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K. W. Knight

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So Cal, Oregon, New York. Avi image detail from "Sisters of the Moon Diana" by Leonora Carrington

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K. W. Knight @kwknight.bsky.social · Apr 18

I'm taking up portraiture.

A smiley face with hair a little bit like George Washington's, labeled "George Washington."

K. W. Knight @kwknight.bsky.social · 7h

This looks useful.

C. L. Polk @clpolk.blacksky.app · 9h

If you’re now thinking that maybe you should switch to Linux before you’re stuck in windows 11 hell, welcome to It’s FOSS, a site you’ll probably visit often from here on out. This is a post describing a bunch of linux distributions that might be right for you:

itsfoss.com/best-linux-d...

K. W. Knight @kwknight.bsky.social · 7h

That's so great to hear! I hope I get to experience it soon!

K. W. Knight @kwknight.bsky.social · 8h

I'm going to try to remember to boost this late tonight when UK people are waking up, but I'm doing it now too.

Bouba's Delivery Service @fernmonkey.bsky.social · 1d

My friend Sascha is a professional musician and he's lost a viola bow on the way to Heathrow. Please signal boost to help him get it back.

Lost viola bow on the way from Honor Oak Station to Heathrow Terminal 2. The bow slid from its bow case somewhere along the way, possibly on the train. TFL contacted already.
It weighs 68.2 grams and has got a stamped DODD next to the frog. If any info on this, please pm me.

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Terri Windling @terriwindling.bsky.social · 10h

A musician's bow is so important. (My husband's uncle was a master bow maker, and thus we know something about how individual and precious they are.) If you are in the UK, please help boost the signal.

Bouba's Delivery Service @fernmonkey.bsky.social · 1d

My friend Sascha is a professional musician and he's lost a viola bow on the way to Heathrow. Please signal boost to help him get it back.

Lost viola bow on the way from Honor Oak Station to Heathrow Terminal 2. The bow slid from its bow case somewhere along the way, possibly on the train. TFL contacted already.
It weighs 68.2 grams and has got a stamped DODD next to the frog. If any info on this, please pm me.

K. W. Knight @kwknight.bsky.social · 9h

Friends don't let friends use One Drive

K. W. Knight @kwknight.bsky.social · 11h

Thank you.

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Brent Toderian @brenttoderian.bsky.social · 22h

ICYMI: “Some still insist ‘downtowns will never attract kids & shouldn’t try.’ Then they design downtown to virtually repel kids, and it becomes a self-fulfilling prophecy. Vancouver proves the opposite can be true...”

I’m quoted in this article by @johnlorinc.bsky.social for @calcities.bsky.social

People want to have kids and live downtown. Can they? - Western City Magazine

For decades, planners focused on attracting young singles to dense urban cores. That dynamic has shifted, in part because ...

www.westerncity.com

K. W. Knight @kwknight.bsky.social · 22h

I just got my first like on a reply I posted almost 22 months ago. Never give up!

K. W. Knight @kwknight.bsky.social · 22h

😬

K. W. Knight @kwknight.bsky.social · 22h

I was gonna say, you're paying for all that small talk.

K. W. Knight @kwknight.bsky.social · 22h

So tempting.

K. W. Knight @kwknight.bsky.social · 22h

I hate how little this surprises me. I used to sell college textbooks to small colleges in flyover states. The number of French and Spanish instructors who couldn't come close to pronouncing the titles of the textbooks correctly was significant.

Still, not premed!

K. W. Knight @kwknight.bsky.social · 23h

It got dark an hour early because of cloud cover and now I'm trying to figure out how to force myself not to go to bed an hour early.

It just feels like it's time.

(It's 9:34. Technically almost two hours early.)

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Preorder Read This When Things Fall Apart @mskellymhayes.bsky.social · 23h

Some folks who preordered are starting to receive their copies of Read This When Things Fall Apart! ❤️

The book is supposed to be published on November 4, but I am so happy some folks are getting it early. It's needed now.

Nicoletta Penguin @nicoguin.bsky.social · 1d

My pre-ordered copy arrived today. Thank you for this gem of a book.

The cover of pre-ordered and delivered before publication date Read This When Things Fall Apart: Letters to Activists in Crisis edited by Kelly Hayes.

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Bevis Musson @bevismusson.bsky.social · 1d

Mr Cuba I feel needs some explaining because surely he can't just be dressed as sexy Jesus mixed with Charlize Theron from Snow White & The Huntsman. It's a well made garment and he's smizing so very hard, but I surely do not understand.

A photo of a contestant at Mister Global 2025

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Tedra Osell @tedos.bsky.social · 1d

This is a terrific protest idea

Raider @iwillnotbesilenced.bsky.social · 1d

This Is Fascism

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Doug Mack @douglasmack.bsky.social · 1d

Answer: No, this has not happened before.

(I checked the list of all World Series match-ups)

Doug Mack @douglasmack.bsky.social · 1d

Has there been a Job Title v Job Title World Series before? Guessing Mariners v Brewers would be the first??

K. W. Knight @kwknight.bsky.social · 23h

What's your definition of politics?

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NearlyKnowledgeable @g0blinegg.bsky.social · 1d

'Nature's music is never over; her silences are pauses, not conclusions.'

Mary Webb

#Folklore #Nature #Shropshire #Autumn

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Michael Stipe @michaelstipe.bsky.social · 1d

I pitched in at katforillinois.com/stream @katmabu.bsky.social good luck!

K. W. Knight @kwknight.bsky.social · 23h

I can't believe I haven't been to Paris since 2002. 😞 Had a hotel booked for July 2020 but, well 😷

K. W. Knight @kwknight.bsky.social · 1d

I hope you get some pain relief from it at least!

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Helen Branswell 🇨🇦 @helenbranswell.bsky.social · 1d

100s of #CDC employees were notified Friday they were being fired — RIF'd. The firings cross multiple parts of the agency, endangering its core mission of keeping Americans safe.
Saturday, some were informed they were RIF'd in error.
Hard to imagine how this happens www.statnews.com/2025/10/11/c...

CDC battered by government shutdown firings, while some are rescinded

The White House’s mass firing of CDC staff on Friday has decimated offices related to injury prevention, respiratory disease surveillance, and chronic disease, according to four people familiar with t...

www.statnews.com

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Helen Branswell 🇨🇦 @helenbranswell.bsky.social · 1d

Case in point: staff of Morbidity & Mortality Weekly Report, #CDC's critical information tool. Most MMWR staff were informed Friday they'd been RIF'd, leaving it unclear what the future of the publication would be. It appears these firings have been rescinded.
www.statnews.com/2025/10/11/c...

Deep cuts made to CDC's flagship MMWR publication reversed hours later

Deep cuts made to CDC's flagship MMWR publication have been reversed hours later.

www.statnews.com

K. W. Knight @kwknight.bsky.social · 1d

Oh that seems sudden!