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Knitter, ex-cab driver (check out the stories at www.yellowandblackmail.com), current data integrator, eternal bleeding-heart liberal. πŸ§€Madison, WI

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While waking up early is still very difficult, after about 3 months of working out 3-4 times per week, my body still hums with pleasure the rest of the day on workout days.

Haven’t really lost any weight, maybe 5 pounds tops, but my lungs and heart feel awesome.

Still hate mornings, though.

06.03.2026 16:41 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Il Burato pattern by Nathan Taylor If you are looking for some sixteenth-century, Italian opulence, then this is the scarf for you!

Bought yarn for this project today that should be a lot of fun! I also noticed that I buy a lot of this specific yarn, so I bought a couple black and a couple white skeins to make impulse colorwork projects more accessible. Here is my next double knit project!

www.ravelry.com/patterns/lib...

05.03.2026 16:02 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

They are clearly coo-coo.

03.03.2026 21:05 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
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Senator calls for DEA to provide info on "incredibly disturbing" Epstein drug investigation Federal drug enforcement investigators targeted Jeffrey Epstein and 14 others in a yearslong probe first reported by CBS News.

This is a big one. A newly uncovered document has revealed the existence of a mystery Epstein investigation. It was spearheaded by the DEA and involved drug trafficking and money laundering. Epstein was one of 15 targets. The other 14 names are redacted. I've got questions.

27.02.2026 15:15 πŸ‘ 17171 πŸ” 7215 πŸ’¬ 565 πŸ“Œ 421

My mom was a librarian at UCR and I basically grew up there. This visual has a smell in my mind and brings back loads of memories haha

And you are right, I can hear her giggle when I read it πŸ˜‚

27.02.2026 16:02 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Didn’t want to announce this sooner (for obvious security reasons) but Mike and I are past our transition period of removing our Ring cameras and installing Reolink. I canceled our subscription weeks ago and we are in our delete account process. Having locally stored video is way better.
#Reolink

27.02.2026 15:58 πŸ‘ 3 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

I ran into this with other yarn of mine and figured it was held in a shop a long time and had moth damage. Dunno for sure, but I agree, VERY frustrating. The yarn in my stash was Estilo Plymouth yarn πŸ˜–

25.02.2026 21:33 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

You have the best kind of hype πŸ’™πŸ’™πŸ’™

25.02.2026 16:21 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

I know other, smarter people put these pieces together before me, but since Epstein’s ring collapsed, Trump then used Andrew Tate, right, and that’s why the dude was pardoned and moved to Florida (a convenient location for Mar-a-lago). This whole thing is so rotten.

21.02.2026 20:34 πŸ‘ 7 πŸ” 3 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

😰

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University Place | Wonderful Wool for Your Plants and Your Planet Elaine Becker and Karen Mayhew describe how wool is a healthy soil alternative to peat.

If you farm or garden, this scientific talk on how waste wool (wool not fit for clothing) can be MORE beneficial than typical fertilizers. Very nitrogen-rich, very compact (a very little can go a LONG way), very sustainable.

#knitting #gardening #woollets #wool

16.02.2026 17:15 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 1

This Olympic curling drama has hooked me.

I cannot get enough of the memes.

It’s like I had a reality fever and this is the relief I need.

16.02.2026 05:13 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

But also… my driver’s license DOES get checked when I vote. So with his logic it’s the same as beer.

13.02.2026 00:48 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Fuckin hate my next door neighbors. They were yell-talking through the night during balcony smoke breaks, all the way up to 4am, waking me up constantly.

This has been an ongoing thing for 3 years 🀬

At least this time it wasn’t abusive yelling at his girlfriend. 🀬🀬🀬

11.02.2026 15:16 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Finished my sweet stocking cap except I can’t get up to sew on the fuzzy ball (it’s in my office) because my cat has trapped me.

#FuckIce #PlsCanIGetUpAndPeeNowCat

09.02.2026 03:35 πŸ‘ 4 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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While I do not partake in the superbowl, I do enjoy snacks.

08.02.2026 23:12 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Morning.

08.02.2026 06:11 πŸ‘ 8731 πŸ” 1100 πŸ’¬ 124 πŸ“Œ 54

Luckily I had red yarn in my stash! Should be finished with my hat this weekend. I love this fashion trend!

05.02.2026 19:14 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Heads are going to explode πŸ’₯

Cato Institute just nuked the lie. Immigrants have cut U.S. deficits by $14.5 TRILLION since 1994, slashing the national debt by a third.

All that β€œimmigrants are bleeding us dry” noise? Absolute bullshit.
1/3

04.02.2026 19:08 πŸ‘ 20494 πŸ” 9858 πŸ’¬ 704 πŸ“Œ 651

Holy shit, WaPo seriously?!

The descent into madness keeps going, with a once stable news source shifting into full-on propaganda.

05.02.2026 19:04 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

One: awesome that he won
Two: AWESOME audience reaction to Ice Out. I want more televised coverage of that sort of thing.

02.02.2026 03:18 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

@npr.org what happened to you?

31.01.2026 17:20 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Christian nationalism is so fucking gross and awful and rotten.

31.01.2026 17:19 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Check out the comments section: everyone agrees this is irresponsible of NPR and I personally wonder if there’s some funding thread insisting on this article’s publication.

The amount of gross error by β€œAI” tools far outweighs the good and we should never develop a blind reliance on it. EVER.

30.01.2026 16:52 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Paper towel?! I lick that knife clean and stick it in the next thing, then agonize internally about germs for the next several months.

30.01.2026 16:35 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
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Smoke and Mirrors: How Intoxicating Hemp Seeped Into the First Recreational Marijuana Market in the Country Colorado, which once served as the model for marijuana regulation, generated billions of dollars in tax revenue while promising to keep consumers safe. Now it’s scrambling to keep harmful hemp off the...

Watch out! Companies are cutting corners (obvs) for profit, exposing consumers to cancerous, banned chemicals.

29.01.2026 16:30 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Is there anything the governor can do about the underhanded move-in of data centers? I’ve seen a couple articles on this today and it’s alarming!

Beyond that, thank you for all the great work you’ve been doing with schools πŸ’™πŸ’™

28.01.2026 16:21 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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About Us What is UFAS? United Faculty and Academic Staff (UFAS) is a labor union democratically organized to represent its membersβ€”faculty and academic staff at the University of Wisconsin–Madison (and form…

I only realized today I am eligible for the academic staff union UFAS. I want to support this union, but after checking it out, my monthly dues would be $77 😰

This type of expense I usually save for when I get a raise, so it doesn’t feel like a big hit on my budget. Woof!

But it is important.

28.01.2026 16:16 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
A photo taken at Schindler’s Enamel Factory Museum, where conditions of Nazi and German occupation were memorialized so we would never forget the mistakes of our past.

A photo taken at Schindler’s Enamel Factory Museum, where conditions of Nazi and German occupation were memorialized so we would never forget the mistakes of our past.

I had the privilege to visit Schindler’s Enamel Factory (turned museum) when I was in Poland a few years ago. It was horrifying. I’ll have the opp to visit Anne Frank’s house this year and even though it’ll be a downer, I’m grabbing it with both hands and will be telling everyone I can about it.

28.01.2026 15:53 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Chris Madel, a Republican running for Minnesota governor, ends his bid and criticizes ICE | CNN Politics Chris Madel, a Minneapolis lawyer who represented the immigration agent who fatally shot Renee Good, said Monday that he was ending his Republican campaign for governor of Minnesota after a second pro...

A republican running for governor of Minnesota has dropped out, saying he can't support the national party's "retribution on the citizens of our state." www.cnn.com/2026/01/26/p...

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