iiinova — where your digital self keeps evolving

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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 · 14/03/2025

Don't let this happen. From a US citizen who is tired of all the death.

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Gillian @somewhendesigns.bsky.social · 14/03/2025

Baby Cat Yarns always has great mini kits!

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Gillian @somewhendesigns.bsky.social · 12/03/2025

I've seen people recommend fishing reel counters but haven't tried it myself. Currently, I just measure the circumference of my yarn swift and multiply by number of strands in the hank, but this is tedious.

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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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Gillian @somewhendesigns.bsky.social · 09/03/2025

I'm from the US and I applaud this!

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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 · 04/03/2025

Turns out we already have laws to prevent men from walking around with their junk out. I for one am happy they squashed the bill that is persecuting a dozen children.

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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 · 02/03/2025

I'm personally not interested in keeping my photos and the rest of my posts separate, so if I use Flashes it will be with the same account. My knitting and nature photos are just as much me as the political musings and if people don't like that they don't have to follow 🤷🏻‍♀️

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Gillian @somewhendesigns.bsky.social · 01/03/2025

I've had a constant rotation of books and dvds from my library!

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Gillian @somewhendesigns.bsky.social · 01/03/2025

I've done so much reading today. Went for a walk and a read in the park between appointments instead of scrolling my phone.

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Gillian @somewhendesigns.bsky.social · 01/03/2025

Likely just that I'm not concentrating as hard when I'm knitting a full garment. I tend to knit while doing other things (unless it's extremely complicated)

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

It really fluffs up a bit in blocking. But I often have to change needle size to get gauge, and then I also have to account for the way I nearly always knit looser on the actual project than the gauge swatch.

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

The only money I spent today was $450 on needed dental work that I already had to reschedule once due to getting covid. But it's so easy to go days at a time without buying anything!

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

Bonus: I got called a model patient. "They don't get much better than you." Thanks, I have far too much experience with dental work and a lifelong need to be accommodating.

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

The double dose was already wearing off by the end but they'd gotten past the painful work by then.

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

Ah that's so cool! I had a point halfway through college where my teacher thought I was becoming a mezzo soprano because my low range was so strong but nope, still a soprano 😊

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

I'm a soprano (lyric coluratura) - I'm not currently singing anywhere but hoping with an upcoming job change and better schedule that I can join a choir and maybe audition for the local opera chorus.

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

I hope you are able to start finding joy in singing again (from another singer 💗)

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

What a useless excuse for a human being 😡

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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

Yes! I've recently purchased boots, small appliances, books, and crafting tools!

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

I would probably get in trouble 😭 but I love this! I've settled for "oh ok" in a really flat voice for now, lol.

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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

Maybe try ebay? And I am so sorry 😔

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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 · 18/02/2025

I knit specifically because it gives me something to do with my hands. I can watch TV or YouTube, or read, but it makes me put my phone down for a while.

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Gillian @somewhendesigns.bsky.social · 18/02/2025

Musselburgh if you want something truly mindless, but usually I vote socks! Or you could do both 😅

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Gillian @somewhendesigns.bsky.social · 17/02/2025

This just looks so dreamy to work with!

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Gillian @somewhendesigns.bsky.social · 16/02/2025

There's a no-spending movement here in the US on the same day.

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Gillian @somewhendesigns.bsky.social · 16/02/2025

Beautiful! I love the colors you're using.

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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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Gillian @somewhendesigns.bsky.social · 09/02/2025

Crochet is quicker than knitting but (for me) comes with more hand pain. Both can be inexpensive to learn tho and many yarn shops will offer beginner classes!

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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...

slate.com

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 · 06/02/2025

Oh no 😭 hope everyone recovers quickly!

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Gillian @somewhendesigns.bsky.social · 06/02/2025

Dang. Glad you're OK! Poor car though 😢

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