MakeReadGrow
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Sometimes known as stringthing - into all the fiber arts, books, and plants.
Unpopular sewing opinion: if you won't read the sewing machine manual you should just sell the machine and find another hobby.
February 18, 2026 at 2:39 AM
Unpopular sewing opinion: if you won't read the sewing machine manual you should just sell the machine and find another hobby.
I assembled the parts for the Bear quilt tonight. It feels like it's missing something, but maybe that should happen in the quilting? #quiltsky
February 18, 2026 at 1:05 AM
I assembled the parts for the Bear quilt tonight. It feels like it's missing something, but maybe that should happen in the quilting? #quiltsky
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Science + Art appreciators, we need your help!
We're working with the E. Kensington Neighbors Assn & H.A Brown school to create a community-driven mural on the biodiversity of our Philly neighborhood!
We need your help to fund this project
givebutter.com/KenzoMural
Here's why this is important ⬇️
We're working with the E. Kensington Neighbors Assn & H.A Brown school to create a community-driven mural on the biodiversity of our Philly neighborhood!
We need your help to fund this project
givebutter.com/KenzoMural
Here's why this is important ⬇️
H.A. Brown Elementary School Mural
By Skype a Scientist
givebutter.com
February 16, 2026 at 3:56 PM
Science + Art appreciators, we need your help!
We're working with the E. Kensington Neighbors Assn & H.A Brown school to create a community-driven mural on the biodiversity of our Philly neighborhood!
We need your help to fund this project
givebutter.com/KenzoMural
Here's why this is important ⬇️
We're working with the E. Kensington Neighbors Assn & H.A Brown school to create a community-driven mural on the biodiversity of our Philly neighborhood!
We need your help to fund this project
givebutter.com/KenzoMural
Here's why this is important ⬇️
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Current work in progress update. Each square of this modular brain is 10x10 inches. I’m currently working on 18/30 square. I started it in November 2024.
All improvisational hand embroidery by my own hands 😉 #NeuroArt #SciArt #FiberArt #Embroidery
All improvisational hand embroidery by my own hands 😉 #NeuroArt #SciArt #FiberArt #Embroidery
February 15, 2026 at 4:54 PM
Current work in progress update. Each square of this modular brain is 10x10 inches. I’m currently working on 18/30 square. I started it in November 2024.
All improvisational hand embroidery by my own hands 😉 #NeuroArt #SciArt #FiberArt #Embroidery
All improvisational hand embroidery by my own hands 😉 #NeuroArt #SciArt #FiberArt #Embroidery
February 15, 2026 at 1:26 PM
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Happy Birthday to Frederick Douglass who didn’t know his birthday because he was born into slavery so he chose February 14 as his birthday.
February 14, 2026 at 3:34 PM
Happy Birthday to Frederick Douglass who didn’t know his birthday because he was born into slavery so he chose February 14 as his birthday.
I am not in need of advice, merely venting.
This has not been a good week to exist in my body and my pain levels have been just staying around the 4-5 mark regardless of what I do. At this point it affects what I do, how well my brain functions, and my ability to communicate.
This has not been a good week to exist in my body and my pain levels have been just staying around the 4-5 mark regardless of what I do. At this point it affects what I do, how well my brain functions, and my ability to communicate.
February 14, 2026 at 5:08 PM
I am not in need of advice, merely venting.
This has not been a good week to exist in my body and my pain levels have been just staying around the 4-5 mark regardless of what I do. At this point it affects what I do, how well my brain functions, and my ability to communicate.
This has not been a good week to exist in my body and my pain levels have been just staying around the 4-5 mark regardless of what I do. At this point it affects what I do, how well my brain functions, and my ability to communicate.
Slowly working through January on the temperature quilt. This was the start of the big storm. #quiltsky #sewsky #temperaturequilt
February 14, 2026 at 1:05 PM
Slowly working through January on the temperature quilt. This was the start of the big storm. #quiltsky #sewsky #temperaturequilt
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MPR is full of so many great Minnesotans that I get to be proud of them twice.
hello minnesota and beyond! thank you for your kind messages. it is very weird to be the news when you cover the news. i love this beautiful state and journalism, and i am hopeful for better days. but we will be forever changed bc of the last two months.
Meet Minnesota Bathrobe Lady Sam Stroozas of MPR News | Minnesota Public Radio
Earlier this week, an unexpected and fast-moving incident unfolded in St. Paul, Minnesota involving both federal and local law enforcement. As crowds gathered and questions mounted, one of our MPR New...
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February 14, 2026 at 11:23 AM
MPR is full of so many great Minnesotans that I get to be proud of them twice.
My tortilla chips keep breaking off in my bean dip
February 12, 2026 at 4:49 PM
My tortilla chips keep breaking off in my bean dip
Tell me you don't read modern romance without telling me you don't read modern romance.
I love how you can time romances to certain beats. The kiss at exactly 50%. The big breakup at 75-80%. The grand gesture and reconciliation at 95%.
I don't mind predictable and formulaic... as long as the books still have -soul- and aren't paint by numbers.
I don't mind predictable and formulaic... as long as the books still have -soul- and aren't paint by numbers.
February 12, 2026 at 4:44 PM
Tell me you don't read modern romance without telling me you don't read modern romance.
Doing a little stitching in bed, this is January 18. Was quite cold. #quiltsky #sewsky #temperaturequilt
February 12, 2026 at 3:06 AM
Doing a little stitching in bed, this is January 18. Was quite cold. #quiltsky #sewsky #temperaturequilt
I think I'm allergic to my office. Just had my first full day at work after being only there for short periods for two weeks and tonight I needed a breathing treatment. Doesn't seem coincidental.
February 12, 2026 at 2:49 AM
I think I'm allergic to my office. Just had my first full day at work after being only there for short periods for two weeks and tonight I needed a breathing treatment. Doesn't seem coincidental.
I grew up with men who exclusively went by "Grizz" and "Junebug" - they barely remembered that it was actually Phillip and Emil. But if that person changes gender and not just their name it's apparently too complicated.
Baffled by transphobes insisting that the name on your birth certificate is Your True Name Forever when it was common in my grandparents' generation to just...pick a name you like and use that, nbd. I literally found out both of my grandma's birth certificate first names FROM THEIR OBITUARIES.
February 10, 2026 at 6:27 PM
I grew up with men who exclusively went by "Grizz" and "Junebug" - they barely remembered that it was actually Phillip and Emil. But if that person changes gender and not just their name it's apparently too complicated.
Unless something has changed in KY I think I'm being punished for crossing the Ohio river. Believe me, I didn't want to.
February 10, 2026 at 5:15 PM
Unless something has changed in KY I think I'm being punished for crossing the Ohio river. Believe me, I didn't want to.
Guess I don't get to send DMs anymore.
February 10, 2026 at 5:10 PM
Guess I don't get to send DMs anymore.
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A reminder: there is not a single housing market in America—not one city, state, or county—where someone relying on SSI can afford a one-bedroom apartment.
Deaths like these are always preceded by engineered abandonment. Disproportionate homelessness among people with disabilities is no accident.
Deaths like these are always preceded by engineered abandonment. Disproportionate homelessness among people with disabilities is no accident.
High rents outpace federal disability payments, leaving many homeless
Supplemental Security Income, a federal program meant to be a financial floor for people unable to work, hasn't kept pace with inflation. Many recipients are homeless, unable to save for an apartment.
www.npr.org
February 9, 2026 at 4:41 PM
A reminder: there is not a single housing market in America—not one city, state, or county—where someone relying on SSI can afford a one-bedroom apartment.
Deaths like these are always preceded by engineered abandonment. Disproportionate homelessness among people with disabilities is no accident.
Deaths like these are always preceded by engineered abandonment. Disproportionate homelessness among people with disabilities is no accident.
It is day 11 of no school and I'm working on this quilt binding between work tasks and parenting tasks. There's a lot of cat hair on this quilt.
February 9, 2026 at 3:24 PM
It is day 11 of no school and I'm working on this quilt binding between work tasks and parenting tasks. There's a lot of cat hair on this quilt.
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Let me tell you a little about why this is so important.
I have a 6yo with multiple top 9 allergies (& mustard...)
We spent a week in Disney in Dec and they are well known for their allergy awareness.
My kid could eat at every restaurant and he said how special it was for him to eat with family.
I have a 6yo with multiple top 9 allergies (& mustard...)
We spent a week in Disney in Dec and they are well known for their allergy awareness.
My kid could eat at every restaurant and he said how special it was for him to eat with family.
Hey folks, if you live in Maryland please email your state legislators about HB 181, which supports food allergen disclosure in restaurants.
aafa.org/advocacy/
We have a happy 6yo with multiple top 9 allergies (no advice please) and we want to be safely informed about where and what he can eat.
aafa.org/advocacy/
We have a happy 6yo with multiple top 9 allergies (no advice please) and we want to be safely informed about where and what he can eat.
February 9, 2026 at 2:31 PM
Let me tell you a little about why this is so important.
I have a 6yo with multiple top 9 allergies (& mustard...)
We spent a week in Disney in Dec and they are well known for their allergy awareness.
My kid could eat at every restaurant and he said how special it was for him to eat with family.
I have a 6yo with multiple top 9 allergies (& mustard...)
We spent a week in Disney in Dec and they are well known for their allergy awareness.
My kid could eat at every restaurant and he said how special it was for him to eat with family.
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For no reason I want the skyline to know that Wyze lets you watch your place & choose not to upload, unlike Ring & others
So uh Ring just up and said they've got a huge centralized private surveillance network they can leverage all at once huh
February 9, 2026 at 2:34 AM
For no reason I want the skyline to know that Wyze lets you watch your place & choose not to upload, unlike Ring & others