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Quin
@cozyqueer.bsky.social
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Internet lurker, crochet hobbyist, educarer
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Quin @cozyqueer.bsky.social · Feb 11
My partner and I are getting ready to buy a house. There’s a lot of ducks to get in a row still! And we’re learning a lot! The most important thing we learned is that low income people can buy a house!! I’m going to make a pinned thread of local #pdx resources for others to use or to donate to.
cozyqueer.bsky.social
💀¡Feliz Día de Muertos!💀
Photo of my ofrenda for Día de Muertos: a shelf, dried Marigold garland hanging in front, there are candles, incense, skulls, and other little decorations. The colors are bright with a lot of orange.
November 1, 2025 at 4:53 PM
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closestghost.bsky.social
I've designed my first crochet pattern, and it's available for free in my Ko-fi shop. ☕️ 🧶

ko-fi.com/s/03512d3270

#sumikkogurashi
#mugcozy
October 20, 2025 at 9:26 PM
cozyqueer.bsky.social
I’m tired and my body is falling apart, but… we’re gonna buy a house!
October 10, 2025 at 12:15 AM
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closestghost.bsky.social
The tutorial I followed! I reduced a few rows at the bottom of the triangular portion because I was running low on the lighter grey. I also added a row of SC to each of the rings with the darker grey, which seemed to help make them sturdier since I used a very soft cotton there.
October 9, 2025 at 8:37 PM
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brentclambert.bsky.social
Stretch. And do it way more than you think you should. It sounds funny but you don’t realize how much your mobility matters until an injury.
essencesimmone.blacksky.app essencesimmone.blacksky.app @essencesimmone.blacksky.app · Oct 3
Those who are 35+, what advice do you have for people just entering their 30s?
October 5, 2025 at 7:24 PM
cozyqueer.bsky.social
Hey! #acpc peeps!
October 2, 2025 at 3:05 AM
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raffic.bsky.social
🌟 very sad that my dear friend Jane Goodall has died. we were 1st in contact via fax letters to her home in Bournemouth, UK. we met in 1999, hit it off. she inspired me to write 3 songs: Counting On You, Roots & Shoots Everywhere and my tribute, Jane Jane (with her own chimp sounds). #RIPJaneGoodall
October 1, 2025 at 9:15 PM
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sweetvireodesigns.bsky.social
They are live on #Ravelry! "Pumpkins and Cats" Cowl in #crochet and #knit. They feature yarn from @knitterkim.bsky.social, DK for the knit and sock for the crochet. So excited to have them done for Halloween! I also have matching mittens in crochet that were released last year. #knitsky
September 22, 2025 at 8:15 PM
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pdxccla.bsky.social
Childcare workers of Portland! Come hang out on the heated front patio at Bye and Bye after work. Join us for our monthly (2nd Fridays) early childhood educator social! Friday 8/8 from 6:30-9pm. Minors welcome until 8pm. The Bye and Bye is at 1011 NE Alberta St.
Pink flyer with watermelon image reads: “childcare workers of Portland / monthly early educator social / Friday Aug 8 6:30-9pm / Bye and Bye 1011 NE Alberta St. Portland OR / join us on the front patio! Get support and strategies from fellow early educators, about anything from working conditions to education! Pdxccla@gmail.com / IG: @pdxchildcarelaboralliance / Bluesky: @pexccla.bsky.social
August 6, 2025 at 1:40 AM
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bibiblossoms.bsky.social
Happy Disability Pride Month! It's the perfect time to release my carbon fibre foldable walking sticks!

They're available in 3 patterns and with an add-on (quad tip). They have a weight capacity of 330lbs. Works for people 5ft - 6ft2. High quality and affordable!

Details below!
Carbon Fiber Foldable Walking Stick in 3 patterns: Strawberry, Galaxy and Bat
July 28, 2025 at 10:18 PM
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canopyrobin.com
Game Changer pride stickers are out now 🎉 (with massive thanks to @samreich.bsky.social for giving me permission to sell them!)

UK: canopyrobin.sumupstore.com/product/game...

International: canopyrobin.etsy.com/listing/4333...
Three vinyl stickers of the game changer loop-de-loop in progress pride, trans, and non-binary colours respectively. The stickers also have the words "we've been here the whole time"
July 26, 2025 at 1:24 PM
cozyqueer.bsky.social
New #crochet project! Nvm the others I’m working on looolll! Came across this yarn at a local shop and fell in love! Looked up patterns for it and found this heckin cool cowl.💙💖💜
Hand dyed yarn in a ball, the loose end swirled around, the colors are gradient of pink purple and blue. The yarn tag is pictured too: 249 Talisman, Arroyo, DK/Sport, 100% super wash merino wool Screen apt from the cowl pattern I bought. It has 3 images of the cowl, first on an adult, second laid out, third on a child. The cowl is reminiscent of a handkerchief shape and the colors are similar to the yarn pictured before.
July 27, 2025 at 7:54 PM
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purlandpost.bsky.social
Say hello (again) to Helen 💙

Reintroducing Helen, one of my very first colorways, named for my grandmother, whose favorite color was blue. This updated version stays true to her spirit with a bold mix of deep, dark blue and bright, vibrant blue.

#indiedyer #yarnsky #handdyedyarn #knit #crochet
July 20, 2025 at 2:07 PM
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joshuabhoe.bsky.social
Short thread:

1) I agree this is gross

2) Virtually every jail in the United States operates the same way

3) Most every low security prison in the United States operates in the same way

(I was incarcerated in 160 person pole barns that look just like those pods)
atrupar.com Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · Jul 12
Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz after touring "Alligator Alcatraz": "These detainees are living in cages. The pictures you've seen don't do it just. They are essentially packed into cages. 34 detainees per cage...they get their drinking water & they brush their teeth where they poop, in the same unit"
July 13, 2025 at 12:28 AM
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mags.colvett.online
Good move but to hell with the situation
allenanalysis.bsky.social Brian Allen @allenanalysis.bsky.social · Jul 11
🚨BREAKING: Cal State LA just moved classes online and let faculty work remotely, not for a storm, not for COVID, but because ICE is in the area.

Let that sink in, an entire university is treating immigration enforcement like a public health crisis.
July 12, 2025 at 2:36 AM
cozyqueer.bsky.social
Summer vibes ☀️
July 12, 2025 at 12:27 AM
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motherchild.bsky.social
On June 19 we celebrate #Juneteenth, in honor of the day in 1865 when enslaved people in Texas finally got word that they were free—a full two years after President Lincoln issued the Emancipation Proclamation. Here are some historic public domain photos of carriages decorated for Juneteenth. 1/3
Sepia-toned photograph of Martha Yates Jones and Pinkie Yates, daughters of Rev. Jack Yates, in a decorated carriage in front of a house, 1908. Sepia-toned photograph of two women and a man in a decorated carriage at Juneteenth celebrations in Corpus Christi, Texas, 1913.
June 18, 2025 at 5:08 PM
cozyqueer.bsky.social
#pdx here’s an action item for you to help rid us of an ice facility.
Revoke the Permit for the ICE Detention Facility in Portland
Please sign this petition to state your opposition to the ICE Detention Center in Portland, Oregon. By signing, you let the City Council and mayor know that you do not approve of the permission they g...
campaigns.organizefor.org
June 17, 2025 at 8:58 PM
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atrupar.com
"They took her in a car, in essence kidnapping her ... I met another young woman whose husband has quite literally disappeared" -- Newsom shares harrowing details of specific cases of ICE terrorizing immigrants in California
June 13, 2025 at 1:57 AM
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scgriffith.bsky.social
the hong kong protestors used the phrase "do not split" to mean that the radical protest and peaceful protest arms of the movement should refuse to criticize each other.
Yet if the movement is leaderless and anarchic, it isn't chaotic. It has guiding principles that allow participants to self- regulate even as the movement constantly reinvents itself. Among those principles is ("do not split"). Protesters use the expression to say that no one in the movement should condemn or obstruct the actions of fellow protesters they disagree with. People who oppose a given action should sit it out, but not try to prevent it. The use of force, in particular, is a divisive issue. Some insist on the necessity of keeping the protests peaceful, so that they will seem morally legitimate and may gain sympathy from the broader public. Others — especially younger protesters or protesters who consider that the lengthy sit-ins of the Umbrella Movement failed — believe that some measure of force has become necessary; otherwise, the government will simply ignore them. The “do not split” idea acts as a bridge between these two factions by promoting mutual respect for diverging views within the protest movement.
June 8, 2025 at 7:30 PM
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apertureflash.bsky.social
I've decided to turn any hate towards this into a positive. Every time I get flipped off or thumbs down for this flag I'm gonna make a 3$ donation to www.thetrevorproject.org at the end of the month.
#Pride #QueerTrucker #TheTrevorProject #LGBTQ
An inclusive pride flag flies behind the cab of a semi truck.
June 3, 2025 at 6:26 PM
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joshjohnsoncomedy.bsky.social
Hi Friends. This month marks 2 years of releasing stand-up weekly on YouTube.

What started as a way to stay consistent turned into something I look forward to every week.
You’ve watched, shared, shown up to shows — and made this more meaningful than I ever expected.

youtu.be/7a_wOgXrHn8?...
June 3, 2025 at 11:28 PM
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movedrustyburace.bsky.social
Good news: Japanese researchers may have found an explanation for long Covid and a possible treatment for it.
A Twitter post by CarolAnn Barrows @frogess33. "Japanese researchers have found a possible explanation for long COVID. They discovered that small fragments of the coronavirus's genetic material can remain deep behind the nose, in an area called the epipharynx, for at least six months after infection. These viral remnants irritate the immune system and may cause fatigue, coughing, dizziness, and "brain fog." The researchers used an old Japanese treatment called epipharyngeal abrasive therapy (EAT), where the area is swabbed once a week with a cotton swab dipped in 1% zinc chloride solution. After three months, the patients showed: - significantly fewer viral remnants - lower levels of inflammatory substances - noticeably reduced symptoms The treatment appears to both remove the lingering virus and calm the inflammation. A larger clinical trial is now underway in Japan to confirm the results. This discovery could lead to more targeted treatments that address the root cause of long COVID symptoms instead of merely managing them."
June 1, 2025 at 12:03 AM
cozyqueer.bsky.social
Matching couple hand tats with @moonfind.bsky.social after 16 years together. 🌟💖😘🥰😍
June 1, 2025 at 3:08 AM
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edidin.bsky.social
fuck Target's sad beige pride. You don't have to like rainbows to be loud and proud; AND you can support a currently-unemployed trans artist! (many more at link) www.teepublic.com/user/chekhov...
a black hoodie with hand-lettered white text reading, "feral queer" a black tshirt with hand-lettered white text reading, "queer but not into bright colors" a red tshirt with hand-lettered black text reading, "queer rage" a maroon tshirt with hand-lettered white text reading, "trans power"
May 30, 2025 at 9:45 PM