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Joanne
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Mother, Grandmother
Proud daughter of WW2 vet
Retired biomedical researcher👩🏻‍🔬 🧪🧬
Rutgers and Johns Hopkins alumnus🎓📓
Knitter🧶 Reader📚 Cat Mom🐈‍⬛
This week for #showmeyourknits is brights and whites. Have no whites, but plenty of brights. This is The Crown Wools wrap by #Casapinka. Yarn is #MarianatedYarn.
#knitsky
December 23, 2025 at 2:15 PM
This is not normal.
RFK Jr. has cancelled federal grants to the American Academy of Pediatrics, claiming the work they fund “no longer aligns with departmental priorities.” Those grants weren’t about ideology.
December 19, 2025 at 12:01 AM
They have grandchildren. It breaks my heart that my 5 year old granddaughter walks through a metal detector to go to kindergarten.
👇 Many Congress members are too old to have children exposed to lockdown drills and shootings. We must vote out anyone unwilling to value our children over our guns.
"Every lockdown drill is a confession of failure. Every barricaded classroom is an indictment. Every child taught to hide is proof that the adults in charge have surrendered."
December 15, 2025 at 12:58 AM
Reposted by Joanne
What could go wrong?
December 13, 2025 at 12:34 AM
In today’s political climate, knitting is where I find peace and center myself.🧶
December 5, 2025 at 1:04 PM
This week’s theme in #showmeyourknits is mini skein countdown calendars. Here is a festive set from Chelsea Yarns. Pattern is Adventuresome Wrap by @ambahobrien.bsky.social
#knitsky
December 5, 2025 at 1:13 AM
November 30, 2025 at 12:49 AM
Just another example of his total disrespect for women.
I don't know why the "Piggy" thing is bothering me so much. It's one more unforgivable thing in a list of 20,000 unforgivable things, but I've been mad about it for like 12 straight hours.
November 19, 2025 at 3:54 AM
This week’s #showmeyourknits theme is WIPs. I’ve got a few to choose from. This is the Cheri Chevron Shawl by Ambah O’Brien. #knitsky
November 14, 2025 at 12:51 AM
Reposted by Joanne
So given yesterday:

He's going to step up attempts to "impress" people w/golden wall coverings.

He's going to resort to even more extreme actions, out of desperation.

He--& his--will lie even more than they normally do.

He's going to try even more desperately to grift.

Just...be aware.
November 5, 2025 at 11:46 PM
Salk’s response when asked why he didn’t patent the polio vaccine was to respond, “can you patent the sun?”

(NB you cannot patent the sun but you can patent anything the sun shines on which is how tech ruined innovation)
REMINDER: A socialist act by a New Yorker was a major reason why polio was eliminated in the US.
November 5, 2025 at 1:52 AM
This week is cables for #showmeyourknits I knit this shawl when I was first learning how to knit. It was challenging for me at the time and has a beautiful cable and lace edge. The pattern is French CanCan.🧶 #knitsky
November 1, 2025 at 10:11 PM
Happy Halloween from NY!🎃
Empire State Building wearing its pumpkin costume.
November 1, 2025 at 1:01 AM
This week for #showmeyourknits is knitting horror stories specifically lost knits. My first pair of knit mittens is missing and I’m not sure how they were lost. They were in the car and they may have left on the roof while pumping gas. Here is the replacement pair. #knitsky
October 28, 2025 at 1:37 PM
It’s National Black Cat Day! Here are my two.
October 28, 2025 at 1:05 AM
Good question
Why is Apple, Microsoft, Lockheed Martin, Blackstone, Google, OpenAI, Amazon and others financing the destruction of the WH and desecration of the grounds, something that is infuriating to huge chunk of the American population? Do you hate your customers that much?
October 23, 2025 at 2:43 AM
Trump destroying Eleanor Roosevelt‘s legacy (the east wing) feels a little on the nose.
October 21, 2025 at 11:01 PM
Obviously this is why he lied about his intentions. He said he wasn't going to tear down any part of the White House during construction. And why the Treasury Department has told employees to stop sending pictures of the demolition out to the public.
October 21, 2025 at 2:31 PM
Hats! I have plenty. This week’s #showmeyourknits theme. This pattern is my go-to hat called Bankhead, free on Ravelry and available in sizes baby to adult. I’ve made several. This one is child size made for my granddaughter.
#knitsky
October 18, 2025 at 3:52 PM
This week’s theme is spooky knits for #showmeyourknits
This is The Haunted House Cowl by #TellybeanKnits
Also my first project using stranded colorwork knitting.
🎃👻☠️
#knitsky
October 14, 2025 at 10:53 PM
Sulu has more sense than RFKjr
That’s not how you science.
October 10, 2025 at 8:28 PM
Guess there was a price to pay for that gifted plane.
Nothing says “America First” like letting another country put an Air Force base in Idaho
October 10, 2025 at 7:23 PM
This man is a danger to the health of all Americans.
RFK JR: There are many other confirmations -- there are two studies that show children who are circumcised early have double the rate of autism. It’s highly likely because they are given Tylenol
October 9, 2025 at 10:49 PM
Reposted by Joanne
Oh look, vaccines work.
October 8, 2025 at 10:25 PM