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Madame DeFarge

@madamedefargeknits.bsky.social

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Wife, mother, daughter, sister, cousin, aunt, friend. Font of useless information. Delighter in the absurd. Knitter for charity.

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Madame DeFarge @madamedefargeknits.bsky.social · 1h

Can we re-allocate some of last night’s runs to Games 1 and 2?

Madame DeFarge @madamedefargeknits.bsky.social · 1h

Forget history. I wish *now* would not be kind to enablers.

Madame DeFarge @madamedefargeknits.bsky.social · 13h

“Look what you made me do.”

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Marko Kloos @markokloos.bsky.social · 16h

"the girlfriend of one of the founders of antifa"

An image of Julie Andrews in The Sound of Music, twirling on an alpine meadow in a long Austrian skirt, next to an image of Christopher Plummer as Georg Von Trapp in the same movie, tearing a Nazi flag in half.

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Madame DeFarge @madamedefargeknits.bsky.social · 14h

The Skoo-kle River in Philadelphia.

Madame DeFarge @madamedefargeknits.bsky.social · 14h

Yikes. When was this?

Madame DeFarge @madamedefargeknits.bsky.social · 14h

I still remember the imperious flick-of-the-wrist my kids would use to hand me their used Kleenexes.

a woman in a white dress is standing next to a railing and says " why thank you "

ALT: a woman in a white dress is standing next to a railing and says " why thank you "

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Madame DeFarge @madamedefargeknits.bsky.social · 15h

Schuylkill!

Madame DeFarge @madamedefargeknits.bsky.social · 15h

Conshohocken. Schuylkill.

Madame DeFarge @madamedefargeknits.bsky.social · 16h

Lancaster.

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Madame DeFarge @madamedefargeknits.bsky.social · 16h

Lancaster County, Pa.

Madame DeFarge @madamedefargeknits.bsky.social · 16h

I’m so sorry they did this to you.

Madame DeFarge @madamedefargeknits.bsky.social · 1d

This is out of control.

The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 1d

WATCH: Trump’s lawless Ice goons shoot an unarmed priest in the head with a pepper ball. Completely out of control.

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Gloria Purvis @iamgloriapurvis.bsky.social · 2d

www.americamagazine.org/faith-and-re...

What are Black Catholics hearing when church leaders praise Charlie Kirk?

For many Black Catholics familiar with Charlie Kirk's full record, endorsements of his message by Catholic leaders can be devastating.

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Madame DeFarge @madamedefargeknits.bsky.social · 1d

I find that hard to believe. Do you watch Britbox? There have have been at least 50 murders in Shetland alone over the past 9 years.

a man and a woman are standing in front of a building that says britbox

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Madame DeFarge @madamedefargeknits.bsky.social · 2d

I’m worried about Merrill Reese. He’s 83!

Madame DeFarge @madamedefargeknits.bsky.social · 2d

Dead October.

Madame DeFarge @madamedefargeknits.bsky.social · 2d

I had a 3yo neighbor come trick-or-treating who informed me quite firmly that I needed to get those spotlights that project ghosts and witches onto my house. He was thrilled the next year when I took his advice. He’s now about 18.

Madame DeFarge @madamedefargeknits.bsky.social · 3d

I actually yelped in the supermarket.

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Madame DeFarge @madamedefargeknits.bsky.social · 3d

Weird how he didn’t mention John McCain: a Vietnam War hero *and* a Navy pilot.

Madame DeFarge @madamedefargeknits.bsky.social · 3d

How’s this?

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Madame DeFarge @madamedefargeknits.bsky.social · 4d

“Explosion of Transgender” is a good name for a band.

Madame DeFarge @madamedefargeknits.bsky.social · 4d

*waves goodbye with all five fingers*

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Madame DeFarge @madamedefargeknits.bsky.social · 4d

My husband is bald. He looks about his age (60) but if he puts a baseball cap on, he looks like he’s 12.