@norahbee.bsky.social
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Day 2 of the Republican shutdown. Your regular reminders:
1. GOP controls government. They control what bills get voted on and the vote thresholds for each bill. Senate GOP can pass their bad funding bill today if they felt like it.
2. Dems are fighting to lower costs and save healthcare.
1. GOP controls government. They control what bills get voted on and the vote thresholds for each bill. Senate GOP can pass their bad funding bill today if they felt like it.
2. Dems are fighting to lower costs and save healthcare.
October 2, 2025 at 4:40 PM
Day 2 of the Republican shutdown. Your regular reminders:
1. GOP controls government. They control what bills get voted on and the vote thresholds for each bill. Senate GOP can pass their bad funding bill today if they felt like it.
2. Dems are fighting to lower costs and save healthcare.
1. GOP controls government. They control what bills get voted on and the vote thresholds for each bill. Senate GOP can pass their bad funding bill today if they felt like it.
2. Dems are fighting to lower costs and save healthcare.
#ShowMeYourKnits scarves. I often will make a scarf in order to learn and practice new knitting skills.
These are the scarves where I learned to knit lace (in 2008) and to double knit (in 2021). 🧶
These are the scarves where I learned to knit lace (in 2008) and to double knit (in 2021). 🧶
September 14, 2025 at 12:31 AM
#ShowMeYourKnits scarves. I often will make a scarf in order to learn and practice new knitting skills.
These are the scarves where I learned to knit lace (in 2008) and to double knit (in 2021). 🧶
These are the scarves where I learned to knit lace (in 2008) and to double knit (in 2021). 🧶
@radiofreetom.bsky.social - you wrote years ago re: feeling indifference towards people who’d voted for policies that predictably caused harm, and how your faith led you to want to overcome that feeling.
Was that a published somewhere that I could link to for a friend having a similar struggle?
Was that a published somewhere that I could link to for a friend having a similar struggle?
August 4, 2025 at 6:38 PM
@radiofreetom.bsky.social - you wrote years ago re: feeling indifference towards people who’d voted for policies that predictably caused harm, and how your faith led you to want to overcome that feeling.
Was that a published somewhere that I could link to for a friend having a similar struggle?
Was that a published somewhere that I could link to for a friend having a similar struggle?
Looking back on the emergence of post-truth politics (gift link):
wapo.st/4mlBaZ1
wapo.st/4mlBaZ1
Analysis | The Fact Checker rose in an era of false claims. Falsehoods are now winning.
Longtime Fact Checker Glenn Kessler takes stock as he departs The Washington Post.
wapo.st
August 1, 2025 at 3:23 PM
Looking back on the emergence of post-truth politics (gift link):
wapo.st/4mlBaZ1
wapo.st/4mlBaZ1
Is “gratuitous action pics” of knitting WIPs a thing? 🧶 Couldn’t resist the urge to take photos of my uncut steek with crochet reinforcement along either side, then partway through cutting the steek.
The crocheted slip stitch reinforcement nicely binds up the yarn ends on the raw cut edges.
The crocheted slip stitch reinforcement nicely binds up the yarn ends on the raw cut edges.
July 26, 2025 at 5:23 PM
Is “gratuitous action pics” of knitting WIPs a thing? 🧶 Couldn’t resist the urge to take photos of my uncut steek with crochet reinforcement along either side, then partway through cutting the steek.
The crocheted slip stitch reinforcement nicely binds up the yarn ends on the raw cut edges.
The crocheted slip stitch reinforcement nicely binds up the yarn ends on the raw cut edges.
Knitting WIP 🧶
I finished knitting the sleeves, so while they are blocking, I’m reinforcing and cutting open the steeks on the cardigan body.
Stranded knitting using Jamieson & Smith 2 ply jumper weight wool bought from @theloopyewe.bsky.social.
I finished knitting the sleeves, so while they are blocking, I’m reinforcing and cutting open the steeks on the cardigan body.
Stranded knitting using Jamieson & Smith 2 ply jumper weight wool bought from @theloopyewe.bsky.social.
July 6, 2025 at 8:49 PM
Knitting WIP 🧶
I finished knitting the sleeves, so while they are blocking, I’m reinforcing and cutting open the steeks on the cardigan body.
Stranded knitting using Jamieson & Smith 2 ply jumper weight wool bought from @theloopyewe.bsky.social.
I finished knitting the sleeves, so while they are blocking, I’m reinforcing and cutting open the steeks on the cardigan body.
Stranded knitting using Jamieson & Smith 2 ply jumper weight wool bought from @theloopyewe.bsky.social.
I commend WaPo’s choice of photo here
President Trump issued a full-throated endorsement of NATO — his most forceful backing of a group he once threatened to abandon. The message came as 32 countries agreed to more than double their defense spending targets.
Trump embraces NATO security alliance after years of attacks
“It’s not a rip-off,” Trump said of NATO after its 32 nations agreed to more than double their defense spending targets, which has been a sore spot for the U.S. president.
www.washingtonpost.com
June 25, 2025 at 6:12 PM
I commend WaPo’s choice of photo here
April 6, 2025 at 8:35 PM
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So I did the math. Columbia needs a 2.7%-ish annual return on 15 billion dollars to replace the 400 million the government is threatening to pull. Not a heavy investment lift.
Columbia has a $15 billion endowment. All the ivies and many other universities are sitting on billions. What is the point of the endowment if not to help the university retain its independence? www.wsj.com/us-news/educ...
‘No Way’ to Please Everyone: Columbia’s President Confronts Trump’s Ultimatum
With Trump intent on making an example of Columbia, Armstrong is at the center of a fight over the future of higher education.
www.wsj.com
March 21, 2025 at 2:45 PM
So I did the math. Columbia needs a 2.7%-ish annual return on 15 billion dollars to replace the 400 million the government is threatening to pull. Not a heavy investment lift.
I’ll be sending a donation to my local library district after reading this from WaPo’s @roncharles.bsky.social:
March 21, 2025 at 3:16 PM
I’ll be sending a donation to my local library district after reading this from WaPo’s @roncharles.bsky.social:
By @danamilbank.bsky.social “…the single greatest threat to ‘personal liberties and free markets’ in the United States today: President Donald Trump.”
Gift link
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Gift link
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Opinion | Here’s the real threat to ‘personal liberties and free markets’
The rapidly spreading authoritarianism coming from this administration threatens all of our freedoms.
wapo.st
February 28, 2025 at 10:55 PM
By @danamilbank.bsky.social “…the single greatest threat to ‘personal liberties and free markets’ in the United States today: President Donald Trump.”
Gift link
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Gift link
wapo.st/3DaSKxX
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“Why don't you wear a suit? You're at the highest level in this country's office & you refuse to wear a suit. A lot of Americans have problems with you not respecting the office.”
February 28, 2025 at 7:04 PM
“Why don't you wear a suit? You're at the highest level in this country's office & you refuse to wear a suit. A lot of Americans have problems with you not respecting the office.”
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Following Trump’s first month in office, right-wing talk radio hosts are having to face callers who are voicing their frustrations with the Trump administration’s impact on their own lives.
People are calling into right-wing radio shows to voice frustrations with the Trump administration
Backlash to President Donald Trump’s early actions and statements is starting to erupt at Republican town halls, local and national protests — and on the phone lines of right-wing talk radio shows.
www.mediamatters.org
February 26, 2025 at 6:55 PM
Following Trump’s first month in office, right-wing talk radio hosts are having to face callers who are voicing their frustrations with the Trump administration’s impact on their own lives.
A reminder that the Washington Post is not profitable; it doesn’t directly put $ in Jeff Bezos’ pocket. You know what does provide large profits for him? Amazon.
February 26, 2025 at 4:24 PM
A reminder that the Washington Post is not profitable; it doesn’t directly put $ in Jeff Bezos’ pocket. You know what does provide large profits for him? Amazon.
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YOUR HELP NEEDED: Today a Federal judge in R.I. ordered the Trump admin to re-start all federal grant payments.
If you've got a federal contract, and your funding is *still* frozen despite that order, please let us know here.
www.nytimes.com/2025/01/31/u...
If you've got a federal contract, and your funding is *still* frozen despite that order, please let us know here.
www.nytimes.com/2025/01/31/u...
Has Your Nonprofit Been Affected by Federal Funding Cuts? We Want to Hear From You.
The Trump administration is slashing federal grants. The New York Times wants to talk to nonprofits that have lost funding — or fear they might.
www.nytimes.com
February 10, 2025 at 6:43 PM
YOUR HELP NEEDED: Today a Federal judge in R.I. ordered the Trump admin to re-start all federal grant payments.
If you've got a federal contract, and your funding is *still* frozen despite that order, please let us know here.
www.nytimes.com/2025/01/31/u...
If you've got a federal contract, and your funding is *still* frozen despite that order, please let us know here.
www.nytimes.com/2025/01/31/u...
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In Will Lewis's first year at 'Washington Post,' readers and staffers flee
My story for NPR:
www.npr.org/2025/01/15/n...
My story for NPR:
www.npr.org/2025/01/15/n...
Will Lewis's first year at 'Washington Post': Cancellations, red ink and an exodus
Subscribers and star journalists have fled the Post in its first year under CEO and Publisher Will Lewis. Now staff have signed a petition asking owner Jeff Bezos to intervene.
www.npr.org
January 15, 2025 at 11:37 PM
In Will Lewis's first year at 'Washington Post,' readers and staffers flee
My story for NPR:
www.npr.org/2025/01/15/n...
My story for NPR:
www.npr.org/2025/01/15/n...
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Make 2025 the year you create a sweater designed just for you!
Registration is open for my new Virtual Course
DRAFT YOUR DREAM YOKE SWEATER. learn how to draft a Yoke sweater to your measurements and fit preferences
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Get the details here:
indigodragonfly.ca/collections/...
Registration is open for my new Virtual Course
DRAFT YOUR DREAM YOKE SWEATER. learn how to draft a Yoke sweater to your measurements and fit preferences
—
Get the details here:
indigodragonfly.ca/collections/...
Draft Your Dream Yoke Sweater (Virtual Course - NSM Sweater KAL 2025)
This is a virtual course, with sessions held on Zoom. All sessions are recorded and will be available to you for an unlimited time. The samples I make of my yoke sweater patterns are all knit using a ...
indigodragonfly.ca
December 19, 2024 at 9:49 PM
Make 2025 the year you create a sweater designed just for you!
Registration is open for my new Virtual Course
DRAFT YOUR DREAM YOKE SWEATER. learn how to draft a Yoke sweater to your measurements and fit preferences
—
Get the details here:
indigodragonfly.ca/collections/...
Registration is open for my new Virtual Course
DRAFT YOUR DREAM YOKE SWEATER. learn how to draft a Yoke sweater to your measurements and fit preferences
—
Get the details here:
indigodragonfly.ca/collections/...
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Zero reward for the white supremacist killer who murdered a teen in Manhattan the same day. Yeremi Colino does not matter to these people.
FBI offers reward up to $50,000 as health care executive’s suspected killer evades police for fourth day: cnn.it/4goevIr
FBI offers reward up to $50,000 as health care executive’s suspected killer evades police for fourth day | CNN
As the investigation into the fatal shooting of a health care executive in Manhattan enters its fourth day, the FBI says it is offering a reward of up to $50,000 for information leading to an arrest a...
cnn.it
December 7, 2024 at 9:45 PM
Zero reward for the white supremacist killer who murdered a teen in Manhattan the same day. Yeremi Colino does not matter to these people.
I just intentionally Whamageddon-ed myself and I have zero regrets about it.
December 6, 2024 at 1:37 PM
I just intentionally Whamageddon-ed myself and I have zero regrets about it.
Happy December!
December 1, 2024 at 3:59 PM
Happy December!
Knitting #WIP 🧶
Body of my first self-drafted garment, a stranded cardigan.
No need to console me yet, it’s expected to look weird at this stage.
Steeks will ultimately be cut open for front opening, neck opening, and armholes.
A-line body b/c I’m pear shaped (narrow shoulders, wide hips).
Body of my first self-drafted garment, a stranded cardigan.
No need to console me yet, it’s expected to look weird at this stage.
Steeks will ultimately be cut open for front opening, neck opening, and armholes.
A-line body b/c I’m pear shaped (narrow shoulders, wide hips).
November 30, 2024 at 10:41 PM
Knitting #WIP 🧶
Body of my first self-drafted garment, a stranded cardigan.
No need to console me yet, it’s expected to look weird at this stage.
Steeks will ultimately be cut open for front opening, neck opening, and armholes.
A-line body b/c I’m pear shaped (narrow shoulders, wide hips).
Body of my first self-drafted garment, a stranded cardigan.
No need to console me yet, it’s expected to look weird at this stage.
Steeks will ultimately be cut open for front opening, neck opening, and armholes.
A-line body b/c I’m pear shaped (narrow shoulders, wide hips).
Post a picture you took (no description) to bring some zen to the timeline
November 17, 2024 at 12:17 PM
Post a picture you took (no description) to bring some zen to the timeline
