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Verybusymonkey

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Knitwear designer, animal lover, educator. 🐎 🐎 🐈‍⬛ & 🌈🐎🐈‍⬛All my designs are on Ravelry. Most are on my website #verybusymonkey #verybusymonkeydesigns https://verybusymonkeydesigns.com https://www.ravelry.com/people/verybusymonkey

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Verybusymonkey @verybusymonkey.bsky.social · Jan 22

Knitwear designer of socks, shawls, hats, and miscellaneous bits and bobs. My designs can be found on Ravelry (verybusymonkey) or on my website (links below).

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Verybusymonkey Designs

Digital knitwear patterns for socks, shawls, hats, blankets, and more.

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Barack Obama @barackobama.bsky.social · 1d

Congratulations to new Nobel Peace Prize laureate María Corina Machado for her courageous struggle to bring democracy to Venezuela.

Live Updates: María Corina Machado of Venezuela Is Awarded the Nobel Peace Prize

www.nytimes.com

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Verybusymonkey @verybusymonkey.bsky.social · 5d

No, just the patterns 🥰

Verybusymonkey @verybusymonkey.bsky.social · 6d

These are my Knotted Vine Socks from January 2025! These and all of my other sock designs are on sale on #ravelry and my website (link in bio) all month long! #knitsky #sockknitting #socktober #socktober2025 #knitting

Verybusymonkey @verybusymonkey.bsky.social · 6d

#socktober means revisiting the year's sock designs AND all sock designs are on sale all using the codes below.

❤ 2025vbmsocks10 = 10% off sock patterns (no min)
❤ 2025vbmsocks20 = 20% off sock patterns over $20
❤ 2025vbmsocks30 = 30% off any sock patterns over $30

#knitsky #socktober2025 #socks

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NPR @npr.org · 10d

Today marks the first day in public media’s history without federal funding. And we’re not going anywhere.

Listeners like you keep our mission alive. Protect one of the last places where America comes together to hear itself.

Stand with us today. Donate at this link: n.pr/46wamAj

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Debbie T Knits 🧶 @debbietknits.bsky.social · 11d

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#knit #knitsky

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Verybusymonkey @verybusymonkey.bsky.social · 10d

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Governor JB Pritzker @govpritzker.illinois.gov · 10d

Let’s be clear: Donald Trump and Congressional Republicans forced a government shutdown tonight.

Rather than address the health care crisis that they created just earlier this year, they refuse to come to the table and do their jobs.

What happened to the art of the deal?

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Indivisible ❌👑 @indivisible.org · 13d

Trump’s regime knows they can’t silence us all through investigations, prosecutions or the deployment of brutal secret police. They can only try to silence dissent through fear. As long as we choose not to give into fear, we can’t be silenced. Join us to say NO KINGS: www.nokings.org?SQF_SOURCE=i...

(next to a map of the nearly 2,000 events planned for October 18) NO THRONES.
NO CROWNS.
NO KINGS.
SATURDAY, OCT. 18

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Verybusymonkey @verybusymonkey.bsky.social · 20d

All of my sock designs use fingering weight but the stitch pattern is easy to remember and works up easily.

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Verybusymonkey @verybusymonkey.bsky.social · 22d

Finally getting around to sharing a #flashbackfriday pattern! My Integral Socks from Nov 2021 are on sale now through Sept 25 using coupon code FBFintegral. #knitsky #sockknitting #verybusymonkeydesigns #knitting #socks #fbf

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Integral Socks

The name of these socks was inspired by how the different elements integrate into each other as the pattern progresses. These top-down socks are created using a textured, lacy stitch pattern that work...

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Barack Obama @barackobama.bsky.social · 24d

Our democracy is not self-executing. It depends on us all as citizens, regardless of our political affiliations, to stand up and fight for the core values that have made this country the envy of the world.

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Mueller, She Wrote @muellershewrote.com · Sep 3

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Atul Gawande @agawande.bsky.social · Sep 1

9 CDC Directors going back to 1977 speak out. What RFK Jr has done to our nation’s public health system "should alarm every American."

It "is unlike anything we have ever seen at the agency, and unlike anything our country has ever experienced." www.nytimes.com/2025/09/01/o...

Opinion | We Ran the C.D.C.: Kennedy Is Endangering Every American’s Health

www.nytimes.com

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MSNBC @msnbc.com · Aug 29

Hundreds of employees and supporters of the CDC lined the sidewalks outside the agency’s Atlanta headquarters for a “clap out” rally to honor three senior leaders who resigned a day earlier.

Read more here: www.msnbc.com/top-stories/...

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Barack Obama @barackobama.bsky.social · Aug 28

Republicans are trying to redraw congressional district lines to keep their grip on Congress in the midterms and beyond.

Voters should pick their politicians, not the other way around.

Get involved with the @democraticredistricting.com as they fight back: bit.ly/3HJ1ayW

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Colette Delawalla @cdelawalla.bsky.social · Aug 27

AMERICAN PATRIOTS!

#FEMA36 and #EPA150

Randi Weingarten 🖇️📚✊🇺🇸 @rweingarten.bsky.social · Aug 27

They knew the risks of warning us.. These FEMA staff are American patriots

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Some FEMA staff are put on leave after signing dissent letter

Some employees of the Federal Emergency Management Agency who signed a public letter of dissent earlier this week were put on administrative leave Tuesday evening.

apnews.com

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Verybusymonkey @verybusymonkey.bsky.social · Aug 21

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Governor Gavin Newsom @governor.ca.gov · Aug 20

What real leadership looks like.

Thank you, President Barack Obama, for standing strong with California, defending our rights, and fighting for the people of this nation.

Obama applauds Newsom's California redistricting plan as 'responsible' as Texas GOP pushes new maps

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Governor Gavin Newsom @governor.ca.gov · Aug 19

California has walked the walk on independent redistricting at the state level for 15 years.

But we cannot unilaterally disarm while other states throw out the rules to gain power.

With one vote, Californians can punch back and also demand nationwide independent redistricting.

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Verybusymonkey @verybusymonkey.bsky.social · Aug 16

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Verybusymonkey @verybusymonkey.bsky.social · Aug 15

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Mueller, She Wrote @muellershewrote.com · Aug 14

Don't poke the bear.

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Governor Gavin Newsom @governor.ca.gov · Aug 14

LIVE NOW: Governor Newsom, state leaders make major announcement countering Donald Trump’s gerrymandering scheme.
www.youtube.com/live/io2Hutl...

Governor Newsom, California leaders make major announcement countering Trump's gerrymandering scheme

YouTube video by California Governor Gavin Newsom

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Mueller, She Wrote @muellershewrote.com · Aug 13

NEW: Governor Newsom will be holding a press conference and rally at 11:30 AM PT tomorrow in Los Angeles regarding redistricting. The announcement is chef's kiss.

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Verybusymonkey @verybusymonkey.bsky.social · Aug 11

As someone with a B.S., M.A., and Ph.D. from @ucdavis.bsky.social, who taught at @ucberkeleyofficial.bsky.social and UC Davis, and with family and friends who attended UCLA, UCSB, UCSD, and UCI. I very proudly stand with @uofcalifornia.bsky.social.

#StandUpForUC

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Stand Up for UC

We must stand together to protect our students, staff, faculty and our mission.

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