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🎃 Imani Gandy Corn 🎃 @angryblacklady.blacksky.app · 20/09/2026

I just honestly can't get over that Save Women Sports, an anti-trans group could only find five trans athletes competing K through 12. Five. The NCAA president testified a year and a half ago or so that there were less than 10 college level trans athletes. What the fuck are we doing, people

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Sheila Ross @42sross.bsky.social · 11/07/2026

Today I went to a house contents sale. This person had a big stack of rewritable discs with music and maybe movies on them, and almost every one of them was labelled with a photo of a cat. I haven't this been amused and yet left with so many questions in a long time. #cats #estatesalefinds

An assortment of CD jewel cases decorated with photos of different cats and with the names of albums and/or films written on. For example, a case with a photo of a white cat has "South Pacific" written on it. A photo of a tabby cat's bum as the cat walks into a box says "Blues Brothers".

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Sheila Ross @42sross.bsky.social · 09/01/2026

Very relatable; I have a few hoodies my partner got from working with FB years ago. One recent time when I was especially disgusted and enraged with techbros, I made tiny quilt blocks and appliqued them over the logos on those hoodies. Not world-changing, of course, but it did soothe me a little.

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Sheila Ross @42sross.bsky.social · 31/12/2025

Same in Canada! Ottawa saw a large influx of Somali immigrants and refugees when I was in high school and the vitriol people repeated about them was wild. "They're welfare cheats! They stuff their families of 20 in a one bedroom apartment! They smell! They're dirty and bring roaches in!" Shameful.

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Sheila Ross @42sross.bsky.social · 19/12/2025

To be fair, truly Maximum Sock would be to put them in the kid's stocking, but these are special socks and they're already getting a cheaper pair in the stocking. Plus my partner firmly believes stocking stuffers should never be wrapped.

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Sheila Ross @42sross.bsky.social · 19/12/2025

Hmm, it's missing something. I know!

The socks are wrapped in sock-printed paper, with a gift label that also features a sock/stocking. Maximum sock. My kid's name is obscured, but I signed the label with a poorly-drawn footprint.

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Sheila Ross @42sross.bsky.social · 19/12/2025

What's that? Can't see the paper? Well here you go.

The socks are wrapped in colourful metallic wrapping paper festooned with socks/stockings.

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Sheila Ross @42sross.bsky.social · 19/12/2025

This is the last of this wrapping paper and I can't believe I haven't done this before.

Wrapping up a pair of snuggly grey mohair socks for one of my kids.

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Sheila Ross @42sross.bsky.social · 11/12/2025

Cool, more accelerationist sociopaths. These guys have no more business dictating public policy than I do as a social scientist/policy analyst do planning the next space mission.

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Avi Lewis @avilewis.ca · 11/12/2025

1/ The Carney government has fallen hard for AI hype, and it's endangering us all. This unprecedented invitation of data-hungry tech execs inside our house (where all our confidential data is stored) is a disturbing betrayal of public trust. dub.link/NDYvJU0

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Ottawa hands corporate leaders 50 roles in government

Ottawa plans to embed the private sector workers after adopting a business group's proposal — even naming the program after them, a briefing note reveals.

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Sheila Ross @42sross.bsky.social · 25/10/2025

We as a society never seem to learn when it comes to exploiting underage girls for entertainment. Please watch this video from @abbycox.bsky.social , if you're able. youtu.be/mL21iRFPoJU?...

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100 Years of Abusing Child Stars for Profit

YouTube video by Abby Cox

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Sheila Ross @42sross.bsky.social · 04/10/2025

Denialism alone was only officially criminalized recently; it is now included in the Criminal Code under "willful promotion of antisemitism". I don't know the details of what this guy said and did, but it may be that it was primarily denialism, rather than other forms of hate speech.

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Julie S. Lalonde @julieslalonde.bsky.social · 24/09/2025

Have you ever witnessed hate or harassment & felt unsure what to do? Do you tend to freeze in situations of crisis? Let me teach you effective bystander intervention - for free! I've got 3 more webinars on the schedule for this year. Open to anyone, anywhere aged 12+ Not recorded! Don't miss out!

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Sheila Ross @42sross.bsky.social · 21/09/2025

Look at this! I want to make dozens of them in different colours and give them to everyone I know (as if I have time for that). #sewing #quilting #vintage

From inside the 1977 quilt project book, instructions on how to make a quilted wall hanging that looks like a window. It depicts a hilly landscape in shades of green with blue sky and yellow sun. It even gives the illusion of curtains on a curtain rod. In the photo, the wall hanging is on a brown wall with a white wicker table in front. There is a white tea set and blue runner on the table.

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Sheila Ross @42sross.bsky.social · 21/09/2025

Something about the aesthetic of the mid/late 1970s (basically when I was a baby) is just delicious to me. Got this at a used book store yesterday for the cover project alone, though I'd do it in different colours. But the whole book is full of gems. #sewing #quilting #vintage

A 1977 Better Homes and Gardens Patchwork and Quilting book, subtitled "exciting quick and easy projects, quilting, patchwork, applique basics... Heirloom and contemporary designs". On the cover is a quilt made up of overlapping daisy shapes in lots of bright shades of red, blue, orange, yellow, and green.

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Sheila Ross @42sross.bsky.social · 12/09/2025

One of my cats has the most perfect low, truck engine brakes-style warning growl and there are times I wish I had the same skill.

A grey tabby cat sits awkwardly on her bottom while cleaning herself, exposing her lighter coloured belly. She is on a blue couch with a rumpled grey wool blanket.

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Sheila Ross @42sross.bsky.social · 11/09/2025

Did your son make you write this, Gavin? I'm not a fan of political violence, but calling hate mongering "spirited discourse" is pretty disingenuous.

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Sheila Ross @42sross.bsky.social · 10/09/2025

Done. Thank you for the tip.

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Sheila Ross @42sross.bsky.social · 10/09/2025

There are already a bunch of dickheads posting stills from it on here without a warning. I didn't like him any more than anyone else on this app, but FFS have some compassion for people who are sensitive to violent images due to personal trauma or whatever.

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Sheila Ross @42sross.bsky.social · 10/09/2025

... It was kind of icky seeing journalists around the world declaring solidarity with a wad of xenophobic toilet paper filled with racist AF cartoons.

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Sheila Ross @42sross.bsky.social · 10/09/2025

It's not exactly that for me. It's that I think it was kind of pointless, and probably will just drum up sympathy for him. I am reminded of the Charlie Hebdo incident in France. Like, those people didn't deserve to be shot, but also... 1/2

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CyKoore @cykoore.bsky.social · 10/09/2025

I don't see how Charlie Kirk being made a martyr will lead to anything better than him being alive.

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Sheila Ross @42sross.bsky.social · 10/09/2025

Exactly. It's kind of waste, you know?

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Sheila Ross @42sross.bsky.social · 10/09/2025

How many of us have said that, right?

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Sheila Ross @42sross.bsky.social · 09/09/2025

Robes can be tricky; I feel you.

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Sheila Ross @42sross.bsky.social · 09/09/2025

Good for you! I've made two blouses and an apron out of thrifted tablecloths. The first blouse wasn't perfect, but the other two things turned out great.

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Sheila Ross @42sross.bsky.social · 08/09/2025

Welcome to the club! We replaced ours last year. Kept us toasty warm through -30C (-22F) winter days. We also just switched to solar power, so we're not screwed if the grid goes down.

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Sheila Ross @42sross.bsky.social · 08/09/2025

What a ridiculous person. She keeps focussing on the wording of the question and refuses to offer any explanation about why she deliberately excluded the Black actor from that question. That was not a language barrier. She knew damned well what she was doing.

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🎃 Imani Gandy Corn 🎃 @angryblacklady.blacksky.app · 08/09/2025

She really tried to exclude the only Black woman on stage from a question about Me Too and BLM. Good lord

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Roxane Gay @roxanegay.bsky.social · 08/09/2025

I can't believe I need to have an AI policy! I made it pretty short though: Using AI is cheating, yourself mostly. In addition to the environmental blight created by AI, it makes no sense to use it in your intellectual and creative work. Why would you outsource your innate intelligence?

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Sheila Ross @42sross.bsky.social · 02/09/2025

Shot at the height of sweet pea madness by my partner shortly before our city experienced a weeks-long heatwave/drought. These #flowers were hit pretty hard; many vines didn't survive. But some pulled through and I'm still getting pretty but slightly raggedy bunches every few days. #bloomscrolling

A middle-aged woman with greying brown hair and glasses stands beside a bed of tall sweet pea vines with blooms of many colours such as pink, purple, peach, and white. Behind her are raspberry bushes and a cedar hedge.

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scott daGHOSTtino @scottdagostino.ca · 25/08/2025

This is a great litmus test ⭐️

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Sheila Ross @42sross.bsky.social · 24/08/2025

Aww, we're not perfect. But our kids are young adults now and seem to know right from wrong, so that's pretty cool.

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Sheila Ross @42sross.bsky.social · 23/08/2025

On a much, much milder scale, I was chatting with my kids about how some people, like their parents, treat borrowed or rented items with extra care, because they don't belong to us. Others, however, use that as an excuse to treat borrowed or rented items like crap. Some people just suck.

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Sheila Ross @42sross.bsky.social · 23/08/2025

For me it was when Newsom told Kirk on the podcast that his son was a fan. If my kids were following that POS, I'd consider that my greatest failure as a parent (yes, I have young adult kids). I would be ashamed to admit it in public and torture myself forever trying to figure out what went wrong.

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Ripples and Leaves @ripplesandleaves.bsky.social · 23/08/2025

We were enjoying a sunset swim, and realized we weren't alone. 🐸 #photography #wildlife #nature #summer

a frog, with green skin on top, and yellow skin on the bottom, sits on a beach of a lake.

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Sue Archer @suearcher.toot.wales.ap.brid.gy · 14/08/2025

@inarticulatequilter Back to the frugal nature of patchwork then - cutting up old clothes and bedding. A whole new level of skill, composing patterns from a limited stash. I wonder if flour brands will go back to selling flour in pretty printed fabric as an inducement, like they did during the […]

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Sheila Ross @42sross.bsky.social · 02/08/2025

Which is saying a lot. I am a younger Gen x and I thought Monchichi were ugly and weird even when I was a kid.

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Sheila Ross @42sross.bsky.social · 01/08/2025

I wonder whether his Instagram has always been private. Hmm.

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Chris Kluwe, adjudicated poaster @chriswarcraft.bsky.social · 31/07/2025

I wish a very happy “fuck you” to everyone who thought throwing trans people under the bus was going to stop these lunatics Their goal has *always* been the eradication of the entire LGBTQ+ community, and they’re not gonna stop at Obergefell either This is why we fight for *everyone*

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