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Lady Fanny of Omaha
@ladyfannyofomaha.bsky.social
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Posts about knitting, quilting, old movies, my cat, and other things. Not actually of Omaha.

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jpbrammer.bsky.social
sorry I'm late! I have at last broken my silence on Pantone's Color of the Year johnpaulbrammer.substack.com/p/cloud-danc...
'Cloud Dancer': A Measured Response
Regarding Pantone's decision, and so on, and so forth
johnpaulbrammer.substack.com
December 6, 2025 at 7:55 PM
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pgourevitch.bsky.social
How and when exactly did a president acquire the authority to rule in all matters great and small by diktat?
briantylercohen.bsky.social Brian Tyler Cohen @briantylercohen.bsky.social · 1d
Donald Trump just removed Martin Luther King Jr. Day and Juneteenth from the list of free entry days at national parks.

They are being replaced with Trump’s birthday.
December 6, 2025 at 4:44 AM
ladyfannyofomaha.bsky.social
This was the most dignified photo from our shoot 🐈‍⬛
Tortie cat sticking her head through wrapping paper and looking up angelically
November 24, 2025 at 2:24 PM
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krissychula.bsky.social
This is high art
April 6, 2025 at 9:37 PM
ladyfannyofomaha.bsky.social
Attempts at holiday photos of my cat 🐈‍⬛
Tortie cat licking her nose and sticking her head through wrapping paper Tortie cat with her mouth open (teeth visible) sticking her head through wrapping paper
November 23, 2025 at 8:15 PM
ladyfannyofomaha.bsky.social
So far the Aurora Cain Shawl by #westknits is very relaxing. I suspect this project will take me through the winter! 🧶
Section of a knit shawl in muted green, blue, cream, burgundy, and pink
November 23, 2025 at 5:25 PM
ladyfannyofomaha.bsky.social
Finally finished the #westknitsmkal2025
Dynamic shawl in blues and gold being blocked. A Tortie cat sits in the bottom left. #westknits
November 18, 2025 at 2:49 AM
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ellenbardash.bsky.social
The Court of Chancery spends a lot of time deciding cases that involve multi-billion-dollar deals. Its equity jurisdiction means it also gets to decide things like who should keep Tucker the Goldendoodle (don't worry, he's not getting cut in half) courts.delaware.gov/Opinions/Dow...
November 14, 2025 at 7:18 PM
ladyfannyofomaha.bsky.social
#knitsky friends, I am LOVING Clue 1 of the #WestKnits #MKAL 🧶

It was so hard to decide on the order of colors! #mysterymusikal
October 2, 2025 at 5:23 PM
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kenwhite.bsky.social
Every few months now I re-read this "Who Goes Nazi?" piece from 1941 and am blown away by how it captures the people we are dealing with 80 years later.

harpers.org/archive/1941...
Who Goes Nazi?, by Dorothy Thompson
harpers.org
October 1, 2025 at 11:59 PM
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Who on #knitsky is participating in the #WestKnits #MKAL2025? I don't have the skills to create a feed, but I'm making a list of participants to make it easier to find each other!

#mysterymusikal #westknitsmkal2025 #westknitsmysterymusikal
September 18, 2025 at 1:22 AM
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My bird-inspired yarn is here! I am looking forward to the #westknits #mysterymusikal #mkal on October 2!
Four skeins of yarn on an orange and white blanket. The yarn colors from left to right: electric blue, gold, deep dark blue, and turquoise
September 25, 2025 at 11:15 PM
ladyfannyofomaha.bsky.social
Knit this hat for my sister last night and made the pompom this morning!

Yarn is Malabrigo Rasta (held double).
Pattern is Gold Medal Hat by Jen Geigley (free on Ravelry).
Grey knit hat with pompom on a white Turkish towel with orange and green stripes C-shaped cardboard with yarn wrapped around it to make a pompom.
September 20, 2025 at 10:22 PM
ladyfannyofomaha.bsky.social
Finally finished my scrappy, messy quilt. I barely had enough fabric for the binding, so one of the corners is far from perfect.

But I learned a lot and had fun!

#quiltsky #modernquilting
Green and white baby quilt with triangles and squares as the design
September 19, 2025 at 12:11 AM
ladyfannyofomaha.bsky.social
I’m using this photo as my color inspiration for the #westknits #mysterymusikal #MKAL. I just ordered my yarn and can’t wait for October 2!
artinsociety.bsky.social Journal of Art in Society @artinsociety.bsky.social · May 31
Forget all the annoying stuff in the world for a few seconds and enjoy the natural beauty of Brazil’s Seven-coloured Tanager (Tangara fastuosa) Photo: Luiz Cavalcanti Damasceno
small pert bird perches on wire fencing, black eye and bill, with feathers in shades of blue, purple, yellow & orange
September 18, 2025 at 1:58 AM
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Who on #knitsky is participating in the #WestKnits #MKAL2025? I don't have the skills to create a feed, but I'm making a list of participants to make it easier to find each other!

#mysterymusikal #westknitsmkal2025 #westknitsmysterymusikal
September 18, 2025 at 1:22 AM
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gointothestory.bsky.social
Here is Robert Redford reading a script with a friend.

Rest in cinematic glory, Sundance Kid!
September 16, 2025 at 8:22 PM
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ellenhopkins.bsky.social
Know what creates empathy? Books. Reading about people unlike ourselves and experiences we'll never have. Which is why some people want to remove those books and discourage reading. Kids and adults should read widely. Most spend their spare time online, which is where indoctrination often begins.
September 14, 2025 at 3:33 PM
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Machine quilting was not working out today, so we (my cat and I, of course) pivoted to hand-tying.

#quiltsky
White fabric with grey polka dots and a seam with a nest of fabric Tortie cat on a green and white quilt
September 9, 2025 at 3:27 AM
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zohrankmamdani.bsky.social
"How Are the Very Rich Feeling About New York’s Next Mayor?"

A Dramatic Reading of The Recent New York Times Dispatch from the Hamptons.

Presented by The Gilded Age's Morgan Spector.
September 8, 2025 at 10:56 PM
ladyfannyofomaha.bsky.social
All of today’s news is horrible, so here’s an update on my messy scrap quilt

#quiltsky #modernquilting
Green and white quilt make of squares and triangles of scrap fabric
September 8, 2025 at 8:08 PM
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Looking forward to wearing this as it gets colder!

Pattern: Outline by Beata Jezek, available at Hedgehog Fibres

Yarn: Hedgehog Fibres (Monet), Knitting for Olive (Dusty Dove Blue), Monty and the Squid (By the Water and Hyacinth), Earl Grey Fiber Co. (It’ll Block Out)

#knitsky
Zigzag knit wrap in blues, greens, and pinks
September 7, 2025 at 7:53 PM
ladyfannyofomaha.bsky.social
Continuing to work on a messy quilt with leftovers from the backings of my previous projects

#quiltsky #modernquilting
Start of a small quilt top in green and white
September 6, 2025 at 5:17 AM
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reichlinmelnick.bsky.social
A lawyer on the ground on Sunday morning saw just how close things were, and how the flights were only stopped because a federal judge moved at light speed to halt the Trump admin's illegal operation.

She saw the plane begin to taxi to take off, only to turn around at the last second and come back.
14. I arrived at the FBO Sun Valley Airport in Harlingen. I could see two of the ICE transport planes parked on the tarmac. The stairs had already been pulled away and the door to the plane, which I had been informed had the children on board, was already closed. I went to the building at the tarmac. I could see officers inside. I knocked on the door. I told the young man who answered the door that I was an attorney, that I had clients on the plane, and that I had a court order stopping the plane from leaving. I asked to speak to his supervisor. I gave the same message to every person who badged in the locked door. I told them they were all complicit in violating a federal court order if the plane left. The young man came back out and told me that he had advised his supervisor who was trying to contact ICE. I explained again the federal court order and the importance of stopping the plane. Another agent came out and physically pulled the young man back into the building. I could see the other staff members through the glass. They were jeering and laughing. I repeated that they were all complicit in the violation of the judge’s order. 15. Around 10:30 am, while I was standing outside the FBO airport building, I saw one of the planes begin to move. I identified it as the plane that I believed ProBAR’s clients to be on. I knocked on the door again. I watched the plane taxi away from the building. About 20 minutes later, the plane taxied back and parked again. I stayed watching the plane with the children on it. It was hot, sunny, in the upper 90s. I thought about the children on that plane and how hot and stuffy it must have been, how tired they must be, and how scared and confused.
September 3, 2025 at 5:59 PM
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acyn.bsky.social
AOC: If anybody says “this isn’t fair, I'm gonna have to divest all my stocks if I run for congress” maybe you should stay home.
September 3, 2025 at 5:42 PM