The Yarner
@theyarner.bsky.social
#yarnerdesigns
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Gardening in zone 5 a/b
https://www.ravelry.com/stores/the-yarner
fibers / fabric / food in 🇨🇦
Gardening in zone 5 a/b
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Data centers were pitched as engines of growth. In many places, they’re now testing power grids, water supplies, and public tolerance
https://restofworld.org/2025/ai-data-centers-fallout/?utm_campaign=row-social&utm_source=bluesky&utm_medium=social&utm_content=1766775544
https://restofworld.org/2025/ai-data-centers-fallout/?utm_campaign=row-social&utm_source=bluesky&utm_medium=social&utm_content=1766775544
Governments welcomed data centers. Now they’re grappling with the fallout
The boom in AI data centers is colliding with weak power grids, soaring energy demand, and growing local pushback.
restofworld.org
December 26, 2025 at 6:59 PM
Data centers were pitched as engines of growth. In many places, they’re now testing power grids, water supplies, and public tolerance
https://restofworld.org/2025/ai-data-centers-fallout/?utm_campaign=row-social&utm_source=bluesky&utm_medium=social&utm_content=1766775544
https://restofworld.org/2025/ai-data-centers-fallout/?utm_campaign=row-social&utm_source=bluesky&utm_medium=social&utm_content=1766775544
Sad, but true.
Christ on a bike, this is brilliant.
And disgustingly historically accurate. 10/10
And disgustingly historically accurate. 10/10
December 26, 2025 at 6:45 PM
Sad, but true.
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Authors with AI covers, this means you. If you care at all about class solidarity, you cannot use AI, period. Yes, covers can be pricey, but that's because the people making them deserve to make a living wage from their labour.
If you, also a working artist, deny them that in favour of slop-
If you, also a working artist, deny them that in favour of slop-
Translators, illustrators, researchers and editors all do creative, human work that is important and cannot be reproduced in part or in whole by AI any more than writers. Their interests are our interests. To legitimize the use of AI to replace them is a failure of principle as much as strategy.
December 24, 2025 at 3:13 PM
Authors with AI covers, this means you. If you care at all about class solidarity, you cannot use AI, period. Yes, covers can be pricey, but that's because the people making them deserve to make a living wage from their labour.
If you, also a working artist, deny them that in favour of slop-
If you, also a working artist, deny them that in favour of slop-
I have no words for what this sounds like to someone born and educated in Germany.
“Like prime, but with human beings”
December 26, 2025 at 5:36 PM
I have no words for what this sounds like to someone born and educated in Germany.
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Facebook, Instagram, X are simply banned in Russia. No US outrage about free speech there—yet the EU is the target. That contrast says a lot.
Visa bans may be moderate, but the message isn’t: the US is signaling it feels entitled to challenge EU rules governing digital speech.
www.state.gov/releases/off...
www.state.gov/releases/off...
Announcement of Actions to Combat the Global Censorship-Industrial Complex - United States Department of State
The State Department is taking decisive action against five individuals who have led organized efforts to coerce American platforms to censor, demonetize, and suppress American viewpoints they oppose....
www.state.gov
December 24, 2025 at 12:16 PM
Facebook, Instagram, X are simply banned in Russia. No US outrage about free speech there—yet the EU is the target. That contrast says a lot.
Hey, #KnitSky,
has anyone of you who knit the #MusselburghHat worked out which percentage of overall yarn used you need for the decrease section?
I'm playing yarn chicken over here and need to know. 🧶🐔
#knitting
has anyone of you who knit the #MusselburghHat worked out which percentage of overall yarn used you need for the decrease section?
I'm playing yarn chicken over here and need to know. 🧶🐔
#knitting
December 24, 2025 at 12:38 AM
Hey, #KnitSky,
has anyone of you who knit the #MusselburghHat worked out which percentage of overall yarn used you need for the decrease section?
I'm playing yarn chicken over here and need to know. 🧶🐔
#knitting
has anyone of you who knit the #MusselburghHat worked out which percentage of overall yarn used you need for the decrease section?
I'm playing yarn chicken over here and need to know. 🧶🐔
#knitting
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Hey guys, check this out:
The Epstein files on the DOJ website allow you to highlight the redacted text, copy it, and paste it into another document, which reveals what was hidden. You can also press Ctrl+F and search for “Trump ” (with a space) to see his name appear more than 600 times. #OpDeathEaters
December 23, 2025 at 3:21 PM
Hey guys, check this out:
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Australian researchers have made a trial COVID vaccine that stops COVID infection and transmission, rather than just reduce the damage done by an infection:
https://www.frontiersin.org/journals/immunology/articles/10.3389/fimmu.2025.1654126/full
This could be life-changing for many - including me.
https://www.frontiersin.org/journals/immunology/articles/10.3389/fimmu.2025.1654126/full
This could be life-changing for many - including me.
December 23, 2025 at 1:23 AM
Australian researchers have made a trial COVID vaccine that stops COVID infection and transmission, rather than just reduce the damage done by an infection:
https://www.frontiersin.org/journals/immunology/articles/10.3389/fimmu.2025.1654126/full
This could be life-changing for many - including me.
https://www.frontiersin.org/journals/immunology/articles/10.3389/fimmu.2025.1654126/full
This could be life-changing for many - including me.
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Testing how a tiktok link shows up with this reel from a couple of years ago.
vt.tiktok.com/ZSPnUdU3a/
(If you have trouble keeping your #crochet edges straight, this little trick may help.)
#CrochetSky
🧶
vt.tiktok.com/ZSPnUdU3a/
(If you have trouble keeping your #crochet edges straight, this little trick may help.)
#CrochetSky
🧶
December 22, 2025 at 9:10 PM
Testing how a tiktok link shows up with this reel from a couple of years ago.
vt.tiktok.com/ZSPnUdU3a/
(If you have trouble keeping your #crochet edges straight, this little trick may help.)
#CrochetSky
🧶
vt.tiktok.com/ZSPnUdU3a/
(If you have trouble keeping your #crochet edges straight, this little trick may help.)
#CrochetSky
🧶
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Actions speak louder than words.
December 20, 2025 at 2:18 PM
Actions speak louder than words.
December 16, 2025 at 10:32 PM
This. Buy local. Buy independent.
While Amazon is investing billions of dollars to expand AI, independent bookstores are hosting community events, personally recommending books to readers, and providing a space that is safe and welcoming during a time when we need them most.
Never underestimate the power of a local bookstore.
Never underestimate the power of a local bookstore.
December 15, 2025 at 6:33 PM
This. Buy local. Buy independent.
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Sounds about right.
December 15, 2025 at 12:38 PM
Sounds about right.
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I've been laughing at this all day. All three of these people nailed it. 10/10, no notes.
December 13, 2025 at 5:16 PM
I've been laughing at this all day. All three of these people nailed it. 10/10, no notes.
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An excellent demonstration of Trump diplomacy, which is generally saying "f*ck you" to the world (other, of course, than Russia.)
December 13, 2025 at 2:53 PM
An excellent demonstration of Trump diplomacy, which is generally saying "f*ck you" to the world (other, of course, than Russia.)
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This is your seasonal reminder that Bookshop.org and libro.fm exist as local-supporting not-Amazon options for all your physical and audiobook needs! Bookshop even gives you the option to add a card and a pretty fabric bag and ship it directly to your giftee!
Bookshop.org: Buy books online. Support local bookstores.
A better way to buy books online. Every purchase financially supports local independent bookstores.
Bookshop.org
December 12, 2025 at 12:44 AM
This is your seasonal reminder that Bookshop.org and libro.fm exist as local-supporting not-Amazon options for all your physical and audiobook needs! Bookshop even gives you the option to add a card and a pretty fabric bag and ship it directly to your giftee!
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“This is the template now. Violate fairly modest regulations, claim it’s censorship, get your political allies to amplify the lie, use it to de-legitimize any attempt at platform accountability for actively misleading users.”
@mmasnick.bsky.social on the playbook Musk is following on the DSA fine
@mmasnick.bsky.social on the playbook Musk is following on the DSA fine
Elon’s Crying Censorship Over An EU Fine That Has Nothing To Do With Censorship
Elon Musk is now calling for the dissolution of the European Union because it fined him $140 million for violating a law he once said was “exactly aligned” with his vision for (what was…
www.techdirt.com
December 8, 2025 at 7:07 PM
“This is the template now. Violate fairly modest regulations, claim it’s censorship, get your political allies to amplify the lie, use it to de-legitimize any attempt at platform accountability for actively misleading users.”
@mmasnick.bsky.social on the playbook Musk is following on the DSA fine
@mmasnick.bsky.social on the playbook Musk is following on the DSA fine
And it tastes amazing.
Bailey's alternative.
Bailey's is owned by Diageo. This is the company that just shuttered the Ontario Crown Royal bottling plant in order to move production to the USA.
Corby is partly owned by Pernod Ricard, but this is made in Cowansville, Quebec by Ungava Spirits Co. (bought by Corby in 2016.)
Bailey's is owned by Diageo. This is the company that just shuttered the Ontario Crown Royal bottling plant in order to move production to the USA.
Corby is partly owned by Pernod Ricard, but this is made in Cowansville, Quebec by Ungava Spirits Co. (bought by Corby in 2016.)
December 8, 2025 at 2:03 AM
And it tastes amazing.
I still have a bit of sewing to do before it can grace my table, but that was a #Nikolaus day well spent.
🧶
#workshop
#SewSky
#quilting
#CrazyChristmasTrees
#TableRunner
#CutLoosePress
🧶
#workshop
#SewSky
#quilting
#CrazyChristmasTrees
#TableRunner
#CutLoosePress
December 6, 2025 at 10:35 PM
I still have a bit of sewing to do before it can grace my table, but that was a #Nikolaus day well spent.
🧶
#workshop
#SewSky
#quilting
#CrazyChristmasTrees
#TableRunner
#CutLoosePress
🧶
#workshop
#SewSky
#quilting
#CrazyChristmasTrees
#TableRunner
#CutLoosePress
Found this at my local library. Some well known (to me) things in there, but also a lot of stuff I've been meaning to get into, or get into some more. Look at all those bookmarks! I'm thinking this may have to go on my Santa list.
December 4, 2025 at 4:37 PM
Found this at my local library. Some well known (to me) things in there, but also a lot of stuff I've been meaning to get into, or get into some more. Look at all those bookmarks! I'm thinking this may have to go on my Santa list.
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Oxford University Press has announced its word of the year for 2025: "rage bait."
December 1, 2025 at 8:57 PM
Oxford University Press has announced its word of the year for 2025: "rage bait."
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Sure, they've made an environmentally catastrophic mass hallucination disinformation plagiarism Clippy that will destabilize the world, but also their other goal is to replace human workers entirely and let us humans starve. A boycott of AI is the most important boycott of your entire life.
"All of this falls apart if humans don't adopt the tech. This is why you've seen Meta cram its lame chatbots into WhatsApp and Instagram. This is why Notepad and Paint now have useless Copilot buttons on Windows. This is why Google Gemini wants to "help you" read and reply to your emails."
Analysis: OpenAI is a loss-making machine, how can it survive?
Don't call it a bubble! Loss-making monster OpenAI is on the hook for $1.4 trillion (with a T) in compute commitments. How can this go on?
www.windowscentral.com
November 30, 2025 at 9:17 PM
Sure, they've made an environmentally catastrophic mass hallucination disinformation plagiarism Clippy that will destabilize the world, but also their other goal is to replace human workers entirely and let us humans starve. A boycott of AI is the most important boycott of your entire life.
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It's extremely vital to remember that these artists aren't just being replaced by AI, they're being replaced by AI using the artist's work. The artists are being replaced with THEMSELVES, only free. That's the situation here
October 12, 2025 at 9:57 PM
It's extremely vital to remember that these artists aren't just being replaced by AI, they're being replaced by AI using the artist's work. The artists are being replaced with THEMSELVES, only free. That's the situation here