This piece speaks to my own feelings on the state of things. Absolutely worth the read.
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AOC: I don’t celebrate RAPISTS, so no, I’m not going to the inauguration tomorrow

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I read that President Carter hand built a cradle for every one of his grandchildren. I can imagine every other president making something by hand, except one. That one doesn't know how to make anything, he only knows how to destroy.

I learned that you can tell Duolingo to delete your account, and even though it says it will be deleted after thirty days, IT STILL SENDS ALL THE NOTIFICATIONS!

Trump’s nominee to head the Department of Education has been flying below the radar screen. It’s time to put a stop to that. open.substack.com/pub/joycevan...

What can we do? Great advice from Jen Rubin:

Sorry not sorry.

My husband made one of my comfort foods tonight, polenta and beef stew. So yummy!

This is either a new baby opossum, or the first one didn't learn the lesson after all. Tiny 2 is also now free.

Little baby I caught in the live trap while trying for the giant rats in the barn. Tiny is now free, and hopefully smarter.

Rural life:
Saw a loose dog running on the road, stopped to catch it. Turns out there were two, so I caught one and the other followed her. Neighbor said they might belong to this one sort of secretive property, so I walked them there, but no one answered the yelling. The two dogs behind the gate 1-

“Bluesky is an echo chamber!”

Our Reply: Echo chamber? Nah, we prefer to call it surround sound for facts.

Two skeins of the superwash bulky wool I dyed for my sister. The dyes are acid dyes, meaning they use an acid like vinegar or citric acid to penetrate the fiber. Superwash is a treatment given to wool so that it doesn't shrink or felt, and a side effect is deeper colors from the dyes.

Dyed Falkland wool in braids, and a couple skeins of Superwash Merino yarn.

Superwash yarn and a knit baby hat that I dyed.