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Rachel | Stitches and String Theory
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Physics-inspired knitwear patterns. Anime and video game-inspired cross stitch patterns. Data scientist, physics PhD, crafter, gamer.
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Rachel | Stitches and String Theory @stitch-theory.bsky.social · Jan 13
I made a feed for craftivism and artivism posts! It looks for those words as well as charity knitting, charity crochet, charity craft, 🧶 🗣️, and other similar terms

bsky.app/profile/did:...
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sbworkersunited.org
As of this morning, Starbucks workers across the country are officially ON STRIKE. And we're prepared for this to become the biggest and longest ULP strike in Starbucks history.

Say #NoContractNoCoffee with us: DON'T BUY STARBUCKS for the duration of our open-ended ULP strike! $SBUX
Don't Buy Starbucks! At any location, today and beyond, while workers are on ULP strike!
November 13, 2025 at 11:33 AM
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mediaperuana.bsky.social
“People are mad that the governments been closed for 6 weeks so we can protect healthcare. I bet they’ll be happy if the government reopens, they lose healthcare and it was closed all that time to gain exactly nothing!” — @democrats.senate.gov , apparently.
November 10, 2025 at 12:20 PM
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santiagomayer.com
Schumer (NY) 202 224-6542

Booker (NJ) 202 224-3224

King (ME) 202 224-5344

Hassan (NH) 202 224-3324

Durbin (IL) 202 224-2152

Ossoff (GA) 202 224-3521

Shaheen (NH) 202 224-2841

Gillibrand (NY) 202 224-4451

Masto (NV) 202 224-3542

Warner (VA) 202 224-2023
November 9, 2025 at 10:54 PM
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dbopdew.bsky.social
Hi, some friends and I are working on getting resources together in a readable schedule for anyone who needs food. The doc link itself has locations (in Knox County), and it has start times for each of those locations. As more restaurants participate & help those with SNAP benefits, I'll add them.
Food for SNAP Recipients in East TN
docs.google.com
October 29, 2025 at 4:20 PM
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lizshannonmiller.com
friend shared this, immediately updated my settings
Screenshot of text: unfuck google drive by shooting gemini Hey folks! Google is fucking you via sneaky enshittification again! Want the shit in your google drive to load instantly again, instead of taking for-fucking-ever? Open your gdrive (web OR app) Settings > Manage Apps Gemini was checked "use as default" (and i sure the fuck didn't set it that way, this was a silent push) Nuke that, and suddenly, folders that took up to a minute to populate and sort do so in a fraction of a second.
October 27, 2025 at 4:28 PM
stitch-theory.bsky.social
If you make knitting, crochet, Tunisian crochet, or loom knitting patterns and you have any sales platform off Ravelry, sign up for the Fasten Off Yarn Along! I'll be joining for my fourth year as both a designer and a maker and it's so much fun!

#knitting #crochet 🧶
October 25, 2025 at 5:48 AM
stitch-theory.bsky.social
We're not asking. We're shutting it down. Mass blackout November 25th - December 2nd. The largest economic blackout protest in U.S. history begins November 25th! No work, no projects, no spending, no events, no restaurants, no restaurants. No backing out!!! Prepare for the impact! To prevent "spike spending" before and after the blackout, we ask that all participants purchase goods needed from community-owned stores and markets leading up to and after the dates. This helps with sustained impact and keeps our money out of the mega businesses' pockets. Coordinated national pushback. Maximum local impact
October 22, 2025 at 4:02 PM
stitch-theory.bsky.social
I've had no RAM lately and have been sequestered over in the weird fandom section of BlueSky. @fastenoffyal.bsky.social starts soon, though, and I can't wait! I'll be joining as a designer and all of my knitting patterns (except charity patterns) will be discounted for the event

#knitting 🧶
October 18, 2025 at 2:07 AM
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knitterkim.bsky.social
If you’d like to add this block list to your feed, to keep things tidy and free from trolling.

bsky.app/profile/did:...
October 17, 2025 at 11:46 PM
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meganpiont.bsky.social
The Spanish language zines have really been a group effort. Many thanks to @kimtillman.bsky.social, Rommel and the Marin Promise Partnership, @mediaperuana.bsky.social, Leah and @taniazsk.bsky.social!!!

You can find them here: drive.google.com/drive/folder...
Hand holding Spanish “how to report ICE” zines Spanish ALERTA protocol
October 11, 2025 at 5:11 PM
stitch-theory.bsky.social
New book! Hoping it will inspire me and pull me out of the depressive rut I've been in

#Craftivism
A copy of the book "A Call to Needles: Acts of Craftivism and Crafted Kindness in the Age of Trump" by Dee Ann Eisner
September 20, 2025 at 4:57 PM
stitch-theory.bsky.social
@hankgreen.bsky.social really called it like two days ago, huh? I'm so angry and sad. How can we even try to push back against this sort of shit when nobody on the "left" in the Senate or House is doing *anything* to resist?
A tweet from the official U.S. Department of Energy Twitter account that says "Wind and solar energy infrastructure is essentially worthless when it is dark outside, and the wind is not blowing." There is a screenshot of Chris Wright, the Secretary of the DOE, with the caption "Wright backs Trump argument blaming renewables for rising electricity prices." The screenshot is labeled as coming from washingtonexaminer.com. Below the tweet, a community note reads "Batteries allow electricity to be stored and used at a different time than when it is generated." along with a link to the Wikipedia page for electric batteries.
September 7, 2025 at 4:12 AM
stitch-theory.bsky.social
Just learned about a neat Kickstarter for an inclusive knitting magazine

www.kickstarter.com/projects/ply...

#Knitting 🧶
PURL Magazine: The magazine for knitters
Because knitters deserve a great print magazine!
www.kickstarter.com
September 5, 2025 at 3:36 PM
stitch-theory.bsky.social
I ordered a copy of Cherry Bones from @jameshoffmann.bsky.social and it's absolutely gorgeous. I hope more issues are made! And I hope I can continue to import them...

#Coffee
A large magazine in matte paper. The cover is abstract patterns in blue, red, yellow, and tan, and in places looks like torn thick paper. At the bottom in gold is the title "Cherry Bones" and a seal that reads "Cherry Bones Issue One" along an outer ring and "Estd. 2025" in the middle
August 29, 2025 at 4:15 PM
stitch-theory.bsky.social
10 games to get to know me
- Baldur's Gate 3
- Stardew Valley
- Portal
- Hades
- DOOM (2016)
- Pokemon Crystal
- Kingdom Hearts 2
- Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild
- Spiderman (2018)
- Risk of Rain 2
scarydogfriend.bsky.social Josephine 🇵🇸 🔜 PAX U @scarydogfriend.bsky.social · Aug 21
10 games to get to know me:
- Stardew Valley
- Cultist Simulator
- Scarlet Hollow
- Disco Elysium
- Hades
- Persona 3 Portable
- Fear and Hunger 2: Termina
- Darkest Dungeon 2
- Mouthwashing
- Catherine
sateenbonnet.bsky.social SateenBonnet🔜T4T Zone @sateenbonnet.bsky.social · Aug 21
10 games to get to know me:
- Shadow of the Colossus
- Persona 3
- Okami
- Cult of the Lamb
- Sayaonara Wild Hearts
- Monster Hunter Stories 2
- Shin Megami Tensei: Digital Devil Saga
- Spiritfarer
- Bust A Groove (1 and 2)
- Bloody Roar
August 21, 2025 at 10:27 PM
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prisonculture.bsky.social
Join us on 9/7 for a Craft Fair Fundraiser for Gaza.

Can't make it and want to donate a craft, here's a form to fill out: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
Poster for a craft fair for Gaza, featuring hands weaving fabric. Text includes event details: Sunday, Sep 7, 12–6pm, 629 Nostrand Ave, Brooklyn. Proceeds support mutual aid organizations in Gaza.
August 19, 2025 at 8:52 PM
stitch-theory.bsky.social
Testing call finally up! Thrive will be my next charity knit-along pattern, raising money for the Transgender Law Center. I am hoping to start the knit-along Saturday, October 11, which is National Coming-Out Day

www.yarnpond.com/pattern_test...

#Knitting 🧶 #Craftivism #TestKnit
A picture of a white woman from behind. She is holding a triangular shawl against her back, hand knit in a rich gold yarn. The shawl is reverse stockinette, with a thick cable up the spine and thinner cables branching off to both sides
August 9, 2025 at 6:45 PM
stitch-theory.bsky.social
I learned yesterday that @hankgreen.bsky.social has a productivity app? As somebody who knits, has difficulty concentrating, and calls everything cute a "bean," I think this was literally made for me? Excited to see how Deep Focus mode is when it comes out -- it might replace Forest on my phone
A screenshot of a humanoid bean, arms in the air in excitement, holding a pair of knitting needles in one hand. Text reads "You want to help? Yay! When you put down your phone to focus, I can focus on my knitting." The whole thing has a cartoony, slightly crayon-drawn aesthetic
July 27, 2025 at 9:08 PM
stitch-theory.bsky.social
So I've been pretty quiet on social media lately, mostly because I've been going through a pretty bad bout of depression. Back in November when the election results came in, I knew it would be bad but really tried to fire myself up for "damage mitigation." /1
July 26, 2025 at 6:10 PM
stitch-theory.bsky.social
I've been coveting the pronoun pal pins from @kittywithacupcake.bsky.social since I saw the Kickstarter, but because I'm a hermit I couldn't justify them to myself. Now that I'm doing more in-person DMing, though, I decided to get a set for my TTRPG bag. It was so hard to choose just a few!
A set of enamel pins clipped vertically to a piece of cardstock. From top to bottom is a Baphomet head, a she/her plaque, a plaque with rainbow-colored polyhedral dice, a plaque with various videogame implements, and a Baphomet butt
July 12, 2025 at 4:01 PM
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erininthemorning.com
It should also raise the alarm for all of AI: If people like Musk are willing to weigh its AI to become mecha-hitler, they're probably also willing to weigh it to support their business interests.
cooperlund.online Cooper Lund @cooperlund.online · Jul 8
Here’s the bottom line for what’s going on with Grok - if the owner of the website is putting his thumb on the scale hard enough for the chatbot to turn into Goebbels, you should be deeply concerned about what he’s doing to the algorithm that you can’t so easily see, and what it’s doing to you
July 9, 2025 at 2:23 PM
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thec4aa.bsky.social
What do an alpaca, a sex strike, and a protest with a baseball bat have in common? (1/9)

They’ve all helped take down authoritarian regimes.
Here’s how creative activism actually works — and why it’s so powerful.
#ArtisticActivism #CreativeResistance #C4AA
want to overthrow a dictator? you might need an alpaca. seriously.
July 3, 2025 at 7:05 PM
stitch-theory.bsky.social
www.aeinstein.org/198-methods-...
www.aeinstein.org
July 4, 2025 at 4:36 AM
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nwlc.org
🚨URGENT🚨 The House is set to vote this morning on the “Big Beautiful Bill” that will reshape all of our lives in order to make billionaires richer. They're trying to jam this bill through, but it is not a done deal—we have one last chance to try and stop this bill.
July 2, 2025 at 3:04 PM