Laura Fry 🇨🇦
@weaverlaura.bsky.social
Weaver. Teacher. Author. Love to talk threads. Threads of threads. Weaving threads of thread and words. http://laurasloom.blogspot.com
She/her
https://ko-fi.com/laurafry/shop
She/her
https://ko-fi.com/laurafry/shop
Books. I just bought one because library brought a copy in via inter library loan and I think I really need to take time to read it.
Humans: the 300,000 year struggle for equality. Alvin Finkel.
Humans: the 300,000 year struggle for equality. Alvin Finkel.
February 5, 2026 at 5:40 PM
Books. I just bought one because library brought a copy in via inter library loan and I think I really need to take time to read it.
Humans: the 300,000 year struggle for equality. Alvin Finkel.
Humans: the 300,000 year struggle for equality. Alvin Finkel.
Same.
my most peepaw-coded trait is that I angrily refuse to use DoorDash (and similar apps) because I know the markup is so insane versus “picking the food up myself” - and that money doesn’t go to the restaurant.
By god, I will drive or walk my ass over to the restaurant and get it myself.
By god, I will drive or walk my ass over to the restaurant and get it myself.
February 5, 2026 at 5:35 PM
Same.
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If you are a professor and you know the employer you are recommending a student to will call you and press you for details about what she looks like, the proper move is not to describe her physically in the email.
IT IS TO WARN THE STUDENT ABOUT THE EMPLOYER.
IT IS TO WARN THE STUDENT ABOUT THE EMPLOYER.
February 5, 2026 at 4:13 PM
If you are a professor and you know the employer you are recommending a student to will call you and press you for details about what she looks like, the proper move is not to describe her physically in the email.
IT IS TO WARN THE STUDENT ABOUT THE EMPLOYER.
IT IS TO WARN THE STUDENT ABOUT THE EMPLOYER.
This one hits hard. I keep telling people to light another’s candle because doing that does not put ours out. And I keep forgetting about those who purposefully blow the candles out. I weep for what is happening. But I will keep lighting candles, if I can.
February 5, 2026 at 5:27 PM
This one hits hard. I keep telling people to light another’s candle because doing that does not put ours out. And I keep forgetting about those who purposefully blow the candles out. I weep for what is happening. But I will keep lighting candles, if I can.
There are days.
Alt text.
Gonna show this to my neurologist as my ideal before and after.
Gonna show this to my neurologist as my ideal before and after.
February 5, 2026 at 5:24 PM
There are days.
And that, right there, is the ugly part of Amerika we all know very well.
KENNEDY: If Canada came to the US and said, 'We're going to 0 tariffs on the US, all of them are off,' would you and the president go to 0 tariffs and let Canadian companies and American companies compete on a level playing field?
BESSENT: Absolutely not
BESSENT: Absolutely not
February 5, 2026 at 5:22 PM
And that, right there, is the ugly part of Amerika we all know very well.
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Vancouver International Airport just set a record year for travel despite a 7 per cent drop in travel to the U.S. Travel to the Asia Pacific region rose by 15.6 per cent
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
February 5, 2026 at 4:45 PM
Vancouver International Airport just set a record year for travel despite a 7 per cent drop in travel to the U.S. Travel to the Asia Pacific region rose by 15.6 per cent
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
It will (likely) kill universal healthcare and therefore a shit tonne of people. US style healthcare bankrupts shut tonne of people every year and the oligarchs don’t care so long as they get another billion. 🤷♀️
Alberta’s health law could reshape #healthcare far beyond the province. Read what Bill 11 means for the future of Canadian #medicare. #abpoli @djclimenhaga.bsky.social
Alberta’s two-tier health care bill is designed to kill public health care
Never mind the UCP’s rhetoric, the reforms the Smith Government proposes will lead straight to the nightmare south of the 49th Parallel.
rabble.ca
February 5, 2026 at 5:20 PM
It will (likely) kill universal healthcare and therefore a shit tonne of people. US style healthcare bankrupts shut tonne of people every year and the oligarchs don’t care so long as they get another billion. 🤷♀️
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Use only water or fresh air on tear gas or pepper spray.
No milk, vinegar, antacids, urine, etc. and especially not in eye.
Thank me later,
An actual expert
No milk, vinegar, antacids, urine, etc. and especially not in eye.
Thank me later,
An actual expert
October 9, 2025 at 8:06 PM
Use only water or fresh air on tear gas or pepper spray.
No milk, vinegar, antacids, urine, etc. and especially not in eye.
Thank me later,
An actual expert
No milk, vinegar, antacids, urine, etc. and especially not in eye.
Thank me later,
An actual expert
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I’m just a Mètis woman, standing in her living room, asking Canada to STOP USING LULU LEMON FOR THE OLYMPIC UNIFORMS.
Try hiring an Indigenous designer, FFS.
Try hiring an Indigenous designer, FFS.
February 5, 2026 at 3:35 AM
I’m just a Mètis woman, standing in her living room, asking Canada to STOP USING LULU LEMON FOR THE OLYMPIC UNIFORMS.
Try hiring an Indigenous designer, FFS.
Try hiring an Indigenous designer, FFS.
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My actual job description is activist and here’s what I tell people in despair all the time: do not underestimate how much harm you can prevent by being just a little bit annoying.
This is one reason I keep trying to remind people of the power that we have. That we have *always* had. Not because I’m in denial, but because I know history. I’m no sophisticated intellectual, but I do know we’re going to win even though the bad shit is really terrible right now.
Too many people on Bluesky think that relentless expressions of despair are a sign of intellectual sophistication.
February 5, 2026 at 4:53 AM
My actual job description is activist and here’s what I tell people in despair all the time: do not underestimate how much harm you can prevent by being just a little bit annoying.
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“When they killed Good in Minnesota,
They never once suspected we would rise this way!”
I come back to this thread of hope from our resistance friend with new resistance songs I find. This brings a tear of both sorrow and joy; simple beauty — just a friend, a guitar, and some hope.
They never once suspected we would rise this way!”
I come back to this thread of hope from our resistance friend with new resistance songs I find. This brings a tear of both sorrow and joy; simple beauty — just a friend, a guitar, and some hope.
Song: They Killed Good in Minnesota. Written before Pretti was summarily executed. I decided maybe a small, quiet song could make a big point.
They Killed Good in Minnesota
YouTube video by Nina Jo Smith
youtu.be
February 4, 2026 at 8:04 PM
“When they killed Good in Minnesota,
They never once suspected we would rise this way!”
I come back to this thread of hope from our resistance friend with new resistance songs I find. This brings a tear of both sorrow and joy; simple beauty — just a friend, a guitar, and some hope.
They never once suspected we would rise this way!”
I come back to this thread of hope from our resistance friend with new resistance songs I find. This brings a tear of both sorrow and joy; simple beauty — just a friend, a guitar, and some hope.
Wow. Wab Kinew and team for the people. Nice if a few other politicians actually *served* their people. 💗
Premier Kinew and Minister Asagwara aren’t leaving seniors at the mercy of the market, they’re stepping in to save these precious elder care beds.
This is exactly what we mean when we say that the role of the government is to goddamn govern.
This is exactly what we mean when we say that the role of the government is to goddamn govern.
NDP government uses health system expropriation powers for first time, seizes care home
The provincial government has taken control of a personal care home in south Winnipeg, marking the first time since taking power in 2023 that it has used expropriation within the health-care system to...
www.ctvnews.ca
February 5, 2026 at 1:33 AM
Wow. Wab Kinew and team for the people. Nice if a few other politicians actually *served* their people. 💗
How very Christian of him. 😳
February 5, 2026 at 1:15 AM
How very Christian of him. 😳
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The current warp is cut off and I started cutting/serving the towels apart. Still hoping to get them through the washer/ dryer tomorrow and press Friday. In the meantime I need to weave samples for the next WEFT articles. Deadline is next month! Yikes 😳🧶
February 5, 2026 at 1:07 AM
The current warp is cut off and I started cutting/serving the towels apart. Still hoping to get them through the washer/ dryer tomorrow and press Friday. In the meantime I need to weave samples for the next WEFT articles. Deadline is next month! Yikes 😳🧶
I still have my account but I stopped posting to it a long time ago.
Every change Meta makes to Instagram just makes it harder to use. What a bizarre business model! 🫠
I just got this notification from this trial Meta is conducting. For art to be seen, fees are required. No more likes because your work is interesting to ppl, it is all just paid access to huge audiences. And these are just starting fees, they go up after a month. 👎😬😭
February 5, 2026 at 1:04 AM
I still have my account but I stopped posting to it a long time ago.
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Halfway through the colours, and almost into orange. The last colour is a dark red.
#embroidery #art #wip
#embroidery #art #wip
February 4, 2026 at 10:18 PM
Halfway through the colours, and almost into orange. The last colour is a dark red.
#embroidery #art #wip
#embroidery #art #wip
Ok I’ve had enough of ‘reality’, time to go back to the loom. It’s about the only thing keeping me sane rn.
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February 4, 2026 at 10:13 PM
Ok I’ve had enough of ‘reality’, time to go back to the loom. It’s about the only thing keeping me sane rn.
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Oh fuck. 🤯🤬🤮
During the Vietnam War, U.S. troops regularly adorned Vietnamese corpses with “death cards” — either an ace of spades or a custom-printed business card claiming credit for their kills. Now, ICE is using them. theintercept.com/2026/02/03/i...
February 4, 2026 at 10:11 PM
Oh fuck. 🤯🤬🤮
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sorry maybe this is an unnecessary level of stating the obvious, but sometimes when someone says they don’t think puerto ricans are “american,” it isn’t an opportunity to do a little civics gotcha & tell them about the insular cases. they just mean they think real americans are white.
February 2, 2026 at 9:18 PM
sorry maybe this is an unnecessary level of stating the obvious, but sometimes when someone says they don’t think puerto ricans are “american,” it isn’t an opportunity to do a little civics gotcha & tell them about the insular cases. they just mean they think real americans are white.
Not to mention Jivani is besties with Vance AND PP STILL won’t get his security clearance. 🤷♀️
Because the PM and ministers didn’t immediately capitulate to a Christo-fascist extremist’s demands, this is framed as a “snub”. Unbelievable!! He’s a toxic lying backbencher who has ZERO good faith. He’s a back door saboteur.
February 4, 2026 at 6:34 PM
Not to mention Jivani is besties with Vance AND PP STILL won’t get his security clearance. 🤷♀️
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we need every grain of sand in the gears. every single one.
A Minneapolis City Council committee delayed action Tuesday on renewing liquor licenses for two Minneapolis hotels that have housed federal immigration officers.
Minneapolis Council committee delays liquor licenses for 2 hotels over hosting federal agents
The City Council will hold a public hearing on the liquor licenses for the Canopy by Hilton in the Mill District and Depot Renaissance Hotel.
www.startribune.com
February 4, 2026 at 4:44 AM
we need every grain of sand in the gears. every single one.
Trump is giving every misogynist permission to be a dick. Society reinforces that by accepting this behaviour. 🤷♀️
so crazy to me that a woman asked trump if he has any words for epstein's victims and he said "you as a young woman should smile more." it will go nowhere bc republicans refuse to hold trump accountable, but it's still pretty crazy.
February 4, 2026 at 1:14 PM
Trump is giving every misogynist permission to be a dick. Society reinforces that by accepting this behaviour. 🤷♀️
Was he asked by the PM to go down? Will he toss a monkey wrench into the works? Is he on team Canada? Or just wasting our taxpayer $ to visit his buddy the vp and throw 🍁 under the trump bus? 🤷♀️
CBC accuses the Prime Minister of "snubbing" a MAGA Conserative backbencher who says he will go to Washington to negotiate a trade deal.
The daily gaslighting from the editorial room of our national broadcaster gets more out there all the time.
www.cbc.ca/news/politic...
The daily gaslighting from the editorial room of our national broadcaster gets more out there all the time.
www.cbc.ca/news/politic...
Conservative MP Jivani heads to Washington after Liberals snub offer to collaborate | CBC News
Conservative MP Jamil Jivani, a longtime friend of U.S Vice-President JD Vance, is travelling to Washington to advocate for better Canada-U.S. relations after multiple unsuccessful emails to members o...
www.cbc.ca
February 4, 2026 at 1:12 PM
Was he asked by the PM to go down? Will he toss a monkey wrench into the works? Is he on team Canada? Or just wasting our taxpayer $ to visit his buddy the vp and throw 🍁 under the trump bus? 🤷♀️