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MoxieGrrl

@moxiegrrl.myatproto.social

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Knit, sew, gamer, avid reader, sometime writer, cook, baker. Mom and wife. Probably autistic, but I was a girl in the 90s so no one really gave a damn. 40-something now. Politically progressive, anti-authoritarian, anti-capitalist. Put the B in LGBTQIA+.

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MoxieGrrl @moxiegrrl.myatproto.social · Nov 20

Just so I'm clear: Trans women are women. Trans men are men. I won't debate this, and I won't hear bullshit arguments. Bathroom bans are bigotry and ignorance. And that's fucking it.

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MoxieGrrl @moxiegrrl.myatproto.social · 17h

I need you to understand that now that it is fall, knitting will become my personality. I'm a cold bitch and need my sweaters. I mostly make sweaters, with the occasional hat. I do not knit socks. Maybe also the occasional hand things or shawl. (Yes, I'm watching the MKAL.)

MoxieGrrl @moxiegrrl.myatproto.social · 22h

I knit half a fucking row before I realized it was supposed to be a pattern row and even though it's like 45 stitches I'm saltily tinking back cursing the entire time.

MoxieGrrl @moxiegrrl.myatproto.social · 22h

It's fall so get ready for bitching about knitting.

MoxieGrrl @moxiegrrl.myatproto.social · 1d

It's not scary because of the jobs it could take. It's scary because making a machine that can create whole-cloth fiction that is almost indistinguishable from fact that can be everywhere in hours and will get harder and harder to fact check is a possibility on the horizon.

MoxieGrrl @moxiegrrl.myatproto.social · 1d

That's the goal. If we can no longer tell what's truth and what's not and billionaires who are bad actors control all the information it's a lot easier to control a populace that is reliant on their tech than one that is not.

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Chris Kluwe @chriswarcraft.bsky.social · 1d

Honestly, it needs to go further than this.

We need to confront the fact that democracy and wealth hoarding cannot coexist. Allowing people to amass the resources of a small state/country allows them to act as such, which is inimical to a shared society of “one person, one vote.”

John Rogers @johnrogers.bsky.social · 1d

“No Kings” is great , but we really don't get a functioning democracy back until we internalize, bone deep, the instinctive response to this and every other statement like it: “I don’t care what that rich guy thinks.”

Make it your morning affirmation. Say it ten times at the top of every hour.

The Independent @the-independent.com · 1d

Elon Musk calls for US troops to be sent to San Francisco for war on drugs: ‘It’s the only solution’

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MoxieGrrl @moxiegrrl.myatproto.social · 1d

This is a really good idea, but a very bad time for my stash to have very little green yarn.

Mia, Queen of the Corgis @queenofthecorgis.bsky.social · 2d

Does anybody else have an overwhelming urge to knit or crochet a frog hat real quick for the protest next week? Can't let the Portland Frogs down! #nokings Ravelry has so many options but i love this one. 🧶 ravel.me/frog-hat-27

Frog Hat pattern by Annanitato Lolo

Knit Frog Hat Pattern

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MoxieGrrl @moxiegrrl.myatproto.social · 1d

Smashed Brussels Sprouts Are Tender, Crispy, and So Much Fun to Make

Move over, smashed potatoes.

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MoxieGrrl @moxiegrrl.myatproto.social · 1d

A thread about brassicas is a really wild way to find out that there are still people who think that traditional plant breeding isn't genetic engineering. xD

MoxieGrrl @moxiegrrl.myatproto.social · 1d

I'm not. Because it's literally done the same way in a lab or by cross breeding.

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MoxieGrrl @moxiegrrl.myatproto.social · 1d

They are freaky, yes. But tasty now.

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The Ass is the father of the legs @internethippo.bsky.social · 1d

There's no "regular politics" anymore because you can no longer maintain the idea that we all agree on common goals but we only differ about the means of getting there or whatever. The guys in charge now are plainly amoral, sadistic nihilists. They delight in it! You can't civilly disagree with that

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MoxieGrrl @moxiegrrl.myatproto.social · 1d

Oh, and if you haven't had brussels sprouts since before the mid 90s you may want to give them another try.

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MoxieGrrl @moxiegrrl.myatproto.social · 1d

oh man, I love it when people find this out for the first time. Welcome to what genetic engineering has *actually* done for food. (It's also why brussels sprouts taste better now.)

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MoxieGrrl @moxiegrrl.myatproto.social · 1d

Has anyone compared the Spoonful app to the Fig app when it comes to weird dietary restrictions in particular? Corn/Pork/Black Pepper are my known ones and I need something that can tell me what packaged foods I can and cannot eat a lot easier than reading every fucking label ever.

MoxieGrrl @moxiegrrl.myatproto.social · 1d

I don't have a cover. I just wash my duvet. I find it annoying enough now that I have issues with my joints that I might actually buy a fucking cover this year. IT COULD HAPPEN.

It really is stupid being an adult.

MoxieGrrl @moxiegrrl.myatproto.social · 1d

I am realizing, as someone who is trying to find a safe meal replacement shake that is *not* low calorie, that there are a lot of 'meal replacement shakes' that are abso-fucking-lutely NOT meal replacements. Holy shit. 150 calories is NOT enough to consider it meal replacement, wellness industry.

MoxieGrrl @moxiegrrl.myatproto.social · 2d

I have a refresh setting on my dryer that steams clothing. I may or may not have bought this dryer because I wear linen and it might be the only reason I look less rumpled in it.

MoxieGrrl @moxiegrrl.myatproto.social · 2d

Being educated does make you more inclined to critical thinking skills, but that's also a double-edged sword in that it's how the really rich ones come to believe that the stance they've logic-without-empathy'd themselves into is the solution to everything.

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MoxieGrrl @moxiegrrl.myatproto.social · 2d

Fullmetal Alchemist. ...FULLMETAL ALCHEMIST IS RIGHT THERE.

MoxieGrrl @moxiegrrl.myatproto.social · 2d

I hereby convene the 9PM Saturday Yarn Crafting Meeting on Bluesky.

MoxieGrrl @moxiegrrl.myatproto.social · 2d

I kind of want people to knit with, but I am home alone. So...knitting, anyone? I have to finish this cuff.

a cartoon of a sheep holding a pair of knitting needles in front of flames

Alt: a cartoon of a pink sheep knitting quickly in front of flames

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MoxieGrrl @moxiegrrl.myatproto.social · 2d

This is why I said we should stop saying "DEI" and write out "diversity, equity, and inclusion" in *all* media when we talk about that, too. Saying it in full makes them have to actually confront the reality of what they're really trying to destroy.

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MoxieGrrl @moxiegrrl.myatproto.social · 3d

The WIP that's getting finished has been in a state of 'just needs sleeves' for over 7 years.

MoxieGrrl @moxiegrrl.myatproto.social · 3d

I have achieved three things today that make me happy:

1. I have assessed my various knitting WIPs and decided that most are getting ripped out, but one is getting finished.

2. I have found yarn in my stash for a sweater I wasn't sure I'd have yarn for.

3. I have cleared half the cutting table.

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