Three pieces of ¾" thick walnut; two arcs with a square in between. On the inside of one arc bits of the concentric routed arcs with embedded magnets are visible.

The three pieces of walnut are getting glued together, with painter's tape guiding one set of edges into alignment. Two large parallel clamps are in place starting to hold it all together.

I swear the walnut pieces are in there somewhere in the mess of clamps (there are at least 13 clamps now binding the pieces together while the glue dries. Many of them are comically long for the glue up -- most are > 12" long and some as much as 4' long for a glue up that's approximately 2¼" thick. Hey, use what you've got 🤷🏼‍♀️)

Starting to take shape -- if you can see it through the maze of clamps 🫣

Don't have great leads for you on coding or graphic design, but @antlervel.vet could probably write you a killer storyline.

A few routed concentric arcs in walnut wood with magnets embedded in the arcs

It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia college showing Charlie's favorite hobby is magnets. Not making them, collecting them, or anything else. Just magnets.

Day job and life has gotten in the way of progress, but a little further 🤷🏼‍♀️

Forgot the alt text 😢

It's a diagram showing three woodworking cut types -- a dado, a rabbet, and a groove. Dadoes is the plural for a groove that runs against the grain

Had me excited there for a minute

A wide walnut board with a series of approximately 90° concentric arcs cut into it. In the background is a tremendously messy workshop featuring tape measure, heat gun, silicone molds, and a whole lot of sawdust. Each of these may or may not be related to the thing I'm making.

Making a thing.
Any guesses about what it is?

What if my name isn't Lilith, but I'm fair? (I burn easily)

I personally feel that hate shouldn't be a legally recognized form of religious exercise.

But regardless, you keep changing your argument. If you tell us that professional boards regulating this will eliminate it, then we inform you that it won't, suddenly that doesn't matter because religion?

Conversion therapy is frequently performed by religious figures who aren't licensed or regulated by any professional boards.

Truly astounding as a trans person to watch your community be told we're not worthy of consideration by Democrats on Monday, be told to be silent and grateful all of Tuesday, and by Wednesday an entire state has criminalized trans citizens' existence.

To do this, anti-trans lawmakers in Kansas moved fast to change the law, overrode the governor’s veto, and pushed for the legal changes to go into effect nearly immediately. That kind of power—to void gender on official documents, to compel gender conformity—is terrifying and it will not stop here.

An official letter from the Kansas Division of Vehicles dated February 23, 2026, with a redacted recipient address. The letter notifies the recipient that due to the enactment of Senate Bill 244, all Kansas driver's licenses and IDs must reflect the holder's sex at birth. It states that the recipient's current credential will become invalid immediately upon the law's publication on February 26, 2026, with no grace period. The recipient is directed to surrender their current ID to receive a new one matching their sex assigned at birth. The document concludes with instructions on how to appeal the notice if received in error, along with contact information for the department.

Kansas is sending letters to trans people telling them that their licenses will be revoked as of tomorrow and that they risk arrest for driving on a suspended license.

This is pure cruelty.

www.erininthemorning.com/p/kansas-sen...

As of tonight, licenses of trans people across Kansas are being invalidated en masse, enabling the overnight criminalization of an entire group of people for going about our lives. It’s often said you never know when you’re living through history, so let me assure you: that’s what’s happening now.

In 1938, the German Reich invalidated all German Jewish passports.

They must surrender them, after which their ID will mark them as a Jew.

In 2026, the state of Kansas invalidated all correct trans drivers licenses.

They must surrender them, after which their ID will mark them as trans.

This is a Nazi move. Stripping people of rights, invalidating their IDs, setting them up for criminalization and imprisonment.

If you don't support trans rights, you support fascism.

Kansas Sends Letters To Trans People Demanding The Immediate Surrender Of Drivers Licenses "The legislature did not include a grace period."

It seems all Kansas-issued trans drivers' licenses are invalid, effective tomorrow

It is now illegal for trans people to drive a car until they surrender their license at a DMV (that most will need to drive to) and have it reissued with the wrong gender marker

This was never about woman's sports

Kansas state law requires photo ID when voting. ‘Voter suppression’ is not a strong enough phrase here. Republicans are piloting how to bar citizens from the political process—and from public life. If you think people can function with inaccurate IDs as members of society, you’re wrong (1/4)

And you're into karting?? That's awesome, love that!

Jess reading a children's book about cats to her cats, who are looking on without much interest.

Jess, she/her
Transitioned 2016, age 33

My hobby is collecting hobbies; particularly long-lasting ones include woodworking and renewable energy.

Woodworking By Jess

Hi! I make rings (among other things) and would be happy to put something together for a fellow trans person at cost if interested & like the styles I make. (Applies to you as well, @elliejae.bsky.social). I could work with that material.
Let me know 🙂
woodworkingbyjess.com/store/jewelr...

Not local, but I know a bit about solar if that helps! (Put together my own 6kw diy system)

Still need a prescription, though -- just from a vet instead of a doctor

A large cutting board, approximately 20"x13" made of African padauk (red) and maple in a brick-style pattern.

The previous cutting board showing the wax infusion process. A ski wax iron is on the board, and much of the wax is melted. The iron is only used for this purpose to ensure food safety. A bar of beeswax is visible to the left of the board.

An in-process image of the cutting board, spring a bunch of strips looking like individual brick layers that have not been glued together yet. These are freshly cut, with the table saw used to cut them as the background.

A Christmas gift. End grain, with beeswax melted in to make a permanent finish requiring little to no maintenance.

25(+1) concerts in 2025 open.spotify.com/playlist/5kY...

14th century painting of St. Margaret of Antioch attacking a devil woman in a virid dress hitting a demon with a hammer

Just making sure that 2025 is definitely over

Peace the fuck out, 2025 #smadh

Woodworking By Jess

Any of mine 😉
woodworkingbyjess.com/store/pens
Custom requests welcome

That bus is so delightfully happy 😁

Jolly Green Giant, Blue Earth, Minnesota Over 55 feet tall, the Giant marks the mid-point of I-90 (America's longest highway) and "the valley" that his multi-national corporation calls home.

You should go to Minnesota some time: www.roadsideamerica.com/story/2127

"Trans people used to be here. Oh well 🤷‍♀️"