's proud of you.
Gov Walz lays out what is going on, why it's wrong, and what needs to be done, and snap to it, people!
Then he tells you he's proud of you.
Gestapo
"Two to three thousand armed agents of the federal government have been deployed to Minnesota.
Armed, masked, undertrained ICE agents are going door to door, ordering people to point out where their neighbors of color live."
Armed, masked, undertrained ICE agents are going door to door, ordering people to point out where their neighbors of color live."
January 15, 2026 at 5:31 AM
As a Midwesterner, this is one Totally Pissed Off Great Lakes Dad Talk.
Gov Walz lays out what is going on, why it's wrong, and what needs to be done, and snap to it, people!
Then he tells you he's proud of you.
Gov Walz lays out what is going on, why it's wrong, and what needs to be done, and snap to it, people!
Then he tells you he's proud of you.
My personal 📚💙 "book to knit with" 🧶 recco from the past month is "What We Can Know" by Ian McEwan. The writing is lyrical. The story is a shape-shifter shimmering in time.
What We Can Know
From the Booker Prize - winning, bestselling author of Atonement and Saturday, a genre-bending new novel full of secrets and surprises; an immersive exploration, across time and history, of what can e...
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January 15, 2026 at 5:13 AM
My personal 📚💙 "book to knit with" 🧶 recco from the past month is "What We Can Know" by Ian McEwan. The writing is lyrical. The story is a shape-shifter shimmering in time.
Possession is nine-tenths of the law, as the proverb says.
January 14, 2026 at 11:43 PM
Possession is nine-tenths of the law, as the proverb says.
"Peace for our time! Sudetenland, Greenland; what's the big diff?"
January 14, 2026 at 10:42 PM
"Peace for our time! Sudetenland, Greenland; what's the big diff?"
FYI:
Oglala Sioux Tribe president says three tribal citizens transferred to ICE facility | AP News share.google/32xqVncv8gh0...
Oglala Sioux Tribe president says three tribal citizens transferred to ICE facility | AP News share.google/32xqVncv8gh0...
January 14, 2026 at 9:28 PM
FYI:
Oglala Sioux Tribe president says three tribal citizens transferred to ICE facility | AP News share.google/32xqVncv8gh0...
Oglala Sioux Tribe president says three tribal citizens transferred to ICE facility | AP News share.google/32xqVncv8gh0...
When did President Lardass declare war on saturated fat? I don't remember that military operation. 👀🤷♀️
January 14, 2026 at 9:18 PM
When did President Lardass declare war on saturated fat? I don't remember that military operation. 👀🤷♀️
Whodathunk the USA would be the one to trigger the NATO Article V clause?
January 14, 2026 at 9:15 PM
Whodathunk the USA would be the one to trigger the NATO Article V clause?
Reposted by Katherine
Trumplethinskin can dish it out, but just can't take it.
Because someone called him a "Pedophile Protector", the short-fingered vulgarian flipped the tiniest bird imaginable. 😂
#TheTruthHurts
Because someone called him a "Pedophile Protector", the short-fingered vulgarian flipped the tiniest bird imaginable. 😂
#TheTruthHurts
January 14, 2026 at 9:00 PM
Trumplethinskin can dish it out, but just can't take it.
Because someone called him a "Pedophile Protector", the short-fingered vulgarian flipped the tiniest bird imaginable. 😂
#TheTruthHurts
Because someone called him a "Pedophile Protector", the short-fingered vulgarian flipped the tiniest bird imaginable. 😂
#TheTruthHurts
The best 🧶 knitting companion of all is your own local yarn inspector. 💕
January 14, 2026 at 8:54 PM
The best 🧶 knitting companion of all is your own local yarn inspector. 💕
Well, I checked, and there is a #crossstitch feed on Bluesky.
Now you are on it. Good luck.
Now you are on it. Good luck.
January 14, 2026 at 7:55 PM
Well, I checked, and there is a #crossstitch feed on Bluesky.
Now you are on it. Good luck.
Now you are on it. Good luck.
This could be a brutally funny SNL skit.
January 14, 2026 at 7:48 PM
This could be a brutally funny SNL skit.
Who is this "they are ..." Speaker Micro Johnson is talking about?
January 14, 2026 at 7:36 PM
Who is this "they are ..." Speaker Micro Johnson is talking about?
There's no crying in knitting.
- The Goddess Athena
- The Goddess Athena
January 14, 2026 at 6:58 PM
There's no crying in knitting.
- The Goddess Athena
- The Goddess Athena
Meanwhile, up north in Greenland ...
David Ddraig Goch (@oldreddragon)
Mad props to who ever created this... Fucking amazing.
substack.com
January 14, 2026 at 4:37 AM
Meanwhile, up north in Greenland ...
He is a small, small man with small, small hands.
January 13, 2026 at 10:54 PM
He is a small, small man with small, small hands.
Surly, but not malicious, snarcasm from Kevin.
January 12, 2026 at 10:45 PM
Surly, but not malicious, snarcasm from Kevin.
Reposted by Katherine
semi-regular reminder that ICE was only created in 2003
when you are asked to imagine a world without ICE, you're basically being asked to remember where you were when Lilo & Stitch came out
when you are asked to imagine a world without ICE, you're basically being asked to remember where you were when Lilo & Stitch came out
January 12, 2026 at 8:04 PM
semi-regular reminder that ICE was only created in 2003
when you are asked to imagine a world without ICE, you're basically being asked to remember where you were when Lilo & Stitch came out
when you are asked to imagine a world without ICE, you're basically being asked to remember where you were when Lilo & Stitch came out
Georgie's 🎵 🎶 song is up for a Grammy, I hear.
This is Georgie. He heard sirens outside his window. Thought he would show them how it's done. 14/10 excellent vibrato Georgie (TT: georgietheboxr)
January 12, 2026 at 7:20 PM
Georgie's 🎵 🎶 song is up for a Grammy, I hear.