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Arien (Arrrrr-ee-en)
@arienh.bsky.social
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Obnoxiously obsessed with wool, food, books. 🏳️‍🌈🍉 Assigned Crafter At Birth

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arienh.bsky.social
My Arachne pullover is one of my spookiest knits! But the Necromancer Mitts are one of my all time faves.

#ShowMeYourKnits
A Latina person with short dark hair wears a spiderweb themed colorwork yoke sweater in front of a winter landscape Back view of a colorwork yoke sweater with a spiderweb motif. The main color is rich variegated black-purple-red with a bright white contrast A pair of colorwork mitts in charcoal and silver. Each mitt features half of a realistic skull image.
October 15, 2025 at 8:54 PM
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ajdemas.bsky.social
Fish sauce. sextonscottage.com/products/swo...
October 15, 2025 at 8:27 PM
arienh.bsky.social
Anyone headed to Oregon Flock and Fiber next weekend? Please say hi if you see a dorky masked person with a mohawk!

#oregonflockandfiber #handspinning
October 13, 2025 at 1:42 PM
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oregoncapitalchronicle.com
Commentary: If you get your coffee at Starbucks, you may want to ask for extra sugar. That’s because recent news about the company’s tax avoidance schemes sure leaves a bitter taste.
Time for a cup of transparency • Oregon Capital Chronicle
The world’s largest coffee company has dodged about $1.3 billion in taxes over the past decade through the use of a subsidiary.
buff.ly
October 6, 2025 at 7:15 PM
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nghivo.bsky.social
Hey. Hey.

On sale TOMORROW is my standalone novella A Mouthful of Dust, #6 in the Singing Hills Cycle!

us.macmillan.com/books/978125...

The story-collecting Cleric Chih and Almost Brilliant are headed to Baolin, a town known for its incredible pork and a famine that occurred eighteen years ago.
A Mouthful of Dust
Hunger makes monsters in this dark new tale in Nghi Vo's Hugo Award-winning Singing Hills Cycle."Nghi Vo is so good."―NPR on The Brides of High HillWanderi...
us.macmillan.com
October 6, 2025 at 7:32 PM
arienh.bsky.social
If wpi too skinny, why gauge so chunky in knitted swatch? (I know, I know, keep sampling and swatching)
Handspun yarn, a bright purple pink and natural chocolate
October 1, 2025 at 5:18 PM
arienh.bsky.social
A vicious predator spies her natural prey
A tabby kitten approaches a coffee cup
October 1, 2025 at 5:15 PM
arienh.bsky.social
A bright spindle turtle of neon sunset colors sits on a table in front of a planter
September 30, 2025 at 10:24 PM
arienh.bsky.social
We have a new trouble maker
A long haired tabby kitten delicately laps at the rim of a coffee cup
September 30, 2025 at 10:23 PM
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jortsthecat.bsky.social
Californians: do it
September 28, 2025 at 10:46 PM
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riengray.bsky.social
It's the best time of the year! #SapphicSeptember is here and one of this year's themes is sapphic knights, which is one of my favorite things to both write and read about.

You can get this lesbian-centered, trans-inclusive, high heat Arthuriana series direct at my shop: riengray.shop ⚔️
Several women in the forest reach out to a knight with a heart on their tabard. It is the illustration The Fairy of the Dawn (1906) by Henry Justice Ford. Overlaid in orange text is Sapphic Knights for Sapphic September. Rien Gray's sapphic knight book Valerin the Fair overlays a knight with a heart on their tabard and is accompanied by tropes. Rien Gray's sapphic knight book Martis the Brazen overlays a knight with a heart on their tabard and is accompanied by tropes. Rien Gray's sapphic knight book Seure the Tempered overlays a knight with a heart on their tabard and is accompanied by tropes.
September 7, 2025 at 6:02 PM
arienh.bsky.social
September is peak food season in the PNW. Very grateful for a mostly successful harvest season, including loads of peppers and tomatillos. #pnwfarming #localfood
A tray of broiled tomatillos and onions ready for blending A Pyrex pan holds sliced sweet peppers
September 7, 2025 at 7:07 PM
arienh.bsky.social
Get partners who send you frog pics. That's it. That's my life advice.
A small frog perches on a plastic pot edge A small green frog clings to a mint leaf A frog faces the camera head on, perching on a plastic bucket edge A small gray frog blends into wet concrete
August 11, 2025 at 9:24 PM
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siridahl.com
Share this with a SWERF or any chronically online person between 18-30 years old
August 8, 2025 at 2:03 AM
arienh.bsky.social
I just called my reps with @5calls.org, you should too: 5calls.org

It's my birthday! Please call about the ongoing genocide in Gaza.
5 Calls
Spend 5 minutes. Make 5 calls. Make your voice heard.
5calls.org
July 30, 2025 at 11:36 AM
arienh.bsky.social
Dumb little hobbies connecting us in a deeply fucked up world! I'm ready for #TourDeFleece2025, trying to finish up some spindle spins. Coincidentally, all the fiber I'm working on comes from rad, sustainably minded businesses.
A green Turkish spindle with green fiber and singles sits on an oilcloth tablecloth next to a tumbler of jamaica
July 5, 2025 at 7:21 PM
arienh.bsky.social
Ready to go pet some sheep at @blacksheepgathering , let's gooo!!!

Please say hi if you're a fiber friend! Will probably be wearing a pink mask, but really I think the crop top plus mohawk should be distinctive enough 😆 #blacksheepgathering #handspinning #fiberfestival
A Latina woman with a very cropped mohawk wearing a speckled handknit Ripple Crop Top in gray yarn stands in front of a bookshelf
June 28, 2025 at 2:55 PM
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arwynsays.bsky.social
reblogging to remind myself, and to ask my fellow Oregonians, to make the calls urging them to challenge this provision.
threnody.bsky.social emily moonlight @threnody.bsky.social · Jun 28
breaking my general rule against tagging electeds online to ask specifically @wyden.senate.gov or @jeff-merkley.bsky.social if they’ll commit to challenging sec 71114’s gender-affirming care prohibitions & sex definition on the floor so trans people online can get a better night’s sleep.

gentlemen?
ericmgarcia.bsky.social Eric Michael Garcia @ericmgarcia.bsky.social · Jun 28
This means that Democrats will have to raise a point of order on this part of the bill. This would force a vote on the amendment that would require 60 votes. Republicans have 53 Senate seats, so it means they would need to pick off 7 Democrats for this.
www.independent.co.uk/news/world/a...
June 28, 2025 at 8:03 AM
arienh.bsky.social
Who's going to Black Sheep Gathering in Albany this weekend?? I'll be there a good chunk of Saturday! #blacksheepgathering #wool #fiber #handspinning
June 25, 2025 at 1:33 PM
arienh.bsky.social
Being in your 30s is all about being hotter than ever but also making spreadsheets about new furniture purchases
June 22, 2025 at 6:05 PM
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charliejane.bsky.social
My novel Lessons in Magic and Disaster comes out in two months!

🔥 a trans witch teaches her lesbian mother to do magic
🔥 we see the struggle for queer liberation in 1996 and 1736
🔥 how do you rediscover desire in the heart of grief/trauma?

See pre-order rewards here:
buttondown.com/charliejane/...
Everything You Need to Know About My Next Novel!
Photo: Daderot/Wikimedia It’s almost six months before my next novel comes out on Aug. 19. Lessons in Magic and Disaster is my first novel for adults in...
buttondown.com
June 21, 2025 at 7:06 PM
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mikegalsworthy.bsky.social
June 22, 2025 at 9:19 AM
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oldenoughtosay.com
oh this is an excellent policy
swilua.bsky.social 🌈Dr. Frizzle @swilua.bsky.social · Apr 5
we have a rule at our house that if it is past 9pm and you are having feelings, the only thing you are allowed to do is have a snack and go to bed, so anyway, I will be having a snack and going to bed!!
June 22, 2025 at 11:08 AM