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MoxieGrrl

@moxiegrrl.myatproto.social

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Knit, sew, gamer, avid reader, sometime writer, cook, baker. Mom and wife. Probably autistic, but I was a girl in the 90s so no one really gave a damn. 40-something now. Politically progressive, anti-authoritarian, anti-capitalist. Put the B in LGBTQIA+.

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MoxieGrrl @moxiegrrl.myatproto.social · Nov 20

Just so I'm clear: Trans women are women. Trans men are men. I won't debate this, and I won't hear bullshit arguments. Bathroom bans are bigotry and ignorance. And that's fucking it.

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MoxieGrrl @moxiegrrl.myatproto.social · 4m

oh man, I love it when people find this out for the first time. Welcome to what genetic engineering has *actually* done for food. (It's also why brussels sprouts taste better now.)

MoxieGrrl @moxiegrrl.myatproto.social · 17m

Has anyone compared the Spoonful app to the Fig app when it comes to weird dietary restrictions in particular? Corn/Pork/Black Pepper are my known ones and I need something that can tell me what packaged foods I can and cannot eat a lot easier than reading every fucking label ever.

MoxieGrrl @moxiegrrl.myatproto.social · 54m

I don't have a cover. I just wash my duvet. I find it annoying enough now that I have issues with my joints that I might actually buy a fucking cover this year. IT COULD HAPPEN.

It really is stupid being an adult.

MoxieGrrl @moxiegrrl.myatproto.social · 2h

I am realizing, as someone who is trying to find a safe meal replacement shake that is *not* low calorie, that there are a lot of 'meal replacement shakes' that are abso-fucking-lutely NOT meal replacements. Holy shit. 150 calories is NOT enough to consider it meal replacement, wellness industry.

MoxieGrrl @moxiegrrl.myatproto.social · 4h

I have a refresh setting on my dryer that steams clothing. I may or may not have bought this dryer because I wear linen and it might be the only reason I look less rumpled in it.

MoxieGrrl @moxiegrrl.myatproto.social · 5h

Being educated does make you more inclined to critical thinking skills, but that's also a double-edged sword in that it's how the really rich ones come to believe that the stance they've logic-without-empathy'd themselves into is the solution to everything.

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MoxieGrrl @moxiegrrl.myatproto.social · 8h

Fullmetal Alchemist. ...FULLMETAL ALCHEMIST IS RIGHT THERE.

MoxieGrrl @moxiegrrl.myatproto.social · 1d

I hereby convene the 9PM Saturday Yarn Crafting Meeting on Bluesky.

MoxieGrrl @moxiegrrl.myatproto.social · 1d

I kind of want people to knit with, but I am home alone. So...knitting, anyone? I have to finish this cuff.

a cartoon of a sheep holding a pair of knitting needles in front of flames

Alt: a cartoon of a pink sheep knitting quickly in front of flames

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MoxieGrrl @moxiegrrl.myatproto.social · 1d

This is why I said we should stop saying "DEI" and write out "diversity, equity, and inclusion" in *all* media when we talk about that, too. Saying it in full makes them have to actually confront the reality of what they're really trying to destroy.

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MoxieGrrl @moxiegrrl.myatproto.social · 1d

The WIP that's getting finished has been in a state of 'just needs sleeves' for over 7 years.

MoxieGrrl @moxiegrrl.myatproto.social · 1d

I have achieved three things today that make me happy:

1. I have assessed my various knitting WIPs and decided that most are getting ripped out, but one is getting finished.

2. I have found yarn in my stash for a sweater I wasn't sure I'd have yarn for.

3. I have cleared half the cutting table.

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MoxieGrrl @moxiegrrl.myatproto.social · 2d

Fall is absolutely my favorite time of year but it sure can knock me flat on my ass with allergies.

MoxieGrrl @moxiegrrl.myatproto.social · 2d

Whatever outside is doing is too strong for both Zyrtec and Claritin *at the same time*. Pls send pseudoephedrine and possibly pray to your deity of choice for a freeze.

MoxieGrrl @moxiegrrl.myatproto.social · 2d

Turned out better this time than last time. Go fucking figure.

MoxieGrrl @moxiegrrl.myatproto.social · 2d

I accidentally put more milk than I intended into my oat cobbler thing I'm making myself for dinner (do not at me, I do not give a fuck) and now I'm patiently hoping it comes out. It's basically baked oats made with oat flour and lightly sugared dark sweet cherries.

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MoxieGrrl @moxiegrrl.myatproto.social · 3d

Okay, I am almost done with the first sleeve so I'm going to attempt that today, but I feel like death warmed over so we'll see how far I get.

MoxieGrrl @moxiegrrl.myatproto.social · 3d

It's beyond time, but people here worship the constitution like it's a holy book of scripture instead of a document that should change with the times if we find better ways.

MoxieGrrl @moxiegrrl.myatproto.social · 3d

I feel like there was a point in time when something like this would have literally ruined a company and now, due to the 'regulation is a scam' people, they just get to keep right on making shit that kills or disables people.

MoxieGrrl @moxiegrrl.myatproto.social · 4d

Also, if this is too much information for you...I don't give a fuck. These things are DECADES OLD at this point. How are we still dealing with this shit?

MoxieGrrl @moxiegrrl.myatproto.social · 4d

Dear people who make menstruation products that are pads: THE ADHESIVE SHOULD GO ALL THE WAY FROM ONE SIDE TO THE OTHER, FRONT TO BACK. It should not stop a centimeter down. I am tired of my pad rolling up in the back when I pull my fucking drawers up and having to unroll it.

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MoxieGrrl @moxiegrrl.myatproto.social · 4d

This makes me incredibly happy. Now they just need to overlap the sizing in the packets again. :D

MoxieGrrl @moxiegrrl.myatproto.social · 5d

So I guess we'll see how much sleeve I can knit in the 2 hours before I get to go to bed.

MoxieGrrl @moxiegrrl.myatproto.social · 5d

I switched to my fall/winter bedding today and while our washer is large enough to handle a full/queen comforter the dryer is not quite and so I have to dry my blankets in stages: an hour, rearrange, then an hour more. I didn't think about it until 10PM. Welcome to me having no bedding yet. 2AM. xD

MoxieGrrl @moxiegrrl.myatproto.social · 7d

I've never watched or read Game of Thrones.

I've not read Harry Potter and I've only seen a couple of the movies.