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Sonja

@gingermakesstuff.bsky.social
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Fashion by day, snacking by night. Into textiles, dogs, hiking, knitting, and watching chipmunks.

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Sonja @gingermakesstuff.bsky.social · 10/10/2026
How does Steve plan to create "abundant water" in California?
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Sonja @gingermakesstuff.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
Man... complaining about divorce *and* estrangement? Do they not want other ppl to have any autonomy at all? I'm starting to wonder if these parents even miss having a relationship with their kids or if they just miss the control they once had over them.
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Sonja @gingermakesstuff.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
So did I?!
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Sonja @gingermakesstuff.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Textile production was already moving out of the US before NAFTA because of OSHA (regulations about wastewater disposal and use of solvents, etc). And textile production isn't labor intensive at all but it requires very skilled and specialized technicians to keep the looms running without issues.
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Sonja @gingermakesstuff.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Yes! There seems to be a misconception that clothing is extruded from a magic machine onto a conveyor belt. Skilled humans are making all your clothes!
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Sonja @gingermakesstuff.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
Lmaooooooooooo got im
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Mother Jones @motherjones.com · 23/09/2026
Newsom has vetoed a bill that would have prohibited future governors from handing over abortion providers, helpers, and patients to red states for criminal prosecution. The bill also barred extraditions involving transgender care.
motherjones.com
Newsom vetoes bill that would ban extraditions for abortion and gender-affirming care
California’s pro-repro rights governor rejects a key protection that 18 blue states have enshrined into law.
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Sonja @gingermakesstuff.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
Another recent read I found moving was A Council of Dolls, a lovely multigenerational story.
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Sonja @gingermakesstuff.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
The Extinction of Irena Rey- strange, catty, timely.
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Karl Bode @karlbode.com · 21/09/2026
for your future voting knowledge, Gavin Newsom was central in pressuring the AGs to settle their antitrust lawsuit against Paramount:
deadline.com
Done! Paramount Settles Antitrust Suit, Set To Seal Deal For Warner Bros. Discovery
Paramount agreed to settle an antitrust suit by a dozen State Attorneys General led by California's Rob Bonta, the last obstacle to its merger with WBD.
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gary’s anatomy @sablaah.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
“I don’t have a problem with trans people, I just don’t think they should be able to use public bathrooms or play sports or get healthcare—“ ok so that’s segregation. you are functionally a segregationist. and you want me to believe that fights fascism somehow. ok.
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Sonja @gingermakesstuff.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
Imagine getting paid to just be wrong all the time! His takes are never good, never supported by facts, and often just straight up nonsensical. Why does he get paid??
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Sonja @gingermakesstuff.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
LOL same happened to me shortly before they announced that the company had been sold off.
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Sonja @gingermakesstuff.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
Thank you for sharing! Looking forward to it!
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Prisonculture @prisonculture.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
Would also be nice for the "centrists" to ask "how will he pay for it?" That's their favorite question about any progressive or Left policies.
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Sonja @gingermakesstuff.bsky.social · 05/09/2026
If only there was a way to prevent this... 🤦‍♀️
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Sonja @gingermakesstuff.bsky.social · 04/09/2026
Yeah, it's a multipayer pension. We should all be in unions!
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Sonja @gingermakesstuff.bsky.social · 04/09/2026
My husband's are higher than that but more than made up for by the benefits. His dues the first year were less than what he made from having paid holidays, and he pays $0 for his health insurance.
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Sonja @gingermakesstuff.bsky.social · 04/09/2026
You and the chicken both!
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Sonja @gingermakesstuff.bsky.social · 04/09/2026
Oh my god 😳 🙈😂
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Sonja @gingermakesstuff.bsky.social · 02/09/2026
This guy is 46??? Yikes...
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Sonja @gingermakesstuff.bsky.social · 31/08/2026
I think about "whatever makes sense" ALL THE TIME.
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Sonja @gingermakesstuff.bsky.social · 28/08/2026
"In a tally reminiscent of Pravda" wow wow wow, v normal shit. And not even a passing interest in why postdocs would be so passionate about unionizing, must just be "groupthink". Yikes!
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Gillian Brockell @gillianbrockell.com · 28/08/2026
Looks like we’re using Gitmo to imprison immigrants again. This is an ICE charter airline owned by ICE’s flight broker using the callsign they use for all their ICE flights.
An FR24 map showing N411ZW going from Miami to Gitmo.
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Sonja @gingermakesstuff.bsky.social · 28/08/2026
Ah! Cool! Excited to check out your book too!
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Sonja @gingermakesstuff.bsky.social · 27/08/2026
I didn't know there was an NPS site in her honor- thank you for sharing! I look forward to visiting someday!
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kimdrury2.bsky.social @kimdrury2.bsky.social · 27/08/2026
How is this not bigger news? Armed agents entering a tribal nation without authorization and very much opposed by the tribe. www.kvoa.com/video/armed-...
kvoa.com
Armed CBP agents, border wall contractors enter Tohono O'odham Nation
Armed federal agents and border wall contractors entered Tohono O'odham Nation land without authorization Wednesday morning, according to the Tohono O'odham Nation Office of the Chairman and Vice Chai...
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Mark Ruffalo @markruffalo.bsky.social · 24/08/2026
www.hollywoodreporter.com/business/bus... Legend Mike Schur. Puts its as plainly as possible, talking about hollywood mergers. “They’re bad for everyone except those at the very top – the billionaires who saddle the new companies with debt and profit handsomely from the pain the rest of us feel.”
hollywoodreporter.com
Mike Schur: The Paramount-Warner Bros. Merger Is Existential for Writers
"A market ceases to function when competition disappears. And it’s disappearing," contends the comedy writer whose credits include 'Saturday Night Live,' 'The Office,' 'Parks and Recreation', 'Brookly...
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Sonja @gingermakesstuff.bsky.social · 22/08/2026
Wow! This is stunning!
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Sonja @gingermakesstuff.bsky.social · 21/08/2026
"Crazy things happen in Philadelphia, if I'm being honest" 🤣🤣🤣 obsessed with this woman 🤣
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Sonja @gingermakesstuff.bsky.social · 18/08/2026
I really want to read this but also very much don't want to have read it, if that makes sense?
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Sonja @gingermakesstuff.bsky.social · 17/08/2026
Maybe these nosy strangers come away with the impression that we've cut someone off for no reason, but the alternative is oversharing sensitive information. I've learned to be even more vague in my answers about family relationships (and not to pry about other people's families!).
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Sonja @gingermakesstuff.bsky.social · 17/08/2026
Also, sometimes people cutting someone off don't want to share the specifics with ppl outside that relationship. I've had discussions with friends about having to listen to near-strangers moralize when we vaguely say we're not close to a family member- would you prefer I disclose the gory details?
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 13/08/2026
Thomson Reuters, which owns news agency Reuters, has signed a $125M deal giving ICE access to its databases of personal data. USA Today has partnered with Palantir to gain "actionable intelligence" on its audiences. The media should be opponents of Trump's police state — not collaborators.
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Sonja @gingermakesstuff.bsky.social · 11/08/2026
Makes me sad to think how many students today aren't giving themselves the opportunity to really work at something and feel a sense of accomplishment and growth when they make huge improvements.
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Sonja @gingermakesstuff.bsky.social · 11/08/2026
This! I landed at a college that my high school hadn't prepared me for at all. I went from being pulled aside by a TA who told me I needed to get a writing tutor ASAP to writing a paper that my prof told me was graduate level. Took years and tons of work, but I was so proud of what I had worked for!
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Christof Brehmer #NAFO @christofbrehmer.bsky.social · 08/08/2026
Imagine just investing 10% of the money AI gobbles up into projects like this, have a look into the replies from all over Europe:
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Sonja @gingermakesstuff.bsky.social · 06/08/2026
I can only speak anecdotally, but I grew up in rust belt Indiana and the old school organized labor Democrats like my grandparents passed away between Obama and now. People a few decades younger than them are full-on Fox News types, while my grandparents read the paper and watched local news.
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Sonja @gingermakesstuff.bsky.social · 28/07/2026
I don't know what I mean exactly but you look like you listen to a lot of jazz?
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Leah Stokes @leahstokes.bsky.social · 14/05/2026
California has the largest virtual power plant in the world, with 200,000 participants. At the exact moment when the grid is dirtiest and most expensive to run, this program surges in with the cheapest, cleanest power. Newsom's budget would kill it. That's just bad policy.
latimes.com
200,000 Californians create as much power as a nuclear plant to help the grid. Now that's up in the air
California has one of the most successful "virtual power plants" in the world, but it's on the chopping block.
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Sonja @gingermakesstuff.bsky.social · 28/07/2026
This is me too! I feel like I observe an inordinate amount of zany human behavior, but I'm particularly good at noticing what animals are up to. 🐿
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Sonja @gingermakesstuff.bsky.social · 27/07/2026
JFC... why would anyone put him on TV??
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Sonja @gingermakesstuff.bsky.social · 24/07/2026
Ick... you're right.
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Sonja @gingermakesstuff.bsky.social · 24/07/2026
What is the "middle" they're meeting in? They describe absolutely no listening or compromises from Mullin's side but Gottheimer is one of the most right-leaning Dems in congress. How is it admirable to sell out your voters to support the head of the secret police just bc you work out together?
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Sonja @gingermakesstuff.bsky.social · 22/07/2026
Nothing better than their cucumbers on a hot day!
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Rebecca Nagle @rebeccanagle.bsky.social · 21/07/2026
First Nations are bearing the worst of Canada's wildfire crisis. Indigenous-led organizations are leading the most grounded response on the ground. If you can give, here's where to start: → Anishinabek Nation 7th Generation Charity: an7gc.ca/donate/ → True North Aid: truenorthaid.ca
an7gc.ca
DONATE - Anishinabek Nation 7th Generation Charity
Individuals who support the goals and vision of AN7GC can make a donation. The ways to donate: call us, mail your donation, use Paypal or CanadaHelps.
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Sonja @gingermakesstuff.bsky.social · 21/07/2026
Perfection! And from one of the most interesting museums I've ever been to!
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Sonja @gingermakesstuff.bsky.social · 16/07/2026
Oh my GOD for years I've screamed at anyone who will listen that Moby-Dick is 1) so gay and 2) surprisingly funny? and no one has ever believed me! Feels like this could convince folks! Stoked!!
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Sonja @gingermakesstuff.bsky.social · 15/07/2026
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Sonja @gingermakesstuff.bsky.social · 15/07/2026
Unfortunately this may not be reliable as the MI state health department tracks cyclospora and that's probably why they are showing a higher concentration- other states may have more cases that they're not documenting. (Source: www.statnews.com/2026/07/15/w... )
statnews.com
Why we still don’t know what foods are the source of the cyclospora outbreak
“You cannot thin a system, defer the tools that would speed it up, and then wonder why the public is left guessing,” writes epidemiologist Katrine Wallace.
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