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The Countess

@escape-hatch.bsky.social
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Between the knitting and weightlifting, I feel that all I do is count. Sort of retired-ish. Native Floridian but a Panhandle transplant. A work in progress.

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Jesi🃏♠️🔥 @luciferjesit.bsky.social · 13/10/2026
This was such a great answer from Abdul El-Sayed about his previous criticisms of President Obama.
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Xela Hart @xelahart.bsky.social · 12/10/2026
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The Countess @escape-hatch.bsky.social · 11/10/2026
Does anyone else hear this song while reading this thread?
static.klipy.com
yakko world
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The Countess @escape-hatch.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
Are you sure he doesn’t mean Vogon? 
youtu.be
Vogon Poetry
YouTube video by Tim Lucien
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billkittle.bsky.social @billkittle.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
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The Countess @escape-hatch.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
That’s so great. It just reminded me of a trip my husband and I took to New Orleans and every restaurant we visited we only took photos of the aftermath of our incredible meals. I never laughed so hard. There’s just an empty gumbo bowl here and empty plate of oysters there - I loved it.
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The Countess @escape-hatch.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
And you have to say it in a cartoonishly southern voice like foghorn leghorn or senator Kennedy -it’s just perfect.
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The Countess @escape-hatch.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Harlequin glorybower I used to joke that was the name I danced under her back in the 80s.
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The Countess @escape-hatch.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
On my trip to Amsterdam this summer, I went to Stephen West’s shop and picked up some gorgeous souvenir yarn and yes, a beautiful shawl pattern but on the plane I just worked on a very simple Sophie hood. Kind of boring but easy to pick up and put down as needed 
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The Countess @escape-hatch.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
I keep seeing this controversy and what no one will clearly explain is why having something to drink ( barring liquor of course) at a job interview is disqualifying - what does it reflect that is so egregious? Without some sort of beverage, I would sound like RFK Junior on a bad day. 
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Andrew Ordover @aordover.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
The things old myths still have to tell us. brokenhand.substack.com/p/listening-... #booksky
brokenhand.substack.com
Listening to Cassandra
The uses of myth in the modern world
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The Countess @escape-hatch.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
That’s fair 
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The Countess @escape-hatch.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Hey, there are many many reasons to shit on Florida. I know - I have lived here all my life, but our ability to respond to hurricanes is not one of them. 
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The Countess @escape-hatch.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
I know I loved her series on PBS as well!
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The Countess @escape-hatch.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
So how is your undiagnosed ADHD going?
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The Countess @escape-hatch.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
Do you ever misread something and then your brain is off to the races? So I thought that Lucy WORSLEY had written the new Christie book,seems like a great idea, and then my brain kept going. And the final thought as I fell asleep was: Lucy WORSLEY should be the new Doctor. #doctorwho
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The Countess @escape-hatch.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
Every time I see their crypto hashtags all I can think of is Strumpet and Smellania
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The Countess @escape-hatch.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
Another great leftover is corned beef and cabbage eggrolls. It sounds weird, but it is absolutely fantastic. 
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The Countess @escape-hatch.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
Whole new meaning for the phrase “💩for brains .”
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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
Nothing divided the citizens more than “Citizens united” 😕 💰
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Betty Kraken of Florida @bettycrackerfl.bsky.social · 27/08/2026
No one will go to jail for stealing $10m from poor kids because Repubs in FL are above the law. But we can vote two of the thieves out in November: AG James Uthmeier and U.S. Senator Ashley Moody.
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The Countess @escape-hatch.bsky.social · 27/08/2026
Welp, just got my first push poll for the upcoming midterms. There must be some kind of bonus for saying “Democratic Socialist “ as many times as possible.
ballotpedia.org
Push polling
Ballotpedia: The Encyclopedia of American Politics
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Adam Parkhomenko @adamparkhomenko.bsky.social · 25/08/2026
Beautiful video released by the family of Dolly Parton
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The Countess @escape-hatch.bsky.social · 25/08/2026
That’s accurate because we’re all getting f@cked by these guys.
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The Countess @escape-hatch.bsky.social · 23/08/2026
Design element!😃
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The Countess @escape-hatch.bsky.social · 19/08/2026
It’s a portable box fan.
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The Countess @escape-hatch.bsky.social · 18/08/2026
I was terrible at that too, but I just learned the Norwegian purl and it’s making me so happy 
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The Countess @escape-hatch.bsky.social · 15/08/2026
This is a beautiful essay on the possibilities that live within the dreaded blue book 
apple.news
Why I Love Blue Books — The Atlantic
There’s no better way for students to show their professors what they’re capable of.
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Team Talarico @teamtalaricohq.bsky.social · 14/08/2026
NEW AD: 14 years ago today, Ken Paxton stole someone's $1,000 pen. Today, Ken Paxton’s pen victim is endorsing James Talarico.
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Democracy Docket @democracydocket.com · 13/08/2026
NEW: DHS spent months gathering information on dozens of Minnesotans as it sought to crack down on the state's anti-ICE protests, according to legal filings. Through the campaign, DHS collected information on constitutionally protected activities in churches, parks, schools and private group chats.
democracydocket.com
Trump admin conducted major surveillance operation in Minnesota during protest crackdown, new filings show
The sprawling surveillance effort involved several undercover operations at churches across the U.S.
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The Countess @escape-hatch.bsky.social · 13/08/2026
So my first attempt at the Sophie hood is- as per my usual method- wonky as heck but I think the addition of the eyelash yarn and daisies ( to cover a few little holes) more than make up for any deficiencies. #knitsky
Green knitted hood with fuzzy mohawk. M
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The Countess @escape-hatch.bsky.social · 11/08/2026
My husband says the same thing about Jackson Pollock 
It took me four years to paint like Rafael, but a lifetime to paint like a child. Pablo Picasso. 
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Ambassador Ken Fairfax (ret) @portlandken.bsky.social · 07/08/2026
Tales of everyday corruption. Pete Hegseth cancelled the $400,000 contract for making uniforms for the Blue Angels on the grounds that the contract with "The Sewing Box" was DEI since the firm is Black-owned. Instead, he awarded it to a Trump donor for $1,690,000, a 325% price increase!
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The Countess @escape-hatch.bsky.social · 04/08/2026
I’m beginning to understand why they can’t get to a deal with Iran. These guys are obviously terrible negotiators 
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The Countess @escape-hatch.bsky.social · 01/07/2026
I’m on a boat!
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Marc Elias @marcelias.bsky.social · 25/06/2026
The most important democracy story of the day. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...
democracydocket.com
Postmaster general says USPS won't deliver mail ballots if states don’t give Trump admin voter rolls
“You are going to make a decision that people cannot vote by mail. That’s unacceptable," one senator told the postmaster general.
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The Countess @escape-hatch.bsky.social · 24/06/2026
I’m ever so slightly jealous. I read it for the first time ages ago when it first came out (because I’m old) and it blew my mind in the best way. Reading that in a world before the Internet was the Internet was a very different experience. Enjoy!
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The Countess @escape-hatch.bsky.social · 20/06/2026
I’m most certainly will not I am the world’s slowest knitter
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The Countess @escape-hatch.bsky.social · 19/06/2026
I’m planning on two projects. One compact knit for the plane and a larger shawl for the river cruise. 12 days. Can’t wait!
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The Countess @escape-hatch.bsky.social · 16/06/2026
My husband is stridently anti-Olive - well I love them so much -except for the ones that you get out of a can that they put on top of pizza. Anyway, on a visit to Provence I was convinced that if he ate a really beautiful oil cured Niçoise Olive that he would love them. Nope.
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The Countess @escape-hatch.bsky.social · 09/06/2026
Thank you it’s a chrome powder finish and I love it
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The Countess @escape-hatch.bsky.social · 07/06/2026
First time using double points. Ribbing is wonky but I think it adds to the “background character from Les Mis” vibe that all fingerless gloves exude. #knitsky
A grey fingerless glove. Knitted with double points
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The Countess @escape-hatch.bsky.social · 01/06/2026
#knitsky so my first attempt at mosaic knitting is pretty darn good. Was supposed to be a dishcloth but I decided it should be a clutch. Forgive the sewing- I really don’t know what I’m doing with sewing 😬
Grey and white knitted clutch purse Inside of knitted purse
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The Countess @escape-hatch.bsky.social · 29/05/2026
We certainly thought it was tasty, but we were fairly well lubricated at that point
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The Countess @escape-hatch.bsky.social · 29/05/2026
After a friend‘s wedding/pig roast in the wee hours of the morning we came up with a drink made from grapefruit Jarritos, Canadian whiskey and key limes and called at the NAFTA. Surprisingly tasty.
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Eric Champnella @echamp.bsky.social · 23/05/2026
Stephen Colbert is a national treasure: The day after his show was canned after 11 years by CBS to appease a tyrant, he shows up on the Monroe, MI public access channel where he did his first Late Show broadcast in 2015.
youtu.be
Only In Monroe --- May 22, 2026
YouTube video by Stephen Colbert
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The Countess @escape-hatch.bsky.social · 20/05/2026
Regarding number two, I think you might be thinking of Dorothy Sayers’s Strong Poison, but that was arsenic
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Justin Wolfers @justinwolfers.bsky.social · 17/05/2026
"If we don't have immigration and population growth, the number of people who can pay off that debt just went down." That's the key mechanism.
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The Countess @escape-hatch.bsky.social · 15/05/2026
Janet. All day every day
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two women are sitting on a couch and one of them is saying tell us about it janet .
ALT: two women are sitting on a couch and one of them is saying tell us about it janet .
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The Countess @escape-hatch.bsky.social · 04/05/2026
The only reason I was aware of this was from Deborah Harkness‘s books - the Discovery of Witches trilogy.
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