Nana Haldén
@purppuraq.bsky.social
I crochet, craft, knit and do all sorts. Virkkaan, askartelen, neulon ja teen vähän sitä sun tätä. http://Instagram.com/purppuraq/ she/her
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Nana Haldén
@purppuraq.bsky.social
· Nov 23
The last app update broke my Instagram. Can post, but can’t see my own posts. I can’t click on anyone’s reels to open, I can see my reels but can’t click, can save stuff but can’t look at my saved. Can look at my likes but can’t click any open, can search but can’t click through etc etc 🤬
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AI could never in a million years achieve this level of magnificent playful and charming weirdness. Human creativity is a treasure.
Reminded this evening of the first (AND STILL GREATEST) TikTok I ever saw 😃
Tik Tok Mr. Sandman Cat
YouTube video by TehWaffal
youtube.com
November 28, 2025 at 3:35 AM
AI could never in a million years achieve this level of magnificent playful and charming weirdness. Human creativity is a treasure.
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This is why I have beef with "The US only has 250 years of history" folks. Because there's clearly history underneath your feet.
Archeologists in Wisconsin found an ancient canoe that is over 5,000 years old!! The discovery was in a canoe “parking lot” along a popular waterway and trail system.
Wisconsin archaeologists identify 16 ancient canoes in a prehistoric lake 'parking lot'
Archaeologists have identified more than a dozen ancient canoes that Indigenous people apparently left behind in a prehistoric parking lot along a Wisconsin lakeshore.
apnews.com
November 26, 2025 at 8:11 AM
This is why I have beef with "The US only has 250 years of history" folks. Because there's clearly history underneath your feet.
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Now that the long-range forecast has been issued, it’s time for my annual thread of Advice on Making Mittens that Will Actually Keep You Warm. 1/...🧶
November 26, 2025 at 6:37 PM
Now that the long-range forecast has been issued, it’s time for my annual thread of Advice on Making Mittens that Will Actually Keep You Warm. 1/...🧶
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There's a thing about human creativity: it comes from our bodies. Our creation germinates in our heads and heart; our creation is made by our hands, our voices, or our bodies.
AI creations are disembodied. They come from data analysis, binary code, and machines
That's the difference you can feel.
AI creations are disembodied. They come from data analysis, binary code, and machines
That's the difference you can feel.
November 26, 2025 at 7:54 PM
There's a thing about human creativity: it comes from our bodies. Our creation germinates in our heads and heart; our creation is made by our hands, our voices, or our bodies.
AI creations are disembodied. They come from data analysis, binary code, and machines
That's the difference you can feel.
AI creations are disembodied. They come from data analysis, binary code, and machines
That's the difference you can feel.
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Want to learn more about mittens? I've written a book on the topic kateatherley.com/1471-2/. Next Wednesday 7-9pm EST I'm doing an online class about making mittens. Yes I will show you how to fix the holes at the base of the thumb! www.shallweknit.com/collections/... 🧶
November 27, 2025 at 3:34 PM
Want to learn more about mittens? I've written a book on the topic kateatherley.com/1471-2/. Next Wednesday 7-9pm EST I'm doing an online class about making mittens. Yes I will show you how to fix the holes at the base of the thumb! www.shallweknit.com/collections/... 🧶
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Lots of excellent idea but a bit disappointed that no one has figured out what Beaker might sing.
Inspired by the notion that First We Take Manhattan was written as the title song for MUPPETS TAKE MANHATTAN, @normwilner.bsky.social and I have been noodling on the idea of the Muppets doing an album of Leonard Cohen covers. It's got to be Gonzo for Hallelujah.
November 18, 2025 at 3:25 PM
Lots of excellent idea but a bit disappointed that no one has figured out what Beaker might sing.
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"They have a degree in underwater basket-weaving" is meant to be a statement that someone lacks useful, marketable skills.
The phrase *may* originate from a 1956 article on traditional Inuit/Yupik weaving technique where bark remains submerged between stages of weaving, to keep strips pliable.
The phrase *may* originate from a 1956 article on traditional Inuit/Yupik weaving technique where bark remains submerged between stages of weaving, to keep strips pliable.
December 4, 2024 at 12:17 PM
"They have a degree in underwater basket-weaving" is meant to be a statement that someone lacks useful, marketable skills.
The phrase *may* originate from a 1956 article on traditional Inuit/Yupik weaving technique where bark remains submerged between stages of weaving, to keep strips pliable.
The phrase *may* originate from a 1956 article on traditional Inuit/Yupik weaving technique where bark remains submerged between stages of weaving, to keep strips pliable.
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Remember: they used thousands of academic books too! If you’re a scholar, check for your books too. This isn’t just novelists and pop writers, it’s academic books too!
AI advocates have warned that if every author in the class action filed a claim, it would "financially ruin" the entire industry.
Authors celebrate “historic” settlement coming soon in Anthropic class action
Advocates fear such settlements will “financially ruin” the AI industry.
arstechnica.com
November 18, 2025 at 6:32 AM
Remember: they used thousands of academic books too! If you’re a scholar, check for your books too. This isn’t just novelists and pop writers, it’s academic books too!
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The pattern testing discourse is popping up again on Threads. Ugh. I wrote about it here... kateatherley.com/testing-knit...
Test Knitting and Why it's Becoming a Problem - KateAtherley.com
kateatherley.com
November 19, 2025 at 2:17 PM
The pattern testing discourse is popping up again on Threads. Ugh. I wrote about it here... kateatherley.com/testing-knit...
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v1.110 is live!
We’ve expanded post-reporting options from 5 → 39. This gives you more precise ways to flag issues and strengthens the signals our safety systems rely on. Clearer reports mean better moderation and higher-quality conversations across Bluesky. Learn more: bsky.social/about/blog/1...
We’ve expanded post-reporting options from 5 → 39. This gives you more precise ways to flag issues and strengthens the signals our safety systems rely on. Clearer reports mean better moderation and higher-quality conversations across Bluesky. Learn more: bsky.social/about/blog/1...
November 19, 2025 at 4:59 PM
v1.110 is live!
We’ve expanded post-reporting options from 5 → 39. This gives you more precise ways to flag issues and strengthens the signals our safety systems rely on. Clearer reports mean better moderation and higher-quality conversations across Bluesky. Learn more: bsky.social/about/blog/1...
We’ve expanded post-reporting options from 5 → 39. This gives you more precise ways to flag issues and strengthens the signals our safety systems rely on. Clearer reports mean better moderation and higher-quality conversations across Bluesky. Learn more: bsky.social/about/blog/1...
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My husband & I watch A LOT of horror movies. Imagine a high number of horror movies & it's even more than that. So, we decided to create a site to showcase his reviews & my random thoughts. But the question was- when was the right time to talk about horror? Well, Fright About Now. frightaboutnow.com
Fright About Now
Film reviews for people who love movies- by people who love movies.
frightaboutnow.com
November 15, 2025 at 8:48 PM
My husband & I watch A LOT of horror movies. Imagine a high number of horror movies & it's even more than that. So, we decided to create a site to showcase his reviews & my random thoughts. But the question was- when was the right time to talk about horror? Well, Fright About Now. frightaboutnow.com
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An in-depth review of Math for Knitters knotions.com?s=Atherley+&... 🧶
You searched for Atherley - Knotions Magazine
knotions.com
November 16, 2025 at 1:53 PM
An in-depth review of Math for Knitters knotions.com?s=Atherley+&... 🧶
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It's not that venture capitalists are new to the romance genre. It's just that these VCs inevitably quit their jobs to become a baker in a small-town or start rescuing kittens & feeding the homeless.
More of that energy in real life. Now that'd be an innovation.
More of that energy in real life. Now that'd be an innovation.
The idea that romance needed venture capitalists to come up with innovations like this is … kind of too funny for me to get heated about it.
November 14, 2025 at 3:02 PM
It's not that venture capitalists are new to the romance genre. It's just that these VCs inevitably quit their jobs to become a baker in a small-town or start rescuing kittens & feeding the homeless.
More of that energy in real life. Now that'd be an innovation.
More of that energy in real life. Now that'd be an innovation.
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It's about ethics in pub quizzing.
I scored 3/5 (I don't care about football).
The Barking Dog quiz cheating: BBC visits pub - and sees the questions - BBC News share.google/fa6dpUwL6aUe...
I scored 3/5 (I don't care about football).
The Barking Dog quiz cheating: BBC visits pub - and sees the questions - BBC News share.google/fa6dpUwL6aUe...
The Barking Dog quiz cheating: BBC visits pub - and sees the questions
The weekly pub quiz at the Barking Dog in Urmston returns after a cheating team was rumbled.
share.google
November 15, 2025 at 9:19 AM
It's about ethics in pub quizzing.
I scored 3/5 (I don't care about football).
The Barking Dog quiz cheating: BBC visits pub - and sees the questions - BBC News share.google/fa6dpUwL6aUe...
I scored 3/5 (I don't care about football).
The Barking Dog quiz cheating: BBC visits pub - and sees the questions - BBC News share.google/fa6dpUwL6aUe...
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Just because you *can* make anything with a Cricut doesn't mean you *should.*
November 6, 2025 at 11:15 AM
Just because you *can* make anything with a Cricut doesn't mean you *should.*
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Was this the best use of my time today? No. Is it the most amusing way I could have spent the last 90 minutes? Absolutely. Pattern is free here: bit.ly/4nGGCGc
November 6, 2025 at 10:06 PM
Was this the best use of my time today? No. Is it the most amusing way I could have spent the last 90 minutes? Absolutely. Pattern is free here: bit.ly/4nGGCGc
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Watson was a racist who, "near the end of his life, faced condemnation and professional censure for offensive remarks, including saying Black people are less intelligent than white people"
James Watson, co-discoverer of the double-helix shape of DNA, has died at age 97
Scientist James Watson, who shared a Nobel prize for helping discover the double-helix shape of the DNA molecule, has died. He was 97.
apnews.com
November 7, 2025 at 8:07 PM
Watson was a racist who, "near the end of his life, faced condemnation and professional censure for offensive remarks, including saying Black people are less intelligent than white people"
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Today's a good day to remember Rosalind Franklin, British chemist and X-ray crystallographer whose untimely death meant three men shared a Nobel prize for discovering the structure of DNA for which she'd done most of the work.
November 7, 2025 at 8:02 PM
Today's a good day to remember Rosalind Franklin, British chemist and X-ray crystallographer whose untimely death meant three men shared a Nobel prize for discovering the structure of DNA for which she'd done most of the work.
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Yes, yes, but how does that relate to the one thing I'm obsessed with
November 1, 2025 at 8:44 PM
Yes, yes, but how does that relate to the one thing I'm obsessed with
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Parihaka’s mana, resistance, and courage, can never been forgotten. While fireworks tonight go off remembering *that* failed plot, I’ll think of the wāhine, tāne, and tamariki, who for a time got to live freely once again in our own land.
Me maumahara tonu tātou 🪶🪶🪶
🖤🤍❤️
Me maumahara tonu tātou 🪶🪶🪶
🖤🤍❤️
November 5, 2025 at 12:34 AM
Parihaka’s mana, resistance, and courage, can never been forgotten. While fireworks tonight go off remembering *that* failed plot, I’ll think of the wāhine, tāne, and tamariki, who for a time got to live freely once again in our own land.
Me maumahara tonu tātou 🪶🪶🪶
🖤🤍❤️
Me maumahara tonu tātou 🪶🪶🪶
🖤🤍❤️
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This post is going to be very honest, but not very nice. Stop doing this stupid "love locks" thing. It's not an old Parisian tradition, it's vandalism. It destroys beautiful old things and costs the city money in repairs that it could spend on schools or hospitals or social services.
November 4, 2025 at 10:19 AM
This post is going to be very honest, but not very nice. Stop doing this stupid "love locks" thing. It's not an old Parisian tradition, it's vandalism. It destroys beautiful old things and costs the city money in repairs that it could spend on schools or hospitals or social services.
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You may shrug, but PEOPLE is notoriously safe-playing when it comes to upholding certain cultural norms. This is quite the move to make in the year 2025. Interesting, to say the least.
Jonathan Bailey makes history as the first openly gay man to be named PEOPLE’s Sexiest Man Alive.
November 4, 2025 at 2:47 PM
You may shrug, but PEOPLE is notoriously safe-playing when it comes to upholding certain cultural norms. This is quite the move to make in the year 2025. Interesting, to say the least.
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Saw a video saying "If your yarns are twisting when you're working stranded colourwork, it's a sure sign you are messing up your colour dominance" GOOD GRIEF NO. It's a sign that you're making your life harder in the way you are handling your yarns, but it's got NOTHING to do with colour dominance.
November 4, 2025 at 5:17 PM
Saw a video saying "If your yarns are twisting when you're working stranded colourwork, it's a sure sign you are messing up your colour dominance" GOOD GRIEF NO. It's a sign that you're making your life harder in the way you are handling your yarns, but it's got NOTHING to do with colour dominance.
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Related to what @kateatherley.bsky.social said about a video saying Wrong Things about knitting techniques. In the age of the personal brand, sometimes the appearance of knowledge is sold over the actual skill of knowing.
Is there anything more despicable than the incompetence of those who want only to sell and haven't enough talent to do even that? (1968)
November 4, 2025 at 5:37 PM
Related to what @kateatherley.bsky.social said about a video saying Wrong Things about knitting techniques. In the age of the personal brand, sometimes the appearance of knowledge is sold over the actual skill of knowing.