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Cranky-faced Knitter

@crankyfacedknitter.bsky.social
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Wool-spinner, tea-drinking, surfer of word-waves, ever-whining lover of potatoes; hobbit-like in form and function, multi-crafting, elder Bi. Chronic illness-bearer, TTRPG-enjoying, embroiderer with thread and words, perpetrator of the sin of empathy.

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Cranky-faced Knitter @crankyfacedknitter.bsky.social · 12h
A week with strained back muscles and I’m still not quite walking right, but it’s better. Hip is definitely involved, because my left leg wants to turn inward on the forward stride, but it doesn’t actually *hurt* to correct it. It’s just easier to move the leg forward if I turn my toes inward.
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sparkling homunculus @1001cranes.bsky.social · 14h
yesss www.countryliving.com/home-design/...
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Miss Grandma’s Halloween Decorations? This 126-Year-Old Company Still Makes Them
Skip the knockoffs: Here’s how to find authentic vintage-style Halloween décor from the original maker.
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TKarney @pecunium.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
If you pay the Danegeld, you never get rid of the Dane.
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Jessica Ellis @baddestmamajama.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
I have separated the art from the artist and am now whipping the art to stiff peaks, after which I will gently fold it into the artist before baking at 350 til golden and puffed
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The Autistic Coach | Mati (he/they) @theautisticcoach.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
“Can I do it?” is a terrible measure of disability. Yes, I can do it. Can I do it repeatedly? Can I do it safely? Can I do it without support? Can I do anything afterwards? Can I do it tomorrow too? What does doing it COST? These tell me a lot more about my capability.
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Nikki M @powderedsugarbear.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
You have been blessed by the friend onion :).
A clear container with fried onions in it the sign says "friend onion".
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Victoria Strauss @victoriastrauss.com · 28/09/2026
Sorry, if you eat raw milk cheese you are asking for something like this to happen to you
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Eniko Fox @enikofox.com · 27/09/2026
i posted an epiphany i had about why i hate AI so much on fedi and i wanna post it here but it won't fit and i don't wanna cut it down to size so fuckit i'm just posting a screenshot
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@eniko@mastodon.gamedev.place

OH. right! i get it now!

i get why AI is so depressing to me. because covid already shrunk my world to almost nothing, where almost all of my life revolves around socializing and watching videos on the internet (which is being ruined by AI) and creating creative works through coding (which is being ruined by AI), often using open source tools and libraries (which are being ruined by AI)

i already had so little and now even that is being rotted away before my eyes
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Cranky-faced Knitter @crankyfacedknitter.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Apple slab pie and oatmeal cranberry-date cookies. Barely any pie left. Tart and nicely balanced.
The remains of a thin apple pie baked in a sheet pan. Nubbly brown oatmeal cookies studded with dried fruit, in a plastic holiday bucket.
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a team of bumblebees @saramchenry.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
You wouldn’t believe how many songs I can never have heard. Millions. Billions maybe even
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J. R. Moock, jr. @jrmoockjr.northsky.social · 27/09/2026
This has fucked me up more than once. If you have a coconut allergy, you NEED to be careful about anything with “activated charcoal” anywhere near the label.
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Cranky-faced Knitter @crankyfacedknitter.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
Apple slab pie. Oatmeal cranberry date cookies. It’s storming and my back still hurts but there are tasty treats to bring with me to a party tonight.
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Kendra "Gloom is My Beat" Pierre-Louis @kendrawrites.com · 26/09/2026
However (you rightly) feel about Arnold as a human, as a governor etc. He was raised (literally and culturally) by people who had been Nazis. He saw their impact firsthand. He knew ball.
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Cranky-faced Knitter @crankyfacedknitter.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
Me: “Don’t eat the top layer of cookies, they’re still too warm and they’ll fall apart.” Husband: “It’ll be fine.” Can you guess what happened
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Anil Dash @anildash.com · 25/09/2026
Age verification is an egregious privacy violation, an inexcusable form of surveillance, and… it’s also voodoo bullshit that doesn’t work. It’s one of the reasons I’m proudest to support @eff.org, who have been leading the fight against the horrible practice for years: www.eff.org/issues/age-v...
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Age Verification and Age Gating: Resource Hub
Age verification (or age-gating) laws generally require online services to check, estimate, or verify all users’ ages—often through invasive tools like ID checks, biometric scans, or other dubious “ag...
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Musicology Duck @musicologyduck.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
there's a new "iced coffee" every year, just to keep the HR consulting industry "relevant" and help corporations gatekeep based on who bothers to research the latest conventions before going on the market resume formatting things, interview behavioral things, networking things always changing
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mcc @dryad.technology · 25/09/2026
Why is billionaire-owned media suddenly coming all at once with pieces against drinking fluids. What is this manufacturing consent for. Is it building toward something. Should I be afraid
@wsj.com‬
You don’t need to make drinking water a part-time job since too much of it doesn’t have any real health benefit. @washingtonpost.com‬
Is asking someone to leave the beverages at home for an interview as fussy as reminding a lady to wear pantyhose or a gentleman to ask before lighting a cigarette?

We assembled a team of Post staffers across the newsroom — and commenters — to find out:
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Alex Plante 🐀👑 @aplante.com · 25/09/2026
i have in fact added prints of this to my shop/inprnt IN CASE YOU WERE WONDERING 🇨🇦 aplante.com/shop 🌎 www.inprnt.com/gallery/apla...
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M Meerkat @kackbro.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Joe Walsh Is Right......
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Cranky-faced Knitter @crankyfacedknitter.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
The drag queens decreed our group the MVPs of the audience a d came out afterward to talk and meet us. We are going to get good grades in drag show appreciation, a normal thing to want and possible to achieve
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Cranky-faced Knitter @crankyfacedknitter.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
I am at a Dolly-themed drag show tribute, which is almost as good as a book drive
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Preeti Chhibber @runwithskizzers.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
I am going throw myself into the sea
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This Week in Videogames @thisweekinvideogames.com · 23/09/2026
Dwarf Fortress co-creator Tarn Adams says he has no need for GenAI, because his artists are bursting with cool, weird ideas like meat biomes and sphincter doors. "[Tolkien] didn’t have a sphincter door. I mean, I don’t think he did… Who knows what’s going on in, like, Minas Morgul though."
thisweekinvideogames.com
27 Chaotic Minutes with Dwarf Fortress Creator Tarn Adams
Tarn Adams talks about Dwarf Fortress, his favourite bugs of the last 20 years, and why it's incredibly important to have a "meat biome"
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Cranky-faced Knitter @crankyfacedknitter.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
New Yorkers, take advantage of the lottery that I can’t (not a resident)!
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psudonym @psudonym.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
breathe out a bit
psyduck floating in a lake at twilight, no text
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Jonathan Edward Durham @thisone0verhere.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
And now for some actual good news for once!
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Jerry Chen @jcsalterego.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
me: no worries (galadriel voice) but they were all of them deceived, for another worry was made
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John Wiswell @wiswell.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
then quit building it, man
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Cranky-faced Knitter @crankyfacedknitter.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Home and in bed and unable to move, as every cat is surrounding me and pinning me under the blankets.
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Taniel @taniel.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Tens of thousands of voter registrations have gone unprocessed in Texas. Affecting large areas deeply. If you’re in Texas, check your registration is up to date and accurate ASAP. www.texastribune.org/2026/09/22/t...
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DPS voter registration applications weren’t sent to counties
Counties will start receiving a surge of applications less than two weeks before the Oct. 5 registration deadline, adding work at one of the busiest points in the election calendar.
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Mr. Moo Sky @bricebowl.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
Disable gambling ads:
Discord Settings. "Sponsored Content" button is pressedSponsored Content settings. "Manage Sponsored Content" button is pressedManage Sponsored Content settings. "Real Money Gambling" radio switch is "off" (disables gambling content)
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Cranky-faced Knitter @crankyfacedknitter.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
On the way out to Indiana and the way back I stopped at the Japanese market in Columbus and got myself onigiri and a bento box for traveling food, and I cannot stress enough how much it rocks. Not having to eat greasy fast food if I don’t want to is what my poor aging system needs
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Lady Attercop @ladyattercop.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
Happy Equinox!
A vintage postcard depicting a pumpkin man driving a green striped, gourd convertible car with a witch and black cat in the back seat. The text over the meme reads, “Get in loser. It’s time for witchcraft.”
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Emily J @emexastris.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
My cantor calls the day after Yom Kippur “Yom Kaput” and I intend to fully observe it this year.
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McSweeney's @mcsweeneys.net · 22/09/2026
IT IS TIME. buff.ly/pykYN6f
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It’s Decorative Gourd Season, Motherfuckers
For the seventeenth year: Welcome to autumn, fuckheads.
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Beth @bethinsac.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
This absolute piece of shit. I hate him so much. www.ebar.com/story/170505...
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Newsom vetoes bill aimed at protecting providers of transgender care
Governor Gavin Newsom used his veto pen over the weekend to ax legislation aimed at protecting providers of gender-affirming care from being extradited to face charges for doing so by another state.
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Max Gladstone @maxgladstone.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
Pokemon Company has printed so much 30th Anniversary that the scalpers are crashing out, prices are collapsing, kids are actually opening good cards! And there is Joy! Sweet Joy! Joy in Parent Town!
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Rosemary Mosco @rosemarymosco.com · 22/09/2026
Happy mushroom season!
A comic titled "Types of mushrooms" with 12 mushroom species. A wrinkly-looking morel is labeled "creepy but tasty". A brownish deadly galerina is labeled "boring but deadly". A witch's butter on a branch is labeled "jiggles if you poke it". A large puffball is labeled "egg". A creepy red-dripping bleeding tooth fungus is labeled "deeply disconcerting". A fly agaric with a green treefrog sitting under it is labeled "frog umbrella". A black chanterelle is labeled "chalice for forbidden elixers". Three straight-stemmed entolomas are labeled "haha, nipples". A bright purple viscid violet cort is labeled "purple is nice". A birch polypore sticking out of a birch trunk is labeled "tree nose". A complex yellow-tpped coral fungus is labeled "cursed citadel where dwells a fairy queen". A Ravenel's stinkhorn is pixellated at the top for your safety, and labeled "NSFW".
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Derridon't @derridont.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
It's really something that the NYT prints the ",like," in an AOC quote verbatim, but will gleefully edit out two and a half minutes of senescent sun-downing word-salad from Trump in order to pull quote the only coherent sentence in the whole thing and present that as the thing he said
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Claire Willett @clairewillett.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
saw this on Instagram and it so perfectly encapsulated my rage
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being so fr when I say that transmisogyny has put feminism back like 50 years

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what i thought we had distanced ourselves from was the reduction of women to vaginas and wombs and the ability to bear children. i thought we had progressed past 'dresses are for women and pants are for men. i thought we progressed past the idea that someone is less of a woman if she does not adhere strictly to beauty standards. i thought we progressed past the idea that naturally being comfortable adhering to highly feminine standards is vulgar. but i (sarcastically) guess no one could have predicted that trans-exclusive feminism would be the downfall of all the progress we've made
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Chuck Tingle @chucktingle.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
thank you bisexual dice polycule
image of a swirling purple background with light blue dice floating in the air they all have faces and look DANG GOOD. the text says 'congratulations. if you are seeing this you have been chosen by the bisexual dice polycule. they have cleansed your misfortune hexes have a wonderful day'
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Kate Strasdin @katestrasdin.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
This feels like a quietly appropriate approach to autumn dressing, a loose early #1880s ‘at home’ kind of gown in reddy brown challis, a lightweight blend of wool & silk. The Watteau pleat at the back & panels at the front are embroidered with pale forget-me-nots #newcanaanmuseum #FashionHistory 🗃️🪡
Partial view of the back of a reddish brown loose gown of challis. It has a high collar, slightly puffed sleeves at the shoulder and a broad pleat centre back embroidered with small pale flowersFull length view of the red brown early 1880s at home gown. Long sleeved, with high collar. The floral embroidery continues down centre panels and around the collar, cuffs and pockets
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Lupita Nihongo @otsumamiboy.blacksky.app · 21/09/2026
A mocked up FBI wanted poster with six variations of Bugs Bunny dressed as hilarious women

Left to right:
Classic housewife bugs bunny in a peach dress with French curls and a blue bonnet 

Sexy snow bunny bugs bunny in a form fitting yellow ski suit & red lipstick 

Classy rocket bra bugs bunny in a pink blouse and a choker and red heels and a blue skirt 

Green nightgown bugs bunny looking alluring 

Cavewoman bugs bunny in an orange tattered one piece slip making a come hither expression 

Flapper bugs bunny in a red dance outfit and a big bowler hat
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Jinxe the Enervated. @jinxe.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
Your morning joy. What's your salmon fishing style?
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explore.org @explore.org · 10/08/2026
Watch Scuba Steve - Bear 27 - what should we call his fishing style?
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Joanne Harris @joannechocolat.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
Turned down last week: 2 festivals with no budget for speakers 1 writing course with no budget for teachers 1 film project with no budget to option the book - plus they wanted me to write the screenplay. For free. Don't do it, kids. Don't work for free. Because to them, what's free is worthless.
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Dilek Sayedahmed @dileksayedahmed.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
I truly, deeply, sincerely do think the guy flipping burgers at McDonalds should be able to afford rent, bills, and groceries with his paycheck alone. That's kind of the whole point of having a job and I can't believe this is considered a radical position.🤷🏽‍♀️
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CZEdwards @czedwards.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
Re This case: Most media are focusing on their own states, but this was a multi-state trip. The person took the whole route of the Southwest Chief, so Illinois through the midwest, then across S. Colorado, New Mexico, and Arizona before LA. Then up the coast, and back across on California Zephyr.
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Person with measles rode Amtrak trains and buses across CA, health officials say
The California Department of Public Health said the unvaccinated passenger stopped at six California stations, including downtown Sacramento.
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Rosemary Mosco @rosemarymosco.com · 18/09/2026
Humaning.
A four-panel comic. In panel 1, a Northern Cardinal and American Goldfinch perch above a busy crowd in a city, looking down. The cardinal says "It's a nice day to go humaning." The goldfinch says "Just look at them. Majestic." In panel 2, a close-up of the two birds. The cardinal says "Nobody tells you that you'll reach a certain age and suddenly get into humaning. I hit 3 years old, and then bam."The birds are looking out over the crowd scene. In panel 3, the cardinal says "Their calls sound funny to us, but each one has a unique meaning." Below, people are saying various things: "I'm tired." "Where's my phone?" "I'd murder a burrito." In panel 4, the birds look down excitedly at a man walking by. The cardinal says "Wait, is that a guy who got dressed in the dark and put his shirt on inside out and backwards?" And the goldfinch exclaims, "Holy... that's a lifer!"
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