Debbie
@chihnu.bsky.social
Yarn, books, cats, SciComm, climate resilience, collaborative conservation. Indie dyer, MAD Dyeworks. Resistance through craft and community. No AI. All views are my own. ABQ, NM, USA (she/her)
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Ignore all laws about altering historic properties ✅
Pave over Rose Garden for tacky Mar-A-Lardo Patio ✅
Demolish East Wing after lying that "It won't interfere with the current building. It'll be near it but not touching it" ✅
Build gaudy $250M Ballroom as public struggles financially ✅
#Ugh🤢✅
Pave over Rose Garden for tacky Mar-A-Lardo Patio ✅
Demolish East Wing after lying that "It won't interfere with the current building. It'll be near it but not touching it" ✅
Build gaudy $250M Ballroom as public struggles financially ✅
#Ugh🤢✅
October 21, 2025 at 4:01 PM
Ignore all laws about altering historic properties ✅
Pave over Rose Garden for tacky Mar-A-Lardo Patio ✅
Demolish East Wing after lying that "It won't interfere with the current building. It'll be near it but not touching it" ✅
Build gaudy $250M Ballroom as public struggles financially ✅
#Ugh🤢✅
Pave over Rose Garden for tacky Mar-A-Lardo Patio ✅
Demolish East Wing after lying that "It won't interfere with the current building. It'll be near it but not touching it" ✅
Build gaudy $250M Ballroom as public struggles financially ✅
#Ugh🤢✅
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When this is over, no matter the effort and no matter the cost, we tear down Trump's ballroom and restore the White House to the way it was.
And then we take a wrecking ball to Mar-a-Lago.
And then we take a wrecking ball to Mar-a-Lago.
October 20, 2025 at 11:30 PM
When this is over, no matter the effort and no matter the cost, we tear down Trump's ballroom and restore the White House to the way it was.
And then we take a wrecking ball to Mar-a-Lago.
And then we take a wrecking ball to Mar-a-Lago.
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billionaires should not be allowed to exist because the downside of "one of them loses their mind" is simply too dangerous for a functional society
also, having a billion dollars tends to make you lose your mind
also, having a billion dollars tends to make you lose your mind
The whole point of democracy is so one person's derangement does not become everybody's problem. It's social hygiene. The fact the richest men in the West are a mix of grotty twelve year olds and deranged apocalypse fanatics is a problem, and we should be honest about it.
Someone went there:
"It Kind of Seems Like Peter Thiel is Losing It"
via @futurism.com
futurism.com/future-socie...
"It Kind of Seems Like Peter Thiel is Losing It"
via @futurism.com
futurism.com/future-socie...
October 20, 2025 at 5:47 PM
billionaires should not be allowed to exist because the downside of "one of them loses their mind" is simply too dangerous for a functional society
also, having a billion dollars tends to make you lose your mind
also, having a billion dollars tends to make you lose your mind
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I cannot recommend you enough to install the Wikipedia app on your devices and use it like you would any search engine. Nowadays they even have tabs so you can open many articles at once.
And, if you can, please donate to the foundation. It has survived the internet enshittification that way.
And, if you can, please donate to the foundation. It has survived the internet enshittification that way.
wikipedia's data shows that AI is siphoning traffic away from the site, which is a danger to its sustainability. ironically Wikipedia is more important than ever to users who want reliable information instead of slop, and to AI companies that need it for training data www.404media.co/wikipedia-sa...
Wikipedia Says AI Is Causing a Dangerous Decline in Human Visitors
“With fewer visits to Wikipedia, fewer volunteers may grow and enrich the content, and fewer individual donors may support this work.”
www.404media.co
October 17, 2025 at 2:41 PM
I cannot recommend you enough to install the Wikipedia app on your devices and use it like you would any search engine. Nowadays they even have tabs so you can open many articles at once.
And, if you can, please donate to the foundation. It has survived the internet enshittification that way.
And, if you can, please donate to the foundation. It has survived the internet enshittification that way.
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Caturday meets No Kings day.
October 18, 2025 at 2:50 PM
Caturday meets No Kings day.
Still some Balloon Glow left from this weekend's mini fiber festival. It will be heading to The Yarn Store at Nob Hill later today.
October 6, 2025 at 1:30 PM
Still some Balloon Glow left from this weekend's mini fiber festival. It will be heading to The Yarn Store at Nob Hill later today.
Also despite me vending this weekend, I've given up dyeing more fiber or yarn because the day job is taking all my time at the moment. And fuck it. If I sell out, hooray! I might put a dent in the loan I gave the business to stockpile supplies.
October 2, 2025 at 7:22 AM
Also despite me vending this weekend, I've given up dyeing more fiber or yarn because the day job is taking all my time at the moment. And fuck it. If I sell out, hooray! I might put a dent in the loan I gave the business to stockpile supplies.
Changing my avatar because sometimes you are just a cat under a chair.
October 2, 2025 at 7:21 AM
Changing my avatar because sometimes you are just a cat under a chair.
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We are thrilled to announce that our NEW Large Language Model will be released on 11.18.25.
October 2, 2025 at 1:43 AM
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Albuquerque area fiber folks! Are you missing MAVWA this year? Come by The Yarn Store at Nob Hill this weekend for a mini fiber festival! MAD Dyeworks will be joined by Desert Wools, ZiaWoolz, Fabrilliant Bags, Enchanted Spinners, and the Oveja Project with Chief the sheep!
October 1, 2025 at 7:21 AM
Albuquerque area fiber folks! Are you missing MAVWA this year? Come by The Yarn Store at Nob Hill this weekend for a mini fiber festival! MAD Dyeworks will be joined by Desert Wools, ZiaWoolz, Fabrilliant Bags, Enchanted Spinners, and the Oveja Project with Chief the sheep!
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At some point, we really need to ask ourselves:
Is all the authoritarian crap Trump is doing a distraction from the Epstein File?
Or, is the Epstein File a distraction from the fact we are watching our country descend into a dictatorship under the control of a demented old man?
Is all the authoritarian crap Trump is doing a distraction from the Epstein File?
Or, is the Epstein File a distraction from the fact we are watching our country descend into a dictatorship under the control of a demented old man?
September 27, 2025 at 3:51 PM
At some point, we really need to ask ourselves:
Is all the authoritarian crap Trump is doing a distraction from the Epstein File?
Or, is the Epstein File a distraction from the fact we are watching our country descend into a dictatorship under the control of a demented old man?
Is all the authoritarian crap Trump is doing a distraction from the Epstein File?
Or, is the Epstein File a distraction from the fact we are watching our country descend into a dictatorship under the control of a demented old man?
Fresh from the dye pot, this year's Balloon Fiesta colorway. Inspired by the Balloon Glow nights!
#yarn #indiedyern #handdyedyarn
#yarn #indiedyern #handdyedyarn
September 15, 2025 at 6:52 AM
Fresh from the dye pot, this year's Balloon Fiesta colorway. Inspired by the Balloon Glow nights!
#yarn #indiedyern #handdyedyarn
#yarn #indiedyern #handdyedyarn
I'm almost halfway done with my current spin. I got about a lb of Aurora Borealis from World of Wool. I've just got a little bit left of the first half lb, and then to start the second single. Plan is double plied for a sweater.
#handspinning #yarn #spinning #spinningfiber
#handspinning #yarn #spinning #spinningfiber
September 13, 2025 at 9:00 PM
I'm almost halfway done with my current spin. I got about a lb of Aurora Borealis from World of Wool. I've just got a little bit left of the first half lb, and then to start the second single. Plan is double plied for a sweater.
#handspinning #yarn #spinning #spinningfiber
#handspinning #yarn #spinning #spinningfiber
This is really amazing and fascinating!
Shout out to everyone only now learning that "Albert Einstein was reclusive at the end of his career, shunning public engagements."
Really meant,
"For the last *20 years* of his career, Einstein opposed US racism by only speaking publicly at Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs).
Really meant,
"For the last *20 years* of his career, Einstein opposed US racism by only speaking publicly at Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs).
September 12, 2025 at 8:10 AM
This is really amazing and fascinating!
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Today’s discovery is everyone who was too scared to speak up about against fascism or genocide has found their voice when condemning the death of a far right figure.
September 12, 2025 at 2:51 AM
Today’s discovery is everyone who was too scared to speak up about against fascism or genocide has found their voice when condemning the death of a far right figure.
This made me less angry today. youtu.be/rfUEstWJUkA?...
The most INSANE Bohemian Rhapsody Flashmob you will ever see!!
YouTube video by Julien Cohen
youtu.be
September 12, 2025 at 2:48 AM
This made me less angry today. youtu.be/rfUEstWJUkA?...
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Governor announces New Mexico will now provide free universal child care
Governor announces New Mexico will now provide free universal child care
NEW MEXICO (KRQE) – New Mexico is becoming the first state in the U.S. to offer free early childhood education to every family in the state. Governor Michelle Lujan Grisham announced a universal ch…
www.krqe.com
September 9, 2025 at 4:29 AM
Governor announces New Mexico will now provide free universal child care
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“There was no discussion, there was no warning, simply an email that said, ‘You’re done. This project is no longer within the administration’s scope. Cease and desist activities as of today.’”
@jkutzie.bsky.social's latest for @19thnews.org.
@jkutzie.bsky.social's latest for @19thnews.org.
In a single email, the EPA ended her research into how climate change endangers children
Jane Clougherty spent years studying how extreme weather affects kids’ health, but as climate threats continue to rise, the Trump administration cancelled her work.
19thnews.org
September 9, 2025 at 3:13 PM
“There was no discussion, there was no warning, simply an email that said, ‘You’re done. This project is no longer within the administration’s scope. Cease and desist activities as of today.’”
@jkutzie.bsky.social's latest for @19thnews.org.
@jkutzie.bsky.social's latest for @19thnews.org.
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The strike in the Caribbean wasn’t about drugs. It was about power unbound from principle.
In Defense One (@defenseone.bsky.social), I explain why this is a warning to all who serve: remember your oath.
www.defenseone.com/ideas/2025/0...
In Defense One (@defenseone.bsky.social), I explain why this is a warning to all who serve: remember your oath.
www.defenseone.com/ideas/2025/0...
A killing at sea marks America’s descent into lawless power
The peremptory strike on a speedboat is a warning to all who serve. Remember your oath.
www.defenseone.com
September 8, 2025 at 5:59 PM
The strike in the Caribbean wasn’t about drugs. It was about power unbound from principle.
In Defense One (@defenseone.bsky.social), I explain why this is a warning to all who serve: remember your oath.
www.defenseone.com/ideas/2025/0...
In Defense One (@defenseone.bsky.social), I explain why this is a warning to all who serve: remember your oath.
www.defenseone.com/ideas/2025/0...
I was at the Salida Fiber Festival this weekend and it's one of my favorite festivals. It's in a park by a river and the vibe is chill and relaxing. They do such a great job selecting vendors. Really high caliber and a good mix. And the town is great! If you're in CO, don't skip this fiber festival!
September 8, 2025 at 6:33 AM
I was at the Salida Fiber Festival this weekend and it's one of my favorite festivals. It's in a park by a river and the vibe is chill and relaxing. They do such a great job selecting vendors. Really high caliber and a good mix. And the town is great! If you're in CO, don't skip this fiber festival!
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Finally a real headline from the NYT
September 3, 2025 at 7:03 PM
Finally a real headline from the NYT
That said, there will be a wool shortage in the US. There already is a wool shortage. Millwool has been out of my go-to bases since July. Shep's was so backed up I didn't get fiber in time for a show despite ordering a month earlier. And they are 100% domestic wool. It's going to be bad, folks.
September 3, 2025 at 11:03 PM
That said, there will be a wool shortage in the US. There already is a wool shortage. Millwool has been out of my go-to bases since July. Shep's was so backed up I didn't get fiber in time for a show despite ordering a month earlier. And they are 100% domestic wool. It's going to be bad, folks.
Anyone remember when the whole thing with the Ravelympics went down? Reminder that we got the International Olympics Committee to apologize to us. Fiber artists are fierce.
slate.com/business/202...
slate.com/business/202...
Trump’s Tariffs Are Destroying Something You’d Never Expect
Not even your favorite sweater is safe from the trade war.
slate.com
September 3, 2025 at 10:54 PM
Anyone remember when the whole thing with the Ravelympics went down? Reminder that we got the International Olympics Committee to apologize to us. Fiber artists are fierce.
slate.com/business/202...
slate.com/business/202...
My one picture from this weekend's fiber festival. I ended up taking home less than I brought so it's a win! I also sold several people on the wonders of targhee wool, a 100% American breed developed by the USDA. It's squishy.
September 1, 2025 at 3:59 PM
My one picture from this weekend's fiber festival. I ended up taking home less than I brought so it's a win! I also sold several people on the wonders of targhee wool, a 100% American breed developed by the USDA. It's squishy.