Lynne Ann Morse
@morselya.bsky.social
Married, SF fan, cat lover, canine compatible, serial crafter, oft-time repeater of others' bon mots & borrowed wisdom.
It's okay - you don't have to follow me. I'm unlikely to follow back. Don't worry about unfollowing, either: not everyone's cup of tea
It's okay - you don't have to follow me. I'm unlikely to follow back. Don't worry about unfollowing, either: not everyone's cup of tea
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Armies wear uniforms for a reason. And not just because it makes the laundry easier.
I am reminded of certain lilac blossoms on a certain Glorious 25th of May. How do you tell your comrades from your potential murderers? A carrot, a leek, a lilac sprig, a red knitted hat, a frog costume.
Duh.
I am reminded of certain lilac blossoms on a certain Glorious 25th of May. How do you tell your comrades from your potential murderers? A carrot, a leek, a lilac sprig, a red knitted hat, a frog costume.
Duh.
I keep hearing how pointless the knit hats are but even aside from the money those have raised, visual symbols of how many of us there are are good. It's solidarity building and keeps the goons from telling themsrlves everyone secretly agrees with them. Nobody's KNITTING a statement they dislike.
February 8, 2026 at 7:29 PM
Armies wear uniforms for a reason. And not just because it makes the laundry easier.
I am reminded of certain lilac blossoms on a certain Glorious 25th of May. How do you tell your comrades from your potential murderers? A carrot, a leek, a lilac sprig, a red knitted hat, a frog costume.
Duh.
I am reminded of certain lilac blossoms on a certain Glorious 25th of May. How do you tell your comrades from your potential murderers? A carrot, a leek, a lilac sprig, a red knitted hat, a frog costume.
Duh.
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Naas General Hospital nurses at ‘breaking point’ ahead of protest over staffing levels www.irishtimes.com/h... #mastodaoine #speirghorm #iepol
Naas General Hospital nurses at ‘breaking point’ ahead of protest over staffing levels
Work-to-rule to begin on Monday with INMO warning industrial action could escalate if problems not addressed
www.irishtimes.com
February 8, 2026 at 9:15 PM
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Those who erase their own history are condemned to do something, but they hope to block us from remembering what it is. www.npr.org/2026/02/07/n...
State Department will delete X posts from before Trump returned to office
The policy change orders the removal of any post made by official State Department accounts on X before President Trump returned to office in 2025.
www.npr.org
February 8, 2026 at 8:53 PM
Those who erase their own history are condemned to do something, but they hope to block us from remembering what it is. www.npr.org/2026/02/07/n...
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The article mentions that tens of thousands of dollars have been raised to donate to non-profit organizations that benefit immigrants. www.npr.org/2026/01/31/n...
A red hat, inspired by a symbol of resistance to Nazi occupation, gains traction in Minnesota
A Minneapolis knitting shop has resurrected the design of a Norwegian cap worn to protest Nazi occupation. Its owner says the money raised from hat pattern sales will support the local immigrant commu...
www.npr.org
February 8, 2026 at 8:39 PM
The article mentions that tens of thousands of dollars have been raised to donate to non-profit organizations that benefit immigrants. www.npr.org/2026/01/31/n...
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Aaaah *shit.* 😖
Tradcath, Tradwife, now we've got Tradplague: a tuberculosis outbreak has been reported in a concentration camp in Montana.
www.texastribune.org/2026/02/07/i...
www.texastribune.org/2026/02/07/i...
Two tuberculosis cases detected at Camp East Montana ICE facility
Eighteen cases of COVID-19 were also identified. U.S. Rep. Veronica Escobar on Friday visited the 5,000-bed tent facility on the Fort Bliss Army base and said she saw many "chronic issues."
www.texastribune.org
February 8, 2026 at 7:49 PM
Aaaah *shit.* 😖
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Cambridge University returns legal ownership of 116 Benin artefacts to Nigeria's National Commission for Museums and Monuments
www.cam.ac.uk/stories/beni...
www.cam.ac.uk/stories/beni...
Cambridge University returns legal ownership of 116 Benin artefacts to Nigeria's National Commission for Museums and Monuments
The University of Cambridge today announces it has transferred legal ownership of 116 Benin artefacts in the Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology (MAA) collections to Nigeria’s National Commission f...
www.cam.ac.uk
February 8, 2026 at 7:57 PM
Cambridge University returns legal ownership of 116 Benin artefacts to Nigeria's National Commission for Museums and Monuments
www.cam.ac.uk/stories/beni...
www.cam.ac.uk/stories/beni...
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Abolish.
You can’t bodycam this shit.
Abolish must be the hard red line.
You can’t bodycam this shit.
Abolish must be the hard red line.
ICE told nurses this Minneapolis man “purposefully ran headfirst into a brick wall.”
What actually happened is that they pulled him from a car, beat him so viciously with a steel baton that he had 8 skull fractures, 5 life-threatening brain hemorrhages, and couldn’t remember he had a daughter.
What actually happened is that they pulled him from a car, beat him so viciously with a steel baton that he had 8 skull fractures, 5 life-threatening brain hemorrhages, and couldn’t remember he had a daughter.
February 8, 2026 at 2:59 PM
Abolish.
You can’t bodycam this shit.
Abolish must be the hard red line.
You can’t bodycam this shit.
Abolish must be the hard red line.
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swarovski still won't let historians look at their archived records from when they collaborated with the nazis
February 8, 2026 at 5:55 PM
swarovski still won't let historians look at their archived records from when they collaborated with the nazis
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Hey, Portland Knitters!!
There is a huge Knit-In on Mar 8 in DC hosted by my friend @knittingcultlady.bsky.social. I am not able to go, and would love to put together a satellite event here in PDX.
Is anything in the works already? Can folks connect me to Knitters Against Fascism?
There is a huge Knit-In on Mar 8 in DC hosted by my friend @knittingcultlady.bsky.social. I am not able to go, and would love to put together a satellite event here in PDX.
Is anything in the works already? Can folks connect me to Knitters Against Fascism?
February 8, 2026 at 12:13 AM
Hey, Portland Knitters!!
There is a huge Knit-In on Mar 8 in DC hosted by my friend @knittingcultlady.bsky.social. I am not able to go, and would love to put together a satellite event here in PDX.
Is anything in the works already? Can folks connect me to Knitters Against Fascism?
There is a huge Knit-In on Mar 8 in DC hosted by my friend @knittingcultlady.bsky.social. I am not able to go, and would love to put together a satellite event here in PDX.
Is anything in the works already? Can folks connect me to Knitters Against Fascism?
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Happy #SuperbOwl🦉 Sunday! This is one of my favorite examples from ancient Egypt, the letter "M". Share your favorite Superb Owls.
February 8, 2026 at 12:36 PM
Happy #SuperbOwl🦉 Sunday! This is one of my favorite examples from ancient Egypt, the letter "M". Share your favorite Superb Owls.
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You're going to win because she *can't* generate "a book" using AI. AI doesn't "answer questions", it just generates a statistically accurate string of words *resembling* an answer. There's no deep meaning in these responses, no communication with another human mind, or any kind of mind.
February 8, 2026 at 3:08 PM
You're going to win because she *can't* generate "a book" using AI. AI doesn't "answer questions", it just generates a statistically accurate string of words *resembling* an answer. There's no deep meaning in these responses, no communication with another human mind, or any kind of mind.
Courtney's going to win - and she tells us why in the thread following this post.
My money's on Courtney!
My money's on Courtney!
I'm going to win.
February 8, 2026 at 3:17 PM
Courtney's going to win - and she tells us why in the thread following this post.
My money's on Courtney!
My money's on Courtney!
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Very good example of each of two technologies having advantages the other doesn’t. Reminds me of print v manuscript in 1510s
Perhaps with projects like Bookshop.org to nurture more used book shops we can recapture some of the good sides of both, via the still-extant used trade paperback market.
Perhaps with projects like Bookshop.org to nurture more used book shops we can recapture some of the good sides of both, via the still-extant used trade paperback market.
Bookshop.org: Buy books online. Support local bookstores.
A better way to buy books online. Every purchase financially supports local independent bookstores.
Bookshop.org
February 7, 2026 at 2:34 PM
Very good example of each of two technologies having advantages the other doesn’t. Reminds me of print v manuscript in 1510s
Perhaps with projects like Bookshop.org to nurture more used book shops we can recapture some of the good sides of both, via the still-extant used trade paperback market.
Perhaps with projects like Bookshop.org to nurture more used book shops we can recapture some of the good sides of both, via the still-extant used trade paperback market.
A short case study, illustrating a lack of joined-up thinking that one hates to see at this level of play.
UK central government does not understand digital credentials. Here's a case study to illustrate my claim. I have to hire a van tomorrow, and the van hire company wants proof that I don't have any penalties on my licence. Fair enough. They also give instructions on how to provide it.
1/n
1/n
February 8, 2026 at 3:05 PM
A short case study, illustrating a lack of joined-up thinking that one hates to see at this level of play.
@debbshock.blue I've just popped you onto my reading list of "Imaginary Friends" - it's just people I've never met in "real life", that's all. *nervous giggle*
February 8, 2026 at 2:59 PM
@debbshock.blue I've just popped you onto my reading list of "Imaginary Friends" - it's just people I've never met in "real life", that's all. *nervous giggle*
Another long walk... by my lights, which I imagine to be most others' maybe half of their ordinary day.
Resting my hips, now. And the quads. And the knees.
Resting my hips, now. And the quads. And the knees.
February 8, 2026 at 2:58 PM
Another long walk... by my lights, which I imagine to be most others' maybe half of their ordinary day.
Resting my hips, now. And the quads. And the knees.
Resting my hips, now. And the quads. And the knees.
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When I learned that the Post layoffs left reporters stranded all over the world, I decided I had enough. I cancelled my Prime and I donated the amount, $139, to the GoFundMe for the reporters. Perhaps if enough of us do it, it will send a message. gofund.me/ad37974eb
Donate to Support for Washington Post international employees, organized by Michelle Lee
Among the hundreds of journalists laid off by The Washington Post on … Michelle Lee needs your support for Support for Washington Post international employees
gofund.me
February 8, 2026 at 2:32 PM
When I learned that the Post layoffs left reporters stranded all over the world, I decided I had enough. I cancelled my Prime and I donated the amount, $139, to the GoFundMe for the reporters. Perhaps if enough of us do it, it will send a message. gofund.me/ad37974eb
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Alt: background, Boston financial area skyline. Foreground: the frozen Charles River with three coyotes walking on the ice, probably looking for a troika. It's sunny.
It is currently 'packs of coyotes walking across the Charles River' cold outside.
February 8, 2026 at 11:15 AM
Alt: background, Boston financial area skyline. Foreground: the frozen Charles River with three coyotes walking on the ice, probably looking for a troika. It's sunny.
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Words and music for International Women's Day with me, Nardus Williams and Elizabeth Kenny . Wigmore Hall 8 March. Book here: www.wigmore-hall.org.uk/whats-on/202...
Nardus Williams soprano; Elizabeth Kenny archlute, theorbo; Mary Beard speaker
Nardus Williams soprano; Elizabeth Kenny archlute, theorbo; Mary Beard speaker Women and Power
www.wigmore-hall.org.uk
February 8, 2026 at 11:14 AM
Words and music for International Women's Day with me, Nardus Williams and Elizabeth Kenny . Wigmore Hall 8 March. Book here: www.wigmore-hall.org.uk/whats-on/202...
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I'm sorry the guy changing the rules on the fly is named what
I stand with County Executive Calvin Ball as he signs emergency legislation today prohibiting privately owned buildings from being used as ICE detention centers.
Howard County chose dignity, accountability, and its people. Tune into our event now:
bit.ly/4a2VtHw
Howard County chose dignity, accountability, and its people. Tune into our event now:
bit.ly/4a2VtHw
Redirecting...
bit.ly
February 7, 2026 at 2:34 PM
I'm sorry the guy changing the rules on the fly is named what
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“We’re MUCH better off with ebooks as the cheap/disposable reading format of choice.”
Mass-market paperbacks could be bought in unmonitored cash transactions, and even-cheaper used copies were widely available. Not true of ebooks. The fundamental circumstances of my childhood are now impossible.
Mass-market paperbacks could be bought in unmonitored cash transactions, and even-cheaper used copies were widely available. Not true of ebooks. The fundamental circumstances of my childhood are now impossible.
February 7, 2026 at 2:30 PM
“We’re MUCH better off with ebooks as the cheap/disposable reading format of choice.”
Mass-market paperbacks could be bought in unmonitored cash transactions, and even-cheaper used copies were widely available. Not true of ebooks. The fundamental circumstances of my childhood are now impossible.
Mass-market paperbacks could be bought in unmonitored cash transactions, and even-cheaper used copies were widely available. Not true of ebooks. The fundamental circumstances of my childhood are now impossible.
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Incredibly hypocritical considering China's systematic destruction of mosques in Xinjiang:
ig.ft.com/china-mosques/
ig.ft.com/china-mosques/
February 8, 2026 at 4:32 AM
Incredibly hypocritical considering China's systematic destruction of mosques in Xinjiang:
ig.ft.com/china-mosques/
ig.ft.com/china-mosques/