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🚨 BREAKING: The family of Renee Good and her partner, Rebecca Good, have filed two federal lawsuits over Good’s January killing by ICE agent Jonathan Ross in Minneapolis. 1/

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Andrea M, mountain hermit @mountainheartvt.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

Had a chance to learn about twill weaving in the Navajo tradition. Super interesting, and I hope to apply some insights to the heddling of twills on the warp-weighted loom. By the time the last living WWL weavers were documented by Hoffman in the 1950s, twills were no longer being woven.... 1/2

A weft-faced diamond weave in three colors on a small, Navajo-style loom.

The loom in a room, with a bunch of other looms.

A bunch of students work on setting up their warps in a workshop with Diné weaver and shepherd, Nikyle Begay.

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Andrea M, mountain hermit @mountainheartvt.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

Here is that wheel, with the lamp removed, and restored for spinning. 🧶 #fiberarts

A small spinning wheel, an IKEA Poang chair, and a small dog.

Detail view of the wheel with proof-of-life (fresh yarn spun on the bobbin), and the small dog behind it, perched on a stack of pink pillows.

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Andrea M, mountain hermit @mountainheartvt.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

The US mid-term elections are so close, this milk expires *after* they happen. #VOTE

Pic of the top of a milk carton, showing a "best by" date of November 9, 2026.

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Andrea M, mountain hermit @mountainheartvt.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

Picture of a pretty one I was using today. I also took in this little flax wheel that had been "lamped."

A handsome antique spinning wheel from Norway

Detail of the flyer with freshly-spun yarn on the bobbin.

A small flax wheel with large attachment on the table.

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Andrea M, mountain hermit @mountainheartvt.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

Puppy has decided it's his job to groom the cats (the ones that like him,at least). Cute sleeping follows. I'm home for a few days before my next round of workshops. I miss the menagerie when I'm away. ❤️ 🐕🐕🐕🐈‍⬛🐈🐈🐈🐈🐑🐑🐑🐑🐑🐑🐑🐑🐑🐑🐑🐑🐑🐑🐑🐑🐑🐑🐑🐑🐑🐑🐑🐑🐑🐑🐑🐑🐑🐑🐑🐑🐔🐔🐔🐔🐔🐔🐔🐔🐔🐔🐔🐔

A small, butterscotch-colored dog licks and nibbles on the face of an old black cat, who appears unfazed by the attention.

Now the dog is attentively grooming the ears of a fluffy orange cat.

The dog and the black cat sleep side by side. The cat is the big spoon.

The small dog smiles as he sleeps with the black cat. His head is pillowed on her shoulder.

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Status Coup News @statuscoupnews.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

"We're coming for you in November". LULAC State Director Gabriel Rosales speaks out against civil rights violations and federal enforcement abuses after a man was shot in his back by ICE in Austin, Texas. Video by Phillip Hawkins

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Andrea M, mountain hermit @mountainheartvt.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

www.newsweek.com/are-truckers... My local grocery store (in a lower middle/working class neighborhood) was very busy this morning. Clerk mentioned this rumor as possible cause. Anyone else hearing things on the ground? #truckerstrike #strike

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Are truckers going on dtrike, October 1? What diesel prices say

Rumors of a trucker strike have spread online. Whether it happens or not, rising fuel costs are putting real pressure on drivers.

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SGS @sgswritereditor.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

Hello! #Quirk calls @cloish.bsky.social, @uselessusername.bsky.social, @mountainheartvt.bsky.social, @deborah-e.bsky.social, @fmckenna.bsky.social + @armiari.bsky.social to the #antiquesroadshow hashtag for the Mon Sep 21 live watch party, starting at 8 pm EST!

Quirk, a small, white, stuffed toy duck with a yellow beak and underwings and small, black, round eyes looks at a public phone in Belem, Brazil that is shaped like an oversize blue and yellow parrot.

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Andrea M, mountain hermit @mountainheartvt.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

Was searching for other things, & found this old picture of Cooper, visiting the studio in 2020. ❤️🐑

A large sheep, standing somewhat incongruously in a sculpture studio.

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Andrea M, mountain hermit @mountainheartvt.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

Day 2 teaching spinning and weaving at the beautiful #sanbornmillsfarm in Loudon, New Hampshire. #folkschool

Interior of a large timberframe barn with small looms and workshop supplies set up.

A student winds a warp on a warping frame that is tied to an ornate, curving staircase.

A small floor loom in the process of being warped for weaving.

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Andrea M, mountain hermit @mountainheartvt.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

Another sleepy cat/dog pile ##catanddogarenotfriends

A black cat, an orange tabby, and a chiweenie dog sleeping together on a couch.

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Andrea M, mountain hermit @mountainheartvt.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

Shadow loves dogs (even though she looks a bit grumpy in this picture). She's 19, puppy is about 18 months old. 🐈‍⬛🐕❤️

A black cat, looking a bit disgruntled , as a small, butterscotch-colored dog tries to use her as a pillow.

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Andrea M, mountain hermit @mountainheartvt.bsky.social · 06/09/2026

And the second new kitty: Mollie! Mollie was one of my fosters when she was a kitten, so I have a baby picture of her. They belonged to a friend's mom who is in memory care now, so I offered to adopt them. ❤️

A beautiful, fluffy calico cat, with butterfly-shaped markings on her ears, and an orange and black stripey tail. She has mostly white fur.

The same cat as a cute kitten, about 8 years ago.

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Andrea M, mountain hermit @mountainheartvt.bsky.social · 06/09/2026

One of two new kitties on the farm. Her name is Winnie, and the belly is NOT a trap.

A big tortishell cat lays in a patch of sun.

The same cat, sprawled on her back, showing off her calico belly.

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Musicology Duck @musicologyduck.bsky.social · 06/09/2026

thats it im running for congress

musicology duck at 91 on influential posters and AOC at 92

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Andrea M, mountain hermit @mountainheartvt.bsky.social · 05/09/2026

I was gifted this beautiful antique hemp brake when I was in PA, and man, is it ever nice to finally have the right tool for this material. ❤️

A manual hemp brake, made for crushing the stalks of retted hemp plants. It is about 5 feet long, and made of hand-hewn American chestnut wood. In the background, many bundles of hemp straw awaiting the brake.

My hand on the handle of the brake. It's really big; photos don't accurately convey its size.

Hemp fiber after breaking. Long strands of cellulose fiber with bits of hurd clinging to them.

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The PA Flax Project @paflaxproject.bsky.social · 03/09/2026

Where does linen come from? The farm! Today, there is no commercial infrastructure in the U.S. to produce flax fiber for linen. The PA Flax Project has a goal to bring a scutching mill online in Pennsylvania by 2029 to fill that gap.

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Mar Hicks @histoftech.bsky.social · 03/09/2026

“Steinem, a co-founder of Ms. Magazine, was a hugely recognizable presence wherever she went. And she went everywhere: Much of her life as an advocate was spent on the road, speaking at college campuses and community centers, at rallies and marches.” RIP apnews.com/article/glor...

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Gloria Steinem, a potent voice of US feminism and co-founder of Ms. Magazine, dies at 92

Gloria Steinem, the most visible symbol and potent voice of the U.S. women's movement in the '60s and '70s and a fierce advocate for feminist causes for the rest of her life, has died at 92.

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Andrea M, mountain hermit @mountainheartvt.bsky.social · 02/09/2026

The antique Balkan loom mid-restoration. I'm a little obsessed with this one! I need to make treadles, re-create a couple other missing pieces, and knit heddles for it. I don't think the pictures convey how small it is. 🧶

An antique weaving loom from eastern Europe (Romania? Transylvania? Bulgaria? Hungary?) Isassembled in my studio. It's very small, compared to the other looms around it.

The same loom, from a different angle. My wheels and bookshelves behind it help to communicate how small the loom is.

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Andrea M, mountain hermit @mountainheartvt.bsky.social · 02/09/2026

Turned down the aisle in the grocery store tonite and spotted the woman I hold responsible for pushing me out of my job a couple years ago. Did a 180 and noped right out of there. Was I being small and immature? Maybe. I give no f*cks.

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Keri Russell as Kate Wyler Says Nope

Alt: Keri Russell as Kate Wyler Says Nope

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Andrea M, mountain hermit @mountainheartvt.bsky.social · 01/09/2026

Pictures from the Mac Steel artist residency site. If you think the idea of poking through the metal history of the 20th century and making art out of what you find sounds fun — you might want to check this out. macscrap.com/new-page-4 #art

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Andrea M, mountain hermit @mountainheartvt.bsky.social · 01/09/2026

My daughter is in the middle of an artist residency at Mac Steel in Rutland, VT. Here's a link to their program, and a vid from several years ago when the residency got started. #artistresidency #art #sculpture macscrap.com/new-page-4 youtu.be/ygkyfB_eJ1Y?...

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Mac Steel Artist Residency - October 2022

YouTube video by Jack Criddle

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Andrea M, mountain hermit @mountainheartvt.bsky.social · 30/08/2026

Pretty sure this is the fanciest loom I've ever worked on.

Side frame of a Scandinavian loom (maybe Swedish?), outdoors, leaning against a tree. It is wet, after being scrubbed with soap and water.

Detail of the upper corner of the loom side frame, showing fancy, scrolled shapes cut into the edges of thick slabs of oak. If you zoom in, the small holes of (old, inactive? We hope!) Powder post beetle damage. The whole piece is incredibly heavy, and I haven't any concerns about the structural integrity of these parts.

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Andrea M, mountain hermit @mountainheartvt.bsky.social · 29/08/2026

Big loom rescue day today. I've got my work cut out for me...

Three disassembled looms lean against the fence in the front yard of my house.

A very tiny loom of unusual, early design.

A detail of the largest of the three looms. It's Scandinavian, I think? Fancy shaping of the side frames.

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Stacey Burns @wentrogue.bsky.social · 27/08/2026

Jennifer Nelson’s entry to this year’s Minnesota State Fair crop art

A localized version of Guernica with a loon at the center and a person holding an ICE OUT sign

“My piece was inspired by Picasso's Guernica, a work that was his response to the Nazi's bombing of the Basque town. I thought there was a fitting parallel between these incidents about the high price paid by ordinary people when aggressive regimes try out new tactics of war, as well as a fitting juxtaposition of the darkness of living such an experience and the light we shone through it in our own resistance and care for one another. The patterns near Renee Good and Alex Pretti’s mouths are actually their last words in Morse code: ‘I’m not mad at you,’ and ‘Are you okay?’”

Jennifer Nelson

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Andrea M, mountain hermit @mountainheartvt.bsky.social · 27/08/2026

My Russian sitting distafff. I'm trying to stabilize areas of paint loss, and slow down further damage. I suppose I should stop taking it to workshops, where I inevitably drop it on the floor when I forget I'm sitting on it, and stand up without holding onto it first. #handspinning

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Adrian de Montfort 🇨🇦 🇬🇧 🏳️‍🌈🧶🏃🏼‍♂️‍➡️ @badgerbadgerbadger.ca · 27/08/2026

The very best tribute too #TimCurry that I have seen. A truly great and energetic actor, mischief incarnate. Have a safe journey home, old chap.

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Andrea M, mountain hermit @mountainheartvt.bsky.social · 27/08/2026

Just watched a vid (on another platform) of a local weaver that I know slightly, demo'ing her new warp-weighted loom – and it was painful to watch. Too vertical, brackets too short, juggling an inefficient wooden shuttle, etc, etc. Does she not know I TEACH THIS? Sorry, just venting.

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Andrea M, mountain hermit @mountainheartvt.bsky.social · 25/08/2026

The finches were starting to eat the seeds, so I harvested the fiber hemp. I left the big plants on the edge for the birds, and am saving the seed from the smaller plants. #chanvre #hemp

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Andrea M, mountain hermit @mountainheartvt.bsky.social · 25/08/2026

Once again, the Grim Reaper misses his mark.

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Andrea M, mountain hermit @mountainheartvt.bsky.social · 25/08/2026