Leslie Jūratė
esmereldapea.bsky.social
Leslie Jūratė
@esmereldapea.bsky.social
Poet, Fiber Artist, Jill of All Trades, Data Geek, Romuva Elder
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Golden Moonglow lichen on quartz.
#lichen #fungi #fungifriends
December 10, 2025 at 1:14 PM
Me: Now HOW many penises . . .

GOOGLE: . . . does an echinda have?

Me: WHAT??

Google: Only one but it has FOUR heads, of which only two work at the same time.

Me: I just wanted to know about the Bayeux Tapestry, but GO ON . . .
a man in a suit and tie is sitting at a desk and looking at the camera .
Alt: Michael from THE OFFICE put his elbows on the desk and props his chin on his hands. Text appears "Do Go On".
media.tenor.com
December 9, 2025 at 3:32 PM
HATE it when you have an expensive skein of yarn and there's a knot that doesn't continue the gradient. Hate it more when I don't think. Frogging back to the abrupt color change, finding the right color from the skein, and then reconnecting so I have the gradual transition as intended.

#knitting
December 4, 2025 at 10:20 PM
TFW you're cleaning house and you've sequestered the kids but they're just too darned cute!
December 4, 2025 at 1:41 AM
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This is not just a current political issue. Charging & punishing these particular perpetrators is vital to keeping the fight against the ongoing abuse & killing of women & children by men in the spotlight. "Me Too" was only a start.
November 25, 2025 at 7:21 AM
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This is a pro death march. People, especially kids, will get sick and some will die.

www.washingtonpost.com/health/2025/...
Louisiana health official who halted state vaccine campaign tapped as CDC’s No. 2
Ralph Abraham, a Louisiana health official who stopped promoting mass vaccination vaccines, has been appointed as the CDC's principal deputy director
www.washingtonpost.com
November 25, 2025 at 6:11 PM
In a convo today, I confused John Sinclair with Upton Sinclair. I'm blaming the fever.

It's as official as I hope it will get - diverticulitis.

Going to try to manage it with rest, healing tea, bland food, and time. With my doc's blessing.

4th time & I'm avoiding the 💊 & ☢️ if I can.
#hydrate
November 25, 2025 at 11:23 PM
Most of us in the US are ashamed of Trump's actions in regards to Ukraine. We stand unequivocally with Ukraine and against any Russian gains from this unjust war.

#SlavaUkraine
#PeaceinUkraine
#UkraineSovereignty
❗️Our land is not for sale: Ukraine has stated its “red lines” at the UN, which it will not cross in any negotiations.

▪️We will never – neither officially nor in any other way – recognize the territory of Ukraine temporarily occupied by Russia as Russian;
November 25, 2025 at 4:00 PM
I am now blocking the accounts that tag me, supposedly from Gaza and the like, asking for donations.

How do I know who are scammers and who is legit? Sorry, I won't donate to ANYONE directly unless someone I personally know vouches for them because they know them IRL.

So don't @ me.
November 25, 2025 at 3:23 PM
The White Night
1932
Otto Fassbender
Gelatin Silverprint
Minneapolis Institute of Art
(Not currently on display)
November 25, 2025 at 8:18 AM
Sounds about right to me.

Aaaand I will soon be starting a social media fast. Being sick in bed has resulted in me being TOO connected.
Here is my peace plan for Ukraine/Russia.

1. Russia gets the fuck out of Ukraine.

2. Putin goes on trial in the Hague.

3. Russia pays everyone for everything.

4. Trump gets impeached, convicted, and sent to jail.

Thanks for your attention to this matter.
November 25, 2025 at 8:02 AM
ICE just snatched up Vahid Abedini, a pro-America Iranian studies prof at University of Oklahoma with a valid H-1B visa, right as he headed to a DC conference. Trump's deportation frenzy claims another innocent victim. #ICE
November 25, 2025 at 7:59 AM
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Never forget who MTG really is.

courtesy of @mindcite.bsky.social
November 23, 2025 at 8:20 PM
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This plaque is posted at West Point. Alcoholic TV talk show chatterbox Pete Hegseth wants to court-martial Arizona Senator Mark Kelly for repeating what is written on it.
November 24, 2025 at 6:06 PM
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"’Trump’s plan to force Ukraine to give up more territory, to cut its Army by more than half, to never join NATO nor let foreign troops in its territory is an abomination’, Rep Bacon wrote. ‘This agreement weakens Ukraine and leaves them vulnerable to new Russian invasions in years to come’.”
November 23, 2025 at 6:17 PM
Well, I clearly need to start feeling better because I have just been creating all kinds of mischief for TACO chicken.

See comments for more subversive mischief.

#KNIT
#TACO
#KNITTING
#QuietPiggy
#Quiet
#Piggy
November 25, 2025 at 12:05 AM
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The GOP is on a Pro-Death March, and Our Kids Are Their Next Target.

After dismantling USAID & refusing to fund SNAP, the GOP is now gutting the Department of Education & the CDC, all of which will lead to our children becoming sicker, vulnerable, & dead.

thelefthook.substack.com/p/the-gop-is...
November 24, 2025 at 3:41 PM
I finished TACO chicken's Piggy disguise.
Hey! My TACO chicken (whose Piggy disguise I just finished) takes umbrage at your representations of chickens!!

(The REAL TACO would not know what the word "umbrage" means though.)
November 24, 2025 at 3:14 PM
I am a glutton for punishment. I am watching Game of Wool Episode 4.

In the search for "Britain's Best Knitter" this is the second episode where KNITTERS are strongly encouraged or REQUIRED to CROCHET.

It's a freaking train wreck and it's now a rage watch.

#GameofWool
#Knitting
#Knit
#Knitters
November 24, 2025 at 1:08 AM
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Home Depot could implement a policy requiring ICE to present a judicial warrant before operating on its property. Businesses are fully within their rights to decide who is allowed on their premises.
November 23, 2025 at 9:47 PM
Feeling under the weather today. Between naps, I'm amusing myself by knitting a Piggy disguise for Taco Chicken.

Shall I knit him a sweater that says QUIET?
November 22, 2025 at 11:07 PM
Don't forget: Economic boycott!

If you have to buy, buy local. Buy small business!

If everyone spent just $40 at a local small business instead of online this holiday, it would generate more than $13.2 BILLION for small businesses. Every one of those dollars creates 3.5x MORE WEALTH locally.
No.
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November 22, 2025 at 10:56 PM
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Greetings from Kyiv
and warcoffee.

Today, we honor the victims of the massive famine of 1932–1933.
Man-made, stalin-made, russia-made.
Millions of Ukrainians died.

Don’t ever ask us why we stand. You already know the answer.
November 22, 2025 at 10:02 AM
Finished two projects (make that four) in the last week. One is drying on the blocking mats. The other is waiting until I can find my blocking pins. Heh.

So now, what to do? I want to continue making headway info my UFOs. . .
November 22, 2025 at 6:13 PM
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Oh they don’t like the whistles? Hey everyone, they don’t like the whistles. If you use them it makes the armed goons sad.
Kristi Noem is mad that protesters are blowing whistles at ICE agents.
November 18, 2025 at 11:57 PM