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Trans Lifeline @translifeline.org · 28/04/2025

Please help us correct misinformation! Our hotline is being incorrectly shared as "Canada's national suicide hotline open toll free for Americans". We are not a general crisis hotline, we exist exclusively to support the trans community. Find out more @ translifeline.org

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Radicalcommunity care Trans Lifeline provides trans peer support for our community that’s been divested from police since day one. We’re run by and for

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Trans Rights Readathon @trreadathon.bsky.social · 04/03/2025

The 2025 Trans Rights Readathon starts on March 21st and runs through the 31st. The goal of this event is to Uplift, Amplify, and Support trans authors, trans stories, and trans communities. 🏳️‍⚧️💙💗🤍

Text: Mark your calendars. This year the Trans Rights Readathon will be Friday, March 21st through Monday, March 31st! This year is longer than the last two years.

Text: What is the Trans Rights Readathon? The Trans Rights Readathon is an annual decentralized call to action for readers and book lovers in support of Trans Day of Visibility (TDOV) on March 31st.

Text: The TRR isn't just reading, it's action! The Trans Rights Readathon encourages readers to seek out works by and/or about trans, nonbinary, 2Spirit, and gender non-conforming authors and characters along with taking action on the mutual, local, and national level. We have three core goals: Uplift. Amplify. Support.

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Kathleen 📚🧶🐶 @leroocotton.bsky.social · 09/02/2025

I saw Urinetown the musical in NYC this weekend and it's the exact right time for everyone to see this show. It's one of my all time favorites, and while it's got a silly title it's fun, and smart, and it made me cry this go around so it hits hard right now

Urinetown the musical in front of a red curtain

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Kathleen 📚🧶🐶 @leroocotton.bsky.social · 04/02/2025

Love Letter: Our February Color of the Month It's a beautiful pink and red speckled yarn with occasional specks of yellow and blue. Shown on my Cotton/Bamboo DK yarn. Available on all my cotton and blend bases until February 22nd! #indiedyedyarn #knitting #knitsky #crochet #yarn 🧶

a a skein of variegated yarn that is dyed with pink and red dyes in a broken speckled look, with occasional specks of yellow and blue. With a LeRoo Cotton yarn label

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Kathleen 📚🧶🐶 @leroocotton.bsky.social · 02/02/2025

January Reading Wrap up from @thestorygraph.com I read... a lot this month. Like double my average. I can't possibly know why. Top 3 of the Month: Shark Heart Reread Grown We Used to Live Here #booksky 💙📚

Leroo's January 2025 Wrap up
Books read: 10
pages: 3613
Av. Rating: 3.79
Highest rated reads: Shark Heart by Emily Habeck, Grown by Tiffany D Jackson, Deathy Valley by Melissa Broder
Average book length: 320 pages. Average time to finish 8 days
100% fiction. 25% more books and 41% more pages than December

Shark Heart by Emily Habeck: 5 Stars
Betty by Tiffany McDaniel: Unrated
Act Your Age Eve Brown by Talia Hibbert: 4 stars
Death Valley by Melissa Broder: 4 stars
Grown by Tiffany D Jackson: 4.25 stars
We used to Live here by Marcus Kliewer: Unrated
The Roommate Risk by Talia Hibbert: 3 stars
The Pallbearers Club by Paul Tremblay: 2.5 stars
Into the Riverlands by Nghi Vo and Just Emilia by Jennifer Oko: Unrated

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Whitney Alese @thereclaimed.bsky.social · 01/02/2025

Happy: Black history Black present Black future Black love Black joy Black health Black healing Black people Black community Black family Black kids Black culture Black creativity Black ingenuity Black legacy Black innovation Black liberation Black resistance Black existence ...month🖤

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Zandek @snugasabugbear.bsky.social · 31/01/2025

Very good advice to find after a day of doomscrolling

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Kathleen 📚🧶🐶 @leroocotton.bsky.social · 31/01/2025

My favorite thing in my house is all done! My yarn wall with all 53 of the current dyed to order colors I offer. Not only is it so fun to look at but it lets me so easily share color combos at any time! #indiedyedyarn #yarn #cottonyarn 🧶🧶🧶🧶

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Kathleen 📚🧶🐶 @leroocotton.bsky.social · 30/01/2025

Last up to join our 2025 Dyed to Order library is Garden Party! This was my birthday color in 2023, and I'm so happy to be bringing back this fun and bright but somewhat moody colorway! It is green, with pops of blue, purple and pink, and soft green and silver #cottonyarn #indiedyedyarn #yarn 🧶

a hand holding a skein of 2 ply, cotton yarn. The yarn is a variegated with shades of deep green, purple, bright blue, pink, and gray, with faded sections of soft green and cool silver. In the background is unwound hanks to show the gentle fade and shift of hues

8 skeins of that same variegated laid out together on different bases. While the majority of the skeins look similar, skein 2 - tencel is brighter and shiny, while the last skein - vegan sock - is much more blended and short, with a marling effect of white nylon

The same skein as is being held in photo one is laying on three unwound hanks, showing the pops of pink and purple and blue, as well as the sections of light green. In the corners are 2 swatches showing the higher contrast variegation, but without pooling

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Kathleen 📚🧶🐶 @leroocotton.bsky.social · 28/01/2025

One of the few things bringing me joy and excitement at the moment. I cannot wait to read this. Happy release day Blob and @litmagreject.bsky.social

A yellow book cover featuring a gelatinous blob over the words BLOB A Love Story. Maggie Su

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Kathleen 📚🧶🐶 @leroocotton.bsky.social · 27/01/2025

My nature inspired colorways of 2023 are really getting time to shine this year and I'm so excited about it. April Showers is the next to join the DTO library on my cotton bases and I adore this blue and green and gray subtle variegated #veganyarn #indiedyedyarn #yarn #knitsky 🧶

A soft, blue, green and gray subtle variegated 2 ply cotton yarn lays on unhanked skeins showing off the subtle, unrepeating shifts of hues

8 skeins of april showers on various bases. The first, tencel is deeper and shiner than the other seven. Bamboo linen is slightly lighter but still deeper than the rest. Pima is the softest with the most subtle variegation. Cotton bamboo is similar in softness but with higher contrast. Organic cotton and skein 7 - soft pima sport - are both very similar, subtle and soft. Skein 6 is Cotton/Linen and is deeper and moodier than the other skeins due to it's tan starting color. The final skein is Vegan Sock, it's shorter and lower contrast than the other, but darker than pima

The same green, blue and gray soft variegated laid on 3 open hanks showing off the subtle shifts in hues around the skein. In the corners are a crochet and knit swatch showing a mostly random and unpooling colorway that subtly sifts between hues

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Kathleen 📚🧶🐶 @leroocotton.bsky.social · 26/01/2025

Dried Flowers - formerly wilted flowers but the dye style changed enough that I've adjusted the name slightly - has also joyed our dyed to order library on all our cotton bases A warm base with light, subtle purples nad greens with little pops of deeper pink leroocotton.com #indiedyedyarn 🧶 #yarn

A warm beige yarn layered with a light purple and sagey green, with pops of brighter, moody pink - on a 2 ply cotton yarn

8 Skeins of a warm beige yarn layered with a light purple and sagey green, with pops of brighter, moody pink. The first skein, Tencel, is darker and deeper. The next 6 skeins (bamboo/linen, pima, cotton/bamboo, organic cotton, cotton/linen, and soft pima sport) all look fairly similar. The final skein, vegan sock, is shorter and a bit darker

The same variegated yarn on tencel, laying on open hanks to show off the variegation. In the corners are 2 swatches - one knit and one crochet - showing the subtle color shifts from beige to purple to green and the small pops of pink

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Kathleen 📚🧶🐶 @leroocotton.bsky.social · 25/01/2025

2 years ago I kept sharing first bloom with a hot pink partner and I think that pink distracted from the star of the show. But now it's back, this slight reformulation is In Bloom - it's a low contrast, almost mermaid variegated of purples and blues available on all my cotton bases! 🧶 #indiedyedyarn

A blue and purple low variegated, 2 ply cotton yarn lays on pile of unhanked yarn to show off the subtle shifts of warm and cool purple and warm and cool blue

8 skeins of blue and purple yarn. The first skein, tencel, is deeper and higher contrast, the next bamboo linen is more muted with dustier tones. The third skein, pima cotton is slightly deeper than the remaining skeins, with a bit of a shine. The 4th, cotton bamboo leans slightly warmer, the 5th, organic cotton is subtle and more low variegation. The 6th, organic cotton/linen has slightly shifted tone similar to bamboo/linen - dustier and moodier. The 7th skein, soft pima sport, is the same as the previous image, and the final skein is vegan sock, shorter than the rest and a bit darker

The purple and blue variegated yarn in cotton bamboo lays on a bed of yarn to show off the different color shifts. In the corner are a knit and crochet swatch. The swatches show the subtle and random shifts between the shades - cool purple into a warm almost pink purple, and cool blues and warmer watery blues, all blending together seamlessly

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Kathleen 📚🧶🐶 @leroocotton.bsky.social · 24/01/2025

Quick book reviews! Grown: oomph, excellently done. Important. Triggers abound but are the point We Used to Live Here: genuinely scary and wild in different ways than a lot of horror. Very reddit Roommate Risk: this made me understand why people hate friends to lovers 😂 #booksky #books 💙📚 🩸📚 🌶️📚

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Kathleen 📚🧶🐶 @leroocotton.bsky.social · 22/01/2025

Here's a lemon loaf to brighten your day 💕

A blond dog with a black face with her front paws tucked like a cat loafing

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Kathleen 📚🧶🐶 @leroocotton.bsky.social · 21/01/2025

What a Gem, our January Color of the Month is available until tomorrow evening. I love this color. It's cool pink and blue speckled in chaos to create something beautiful. And it's an absolute joy to dye, which is something i really need leroocotton.com #indiedyedyarn #yarn #knitting #crochet 🧶

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Kathleen 📚🧶🐶 @leroocotton.bsky.social · 20/01/2025

I used to read a lot of r/nosleep and I think I'm finally experiencing what people who read a lot of fanfic experience when reading published fanfic #books #booksky 🩸📚 💙📚

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Kathleen 📚🧶🐶 @leroocotton.bsky.social · 19/01/2025

Had to reformulate the color I was swatching last week because it wasn't purple enough, but now it's perfect! Both of these just need knit swatches and photos #knit #crochet #yarn #indiedyedyarn

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Kathleen 📚🧶🐶 @leroocotton.bsky.social · 18/01/2025

Finished 3 more books! Betty: heartbreaking historical inspired by the author's mom. Hard to read but beautiful Act Your Age Eve Brown: My favorite of the trio! I wanted more! Death Valley: weird, poignant, glad I didn't DNF because it hit in the end #books #booksky #bookrecs #bookreview 💙📚

Act your age, Eve Brown by Talia hibbert

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Carmen 📚 Latinx Book Influencer 📚 @tomesandtextiles.bsky.social · 15/01/2025

You don’t call someone who only reads fantasy an addict so why would you call someone who reads smut one? To push your puritanical agenda, that’s why. No one reading smut is hurting you. 1/2

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Kathleen 📚🧶🐶 @leroocotton.bsky.social · 13/01/2025

Packing orders today and frankly loving this What a Gem/Mulberry combo. #yarn #indiedyedyarn #veganyarn 🧶

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Kathleen 📚🧶🐶 @leroocotton.bsky.social · 11/01/2025

Swatching up this cutie today. It'll be hitting the dyed to order library this week 😍 #yarn #indiedyedyarn 🧶🧶🧶

A light purple and blue variegated yarn swirled with some green

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Justin LaLiberty @jlalibs.bsky.social · 10/01/2025

If you don’t have a local library card, it should be your New Year’s resolution to get one. It’s an easy resolution to keep and you’ll actually use it, trust me.

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Allison @loftyloopsyarns.com · 10/01/2025

January Color Cube Club Reveal! 🩵❄️🐻‍❄️🦭 The first Color Cube Club reveal is here! I just had to kick off the 2025 club with these gorgeous icy blues and cool grays — no regrets! I love how this colorway turned out! Available for preorder until January 24th! #handdyedyarn #indiedyedyarn

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Kathleen 📚🧶🐶 @leroocotton.bsky.social · 10/01/2025

What a Gem as a Radvent square. Please ignore the middle where I twisted things. I am not practiced in small circumference and very clumsy with DPNs 😂 What a Gem is available until the 22nd on all my bases. This one is Cotton/Bamboo DK #indiedyedyarn #veganyarn #knitting #yarn 🧶

A purple and blue variegated yarn knit into a square

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Kathleen 📚🧶🐶 @leroocotton.bsky.social · 09/01/2025

I'm in a contemporary fiction with romance subplot mood but I'm somehow reading a sci-fi and a depressing historical fiction instead. Can anyone recommend some books like Greta & Valdin and I Hope This Finds You Well? #booksky 💙📚

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Britt | KnotBadBritt @knotbadbritt.com · 08/01/2025

With all of the new fiber folks joining BlueSky I want to be sure you could find your fav Black Yarn Dyers 🧶, Knit & Crochet Designers, and Influencers as they join. You can find this evolving list here: go.bsky.app/MPqN7w5 DM me to be added or suggest someone to be added! #yarn #crochet #knit

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Brandy @longdogyarn.com · 09/01/2025

Looking for some more amazing, inspiring, talented indie dyers to fuel your hand dyed yarn/fiber obsession? go.bsky.app/Vra2f82 And if I missed anyone, tag them in the comments so I can get them added to the list! 🧶

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Kathleen 📚🧶🐶 @leroocotton.bsky.social · 09/01/2025

Current WIP: curtains that require 532 squares I've made 19. #crochet #craftsky #yarn 🧶

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Kathleen 📚🧶🐶 @leroocotton.bsky.social · 08/01/2025

I post a lot about books here but I also dye yarn - cotton, linen, blends etc for people in warmer weather and with allergies/sensitivities. And this snowy, sleepy day feels like a good time so share some of my moody stuff #indiedyedyarn #knitting#crochet #leroocotton #craftsky #yarn

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Kathleen 📚🧶🐶 @leroocotton.bsky.social · 05/01/2025

✨Book review✨ Shark Heart by Emily Habeck is for you if like: - silly sounding premises that are actually devastating - books about "forging ahead while facing great and immediate change". - crying so hard you hyperventilate 5✨ #booksky #bookreview #bookrecs 💙📚 www.goodreads.com/review/show/...

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Kathleen 📚🧶🐶 @leroocotton.bsky.social · 04/01/2025

Rereading Shark Heart and tabbing it this time. It is still destroying me over a year later #books #booksky 💙📚

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Kathleen 📚🧶🐶 @leroocotton.bsky.social · 02/01/2025

My 2024 wrapped. It was my most read year! Top 5 reads: 1. Ripe 2. Broken Earth Trilogy 3. I Who Have Never Known Men 4. The Eyes Are the Best Part 5. Know My Name

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Kathleen 📚🧶🐶 @leroocotton.bsky.social · 01/01/2025

✨Book review✨ I hope this finds you well by Natalie Sue is for you if you love - a very sad and very very messy MC who makes only terrible decisions - to sob and laugh out loud at the same time (maybe just me) - office politics - cute romance subplots 4.25✨ #booksky #bookreview #bookrecs 💙📚💙

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Kathleen 📚🧶🐶 @leroocotton.bsky.social · 31/12/2024

Excuse me Natalie Sue how dare you wreck me like this with so much of the book to go #booksky 💙📚

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Kathleen 📚🧶🐶 @leroocotton.bsky.social · 31/12/2024

Meanwhile I am absolutely eating this budding romance up while also wanting to hide in a hole every time Jolene makes an absolute deranged decision #booksky 💙📚

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Kathleen 📚🧶🐶 @leroocotton.bsky.social · 31/12/2024

This did in fact end with me not reading more than 50 pages of a single holiday romance 🫠

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Kathleen 📚🧶🐶 @leroocotton.bsky.social · 29/12/2024

I would just like to have a word with whoever designed this surprise puzzle.

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Kathleen 📚🧶🐶 @leroocotton.bsky.social · 26/12/2024

I've read 2 super depressing books and am currently reading another depressing book so I've checked out a bunch of holiday romances from the library as a pick me up And as a person who has only liked 3 romances all year this can only end well right? #books #booksky 💙📚

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Kathleen 📚🧶🐶 @leroocotton.bsky.social · 26/12/2024

As a former child who ate up The Face on the Milk Carton - The Berry Pickers is such an incredible grown up version with so many cultural layers added in. This book hurt me emotionally 4.5✨ #books #reading #booksky #bookreview #bookrecs 💙📚

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Kathleen 📚🧶🐶 @leroocotton.bsky.social · 17/12/2024

I got bored and tier ranked the #books I've read this year so far. Tier 2 is basically: I love this but I cannot recommend it to you unless I know who you are as a person and a reader 😂 The good news I didn't hate anything I read this year! #bookrecs #horrorbooks #booksky 📚💙

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Kathleen 📚🧶🐶 @leroocotton.bsky.social · 13/12/2024

I really wish my brain accepted and enjoyed fantasy more than it does.

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