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Bold move to go with ashy blond instead of the golden blond that seems to be the default. I mean, it’s not working for her and her hair looks like slightly moldy straw, but still, bold move.

Inflammation is apparently bad? I guess?

I started taking prescription-level doses of Aleve a year ago for plantar fasciitis, and holy cow, how nice is it to work out and not be wrecked afterward??? Also, my mood suddenly improved as soon as I started taking it, so I guess I’m just gonna keep taking it until my stomach ruptures. Huzzah!

@luna-park.bsky.social Knowledge anyone looking for a special friend?

Gretchen Woods @gwoods.bsky.social · 12/10/2026

We knitters don’t want them, either.

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Honestly, these are not the worst AI food I’ve seen. The only thing truly unrecognizable is the big brown circles in the left bowl. Pork? Wood? Some sort of gristle abomination? Who knows!

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Gretchen Woods @gwoods.bsky.social · 11/10/2026

I like “Because you do not want to be exposed to whatever it is I’m getting over,” and then cough a few times. Watch them run!

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Gretchen Woods @gwoods.bsky.social · 11/10/2026

I … did not know I needed that today. Thank you.

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Gretchen Woods @gwoods.bsky.social · 11/10/2026

My neighbors (and their fireworks) have taken care of the celebrating for you.

That was some fine problem solving by a small brain, right there

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That’s amazing! Usually Halloweekends are so packed they’re parking people on the causeway.

Final shot of the dry yarn, now wound into balls and in better (natural) light. I’m very pleased with how the wool turned out! We will not speak of how badly the same dye worked on cotton tea towels. We just won’t.

Photo of three balls of yarn sitting on a wood floor. One is medium pink, one a bit lighter, and the largest one is a relatively light pink.

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- three skeins of dyed and rinsed wool yarn, showing color variation from some unknown variable. Seriously, same fiber, same spinner, same dye bath, same time, same rinse. #dye #wool #yarn #handspun #pink

Photo of three skeins of yarn hanging on a towel rack to dry. They vary from medium pink to dark pink. Not nearly as vibrant as the dye, but still pretty good.

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- three hanks of handspun wool yarn, immersed in dye and bubbling away for another hour #dye #wool #yarn #handspun #pokeberry

Photo of a catering steam table tray filled with hanks of yarn floating in a bunch of magenta dye. There are splatters of magenta everywhere because it was simmering in a shallow pan.

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Gretchen Woods @gwoods.bsky.social · 09/10/2026

An experiment in natural dyeing in three photos: - two gallon bags of pokeberry clusters I foraged from a local park, simmering on the stove for an hour (with added salt and vinegar to hopefully help set the dye without mordant) #dye #forage #poisonous #magenta

Photo of a pot full of dark purple berries and magenta stems, with frothy pink bubbles on the top

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I have never figured out why guys think they should get a say in what their womenfolk do with their hair.

Gretchen Woods @gwoods.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

Winesaps are the best for cooking, hands down. Wish it didn’t require Local Insider Knowledge to hunt them down.

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Gretchen Woods @gwoods.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

If you see this, post a flower….

Photo of a flower on a green leafy background. The center of the flower is orangey-yellow, and the petals - dozens of thin, curved petals - are magenta. It’s a New England aster, which is native in this area.

Gretchen Woods @gwoods.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

Try it on Club Crackers sometime. It’s the perfect guilty pleasure.

Milk filled in the blossom end of a blueberry on my morning cereal, and the resulting shape was a perfect pentagon.

“I hate all my children.”

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Someday we’ll develop a sarcasm font.

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“I mean, I know his party wants to erase the existence of our child, and wants to make you carry a child to term even if it would kill you, and is bullying him before he’s even elected … but I’ve played D&D with him for 15 years, so I totally trust him to go against 90% of the platform!”

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Core memory: Me, living in Japan in 1998, unable to use the work internet to download recipes that included “chicken breasts.”

Um, your timing is waaaay off. This started way before TikTok and algorithms. We’ve been having to censor our online speech since the 1990s, thanks to porn filters on early corporate internet and email.

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“But they’re attacking my friend!” “Well, are the claims on the flyer true?” “I don’t know! That doesn’t matter!” “Ummm, it kinda does.”

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My husband is livid that the Ds are putting out attack ads against his friend. I’m amused that the photoshop of the friend on the attack ads looks friendlier and more electable than the portrait on the friend’s mailers.

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One of our friends got recruited to run for the state house (by the Rs). It’s been fascinating to watch an otherwise good guy try to cope with the political machine. “Come stand next to Vivek!” “No thanks!”

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THE POWER OF CHRIST COMPELS YOU

Boiled Owl Leather Goods @boiledowlleather.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

Do you have Grover around Grover over Grover under Grover through ?

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Im GIVING AWAY this Traveler notebook/passport wallet. To enter, follow this account + repost this post. Draw Oct 24 Included: -Traveler Wallet -Handmade 3.5x5.5" Notebook -Zebra F-701 Ballpoint Pen -Free Worldwide Shipping See next post for a video tour! boiledowlleathergoods.com/products/the...

Traveler Wallet made from blue and whiskey Buterro premium full grain Italian leather with tennis ball stitching. Wallet interior featuring 4 card slots, flap pocket, sleeve pocket, and notebook pocket. Handmade notebook and pen visible

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Rosemary Mosco @rosemarymosco.com · 05/10/2026

Spooky bird stories. My Halloween comic from 2024.

A comic titled Spooky Bird Stories. In panel 1, a turkey vulture is telling stories to other vultures, and it says, "She walked toward the source of the terrible smell. She got closer and closer, and then, to her horror, she saw... No dead body." A black vulture says "No!" and a turkey vulture says "Did someone already eat it??" In panel 2, a northern cardinal is telling a story to some songbirds. It says "They peered through the windows of the house at the gory scene. Zombies had smashed through the door in the night. The homeowner was dead. But worst of all... He hadn't refilled the feeders." An eastern bluebird says "Aaah!" and an American goldfinch says "It can't be!". In panel 3, A screech owl is telling a story to other owls. It says "And then the ghost fluffed itself up really big to appear scarier." A saw-whet owl gasps, and a long-eared owl says "Horrifying!". In panel 4, a downy woodpecker is telling a story to other woodpeckers, and says "The eerie sound rang through the dark woods. Tap-tap. Tap-tap. It was the distinctive two-part knock of the Ivory-billed Woodpecker. The species had returned from the dead... FOR REVENGE." A red-cockaded woodpecker says "Yesss".

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You could taste it under all that pepper?

The Bee Guy @thebeeguy.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

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You’ve been seeing very large #bumblebees on the wing for the past while. Why? Okay I’ll tell you why in this quick thread if you promise to #repost as the more people who know that these are queens the more likely that someone will help some out meaning more colonies next year. Deal? 1/15 #bees

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I appreciate that she uses spices, and I know each one could be bought for like $0.99, but it still adds a LOT to the total for the week if you have to start from scratch. Just buying the extras to make the bread - salt, sugar, baking powder or soda - would add another couple $ to the weekly total.

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Have you tried watching Reacher? “Big Man Solves Problems With Fists” is a pretty compelling genre.

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Oooh, they dirtied him up gooood.

Gretchen Woods @gwoods.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

Wait, did I see @brenthor.bsky.social in there, singing his wee heart out?

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Gretchen Woods @gwoods.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

Why does the woman in orange look like she thinks maybe the cash she was given to pose for the ad was counterfeit, and now she’s regretting using some to tip her dog walker? Just me?

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Gretchen Woods @gwoods.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

I always wonder about the thought process behind trying something like this for the first time. “Wrap dried placenta around it” is not an obvious solution to medical mysteries, at least not to most laypeople.

Gretchen Woods @gwoods.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

I’m usually a voter-by-mail. This year I will drag myself to a polling place by my bleeding fingernails if necessary, because it is more likely my vote is actually counted that way. So don’t assume the mail-in crew are giving up. Some of us are just changing strategies.

Gretchen Woods @gwoods.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

YOU TAKE THAT BACK! BACKPACK IS A BELOVED NATIONAL ICON!

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Gretchen Woods @gwoods.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

Next time someone tries to tell you that Cheetos are an unnatural color, bring them to NE Ohio to see whatever these fungus are. Bright. These fungi are bright.

Photo of a moss-covered log with multiple Cheeto-orange colored fungus growing on it
(Distance shot)

Photo of a moss-covered log with multiple Cheeto-orange colored fungus growing on it
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Photo of a moss-covered log with multiple Cheeto-orange colored fungus growing on it
(Macro shot showing the color variation in a single fruiting body)