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K. M. Pekar @kmpekar.bsky.social · 02/09/2026

Hey, Apple, you need to find your backbone. I think you lost it somewhere in Lake Ontario...

K. M. Pekar @kmpekar.bsky.social · 02/09/2026

It's Lake Ontario. And while we're on the subject, it's the Gulf of Mexico. Renaming things out of spite and/or hubris is pathetic and childish.

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K. M. Pekar @kmpekar.bsky.social · 08/08/2026

Fitbit had a decent food log, w/calorie counts & nutrition information for fresh fruits & veggies. Google Health trashed the db, & now it’s terrible. I searched on “carrots” and “carrot” for raw carrots. Nothing. If you’re a health app, you should have data on basic healthy foods, for heaven’s sake.

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Emily St. James @emilystjams.bsky.social · 20/07/2026

What was your favorite Maxis "Sim" game? I gotta pick the original Sims. I sank way too much of my life into that.

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K. M. Pekar @kmpekar.bsky.social · 17/07/2026

The AQI in my part of Virginia is over 165 (Unhealthy.) I realize it’s much worse in areas to the north. Please, everyone, be good to your lungs. Stay indoors, run filters if you can, and wear a mask if you can. Wildfire smoke is terrible for your whole cardiovascular system. #wildfires

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Wolf @wolfsilveroak.bsky.social · 17/07/2026

Taylor Farms, aka, Taylor Fresh Foods, supplies Kroger & all their brands, Walmart, Costco, Aldi, Food Lion & likely nearly ever other 'big' grocery store out there, as well as a lot of restaurants/fast food (McDonald's & Chipotle are) are likely supplied by them as well. Earthbound Farm, cont...

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Society of Indexers @indexers.bsky.social · 10/06/2026

Readers disappointed by a poor index, a regular series. Hire a human to index your book!

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Society of Indexers @indexers.bsky.social · 10/06/2026

Book indexers are asked all the time whether a computer - or, lately AI - can do our job. Neither or a computer or AI can index adequately - our panel of expert indexers explain why you still need a human being to index your book:

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Ask the Indexers: can’t a computer do that?

This is the first in a series of blog posts that ask a panel of experienced indexers questions about indexing practice and life as an indexer. These will be app

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K. M. Pekar @kmpekar.bsky.social · 07/06/2026

Hey, Google, bring back folders in Google Drive! I HATE having my files all mixed up. I LIKE having them organized in categories that make sense to me, so they're easy to find. And NO, I don't want use search; I might not remember it until I see it in the folder. #googledrive

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K. M. Pekar @kmpekar.bsky.social · 07/05/2026

Hey, @nytimes.com , you need to vet your headlines more carefully. According to your article, Susan Collins (R-Maine) has benign essential *tremor*, not *tumor.* (I see someone caught it before I posted this, but I expect better from such a venerable & well-respected paper.)

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K. M. Pekar @kmpekar.bsky.social · 05/03/2026

Hey, @apnews.com , many readers (including me) absolutely do NOT want to read #AI articles. Give me human-written articles by human journalists, please. Also, “Resistance is futile” is never said by the good guys.

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Malena-PRO-CHOICE 🌊 Fighting Tyranny! @malena.bsky.social · 07/02/2026

Exactly! SPEAK OUT! SILENCE IS COMPLICITY!

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Tara E. Jenson @tejenson.bsky.social · 23/01/2026

The general strike today, and the Whipple building blockade, and the march downtown - all amazing and incredible turnouts, but nothing is hitting me so hard as the masses of clergy who showed up to the airport to protest this morning. And I'm not even religious.

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K. M. Pekar @kmpekar.bsky.social · 14/01/2026

Like millions of other customers, I am impacted by the current Verizon outage. All calls in and out fail, even when calling over Wi-Fi. According to Techradar and other sources, the outage is widespread. Verizon confirmed issue with TechRadar & are working on it. #Verizon #VerizonOutage

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KidzBoptotenlieder @theodramatist.com · 11/01/2026

Really feels like just telling military to draw up plans to invade an ally should be an impeachable offense regardless of party

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The Washington Post @washingtonpost.com · 07/01/2026

Amid a big agency push to use AI models in weather prediction, the National Weather Service shared a forecast map riddled with spelling mistakes, non-existent locations and other geographical errors.

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‘Whata Bod’: An AI-generated NWS map invented fake towns in Idaho

Amid a big agency push to use AI models in weather prediction, an AI-generated forecast graphic with errors was pulled from NWS sites.

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K. M. Pekar @kmpekar.bsky.social · 03/12/2025

During the pandemic, a college friend of mine started a play-reading group over Zoom. I was blown away by Arcadia, which I had not read previously.

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K. M. Pekar @kmpekar.bsky.social · 01/12/2025

After several nights of leftovers, I made my mom’s traditional turkey casserole tonight, and froze it for a future meal. And we still have some turkey left! #Thanksgivingleftovers

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K. M. Pekar @kmpekar.bsky.social · 10/11/2025

@kaine.senate.gov , please change your vote on the CR. Kicking the can down the road for a promised future discussion/vote didn’t work last time. Pole will die without the healthcare they can no longer afford. (And yes, I know fed workers aren’t being paid—several of my family members among them.)

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Kelly Barnhill @kellybarnhill.bsky.social · 07/11/2025

Worth a read

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K. M. Pekar @kmpekar.bsky.social · 24/10/2025

Another #hat for #ShowMeYourKnits! This is a baby hat I made about 15 years ago. I sent it off to our niece today for their new baby, along with a #babyblanket I started 6 years ago and finally finished.

Photograph of a stuffed bear toy wearing a handknit baby hat. The hat is a soft spring green with a rolled brim and white hearts encircling it. The crown is topped with a knot. The bear is caramel brown with light tan paws and muzzle, and has a satin bow tied around its neck.

Photograph of a handknit baby blanket in purple worsted-weight yarn. The pattern is “Tilly’s Blanket” by Auroraknit (available on Ravelry.) It has a seed stitch border; the main part of the blanket is stockinette stitch with a diamond pattern of small eyelet hearts.

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K. M. Pekar @kmpekar.bsky.social · 18/10/2025

It’s hat week for #ShowMeYourKnits! The collection of five hats were knit for the local women’s shelter. (I knit a lot more, but I can only upload four photos, and the other ones were all the same except for the color of the yarn.) The three single hats were gifts. #hats #handknit #knitting

Hand knit beanie in self-striping yarn in heathered shades of coral, brown, olive, and blue. The brim is about 3 inches of 2 x 2 rib; the rest of the hat is in stockinette stitch.

Collection of five handknit beanies: two in variegated, shades of blue, aqua, and lavender; one in ecru; one in deep burgundy/maroon; and one in variegated shades of deep blue, slate blue, deep green, maroon, and burnt orange. The brim of each hat is about 3 inches of 2 x 2 rib; the rest of the hat is in stockinette stitch.

Handknit baby cap (beanie style) in mint green. The brim is 2 x 2 rib. An inch or two above it, textured hearts in reverse stockinette stitch encircle the hat.

Handknit beanie in a variegated, thick-and-thin yarn in shades of sky blue, slate blue, olive green, bright orange, and golden yellow. There are glints of gold thread in the yarn. The brim is about an inch and a half to 2 inches of 2 x 2 rib; the rest of the hat is in stockinette stitch.

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K. M. Pekar @kmpekar.bsky.social · 18/10/2025

If you are protesting today, thank you. I am praying for your safety.

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Governor JB Pritzker @govpritzker.illinois.gov · 01/10/2025

Let’s be clear: Donald Trump and Congressional Republicans forced a government shutdown tonight. Rather than address the health care crisis that they created just earlier this year, they refuse to come to the table and do their jobs. What happened to the art of the deal?

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Phil Lewis @phillewis.bsky.social · 01/10/2025

Jane Goodall, ethologist and conservationist, has died. She was 91

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K. M. Pekar @kmpekar.bsky.social · 11/09/2025

An excellent discussion on how #publishers and #indexers can better communicate to produce the best #index for the book. Thank you to Gwen Henson of @asindexing.bsky.social ! #indexing www.bisg.org/news/from-st...

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From Style Sheets to Space Limits: Talking to Your Indexer Pays Off - Book Industry Study Group

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K. M. Pekar @kmpekar.bsky.social · 06/09/2025

This week’s #showmeyourknits prompt is “what’s on your needles?” My current projects are the “May I Borrow This Please” shawlette and the “Homestead Tweed Cardigan Vest.” (Photos are not up to date because I am recovering from yesterday’s Covid shot.) #knitting #handknit

Photo of a partially-completed handknit shawl along with a cake of yarn. The shawl pattern is “May I Borrow This Please” by Lorraine Whitman. The DK yarn is variegated in shades of eggplant and deep spruce; it was hand-dyed by Hairball Yarns. The shawl is on a set of nickel-plated circular needles with a purple cord. The photo is taken from above; the shawl and yarn lie on the weathered boards of a deck.

Photo of a partially-completed handknit vest along with a ball of yarn in a wooden yarn bowl. The vest pattern is “Homestead Tweed Cardigan Vest, knit in deep green Homestead Tweed yarn from Plymouth Yarns. The vest is on a set of nickel-plated circular needles. The photo is taken from above; the vest and yarn bowl lie on the weathered boards of a deck.

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K. M. Pekar @kmpekar.bsky.social · 06/09/2025

We got our Covid vaccines yesterday. (We both have qualifying conditions.) If you are in a state where pharmacists can’t give the vaccine right now, it’s worth checking whether you can get it through a CVS MinuteClinic, as we did. #covidvaccine #covid

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Kingfisher & Wombat @tkingfisher.com · 18/08/2025

If you want to believe it, check it twice ::clap clap:: If you want to believe it, check it twice ::clap clap:: Doesn’t matter if it’s awful Doesn’t matter if it’s nice If it confirms your bias, check it twice! ::clap clap::

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K. M. Pekar @kmpekar.bsky.social · 19/08/2025

More stripes for #showmeyourknits . This time, 2 scarves I knit a few years ago from my own handspun. L: multicolor scarf in moss stitch (fiber dyer unknown.) R: green scarf; fiber from Quillin Fiber Arts, pattern is One Row Handspun Scarf by S. Pearl-McPhee. #handspun #handknit #knitting

Photo of a handknit scarf in shades of blue, purple, green, and gold, knit of handspun yarn using moss stitch. The scarf lies on the gray weathered planks of a deck. The photo is taken from directly above.

Photo of a hand knit scarf in shades of green and teal. I spun the Aran-weight yarn using fiber dyed by Quillin Fiber Arts, then knit the scarf following Stephanie Pearl-McPhee‘s One Row Handspun Scarf pattern.

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K. M. Pekar @kmpekar.bsky.social · 17/08/2025

Fiber crafts tend to proliferate. I started as a knitter, then took up spinning. Then I bought a blending board and started blending my own batts for spinning. Here’s the latest! (Loom is a 15” Cricket from Schacht, bought used. Yarn is acrylic.) #weaving #rigidheddle

Side view of a Schacht Cricket rigid heddle loom in a wooden stand. The loom is warped with leaf-green yarn. Three or four inches have been woven so far.

Top front view of a Schacht Cricket rigid heddle loom in a wooden stand. The loom is warped with leaf-green yarn. Three or four inches have been woven so far.

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K. M. Pekar @kmpekar.bsky.social · 07/08/2025

Finished up these socks today. They will be lovely and warm for the fall! #handknit #knitting #knitsky #socks

Photo: a pair of purple and blue handknit socks lying on the weathered boards of a deck.

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K. M. Pekar @kmpekar.bsky.social · 24/07/2025

Tour de Fleece, Day 20: Continuing the 2nd bobbin of the Malabrigo Nube in their “Boreal” colorway. I’m past the halfway point for this bobbin, and beginning to worry that this singles will be considerably longer than the first one. #TourDeFleece #tourdefleece #handspun #handspinning #spinsky

Photograph of a wooden bobbin partially filled with a thin, single-ply yarn in shades of purple, blue, and deep magenta. The bobbin sits within the flyer of a spinning wheel; both bobbin and wheel are made of light beechwood. The photo is taken from directly above the bobbin, looking down towards the floor.

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K. M. Pekar @kmpekar.bsky.social · 23/07/2025

I haven’t only been spinning recently; I’m also doing a KAL with my local spinners and weavers guild. The pattern is “May I Borrow This Please“ (you can find it on Ravelry.) #knitting #knitsky #handknit #shawl

In Photograph of a partially completed shawl, knit with a variegated wool in shades of deep, green and purple. The shawl is curled around a ball of yarn in the same colors, and is still on a pair of circular needles. Both shawl and yarn are lying on the weathered, silvery-gray planks of a deck.

Close-up photograph of a partially completed shawl, knit with a variegated wool in shades of deep green and purple. Stitch patterns used include stockinette, garter stitch, eyelet, and chain stitch.

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K. M. Pekar @kmpekar.bsky.social · 23/07/2025

Tour de Fleece update, as of 7/21/2025: I finished the first bobbin of a planned three-ply and started on the second. The fiber is Malabrigo Nube in “Boreal,” and I am spinning it on my Louet Victoria travel wheel. #tourdefleece #handspun #handspunyarn #handspinning #spinsky #teamfswg2025

Photo of a braid of merino wool carded top in shades of purple, blue, and deep magenta, next to a wooden bobbin of handspun yarn. The yarn is a single ply, very thin, and is clearly still in process because the bobbin is in the spinning wheel’s flyer. The fiber is Malabrigo Nube in the “Boreal” colorway. The spinning wheel is a Louet Victoria made from beechwood.

Photo of two wooden bobbins of handspun wool yarn in shades of purple, blue, and deep magenta. The yarn on each bobbin is a single ply, very thin. The bobbin on the left is complete, and is about half full. A white female hand holds it beside the right-hand bobbin, which is about an eighth full and is still in the spinning wheel’s flyer. The fiber is Malabrigo Nube in the “Boreal” colorway. The spinning wheel is a Louet Victoria made from beechwood.

Photo of a wooden spinning wheel flyer and bobbin. The bobbin holds a single, thin ply of handspun wool yarn in shades of purple, blue, and deep magenta; it is about a quarter full. The fiber used is Malabrigo Nube in the “Boreal” colorway. The spinning wheel is a Louet Victoria made from beechwood.

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K. M. Pekar @kmpekar.bsky.social · 16/07/2025

Tour de Fleece 2025, Day 11 (7/15.) The Rusty Truck yarn is finished as of today; I washed it yesterday and skeined it today. It came out really well. Tonight I finished the first bobbin of the Malabrigo Nube in Boreal (about 1.33 oz, if I divided the fiber evenly. 🤞)

Photo of two skeins of handspun yarn, lying diagonally across the floorboards of a wooden deck. The yarn is multicolored, in shades of teal, grey-blue, brown, olive, and mauve. The yarn is fairly thin, probably a light fingering or even heavy lace weight.

Close-up photo, of portions of two skeins of handspun yarn, lying diagonally across the floorboards of a wooden deck. The yarn is multicolored, in shades of teal, grey-blue, brown, olive, and mauve. The yarn is fairly thin, probably a light fingering or even heavy lace weight. The deck boards can barely be seen around the edges of the picture.

Close-up photo of a wooden bobbin, half filled with a single ply of handspun yarn in various shades of purple and deep maroon. The yarn is spun very fine. The bobbin is made of beech. It lies diagonally on a wooden table with a light maple finish.

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K. M. Pekar @kmpekar.bsky.social · 12/07/2025

Tour de Fleece, Day7. Almost done spinning the Flame batts as a thick-and-thin art yarn. I didn’t remember how much yellow there is in the second and third batts. I think I will ply it with red thread to emphasize the red. #tourdefleece #handspun #handspinning #teamfswg2025

Photo of yellow and red art yarn on a wooden bobbin. The yarn is thick and thick-and-thin, the yellow and red often twisting around one another, and occasionally shot with black. The two arms of the spinning wheel’s flyer can be seen on either side of the bobbin. The photo was taken from above, looking straight down at the bobbin.

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K. M. Pekar @kmpekar.bsky.social · 11/07/2025

Tour de Fleece 2025, Day 6: I decided to spin up some art batts I created. I have three of the batts (about 2 oz. each, I think?), and I am spinning them as a thick-and-thin yarn. I have more of the base fibers, so I can spin up a plain yarn to ply it with. #tourdefleece #teamfswg2025 #handspun

Photo of a wooden bobbin, half filled with thick-and thin art yarn in shades of red and orange with a little yellow and black. The bobbin is on a spinning wheel flyer. Held next to the bobbin is a batt of unspun fiber in the same colors, with silk threads and sparkling filaments mixed in.

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K. M. Pekar @kmpekar.bsky.social · 10/07/2025

Yesterday—Day 5 of Tour de Fleece—I finished chain-plying the second bobbin of my “Rusty Truck” yarn. I hope to skein at least one of the bobbins tonight—and spin something for at least 15 minutes, as well. #handspun #tourdefleece #teamfswg2025 #handspinning

Photograph of two large wooden bobbins lying side-by-side on a gray wood grain Trex deck. Each bobbin is about half filled with chain-plied wool yarn in approximately fingering or sport weight. The yarn on the left-hand bobbin is in soft shades of maroon, purple, and deep brown; a lower layer of soft gray-blue can be seen along the top edge. The yarn on the right-hand bobbin is mostly various shades of teal, with some olive and that same gray-blue mixed in. The bobbins are lying diagonally to the orientation of the photograph as well as the planks of the deck.

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