The House in the Cerulean Sea and its sequel were definitely in my top 5 last year. Also, Wild Dark Shore by Charlotte McConaghy and The Frozen River by Ariel Lawhon. Oh also, I bet you would like A Psalm for the Wild Built and it's sequel (recommended to me by Annie and Emma).
I don't have knitting recommendations, but if you need fiction recs, let me know!
You have another chance! I'm making another pair. Purple for Prince.
Email me evidence that you're helping Minnesota at mplsAngryMittens@proton.me
SO many ways to help. See next skeets for how to enter to win these.
I wrote up a bit about Minneapolis right now, mostly to share with my coworkers and family, but if it works for you, you can share it, too. arbitrarilyclosecom.wordpress.com/2026/01/11/o...
If you are not in Minneapolis, It is important that you spread the word how bad it is. Everywhere in the city is seeing ICE. They are speeding, kicking in doors, taking people at bus stops.
Yell at your electeds.
They are taking daycare workers. Parents dropping kids off at school.
Trans kids are not
•disposable
•the reason Dems lose
•a threat
Trans kids are
•deserving of basic human rights
Trans kids should be
•protected, always
Logos of four educational organizations: NCTE, NCTM, NCSS, and NSTA, representing language arts, math, social studies, and science teaching.
Our joint statement on Withholding Education Funding with @ncte.org, @socialstudies.org, and NSTA is out now: nctm.link/qKcTz
$68k for Goshen Community Schools and $6.7M across my congressional district.
Excited to present "Data and Digits: Extending Learning Through Data Representations"
When I train teachers about trauma-informed classrooms, I emphasize that you cannot simply declare that a person or a place is safe and make it so. People determine safety for themselves based on explicit and implicit cues of safety. (🧵 1/4)