Tara
@needlesandbits.bsky.social
Reader. Stitcher (Needlepoint & Cross Stitch). Tatting. Equestrian. Adopter of Cats & Dogs. Curious about Everything. Always Learning. (she/her)
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November 27, 2025 at 5:13 PM
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As you’re preparing for your Thanksgiving meal, remember the skilled work it took to get that food to your grocery store.
Tell us your favorite Thanksgiving dish, and we can share some of what we know about the work behind the ingredients.
Tell us your favorite Thanksgiving dish, and we can share some of what we know about the work behind the ingredients.
November 26, 2025 at 6:03 PM
As you’re preparing for your Thanksgiving meal, remember the skilled work it took to get that food to your grocery store.
Tell us your favorite Thanksgiving dish, and we can share some of what we know about the work behind the ingredients.
Tell us your favorite Thanksgiving dish, and we can share some of what we know about the work behind the ingredients.
Today, as I watch the Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade, I am thankful for my life, for family, friends, pets, & hobbies. Also very thankful for my job; the benefits have been helpful.
The parade started with Cynthia Erivo singing a favorite song of mine, Feeling Good.
1 Thessalonians 5:16-18
The parade started with Cynthia Erivo singing a favorite song of mine, Feeling Good.
1 Thessalonians 5:16-18
November 27, 2025 at 1:53 PM
Today, as I watch the Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade, I am thankful for my life, for family, friends, pets, & hobbies. Also very thankful for my job; the benefits have been helpful.
The parade started with Cynthia Erivo singing a favorite song of mine, Feeling Good.
1 Thessalonians 5:16-18
The parade started with Cynthia Erivo singing a favorite song of mine, Feeling Good.
1 Thessalonians 5:16-18
Because of a big scary health issue for me, I won't be riding my horse until the Spring. This will be giving me more time during the week and, I suspect that my house will end up being much cleaner. I am already tackling stuff; I do need to keep doing slow and steady movement (walking).
November 26, 2025 at 2:55 PM
Because of a big scary health issue for me, I won't be riding my horse until the Spring. This will be giving me more time during the week and, I suspect that my house will end up being much cleaner. I am already tackling stuff; I do need to keep doing slow and steady movement (walking).
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The Stars and Stripes Fall 2025 Military Transition Guide is officially live!
Now available across U.S. military bases and veteran communities around the world, reaching more than 350,000 service members and families.
🔗 View the digital edition here: www.stripes.com/epaper/speci...
Now available across U.S. military bases and veteran communities around the world, reaching more than 350,000 service members and families.
🔗 View the digital edition here: www.stripes.com/epaper/speci...
November 25, 2025 at 3:49 PM
The Stars and Stripes Fall 2025 Military Transition Guide is officially live!
Now available across U.S. military bases and veteran communities around the world, reaching more than 350,000 service members and families.
🔗 View the digital edition here: www.stripes.com/epaper/speci...
Now available across U.S. military bases and veteran communities around the world, reaching more than 350,000 service members and families.
🔗 View the digital edition here: www.stripes.com/epaper/speci...
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I have said before and will say again that it is such a loss that we no longer get covers of this caliber for fantasy books.
This art is by Jean-Léon Huens. These covers are for the Chronicles of Prydain by Lloyd Alexander. They lit my imagination on fire as a kid.
This art is by Jean-Léon Huens. These covers are for the Chronicles of Prydain by Lloyd Alexander. They lit my imagination on fire as a kid.
November 25, 2025 at 1:02 PM
I have said before and will say again that it is such a loss that we no longer get covers of this caliber for fantasy books.
This art is by Jean-Léon Huens. These covers are for the Chronicles of Prydain by Lloyd Alexander. They lit my imagination on fire as a kid.
This art is by Jean-Léon Huens. These covers are for the Chronicles of Prydain by Lloyd Alexander. They lit my imagination on fire as a kid.
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Holiday movie season is here and Historians At The Movies is all about it. This week we are talking about wine and love. Join us on Netflix this Sunday, November 30 at 8pm eastern for CHAMPAGNE PROBLEMS. #HATM
Be the toast of the town by sharing and we’ll see you soon!
Be the toast of the town by sharing and we’ll see you soon!
November 24, 2025 at 9:51 PM
Holiday movie season is here and Historians At The Movies is all about it. This week we are talking about wine and love. Join us on Netflix this Sunday, November 30 at 8pm eastern for CHAMPAGNE PROBLEMS. #HATM
Be the toast of the town by sharing and we’ll see you soon!
Be the toast of the town by sharing and we’ll see you soon!
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The fact that the people who share your name & DNA or who happened to attend the same church you did growing up don't understand who you are, what's important to you, or what you need, can be painful.
And, it has exactly zero to do w/ your worth, value-- or future.
And, it has exactly zero to do w/ your worth, value-- or future.
November 25, 2025 at 6:02 AM
The fact that the people who share your name & DNA or who happened to attend the same church you did growing up don't understand who you are, what's important to you, or what you need, can be painful.
And, it has exactly zero to do w/ your worth, value-- or future.
And, it has exactly zero to do w/ your worth, value-- or future.
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Friendly neighborhood ex-Navy JAG with a fun question for you:
In the movie “A few Good Men,” was the Code Red ordered by Col. Jessup a lawful order?
In the movie “A few Good Men,” was the Code Red ordered by Col. Jessup a lawful order?
November 25, 2025 at 2:59 AM
Friendly neighborhood ex-Navy JAG with a fun question for you:
In the movie “A few Good Men,” was the Code Red ordered by Col. Jessup a lawful order?
In the movie “A few Good Men,” was the Code Red ordered by Col. Jessup a lawful order?
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Today, after months of requests, I toured the Broadview ICE Processing Facility. I want to share what I saw.
The facility has no food vendor, no medical care, and detainees have to use toilets in the middle of shared cells. These are in no way suitable conditions to be holding anyone — period.
The facility has no food vendor, no medical care, and detainees have to use toilets in the middle of shared cells. These are in no way suitable conditions to be holding anyone — period.
November 25, 2025 at 12:57 AM
Today, after months of requests, I toured the Broadview ICE Processing Facility. I want to share what I saw.
The facility has no food vendor, no medical care, and detainees have to use toilets in the middle of shared cells. These are in no way suitable conditions to be holding anyone — period.
The facility has no food vendor, no medical care, and detainees have to use toilets in the middle of shared cells. These are in no way suitable conditions to be holding anyone — period.
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I do not drink because I have almost no tolerance for it anymore (one margarita is too much).
If you are hosting a party, I recommend also stocking:
-fancy ginger beer
-coconut water
-premium juices like lychee and guava
-apple cider with cinnamon
-Italian sodas
-sparkling water
Lots of options!
If you are hosting a party, I recommend also stocking:
-fancy ginger beer
-coconut water
-premium juices like lychee and guava
-apple cider with cinnamon
-Italian sodas
-sparkling water
Lots of options!
November 24, 2025 at 4:01 AM
I do not drink because I have almost no tolerance for it anymore (one margarita is too much).
If you are hosting a party, I recommend also stocking:
-fancy ginger beer
-coconut water
-premium juices like lychee and guava
-apple cider with cinnamon
-Italian sodas
-sparkling water
Lots of options!
If you are hosting a party, I recommend also stocking:
-fancy ginger beer
-coconut water
-premium juices like lychee and guava
-apple cider with cinnamon
-Italian sodas
-sparkling water
Lots of options!
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Late post for #HATM. Someone else shared the obit, but this quote seems very on point for the ice cream incident in tonight’s film.
In memos later made public, the F.B.I. director, J. Edgar Hoover, ordered his agents to begin arresting Mr. Al-Amin and other S.N.C.C. leaders “on every possible charge until they could no longer make bail.”
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/23/u...
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Jamil Abdullah Al-Amin, Black Power Activist Known as H. Rap Brown, Dies at 82
www.nytimes.com
November 24, 2025 at 4:01 AM
Late post for #HATM. Someone else shared the obit, but this quote seems very on point for the ice cream incident in tonight’s film.
Come and join Historians at the Movies #HATM this evening as we watch and chat about tonight's movie, JUDAS AND THE BLACK MESSIAH on Netflix starting at 8 PM EST.
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November 24, 2025 at 12:52 AM
Come and join Historians at the Movies #HATM this evening as we watch and chat about tonight's movie, JUDAS AND THE BLACK MESSIAH on Netflix starting at 8 PM EST.
Click through for more information...
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Crockett on MTG resigning: "Honestly, I was like, you got to be kidding. You're on the other side of the president for one week and you can't take the heat? Imagine what it is to sit in my shoes."
November 23, 2025 at 2:17 PM
Crockett on MTG resigning: "Honestly, I was like, you got to be kidding. You're on the other side of the president for one week and you can't take the heat? Imagine what it is to sit in my shoes."
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In all the American Revolutioning going on this week, I missed what @herberthistory.bsky.social picked for this Sunday.
I jumped over to the Insta and was pleasantly surprised to find that Judas and the Black Messiah is queued up for Sunday night #HATM
I’ve been wanting to watch it again 🤓
I jumped over to the Insta and was pleasantly surprised to find that Judas and the Black Messiah is queued up for Sunday night #HATM
I’ve been wanting to watch it again 🤓
November 22, 2025 at 12:46 AM
In all the American Revolutioning going on this week, I missed what @herberthistory.bsky.social picked for this Sunday.
I jumped over to the Insta and was pleasantly surprised to find that Judas and the Black Messiah is queued up for Sunday night #HATM
I’ve been wanting to watch it again 🤓
I jumped over to the Insta and was pleasantly surprised to find that Judas and the Black Messiah is queued up for Sunday night #HATM
I’ve been wanting to watch it again 🤓
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And welcome to Historians At The Movies! Tonight we are watching THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION on PBS at 8pm eastern! And for the first time ever, you'll click on the link below to join in. We'll be live with @michaelhattem.bsky.social & @lizcovart.bsky.social at about 7:45pm eastern! #HATM
Exciting news for the new Ken Burns series on the American Revolution. @lizcovart.bsky.social @michaelhattem.bsky.social & Historians At The Movies are partnering to bring you a first of its kind watch party next Sunday. Detail below. Share widely. #HATM
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The American Revolution on PBS
A Historians At The Movies/Ben Franklin’s World Watch Party
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November 17, 2025 at 12:42 AM
And welcome to Historians At The Movies! Tonight we are watching THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION on PBS at 8pm eastern! And for the first time ever, you'll click on the link below to join in. We'll be live with @michaelhattem.bsky.social & @lizcovart.bsky.social at about 7:45pm eastern! #HATM
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Y'all don't even need registration. Just join in by visiting riverside.fm/studio/histo... at 7:45pm eastern. I'll be there along with @michaelhattem.bsky.social & @lizcovart.bsky.social and you never know who will pop up #HATM
November 16, 2025 at 11:51 PM
Y'all don't even need registration. Just join in by visiting riverside.fm/studio/histo... at 7:45pm eastern. I'll be there along with @michaelhattem.bsky.social & @lizcovart.bsky.social and you never know who will pop up #HATM
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“Weaponizing the DOJ” takes on a whole new level when you order investigations in order to reopen it so it’s no longer closed and you can claim you can’t release information because it’s an “ongoing investigation”
November 15, 2025 at 2:55 AM
“Weaponizing the DOJ” takes on a whole new level when you order investigations in order to reopen it so it’s no longer closed and you can claim you can’t release information because it’s an “ongoing investigation”
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Great piece by Zadie Smith. When the right talks about classics or "Western" culture, these works are only important to the extent that it demonstrates their superiority, they have no interest in art in and of itself beyond that www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
November 12, 2025 at 2:29 PM
Great piece by Zadie Smith. When the right talks about classics or "Western" culture, these works are only important to the extent that it demonstrates their superiority, they have no interest in art in and of itself beyond that www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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Let's talk about books and the public trust.
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Something that is easy to forget, in these days of barcode-scanning / auto-adjust pricing on third-party platforms for pennies plus shipping:
Booksellers are not merely people who sell some popular books in a competitive market.
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Something that is easy to forget, in these days of barcode-scanning / auto-adjust pricing on third-party platforms for pennies plus shipping:
Booksellers are not merely people who sell some popular books in a competitive market.
November 12, 2025 at 8:41 PM
Let's talk about books and the public trust.
📚🧵
Something that is easy to forget, in these days of barcode-scanning / auto-adjust pricing on third-party platforms for pennies plus shipping:
Booksellers are not merely people who sell some popular books in a competitive market.
📚🧵
Something that is easy to forget, in these days of barcode-scanning / auto-adjust pricing on third-party platforms for pennies plus shipping:
Booksellers are not merely people who sell some popular books in a competitive market.
Be careful. You can be suspended on this platform for quoting Johnny Cash in regards to an article about Johnny Cash...
The account owner of @sarahkendzior.bsky.social was suspended for 72 hours for expressing a desire to shoot the author of an article. The post, made 11/10, stated: "I want to shoot the author of this article just to watch him die." 1/2
November 12, 2025 at 7:41 PM
Be careful. You can be suspended on this platform for quoting Johnny Cash in regards to an article about Johnny Cash...
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ICE won’t stop with immigrants. They are Trump’s thugs
Next they’ll be coming for his critics
You shouldn’t have to be threatened personally to stand against evil
Next they’ll be coming for his critics
You shouldn’t have to be threatened personally to stand against evil
November 10, 2025 at 6:01 PM
ICE won’t stop with immigrants. They are Trump’s thugs
Next they’ll be coming for his critics
You shouldn’t have to be threatened personally to stand against evil
Next they’ll be coming for his critics
You shouldn’t have to be threatened personally to stand against evil
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Read every word & share with everyone you know. This is real life here in Chicago. Americans need to know this grotesque reality & stand with us.
Kyle Kingsbury is not a journalist. He is not an op-ed writer.
He is a computer safety researcher.
And he has written one of the most compelling, comprehensive accounts of the ongoing hell in Chicago that you could possibly imagine.
In under 1600 words.
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He is a computer safety researcher.
And he has written one of the most compelling, comprehensive accounts of the ongoing hell in Chicago that you could possibly imagine.
In under 1600 words.
aphyr.com/posts/397-i-...
November 10, 2025 at 12:15 PM
Read every word & share with everyone you know. This is real life here in Chicago. Americans need to know this grotesque reality & stand with us.
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If you were curious about your chances of survival in event of a nuclear attack, Alex Wellerstein's NUKEMAP can let you play with it: nuclearsecrecy.com/nukemap/
#HouseOfDynamite #HATM
#HouseOfDynamite #HATM
NUKEMAP by Alex Wellerstein
NUKEMAP is a website for visualizing the effects of nuclear detonations.
nuclearsecrecy.com
November 10, 2025 at 1:32 AM
If you were curious about your chances of survival in event of a nuclear attack, Alex Wellerstein's NUKEMAP can let you play with it: nuclearsecrecy.com/nukemap/
#HouseOfDynamite #HATM
#HouseOfDynamite #HATM
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I’ve voted 7 times to reopen the government in a way that holds Trump accountable for his lawlessness and prevents a health care crisis.
I’m prepared to work toward a compromise, but this “deal” before us does not come close to meeting those terms. Voting NO.
Full statement:
I’m prepared to work toward a compromise, but this “deal” before us does not come close to meeting those terms. Voting NO.
Full statement:
November 10, 2025 at 12:48 AM
I’ve voted 7 times to reopen the government in a way that holds Trump accountable for his lawlessness and prevents a health care crisis.
I’m prepared to work toward a compromise, but this “deal” before us does not come close to meeting those terms. Voting NO.
Full statement:
I’m prepared to work toward a compromise, but this “deal” before us does not come close to meeting those terms. Voting NO.
Full statement: