hey crafty friends, what is a good entry level sewing machine to get? 🧵🪡

i want to learn how to sew, mend, & make alterations properly. i also don’t have a ton of cash, so i need to be frugal about what i get.

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filing taxes for a government that is being rapidly dismantled

Elon Musk and his 19-year-olds have now disrupted the approval of medical devices that save lives.

Every member of Congress bears a responsibility to stop this right now.

Repeating something many Black journos have said already, but never underestimate how much white journos+editors willingness to play nice w/ varied iterations of “anti-wokeism” was b/c they got really uncomfortable from 2012 to 2020 when called to account for racism w/in their outlets/profession.

"In other countries, this would be called 'an authoritarian coup.' In America, mealy-mouthed officials call our transition into a mafia state 'deeply troubling' and do little to curb the damage."

-- HIDING IN PLAIN SIGHT (2020)

If we’re renaming bodies of water based on petty grievances, I propose that this be renamed the Kendrick Lamar passage.

There has never been a larger victory in any competition than Kendrick’s over Drake

The most aggravating thing in all this (to me) is the sheer number of you, who believe Black people got high-paying jobs on account of their skin color and not their qualifications. That standards were lowered for us, when the truth is the bars are 10 times higher for us.

I'm having salad for dinner.

Actually, it's fruit salad.

Well, mostly grapes.

OK, all grapes.

Fermented Grapes.

Wine.

I'm having wine for dinner.

I need Americans to hate this administration the way Kendrick hates Drake so they can actually stand a chance of surviving

The NPR Tiny Desk line up for #BlackHistoryMonth:

- Cordae
- Leon Thomas
- Marvin Sapp
- Braxton Cook
- Latto
- Bartees Strange
- Yasmin Williams
- Revive Big Band

I’ve said before:
“Black Women” is a complete sentence.

Who’s the most beautiful?
Black Women

Who’s the smartest & wisest?
Black Women

Who’s the most innovative & resourceful?
Black Women

Who’s the most loving…caring…nurturing?
Black Women

And who’s the most deserving of all things?
Black Women

Leon Thomas got an amazing album

Good take by a couple of my kid’s classmates in the elementary school newspaper

Americans should be allowed to and are entitled to criticize our government & officials… if they can hang literal effigies of Obama and call him racial slurs before after and during his presidency… the media should be able to say the president-elect is taking plays out of mein kampf

this app is so calming

kind of convinced this is the greatest pop song ever recorded youtu.be/eLbmdG8U60E?...