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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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/
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Reminder that children, elders and immunocompromised folks etc implicated by their bringing this plague to DC certainly don’t have a fucking choice about this at all.
February 8, 2026 at 4:26 AM
Reminder that children, elders and immunocompromised folks etc implicated by their bringing this plague to DC certainly don’t have a fucking choice about this at all.
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I've written about the overarching post story, causes, underlying pattern. But the failure of Lewis or Bezos to even show up, literally or figuratively, on a day of devastating cuts epitomizes the profound lack of character and accountability that is so common place today within the American elite.
February 8, 2026 at 6:15 AM
I've written about the overarching post story, causes, underlying pattern. But the failure of Lewis or Bezos to even show up, literally or figuratively, on a day of devastating cuts epitomizes the profound lack of character and accountability that is so common place today within the American elite.
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I am REAL PLEASED with today's pigeon.
February 7, 2026 at 11:23 PM
I am REAL PLEASED with today's pigeon.
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Just discovered about the infertility plan which apparently includes the government sending letters to 29-year old people explaining the stakes
You know if you want more people having kids in France you could maybe provide more childcare or more help to parents. Just saying
You know if you want more people having kids in France you could maybe provide more childcare or more help to parents. Just saying
February 7, 2026 at 11:35 PM
Just discovered about the infertility plan which apparently includes the government sending letters to 29-year old people explaining the stakes
You know if you want more people having kids in France you could maybe provide more childcare or more help to parents. Just saying
You know if you want more people having kids in France you could maybe provide more childcare or more help to parents. Just saying
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Call it what it is, @nbcnews.com. Concentration camp.
Every time.
The OED defines a concentration camp as “a camp in which large numbers of people, esp. political prisoners or members of persecuted minorities, are deliberately imprisoned in a relatively small area with inadequate facilities.”
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Every time.
The OED defines a concentration camp as “a camp in which large numbers of people, esp. political prisoners or members of persecuted minorities, are deliberately imprisoned in a relatively small area with inadequate facilities.”
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The proposed centers are so large that some could house as many as 8,000 detainees at once, according to a DHS spreadsheet of more than 20 potential locations that was verified by NBC News. The largest federal prison in the U.S., for example, has roughly 4,000 inmates.
ICE plans to build mega warehouses for immigration detention spark growing concern
Sources at two government contractors told NBC News they were worried that new warehouses — and the large numbers of immigrants who would be housed in them — would present safety problems.
www.nbcnews.com
February 8, 2026 at 6:32 AM
Call it what it is, @nbcnews.com. Concentration camp.
Every time.
The OED defines a concentration camp as “a camp in which large numbers of people, esp. political prisoners or members of persecuted minorities, are deliberately imprisoned in a relatively small area with inadequate facilities.”
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Every time.
The OED defines a concentration camp as “a camp in which large numbers of people, esp. political prisoners or members of persecuted minorities, are deliberately imprisoned in a relatively small area with inadequate facilities.”
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omfg 😠
"The United States is quietly deporting Palestinians arrested by Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) to the occupied West Bank by private jet, with two such flights taking place in coordination with the Israeli authorities since the beginning of this year"
U.S. secretly deporting Palestinians to West Bank in coordination with Israel
Palestinians arrested by ICE are being flown, bound and shackled, on private jet belonging to Israeli-American tycoon close to Trump, investigation reveals.
www.972mag.com
February 8, 2026 at 6:36 AM
omfg 😠
Wow, the solar-powered/triggered fairy lights just went off at 0745.
The days, they are getting longer. (In a good way.) And the sky this morning is looking very clear and deep - milky alabaster at the horizon, shading to a gentle blue agate that 5 minutes before had been slate.
Good morning!
The days, they are getting longer. (In a good way.) And the sky this morning is looking very clear and deep - milky alabaster at the horizon, shading to a gentle blue agate that 5 minutes before had been slate.
Good morning!
February 8, 2026 at 6:48 AM
Wow, the solar-powered/triggered fairy lights just went off at 0745.
The days, they are getting longer. (In a good way.) And the sky this morning is looking very clear and deep - milky alabaster at the horizon, shading to a gentle blue agate that 5 minutes before had been slate.
Good morning!
The days, they are getting longer. (In a good way.) And the sky this morning is looking very clear and deep - milky alabaster at the horizon, shading to a gentle blue agate that 5 minutes before had been slate.
Good morning!
Ah, awaiting my belovéd Vox Nostra, starting in just about 20 minutes. (But available anytime, thanks to a generous archive-access of the RTÉ broadcaster.)
Early music, *sweet sighing*
www.rte.ie/radio/lyricf...
Early music, *sweet sighing*
www.rte.ie/radio/lyricf...
Vox Nostra with Vlad Smishkewych - RTÉ lyric fm
Early music programme with Vlad Smishkewych.
Producer: Peter Curtin, Production Co-Ordinator: Linda McGlynn
www.rte.ie
February 8, 2026 at 6:43 AM
Ah, awaiting my belovéd Vox Nostra, starting in just about 20 minutes. (But available anytime, thanks to a generous archive-access of the RTÉ broadcaster.)
Early music, *sweet sighing*
www.rte.ie/radio/lyricf...
Early music, *sweet sighing*
www.rte.ie/radio/lyricf...