Not-Shiny :-)
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So many hobbies, so little time. Sewing, nalbinding, knitting, some dabbling in other fiber arts. Society for Creative Anachronism, historical re-creation, historical fencing. Etc.
It was bound to happen sooner or later, but this is the first report I've seen of it. NYPD responded to call for carjacking, but it was ICE: gothamist.com/news/nypd-sa...
NYPD says 2 officers injured during Washington Heights ICE chase
NYPD officials said officers were unaware the people were federal immigration officers as their clothing concealed their identities.
gothamist.com
November 14, 2025 at 2:06 AM
It was bound to happen sooner or later, but this is the first report I've seen of it. NYPD responded to call for carjacking, but it was ICE: gothamist.com/news/nypd-sa...
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Earlier this year, I met a Croatian journalist who was in the US doing a piece on America’s politics and I asked her what surprised her. And she said, “What you all call the far left is just being normal.”
November 4, 2025 at 3:37 PM
Earlier this year, I met a Croatian journalist who was in the US doing a piece on America’s politics and I asked her what surprised her. And she said, “What you all call the far left is just being normal.”
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Mamdani has won more votes than the entire population of any of the 5 smallest states.
Mamdani has won more votes than there are people in South Dakota.
November 5, 2025 at 2:59 AM
Mamdani has won more votes than the entire population of any of the 5 smallest states.
I kind of love that BBC World Service, reporting on NYC mayor election, called Mamdani a "left-leaning Democrat". Not "left-wing", not "leftist", not "socialist".
I'm pretty sure no American news outlet would ever use that phrase.
I'm pretty sure no American news outlet would ever use that phrase.
November 5, 2025 at 5:38 AM
I kind of love that BBC World Service, reporting on NYC mayor election, called Mamdani a "left-leaning Democrat". Not "left-wing", not "leftist", not "socialist".
I'm pretty sure no American news outlet would ever use that phrase.
I'm pretty sure no American news outlet would ever use that phrase.
Eulogy for another victim of gun violence
I feel every word of this in my soul.
Did you happen to read this? It soothed some part of my heart that I didn't think could be soothed
bsky.app/profile/espi...
Did you happen to read this? It soothed some part of my heart that I didn't think could be soothed
bsky.app/profile/espi...
I wrote my own Charlie Kirk obituary, and about valuing truth over manners: www.thenation.com/article/poli...
September 13, 2025 at 9:04 AM
Eulogy for another victim of gun violence
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Just tried watching Ezra Klein’s latest NYT podcast episode on how the U.S. got to this point where vaccines are so politicized.
It’s pretty clear that Klein and his guests—David Wallace Wells and Rachael Bedard—really do not understand why/how the political right turned on vaccines.
It’s pretty clear that Klein and his guests—David Wallace Wells and Rachael Bedard—really do not understand why/how the political right turned on vaccines.
August 28, 2025 at 3:39 PM
Just tried watching Ezra Klein’s latest NYT podcast episode on how the U.S. got to this point where vaccines are so politicized.
It’s pretty clear that Klein and his guests—David Wallace Wells and Rachael Bedard—really do not understand why/how the political right turned on vaccines.
It’s pretty clear that Klein and his guests—David Wallace Wells and Rachael Bedard—really do not understand why/how the political right turned on vaccines.
Came across this little post randomly the other day and I can't stop thinking about it. Maybe I should wait until Monday (Labor Day) to share? But, I don't want to forget.
Sometimes a needle is more than just a needle.
www.moderndailyknitting.com/community/th...
Sometimes a needle is more than just a needle.
www.moderndailyknitting.com/community/th...
The Cost of a Needle – Modern Daily Knitting
www.moderndailyknitting.com
August 27, 2025 at 8:47 PM
Came across this little post randomly the other day and I can't stop thinking about it. Maybe I should wait until Monday (Labor Day) to share? But, I don't want to forget.
Sometimes a needle is more than just a needle.
www.moderndailyknitting.com/community/th...
Sometimes a needle is more than just a needle.
www.moderndailyknitting.com/community/th...
t's amazing how this is from more than 20 years ago but very well could have been from today.
July 30, 2025 at 2:42 PM
This is the sort of thought that can provoke a depressive spiral. And yet, it is an important thing to consider.
Will we
get through this?
No, we
will not get through this.
Only some of us
will get through this.
And it is imperative
that you
understand this difference.
*
A compendium of the 278th week of plague poems…
librarianshipwreck.wordpress.com/2025/07/11/p...
get through this?
No, we
will not get through this.
Only some of us
will get through this.
And it is imperative
that you
understand this difference.
*
A compendium of the 278th week of plague poems…
librarianshipwreck.wordpress.com/2025/07/11/p...
Plague Poems – The Two-Hundred-and-Seventy-Eighth Week
If you would protect yourself from this summer’s sun make sure to wear sunscreen. And if you would protect yourself from this summer’s heat make sure to stay hydrated. And if you would …
librarianshipwreck.wordpress.com
July 12, 2025 at 4:24 AM
This is the sort of thought that can provoke a depressive spiral. And yet, it is an important thing to consider.
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BREAKING: U.S. regulators have approved the world's only twice-a-year shot to prevent HIV.
FDA approves the world's only twice-a-year shot to prevent HIV
The Food and Drug Administration has approved the world’s only twice-a-year shot to prevent HIV. In two groundbreaking studies, Gilead Sciences’ shot nearly eliminated new infections in people at high risk of HIV.
bit.ly
June 18, 2025 at 7:00 PM
BREAKING: U.S. regulators have approved the world's only twice-a-year shot to prevent HIV.
Click through to read the whole thread...
It's .........very cosplay so far here at Trump's birthday parade. Those wigs must be so damn hot
Let's do this!
🧵
Let's do this!
🧵
June 15, 2025 at 12:14 AM
Click through to read the whole thread...
Clearly the fire department doesn't have anything better to do...
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hellgatenyc.com/fdny-ice-hea...
The FDNY Sped to ICE Headquarters for a Bogus 911 Call: 'They Used Us'
After the fire truck pulled up to the federal building where more than 100 people are being held, a van of the sort ICE uses to transport detainees sped out past protesters.
hellgatenyc.com
June 11, 2025 at 6:05 AM
Clearly the fire department doesn't have anything better to do...
hellgatenyc.com/fdny-ice-hea...
hellgatenyc.com/fdny-ice-hea...
My husband just called an éclair a "sugar hot dog" and I can't decide if it's brilliant or idiotic.
June 7, 2025 at 3:34 AM
My husband just called an éclair a "sugar hot dog" and I can't decide if it's brilliant or idiotic.
I had some ponnish this morning, but it settled down into teluge after a nap.
Makes me think of the Blue Channel “Thalasin” video lmao
June 6, 2025 at 6:40 AM
I had some ponnish this morning, but it settled down into teluge after a nap.
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Thought of the day: Kilmar is Gen Z's Mumia
April 18, 2025 at 2:29 AM
Thought of the day: Kilmar is Gen Z's Mumia
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Say hello to a new subway map! 🗺️
Today, the MTA unveiled a new subway diagram that provides riders with essential travel information in an easily readable, bright, and orderly manner.
Today, the MTA unveiled a new subway diagram that provides riders with essential travel information in an easily readable, bright, and orderly manner.
April 2, 2025 at 3:28 PM
Say hello to a new subway map! 🗺️
Today, the MTA unveiled a new subway diagram that provides riders with essential travel information in an easily readable, bright, and orderly manner.
Today, the MTA unveiled a new subway diagram that provides riders with essential travel information in an easily readable, bright, and orderly manner.
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it's remarkable how quickly "tren de aragua" went from something i had never heard of to a crisis so urgent centuries-old safeguards of liberty and due practice had to be cast aside, even at the acknowledged cost of some innocents getting pressed into indefinite detention and enslavement.
March 30, 2025 at 4:56 PM
it's remarkable how quickly "tren de aragua" went from something i had never heard of to a crisis so urgent centuries-old safeguards of liberty and due practice had to be cast aside, even at the acknowledged cost of some innocents getting pressed into indefinite detention and enslavement.
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It's almost as if Trump were a life-long crime boss protecting his own.
NEW: President Trump's pledge to deport millions of immigrants has pulled thousands of federal agents and investigators away from investigating drug trafficking, sexual abuse and many other types of crimes.
www.reuters.com/world/us/tho...
www.reuters.com/world/us/tho...
March 22, 2025 at 11:52 AM
It's almost as if Trump were a life-long crime boss protecting his own.
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It’s really tedious to argue with these fascist ignorant assholes but over 4 million riders take the subway each day. I doubt Sean Duffy is ever one of them, and he’s just shitting on NYC based on NY Post headlines and Fox News stories to score points with Trump’s racist base.
Sec of Transportation Sean Duffy apparently called the subway as a “shit hole” in New Jersey today. With Phil Murphy standing next to him. www.nj.com/news/2025/03...
March 22, 2025 at 11:48 PM
It’s really tedious to argue with these fascist ignorant assholes but over 4 million riders take the subway each day. I doubt Sean Duffy is ever one of them, and he’s just shitting on NYC based on NY Post headlines and Fox News stories to score points with Trump’s racist base.
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She was disappeared because the CPB "had a feeling"
That's it. Her profession is portable, so they decided she MUST be planning to make some money while she was here.
And she was dropped in a oubliette.
www.kpbs.org/news/border-...
That's it. Her profession is portable, so they decided she MUST be planning to make some money while she was here.
And she was dropped in a oubliette.
www.kpbs.org/news/border-...
German tourist held indefinitely in San Diego area immigrant detention facility
The young woman had planned to spend a month with a friend in Los Angeles and then fly home to Berlin. But she’s been in federal custody since late January.
www.kpbs.org
March 1, 2025 at 10:30 PM
She was disappeared because the CPB "had a feeling"
That's it. Her profession is portable, so they decided she MUST be planning to make some money while she was here.
And she was dropped in a oubliette.
www.kpbs.org/news/border-...
That's it. Her profession is portable, so they decided she MUST be planning to make some money while she was here.
And she was dropped in a oubliette.
www.kpbs.org/news/border-...
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This is just to say
I have stolen
the bars of gold
that were in Ft. Knox
and which
the U.S. was
probably
saving
for its reserve
Forgive me
they were delicious
so sweet
and so cold
I have stolen
the bars of gold
that were in Ft. Knox
and which
the U.S. was
probably
saving
for its reserve
Forgive me
they were delicious
so sweet
and so cold
February 24, 2025 at 8:44 PM
This is just to say
I have stolen
the bars of gold
that were in Ft. Knox
and which
the U.S. was
probably
saving
for its reserve
Forgive me
they were delicious
so sweet
and so cold
I have stolen
the bars of gold
that were in Ft. Knox
and which
the U.S. was
probably
saving
for its reserve
Forgive me
they were delicious
so sweet
and so cold
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There is still no specific treatment for measles encephalitis.
The measles outbreak in Texas is reminding me of the public letter Roald Dahl wrote about losing his daughter to measles in 1962, just before the vaccine was publicly available.
February 16, 2025 at 6:45 AM
There is still no specific treatment for measles encephalitis.