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That's a faux seam: a line of purl stitches that visually recede, pretending to be a seam.

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I know it is, both because I know the knitter and because I know how these are made. The irregularity you're seeing is just below the faux seam in the gusset; that's there because the stitch pattern in the body is slightly offset from the gusset due to the spiraling nature of knitting in the round.

It is seamless! That's a false seam; a row of purl stitches to give the visual effect of a seam. The entire sweater is knitted without seams.

Gansey is a type of sweater, so they'll all be called 'that gansey', but yes, there are many!

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It's seamless! The whole thing is knit without any seams.

... my best friend is the man who knit that sweater from the museum. Gordon Reid; his memory is a blessing.

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I'm scheduled to have a total knee replacement on Monday. I learned yesterday that the in-home PT service the surgeon recommends is not in network for my insurance. Now I have to spend the next two days trying to find one that is and get them scheduled. This is NUTS.

I have so many angry questions for whoever planted the garden area. ... actually, I'm pretty sure it was the original builders, because the previous owners were incompetent. Just... why did they do ANY of these things? Argh. I'm going to lay out a solid, dark tarp over the area tomorrow. 💗

I mean... they're not wrong.

Screenshot of an Amazon note about me that says:
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Consistently building fountain pen collection

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Ooooh, I could put some tarps over the cardboard! That's a fantastic thought, thank you so much!! It'll all be buried under snow for the next few months (the snow didn't kill the japonica, argh), but tarps would be much better coverage than just the cardboard.

The end result! I've used random dead logs to hold the cardboard down. Here's hoping at least some is the horrible plant dies.

A house deck stands behind a spread out bunch of cardboard with dead logs holding it down and green raspberry canes standing up.

Author: David J Bushman and Willow 🐰 @davidjbushman.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

I'm on my way to eat them all!!!!

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New chapter out now! www.royalroad.com/fiction/1918...

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I'm doing the stuff I want to get done in the house and garden before I'm couch bound (knees are a scam), and while sure this will work on the long run, it looks janky now. The prev owner planted japonica here and it's impossible to kill, so I'm covering it with cardboard for the winter.

A green bit of garden with shredded hateful japonica plants and some still standing raspberry canes. The ground is partially covered by cardboard.

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It is!! I use several of them - I only use the ones which allow commercial use, but they're all so fun! I use a variant of this one a LOT in other fora.

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Mine's a face, just not my face. It's a cartoon representation made with an online avatar maker (not AI; it predates AI by years). It's sort of what I'd look like if I were a cartoon vampire with purple hair and stars overhead.

My uncle said it took him months to be able to do anything, and I was motoring around (walking with my walker) pretty comfortably inside the first couple weeks. I did all my exercises and took all my meds, but I assume other people also do these things. Bodies are weird.

I've got more food photos, but I keep forgetting to post them. This is flour-dredged tilapia, pan fried, under fresh pico de gallo cooked into sauce. Air fried Brussels sprouts and snow peas for veggies. #foodsky

A tan fried fish filet on a white plate with a pile of pico de gallo cooked as sauce with snow peas and Brussels sprouts in the back.

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This is my second knee, so I've got a good framework for what happens. My recovery wasn't that hard, though everyone's is different. The worst part for me was the regular icing, because cold makes me hurt so much. I was up and walking with a walker immediately; my house was a slow racetrack!

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Welp, the Prior Auth went through for my knee replacement, which is good, because it's scheduled for this coming Monday. I've set up a bunch of stuff for when I'm mostly couch-bound, I anticipate being grumpy and half-miserable for a while, but at least it's not snowing, right?

Hey, you're definitely making progress! Here's to Words Words Words! And Willow is clearly trying to be helpful, there. Packing a box for you; a box of bunny!

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

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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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Cecilia Tan @ceciliatan.com · 05/10/2026

Another irony of the situation, I've just spent most of a week being the person researching and writing the (anti-)AI usage policy for SABR, again boiling down to the fact that AI-generated text cannot be copyrighted. So I know this perfectly well and it's part of my job to inform others. Ugh.

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She's very focused! (I am less so, but I did get things done from my To Do list today!)

She has a question for you: Where're the veggies, bucko!?

Glitter and sheening inks are always a risk! But so pretty.

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... I have one of those baby ear bulb things and use it to squidge water through the nibs. It's dead easy and fast. I do have a bit of a fountain pen problem, though, since I've got, uh. Many many.

Robert Rose @robear.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

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A good fresh Star Trek take on those fake isekai title jokes

A tumblr screenshot showing a post and two reblog responses, reading:
1. "star trek would be the ideal fictional universe to get trapped in because you'd explain your situation and they'd be like yeah makes sense. no further questions. fortunately we can use the mysterious warp signature emitting from this system's icy moon to counterface with the solar radiation and slingshot you back home"
2. "I'm from a universe where your world is all a work of fiction." Benjamin Sisko, nodding. "That happened to me once."
3. "I Got Isekaid Into The Star Trek Universe And They Quickly Understood What Was Happening"

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Democrat Cats @democratcats.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

Man, #Neagley ep 6 is filled with so many crushingly creepy bits. So well done, so so awful.

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My kind of library

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Got it! Aptitudes, referred to as Apts. So, my MC [name still TBD] for one series is a Fire Apt: Fire Walker. The MC for the other (Kieran Harper) is a Ghost Talker. [Honestly, he's a full necromancer, with animancer being the 'opposite', but he doesn't like to talk about it.]

I #AmWriting and world building. I'm setting up a universe which will be the setting for two different series (one in "Chicago", one in "Oakland"). But this means I'm having to decide what a magic user is called. Someone who controls fire is a Fire... Mage? Has a Fire Affinity? Ugh.

I saw a report that it's been renewed, so we get to see more of them! Honestly, I wasn't expecting much, but this show's turned out to be very good. The acting and writing are both excellent, and they don't seem to be taking the easy way through the story.

... huh. Now I can see that, as well. I looked him up and I haven't seen him in anything else, which strikes me as odd, since he's doing a bang up job with this role.

Joan Grey @joangrey.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

I'm watching #Neagley and am very impressed. I enjoy Large Man Kills With Impunity, but this feels more thoughtful. Less about violence as The Answer. I also like the way the characters are developed; they aren't the usual stereotypes. The cop actor reminds me of Denis Leary.

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Dianna Gunn Does (Fictional) Murders 🇨🇦 @diannalgunn.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

Genuinely wishing this for all of my friends May we all suddenly come into enough money to not have to worry for at least a few months

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Joan Grey @joangrey.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

My big boy cat (20 pounds, deeply soft) likes to do this while we're trying to cook in the kitchen.

Joan Grey @joangrey.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

Hey, if I swing it right, I can feed the bear I want to win the Fat Bear contest, so that's a benefit, right?

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I didn't realize that people who enjoy hot peppers experienced them as different *flavors* until someone mentioned liking one kind more than others because it was sweeter and had a more complex flavor. Until then, I'd sort of thought they just... liked having their faces melted off by their food.

c0nc0rdance @c0nc0rdance.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

I LOVE horseradish and wasabi, but have a much harder time with peppers. I experience capsaicin as pain, not a flavor, but the 'hot' chemical in horseradish is different. It hits my sinuses, not my tongue.

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Omigod, this is the most heartwarming story possible! Backpack (bear 89) is the son of the 2019 winner of Fat Bear Week, Holly (bear 435). In 2007, he injured his foot & a practice of riding on momma's Holly's back had a new meaning: he was mobility-restricted while it healed. So Holly moved him.

From DISCVR blog's Facebook page, a momma bear & a yearling cub on her back in the shallow water. I think the background has been swapped out, and I can't rule out some AI use there? God, Facebook has become the social media for AI slop : (

The title of the article, which I link below, is "How Bear 89 earned the name Backpack"

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OMGosh, happy birthday!!! I hope you get many good things and also cake!

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How did Willow pay for this? Did she give up cilantro?