liprap
@liprap.bsky.social
Sky's the limit over here. Rockin' the greater Houston area 'burbs…exiled from New Orleans, but not in the Napoleonic sense. Trans-Sabine Texmudgeon. Also found on 🧵 as liprap3. https://liprapslament-theline.blogspot.com
Pinned
I take in the bits and pieces I have yet to do and get overwhelmed by them until I get focused and stitch them bit by bit, taking care not to get ahead of myself. It helps to see the previous pics as well 'cause there's the proof of progress. Onward... #xstitch
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Best thing I’ve read this morning, from a human rights lawyer in Mexico. Translation is in the ALT-text.
January 3, 2026 at 2:16 PM
Best thing I’ve read this morning, from a human rights lawyer in Mexico. Translation is in the ALT-text.
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Rep. Seth Moulton: "This is insane. What the hell are we doing? ... this is illegal."
January 3, 2026 at 5:59 PM
Rep. Seth Moulton: "This is insane. What the hell are we doing? ... this is illegal."
Well, it's, uh, morning in America.
January 3, 2026 at 1:37 PM
Well, it's, uh, morning in America.
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Send this to anyone in your life who pretends this is about defending Venezuelan democracy or whatever
In November, I sat with two Venezuelans who fled the country after protesting Maduro.
Trump's masked ICE agents had just taken their son.
The boy's mother told me, "In Venezuela, if they take you, you don’t come back. This left me with the same impression.”
talkingpointsmemo.com/news/how-a-h...
Trump's masked ICE agents had just taken their son.
The boy's mother told me, "In Venezuela, if they take you, you don’t come back. This left me with the same impression.”
talkingpointsmemo.com/news/how-a-h...
How a ‘Habeas Machine’ Reunited One Family That Was Pulled Apart by ICE
The agents were on the hunt, but as they staked out the...
talkingpointsmemo.com
January 3, 2026 at 1:33 PM
Send this to anyone in your life who pretends this is about defending Venezuelan democracy or whatever
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So now it's OK to kidnap and try world leaders?
Denmark, if you're listening...
Denmark, if you're listening...
January 3, 2026 at 11:56 AM
So now it's OK to kidnap and try world leaders?
Denmark, if you're listening...
Denmark, if you're listening...
Great. Just great. Dammit.
U.S. Senate Armed Services Committee was not notified ahead of U.S. airstrikes on Venezuela, source tells CNN
January 3, 2026 at 1:15 PM
Great. Just great. Dammit.
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In celebration of Mamdani's first day in office, the map from our 2016 NYC atlas celebrating Queens as the most linguistically diverse place on earth. (800 languages spoken in NYC, according to NY's Endangered Language Institute, which collaborated with us on this map.
January 3, 2026 at 3:21 AM
In celebration of Mamdani's first day in office, the map from our 2016 NYC atlas celebrating Queens as the most linguistically diverse place on earth. (800 languages spoken in NYC, according to NY's Endangered Language Institute, which collaborated with us on this map.
My mom talking about late night Skinemax, in horror: "Full frontal nudity! Of men AND women!!"
Me and my dad: "Then, uh, why are you watching it?"
Me and my dad: "Then, uh, why are you watching it?"
"i am being traumatized by the images on x"
i don't know have you tried...not going on there?
i don't know have you tried...not going on there?
January 3, 2026 at 3:16 AM
My mom talking about late night Skinemax, in horror: "Full frontal nudity! Of men AND women!!"
Me and my dad: "Then, uh, why are you watching it?"
Me and my dad: "Then, uh, why are you watching it?"
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A wonderful and inspiring essay from @sifill.bsky.social A look back at the nightmare of 2025 and a hopeful look forward to 2026. Highlyl recommend.
sherrilyn.substack.com/p/the-year-a...
sherrilyn.substack.com/p/the-year-a...
The Year America Broke Open
It would be silly to pretend that 2025 was not among the most challenging years this country has faced in modern times.
sherrilyn.substack.com
January 2, 2026 at 10:41 PM
A wonderful and inspiring essay from @sifill.bsky.social A look back at the nightmare of 2025 and a hopeful look forward to 2026. Highlyl recommend.
sherrilyn.substack.com/p/the-year-a...
sherrilyn.substack.com/p/the-year-a...
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Trump take king cake baby Jesus
The New Orleans bakery has been including these figurines with its king cakes since 1990. Here’s the reason behind the decision.
Haydel’s Bakery to pause decades-long tradition this Carnival season: ‘Difficult decision’
The New Orleans bakery has been including these figurines with its king cakes since 1990. Here’s the reason behind the decision.
bit.ly
January 3, 2026 at 2:43 AM
Trump take king cake baby Jesus
Finally caught the Stranger Things finale and hey, I think they stuck the landing. It was always a pastiche and it ended in the same way it started.
a dark bathroom with a hole in the floor
Alt: Lucas popping his head out of the floor of the bathroom in the downtown Hawkins compound.
media.tenor.com
January 3, 2026 at 12:02 AM
Finally caught the Stranger Things finale and hey, I think they stuck the landing. It was always a pastiche and it ended in the same way it started.
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THIS ISN’T GETTING ENOUGH ATTENTION.
More than 100 immigration judges have been fired nationwide since Trump took office. 21 in San Francisco alone, many without explanation.
Why? Because these judges provided due process under US law.
The Trump admin doesn’t want hearings or fairness.
1/2
More than 100 immigration judges have been fired nationwide since Trump took office. 21 in San Francisco alone, many without explanation.
Why? Because these judges provided due process under US law.
The Trump admin doesn’t want hearings or fairness.
1/2
January 2, 2026 at 9:26 PM
THIS ISN’T GETTING ENOUGH ATTENTION.
More than 100 immigration judges have been fired nationwide since Trump took office. 21 in San Francisco alone, many without explanation.
Why? Because these judges provided due process under US law.
The Trump admin doesn’t want hearings or fairness.
1/2
More than 100 immigration judges have been fired nationwide since Trump took office. 21 in San Francisco alone, many without explanation.
Why? Because these judges provided due process under US law.
The Trump admin doesn’t want hearings or fairness.
1/2
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Teatherball...brillant.❣️
January 2, 2026 at 6:36 PM
Teatherball...brillant.❣️
Couple of freezing nights & early mornings lead to today's eighty-plus degrees outside, but folks maintaining freezing cold temps indoors. As a result, my nose is freaking out a little.
January 2, 2026 at 6:26 PM
Couple of freezing nights & early mornings lead to today's eighty-plus degrees outside, but folks maintaining freezing cold temps indoors. As a result, my nose is freaking out a little.
Amen.
Fuck it, let's nap.
January 2, 2026 at 6:21 PM
Amen.
On the flip side of "what American school kids don't know today":
January 2, 2026 at 6:20 PM
On the flip side of "what American school kids don't know today":
Use a cassette tape answering machine.
Operate a cassette tape player and/or CD player.
Operate a cassette tape player and/or CD player.
It's 2026.
Things many American school kids probably don't know how to do:
* Dial a rotary telephone
* Tell time from an analog clock
* Read or write cursive
* Decipher Roman numerals
* Navigate with a paper map or use a compass
* Balance a checkbook
(Please add more below)
Things many American school kids probably don't know how to do:
* Dial a rotary telephone
* Tell time from an analog clock
* Read or write cursive
* Decipher Roman numerals
* Navigate with a paper map or use a compass
* Balance a checkbook
(Please add more below)
January 2, 2026 at 5:57 PM
Use a cassette tape answering machine.
Operate a cassette tape player and/or CD player.
Operate a cassette tape player and/or CD player.
Only good thing about waiting in a government office: lots of time to cross-stitch.
January 2, 2026 at 5:28 PM
Only good thing about waiting in a government office: lots of time to cross-stitch.
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Portuguese installation artist Joana Vasconcelos wrapped a Fender Stratocaster electric guitar in a cotton crochet pattern #WomensArt
January 2, 2026 at 7:53 AM
Portuguese installation artist Joana Vasconcelos wrapped a Fender Stratocaster electric guitar in a cotton crochet pattern #WomensArt
An ambush with no ammunition...
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Ha Ha Ha Armageddon
YouTube video by The Julie Ruin - Topic
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January 2, 2026 at 2:45 PM
An ambush with no ammunition...
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youtu.be/5pANF3u_86w?...
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#TheLensNola🔍 In the sky above Bourbon Street, a new memorial pays homage to those killed in the New Year’s Day truck attack. The community’s ongoing tributes have helped with healing, one victim’s sister said.
✍ Drew Hawkins, Gulf States Newsroom
Full Story 🔗: buff.ly/XUx8rC4
✍ Drew Hawkins, Gulf States Newsroom
Full Story 🔗: buff.ly/XUx8rC4
January 2, 2026 at 2:00 PM
#TheLensNola🔍 In the sky above Bourbon Street, a new memorial pays homage to those killed in the New Year’s Day truck attack. The community’s ongoing tributes have helped with healing, one victim’s sister said.
✍ Drew Hawkins, Gulf States Newsroom
Full Story 🔗: buff.ly/XUx8rC4
✍ Drew Hawkins, Gulf States Newsroom
Full Story 🔗: buff.ly/XUx8rC4
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Cover reveal. It's about how & why colonies/states controlled international & domestic migration until 1888, why in the late 19th c the feds took over, & what it was like for politically disfavored groups to live under that arrangement of power. You can't understand voluntary migration history 1/
January 2, 2026 at 1:54 PM
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Got a scratch in weird places on my hand that won't heal up. Ergh.
January 2, 2026 at 1:53 PM
Got a scratch in weird places on my hand that won't heal up. Ergh.
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One of them most fascinating things about Bernie Wagenblast is that she is a *journalist.* Being a voice actor and announcer is the way she, like so many of us, cobbles together a career as a journalist. This is a VERY New York story.
Nice touch - the trans announcer from the subway (“Stand clear of the platform edge”) is doing the announcing
January 2, 2026 at 12:05 PM
One of them most fascinating things about Bernie Wagenblast is that she is a *journalist.* Being a voice actor and announcer is the way she, like so many of us, cobbles together a career as a journalist. This is a VERY New York story.
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Mr. Okra may be gone but is not forgotten
Born in New Orleans in 1943, Mr. Okra sold vegetables at 15 with his father, known as Okra Man. They used a wheelbarrow, and a horse and buggy to transport the fruit and vegetables.
Born in New Orleans in 1943, Mr. Okra sold vegetables at 15 with his father, known as Okra Man. They used a wheelbarrow, and a horse and buggy to transport the fruit and vegetables.
Mr. Okra may be gone but is not forgotten
Born in New Orleans in 1943, Mr. Okra sold vegetables at 15 with his father, known as Okra Man. They used a wheelbarrow, and a horse and buggy to transport the fruit and vegetables.
veritenews.org
January 2, 2026 at 1:00 PM
Mr. Okra may be gone but is not forgotten
Born in New Orleans in 1943, Mr. Okra sold vegetables at 15 with his father, known as Okra Man. They used a wheelbarrow, and a horse and buggy to transport the fruit and vegetables.
Born in New Orleans in 1943, Mr. Okra sold vegetables at 15 with his father, known as Okra Man. They used a wheelbarrow, and a horse and buggy to transport the fruit and vegetables.