I finally got the Connections Puzzle (#709) in reverse order of difficulty 🙌🏻

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"Can you imagine if a President started arresting Judges? Can you imagine if a President refused to obey orders from the Supreme Court? If that ever happened, America would become a Dictatorship overnight. There would be no dawn, only silence."

- Barack Obama, 2011

Before the world wakes, the birds are already singing…

This week, we’re celebrating the dawn chorus at its peak. 😍

Each day, we’ll be spotlighting a few of the voices, building up to #InternationalDawnChorusDay this Sunday 4th May.

Who'll be getting up early with us to catch the magic? 🎵

LIVE: Cory Booker speaks on the Senate floor YouTube video by Associated Press

Oh my God, I just had a full night’s sleep and Cory Booker is still going…
www.youtube.com/live/rCUK2Vb...

A world without Caesars

Text reads “The Old Knitting Factory: Shawls for Single Moms” over a photo of a handknit shawl in green and light pastel wool.

Could you knit a shawl for a single mom (or other marginalised single parent/carer)? Sign up for the Old Knitting Factory’s “Shawls for Single Moms” project here: www.patreon.com/posts/shawls...

Just saying.

Yes, this administration is dangerous and cruel, but they are also shockingly dim and incompetent.

Opportunities are everywhere.

Make everything as hard as possible. Resist every demand. Refuse entry without a warrant. Don’t take the buyout. Their problem solving skills are 📉

Something college students are not learning in school: a resume does not need to be longer than one page, especially when you have less than 5 years experience.

With a name like Sassafras, there is no other way 😆

I ate too many Nerd Clusters and now I can feel the blood in my veins. If anyone needs me I'll be running laps around my house. Might write a book tonight or solve an unsolvable math problem.

PBS News Weekend full episode, Jan. 25, 2025 YouTube video by PBS NewsHour

A while back I asked folks why they’re joining Bluesky and the most common response I saw was, “I just want a good place to get my news” and, yall, no. Bad.

GET YOUR NEWS FROM THE NEWS

PBS Newshour is FREE FOR EVERYONE.

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My dad was tortured by the Gestapo for 4 days and thrown in a concentration camp for being in the Norwegian Resistance. Growing up, he would tell me things he learned in the Resistance. I thought, I'm never going to need this stuff. Here's some of those things #Thread

Screenshoot of a tweet from @W_Asherah: "I've been asking my male friends to do something - 'watch if the first response to everything a woman tells you is to refute, say no or something negative' One texted me later: Holy f*ck The problem is, constantly putting up with unwarranted resistance is bad for mental health."

Reposting this tweet that I saw on Instagram to Bluesky... And the circle of life continues.

Let me hold your hand while I say, I don't care how expensive eggs get, I do not want to have chickens in my yard or be responsible for chickens in any way. Never mind that setting up a coop and caring for them will cost me more than I ever spend on eggs...

Why, in the year of our lord 2025, are we not able to search for hotel rooms in the US by number of beds? If I'm traveling with a friend I want to search for "one room, two people, two beds". I was able to search hotel rooms in Japan this way and it was so helpful.

I have an uncanny knack for choosing the tree to plant that is positioned directly over a giant rock. Today’s example 🪨💚🌳💪🏼

If I slow down and wave you over to merge in traffic, and you don’t give me a courtesy wave through the back window, just know that I cursed you and the next seven generations of your family.

I miss the Eras tour live streams and the camaraderie online while we all tuned in. What a beautiful time that was ✨

The other day I complimented someone’s knitting project and she said “did you knit everything on your body?” I was shocked to realize, yes! I knitted the hat, scarf, and hoodie I was wearing. It was THRILLING. 💖 I’m going to spend 2025 chasing that high and knitting more things to wear.

My entire instagram feed is ads for fancy dog food. I don’t know how I got there, but I hate it. My dogs eat well. I buy the food from the local shop down the street. We are GOOD. I block them and a new company pops up… at least it’s making it easier for me to close the app.

I cataloged my vinyl on Discogs recently and posted a few for sale based on their estimated price, and one just sold for $100. So obviously I’m off to post more for sale!

Small things that make me happy:
Scented lotion
Hearing wind in the trees
Watching birds in the snow
Knitting while watching BBC shows
A hot shower before bed
Watching my dogs play
Laughing with friends

I found wool and cotton blend name brand buttondowns and a designer silk buttondown ($5, original list price $500) last time I went thrifting. Better for my wallet, better for the environment, plus you get the thrill of the find.

This California boy is not a fan of the snow and he cannot believe it’s still there today. If anyone needs him, he’ll be on his heating pad taking a nap.

A black chi-weenie and a chihuahua are standing in front of a green velvet couch wearing quilted purple coats with teal trim, staring directly into the camera at the indignity of it all.

They’re not a fan of clothes or cold weather so the consensus is that this snowstorm has been sent to torture them.

I know we all have disaster fatigue, but the reason why historic LA fires get so much coverage is because there are more people in greater LA county than in *most US states*

#swifties #knitters #gardeners #booknerds I’m already doing it wrong 😅

Alright, feels like I just did this on Threads but here we go again. Where are the Swifties, knitters, gardeners, and book nerds? Sending out the bat signal 💖