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Laura @mitten.lol · 28/04/2026

Somewhat to my surprise, I still cry - even after more than 20 years of marriage - when the mister goes out of town on a long trip.

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Laura @mitten.lol · 10/03/2026

So it was the mister's birthday a couple weeks ago, and I bought him one of those "neck lights" - the kind you'd use for knitting, but he uses them for reading. Annnnnnnyway, this morning he's sitting in his office chair with the neck lights on, spinning around slowly, gleefully announcing "I'm a li

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Laura @mitten.lol · 22/12/2025

And here we are, heading into the week that has no days. Today is supposedly Monday, but Friday is happening on Wednesday this week, so is it really Wednesday? And who knows what "real" Friday will be - a second Saturday, perhaps? And don't even get me started about Sunday happening on Thursday. I'm

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Laura @mitten.lol · 10/09/2025

I know the Jezebel story is funny, but please please please be careful amplifying it at the moment (maybe don't?) - pagans and pagan communities are already under fire from this regime, and this will likely fan the flames of hatred and violence from those superstitious bigots.

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Laura @mitten.lol · 18/08/2025

Went to a holiday party out in Agoura Hills last night. Big house up in the hills. We were talking about whether I could stand living someplace like that. 10 years ago, I would have said absolutely not. Now, it's more like probably not. But mostly still best to have friends you can visit who live in

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Laura @mitten.lol · 18/08/2025

Such odd feelings this morning. The mister left in the wee hours for back-to-back out-of-town shoots (Bardstown then Albuquerque) and won't be back until nearly Christmas. I am simultaneously thrilled and bereft. It'll be lovely to center myself and lay groundwork for my projects, but I'm absolutely

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Laura @mitten.lol · 18/08/2025

I've moved this site to Pelican (getpelican.com), and away from 11ty (www.11ty.dev). Having it in 11ty was just too much of a hurdle for me - it's written in a language I don't know, and the monthly updates to the system were too stress-inducing. Never felt like I could keep up. So I

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Laura @mitten.lol · 18/08/2025

I have a knitting project - a hat, to be exact - that has been sitting in my drawer unfinished because I can't bring myself to pick up stitches around the edge to do the brim. Note to self: never start a pattern that needs stitches to be picked up.

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Laura @mitten.lol · 18/08/2025

Around the beginning of the year, I realized that every morning, the first image I had of myself was me dressed in a ratty old t-shirt. It just didn't seem like a good way to start the day, so I bought some proper pajamas. Nothing fancy, just a nightdress and a couple "camp style" pajama sets from L

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Laura @mitten.lol · 18/08/2025

The mister has put on the Eras tour movie as music to work by today. I'm sitting in the next room, out of his line of sight, but in the reflection of the glass of pictures on the wall, I can see him dancing - but I don't think he knows I can see him. It's very sweet, tbh, and I just love him so much

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Laura @mitten.lol · 18/08/2025

Why can't cookbooks get all the things right? I just borrowed a bunch from the library, all focused on meal planning. One has good looking plans and cooking strategies, but no shopping lists. Another has nicely paired recipes, but they're not indexed (and no TOC, either!) C'mon people, this just isn

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Laura @mitten.lol · 18/08/2025

When I was small, I liked to make my Halloween costumes. Then there was a stretch of years I made them for the boys. And since then, pretty much nothing. To my mind, it's a kid's holiday. Why should adults tread all over it? Anyway, Happy Halloween, no matter how old you are.

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Laura @mitten.lol · 18/08/2025

Straight kombucha is too hard on my system, but I've been enjoying mixing it with San Pellegrino. I've been calling it Boochagrino, but the mister thinks it should be Pelleboocha. He's wrong, but I love him nevertheless.

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Laura @mitten.lol · 18/08/2025

Getting our picnic ready for tonight - Wynton Marsalis "All Rise" at the Hollywood Bowl. Last concert of the season - really looking forward to it.

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Laura @mitten.lol · 03/07/2025

Heh. Champagne tastes on a beer budget for me. Though I just like food, generally.

A pie chart showing a concentration of values in "Upper Middle Class" food choices.

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Kumail Nanjiani @kumail.bsky.social · 16/06/2025

I did an event in DC & there was a party for donors etc after. Was talking to 2 ppl & I said "Things are so bad." They said "No this is how it is. Things swing one way, then another. It's normal." That's when I realized why Dems are toothless. They have no idea what this is. Frogs boiling in water.

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Laura @mitten.lol · 10/06/2025

#DTLA Police helicopter now circling Pershing Square. It's not broadcasting a callsign or any information at all, so it's not showing on the aircraft map.

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Laura @mitten.lol · 10/06/2025

Now is not the best time to visit, to put it lightly.

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Laura @mitten.lol · 10/06/2025

#DTLA I suspect that now that it's getting dark, the "agitators" have arrived - and that's both locals spoiling for a fight and infiltrators paid to stir up chaos. We saw both here during BLM protests a few years ago.

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Laura @mitten.lol · 10/06/2025

There are things happening in #DTLA right now, Pershing Square area. Lots of car activity - honking, revving, sounds like sideshow stuff. Also several of those "fireworks" (like M-80s or something) being set off (which is not necessarily unusual here). (I have no sight line, I can just hear it all.)

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Laura @mitten.lol · 09/06/2025

(For the car-centric, it's about an hour and 20 minute drive from DTLA to Lancaster. ALL IN THE SAME COUNTY.)

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Laura @mitten.lol · 09/06/2025

I keep trying to explain to people how big LA County is, but it's kinda hard to wrap your head around. Like, I can spend 2 hours on a train from downtown LA to Lancaster and *still* be in LA County. Here's one more attempt, a map from Kieran Healy kieranhealy.org

United States map showing the ten states which have larger statewide populations than Los Angeles County. The states are California (obviously), Texas, Florida, Georgia, Virginia, Illinois, Michigan, Ohio, Pennsylvania, and New York. The other 40 states are shown in grey, and do not have a statewide population greater than the population of LA County.

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Laura @mitten.lol · 01/05/2025

white rabbits, white rabbits

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Laura @mitten.lol · 30/04/2025

Thank you - I'll watch for the email!

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Laura @mitten.lol · 28/04/2025

Fellow #PyCon2025 speakers/poster presenters - do you know who I can contact with questions? It's my first time speaking, and I don't know where I'm supposed to go, how early I need to be for the talk, when the poster has to be installed by - basic stuff. Anyone know who I can talk to? @pycon.us

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Laura @mitten.lol · 14/04/2025

We felt the San Diego earthquake here in #DTLA pretty strongly. It lasted pretty long, and hanging lights were swinging, but doesn't look like there was any real damage. We did get the alert right before the shaking started, so thanks to the alert team! #earthquake

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Anise K. Strong @anisekstrong.bsky.social · 09/04/2025

This article notably fails to mention the time in 88 BCE when the people of the eastern provinces hated the greedy publicani so much that they rose up en masse and murdered 80,000 of them and their families in the streets.

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Laura @mitten.lol · 06/04/2025

#DTLA video of the protest marchers in downtown LA

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Laura @mitten.lol · 06/04/2025

#DTLA The turnout for the protest today is off the charts. Way bigger than BLM/George Floyd, and those were huge.

Hill Street in downtown Los Angeles, looking south from 4th. The street is is filled with marching protesters, for blocks and blocks and blocks.

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Laura @mitten.lol · 05/04/2025

#DTLA If you’re heading to downtown LA this afternoon, be aware that many streets will be closed. Here’s the effected streets and bus routes:

sign with street closures and bus detours

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Laura @mitten.lol · 01/03/2025

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Laura @mitten.lol · 01/03/2025

white rabbits, white rabbits

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Laura @mitten.lol · 18/02/2025

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Laura @mitten.lol · 08/02/2025

Much to my surprise and delight, both my poster proposal and talk proposal have been accepted at #PyConUS! So I’ll be in Pittsburgh in May, talking (and postering) about color theory in data visualization. Looking forward to it immensely!

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Laura @mitten.lol · 07/02/2025

and I was born one dark gray morn, with music comin' in my ears, in my ears #hbtm

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Laura @mitten.lol · 04/02/2025

#DTLA heads up! About 2 dozen (!) unmarked law enforcement SUVs heading east on 4th Ave (I saw them near Hill). Sirens blaring. I assume heading towards protestors. About 12:55p local time. #protest #LAProtest #LAPD

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Laura @mitten.lol · 03/02/2025

#DTLA protests - this "no callsign" aircraft is indeed a LAPD helicopter (I can see it, it's a black and white), if that wasn't obvious. #protest #LAprotest

screenshot of globe.airplanes.live website, showing a map of downtown Los Angeles, with a helicopter making multiple tight circles over the area

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Laura @mitten.lol · 03/02/2025

EAST, they were headed EAST. Arrrrrrgh, why don't we have post editing here?

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Laura @mitten.lol · 03/02/2025

HEADS UP #DTLA More that a dozen unmarked black SUVs headed west on 4th Ave (I saw them near Hill) - these are some kind of law enforcement vehicles with sirens and with running boards for personnel (though there were none). 2:25ish pm local time. Assuming they are heading to #protests.

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John Scalzi @scalzi.com · 01/02/2025

Reminder: They're trying to demoralize you, and they're doing a great job of it. Part of resisting is making time for joy despite the attempts to make you feel this is not the time for it. Love your people. Dig the art that speaks to you. Go to the places where life flows into you. You deserve joy.

A man jumping, under the words "Make Time For Joy"

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Laura @mitten.lol · 01/02/2025

white rabbits, white rabbits

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Libro.fm @libro.fm · 31/01/2025

We're hiring for three fully remote positions: Senior Engineering Manager, Senior Backend Engineer, and an Android Developer! ⁠ Head to the 🔗 to learn more about the roles, benefits, and pay: blog.libro.fm/open-positio...

We're hiring! Senior engineering manager, senior backend engineer, android developer

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Laura @mitten.lol · 25/01/2025

Have you discovered Bluesky labelers yet? I love this one, which tells you which high-priced school a "personality" went to: bsky.app/profile/dadd... But there's a whole mess of them available here: www.bluesky-labelers.io You follow them, just like a user, and then labels appear on posts. Magic!

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🏳️‍⚧️”Fall Futch”🦾 @faefutchauntie.bsky.social · 24/01/2025

This Admin wants to always appear stronger then they are, and right now? They seem very very weak. Which means? They are even weaker then we are imagining. Find the crack, be the wedge. Apply pressure. And it will come undone. Constant pressure.

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a person is using a machine to chop a log .

Alt: a person is using a wedge to chop a log .

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El Howieson @elhowieson.bsky.social · 23/01/2025

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Laura @mitten.lol · 23/01/2025

Genuary Day 22 - gradients. This is a reworking of the programatic structure of the day 6 sketch, with a really different way to draw the stripes. I think it's better? Code here: gitlab.com/mitten-la/py5-sketches/-… #Genuary2025 #Genuary22 #ComputationalArt #py5

Image created with py5, based on the Genuary Day 22 prompt. A series of stripes creates a series of gradient rays, all in greens and green-blues.

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Laura @mitten.lol · 21/01/2025

I finally got back to this piece, wrote some convoluted code, and came up with this. Opinions/advice on the code are especially welcome. Code here: gitlab.com/mitten-la/py5-sketches/-… 2/x #Genuary6 #ComputationalArt

Image generated with py5, using the prompt for 2025 Genuary Day 6, landscape. The image is striated rays which give the general impression of a landscape.

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Laura @mitten.lol · 21/01/2025

I started working on the prompt for Genuary day 6, and got quite stuck code-wise. What I thought would be easy wasn't. Then a large chunk of LA was on fire, and I got a bit distracted. 1/x #Genuary6 #ComputationalArt

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Laura @mitten.lol · 13/01/2025

I got one yesterday from a real estate agent - "our hearts go out to everyone affected… and here are my current listings". No words. (Except "unsubscribe", of course.)

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