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just some Alicia
@aliciaaarnio.solar
The un-knit ball of wool is in its highest state of being, and this is why I stash yarn.
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I knit, spin, sew, and teach physics. These are my random thoughts.
(banner image is my handspun yarn, fiber dyed by FatCatKnits in colorway Melody)
aw, man. but i like rolling back and reminding people to not crowd my bumper 😂 (i wonder how many drivers even know what it means when you roll back a little?)
and yeah no to neutral at a light on a hill. brembos mean my brake jobs are more expensive, so i use the gears to help whenever i can.
December 31, 2025 at 10:59 PM
aha, ok. ty :) between our 06 and 16, i'm very behind on what modern cars do.
sooo the brits don't see it as 'every day is Leg Day when you drive a stickshift' then
December 31, 2025 at 10:46 PM
*blinks in 2006*
what's eco mode?
i will say one time i got a minivan out of a snow drift because it had 1st/2nd in addition to D 😂 can make do when needs must
December 31, 2025 at 10:37 PM
minis are so tempting because god i'd love to have a turbo. but the no stick is a no go for me :( my MIL has a mini and its transmission does weird things i can't handle. also shudders in reverse when it's cold ? sigh.
December 31, 2025 at 10:31 PM
these thoughts brought to you by my car struggling to start today because NJ waters down their gas and it gets me every fucking time 😂 7 years in NC and I've become That Person who doesn't even think about cold any more. I went north with no ice scraper in the car, no boots, even forgot my jacket
December 31, 2025 at 10:18 PM
do y'all know how hard it is to find a stickshift now? and also any not-SUV. Ford's only CAR option, not suv or truck, is the mustang (and i have a 2016 GT, tee hee. but that car is with my buddy and not available to me atm). it's so sad, i hate these huge killer vehicles no one can drive or park
December 31, 2025 at 10:14 PM
so basically my 20 year old car needs to live forever, because i'll be effed if i'm going to have a $600/month car payment 😂

despite how much i really would love to have a brand new galaxy purple pearl wrx tS and yeah i'd slap an urdnot wrex sticker on the back the day i drove it home.
damn it.
December 31, 2025 at 10:09 PM
Reposted by just some Alicia
if they say something and you say that's not true, your response is still shaped like their frame

Your frame has to *contain and explain* their frame, not just contradict it.

You have to eat their frame. Like Kirby
September 24, 2025 at 2:22 PM
maybe solidarity is the only way to message anything.. not starting from a position argument and then seeking consensus from a conclusion, but just a solidarity argument, and then once in solidarity, consensus on a position can be developed. ugh we have such a long way to go
December 30, 2025 at 5:28 PM
we're well beyond the point of our jobs not being what we expected/wanted/signed up for, so what's the risk of flat out refusal? all that tenure means now is 1 yr notice when they want to dump you in the trash, and even then people are getting fired 0 notice for tweets. it's past time for spines
December 30, 2025 at 5:21 PM
whatever it was that ailed me, sleeping 20 of the past 48 hours seems to have chased it off. weird health episode shit like this is scared straight for 40-somethings. time to go eat some vegetables and drink more water like I promised the gods I would 🫡
December 29, 2025 at 4:34 AM