Quilty Quilterton
@douchebaggins.bsky.social
I'm here for joy, not doom, not politics.
Reader, editor, quilter, hermit, ignores most dms (but not from Maggie because she has Linus stickers). If you complain about entire generations of humans, I will block you.
Reader, editor, quilter, hermit, ignores most dms (but not from Maggie because she has Linus stickers). If you complain about entire generations of humans, I will block you.
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Remember (gesturing at everyone everywhere across all time): the one protected class that eeeeeveryone eventually gets to be a part of is disability. Ask your future self
December 8, 2025 at 12:18 AM
Remember (gesturing at everyone everywhere across all time): the one protected class that eeeeeveryone eventually gets to be a part of is disability. Ask your future self
I still have some organizing to do, and my neck/shoulders need a break. We got as far as assembling the table and now we're taking some time to enjoy the weekend.
December 7, 2025 at 10:48 PM
I still have some organizing to do, and my neck/shoulders need a break. We got as far as assembling the table and now we're taking some time to enjoy the weekend.
... For Occupation – This –
The spreading wide my narrow Hands
To gather Paradise –
The spreading wide my narrow Hands
To gather Paradise –
Which lines of poetry live rent-free in your head?
December 7, 2025 at 3:21 PM
... For Occupation – This –
The spreading wide my narrow Hands
To gather Paradise –
The spreading wide my narrow Hands
To gather Paradise –
Best friend unboxed the quilt frame this morning. I had to load up the car with the cut up cardboard and styrofoam packaging to get it out of the room so there's space to set it up.
Those 2 things FILLED THE ENTIRE CAR.
"Can you see?" (out the windows/hatchback)
"That's why we have mirrors." 😂
Those 2 things FILLED THE ENTIRE CAR.
"Can you see?" (out the windows/hatchback)
"That's why we have mirrors." 😂
December 7, 2025 at 2:56 AM
Best friend unboxed the quilt frame this morning. I had to load up the car with the cut up cardboard and styrofoam packaging to get it out of the room so there's space to set it up.
Those 2 things FILLED THE ENTIRE CAR.
"Can you see?" (out the windows/hatchback)
"That's why we have mirrors." 😂
Those 2 things FILLED THE ENTIRE CAR.
"Can you see?" (out the windows/hatchback)
"That's why we have mirrors." 😂
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December 6, 2025 at 5:57 PM
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I have the deepest appreciation for all people who fall and stand back up, for those who fight through life, and for those who feel compassion for others. We are all one. Love you all. 🪬🧿
December 5, 2025 at 9:00 PM
I have the deepest appreciation for all people who fall and stand back up, for those who fight through life, and for those who feel compassion for others. We are all one. Love you all. 🪬🧿
USPS lost a handmade present I sent to a friend; I've filed a missing mail search, but it's been a while and I'm losing hope that they'll find it.
😭
😭
December 5, 2025 at 3:18 PM
USPS lost a handmade present I sent to a friend; I've filed a missing mail search, but it's been a while and I'm losing hope that they'll find it.
😭
😭
"The brain appears to possess a special area which we might call poetic memory and which records everything that charms or touches us, that makes our lives beautiful."
Milan Kundera
(1929~2023)
'The Unbearable Lightness of Being' (1984)
Milan Kundera
(1929~2023)
'The Unbearable Lightness of Being' (1984)
For there is nothing heavier than compassion. Not even one’s own pain weighs so heavy as the pain one feels with someone, for someone, a pain intensified by the imagination and prolonged by a hundred echoes.
Milan Kundera
(1929~2023)
'The Unbearable Lightness of Being' (1984).
Milan Kundera
(1929~2023)
'The Unbearable Lightness of Being' (1984).
December 5, 2025 at 3:16 PM
"The brain appears to possess a special area which we might call poetic memory and which records everything that charms or touches us, that makes our lives beautiful."
Milan Kundera
(1929~2023)
'The Unbearable Lightness of Being' (1984)
Milan Kundera
(1929~2023)
'The Unbearable Lightness of Being' (1984)
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All super rich guys sound the same now. It’s all “I sleep four hours a night and spend the other twenty hours a day developing a product that’s going to bring us the best widespread poverty anyone’s ever seen.”
December 3, 2025 at 9:53 PM
All super rich guys sound the same now. It’s all “I sleep four hours a night and spend the other twenty hours a day developing a product that’s going to bring us the best widespread poverty anyone’s ever seen.”
@duckinggreyduck.bsky.social I was sitting here, drinking my coffee, not wanting to get ready for work, and dreaming about our shoes, when it occurred to me that while I have foam (from bag making) that I *also* have wool batting scraps from quilts.
WOOL BATTING IN MY SHOES! 😍
WOOL BATTING IN MY SHOES! 😍
December 3, 2025 at 3:46 PM
@duckinggreyduck.bsky.social I was sitting here, drinking my coffee, not wanting to get ready for work, and dreaming about our shoes, when it occurred to me that while I have foam (from bag making) that I *also* have wool batting scraps from quilts.
WOOL BATTING IN MY SHOES! 😍
WOOL BATTING IN MY SHOES! 😍
And it's not just that we pay...we pay religious orgs to do a lot of the anti poverty work. I invite you to look into your state budget and find out how many hundreds of thousands of dollars are going to for instance, Catholic "charities" which is just the church.
One of the most common replies in any discussion of universal basic income is "but how do we pay for it?" and not once do those same people ever question the costs incurred by not doing UBI. We spend $1.5 trillion every year on the costs of child poverty alone. Poverty ain't free, folks. WE ALL PAY.
December 3, 2025 at 3:28 PM
And it's not just that we pay...we pay religious orgs to do a lot of the anti poverty work. I invite you to look into your state budget and find out how many hundreds of thousands of dollars are going to for instance, Catholic "charities" which is just the church.
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Hustle culture isn't for everybody. If you don't wanna do it then don't do it. Nobody is forcing you to eat pineapple on your pizza OK.
But if you love the high of tacking ideas and achieving projects, then you're who I write for:
But if you love the high of tacking ideas and achieving projects, then you're who I write for:
8 Traits of High Performers According To Matt Gray
I found this list of "high performer" traits by Matt Gray on LinkedIn and it reinforced my confidnce.
ruthnineke.co
December 3, 2025 at 4:12 AM
Hustle culture isn't for everybody. If you don't wanna do it then don't do it. Nobody is forcing you to eat pineapple on your pizza OK.
But if you love the high of tacking ideas and achieving projects, then you're who I write for:
But if you love the high of tacking ideas and achieving projects, then you're who I write for:
I did not just argue with a stranger on here about von Clausewitz. Please clap. 😂
December 3, 2025 at 3:29 AM
I did not just argue with a stranger on here about von Clausewitz. Please clap. 😂
Sole Sister @duckinggreyduck.bsky.social my stuff is all here! 😍
December 3, 2025 at 1:32 AM
Sole Sister @duckinggreyduck.bsky.social my stuff is all here! 😍
You could be the person who gets this artist all the way to his rebuilding goal! 1% to go!
Donate to Help Phil Rebuild After House Fire- official fundraiser, organized by Erika Goldsmith
Phil is an incredibly talented independent artist who has alwa… Erika Goldsmith needs your support for Help Phil Rebuild After House Fire- official fundraiser
www.gofundme.com
December 3, 2025 at 1:30 AM
You could be the person who gets this artist all the way to his rebuilding goal! 1% to go!
Appliances and vendors who don't want me to use their stupid phone app are rapidly becoming my favorites.
I have so few apps on my phone and I am disinclined to add any, so if the only way I can <whatever they think I need to be able to do conveniently> is through a phone app, I'm out. ✌️
I have so few apps on my phone and I am disinclined to add any, so if the only way I can <whatever they think I need to be able to do conveniently> is through a phone app, I'm out. ✌️
December 2, 2025 at 8:14 PM
Appliances and vendors who don't want me to use their stupid phone app are rapidly becoming my favorites.
I have so few apps on my phone and I am disinclined to add any, so if the only way I can <whatever they think I need to be able to do conveniently> is through a phone app, I'm out. ✌️
I have so few apps on my phone and I am disinclined to add any, so if the only way I can <whatever they think I need to be able to do conveniently> is through a phone app, I'm out. ✌️
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My multi-writer blog whenfallsthecoliseum.com is seeking writers.
Details on the submissions page: whenfallsthecoliseum.com/submissions/
Details on the submissions page: whenfallsthecoliseum.com/submissions/
When Falls the Coliseum
a journal of American culture (or lack thereof)
whenfallsthecoliseum.com
December 2, 2025 at 12:48 PM
My multi-writer blog whenfallsthecoliseum.com is seeking writers.
Details on the submissions page: whenfallsthecoliseum.com/submissions/
Details on the submissions page: whenfallsthecoliseum.com/submissions/
If you can help an artist rebuild, then you know what to do:
Donate to Help Phil Rebuild After House Fire- official fundraiser, organized by Erika Goldsmith
Phil is an incredibly talented independent artist who has alwa… Erika Goldsmith needs your support for Help Phil Rebuild After House Fire- official fundraiser
gofund.me
November 30, 2025 at 11:28 PM
If you can help an artist rebuild, then you know what to do:
I'll see your edict and raise you:
There should be a moratorium on "Please give us your feedback.." period. Full stop. The genre of product review is 99% ridiculous. (Are reviews occasionally useful? Yes. But not often enough to justify the onslaught of electronic begging for opinions).
There should be a moratorium on "Please give us your feedback.." period. Full stop. The genre of product review is 99% ridiculous. (Are reviews occasionally useful? Yes. But not often enough to justify the onslaught of electronic begging for opinions).
Edict: there should be a moratorium on "please give feedback on your item" emails for 6 weeks from 20 Nov. We've all bought presents for people, we can't review them yet, leave us alone!
November 30, 2025 at 3:39 PM
I'll see your edict and raise you:
There should be a moratorium on "Please give us your feedback.." period. Full stop. The genre of product review is 99% ridiculous. (Are reviews occasionally useful? Yes. But not often enough to justify the onslaught of electronic begging for opinions).
There should be a moratorium on "Please give us your feedback.." period. Full stop. The genre of product review is 99% ridiculous. (Are reviews occasionally useful? Yes. But not often enough to justify the onslaught of electronic begging for opinions).
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Watched a Woody Allen movie on the plane because it was about Rome and goddamn that guy hates women
November 30, 2025 at 12:43 PM
Watched a Woody Allen movie on the plane because it was about Rome and goddamn that guy hates women
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any editors out there want a piece that’s a blend of personal narrative & reporting on breaking the silence around suicide, inspired by my last few days on social media? DM me. (retweets appreciated—I started writing it this AM)
November 29, 2025 at 8:32 PM
any editors out there want a piece that’s a blend of personal narrative & reporting on breaking the silence around suicide, inspired by my last few days on social media? DM me. (retweets appreciated—I started writing it this AM)
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you know what, friends? fuck it. I just pitched my editor at @chronicle.com for a piece about breaking the silence on suicide in the academy. with finals coming up, I think it’s urgent. if you’re an academic who’s been suicidal & met with violent attempts to shut you down—DM me.
November 28, 2025 at 2:44 AM
you know what, friends? fuck it. I just pitched my editor at @chronicle.com for a piece about breaking the silence on suicide in the academy. with finals coming up, I think it’s urgent. if you’re an academic who’s been suicidal & met with violent attempts to shut you down—DM me.
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statistically a lot of you won’t know about ocellated turkeys, so, here you go
November 28, 2025 at 1:09 AM
statistically a lot of you won’t know about ocellated turkeys, so, here you go
I made the obvious error of quoting Vonnegut on here.
I deleted the post but not before some folks followed me, so new followers, please know: this is a boring account.
And unless your feed is mostly about making things, or horror movies or your pet, I'm not likely to follow back. Fair warning. 😁
I deleted the post but not before some folks followed me, so new followers, please know: this is a boring account.
And unless your feed is mostly about making things, or horror movies or your pet, I'm not likely to follow back. Fair warning. 😁
November 29, 2025 at 6:16 PM
I made the obvious error of quoting Vonnegut on here.
I deleted the post but not before some folks followed me, so new followers, please know: this is a boring account.
And unless your feed is mostly about making things, or horror movies or your pet, I'm not likely to follow back. Fair warning. 😁
I deleted the post but not before some folks followed me, so new followers, please know: this is a boring account.
And unless your feed is mostly about making things, or horror movies or your pet, I'm not likely to follow back. Fair warning. 😁