Alyssa Long
@measuredandslow.bsky.social
I make art, try to raise my kids to be Good Humans, and yell about disability. Maker of Santa Dinos and whatever else I feel like. She/they #art #knitting #3Dprinting 🧶
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Alyssa Long
@measuredandslow.bsky.social
· Oct 11
Since we can do pinned posts now, hi, I’m Alyssa and make things! You can find them in several places:
Shop: measuredandslow.studio/shop
Tree-Rex: measuredandslow.studio/treerex-samp...
Special orders/wholesale: measuredandslow.studio/contact-me-1
Shop: measuredandslow.studio/shop
Tree-Rex: measuredandslow.studio/treerex-samp...
Special orders/wholesale: measuredandslow.studio/contact-me-1
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I want to know whether we get tariff refunds on things and also want to know if any prices will go down (lol)
So the bottom line is a 6–3 decision that Trump's tariffs are unlawful. All six join key parts of the opinion invalidating them.
There is a 3–3 split about whether to invoke the major questions doctrine, with the liberals saying no.
The majority does not say whether tariff refunds are now owed!
There is a 3–3 split about whether to invoke the major questions doctrine, with the liberals saying no.
The majority does not say whether tariff refunds are now owed!
February 20, 2026 at 3:23 PM
I want to know whether we get tariff refunds on things and also want to know if any prices will go down (lol)
I’m glad about the tariff decision don’t get me wrong, but I know at least 2 people who had to declare bankruptcy and a whole bunch more who lost their entire businesses to this bullshit. Where to they go for restitution for having their lives ruined by an unconstitutional tax levied against them?
So the bottom line is a 6–3 decision that Trump's tariffs are unlawful. All six join key parts of the opinion invalidating them.
There is a 3–3 split about whether to invoke the major questions doctrine, with the liberals saying no.
The majority does not say whether tariff refunds are now owed!
There is a 3–3 split about whether to invoke the major questions doctrine, with the liberals saying no.
The majority does not say whether tariff refunds are now owed!
February 20, 2026 at 5:03 PM
I’m glad about the tariff decision don’t get me wrong, but I know at least 2 people who had to declare bankruptcy and a whole bunch more who lost their entire businesses to this bullshit. Where to they go for restitution for having their lives ruined by an unconstitutional tax levied against them?
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In addition to being absolutely brilliant, amazing & charming in her own right, we all know she was raised by a single dad w/4 siblings and that he came to the US bc of persecution bc of his participation in the ‘89 Tiananmen democracy uprising, right?
February 20, 2026 at 1:02 PM
In addition to being absolutely brilliant, amazing & charming in her own right, we all know she was raised by a single dad w/4 siblings and that he came to the US bc of persecution bc of his participation in the ‘89 Tiananmen democracy uprising, right?
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last night, a man emailed us mildly panicked because they'd run out of whistles before a big event they had on Sunday.
someone is dropping 1,000 whistles off with him today.
that's just in the last 48 hours, stuff like this happens ALL THE TIME. we're solving small, local problems constantly.
someone is dropping 1,000 whistles off with him today.
that's just in the last 48 hours, stuff like this happens ALL THE TIME. we're solving small, local problems constantly.
February 20, 2026 at 4:45 PM
last night, a man emailed us mildly panicked because they'd run out of whistles before a big event they had on Sunday.
someone is dropping 1,000 whistles off with him today.
that's just in the last 48 hours, stuff like this happens ALL THE TIME. we're solving small, local problems constantly.
someone is dropping 1,000 whistles off with him today.
that's just in the last 48 hours, stuff like this happens ALL THE TIME. we're solving small, local problems constantly.
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Kissinger, too. Very different world if he had been subjected to even one (1) consequence.
This is actually one of the major turning points that got us where we are today. The infantalisation of the American public ("bloo bloo Americans would be traumatised by seeing a President in the dock!") stunted the maturing of our democracy *just* as we were reforming it root and branch.
I have really come to believe that we'd be in a much better place right now if we had put Nixon away in a dingy cell for the rest of his natural life, instead of the slap on the wrist for being naughty that he actually received.
February 20, 2026 at 6:51 AM
Kissinger, too. Very different world if he had been subjected to even one (1) consequence.
Lol 13 hours is SO LONG in internet outage time. Mayhap we should not have fired the people who know what they’re doing 😬
Sources: Amazon's AI tools caused at least two AWS outages, including a 13-hour disruption in December after its Kiro AI deleted and recreated an environment (Rafe Rosner-Uddin/Financial Times)
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Main Link | Techmeme Permalink
February 20, 2026 at 6:42 AM
Lol 13 hours is SO LONG in internet outage time. Mayhap we should not have fired the people who know what they’re doing 😬
We caught the middle of ice dancing the other day during birthday lunch and at every pair my 9 year old asked suspiciously if “those guys are gonna kiss” and tbh I’m now dying to have him predict medal winners based on how much he thinks they’re gonna kiss lol
February 20, 2026 at 5:28 AM
We caught the middle of ice dancing the other day during birthday lunch and at every pair my 9 year old asked suspiciously if “those guys are gonna kiss” and tbh I’m now dying to have him predict medal winners based on how much he thinks they’re gonna kiss lol
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I'm going to highlight a few of our printer wishlists tonight! (As always, if you hate amazon, please visit linktr.ee/WhistleWishl... for different ways to help!)
This first wishlist belongs to a printer in Minnesota AND has protopasta on it, so win/win???
www.amazon.com/hz/wishlist/...
This first wishlist belongs to a printer in Minnesota AND has protopasta on it, so win/win???
www.amazon.com/hz/wishlist/...
February 20, 2026 at 12:51 AM
I'm going to highlight a few of our printer wishlists tonight! (As always, if you hate amazon, please visit linktr.ee/WhistleWishl... for different ways to help!)
This first wishlist belongs to a printer in Minnesota AND has protopasta on it, so win/win???
www.amazon.com/hz/wishlist/...
This first wishlist belongs to a printer in Minnesota AND has protopasta on it, so win/win???
www.amazon.com/hz/wishlist/...
People have started to come back to the Instagram video from last week to say they got their bobbins and they’re real and really packaged and shipped by a person and y’all…it is so rough out here on ye olde internet during the fall of capitalism 😭
February 20, 2026 at 2:39 AM
People have started to come back to the Instagram video from last week to say they got their bobbins and they’re real and really packaged and shipped by a person and y’all…it is so rough out here on ye olde internet during the fall of capitalism 😭
This is so dumb lol. I love it 😂 #3Dprinted
February 19, 2026 at 11:53 PM
This is so dumb lol. I love it 😂 #3Dprinted
I was able to get an RSV vaccine because of being immunocompromised and I almost never get respiratory funk anymore, even when the kids are on their 4th school infection of the winter. It has so drastically improved my life that I recommend it to everyone.
Anyway reason 673 I hate these assholes.
Anyway reason 673 I hate these assholes.
In first speech to her FDA staff, Høeg says she’ll scrutinize RSV shots and SSRIs in pregnancy www.statnews.com/2026/02/19/t... by @lizzylawrence.bsky.social via @statnews.com
She wants to "question the norms" [read: ignore science & push MAGA agenda].
Dark Age 2.0.
She wants to "question the norms" [read: ignore science & push MAGA agenda].
Dark Age 2.0.
In first speech to her FDA staff, Høeg says she’ll scrutinize RSV shots and SSRIs in pregnancy
The top drug regulator at the FDA told staff she plans to question the safety of taking SSRIs in pregnancy and of RSV shots given to infants.
www.statnews.com
February 19, 2026 at 11:33 PM
I was able to get an RSV vaccine because of being immunocompromised and I almost never get respiratory funk anymore, even when the kids are on their 4th school infection of the winter. It has so drastically improved my life that I recommend it to everyone.
Anyway reason 673 I hate these assholes.
Anyway reason 673 I hate these assholes.
Anyway when you have a 3D printer no one can stop you from making a yarn bowl that looks like a casserole dish your mom had in 1993 🧶 #3Dprinting
February 19, 2026 at 10:52 PM
Anyway when you have a 3D printer no one can stop you from making a yarn bowl that looks like a casserole dish your mom had in 1993 🧶 #3Dprinting
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They arrested him on his birthday LMAOOOO
BREAKING NEWS: Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor, formerly Prince Andrew, has been arrested on suspicion of misconduct in public office, reports say.
Former Prince Andrew arrested on suspicion of misconduct in public office: reports
Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor, formerly Prince Andrew, has been arrested on suspicion of misconduct in public office, reports say.
n.pr
February 19, 2026 at 9:23 PM
They arrested him on his birthday LMAOOOO
I hear we’re bashing Luddites again so: they were not against “progress”, they were against DANGEROUS “progress” that had almost zero guardrails or oversight at the cost of human lives. Now wait, I have heard that somewhere before…let me think about it…
February 19, 2026 at 10:28 PM
I hear we’re bashing Luddites again so: they were not against “progress”, they were against DANGEROUS “progress” that had almost zero guardrails or oversight at the cost of human lives. Now wait, I have heard that somewhere before…let me think about it…
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This is actually true, a lot of the whistle goblins are like "did we stop getting requests???" because they are being claimed so fast, but we did NOT stop getting requests, we're shipping out 30,000 - 40,000 whistles a day. LOL
We're just running that smoothly!
We're just running that smoothly!
No no, we already *have* distributed hundreds of thousands of whistles! Over half a million just in February, and we're far from capacity (most of the requests we received are claimed by someone who can ship them out in about 30-45 seconds right now)
February 19, 2026 at 9:04 PM
This is actually true, a lot of the whistle goblins are like "did we stop getting requests???" because they are being claimed so fast, but we did NOT stop getting requests, we're shipping out 30,000 - 40,000 whistles a day. LOL
We're just running that smoothly!
We're just running that smoothly!
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We could have photos like this too if peole gave a shit about men raping kids in this country
What a momentous day for the British state. And what an iconic image to capture it
February 19, 2026 at 7:44 PM
We could have photos like this too if peole gave a shit about men raping kids in this country
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Me: did you hear they found a fossil indicating a snake bigger than Titanoboa
My husband: until this moment I did not know there was a snake called Titanoboa
We live on REALLY different parts of the internet 😂
My husband: until this moment I did not know there was a snake called Titanoboa
We live on REALLY different parts of the internet 😂
February 19, 2026 at 10:10 PM
Me: did you hear they found a fossil indicating a snake bigger than Titanoboa
My husband: until this moment I did not know there was a snake called Titanoboa
We live on REALLY different parts of the internet 😂
My husband: until this moment I did not know there was a snake called Titanoboa
We live on REALLY different parts of the internet 😂
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just said uuuhhhhhh???? aloud, to no one, for like 30 seconds straight
Hmm. The US is giving $10 billion in taxpayer dollars, not appropriated by Congress, to a fake board set up by the President and which he put himself in charge of *for life*... seems very, very illegal.
Trump: "I want to let you know that United States is going to make a contribution of $10 billion to the Board of Peace." (Congress has not appropriated this money!)
February 19, 2026 at 7:59 PM
just said uuuhhhhhh???? aloud, to no one, for like 30 seconds straight
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look at my country man, we’re getting out-No Kings’d by the fuckin’ british
King Charles has issued a statement following his brother Andrew’s arrest
February 19, 2026 at 2:22 PM
look at my country man, we’re getting out-No Kings’d by the fuckin’ british
This is not misinformation. This is a devotedness to ableism that should disqualify them from being responsible for human lives in any capacity.
“If I knew this could be the outcome, I still wouldn't have given my son the vaccine.”
This was said by the mother of a child in South Carolina who has been hospitalized with measles encephalitis since January.
I tried out several sentences for this spot, but none could capture my thoughts.
This was said by the mother of a child in South Carolina who has been hospitalized with measles encephalitis since January.
I tried out several sentences for this spot, but none could capture my thoughts.
Mom whose 7-year-old has brain swelling from measles still wouldn’t vaccinate
EXCLUSIVE: South Carolina parents living in the state’s measles epicenter tell Rhian Lubin of their devastation after their unvaccinated 7-year-old son, Ethan, developed encephalitis, a complication f...
www.independent.co.uk
February 19, 2026 at 7:42 PM
This is not misinformation. This is a devotedness to ableism that should disqualify them from being responsible for human lives in any capacity.
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Notice that no one ever asks the child what they want.
“If I knew this could be the outcome, I still wouldn't have given my son the vaccine.”
This was said by the mother of a child in South Carolina who has been hospitalized with measles encephalitis since January.
I tried out several sentences for this spot, but none could capture my thoughts.
This was said by the mother of a child in South Carolina who has been hospitalized with measles encephalitis since January.
I tried out several sentences for this spot, but none could capture my thoughts.
Mom whose 7-year-old has brain swelling from measles still wouldn’t vaccinate
EXCLUSIVE: South Carolina parents living in the state’s measles epicenter tell Rhian Lubin of their devastation after their unvaccinated 7-year-old son, Ethan, developed encephalitis, a complication f...
www.independent.co.uk
February 19, 2026 at 5:14 PM
Notice that no one ever asks the child what they want.
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Hey everyone, Green Lantern is one of our printers who is in dire need of filament right now. They are going through about 28 kg of filament a week (about 50,000 whistles).
www.amazon.com/wedding/shar...
www.amazon.com/wedding/shar...
Amazon Wedding Registry
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February 19, 2026 at 4:57 PM
Hey everyone, Green Lantern is one of our printers who is in dire need of filament right now. They are going through about 28 kg of filament a week (about 50,000 whistles).
www.amazon.com/wedding/shar...
www.amazon.com/wedding/shar...
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Yeah well your value gets lower the more Wes Anderson characters you dress as at the same time. So we are at an impasse
February 19, 2026 at 4:52 PM
Yeah well your value gets lower the more Wes Anderson characters you dress as at the same time. So we are at an impasse
Fellow non-asshole parents of trans kids, this one is on us to collect, so please allow me to say that while I would never wish this grief on any parent, you can be deeply grieving and also be a COLOSSAL shithead, as is the case here.
February 19, 2026 at 7:25 AM
Fellow non-asshole parents of trans kids, this one is on us to collect, so please allow me to say that while I would never wish this grief on any parent, you can be deeply grieving and also be a COLOSSAL shithead, as is the case here.