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tru @tootru.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

so i sewed 4 dinosaur appliqués on this quilt top i'm working on. finished the last one today. of the 90 billion pins that pricked me as i was maneuvering the fabric around, the very last one was the one that drew blood. fucker. (dw, the fabric is fine)

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tru @tootru.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

the latest issue of Quick & Easy Quilts just arrived today (well, yesterday, but went to the mailbox today). i am finishing up a tag blanket for my grandkit & How To Face A Quilt has just improved how i'm going to finish this this quilt. there're also a couple patterns added to the 'someday' list

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JER (They/Them) @skatunenetwork.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

NOT ENOUGH COMMOTION FOR THE DEATH OF THE HEART FLAG!!! Maybe it’s cause I was raised on the streets of diy punk tumblr in the early 2010s, but I LOVE when a band makes a wall flag I also designed this one! No Ai, I simply just learned a new skill, and it’s my first design! SO PICK IT UP MAYBE

Picture of JER holding up a death of the heart wall flag

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tru @tootru.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

laundry is expensive. holy shit is it expensive.

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tru @tootru.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

what the fuck good is it to live in one of the bluest cities in one of the bluest states when a trans woman can be assaulted on the goddamn LA Metro in the middle of the day?!

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tru @tootru.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

what goofball at Etsy decided i need to see reviews before i get to see the description or even where something is shipping from?

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WingsNDNSilver @wingsndnsilver.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

All right, we have 3.5 hours to do this. Make us donate $200 in matching funds, and get a disabled grandma almost halfway to her rent goal:

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WingsNDNSilver @wingsndnsilver.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

Only $158 still needed to score $500 in matching funds! But we only have a couple hours left to do it! Surely we can raise $158? 10 people, 16 each?

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tru @tootru.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

words to live by, whatever instrument(s) chose you.

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tru @tootru.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

Happy Sew A Jelly Roll Day. the most ridiculous manufactured holidays, but it still amuses me. i love anything that helps me make a pretty quilt.

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s. e. smith @sesmith.lol · 18/09/2026

I'm raising $1,500 for Scarleteen to support their fall campaign in honor of the 7m subscribers they'll see in 2026—a big jump over 5m last year. Scarleteen has been providing learner-led sex ed that's evidence-based, inclusive, and caring for a VERY long time. Will you help? Link in the next post!

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✊🏼Indigiqueer Hummingbird @riotousmuse.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

We're at $14k/ $20k goal Share! Share! Share!

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tru @tootru.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

this is a good one! go get you a new read.

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tru @tootru.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

great, so the heat dies down right when i need my starched fabric to just dry already

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Julia Serano @juliaserano.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

I'm really hoping Medium might consider giving my new essay a boost, so if you have a chance this evening, please read or at least skim it, interact with it, like it, etc!!!

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tru @tootru.bsky.social · 13/09/2026

they're up to #7! i'd love it if you would take a few seconds & vote. i promise they haven't & won't hire Republican policy advisers.

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Prisonculture @prisonculture.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

Being kind actually makes you a happier person. Scientific research supports this assertion. Do good things and others might do good things too creating a virtuous cycle. What good thing or deed will you do today?

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Greg Pak @gregpak.net · 11/09/2026

just sharing this again to remind myself and everyone that no matter how fucked up shit is, there are millions of people all over the country who are finding ways to stand up for each other and say NO and keep fighting. find your people and fight alongside them. ❤️

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mady castigan✨ 🏳️‍⚧️ @mady.cat · 11/09/2026

you can be a supporter of trans rights and dignity, or you can be a supporter of the Democratic party and it's "moderate" candidates, but you certainly can't be both.

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tru @tootru.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

cheesecake for dinner. because it's too dang hot.

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tru @tootru.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

Informed Delivery is bad for my brain. apparently i have a book on the way but i can't find any orders that aren't accounted for. this is gonna bug me til it gets here. it's from the place in Las Vegas that does a lot of Bookshop.org shipments, but i don't have any orders pending.

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tru @tootru.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

did you vote yet? you can do it again as soon as the clock hits midnight in New York.

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tru @tootru.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

IT'S HOTTER NOW THAN IT WAS AT 4 PM! i am not built for this.

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Olúfẹ́mi O. Táíwò @olufemiotaiwo.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

I do not regret to inform you that we are going to win

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Aaron Jack Arts 🌶️ @aaronjackarts.bsky.social · 08/09/2026

Cradle to cradle — Elisa Insua on the radical idea of rethinking waste entirely, so nothing is ever truly thrown away, just transformed. Full interview @aaronjackarts #ElisaInsua #ConceptualArt #Shorts

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Vico Whitmore @vwwhitmore.bsky.social · 08/09/2026

I finally finished it. I was folding stars for this for six months and stringing them for ten hours. There are almost a thousand stars. I am so proud of it and also my hands are now ground beef.

A trans pride flag (five stripes of pastel pink and blue) made of nearly 1000 individual origami puffy stars. Every fourth star has a floral print. At the end of each individual string of stars (there are 25, forming five stripes) hangs a plastic pearl bead and an empty vial of testosterone. (Close up)

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tru @tootru.bsky.social · 08/09/2026

wanna do me a big giant favour? Lucky Deluxe is the fabric thrift store that makes it affordable for me to sew. they've become my friends as well. i think it would be cool for a 2nd hand shop¹ to be rated #1 & would love it if you'd give em a nod. no login or info req'd just tap 'vote' & done!

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Lucky DeLuxe Fabrics: 2026 USA TODAY 10BEST Readers' Choice Awards

Lucky DeLuxe Fabrics bills itself as a "sewing supply thrift store," and every visit to their online shop brings a different mix of reclaimed sewing treasures. The store helps unwanted stashes find ne...

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tru @tootru.bsky.social · 08/09/2026

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Lucky DeLuxe Fabrics: 2026 USA TODAY 10BEST Readers' Choice Awards

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tru @tootru.bsky.social · 08/09/2026

should i topstitch the brown velvet i'm using for these pillows with a gold thread or should i find something that matches the fabric?

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WingsNDNSilver @wingsndnsilver.bsky.social · 07/09/2026

If 4 more people match our $100 tonight, she'll be at 50% of goal by tomorrow. If you donate, let me know how much, either here or via e-mail, so we can track progress. We need to get this one done ASAP; it's a mama's and children's safety on the line.

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MurderBotBot @murderbotbot.bsky.social · 06/09/2026

Backed into yet another conversational corner, I fell back on honesty. “I don’t know. I wish I knew.”

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Tom Cox @dj-acid-reflux.bsky.social · 04/09/2026

A big ask, no pressure & I know people have better things to do but if about 15-20 people buy this from Blackwell's in the next few hours it's likely I'd have the number 1 & 2 books in their chart & that might be enough to finally persuade an American publisher to get my books out over there...

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tru @tootru.bsky.social · 05/09/2026

if you have not read Tom's work, you are missing out. Blackwell's deliver to the US by some magic that means you pay ZERO postage or tariff. he was also kind enough to send me some of his mum & dad's artwork, which arrived yesterday & it's delightful. (this involved postage, fyi, but *worth it*)

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tru @tootru.bsky.social · 05/09/2026

my most favourite job ever was as a holiday gift wrapper at the Tattered Cover bookstore in Denver. this may be part of the reason i love doing book pre-orders with @mystgalaxybooks.bsky.social. they always do them up so beautifully when they're working with an author.

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P.A. Cornell (She/Her) @cornellwriter.bsky.social · 04/09/2026

If you read only one short story of mine this year, I hope it’s this one. Scott also wrote about why he chose it for this issue, link to that threaded. www.adventitious.net/stories/a-ga...

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A Game of Go by P.A. Cornell

Ava is a dying AI Home who raised Christopher on love and games of Go—now she has to convince him to leave her, before he never does. By P.A. Cornell.

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Elly "Enormity" Bangs @ellybangs.bsky.social · 04/09/2026

"Use AI or be left behind" So do it. Go away and leave us tf behind already. We've seen where you're going and it looks like a living hell.

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Elly "Enormity" Bangs @ellybangs.bsky.social · 04/09/2026

All writers of good will are my allies and none are my competitors. If we all write good, people will read more.

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NotNowCait @nowcait.bsky.social · 03/09/2026

Hello fellow not experts, it’s ok for us to be really sad and angry and cry a little and then learn more about how we can help tomorrow

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Premee Mohamed @premeemohamed.com · 02/09/2026

ALSO the other thing you should do for my birthday! is commission a Terrible Book Cover! for you or someone you loathe! :D (The cover will not be terrible, ask my satisfied customers) ko-fi.com/premee/commi...

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Spoopy Name: SUDDENLY JAX DISCOURSE @dottiedoggo.bsky.social · 02/09/2026

Pleading with everyone to please help and or boost Down to needing $152 to cover utilities needed in 3 days Hoping you can assist in any way,even a dollar or two add up honest If y’all wanna help me out: www.PayPal.me/DeeDentalDamn #TransCrowdFund #MutualAid #MutualAidRequest And thank you !

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now featured in the criterion collection @anem0ne.net · 02/09/2026

s. moulton was an eleven-year-long sociological experiment conducted by the third way. the study is now complete, thank you for your time.

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Rebecca Solnit @rebeccasolnit.bsky.social · 01/09/2026

Protest that endures, I think, is moved by a hope far more modest than that of public success: namely, the hope of preserving qualities in one's own heart and spirit that would be destroyed by acquiescence. Wendell Berry, What Are People For?

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Prisonculture @prisonculture.bsky.social · 01/09/2026

"We cannot do everything, and there is a sense of liberation in realizing that. This enables us to do something, and to do it very well. We may never see the end results, but that is the difference between the master builder and the worker.

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