Neil B.
@sewmanyseams.bsky.social
Feeling crafty, might delete later.
I love SIPP. All opinions are my own.
I love SIPP. All opinions are my own.
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“The National AIDS Memorial, through a partnership with the AIDS Quilt Touch team, presents all 50,000 panels of the AIDS Memorial Quilt in an interactive experience so people around the world can experience the beauty of the Quilt and witness the love and stories stitched into each panel.”
Interactive AIDS Quilt
The National AIDS Memorial, through a partnership with the AIDS Quilt Touch team, presents all 48,000 panels of the AIDS Memorial Quilt in an interactive experience People around the world can experie...
www.aidsmemorial.org
December 1, 2025 at 11:19 PM
“The National AIDS Memorial, through a partnership with the AIDS Quilt Touch team, presents all 50,000 panels of the AIDS Memorial Quilt in an interactive experience so people around the world can experience the beauty of the Quilt and witness the love and stories stitched into each panel.”
Making some progress on this adaptation to @wholecirclestudio.bsky.social's bzzzzzz quilt pattern. Love how these flowers are turning out! #modernquilting #quilt
November 19, 2025 at 3:53 PM
Making some progress on this adaptation to @wholecirclestudio.bsky.social's bzzzzzz quilt pattern. Love how these flowers are turning out! #modernquilting #quilt
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If any of Lia Smith's friends wants to talk to me, I'd love to uplift her story and her life. DMs are open.
October 28, 2025 at 5:51 PM
If any of Lia Smith's friends wants to talk to me, I'd love to uplift her story and her life. DMs are open.
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Huge crowds in Missoula, Montana.
Credit Sally Mauk, Montana Public Radio.
Credit Sally Mauk, Montana Public Radio.
October 18, 2025 at 5:47 PM
Huge crowds in Missoula, Montana.
Credit Sally Mauk, Montana Public Radio.
Credit Sally Mauk, Montana Public Radio.
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If you attend a No Kings Day event, please record the number of people in attendance in our crowdsourced crowd-counting sheet. We prefer official estimates above ad-hoc counts — if you count yourself, pls be conservative (people are bad at estimating crowd sizes). docs.google.com/spreadsheets...
20251018_No Kings Day 2 Protests Unofficial Attendance Crowdsourcing
docs.google.com
October 18, 2025 at 4:02 PM
If you attend a No Kings Day event, please record the number of people in attendance in our crowdsourced crowd-counting sheet. We prefer official estimates above ad-hoc counts — if you count yourself, pls be conservative (people are bad at estimating crowd sizes). docs.google.com/spreadsheets...
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“The only group to see a decline in childlessness was women ages 45 to 50 — from 16.7% in 2014 to 14.9% in 2024. This suggests that more women had children as they entered their late 40s.”
While Share of Younger Women Without Children Increased, More Women Had Children as They Entered Their Late 40s From 2014 to 2024
From 2014 to 2024, the share of older mothers rose as fewer teens and women in their 20s and 30s had children.
www.census.gov
September 23, 2025 at 11:08 PM
“The only group to see a decline in childlessness was women ages 45 to 50 — from 16.7% in 2014 to 14.9% in 2024. This suggests that more women had children as they entered their late 40s.”
Recently finished another quilt top- really happy with how the colors and the curves turned out!
September 17, 2025 at 1:18 PM
Recently finished another quilt top- really happy with how the colors and the curves turned out!
"I've always enjoyed having dinner and interacting."
Yeah, many of us do
Yeah, many of us do
September 6, 2025 at 1:22 AM
"I've always enjoyed having dinner and interacting."
Yeah, many of us do
Yeah, many of us do
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Statement from the largest economics association about the BLS firing
As context: AEA approximately never makes such public statements
This is a big deal
As context: AEA approximately never makes such public statements
This is a big deal
August 2, 2025 at 8:13 PM
Statement from the largest economics association about the BLS firing
As context: AEA approximately never makes such public statements
This is a big deal
As context: AEA approximately never makes such public statements
This is a big deal
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Why do the jobs numbers get revised?
our markets and policymakers want data NOW but employer data dribbles in over months
1st estimate is based on the 75% of employers who respond promptly
Updates occur as more data rolls in: 95% response rate by final revision 1/N
www.bls.gov/opub/btn/vol...
our markets and policymakers want data NOW but employer data dribbles in over months
1st estimate is based on the 75% of employers who respond promptly
Updates occur as more data rolls in: 95% response rate by final revision 1/N
www.bls.gov/opub/btn/vol...
August 2, 2025 at 10:08 AM
Why do the jobs numbers get revised?
our markets and policymakers want data NOW but employer data dribbles in over months
1st estimate is based on the 75% of employers who respond promptly
Updates occur as more data rolls in: 95% response rate by final revision 1/N
www.bls.gov/opub/btn/vol...
our markets and policymakers want data NOW but employer data dribbles in over months
1st estimate is based on the 75% of employers who respond promptly
Updates occur as more data rolls in: 95% response rate by final revision 1/N
www.bls.gov/opub/btn/vol...
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BREAKING: President Trump is calling for the firing of the commissioner of the Bureau of Labor Statistics hours after the federal statistical agency released a weaker-than-expected jobs report
August 1, 2025 at 6:37 PM
BREAKING: President Trump is calling for the firing of the commissioner of the Bureau of Labor Statistics hours after the federal statistical agency released a weaker-than-expected jobs report
Thanks to all who chimed in about the final design- I decided to go with the plus layout in the end. Love how this quilt turned out. #bloemquilt pattern by @libselliott.com
July 27, 2025 at 7:00 PM
Thanks to all who chimed in about the final design- I decided to go with the plus layout in the end. Love how this quilt turned out. #bloemquilt pattern by @libselliott.com
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NEW: The Census Bureau is planning to scale back its Survey of Income and Program Participation — which is used to measure use of SNAP food assistance and other government programs — and start using "non-survey data" to lower costs, according to a budget document
www.commerce.gov/sites/defaul...
www.commerce.gov/sites/defaul...
June 25, 2025 at 3:27 PM
NEW: The Census Bureau is planning to scale back its Survey of Income and Program Participation — which is used to measure use of SNAP food assistance and other government programs — and start using "non-survey data" to lower costs, according to a budget document
www.commerce.gov/sites/defaul...
www.commerce.gov/sites/defaul...
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Edith Edmunds, who is 99 years old, the art of quilt making is inextricably linked to the Black struggle for freedom. That's why she plans to be sewing Thursday on Juneteenth.
On Juneteenth, she celebrates the role quilts may have played in Underground Railroad
Edith Edmunds, who is 99 years old, the art of quilt making is inextricably linked to the Black struggle for freedom. That's why she plans to be sewing Thursday on Juneteenth.
n.pr
June 19, 2025 at 9:43 PM
Edith Edmunds, who is 99 years old, the art of quilt making is inextricably linked to the Black struggle for freedom. That's why she plans to be sewing Thursday on Juneteenth.
June 18, 2025 at 12:29 AM
It never crossed my mind to plan my week around Recall Thursday, but I should start doing that
Due to the Juneteenth holiday, Recalls and Product Safety Warnings will be posted TOMORROW, Wednesday, June 18th. If you have come to plan your week around Recall Thursday, please be advised.
June 17, 2025 at 9:34 PM
It never crossed my mind to plan my week around Recall Thursday, but I should start doing that
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anybody have any idea how many people showed up at the various LA No Kings Day events?
docs.google.com/spreadsheets...
docs.google.com/spreadsheets...
No Kings Day protests unofficial attendance crowdsourcing
docs.google.com
June 14, 2025 at 5:08 PM
anybody have any idea how many people showed up at the various LA No Kings Day events?
docs.google.com/spreadsheets...
docs.google.com/spreadsheets...
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NEW: DOGE's push to cut some federal surveys was prompted by the Census Bureau asking to be exempt from Trump's hiring freeze in order to have enough interviewers for ongoing surveys and the American Housing Survey, Ron Jarmin, the bureau's acting director, said at a @copafs.bsky.social meeting
DOGE created a 'survey of surveys' for a push to cut some government data collection
DOGE's push to cut some federal surveys conducted by the Census Bureau may be duplicating a White House agency's oversight work and weaken U.S. data infrastructure, experts warn.
www.npr.org
June 6, 2025 at 4:30 PM
NEW: DOGE's push to cut some federal surveys was prompted by the Census Bureau asking to be exempt from Trump's hiring freeze in order to have enough interviewers for ongoing surveys and the American Housing Survey, Ron Jarmin, the bureau's acting director, said at a @copafs.bsky.social meeting
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My home of Missoula just voted to establish the pride flag as an official government flag of the city, thereby circumventing the state's asinine pride flag ban. 🏳️🌈
Missoula is once again showing how to fight back against policies that seek to erase the LGBTQ community.
Missoula is once again showing how to fight back against policies that seek to erase the LGBTQ community.
June 3, 2025 at 3:34 AM
My home of Missoula just voted to establish the pride flag as an official government flag of the city, thereby circumventing the state's asinine pride flag ban. 🏳️🌈
Missoula is once again showing how to fight back against policies that seek to erase the LGBTQ community.
Missoula is once again showing how to fight back against policies that seek to erase the LGBTQ community.
My blocks are trimmed! Very excited to piece everything together for the quilt top! #bloem #bloemquilt #quilting
June 3, 2025 at 12:48 AM
My blocks are trimmed! Very excited to piece everything together for the quilt top! #bloem #bloemquilt #quilting
Cutting fabric for the next round of applique on this quilt 🦋
April 20, 2025 at 8:54 PM
Cutting fabric for the next round of applique on this quilt 🦋
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My latest @npr.org story: Some towns paid the U.S. Census Bureau to produce new local population counts to try to get more funding. But President Trump’s hiring freeze derailed their special census plans and could hurt the #2030Census
Trump's hiring freeze has halted local head counts and could threaten the U.S. census
Some towns paid the U.S. Census Bureau to produce new local population counts to try to get more funding. But Trump's hiring freeze derailed their special census plans — and could hurt the 2030 count.
www.npr.org
March 13, 2025 at 4:35 PM
My latest @npr.org story: Some towns paid the U.S. Census Bureau to produce new local population counts to try to get more funding. But President Trump’s hiring freeze derailed their special census plans and could hurt the #2030Census
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NEW: More than 90 groups led by @asa-scipol.bsky.social say in a letter to Congress & OMB that the federal system for producing U.S. economic indicators is "facing severe challenges due to pressing needs to modernize and lack of funds to secure its long-term future"
www.amstat.org/docs/default...
www.amstat.org/docs/default...
February 19, 2025 at 2:35 PM
NEW: More than 90 groups led by @asa-scipol.bsky.social say in a letter to Congress & OMB that the federal system for producing U.S. economic indicators is "facing severe challenges due to pressing needs to modernize and lack of funds to secure its long-term future"
www.amstat.org/docs/default...
www.amstat.org/docs/default...