nancymittens.bsky.social
@nancymittens.bsky.social
Fibercrafts, books.
Still not much to say.
Will block on vibes, still deciding about xylophones.
Sometimes I take time to respond, because I am trying to be thoughtful.
Has read but does not like Moby Dick.
Still on Dreamwidth and Mastodon
Still not much to say.
Will block on vibes, still deciding about xylophones.
Sometimes I take time to respond, because I am trying to be thoughtful.
Has read but does not like Moby Dick.
Still on Dreamwidth and Mastodon
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My thing about birthright citizenship and “originalism” is like… the jurists of Wong Kim Ark in 1898 WERE ADULTS DURING THE RATIFICATION OF THE 14TH AMENDMENT. SO THEY KNEW THE ORIGINAL PUBLIC MEANING AND TOLD YOU WHAT IT WAS IN WONG KIM ARK!!!
December 8, 2025 at 3:32 AM
My thing about birthright citizenship and “originalism” is like… the jurists of Wong Kim Ark in 1898 WERE ADULTS DURING THE RATIFICATION OF THE 14TH AMENDMENT. SO THEY KNEW THE ORIGINAL PUBLIC MEANING AND TOLD YOU WHAT IT WAS IN WONG KIM ARK!!!
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WASHINGTON AND OREGON CARTOONISTS: Seattle's bus service is commissioning 6 artists for public art pieces, 2 each, of local stories, 16-32 pages, over 2026, for $54k per artist, to be freely distributed over their ridership.
details here: www.4culture.org/grants/movin...
details here: www.4culture.org/grants/movin...
Moving Stories: Short-Form Graphic Novels for King County Metro Transit RapidRide
King County Metro and 4Culture seek six artists to create short-form graphic novels that illuminate community stories along new and existing RapidRide lines.
www.4culture.org
December 8, 2025 at 1:47 AM
WASHINGTON AND OREGON CARTOONISTS: Seattle's bus service is commissioning 6 artists for public art pieces, 2 each, of local stories, 16-32 pages, over 2026, for $54k per artist, to be freely distributed over their ridership.
details here: www.4culture.org/grants/movin...
details here: www.4culture.org/grants/movin...
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ticked off by Pantone’s Landlord White I mean Cloud Dancer? Try Anarchic Venom purple instead
colouroftheyear.com
colouroftheyear.com
Vote for the Real Colour of the Year | Stuart Semple
Every year corporations dictate the Colour of the Year. This time, it's democratic. Vote now and see the live people's colour update in real time.
colouroftheyear.com
December 7, 2025 at 11:21 PM
ticked off by Pantone’s Landlord White I mean Cloud Dancer? Try Anarchic Venom purple instead
colouroftheyear.com
colouroftheyear.com
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Ned Ludd was right.
December 2, 2025 at 8:28 PM
Ned Ludd was right.
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An easy way to explain luddites:
Textile manufacturers brought in machines that could do in an hour what would have taken 12 hours by hand.
And then, tried to keep paying the now 12x more productive workers the same wages as before.
That's it, that was the problem luddites had. Not complex.
Textile manufacturers brought in machines that could do in an hour what would have taken 12 hours by hand.
And then, tried to keep paying the now 12x more productive workers the same wages as before.
That's it, that was the problem luddites had. Not complex.
December 2, 2025 at 7:46 PM
An easy way to explain luddites:
Textile manufacturers brought in machines that could do in an hour what would have taken 12 hours by hand.
And then, tried to keep paying the now 12x more productive workers the same wages as before.
That's it, that was the problem luddites had. Not complex.
Textile manufacturers brought in machines that could do in an hour what would have taken 12 hours by hand.
And then, tried to keep paying the now 12x more productive workers the same wages as before.
That's it, that was the problem luddites had. Not complex.
Seen elseweb:
defector.com/theres-no-su...
defector.com/theres-no-su...
There’s No Such Thing As Hostile Architecture When You’re A Bird | Defector
The magpies had built their nest out of at least 1,500 anti-bird spikes, devices installed on rooftops and ledges to deter nesting birds.
defector.com
December 8, 2025 at 4:11 AM
Seen elseweb:
defector.com/theres-no-su...
defector.com/theres-no-su...
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If you're looking for a payroll service, and are looking at Wave, DO NOT.
Look anywhere else. Hiring a necromancer to resurrect an accountant from 1902 is a better choice.
They
1. Failed to pay my state withholding taxes
2. Failed to file returns
3. AFTER TAKING THE MONEY FROM MY ACCOUNT
Look anywhere else. Hiring a necromancer to resurrect an accountant from 1902 is a better choice.
They
1. Failed to pay my state withholding taxes
2. Failed to file returns
3. AFTER TAKING THE MONEY FROM MY ACCOUNT
December 7, 2025 at 7:19 PM
If you're looking for a payroll service, and are looking at Wave, DO NOT.
Look anywhere else. Hiring a necromancer to resurrect an accountant from 1902 is a better choice.
They
1. Failed to pay my state withholding taxes
2. Failed to file returns
3. AFTER TAKING THE MONEY FROM MY ACCOUNT
Look anywhere else. Hiring a necromancer to resurrect an accountant from 1902 is a better choice.
They
1. Failed to pay my state withholding taxes
2. Failed to file returns
3. AFTER TAKING THE MONEY FROM MY ACCOUNT
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“If it goes away when you take your meds it’s probably not a character flaw” is something I have to tell myself often.
December 7, 2025 at 3:25 PM
“If it goes away when you take your meds it’s probably not a character flaw” is something I have to tell myself often.
In other dog news, the dog has now passed intermediate dog training. We are choosing between advanced class and tricks class next.
He is truly a Very Good Dog.
He is truly a Very Good Dog.
December 7, 2025 at 5:01 PM
In other dog news, the dog has now passed intermediate dog training. We are choosing between advanced class and tricks class next.
He is truly a Very Good Dog.
He is truly a Very Good Dog.
My dog is just under 20 pounds. He is firmly convinced he can take a deer.
December 7, 2025 at 3:50 PM
My dog is just under 20 pounds. He is firmly convinced he can take a deer.
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Heads up, if you use an Abbott FreeStyle continuous glucose monitor, visit www.freestylecheck.com/us-en/home.h... to see if your specific device is under recall
December 7, 2025 at 1:23 PM
Heads up, if you use an Abbott FreeStyle continuous glucose monitor, visit www.freestylecheck.com/us-en/home.h... to see if your specific device is under recall
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Having used my "conventionally attractive white guy" card more than once to help women get *listened to* by doctors...
GrrrrrRRRRRAAAAAAARWARAAARGH!
GrrrrrRRRRRAAAAAAARWARAAARGH!
"I told the nurse I jog three days a week, play soccer, lift weights, and take spin classes. She just giggled. Honestly, I’m used to it. It was kind of annoying when she took my blood pressure four times, though."
buff.ly/bcx3OS1
buff.ly/bcx3OS1
Fat Lady Attempts to Get Health Care: An Oral History
MEGAN TRASK (Front Desk Assistant, Sunshine Primary Care): I could tell from the minute she checked in that she was fat. Like, real fat. The crazie...
buff.ly
December 6, 2025 at 6:31 PM
Having used my "conventionally attractive white guy" card more than once to help women get *listened to* by doctors...
GrrrrrRRRRRAAAAAAARWARAAARGH!
GrrrrrRRRRRAAAAAAARWARAAARGH!
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FYI if you have really persistent hiccups lasting like a day+ with no end in sight you can go to urgent care and at least request a prescription. It is in reviewed studies but you might need to be lucky idk.
I went through utter hell with this and it did work within an hour.
I went through utter hell with this and it did work within an hour.
December 5, 2025 at 9:34 PM
FYI if you have really persistent hiccups lasting like a day+ with no end in sight you can go to urgent care and at least request a prescription. It is in reviewed studies but you might need to be lucky idk.
I went through utter hell with this and it did work within an hour.
I went through utter hell with this and it did work within an hour.
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Put pretty things in your feed.
Something you like.
Cats, cars, naked people, food porn, landscapes, birds.
Find folks who don’t talk about the state of the world (or who mix it up with other stuff).
Remind yourself that fun exists, that Joy persists.
You can’t fix everything.
Something you like.
Cats, cars, naked people, food porn, landscapes, birds.
Find folks who don’t talk about the state of the world (or who mix it up with other stuff).
Remind yourself that fun exists, that Joy persists.
You can’t fix everything.
Not trying to armchair diagnose or anything, but a whole lot of people who are constantly screaming at other people about Causes on social media exhibit A LOT of behaviors that would make me put them on moral injury burnout leave if they were T&S agents I was managing
I am frankly not much use to anyone - friends, family, anyone I might use what resources I have to help - if I am constantly living in a black hole of despair
and neither, I think, is anyone else
and neither, I think, is anyone else
December 6, 2025 at 5:11 AM
Put pretty things in your feed.
Something you like.
Cats, cars, naked people, food porn, landscapes, birds.
Find folks who don’t talk about the state of the world (or who mix it up with other stuff).
Remind yourself that fun exists, that Joy persists.
You can’t fix everything.
Something you like.
Cats, cars, naked people, food porn, landscapes, birds.
Find folks who don’t talk about the state of the world (or who mix it up with other stuff).
Remind yourself that fun exists, that Joy persists.
You can’t fix everything.
Reread the entire thread.
Happy St. Nicholas Eve!
So very warming to see some of my internet friends, who are here now!
Happy St. Nicholas Eve!
So very warming to see some of my internet friends, who are here now!
This is orthogonal enough to the original thread that I didn't want to post it as a reply, but the quoted post reminded me of James MacDonald's brilliant take on the history of Scripture in Making Light: nielsenhayden.com/makinglight/...
December 6, 2025 at 4:25 AM
Reread the entire thread.
Happy St. Nicholas Eve!
So very warming to see some of my internet friends, who are here now!
Happy St. Nicholas Eve!
So very warming to see some of my internet friends, who are here now!
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We’ve partnered with Sweet Relief Musicians Fund to help raise money for musicians & industry workers dealing with illness, disability, or age-related problems. Bid for your chance to win tickets to see us, a follow on Instagram, and a signed setlist!—> fandiem.com/sweetrelief
December 5, 2025 at 11:07 PM
We’ve partnered with Sweet Relief Musicians Fund to help raise money for musicians & industry workers dealing with illness, disability, or age-related problems. Bid for your chance to win tickets to see us, a follow on Instagram, and a signed setlist!—> fandiem.com/sweetrelief
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Let’s be CRYSTAL CLEAR:
If a man born Chet Williams became Chet Anderson when his stepfather adopted him as a toddler, and Samuel Anderson as a young adult because he didn’t want to be named after the man who abandoned him, his name on that wall would be Samuel Anderson.
There’d be no question.
If a man born Chet Williams became Chet Anderson when his stepfather adopted him as a toddler, and Samuel Anderson as a young adult because he didn’t want to be named after the man who abandoned him, his name on that wall would be Samuel Anderson.
There’d be no question.
Admiral Rachel Levine was the first transgender person to be confirmed by the Senate to serve in the federal government. Her official portrait at HHS headquarters has been altered. n.pr/48HypvT
HHS changed the name of transgender health leader on her official portrait
Admiral Rachel Levine was the first transgender person to be confirmed by the Senate to serve in the federal government. Her official portrait at HHS headquarters has been altered.
n.pr
December 6, 2025 at 1:40 AM
Let’s be CRYSTAL CLEAR:
If a man born Chet Williams became Chet Anderson when his stepfather adopted him as a toddler, and Samuel Anderson as a young adult because he didn’t want to be named after the man who abandoned him, his name on that wall would be Samuel Anderson.
There’d be no question.
If a man born Chet Williams became Chet Anderson when his stepfather adopted him as a toddler, and Samuel Anderson as a young adult because he didn’t want to be named after the man who abandoned him, his name on that wall would be Samuel Anderson.
There’d be no question.
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somehow I wasn't following yet
I'm not exaggerating when I say following @boltsmag.org rn will unlock money for our journalism.
A generous reader, @russ41.bsky.social, has offered to donate $1 for every 1-person increase to our follower count.
If you're not following @boltsmag.org yet, it'll directly help fund our reporting!
A generous reader, @russ41.bsky.social, has offered to donate $1 for every 1-person increase to our follower count.
If you're not following @boltsmag.org yet, it'll directly help fund our reporting!
December 6, 2025 at 3:48 AM
somehow I wasn't following yet
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"the USPS is a miracle. it's in the constitution. for the price of a single stamp you can send a letter across the country, from Hawaii to Maine. Trump is trying to take that away from you. He's attacking Christmas cards and wedding invitations. It's un-American and it has to stop."
February 21, 2025 at 10:32 PM
"the USPS is a miracle. it's in the constitution. for the price of a single stamp you can send a letter across the country, from Hawaii to Maine. Trump is trying to take that away from you. He's attacking Christmas cards and wedding invitations. It's un-American and it has to stop."
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Minneapolis, Saint Paul, Twin Cities: ICE is out terrorizing people. Please be aware. If you see them, call 612-441-2881 and then pull out your phone to record. Comply if they tell you to step aside but keep recording. You are legally allowed to film them.
December 5, 2025 at 5:03 PM
Minneapolis, Saint Paul, Twin Cities: ICE is out terrorizing people. Please be aware. If you see them, call 612-441-2881 and then pull out your phone to record. Comply if they tell you to step aside but keep recording. You are legally allowed to film them.
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All right, crafty folks.
I need everyone who sees this to keep a look out for the following shawls. They were lost by FedEx on the way to Barcelona Knits, and have been declared "unrecoverable".
🧶
This is thoussands of euros of work & materials, not to mention their value at Trunk Shows & Workshops.
I need everyone who sees this to keep a look out for the following shawls. They were lost by FedEx on the way to Barcelona Knits, and have been declared "unrecoverable".
🧶
This is thoussands of euros of work & materials, not to mention their value at Trunk Shows & Workshops.
December 5, 2025 at 11:35 AM
All right, crafty folks.
I need everyone who sees this to keep a look out for the following shawls. They were lost by FedEx on the way to Barcelona Knits, and have been declared "unrecoverable".
🧶
This is thoussands of euros of work & materials, not to mention their value at Trunk Shows & Workshops.
I need everyone who sees this to keep a look out for the following shawls. They were lost by FedEx on the way to Barcelona Knits, and have been declared "unrecoverable".
🧶
This is thoussands of euros of work & materials, not to mention their value at Trunk Shows & Workshops.
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Futon is warm youtu.be/Yv6shy_9KVM?...
打首獄門同好会 (Uchikubi Gokumon Doukoukai) - I don' t wanna get out of futon
YouTube video by 打首獄門同好会
youtu.be
December 5, 2025 at 1:30 PM
Futon is warm youtu.be/Yv6shy_9KVM?...
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So. If you fight CSAM, you can't get an H1-B visa into the US. Nor can your family.
Why does the Trump Administration want to protect CSAM creators and users?
Why does the Trump Administration want to protect CSAM creators and users?
Holy shit.
Reuters reporting that new admin instructions on visas are if you worked at a platform in trust & safety or content moderation or on fact checking or online safety at an platform you *and your loved ones* are ineligible for H-1B visa.
www.reuters.com/world/us/tru...
Reuters reporting that new admin instructions on visas are if you worked at a platform in trust & safety or content moderation or on fact checking or online safety at an platform you *and your loved ones* are ineligible for H-1B visa.
www.reuters.com/world/us/tru...
December 5, 2025 at 3:49 AM
So. If you fight CSAM, you can't get an H1-B visa into the US. Nor can your family.
Why does the Trump Administration want to protect CSAM creators and users?
Why does the Trump Administration want to protect CSAM creators and users?