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Melissa Nadia Viviana 🐸 @resistrebelrevolt.net · 02/04/2025

"The power of the people is greater than the people in power." Wael Ghonim Thank you, @booker.senate.gov For your 25 hr 5 min record-breaking speech. For your mental fortitude. For your openness. For being human. For speaking 25 hrs of TRUTH to cut through the thick fog of gaslighting & LIES. ✊🏼

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Gillian @somewhendesigns.bsky.social · 31/03/2025

Ask and ye shall receive: City crew was taking down a tree next door and kept me from napping today so I went and asked them if I could have the wood chips. I have never seen four grown men look so confused in my life but they said yes. So no sleep, but free mulch!

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Gillian @somewhendesigns.bsky.social · 22/03/2025

Passed my medical coding exam, I can officially put CPC-A after my name now!

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Gillian @somewhendesigns.bsky.social · 15/03/2025

This would be deeply harmful to libraries all over the country.

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Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez @aoc.bsky.social · 14/03/2025

A YES on cloture is a YES for the bill. Do not let anyone play games with you.

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Gillian @somewhendesigns.bsky.social · 11/03/2025

Ollie turned up with tapeworms so we got to go to the vet today. He's treated and will be fine but he was pretty sad about the trip!

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Cat Lady Chaos @lauren-williams.bsky.social · 06/03/2025

…. Where do people think the phone gets the weather data?

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Gillian @somewhendesigns.bsky.social · 02/03/2025

Cold day but the sky is beautiful!

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Gillian @somewhendesigns.bsky.social · 28/02/2025

At the dentist getting fillings and they had to double up the local anesthesia because apparently my body is resistant (this happens every time. But it was only this dentist who told me you're not supposed to be able to feel them drilling!)

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Mark Cuban @mcuban.bsky.social · 27/02/2025

Ready Fire Aim is a lousy way to govern.

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Gillian @somewhendesigns.bsky.social · 27/02/2025

I've got to stop complimenting customers' outfits when I'm at work because I am incapable of hiding my negative reaction when someone responds "Thanks, it's from Shein!"

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Gillian @somewhendesigns.bsky.social · 22/02/2025

Felt important to go to the art museum today for the first time since moving here in 2020. Some very nice exhibitions! They've got a Monet, and a Rodin statue on loan, and we really enjoyed the current exhibition of Japanese art and pottery.

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Aimee Sher @aimeeshermakes.bsky.social · 20/02/2025

Hey everyone! We put a bunch of yarn and notions on sale with code SNOWY2025 for 10% off through tomorrow, Feb 21 as a winter clearance. It includes our beautiful project bags! Please check it out and help us clear some space! aimeeshermakes.com/collections/...

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Gillian @somewhendesigns.bsky.social · 15/02/2025

First half of this spin complete! The silk content makes it look like watercolors.

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Gillian @somewhendesigns.bsky.social · 14/02/2025

Did a little bit of spinning this morning. A beautiful merino/silk braid from @republicaunicornia.bsky.social The rhythmic repetition of spinning felt very soothing, I have a feeling I'll do a lot of it this year.

Close up shot of a dark wooden bobbin on an Ashford Traditional spinning wheel. The bobbin is partially filled with a wool and silk single ply in a gradient from soft lavender to sky blue.

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Gillian @somewhendesigns.bsky.social · 14/02/2025

This was very interesting. I've definitely experienced the situation she describes of opening an app, scrolling, being unsatisfied and closing it, then immediately reopening it. Going to think this over and try to be more mindful.

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kimbroideryart.bsky.social @kimbroideryart.bsky.social · 09/02/2025

Needlework isn’t just about delicate flowers and pretty patterns. For centuries, women have stitched their strength, their rebellion, and their refusal to be erased into fabric. Meet “Resist”, a piece inspired by the 1950s Aunt Martha Embroidery series. #embroidery #fibersrts

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Nitish Pahwa @nitishpahwa.com · 29/01/2025

in case your company uses Google Workspace and is despairing at how Gemini A.I. is getting pushed into everything—fear not! Slate's indefatigable IT chief embarked on a successful journey to get it removed from our end and wrote a detailed guide for the curious: slate.com/technology/2...

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Google Quietly Installed A.I. to My Workspace. Getting Rid of It Was Creepy.

Opting out should not be a premium feature. It’s a basic right.

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Gillian @somewhendesigns.bsky.social · 08/02/2025

Covid for me too 🫠 hoping the fact that the line was incredibly faint on the test means I'll have a light case but probably not.

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Katharine Hayhoe @katharinehayhoe.com · 06/02/2025

By definition, numerical weather models require international data. The atmosphere knows no geopolitical boundaries: any model that begins and ends at its country’s border is unable to generate reliable predictions until after a weather system crosses its boundaries. Which defeats the purpose!

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NOAA Employees Told to Pause Work With ‘Foreign Nationals’

An internal email obtained by WIRED shows that NOAA workers received orders to pause “ALL INTERNATIONAL ENGAGEMENTS.”

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Gillian @somewhendesigns.bsky.social · 05/02/2025

Not enough going on this week so my husband tested positive for covid just to spice things up. (I'm still negative but it's surely only a matter of time.)

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Alt National Park Service @altnps.bsky.social · 05/02/2025

While Trump has been distracting America with everything else, Elon Musk’s staffers are quietly taking over NOAA and the Department of Labor. They are also using AI to help rewrite a significant portion of the federal government’s computer systems.

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Gillian @somewhendesigns.bsky.social · 04/02/2025

Going for a walk because a wrong answer in my coding homework just caused me to burst into tears. I may be a tad bit overwhelmed.

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Fazia Rizvi @faziarizvi.bsky.social · 04/02/2025

I'm glad federal unions and FBI employees are suing the Trump administration for their overreach but could SOMEONE smack these overgrown boys back into their unelected, non-existent lane so that our government remains *representative* and not a company that "moves fast and breaks things"? CONGRESS?

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Sam Bagenstos @sbagen.bsky.social · 04/02/2025

Consistent w/chatter I've been hearing.

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Gillian @somewhendesigns.bsky.social · 03/02/2025

Hey wow we really let someone get terrifying levels of unauthorized control in our government this weekend. Here's the sweater I'm knitting to keep from panicking. (Test knit #RelaxTee for @aimeeshermakes.bsky.social )

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David Dayen @ddayen.bsky.social · 03/02/2025

I talked to @nathantankus.bsky.social about what it means for forces allied with Elon Musk to take over the Treasury Department's payment system, it's really good and you should read it but in some ways the headline quote says it all. prospect.org/economy/2025...

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‘Filled With Unmitigated Terror’

A Q&A with Nathan Tankus on what it means for Elon Musk’s forces to have commandeered some level of control of the U.S. payment system.

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Brad Johnson @climatebrad.hillheat.com · 03/02/2025

"A core principle of the civil service is that you cannot be fired or dismissed or reassigned as a matter of political retaliation. That is exactly what is happening." @raskin.house.gov #USAID #forkoff

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Gillian @somewhendesigns.bsky.social · 03/02/2025

This is Extremely Not Good, people.

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Gillian @somewhendesigns.bsky.social · 01/02/2025

Once again regretting not having done another shop this week to stock up on dry goods. This could get rough.

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Gillian @somewhendesigns.bsky.social · 29/01/2025

One of those days when the country is falling apart and ALSO management decided to rearrange a bunch of stuff at work for no reason and less efficiency, so if you need me I'll be in a corner trying not to cry.

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Chanda Prescod-Weinstein 🌌 @chanda.blacksky.app · 27/01/2025

Ummm I don't know who needs to hear this but if you have a family member who is a federal employee DO NOT BROADCAST ON SOCIAL MEDIA ABOUT IT OR ANY RESISTANCE ACTIONS THEY MIGHT BE TAKING

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TrickyC (he/him) @trickyc66.northsky.social · 25/01/2025

it's a minor distinction, but one that bears mentioning: every org canceling their DEI programs on threat of losing federal funding is *complying in advance*, without making the government go through the labor and cost to actually cut that funding. Dismantling dignity and all it cost was an email.

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Gillian @somewhendesigns.bsky.social · 26/01/2025

This test knit project is extremely pleasing.

A knitting project in progress, a gradient fading from bright turquoise at the front of the shot through blues to purple at the back. Behind it, two rows of little balls of the same yarn sit ready to knit some sleeves. This is all laid out on a black desktop with two keyboards partly visible.

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Gillian @somewhendesigns.bsky.social · 25/01/2025

Well that's not concerning AT ALL.

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Katie Mack @astrokatie.com · 23/01/2025

The price of eggs in the US is spiking, mostly due to #H5N1 bird flu. Solving the problem requires urgent, important communications from the CDC & FDA* and rapid development of research by the NIH** * Currently paused by Executive Order ** Grant reviews now all canceled www.kcur.org/news/2025-01...

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Egg prices are soaring again. Here’s why and what to expect

Bird flu has killed millions of hens in recent weeks, shrinking the supply of eggs and hiking up prices at grocery stores.

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Gillian @somewhendesigns.bsky.social · 23/01/2025

Ok this has been making the rounds, sounds fun!

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Gillian @somewhendesigns.bsky.social · 20/01/2025

Not making a lot of knitting progress today because the cats are being distractingly cute.

A peaceful scene. A brown and white fluffy be-ruffed teddy bear of a cat, his white paws entangled with those of the tuxedo cat curled up in front of him. Resting on the tuxie's back is some blue and grey knitting in pinwheel pattern.

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Matt Browner Hamlin @mattbh.com · 19/01/2025

@aoc.bsky.social e-mail going after TikTok & social platforms collaborating with Trump - with a shout out to @bsky.app

First of all, Donald Trump is not president right now.

He's a private citizen. He does not have access to presidential powers. He does not have the ability to do any of that.

Please understand that TikTok's decision to name Trump in the notification is a choice. They are signaling that they have agreed to privately collaborate with Donald Trump and the Trump administration.

For all of those concerns that people were saying that TikTok is gonna be used as a propaganda tool by the Chinese, understand they're using it as a propaganda tool for the right.

Now, I want you all to put all the pieces together because what this effectively means is that every mass social media platform in the United States has been taken over by the right wing, with the exception of Blue Sky (but Blue Sky is still very small, relatively).

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ashley fairbanks @ziibiing.com · 19/01/2025

as a person who spent a large chunk of my life working in democratic politics, a big part of the problem is that the only way to advance your career is to never question anything. the only people who get ahead are people who love the status quo and live by it. at every level, kiss asses.

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Gillian @somewhendesigns.bsky.social · 19/01/2025

Distracting myself from the state of the world by finally setting up my Reed Loom Co. Cambridge loom. I bought it 2 years ago and finally have space! Did I do it right? Who knows - if you have tips, I want them! #loom #weaving

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Gillian @somewhendesigns.bsky.social · 17/01/2025

Just once in my life I would like to be able to genuinely not care about the state of my house when a repairman is coming. It must be nice.

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Gillian @somewhendesigns.bsky.social · 15/01/2025

13 years ago on fb I said 'The knitter's reaction to cold weather is not "let's put on a hat, some socks, and maybe a sweater", but "let's go knit a hat, some socks, and maybe a sweater."' And I stand by this statement today (it's 4°F.)

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