TallHobbit
@tallhobbit.bsky.social
Joelle, she/her, AuDHD, cottage industry garment worker, sewing, knitting, spinning, plants, libraries, books, games. Not a fascist trad wife -- I just dress like a story book, and like baking bread and reading Tolkien.
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Good morning to all skeletons, no matter your level of musculature. Let’s all scream together before we vanish because *gestures to entire world*
Happy partially muscled skeleton screaming before vanishing day to all those who celebrate.
November 14, 2025 at 11:55 AM
Good morning to all skeletons, no matter your level of musculature. Let’s all scream together before we vanish because *gestures to entire world*
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abolish marriage as a function of the state. you can still get married but it has no legal merit and confers no special status. "but what about my inheritence / healthcare / pension"? guess what fuckers, we also get UBI, a robus welfare state, fully-funded NHS and high-quality social housing for all
"my least woke opinion is---"
That's enough. We've had enough people indulging in the "thrill of a little conservatism", as a treat. Of considering reactionary thought to be a salacious and taboo in a world descending into reactionary mania.
Give me your MOST woke opinions. We're bringing it back.
That's enough. We've had enough people indulging in the "thrill of a little conservatism", as a treat. Of considering reactionary thought to be a salacious and taboo in a world descending into reactionary mania.
Give me your MOST woke opinions. We're bringing it back.
November 14, 2025 at 12:02 PM
abolish marriage as a function of the state. you can still get married but it has no legal merit and confers no special status. "but what about my inheritence / healthcare / pension"? guess what fuckers, we also get UBI, a robus welfare state, fully-funded NHS and high-quality social housing for all
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my patience has increased but I will say, it is ok to have trouble reading, it is not ok to scream at people for things you imagined they said because you can't read what they actually said
November 11, 2025 at 6:24 PM
my patience has increased but I will say, it is ok to have trouble reading, it is not ok to scream at people for things you imagined they said because you can't read what they actually said
I've spent my morning learning about this and I'm completely baffled.
One of the biggest proponents of the cueing system -- after decades of research disproving his theories -- is adamant that learning words isn't as important as "making sense."
As far as I can tell, that means "making shit up."
One of the biggest proponents of the cueing system -- after decades of research disproving his theories -- is adamant that learning words isn't as important as "making sense."
As far as I can tell, that means "making shit up."
how did i go so long not knowing we were literally teaching people to read wrong. i knew something wasn't right but jesus christ www.apmreports.org/episode/2019...
How a flawed idea is teaching millions of kids to be poor readers
For decades, schools have taught children the strategies of struggling readers, using a theory about reading that cognitive scientists have repeatedly debunked. And many teachers and parents don't kno...
www.apmreports.org
November 14, 2025 at 1:09 PM
I've spent my morning learning about this and I'm completely baffled.
One of the biggest proponents of the cueing system -- after decades of research disproving his theories -- is adamant that learning words isn't as important as "making sense."
As far as I can tell, that means "making shit up."
One of the biggest proponents of the cueing system -- after decades of research disproving his theories -- is adamant that learning words isn't as important as "making sense."
As far as I can tell, that means "making shit up."
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the only good accent work on earth is old money transatlantic american to make fun of rich people accent
November 13, 2025 at 4:06 PM
the only good accent work on earth is old money transatlantic american to make fun of rich people accent
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And we knew this. This wasn't speculation. We studied it, we had the talking points. We trained volunteers to explain this to people. It's not a surprise. Rich people don't flee places with good quality of life when we increase the quality of life. They might try to cheat us, but they don't leave.
NEW: The first two years of Massachusetts' millionaire tax has raised $3 billion more than expected.
And rather than driving the rich away, IPS researchers found that the number of millionaires has *increased.*
Tax the rich. Greg Ryan in @bloomberg.com:
And rather than driving the rich away, IPS researchers found that the number of millionaires has *increased.*
Tax the rich. Greg Ryan in @bloomberg.com:
Millionaire Tax That Inspired Mamdani Fuels $5.7 Billion Haul in Massachusetts
A millionaire levy in Massachusetts that New York City mayoral frontrunner Zohran Mamdani holds up as a model for taxing the rich has generated $3 billion more in revenue than expected without forcing...
www.bloomberg.com
November 14, 2025 at 4:16 AM
And we knew this. This wasn't speculation. We studied it, we had the talking points. We trained volunteers to explain this to people. It's not a surprise. Rich people don't flee places with good quality of life when we increase the quality of life. They might try to cheat us, but they don't leave.
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I wrote about performative ignorance last month. It's exhausting.
"Black people are tired. Not metaphorically tired—actually tired. The kind of tired that turns every group chat into a mix of gallows humor and emotional triage."
I write about white ignorance and how exhausting it is to hear white ppl insist "this isn't who we are, when it's ALWAYS who we've been.
I write about white ignorance and how exhausting it is to hear white ppl insist "this isn't who we are, when it's ALWAYS who we've been.
White People’s Performative Ignorance Is Exhausting—Opinion
Disbelief over authoritarianism in America isn’t a cutesy personality trait. It’s a confession: You haven’t been paying attention.
rewirenewsgroup.com
November 14, 2025 at 11:43 AM
I wrote about performative ignorance last month. It's exhausting.
I've decided I'll no longer knit socks with superwash yarn. The socks get baggy so quickly!
By the end of the day they're floppy and weird fitting and I can't stand it.
Right now I'm on a West Yorkshire Spinners kick. I was gifted three skeins for my birthday last year.
By the end of the day they're floppy and weird fitting and I can't stand it.
Right now I'm on a West Yorkshire Spinners kick. I was gifted three skeins for my birthday last year.
November 13, 2025 at 11:38 PM
I've decided I'll no longer knit socks with superwash yarn. The socks get baggy so quickly!
By the end of the day they're floppy and weird fitting and I can't stand it.
Right now I'm on a West Yorkshire Spinners kick. I was gifted three skeins for my birthday last year.
By the end of the day they're floppy and weird fitting and I can't stand it.
Right now I'm on a West Yorkshire Spinners kick. I was gifted three skeins for my birthday last year.
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Recovery from (what I now understand to be autistic) burnout means that my ideas from my long rumination on undergarment fitting are about to be tested.
I'm wearing the longline bra I bought a few years ago, and making notes on alterations that will be needed for comfort.
I'm wearing the longline bra I bought a few years ago, and making notes on alterations that will be needed for comfort.
November 12, 2025 at 11:00 PM
Recovery from (what I now understand to be autistic) burnout means that my ideas from my long rumination on undergarment fitting are about to be tested.
I'm wearing the longline bra I bought a few years ago, and making notes on alterations that will be needed for comfort.
I'm wearing the longline bra I bought a few years ago, and making notes on alterations that will be needed for comfort.
Soup and bread are magic.
And so is knitting.
Also tea.
And so is knitting.
Also tea.
November 12, 2025 at 9:04 PM
Soup and bread are magic.
And so is knitting.
Also tea.
And so is knitting.
Also tea.
I've solved nearly all my clothing related sensory issues by learning to make my own clothes.
My last challenge: a bra that doesn't make me ruminate on solving the discomfort all damn day.
I've concluded that I need a long line bra to distribute the compression.
My last challenge: a bra that doesn't make me ruminate on solving the discomfort all damn day.
I've concluded that I need a long line bra to distribute the compression.
November 12, 2025 at 4:41 PM
I've solved nearly all my clothing related sensory issues by learning to make my own clothes.
My last challenge: a bra that doesn't make me ruminate on solving the discomfort all damn day.
I've concluded that I need a long line bra to distribute the compression.
My last challenge: a bra that doesn't make me ruminate on solving the discomfort all damn day.
I've concluded that I need a long line bra to distribute the compression.
Long ago I was gifted an enameled cast iron Dutch oven in the shape of a pumpkin. I left it out unused in the kitchen for ages and it got all greasy and dusty outside.
Being an ignoramus who thought I knew how to wash things, used an especially abrasive cleaner on it and ruined the enamel.
Being an ignoramus who thought I knew how to wash things, used an especially abrasive cleaner on it and ruined the enamel.
November 12, 2025 at 4:23 PM
Long ago I was gifted an enameled cast iron Dutch oven in the shape of a pumpkin. I left it out unused in the kitchen for ages and it got all greasy and dusty outside.
Being an ignoramus who thought I knew how to wash things, used an especially abrasive cleaner on it and ruined the enamel.
Being an ignoramus who thought I knew how to wash things, used an especially abrasive cleaner on it and ruined the enamel.
Hell yeah!
Many are saying: 'Hell yeah - new medieval podcast just dropped.'
AND THEY ARE RIGHT TO DO SO!!
AND THEY ARE RIGHT TO DO SO!!
AND WE'RE LIVE!!!!!
Welcome to American Medieval! Our first episode sees @profgabriele.com talk with the amazing @goingmedieval.bsky.social about what got us interested in the Middle Ages, why Czech history is super cool, and why Dan Brown drives us nuts
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Welcome to American Medieval! Our first episode sees @profgabriele.com talk with the amazing @goingmedieval.bsky.social about what got us interested in the Middle Ages, why Czech history is super cool, and why Dan Brown drives us nuts
podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/p...
November 12, 2025 at 4:16 PM
Hell yeah!
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It’s #WorldPneumoniaDay. Here is my #SciArt lung #embroidery, she breathed (2018) with a poem about ease of breath stitched between the bronchi.
🧪🐡🧶 #Medsky
🧪🐡🧶 #Medsky
November 12, 2025 at 4:05 PM
It’s #WorldPneumoniaDay. Here is my #SciArt lung #embroidery, she breathed (2018) with a poem about ease of breath stitched between the bronchi.
🧪🐡🧶 #Medsky
🧪🐡🧶 #Medsky
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Libraries host food drives, have reading challenges with certificates for free burgers & pizza to encourage kids to read, have lunch-at-the-library programs in the Summer, have seed lending libraries to help grow your own food…
Libraries are adamant our neighbors be fed, that they never go hungry 💛
Libraries are adamant our neighbors be fed, that they never go hungry 💛
November 12, 2025 at 2:26 PM
Libraries host food drives, have reading challenges with certificates for free burgers & pizza to encourage kids to read, have lunch-at-the-library programs in the Summer, have seed lending libraries to help grow your own food…
Libraries are adamant our neighbors be fed, that they never go hungry 💛
Libraries are adamant our neighbors be fed, that they never go hungry 💛
Hey, friend, I love your pantaloons!
Breaking: The temps dropped in DC and FLUFFY SQUIRREL TROUSERS ARE BACK.
Squirrel of the Day for November 12, 2025 #sqrlpix
Squirrel of the Day for November 12, 2025 #sqrlpix
November 12, 2025 at 2:45 PM
Hey, friend, I love your pantaloons!
After I finish the raglan I'm knitting for Jesse, I'm going to turn to my yarn stash and start knitting hats and scarves to give away.
I have the sinking feeling that this winter is going to be especially hard for people, and they'll need all the warm things for body and spirit.
I have the sinking feeling that this winter is going to be especially hard for people, and they'll need all the warm things for body and spirit.
November 12, 2025 at 2:36 PM
After I finish the raglan I'm knitting for Jesse, I'm going to turn to my yarn stash and start knitting hats and scarves to give away.
I have the sinking feeling that this winter is going to be especially hard for people, and they'll need all the warm things for body and spirit.
I have the sinking feeling that this winter is going to be especially hard for people, and they'll need all the warm things for body and spirit.
On hard days I need to remember one of my favorite games: Good Leaf.
It's where I go outside and really look at the leaves, even the ones on the ground this time of year, and find all the ones that make me say, "now that's a good leaf!"
I always feel better.
It's where I go outside and really look at the leaves, even the ones on the ground this time of year, and find all the ones that make me say, "now that's a good leaf!"
I always feel better.
When my depression’s especially bad I bring myself to the garden centre for the very good fractals. Ngl I’m tempted to buy myself a tiny Christmas tree & handmake all the decorations as a project to help my brain.🌿
PS I found that rowan leaf on the ground.
PS I found that rowan leaf on the ground.
November 12, 2025 at 2:18 PM
On hard days I need to remember one of my favorite games: Good Leaf.
It's where I go outside and really look at the leaves, even the ones on the ground this time of year, and find all the ones that make me say, "now that's a good leaf!"
I always feel better.
It's where I go outside and really look at the leaves, even the ones on the ground this time of year, and find all the ones that make me say, "now that's a good leaf!"
I always feel better.
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Take LoTR. The reason evil exists in the books is because the creator is singing new creations into existence and Melkor wants to co-opt the song. It’s the reason Sauron’s armies are twisted forms of elves. The evil in LoTR CANNOT CREATE, they can go “this thing looks like this other thing”
The far right is obsessed with Lord of the Rings and Musk keeps posting about "hobbits" because modern scientific racism owes more to fantasy worlds and gaming systems than genetic science, and they see both as effective mediums for right-wing propaganda www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2025/1...
Why Elon Musk Needs Dungeons and Dragons to Be Racist
The fantastical roots of “scientific racism”
www.theatlantic.com
November 12, 2025 at 1:26 PM
Take LoTR. The reason evil exists in the books is because the creator is singing new creations into existence and Melkor wants to co-opt the song. It’s the reason Sauron’s armies are twisted forms of elves. The evil in LoTR CANNOT CREATE, they can go “this thing looks like this other thing”
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November 12, 2025 at 3:29 AM
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Just a reminder that this is next week - if you'd like to hear me talk about the extreme right and medievalism, sign up! :)
Need a late-night read? Or maybe late-afternoon… or mid-morning… Ya know what, time zones are annoying! The latest Carantes newsletter is out on our website! We look forward to Dr Rachel Moss's (@menysnoweballes.bsky.social) talk next month, details in the newsletter!
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October 2025 Newsletter
Dear friends, We hope this 25th newsletter finds you well as Fall settles over the northern hemisphere, and Spring greets the southern. We continue to watch with heartbreak and anger as viole…
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November 12, 2025 at 1:57 PM
Just a reminder that this is next week - if you'd like to hear me talk about the extreme right and medievalism, sign up! :)
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people as things, that’s where it starts
if you really internalize this one it will keep you on the right track
if you really internalize this one it will keep you on the right track
Discworld QOTD, from Carpe Jugulum
November 12, 2025 at 3:36 AM
people as things, that’s where it starts
if you really internalize this one it will keep you on the right track
if you really internalize this one it will keep you on the right track
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Freyja Stokes, a real-life #Pratchett scholar, looks at Mrs Palm and the historical connections between sex work and witchcraft... come for the history, stay for some amazing puns.
Read for free: www.speculativeinsight.com
Please share widely!
Read for free: www.speculativeinsight.com
Please share widely!
November 1, 2025 at 8:01 AM
Freyja Stokes, a real-life #Pratchett scholar, looks at Mrs Palm and the historical connections between sex work and witchcraft... come for the history, stay for some amazing puns.
Read for free: www.speculativeinsight.com
Please share widely!
Read for free: www.speculativeinsight.com
Please share widely!
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A better question to ask is
Who does it serve to make Mamdani a figurehead ?
Who does it serve to have the current political moment be “young versus old” rather than
“ at this critical juncture? What are people telling us and why is no one facilitating that conversation / whose stopping it”
Who does it serve to make Mamdani a figurehead ?
Who does it serve to have the current political moment be “young versus old” rather than
“ at this critical juncture? What are people telling us and why is no one facilitating that conversation / whose stopping it”
November 12, 2025 at 12:41 AM
A better question to ask is
Who does it serve to make Mamdani a figurehead ?
Who does it serve to have the current political moment be “young versus old” rather than
“ at this critical juncture? What are people telling us and why is no one facilitating that conversation / whose stopping it”
Who does it serve to make Mamdani a figurehead ?
Who does it serve to have the current political moment be “young versus old” rather than
“ at this critical juncture? What are people telling us and why is no one facilitating that conversation / whose stopping it”