🍁 Islay Ford 🍂
@islayford.bsky.social
Made of bones and stardust. Quilter. Writer. Friend. Weirdy. Finding my joy one skeet at a time.
“Our lives are not our own. We are bound to others, past and present, and by each crime and every kindness, we birth our future.” - David Mitchell, Cloud Atlas
“Our lives are not our own. We are bound to others, past and present, and by each crime and every kindness, we birth our future.” - David Mitchell, Cloud Atlas
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🍁 Islay Ford 🍂
@islayford.bsky.social
· Sep 15
Some of my recent makes. The tote bag is the Altoona Tote by Ma Tante Quilting and the other two are the Everest Belt Bag by Center Street Quilts. Sewing is one of the things keeping me sane in my current iteration. 🥹🩷
#quilting #bagmaking #quiltsky
#quilting #bagmaking #quiltsky
Just msgd a friend about how I attended the warped tour in South FL multiple years including 1997 and now I wish I knew where all the photos I took might be.
Wild world ☠️😬
Band dorks + skanking 🥰
Wild world ☠️😬
Band dorks + skanking 🥰
November 14, 2025 at 9:40 PM
Just msgd a friend about how I attended the warped tour in South FL multiple years including 1997 and now I wish I knew where all the photos I took might be.
Wild world ☠️😬
Band dorks + skanking 🥰
Wild world ☠️😬
Band dorks + skanking 🥰
It’s how we pay our rent.
Landlord too cheap to have an online system & the new mgmt hired by them this year tried to tell us to pay via Zelle. Lol no way.
That paper check is my proof I paid my rent.
Plus government payments like passport renewals etc 🤷♀️ but no I don’t carry the book around
Landlord too cheap to have an online system & the new mgmt hired by them this year tried to tell us to pay via Zelle. Lol no way.
That paper check is my proof I paid my rent.
Plus government payments like passport renewals etc 🤷♀️ but no I don’t carry the book around
I'm personally boggled that anyone still uses paper cheques (that'd be "checks" for the Americans).
I mean... you carry around a little booklet of pocket-sized slips with your name, address and banking information on them, and just... give them out, to random underpaid strangers in retail stores?
I mean... you carry around a little booklet of pocket-sized slips with your name, address and banking information on them, and just... give them out, to random underpaid strangers in retail stores?
November 14, 2025 at 8:16 PM
It’s how we pay our rent.
Landlord too cheap to have an online system & the new mgmt hired by them this year tried to tell us to pay via Zelle. Lol no way.
That paper check is my proof I paid my rent.
Plus government payments like passport renewals etc 🤷♀️ but no I don’t carry the book around
Landlord too cheap to have an online system & the new mgmt hired by them this year tried to tell us to pay via Zelle. Lol no way.
That paper check is my proof I paid my rent.
Plus government payments like passport renewals etc 🤷♀️ but no I don’t carry the book around
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The president of the united states is a pedophile rapist who was best buddies with Jeffrey Epstein and spent hours with an underage victim at Epstein's home. Now he's currently huddled in the situation room directing a cover up about it like it's a seal team 6 operation. Do I have that right?
November 12, 2025 at 7:48 PM
The president of the united states is a pedophile rapist who was best buddies with Jeffrey Epstein and spent hours with an underage victim at Epstein's home. Now he's currently huddled in the situation room directing a cover up about it like it's a seal team 6 operation. Do I have that right?
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I mean, I'm gonna admit... sometimes I don't make a joke that requires media literacy to understand if I think folks are gonna take it as a threat because we are in a context free hell zone, but also lol sigh
The account owner of @sarahkendzior.bsky.social was suspended for 72 hours for expressing a desire to shoot the author of an article. The post, made 11/10, stated: "I want to shoot the author of this article just to watch him die." 1/2
November 12, 2025 at 7:34 PM
I mean, I'm gonna admit... sometimes I don't make a joke that requires media literacy to understand if I think folks are gonna take it as a threat because we are in a context free hell zone, but also lol sigh
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WITH A KNOWN VICTIM.
It is so much worse than what we already know-- not that we need any more evidence.
It is time for the WH press corps to start asking about this TO HIS FACE, to Leavitt's face, to Bondi's face.
ASK THEM: are the videos/photos of Trump assaulting children in the files?
It is so much worse than what we already know-- not that we need any more evidence.
It is time for the WH press corps to start asking about this TO HIS FACE, to Leavitt's face, to Bondi's face.
ASK THEM: are the videos/photos of Trump assaulting children in the files?
November 12, 2025 at 6:13 PM
WITH A KNOWN VICTIM.
It is so much worse than what we already know-- not that we need any more evidence.
It is time for the WH press corps to start asking about this TO HIS FACE, to Leavitt's face, to Bondi's face.
ASK THEM: are the videos/photos of Trump assaulting children in the files?
It is so much worse than what we already know-- not that we need any more evidence.
It is time for the WH press corps to start asking about this TO HIS FACE, to Leavitt's face, to Bondi's face.
ASK THEM: are the videos/photos of Trump assaulting children in the files?
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Listen, folks, I hate to keep reminding everyone of this, but among the materials seized from Epstein's residences were 11,000+ videos and photographs classified as CSAM (child s*xual abuse material).
He had video cams in every room.
Now we have an email saying Trump spent "hours" at his home
He had video cams in every room.
Now we have an email saying Trump spent "hours" at his home
November 12, 2025 at 6:13 PM
Listen, folks, I hate to keep reminding everyone of this, but among the materials seized from Epstein's residences were 11,000+ videos and photographs classified as CSAM (child s*xual abuse material).
He had video cams in every room.
Now we have an email saying Trump spent "hours" at his home
He had video cams in every room.
Now we have an email saying Trump spent "hours" at his home
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Today I lift up survivors of sexual violence. I am centering your pain, your need to see justice, your healing. I am so sorry for what happened and I am so sorry this country and world protect wealthy men who rape and abuse children and women. May they start to fear the truth.
November 12, 2025 at 6:14 PM
Today I lift up survivors of sexual violence. I am centering your pain, your need to see justice, your healing. I am so sorry for what happened and I am so sorry this country and world protect wealthy men who rape and abuse children and women. May they start to fear the truth.
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my brain can't process how horrifying all these powerful people are because if I let it sink in I will probably scream for the rest of the week, so it keeps tripping over the fact that they're all borderline illiterate weirdos talking about doing crimes on gmail
November 12, 2025 at 6:23 PM
my brain can't process how horrifying all these powerful people are because if I let it sink in I will probably scream for the rest of the week, so it keeps tripping over the fact that they're all borderline illiterate weirdos talking about doing crimes on gmail
This is so heartbreaking. I’m in my own hell with LC but my issues don’t hold a candle to what is happening to Jessica.
You
Do
Not
Want
This
It isn’t worth the risk. Read her whole thread and imagine yourself in her shoes. Its terrifying.
PLEASE for the love of all that’s good:
Mask. Up.
You
Do
Not
Want
This
It isn’t worth the risk. Read her whole thread and imagine yourself in her shoes. Its terrifying.
PLEASE for the love of all that’s good:
Mask. Up.
So I try not to give too many gory details about life with long covid, but I also think it’s important to give a clear picture of what can happen to anyone.
Over the last yearish, I’ve become allergic to more than 70 foods. Today I lost soy. I’m not how long I can keep eating at all.
Over the last yearish, I’ve become allergic to more than 70 foods. Today I lost soy. I’m not how long I can keep eating at all.
November 12, 2025 at 3:19 AM
This is so heartbreaking. I’m in my own hell with LC but my issues don’t hold a candle to what is happening to Jessica.
You
Do
Not
Want
This
It isn’t worth the risk. Read her whole thread and imagine yourself in her shoes. Its terrifying.
PLEASE for the love of all that’s good:
Mask. Up.
You
Do
Not
Want
This
It isn’t worth the risk. Read her whole thread and imagine yourself in her shoes. Its terrifying.
PLEASE for the love of all that’s good:
Mask. Up.
Oh ffs
In a rare case of Substack notes usefulness, I just learned that Sarah Kendzior (author of They Knew and a brilliant writer) got bounced from Bluesky. What the hell? new @sarahkendzior.bsky.social
November 11, 2025 at 4:59 AM
Oh ffs
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and yours shouldn't either. That doesn't mean we shouldn't pressure them - DO IT - but we don't have to rely on these losers.
November 10, 2025 at 5:16 PM
and yours shouldn't either. That doesn't mean we shouldn't pressure them - DO IT - but we don't have to rely on these losers.
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This is my favorite part of this cycle we've been repeating for my entire adult life: when they sit backwards on the chair for some real talk and explain that you're a fucking peasant who doesn't understand how things work.
Durbin said critics of his vote “need to understand how the Senate works”
November 10, 2025 at 1:52 PM
This is my favorite part of this cycle we've been repeating for my entire adult life: when they sit backwards on the chair for some real talk and explain that you're a fucking peasant who doesn't understand how things work.
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Update: I'm still mad about it
November 10, 2025 at 4:03 PM
Update: I'm still mad about it
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It really does seem like there's a decent chance that these senators screwed us because they don't want their personal Thanksgiving plans to be disrupted.
Anyway a great way to radicalize people is for them to realize that you just abandoned their chance at being able to access and afford health care because you didn’t like waiting in line at the airport.
November 10, 2025 at 4:21 AM
It really does seem like there's a decent chance that these senators screwed us because they don't want their personal Thanksgiving plans to be disrupted.
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These same bums will be asking us for cash at the next deadline; looking forward to sending this back to every Senate fundraising text
November 10, 2025 at 12:42 AM
These same bums will be asking us for cash at the next deadline; looking forward to sending this back to every Senate fundraising text
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Shutting down the government is a big deal. People have been hurt in big ways as a result of the decision. To have that suffering be for nothing—to re-open the government without actually having protected people’s health insurance and economic well-being—is unconscionable.
November 9, 2025 at 11:14 PM
Shutting down the government is a big deal. People have been hurt in big ways as a result of the decision. To have that suffering be for nothing—to re-open the government without actually having protected people’s health insurance and economic well-being—is unconscionable.
For any moots suffering from LC like me, know that this is a remote study. So don’t worry about being local to the hospital.
Y'all, the hospital where I had my surgery is running trials to see if GLP-1 medications can help people suffering from long COVID. It's open to any person with documented long COVID who lives in the US.
Please pass it on!
Please pass it on!
Home - Long COVID Treatment Trial
Be part of groundbreaking Long COVID research from Scripps Research. We endeavor to conduct a portfolio of Long COVID clinical trials.
longcovid.scripps.edu
November 9, 2025 at 2:44 AM
For any moots suffering from LC like me, know that this is a remote study. So don’t worry about being local to the hospital.
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Y'all, the hospital where I had my surgery is running trials to see if GLP-1 medications can help people suffering from long COVID. It's open to any person with documented long COVID who lives in the US.
Please pass it on!
Please pass it on!
Home - Long COVID Treatment Trial
Be part of groundbreaking Long COVID research from Scripps Research. We endeavor to conduct a portfolio of Long COVID clinical trials.
longcovid.scripps.edu
November 8, 2025 at 2:40 AM
Y'all, the hospital where I had my surgery is running trials to see if GLP-1 medications can help people suffering from long COVID. It's open to any person with documented long COVID who lives in the US.
Please pass it on!
Please pass it on!
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KBJ threaded the needle thanks to CA1’s unfinished business.
-if she denied the admin stay, the full SCOTUS woulda stepped in to override her.
-if she immediately referred the case to the full Court, they coulda dragged feet.
-instead she boxed them in to act quickly once she does refer the case.
-if she denied the admin stay, the full SCOTUS woulda stepped in to override her.
-if she immediately referred the case to the full Court, they coulda dragged feet.
-instead she boxed them in to act quickly once she does refer the case.
November 8, 2025 at 3:14 AM
KBJ threaded the needle thanks to CA1’s unfinished business.
-if she denied the admin stay, the full SCOTUS woulda stepped in to override her.
-if she immediately referred the case to the full Court, they coulda dragged feet.
-instead she boxed them in to act quickly once she does refer the case.
-if she denied the admin stay, the full SCOTUS woulda stepped in to override her.
-if she immediately referred the case to the full Court, they coulda dragged feet.
-instead she boxed them in to act quickly once she does refer the case.
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I actually do understand the legal reasoning behind Justice Jackson's stay order. My point is that when people have no food, unless they can eat your legal reasoning, it's irrelevant.
Feed. Them.
Feed. Them.
November 8, 2025 at 3:19 AM
I actually do understand the legal reasoning behind Justice Jackson's stay order. My point is that when people have no food, unless they can eat your legal reasoning, it's irrelevant.
Feed. Them.
Feed. Them.
Ya know what
I’m not interested in legalese
The admin and the courts are all operating on a scale of:
Acceptable —> GREAT!
When it comes to starving children
THIS
SHOULDNT
BE
HAPPENING
I’m incandescent. Like I can’t think between the fever I’m fighting and my anger.
I’m not interested in legalese
The admin and the courts are all operating on a scale of:
Acceptable —> GREAT!
When it comes to starving children
THIS
SHOULDNT
BE
HAPPENING
I’m incandescent. Like I can’t think between the fever I’m fighting and my anger.
November 8, 2025 at 2:58 AM
Ya know what
I’m not interested in legalese
The admin and the courts are all operating on a scale of:
Acceptable —> GREAT!
When it comes to starving children
THIS
SHOULDNT
BE
HAPPENING
I’m incandescent. Like I can’t think between the fever I’m fighting and my anger.
I’m not interested in legalese
The admin and the courts are all operating on a scale of:
Acceptable —> GREAT!
When it comes to starving children
THIS
SHOULDNT
BE
HAPPENING
I’m incandescent. Like I can’t think between the fever I’m fighting and my anger.
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Diapers, especially larger sizes, are EXTREMELY in demand at all times and move in a flash. Donations of larger diapers are *gold*.
If you have a costco membership, PediaSure and diapers are on sale right now. Might be a good thing to grab and hand to your nearest food bank/etc if you want something quick & easy. 💓
November 7, 2025 at 7:18 PM
Diapers, especially larger sizes, are EXTREMELY in demand at all times and move in a flash. Donations of larger diapers are *gold*.
Missing my dad this 5th of Nov. He took me to my first bonfire night on a cold evening in Scotland when I was 12. It was brilliant and I’ve never forgotten it. I still have my wee Guy Fawkes figurine 🥰
a black and white photo of a mask with a mustache on it
Alt: Guy Fawkes face mask in remembrance of the fifth of November
media.tenor.com
November 5, 2025 at 6:46 PM
Missing my dad this 5th of Nov. He took me to my first bonfire night on a cold evening in Scotland when I was 12. It was brilliant and I’ve never forgotten it. I still have my wee Guy Fawkes figurine 🥰