Taco won’t beat Portland. This is a test for 2026 elections to take over Blue states. Portland will make us proud n stand strong! ✊🏼 #portland #notofascism

Portland

(a person in an inflatable unicorn costume to be clear)

portland update: this just crossed the street in front of me holding a bright yellow sign that said WELCOME TO HELL

As the government shutdown begins, remember that one of the biggest deficit drivers of the past 20 years are Republican tax cuts for the wealthy & corporations. The issue isn't programs that help millions of Americans, it's giveaways to the rich.

One completed dragon! With that, I believe it's the last of my christmas gifts from last year done! #crochet #amigirumi #crochetcreatures

A crochet stitch from the lilo and stitch animated movie stands next to a crochet yellow duckling that is missing a beak, in its place is a pair of stitch markers.

A yellow crochet duckling with an orange beak held in a white person's hand faced toward the camera with a desk in the background

A crochet stitch from the animated movie lilo and stitch leans against computer monitors seeming to look off to the righthand side of the picture

A crochet stitch from the animated movie lilo and stitch leans against computer monitors from slightly above

foxidoxdesigns(etsy) Stitch pattern and Sweet Softies(YouTube) no sew duck pattern come together to present, Stitch and Angel, and Stitch's little duckling friend!

A crochet plushy of a brown cow with white spots and a white muzzel pictured in 3/4 view looking to the left

A crochet plushy of a brown cow with white spots looking to the left, body straight at the camera head at a 45 degree angle to the left

A crochet plushy of a brown cow with white spots pictured from the right side. A tail with loos yarn ends as a tuft and one large brown spot are visible on the rear of the cow, and a partial small white spot is visible near the chest

A crochet plushy of a brown cow with white spots and a white muzzel, pictured from the right side at a 3/4 view with the head looking to the right of the frame a small white spot is visible on the closest front leg with a larger white spot on the haunch fading into the background slightly

My latest creation! I've made like half a dozen things since my last post, but I just finished this one and remembered to post it! Also if you're on Skylight I'll be posting there soon as well! #crochet #amigurumi #plushycrochet

Gerald’s Non Political Existence. Totes not political! Safe from getting book banned! Wow!

This is Gerald, he’s a white boy because centering anyone else would be “DEI” He has a mom… No wait, having a woman in this story would be too INCLUSIVE. So actually, he has no parents because that would imply mark or sex or IVF occurred and that’d be INAPPROPRIATE!

He was on his way to school…no wait, a school would be too DIVERSE of a setting! Gerald was sitting at home and…watching the rain fall down outside. He experienced no emotions because boys don’t emote.

Gerald’s Nonpolitical Existence Part 1/2

Trump Orders Freeze On All Federal Grants And Loans Democrats warned that Trump’s latest order could harm programs used by millions of Americans, including early childhood programs, and food and rent assistance.

In a blatantly unconstitutional power grab, Trump is freezing funding for life-saving programs like Medicaid, food and housing assistance, childcare grants, and school meals — even though that funding was already approved by Congress.

This is a great morning to call all your elected officials and ask them to absolutely lose their shit

Everything is extremely chaotic but the best info we have so far suggests that Trump’s “stop funding” EO would cover:

Medicaid
ESSA funds
IDEA
Snap
School meals
WIC
Head start grants
Child care block grants
Pell grants
Student loans
Higher Ed grants
Housing vouchers
CTE

Devastating beyond words.

Last week it got down to -35° in International Falls. Yet Donald Trump appears to have just halted the bipartisan program that keeps folks’ heat on through the winter.

LIHEAP isn’t the *woke agenda.* It’s life or death for many Minnesotans.

GenAI has polluted image search results, especially for animal pics. It’s now basically impossible to find accurate art references.

Enter this: a repository of open-access, AI-free images of wild & exotic taxa. Artists creating *without AI* have blanket permission for derivative/transformative use.

(above an image of Trump) This is the height of Trump's power. This is as strong as he's going to be. The man didn't get a majority of the vote, and his popular vote margin was historically small. He claims a mandate that voters didn't give him - and that's going to lead him to overreach quickly, and face mounting backlash (with our assistance) early in this presidency.

China from the Top Rope America sanctioned China around AI chips, creating the conditions to globally humiliate Sam Altman

OI, today's newsletter is out!

China from the Top Rope: https://www.skh.news/china-from-the-top-rope/

#China #Politics #ArtificialIntelligence #news #StuffKeepsHappening

The waiting stinks, but Sydney may soon enjoy the aroma of its 'corpse flower' The flower's Latin name translates as "giant, misshapen penis." But it's better known to locals as "Putricia." Royal Botanical Garden Sydney has even set up a livestream in anticipation.

The flower's Latin name translates as "giant, misshapen penis." But it's better known to locals as "Putricia." Royal Botanical Garden Sydney has even set up a livestream in anticipation.

5 years of Netflix US profit: $15.1 Billion

5 years of Netflix exec pay: $652M

5 years of taxes paid by Netflix: $236M

In a 5-year span after Trump's tax cuts, Netflix paid top execs 3x what it paid in federal income tax.

Yesterday, Netflix announced it was raising prices again.

Elon Musk’s Neighbors Fed Up With Eyesore Yard Covered In Broken-Down Cybertrucks

Elon Musk’s Neighbors Fed Up With Eyesore Yard Covered In Broken-Down Cybertrucks
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My Child Is Trans. Here's How We Can Protect Her Rights in the Trump Era. Here's how allies can fight for LGBTQ+ rights under Trump.

Anti-trans laws are meant to divide and conquer. They can drive people to a sense of powerlessness, but the entirety of political power doesn't exist only in DC. There are thousands of elected officials across the country with power, too. And they can push back against the federal government.

So, if not “fascist oligarchy,” how are we *supposed* to take a spread of billionaires seated at the inauguration of a president whose platform is centered on creating an out group and is working to round them up en masse, put them in detention camps and deport them all…

Please share.

I wish every Dem office would read this and internalize it. "The only sensible and dignified course of action is to accept that Republicans are in charge and to focus in on making their unpopular actions as painful as possible...The job of the opposition is quite literally to oppose. Get to it."

Most recent finished commission! The Lofty Loop's Astronaut pattern and a semi-freehanded moon!(used the head pattern and adjusted it for more sphere, then added surface sc for craters) the moon glows in the dark! I embroidered the details rather than use felt as well😊 #crochet #amigurumi

If anyone’s looking for alternatives to GoodReads, I highly recommend StoryGraph. It’s owned by a black woman, and the platform is so much more accessible and easy to use.

First Post, Idly Existing and attempting to convince myself to start crocheting. That or find something to listen to while I do. (Mostly just putting something here so there's something to find.)