Leslie Jūratė
@esmereldapea.bsky.social
Poet, Fiber Artist, Jill of All Trades, Data Geek, Romuva Elder
I hate weaving in ends so much that this afghan, made for my youngest grandniece when she was born, still is not finished. She will be 4 in 2 months.
I've only woven in 25% of the ends. It's time. Going to finish it before 2026 begins!
Love the colors but hate stripes.
#knit
#knitting
#ufos
I've only woven in 25% of the ends. It's time. Going to finish it before 2026 begins!
Love the colors but hate stripes.
#knit
#knitting
#ufos
December 30, 2025 at 7:30 PM
No hate intended, but what is with people substituting 'whenever instead of 'when'. Did they miss the grammar lesson where they taught that WHENEVER you use the word "whenever", you are talking about a REPEATING ACTION, not a singular one?
December 21, 2025 at 12:27 PM
No hate intended, but what is with people substituting 'whenever instead of 'when'. Did they miss the grammar lesson where they taught that WHENEVER you use the word "whenever", you are talking about a REPEATING ACTION, not a singular one?
Some days managing a multiply-chronically ill body is just ( )
Especially when jumping between the razors edges of waiting for test results in the cesspool of unknowingness.
& you just wish you had someone to hold you & let you sob in their arms. & then dry your tears and get on with the day.
Especially when jumping between the razors edges of waiting for test results in the cesspool of unknowingness.
& you just wish you had someone to hold you & let you sob in their arms. & then dry your tears and get on with the day.
December 18, 2025 at 9:35 PM
Some days managing a multiply-chronically ill body is just ( )
Especially when jumping between the razors edges of waiting for test results in the cesspool of unknowingness.
& you just wish you had someone to hold you & let you sob in their arms. & then dry your tears and get on with the day.
Especially when jumping between the razors edges of waiting for test results in the cesspool of unknowingness.
& you just wish you had someone to hold you & let you sob in their arms. & then dry your tears and get on with the day.
A brisk walk in the woods this morning is exactly what I needed. 17F, -8C.
The woods in winter are different. Not just the lack of leaves. The trunks creak, the snow crunches, and the most common sign of life is a woodpecker somewhere in the distance.
The woods in winter are different. Not just the lack of leaves. The trunks creak, the snow crunches, and the most common sign of life is a woodpecker somewhere in the distance.
December 15, 2025 at 4:52 PM
A brisk walk in the woods this morning is exactly what I needed. 17F, -8C.
The woods in winter are different. Not just the lack of leaves. The trunks creak, the snow crunches, and the most common sign of life is a woodpecker somewhere in the distance.
The woods in winter are different. Not just the lack of leaves. The trunks creak, the snow crunches, and the most common sign of life is a woodpecker somewhere in the distance.
Here is my version of the Baaaaaahst Knitter pin. He's looking pretty crazed.
#GameofWool
#Knit
#Knitting
#GameofWool
#Knit
#Knitting
December 12, 2025 at 4:26 PM
Here is my version of the Baaaaaahst Knitter pin. He's looking pretty crazed.
#GameofWool
#Knit
#Knitting
#GameofWool
#Knit
#Knitting
Reposted by Leslie Jūratė
MAGAZINER: How many veterans have you deported?
NOEM: We haven't deported veterans
MAGAZINER: We are now joined on Zoom by a combat veteran you deported to Korea
NOEM: We haven't deported veterans
MAGAZINER: We are now joined on Zoom by a combat veteran you deported to Korea
December 11, 2025 at 4:22 PM
MAGAZINER: How many veterans have you deported?
NOEM: We haven't deported veterans
MAGAZINER: We are now joined on Zoom by a combat veteran you deported to Korea
NOEM: We haven't deported veterans
MAGAZINER: We are now joined on Zoom by a combat veteran you deported to Korea
At our year-end knitting group get-together, I put together my play on #GameofWool.
Basically a fiber arts trivia game. I even made a sheep pin for the winner.
Here is the award moment for the winner! (Forgot to get permission to post hence the smiley)
Plus CAKE!
#Knit
#Knitting
Basically a fiber arts trivia game. I even made a sheep pin for the winner.
Here is the award moment for the winner! (Forgot to get permission to post hence the smiley)
Plus CAKE!
#Knit
#Knitting
December 12, 2025 at 10:07 AM
At our year-end knitting group get-together, I put together my play on #GameofWool.
Basically a fiber arts trivia game. I even made a sheep pin for the winner.
Here is the award moment for the winner! (Forgot to get permission to post hence the smiley)
Plus CAKE!
#Knit
#Knitting
Basically a fiber arts trivia game. I even made a sheep pin for the winner.
Here is the award moment for the winner! (Forgot to get permission to post hence the smiley)
Plus CAKE!
#Knit
#Knitting
Reposted by Leslie Jūratė
December 10, 2025 at 1:14 PM
Me: Now HOW many penises . . .
GOOGLE: . . . does an echinda have?
Me: WHAT??
Google: Only one but it has FOUR heads, of which only two work at the same time.
Me: I just wanted to know about the Bayeux Tapestry, but GO ON . . .
GOOGLE: . . . does an echinda have?
Me: WHAT??
Google: Only one but it has FOUR heads, of which only two work at the same time.
Me: I just wanted to know about the Bayeux Tapestry, but GO ON . . .
a man in a suit and tie is sitting at a desk and looking at the camera .
Alt: Michael from THE OFFICE put his elbows on the desk and props his chin on his hands. Text appears "Do Go On".
media.tenor.com
December 9, 2025 at 3:32 PM
Me: Now HOW many penises . . .
GOOGLE: . . . does an echinda have?
Me: WHAT??
Google: Only one but it has FOUR heads, of which only two work at the same time.
Me: I just wanted to know about the Bayeux Tapestry, but GO ON . . .
GOOGLE: . . . does an echinda have?
Me: WHAT??
Google: Only one but it has FOUR heads, of which only two work at the same time.
Me: I just wanted to know about the Bayeux Tapestry, but GO ON . . .
HATE it when you have an expensive skein of yarn and there's a knot that doesn't continue the gradient. Hate it more when I don't think. Frogging back to the abrupt color change, finding the right color from the skein, and then reconnecting so I have the gradual transition as intended.
#knitting
#knitting
December 4, 2025 at 10:20 PM
HATE it when you have an expensive skein of yarn and there's a knot that doesn't continue the gradient. Hate it more when I don't think. Frogging back to the abrupt color change, finding the right color from the skein, and then reconnecting so I have the gradual transition as intended.
#knitting
#knitting
TFW you're cleaning house and you've sequestered the kids but they're just too darned cute!
December 4, 2025 at 1:41 AM
TFW you're cleaning house and you've sequestered the kids but they're just too darned cute!
Reposted by Leslie Jūratė
This is not just a current political issue. Charging & punishing these particular perpetrators is vital to keeping the fight against the ongoing abuse & killing of women & children by men in the spotlight. "Me Too" was only a start.
November 25, 2025 at 7:21 AM
This is not just a current political issue. Charging & punishing these particular perpetrators is vital to keeping the fight against the ongoing abuse & killing of women & children by men in the spotlight. "Me Too" was only a start.
Reposted by Leslie Jūratė
This is a pro death march. People, especially kids, will get sick and some will die.
www.washingtonpost.com/health/2025/...
www.washingtonpost.com/health/2025/...
Louisiana health official who halted state vaccine campaign tapped as CDC’s No. 2
Ralph Abraham, a Louisiana health official who stopped promoting mass vaccination vaccines, has been appointed as the CDC's principal deputy director
www.washingtonpost.com
November 25, 2025 at 6:11 PM
This is a pro death march. People, especially kids, will get sick and some will die.
www.washingtonpost.com/health/2025/...
www.washingtonpost.com/health/2025/...
In a convo today, I confused John Sinclair with Upton Sinclair. I'm blaming the fever.
It's as official as I hope it will get - diverticulitis.
Going to try to manage it with rest, healing tea, bland food, and time. With my doc's blessing.
4th time & I'm avoiding the 💊 & ☢️ if I can.
#hydrate
It's as official as I hope it will get - diverticulitis.
Going to try to manage it with rest, healing tea, bland food, and time. With my doc's blessing.
4th time & I'm avoiding the 💊 & ☢️ if I can.
#hydrate
November 25, 2025 at 11:23 PM
In a convo today, I confused John Sinclair with Upton Sinclair. I'm blaming the fever.
It's as official as I hope it will get - diverticulitis.
Going to try to manage it with rest, healing tea, bland food, and time. With my doc's blessing.
4th time & I'm avoiding the 💊 & ☢️ if I can.
#hydrate
It's as official as I hope it will get - diverticulitis.
Going to try to manage it with rest, healing tea, bland food, and time. With my doc's blessing.
4th time & I'm avoiding the 💊 & ☢️ if I can.
#hydrate
Most of us in the US are ashamed of Trump's actions in regards to Ukraine. We stand unequivocally with Ukraine and against any Russian gains from this unjust war.
#SlavaUkraine
#PeaceinUkraine
#UkraineSovereignty
#SlavaUkraine
#PeaceinUkraine
#UkraineSovereignty
❗️Our land is not for sale: Ukraine has stated its “red lines” at the UN, which it will not cross in any negotiations.
▪️We will never – neither officially nor in any other way – recognize the territory of Ukraine temporarily occupied by Russia as Russian;
▪️We will never – neither officially nor in any other way – recognize the territory of Ukraine temporarily occupied by Russia as Russian;
November 25, 2025 at 4:00 PM
Most of us in the US are ashamed of Trump's actions in regards to Ukraine. We stand unequivocally with Ukraine and against any Russian gains from this unjust war.
#SlavaUkraine
#PeaceinUkraine
#UkraineSovereignty
#SlavaUkraine
#PeaceinUkraine
#UkraineSovereignty
I am now blocking the accounts that tag me, supposedly from Gaza and the like, asking for donations.
How do I know who are scammers and who is legit? Sorry, I won't donate to ANYONE directly unless someone I personally know vouches for them because they know them IRL.
So don't @ me.
How do I know who are scammers and who is legit? Sorry, I won't donate to ANYONE directly unless someone I personally know vouches for them because they know them IRL.
So don't @ me.
November 25, 2025 at 3:23 PM
I am now blocking the accounts that tag me, supposedly from Gaza and the like, asking for donations.
How do I know who are scammers and who is legit? Sorry, I won't donate to ANYONE directly unless someone I personally know vouches for them because they know them IRL.
So don't @ me.
How do I know who are scammers and who is legit? Sorry, I won't donate to ANYONE directly unless someone I personally know vouches for them because they know them IRL.
So don't @ me.
The White Night
1932
Otto Fassbender
Gelatin Silverprint
Minneapolis Institute of Art
(Not currently on display)
1932
Otto Fassbender
Gelatin Silverprint
Minneapolis Institute of Art
(Not currently on display)
November 25, 2025 at 8:18 AM
The White Night
1932
Otto Fassbender
Gelatin Silverprint
Minneapolis Institute of Art
(Not currently on display)
1932
Otto Fassbender
Gelatin Silverprint
Minneapolis Institute of Art
(Not currently on display)
Sounds about right to me.
Aaaand I will soon be starting a social media fast. Being sick in bed has resulted in me being TOO connected.
Aaaand I will soon be starting a social media fast. Being sick in bed has resulted in me being TOO connected.
Here is my peace plan for Ukraine/Russia.
1. Russia gets the fuck out of Ukraine.
2. Putin goes on trial in the Hague.
3. Russia pays everyone for everything.
4. Trump gets impeached, convicted, and sent to jail.
Thanks for your attention to this matter.
1. Russia gets the fuck out of Ukraine.
2. Putin goes on trial in the Hague.
3. Russia pays everyone for everything.
4. Trump gets impeached, convicted, and sent to jail.
Thanks for your attention to this matter.
November 25, 2025 at 8:02 AM
Sounds about right to me.
Aaaand I will soon be starting a social media fast. Being sick in bed has resulted in me being TOO connected.
Aaaand I will soon be starting a social media fast. Being sick in bed has resulted in me being TOO connected.
ICE just snatched up Vahid Abedini, a pro-America Iranian studies prof at University of Oklahoma with a valid H-1B visa, right as he headed to a DC conference. Trump's deportation frenzy claims another innocent victim. #ICE
November 25, 2025 at 7:59 AM
Reposted by Leslie Jūratė
November 23, 2025 at 8:20 PM
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This plaque is posted at West Point. Alcoholic TV talk show chatterbox Pete Hegseth wants to court-martial Arizona Senator Mark Kelly for repeating what is written on it.
November 24, 2025 at 6:06 PM
This plaque is posted at West Point. Alcoholic TV talk show chatterbox Pete Hegseth wants to court-martial Arizona Senator Mark Kelly for repeating what is written on it.
Reposted by Leslie Jūratė
"’Trump’s plan to force Ukraine to give up more territory, to cut its Army by more than half, to never join NATO nor let foreign troops in its territory is an abomination’, Rep Bacon wrote. ‘This agreement weakens Ukraine and leaves them vulnerable to new Russian invasions in years to come’.”
November 23, 2025 at 6:17 PM
"’Trump’s plan to force Ukraine to give up more territory, to cut its Army by more than half, to never join NATO nor let foreign troops in its territory is an abomination’, Rep Bacon wrote. ‘This agreement weakens Ukraine and leaves them vulnerable to new Russian invasions in years to come’.”
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The GOP is on a Pro-Death March, and Our Kids Are Their Next Target.
After dismantling USAID & refusing to fund SNAP, the GOP is now gutting the Department of Education & the CDC, all of which will lead to our children becoming sicker, vulnerable, & dead.
thelefthook.substack.com/p/the-gop-is...
After dismantling USAID & refusing to fund SNAP, the GOP is now gutting the Department of Education & the CDC, all of which will lead to our children becoming sicker, vulnerable, & dead.
thelefthook.substack.com/p/the-gop-is...
November 24, 2025 at 3:41 PM
The GOP is on a Pro-Death March, and Our Kids Are Their Next Target.
After dismantling USAID & refusing to fund SNAP, the GOP is now gutting the Department of Education & the CDC, all of which will lead to our children becoming sicker, vulnerable, & dead.
thelefthook.substack.com/p/the-gop-is...
After dismantling USAID & refusing to fund SNAP, the GOP is now gutting the Department of Education & the CDC, all of which will lead to our children becoming sicker, vulnerable, & dead.
thelefthook.substack.com/p/the-gop-is...