Aunt Fancy
@auntiefancy.bsky.social
Fiber artist and opinionated Minneapolis leftist. Come for the embroidery, stay for the chaotic bisexual energy. BLM - ACAB
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Aunt Fancy
@auntiefancy.bsky.social
· Feb 11
After listening to a composer discuss how ai is transforming & destroying his industry, I was driven to create this piece. Embroidered on my hand-controlled #chainstitchembroidery machine w my interpretation of a famous woodcut of a Luddite destroying a jacquard loom.
#fiberart #generativeai
#fiberart #generativeai
Found some interesting history about this guy, from an interview by Carl Ross with D. Alan Bruce in 1989 from the MN 20th C Radicalism Oral History Project. Really bizarre to me the way a whiff of communism got treated in the midcentury labor movement.
January 5, 2026 at 11:34 PM
Found some interesting history about this guy, from an interview by Carl Ross with D. Alan Bruce in 1989 from the MN 20th C Radicalism Oral History Project. Really bizarre to me the way a whiff of communism got treated in the midcentury labor movement.
This is like Chicago machine politics. Appoint your own replacement before your term ends so you can ensure they will win by default bc incumbents always have a huge edge. I don't want Klobuchar to be governor for many reasons but this alone should be disqualifying. www.nytimes.com/2026/01/05/u...
![Screenshot reads: Ms. Klobuchar, 65, a former state prosecutor, has long held ambitions beyond her Senate seat. She ran in the 2020 Democratic presidential primary and has not given up her desire to hold executive office.
She has won each of her four Senate terms by at least 16 percentage points in a state that Democrats have controlled for more than a decade but often has close statewide elections. [highlighted text] Should Ms. Klobuchar become the governor, she would appoint her own replacement who would serve until a special election is held to complete the remainder of her term, which ends in 2030. [end highlight]](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:5mwera25y5gws4a6iwpeawgh/bafkreiegjdicf3gs5b7cicepruwhjfm5jh73iivqsfagxxnaet7cpadufm@jpeg)
January 5, 2026 at 7:00 PM
This is like Chicago machine politics. Appoint your own replacement before your term ends so you can ensure they will win by default bc incumbents always have a huge edge. I don't want Klobuchar to be governor for many reasons but this alone should be disqualifying. www.nytimes.com/2026/01/05/u...
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It is important to remember that the future is not yet written. The arts, journalism, science, education, medicine, and our chances to be human together are all worth fighting for --- and not surrendering to the maw of Big Tech.
/fin
/fin
January 3, 2026 at 5:49 AM
It is important to remember that the future is not yet written. The arts, journalism, science, education, medicine, and our chances to be human together are all worth fighting for --- and not surrendering to the maw of Big Tech.
/fin
/fin
I've been listening to a podcast series on AI safety and I feel like I'm going crazy, all these AI experts are so fucking lost in the sauce they really are convinced they're about to build god or something close to it. Meanwhile normal ppl know intelligence requires living in the physical world.
January 4, 2026 at 8:03 PM
I've been listening to a podcast series on AI safety and I feel like I'm going crazy, all these AI experts are so fucking lost in the sauce they really are convinced they're about to build god or something close to it. Meanwhile normal ppl know intelligence requires living in the physical world.
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The weak response from Can, EU and UN to Trump's flagrant crimes in Venezuela is striking.
It exposes that much of the world has been cowed.
Most notable exception: the Latin American left.
That is why the Trump Admin has gone to enormous lengths to defeat the left across the continent. 1/3
It exposes that much of the world has been cowed.
Most notable exception: the Latin American left.
That is why the Trump Admin has gone to enormous lengths to defeat the left across the continent. 1/3
January 4, 2026 at 6:35 PM
The weak response from Can, EU and UN to Trump's flagrant crimes in Venezuela is striking.
It exposes that much of the world has been cowed.
Most notable exception: the Latin American left.
That is why the Trump Admin has gone to enormous lengths to defeat the left across the continent. 1/3
It exposes that much of the world has been cowed.
Most notable exception: the Latin American left.
That is why the Trump Admin has gone to enormous lengths to defeat the left across the continent. 1/3
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babe wake up, they're doing insider trading on war crimes
“What appears to be a newly created account appeared to invest $30,000 Friday in Maduro's exit. After Maduro went into custody Saturday morning, that same investor netted $436,759.61.”
Someone made $400K by predicting Maduro's capture. Here's what happened
The winnings come as the rules governing prediction markets are still evolving.
www.axios.com
January 3, 2026 at 8:38 PM
babe wake up, they're doing insider trading on war crimes
cost of car ownership exponentially increasing bc auto industry only wants to sell giant expensive vehicles that squeeze as much profit as possible: normal free market stuff
Minimal congestion fee in a place you don’t live and rarely visit: literal war
Minimal congestion fee in a place you don’t live and rarely visit: literal war
Taking away our cars can, should, and will be treated as a declaration of war upon rural America.
I find "America isn't really set up for it" to be an annoying rebuttal to any sort of proposal to reduce car dependency. Our leaders used policy to create a system of car dependency and we can sure as hell use policy to undo that. There are absolutely barriers, but do nothing is not a solution.
December 31, 2025 at 11:15 PM
cost of car ownership exponentially increasing bc auto industry only wants to sell giant expensive vehicles that squeeze as much profit as possible: normal free market stuff
Minimal congestion fee in a place you don’t live and rarely visit: literal war
Minimal congestion fee in a place you don’t live and rarely visit: literal war
I find some small comfort in the fact that whoever sold Jim O'neil that suit clearly hates him
BREAKING
The Trump administration says it has frozen all childcare payments to Minnesota in the aftermath of allegations of fraud by some in the Somali community.
Important: allegations along these lines have existed for years, which has resulted in prosecutions starting with the Biden DOJ.
The Trump administration says it has frozen all childcare payments to Minnesota in the aftermath of allegations of fraud by some in the Somali community.
Important: allegations along these lines have existed for years, which has resulted in prosecutions starting with the Biden DOJ.
December 31, 2025 at 12:32 AM
I find some small comfort in the fact that whoever sold Jim O'neil that suit clearly hates him
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You motherfuckers don't care about fraud. You don't give a rat's ass when the police dept runs their yearly overtime grift, racketeering shakedowns or the most massive PTSD worker's comp fraud in the history of this city - you are the actual fraud for pretending.
December 30, 2025 at 5:12 PM
You motherfuckers don't care about fraud. You don't give a rat's ass when the police dept runs their yearly overtime grift, racketeering shakedowns or the most massive PTSD worker's comp fraud in the history of this city - you are the actual fraud for pretending.
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really a remarkable feat of fossil-fuel capitalist propaganda + path-dependencies that an average min $8000/yr "mobility tax" on practically every household is just kinda submerged as an economic non-issue, not worth interrogating or debating in any substantial way
unless ofc gas prices spike a bit
unless ofc gas prices spike a bit
Remember when the financebros were saying that there's no true warning signs about the state of the car market? Good times
Car Payments Now Average More Than $750 a Month. Enter the 100-Month Car Loan.
The price of new cars and trucks in the U.S. has increased 33% since 2020, and consumers are piling on interest as they stretch out loan terms to eight, nine and nearly 10 years.
www.wsj.com
December 29, 2025 at 6:08 PM
really a remarkable feat of fossil-fuel capitalist propaganda + path-dependencies that an average min $8000/yr "mobility tax" on practically every household is just kinda submerged as an economic non-issue, not worth interrogating or debating in any substantial way
unless ofc gas prices spike a bit
unless ofc gas prices spike a bit
CRABS
WINE
MONEYASS
Looking forward to 2026!
WINE
MONEYASS
Looking forward to 2026!
The first 3 words you see will define your 2026.
MONEY
TRAVELS
PIZZA
sounds good to me.
MONEY
TRAVELS
PIZZA
sounds good to me.
December 28, 2025 at 9:09 PM
CRABS
WINE
MONEYASS
Looking forward to 2026!
WINE
MONEYASS
Looking forward to 2026!
This mural legit had a weird and fascinating history, I was sad to see it go. www.tcdailyplanet.net/guns-kmart-n...
December 28, 2025 at 8:05 PM
This mural legit had a weird and fascinating history, I was sad to see it go. www.tcdailyplanet.net/guns-kmart-n...
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hheres the thing about AI. its for goobers
December 28, 2025 at 4:52 PM
hheres the thing about AI. its for goobers
😭😭😭
Amazing joyful perfection.
Amazing joyful perfection.
Freaking love this city and all the people in it so much….a bunch of people went and turned the 4 train into the Polar Express giving out toys to kids along the way from the Bronx to Brooklyn….shoutout to the @newyorkers.live account on IG for doing this 🙏 www.instagram.com/reel/DSnsvWS...
December 26, 2025 at 7:05 PM
😭😭😭
Amazing joyful perfection.
Amazing joyful perfection.
I literally think about this stuff once a week
Thirsty Dog!/Thirsty Cat! (1994-1994): Liters of lightly carbonated bottled water made specifically for pets, containing vitamins and flavorings ("crispy beef" for dogs, and "tangy fish" for cats), but FDA approved for humans consumption, and even certified kosher.
December 26, 2025 at 4:57 AM
I literally think about this stuff once a week
Just received this pin which likely came from my great great aunt Mary who worked as a campaigner for women's suffrage in the years leading up to the passage of the 19th amendment. Feels so incredible to hold and feel the history, the visceral sense of how recent this was.
December 24, 2025 at 7:34 PM
Just received this pin which likely came from my great great aunt Mary who worked as a campaigner for women's suffrage in the years leading up to the passage of the 19th amendment. Feels so incredible to hold and feel the history, the visceral sense of how recent this was.
The headline is stupid but the essay is pretty good, basically discusses that making novel discoveries requires human cognition and the ability to see and explore complex patterns and connections in a way LLM's simply cannot.
December 24, 2025 at 7:37 AM
The headline is stupid but the essay is pretty good, basically discusses that making novel discoveries requires human cognition and the ability to see and explore complex patterns and connections in a way LLM's simply cannot.
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The full spiked 60 Minutes CECOT package, clean & subtitled. 1/5
December 23, 2025 at 1:28 AM
The full spiked 60 Minutes CECOT package, clean & subtitled. 1/5
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!! Here’s a link to full video of the 60 Minutes segment that Bari Weiss killed last minute, via @jasonparis.bsky.social:
is.gd/paU8Ko
(It was uploaded to the Global TV app in Canada, seemingly by accident, and has now been taken down)
is.gd/paU8Ko
(It was uploaded to the Global TV app in Canada, seemingly by accident, and has now been taken down)
December 22, 2025 at 10:39 PM
!! Here’s a link to full video of the 60 Minutes segment that Bari Weiss killed last minute, via @jasonparis.bsky.social:
is.gd/paU8Ko
(It was uploaded to the Global TV app in Canada, seemingly by accident, and has now been taken down)
is.gd/paU8Ko
(It was uploaded to the Global TV app in Canada, seemingly by accident, and has now been taken down)
It’s not Minnesota Nice anymore, it’s Minnesota NoICE!
Art by me, please share, thx <3
Art by me, please share, thx <3
December 22, 2025 at 9:41 PM
It’s not Minnesota Nice anymore, it’s Minnesota NoICE!
Art by me, please share, thx <3
Art by me, please share, thx <3
Had a goofy dream last night I walked by the white house and saw that trump was forcing all his female secret service agents to wear basically this outfit with really tight skinny jeans, male agents got to wear normal suits.
December 21, 2025 at 9:00 PM
Had a goofy dream last night I walked by the white house and saw that trump was forcing all his female secret service agents to wear basically this outfit with really tight skinny jeans, male agents got to wear normal suits.
Been trying to clean up my Google Photos storage by once a month or so going back to the same month five years ago and deleting superfluous images. And I swear in every photo from Nov. 2020 I look SO TIRED and older than I am now.
December 19, 2025 at 11:24 PM
Been trying to clean up my Google Photos storage by once a month or so going back to the same month five years ago and deleting superfluous images. And I swear in every photo from Nov. 2020 I look SO TIRED and older than I am now.
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Rich people are such miserable fucks nowadays that we’re halfway in a recession and I don’t think poor people are even jealous of their lifestyle
December 19, 2025 at 4:48 PM
Rich people are such miserable fucks nowadays that we’re halfway in a recession and I don’t think poor people are even jealous of their lifestyle
This is the first known photo of someone flipping the bird, it's a Bostob Braves team photo from 1886 and I find it damn delightful
December 18, 2025 at 10:10 PM
This is the first known photo of someone flipping the bird, it's a Bostob Braves team photo from 1886 and I find it damn delightful
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I love you Powderhorn/ Ward 9 ❤️
December 18, 2025 at 12:36 AM
I love you Powderhorn/ Ward 9 ❤️