Extropic Crusader (BLM)
@extropiccrusade.bsky.social
She/they; SRE on hiatus: burnout sucks; writerish, doodles, plays with power tools and hot iron, bakes, crochets, gardens, reads copiously, and drinks a LOT of tea. #UglyDogs FTW
Why do cats like investigating tea mugs? Even the stuffed ones!
November 19, 2025 at 12:55 PM
Why do cats like investigating tea mugs? Even the stuffed ones!
Ah hahahahaha!! FINALLY. It is time to see if the bicycle really is a magic super power or not! @premeemohamed.com 's latest hit my library and I have it in my clutches and I am so ready for this!
November 15, 2025 at 5:15 PM
Ah hahahahaha!! FINALLY. It is time to see if the bicycle really is a magic super power or not! @premeemohamed.com 's latest hit my library and I have it in my clutches and I am so ready for this!
What you do not see is called garlic. It is odorous, tasty, and one of the healthier vegetables known to man.
(I've only been trying to get this in the ground since EARLY OCTOBER I would like a little break please? Today's "fun": my garage roof is rotting. 😬 Thank goodness for gardening.)
(I've only been trying to get this in the ground since EARLY OCTOBER I would like a little break please? Today's "fun": my garage roof is rotting. 😬 Thank goodness for gardening.)
November 14, 2025 at 5:29 PM
What you do not see is called garlic. It is odorous, tasty, and one of the healthier vegetables known to man.
(I've only been trying to get this in the ground since EARLY OCTOBER I would like a little break please? Today's "fun": my garage roof is rotting. 😬 Thank goodness for gardening.)
(I've only been trying to get this in the ground since EARLY OCTOBER I would like a little break please? Today's "fun": my garage roof is rotting. 😬 Thank goodness for gardening.)
Three days' work. One complete jelly roll. Doubled batting. Six bobbin winds. 50 feet of binding. Innumerable pins. Ten placemats.
And my thread neither jammed nor broke this entire project, so thank you to whoever it was that told me that thread gets old and I should chuck my grandmother's stash.
And my thread neither jammed nor broke this entire project, so thank you to whoever it was that told me that thread gets old and I should chuck my grandmother's stash.
November 11, 2025 at 3:06 PM
Three days' work. One complete jelly roll. Doubled batting. Six bobbin winds. 50 feet of binding. Innumerable pins. Ten placemats.
And my thread neither jammed nor broke this entire project, so thank you to whoever it was that told me that thread gets old and I should chuck my grandmother's stash.
And my thread neither jammed nor broke this entire project, so thank you to whoever it was that told me that thread gets old and I should chuck my grandmother's stash.
So I lost at bobbin chicken several times today, but holy crap did I win at fabric chicken. I was SURE I was going to have to bind the last two placemats with some of the fabric I'm going to buy to make napkins, but no.
I win. This is all that was left of my jelly roll. I'm stunned.
I win. This is all that was left of my jelly roll. I'm stunned.
November 11, 2025 at 2:32 AM
So I lost at bobbin chicken several times today, but holy crap did I win at fabric chicken. I was SURE I was going to have to bind the last two placemats with some of the fabric I'm going to buy to make napkins, but no.
I win. This is all that was left of my jelly roll. I'm stunned.
I win. This is all that was left of my jelly roll. I'm stunned.
One, one placemat!
Dear goodness, I'd forgotten just how much I loathe doing the bindings on quilts. And I have something like 50 feet to do. Ugh.
Still, this is actually fun, and I'm finally going to have enough matching placemats that I won't be doing the twitchy thing at Thanksgiving.
Dear goodness, I'd forgotten just how much I loathe doing the bindings on quilts. And I have something like 50 feet to do. Ugh.
Still, this is actually fun, and I'm finally going to have enough matching placemats that I won't be doing the twitchy thing at Thanksgiving.
November 10, 2025 at 12:02 AM
One, one placemat!
Dear goodness, I'd forgotten just how much I loathe doing the bindings on quilts. And I have something like 50 feet to do. Ugh.
Still, this is actually fun, and I'm finally going to have enough matching placemats that I won't be doing the twitchy thing at Thanksgiving.
Dear goodness, I'd forgotten just how much I loathe doing the bindings on quilts. And I have something like 50 feet to do. Ugh.
Still, this is actually fun, and I'm finally going to have enough matching placemats that I won't be doing the twitchy thing at Thanksgiving.
It is 61°F and sunny today, and the local bike path is attempting to convince me that it's not November and about to be awful weather.
I don't believe it for a minute, I've seen the forecast. But it's gorgeous for now, and I will appreciate it
I don't believe it for a minute, I've seen the forecast. But it's gorgeous for now, and I will appreciate it
November 8, 2025 at 8:47 PM
It is 61°F and sunny today, and the local bike path is attempting to convince me that it's not November and about to be awful weather.
I don't believe it for a minute, I've seen the forecast. But it's gorgeous for now, and I will appreciate it
I don't believe it for a minute, I've seen the forecast. But it's gorgeous for now, and I will appreciate it
I hauled my sewing machine, iron, cutting boards and mats, work table, box of fabric, bolt of batting, notions and scissors, crochet (for when my back gets cranky about sitting), and a laptop across town to work. It took six trips to get it upstairs to the workspace.
This is mildly ridiculous. 2/2
This is mildly ridiculous. 2/2
November 8, 2025 at 3:55 PM
I hauled my sewing machine, iron, cutting boards and mats, work table, box of fabric, bolt of batting, notions and scissors, crochet (for when my back gets cranky about sitting), and a laptop across town to work. It took six trips to get it upstairs to the workspace.
This is mildly ridiculous. 2/2
This is mildly ridiculous. 2/2
My day has involved the Novocaine wearing off midway through the fillings process, and two large containers of yogurt leaping to their doom on the driveway the minute I got home from the grocery store.
But I'm going to go make music with kind friends. I'll take every little win I can find or make.
But I'm going to go make music with kind friends. I'll take every little win I can find or make.
October 30, 2025 at 11:41 PM
My day has involved the Novocaine wearing off midway through the fillings process, and two large containers of yogurt leaping to their doom on the driveway the minute I got home from the grocery store.
But I'm going to go make music with kind friends. I'll take every little win I can find or make.
But I'm going to go make music with kind friends. I'll take every little win I can find or make.
Going to a potluck tonight, and it's very near Samhaine and el Dia de Los Muertos, so obviously I should bring Pan del Muerto.
My yeast was VERY EXCITED today. Even with a doubled recipe, this is a trifle excessive.
My yeast was VERY EXCITED today. Even with a doubled recipe, this is a trifle excessive.
October 29, 2025 at 9:27 PM
Going to a potluck tonight, and it's very near Samhaine and el Dia de Los Muertos, so obviously I should bring Pan del Muerto.
My yeast was VERY EXCITED today. Even with a doubled recipe, this is a trifle excessive.
My yeast was VERY EXCITED today. Even with a doubled recipe, this is a trifle excessive.
I did get a bit less chaotic as class went on. The two bowls on the left, I made today after the disaster, and then I trimmed the one on the right. I also glazed so many things. So many.
October 28, 2025 at 4:10 PM
I did get a bit less chaotic as class went on. The two bowls on the left, I made today after the disaster, and then I trimmed the one on the right. I also glazed so many things. So many.
Well, it's a different form of chaos with some fun learning experiences attached? Ok, I'll take it.
October 28, 2025 at 4:01 PM
Well, it's a different form of chaos with some fun learning experiences attached? Ok, I'll take it.
I need to crochet a little berry bush for this friend. My Onbu has not yet matured, but it is very cute just the same. #WanderingVillage
October 27, 2025 at 8:37 PM
I need to crochet a little berry bush for this friend. My Onbu has not yet matured, but it is very cute just the same. #WanderingVillage
Witchhazel is so much better than forsythia. I get gorgeous blossoms in spring that smell fabulous, and then in autumn I get this.
October 27, 2025 at 11:02 AM
Witchhazel is so much better than forsythia. I get gorgeous blossoms in spring that smell fabulous, and then in autumn I get this.
I attempted to throw four pots today, and I'm very much in the "screw it up so I learn things" stage. The first two just collapsed, because I got the clay too wet. The third came out ok, and the fourth sheered off the wheel when I made the base too shallow.
Hurrah, I had a learning experience!
Hurrah, I had a learning experience!
October 21, 2025 at 4:00 PM
I attempted to throw four pots today, and I'm very much in the "screw it up so I learn things" stage. The first two just collapsed, because I got the clay too wet. The third came out ok, and the fourth sheered off the wheel when I made the base too shallow.
Hurrah, I had a learning experience!
Hurrah, I had a learning experience!
This morning's efforts.
October 20, 2025 at 12:36 AM
This morning's efforts.
And that's it for THAT work glove. I'll take that as my cue to stop for the day.
October 11, 2025 at 8:53 PM
And that's it for THAT work glove. I'll take that as my cue to stop for the day.
Crowbar FTW!
October 11, 2025 at 5:58 PM
Crowbar FTW!
My tomatoes, which didn't bloom for much of the summer because it was too hot, have decided that NOW is the perfect time to bloom.
We're getting a freeze tonight. 🤦
We're getting a freeze tonight. 🤦
October 9, 2025 at 10:30 PM
My tomatoes, which didn't bloom for much of the summer because it was too hot, have decided that NOW is the perfect time to bloom.
We're getting a freeze tonight. 🤦
We're getting a freeze tonight. 🤦
Miss Lucy hopes you feel better soon!
October 8, 2025 at 8:18 PM
Miss Lucy hopes you feel better soon!
This is Gracie. She's a Leonberger, with paws the size of a coffee cup lid, and I got to pet her.
Then I got to reassure her that yes, her human would be back shortly, it was just that humans have unnecessarily-complicated the whole tree-watering process.
She was very soft. #uglyDogs
Then I got to reassure her that yes, her human would be back shortly, it was just that humans have unnecessarily-complicated the whole tree-watering process.
She was very soft. #uglyDogs
October 1, 2025 at 8:12 PM
This is Gracie. She's a Leonberger, with paws the size of a coffee cup lid, and I got to pet her.
Then I got to reassure her that yes, her human would be back shortly, it was just that humans have unnecessarily-complicated the whole tree-watering process.
She was very soft. #uglyDogs
Then I got to reassure her that yes, her human would be back shortly, it was just that humans have unnecessarily-complicated the whole tree-watering process.
She was very soft. #uglyDogs
I won the library hold lottery! Now I'm going to lose something that I have previously thought was innocuous and safe!
September 30, 2025 at 11:06 PM
I won the library hold lottery! Now I'm going to lose something that I have previously thought was innocuous and safe!
This is a work of art.
I can claim credit for prepping the "canvas" as much as possible, but this is just... 😘
Rust? What rust? Ain't no rust here!
And yes, now there *are* access ports if we have to snake the line! Score!
I can claim credit for prepping the "canvas" as much as possible, but this is just... 😘
Rust? What rust? Ain't no rust here!
And yes, now there *are* access ports if we have to snake the line! Score!
September 30, 2025 at 6:49 PM
This is a work of art.
I can claim credit for prepping the "canvas" as much as possible, but this is just... 😘
Rust? What rust? Ain't no rust here!
And yes, now there *are* access ports if we have to snake the line! Score!
I can claim credit for prepping the "canvas" as much as possible, but this is just... 😘
Rust? What rust? Ain't no rust here!
And yes, now there *are* access ports if we have to snake the line! Score!
How about: do Oven S'mores require a top graham cracker, yes or no? Discuss.
September 27, 2025 at 11:26 PM
How about: do Oven S'mores require a top graham cracker, yes or no? Discuss.
This is my neighbor's dog.
September 27, 2025 at 9:05 PM
This is my neighbor's dog.