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A blue sky with clouds highlights white text saying: BlueSky is no longer a good place to find me. If you want all the information about Needle Fox Arts and my fiber adventures you can find me at Needle Fox Arts on Substack and at www.needlefox.art. There are links in the first comments of this post. Be well. Be joyful. Take your time.

While the McDonald’s CEO gets roasted for his awkward burger taste test...

McDonald’s is among the top employers of workers who rely on food stamps.

And McDonald's CEO recently raked in $18.2M — over 1,000x the company's median employee pay.

That should leave a bad taste in your mouth.

Yes waiter, I'll have a cup of tea, a scone, and if it's not too much trouble, perhaps some precedented times?

Disney Bound We took the kids to Disneyland in 2019.

Disney Bound yarn??

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When you have an audience or a business you have to ensure that you always provide a lot more value to people than you extract from them. If you don't then, long term, it all breaks down.

Young people I talk to today...they feel like the whole entire world has broken this contract with them.

Reminder #knitsky #resistance

Sure, dinner and a film is fine, but can we please normalize bookstore dates, cemetery picnic dates, museum dates, library dates, and stargazing dates?

In The Rainy Winter My needles are busy.

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I don't want to see Ai slop anywhere, but especially not in craft feeds. Impossible crochet in impossible rooms that look like the Sears catalog circa 1986.

But in all likelihood, it will. Because this is capitalism and the current commodity, especially on platforms like this, is our attention.

In early Instagram and Facebook days, those platforms were more like this one. What keeps BlueSky from devolving into short form ad-driven AI slop? I really am very curious.

Resistance with knitting #knitsky

Always share this.

Two memorials in the past week, both for people younger than me. My heart is heavy. But tea is steeping, family is out of the house, and I have a quiet moment to light a candle and do my own thing.

It seems to me like one thing AI would be terrible at is absolutely everything the Civilian Conservation Corps did.

GM: Charisma check.

Mamdani: [rolls natural 20]

GM: that’s a d6 how did you

Mamdani: [direct to camera] Did you know you can check out board games at your local public library? 😊

Sock School--Mondays, February 16 & 23, March 9, 16, & 30, 2026; 5:00-7:00 pm Modern Yarn for Modern Yarn Artists

Do you want to learn some of the many possibilities when you knit your own socks? Are you in the Eugene, OR area? Cozy is having a sock school!

www.cozy-yarn.com/store/p464/S...

What we are doing today for the strike:
-Donating my husband and my salary from today's work to the CLDC and the Portland Immigrants Rights Coalition
-Cancelled our Amazon/Audible subscriptions.
-Singing some PP&M songs to keep our spirits up.

Keep your head down and your chin up!

Screenshot of an X.com post by Brian Allen (@allenanalysis, 5h) claiming members of Congress set aside about $800 million in bonuses for ICE agents with payouts reportedly up to about $44,000, contrasting it with an average American bonus of around $2,500. The post criticizes priorities and includes a video thumbnail of a congressional hearing room with lawmakers seated at desks.

The GOP’s priorities in a nutshell.

‘Rage knitting’ against the machine: the hobbyists putting anti-ICE messages into crafts Makers take a stand through ‘Melt the ICE’ red knit caps and sparkly nails – all while raising funds for those affected by immigration raids

www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...

All I want is a quaint château in the French countryside, a raging snowstorm, a crackling fire, a vintage copy of Victor Hugo‘s The Hunchback of Notre Dame, a whistling kettle on the stove, an owl keeping watch, and a basket of emotional support croissants.

More About Hats This was going to be a birthday post.

Just some small thoughts about these times.

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“Properly practiced, knitting soothes the troubled spirit, and it doesn't hurt the untroubled spirit either.”

― Elizabeth Zimmerman

#KnitSky 🧶 #InTheseTimes

For Alex.
And Minnesota.

Keep walking in the light.
Love always wins.

Art is resistance. Keep making it! ✨

Surround yourself with the kind of people who find the Oxford comma to be illuminative, beautiful, and necessary.

God Angrily Clarifies 'Don't Kill' Rule NEW YORK—Responding to recent events on Earth, God, the omniscient creator-deity worshipped by billions of followers of various faiths for more than 6,000 years, angrily clarified His longtime stance ...

An old, but very appropriate article, as well as one of the most pointed pieces of journalism I have ever read.
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If you feel powerless, you really should channel that energy into community strengthening and support. It can be as simple as searching "(your city)+mutual aid". Start there. The most valuable thing you can give is your time, volunteer for a reputable org and make a difference where you can.