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@silverhawthorne.bsky.social
writer, poet, editor (Liminality)
burlesque producer & host (Viscous & Tingle)
🌈🦓, 🧶, freelance alchemist, ornamental hermit.
habitat restoration as tikkun olam.
AEW/ROH/NJPW/CMLL.
4’11”.
Pagliacci.
burlesque producer & host (Viscous & Tingle)
🌈🦓, 🧶, freelance alchemist, ornamental hermit.
habitat restoration as tikkun olam.
AEW/ROH/NJPW/CMLL.
4’11”.
Pagliacci.
Pinned
The Japanese Artist Who Sends His Work to Space | The New Yorker Documentary
YouTube video by The New Yorker
www.youtube.com
Good morning. Here's my favorite half-hour documentary as a treat. Make a cup of tea and enjoy.
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Kendrick, Joyce Carol Oates, Menswear Guy, and Isaac Chotiner are the Voltron of People You Don't Want Focusing on You
November 11, 2025 at 7:37 PM
Kendrick, Joyce Carol Oates, Menswear Guy, and Isaac Chotiner are the Voltron of People You Don't Want Focusing on You
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In the past three hours I have seen the following claims:
+ Nobody researches craft except for the person posting.
+ Person posting has invented a brand-new knitting stitch.
+ Nobody has ever knitted a hat top-down.
I am so incredibly tired of this merry-go-round.
+ Nobody researches craft except for the person posting.
+ Person posting has invented a brand-new knitting stitch.
+ Nobody has ever knitted a hat top-down.
I am so incredibly tired of this merry-go-round.
November 11, 2025 at 7:31 PM
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this is cool and people saying "just buy a whistle on amazon" did not read the story, have lost the light in their hearts, and will not enter heaven with that attitude www.404media.co/the-latest-d...
The Latest Defense Against ICE: 3D-Printed Whistles
Chicagoans are making, sharing, and printing designs for whistles that can warn people when ICE is in the area. The goal is to “prevent as many people from being kidnapped as possible.”
www.404media.co
November 11, 2025 at 2:01 PM
this is cool and people saying "just buy a whistle on amazon" did not read the story, have lost the light in their hearts, and will not enter heaven with that attitude www.404media.co/the-latest-d...
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This is new information for me, too. It's wild that the person who invented the most common reading education system in the US says point-blank that it doesn't matter if people don't actually read words, but just guess what they are. He says it's fine to see the word "pony" and read it as "horse."
how did i go so long not knowing we were literally teaching people to read wrong. i knew something wasn't right but jesus christ www.apmreports.org/episode/2019...
How a flawed idea is teaching millions of kids to be poor readers
For decades, schools have taught children the strategies of struggling readers, using a theory about reading that cognitive scientists have repeatedly debunked. And many teachers and parents don't kno...
www.apmreports.org
November 11, 2025 at 7:14 PM
This is new information for me, too. It's wild that the person who invented the most common reading education system in the US says point-blank that it doesn't matter if people don't actually read words, but just guess what they are. He says it's fine to see the word "pony" and read it as "horse."
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Northern Lights/Aurora Borealis ALERT For Tonight
In response to today's intense solar flare and CME (Coronal Mass Ejection), NOAA has upgraded their forecast to a Severe (G4) Geomagnetic Storm Watch.
G4 Watches are rare.
Exact timing & magnitude are impossible to know with certainty.
In response to today's intense solar flare and CME (Coronal Mass Ejection), NOAA has upgraded their forecast to a Severe (G4) Geomagnetic Storm Watch.
G4 Watches are rare.
Exact timing & magnitude are impossible to know with certainty.
November 11, 2025 at 7:00 PM
Northern Lights/Aurora Borealis ALERT For Tonight
In response to today's intense solar flare and CME (Coronal Mass Ejection), NOAA has upgraded their forecast to a Severe (G4) Geomagnetic Storm Watch.
G4 Watches are rare.
Exact timing & magnitude are impossible to know with certainty.
In response to today's intense solar flare and CME (Coronal Mass Ejection), NOAA has upgraded their forecast to a Severe (G4) Geomagnetic Storm Watch.
G4 Watches are rare.
Exact timing & magnitude are impossible to know with certainty.
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my patience has increased but I will say, it is ok to have trouble reading, it is not ok to scream at people for things you imagined they said because you can't read what they actually said
November 11, 2025 at 6:24 PM
my patience has increased but I will say, it is ok to have trouble reading, it is not ok to scream at people for things you imagined they said because you can't read what they actually said
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how did i go so long not knowing we were literally teaching people to read wrong. i knew something wasn't right but jesus christ www.apmreports.org/episode/2019...
How a flawed idea is teaching millions of kids to be poor readers
For decades, schools have taught children the strategies of struggling readers, using a theory about reading that cognitive scientists have repeatedly debunked. And many teachers and parents don't kno...
www.apmreports.org
November 11, 2025 at 6:18 PM
how did i go so long not knowing we were literally teaching people to read wrong. i knew something wasn't right but jesus christ www.apmreports.org/episode/2019...
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ever since I learned about three-cueing I've developed infinitely more patience for replies on social media. mfers literally do not know how to read. people are walking around conjuring random meanings into words they don't know, and they don't know a lot of words. it's crazy
November 11, 2025 at 6:15 PM
ever since I learned about three-cueing I've developed infinitely more patience for replies on social media. mfers literally do not know how to read. people are walking around conjuring random meanings into words they don't know, and they don't know a lot of words. it's crazy
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I don’t think any of us are fully prepared for the level of self-pity and absolution that’s going to be in Olivia Nuzzi’s (hilariously titled) “American Canto”
November 11, 2025 at 2:34 PM
I don’t think any of us are fully prepared for the level of self-pity and absolution that’s going to be in Olivia Nuzzi’s (hilariously titled) “American Canto”
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“whatever club he’s invited to join has been devalued by the invitation”
November 11, 2025 at 3:05 AM
“whatever club he’s invited to join has been devalued by the invitation”
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Charli xcx - House featuring John Cale (Official Video)
YouTube video by Charli xcx
www.youtube.com
November 11, 2025 at 2:24 PM
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I’m late to Elon’s reading rainbow but apparently the Iliad and Odyssey are now interchangeable
*maximum alpha at 1.25x speed* continuously lives on in my head, unfortunately.
November 11, 2025 at 12:44 PM
I’m late to Elon’s reading rainbow but apparently the Iliad and Odyssey are now interchangeable
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#Knitsky, one of my favourite cable tricks? Knitting cables without a cable needle! #tiptuesday
It’s a game-changer that keeps things flowing nicely without losing neatness. Have you tried it yet?
youtube.com/shorts/Wtmnf...
It’s a game-changer that keeps things flowing nicely without losing neatness. Have you tried it yet?
youtube.com/shorts/Wtmnf...
Learn to Knit Cables WITHOUT a Cable Needle!
YouTube video by Carol Feller
youtube.com
November 11, 2025 at 1:01 PM
#Knitsky, one of my favourite cable tricks? Knitting cables without a cable needle! #tiptuesday
It’s a game-changer that keeps things flowing nicely without losing neatness. Have you tried it yet?
youtube.com/shorts/Wtmnf...
It’s a game-changer that keeps things flowing nicely without losing neatness. Have you tried it yet?
youtube.com/shorts/Wtmnf...
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In the century leading up to 1975, nearly 6000 freighters went down in the Great Lakes.
The Edmund Fitzgerald was the last.
The last. In 50 years, not a single commercial freighter has been lost in the Great Lakes.
Why?
It's NOAA. Of course it's NOAA.
The Edmund Fitzgerald was the last.
The last. In 50 years, not a single commercial freighter has been lost in the Great Lakes.
Why?
It's NOAA. Of course it's NOAA.
November 11, 2025 at 1:50 AM
In the century leading up to 1975, nearly 6000 freighters went down in the Great Lakes.
The Edmund Fitzgerald was the last.
The last. In 50 years, not a single commercial freighter has been lost in the Great Lakes.
Why?
It's NOAA. Of course it's NOAA.
The Edmund Fitzgerald was the last.
The last. In 50 years, not a single commercial freighter has been lost in the Great Lakes.
Why?
It's NOAA. Of course it's NOAA.
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Jupiter says trans rights
🔭 Jupiter in Ultraviolet from Hubble
Image Credit: NASA, ESA, Hubble; Processing & License: Judy Schmidt
star.ucl.ac.uk/~apod/apod/a...
Image Credit: NASA, ESA, Hubble; Processing & License: Judy Schmidt
star.ucl.ac.uk/~apod/apod/a...
November 11, 2025 at 8:22 AM
Jupiter says trans rights
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November 11, 2025 at 4:30 AM
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Aww... look, she brought you some flowers!
Let's meet the American pika (Ochotona princeps).
The scientific name is from Mongolian 'ogotno' meaning "pika" & Latin princeps for 'first' or 'chief'.
They're lagomorphs, in the same taxonomic Order as rabbits & hares, but adapted to mountain environs.
Let's meet the American pika (Ochotona princeps).
The scientific name is from Mongolian 'ogotno' meaning "pika" & Latin princeps for 'first' or 'chief'.
They're lagomorphs, in the same taxonomic Order as rabbits & hares, but adapted to mountain environs.
November 11, 2025 at 2:22 PM
Aww... look, she brought you some flowers!
Let's meet the American pika (Ochotona princeps).
The scientific name is from Mongolian 'ogotno' meaning "pika" & Latin princeps for 'first' or 'chief'.
They're lagomorphs, in the same taxonomic Order as rabbits & hares, but adapted to mountain environs.
Let's meet the American pika (Ochotona princeps).
The scientific name is from Mongolian 'ogotno' meaning "pika" & Latin princeps for 'first' or 'chief'.
They're lagomorphs, in the same taxonomic Order as rabbits & hares, but adapted to mountain environs.
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People suggesting that AI can help the loneliness epidemic aren't realized how dangerous becoming accustomed to a constant affirmation machine can be.
Real human interactions aren't universally positive and no one responds to everything with "what a brilliant suggestion you well hung genius"
Real human interactions aren't universally positive and no one responds to everything with "what a brilliant suggestion you well hung genius"
November 11, 2025 at 12:45 AM
People suggesting that AI can help the loneliness epidemic aren't realized how dangerous becoming accustomed to a constant affirmation machine can be.
Real human interactions aren't universally positive and no one responds to everything with "what a brilliant suggestion you well hung genius"
Real human interactions aren't universally positive and no one responds to everything with "what a brilliant suggestion you well hung genius"
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Soooooooooooon.
(Signups open December 1st; the theme for 2026 is “liar liar pants on fire” and I have some really neat stuff lined up already.)
(Signups open December 1st; the theme for 2026 is “liar liar pants on fire” and I have some really neat stuff lined up already.)
November 11, 2025 at 3:12 AM
Soooooooooooon.
(Signups open December 1st; the theme for 2026 is “liar liar pants on fire” and I have some really neat stuff lined up already.)
(Signups open December 1st; the theme for 2026 is “liar liar pants on fire” and I have some really neat stuff lined up already.)
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welcome to bluesky. if the word "mapquest" means anything to you and/or you used it as a verb, you're in the right place
November 11, 2025 at 1:11 AM
welcome to bluesky. if the word "mapquest" means anything to you and/or you used it as a verb, you're in the right place
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Remember 25 years ago when a photo was taken of a fed pointing a gun at a crying refugee child and the image was so shameful it dominated the news cycle for a year
November 11, 2025 at 12:47 AM
Remember 25 years ago when a photo was taken of a fed pointing a gun at a crying refugee child and the image was so shameful it dominated the news cycle for a year
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Right before what's expected to be the worst US flu season to date. Plus Covid. And RSV. And...
UPDATE: The Senate votes 53-47 to shoot down the Baldwin amendment to extend ACA funds for 1 year. A party-line vote with every Republican rejecting it.
An important vote in this series: Tammy Baldwin’s proposal to extend ACA expiring funds for 1 year. It’s structured as a motion to table (i.e. scrap it from the amendment tree). But it’ll show the appetite (or lack thereof) in the Senate to address this issue.
November 11, 2025 at 3:02 AM
Right before what's expected to be the worst US flu season to date. Plus Covid. And RSV. And...
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Dems are like well we may have lost the battle but at least we lost the war
UPDATE: The Senate votes 53-47 to shoot down the Baldwin amendment to extend ACA funds for 1 year. A party-line vote with every Republican rejecting it.
An important vote in this series: Tammy Baldwin’s proposal to extend ACA expiring funds for 1 year. It’s structured as a motion to table (i.e. scrap it from the amendment tree). But it’ll show the appetite (or lack thereof) in the Senate to address this issue.
November 11, 2025 at 2:30 AM
Dems are like well we may have lost the battle but at least we lost the war
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Speed dating is when you have to tell Keanu Reeves a little bit about yourself or this bus will explode
November 10, 2025 at 2:15 PM
Speed dating is when you have to tell Keanu Reeves a little bit about yourself or this bus will explode