TallHobbit

I still doodle animals exactly how I learned them from my Ed Emberly book. And I still have the book! (I don't have this one, though.)

for them, the deal is that in exchange for aid, they're owed a proper performance of poverty and humility that reinforces their superior position in the social hierarchy, and anything as small a preferring a condiment above one's station is an unacceptable act of defiance

For me, spooky season lasts until February. If it's dark, it's spooky time! I read Victorian Christmas ghost stories to keep it spooky during the sparkly season as well.

I'm probably overcompensating for the lack of spookiness of everyone else during the dark months.

imagine having the power to stop unimaginable suffering and being like “nah”

Jesus fed the 5,000, but the people of God can't fill the chasm left by USAID (RNS) — Stop pretending that well-meaning Christians can take over where USAID left off.

There is a reason people write essays like this. It is because there is a strain of white evangelical Christianity, in which Russell Vought and Mike Johnson are active participants, that is vehemently opposed to public benefits and wants the church to control aid

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It's been a hell of a year on all fronts for everyone and I'm returning to my lane: harnessing the power of our community to help folks.

Our first donations have already come in, can you be next? Please share.

Amazon is helping fund a $300 million build of a ballroom for the White House.

Independent bookstores are donating to food banks and organizations that help with food insecurity.

They are not the same.

Gotta say as a medieval historian I find it baffling. Like babe I promise you, you love electricity.

I completely understand the ennui experienced by the average person in our modern age but it's very funny to be like "This sucks I wish I was a farmer in the 1400s"

Fun fact, buying yarn does not solve PTSD. No form of consumerism solves age-old trauma. Shut those jokes into the same closet where you keep all those jokes about hiding purchases from your husband.

Fair warning, I'm happy to block jokers.

Frog chases after Toad's list, blowing away in the wind, while Toad stands still, arms crossed, refusing to chase after it. From "A List" In *Frog and Toad Together*

“Hurry!” said Frog. “We will run and catch it.”

“No!” shouted Toad. “I cannot do that.”

“Why not?” asked Frog.

“Because,” wailed Toad, “running after my list in not one of the things that I wrote on my list of things to do!”

I don't know much about art but I know what I like :)
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a graphic showing the pantone numbers for the two core colors of the toronto blue jays. they are skydome blue (pantone 293) and Stieb Navy (pantone 282)

a hat and canvas tote with the pantone number for Dodger Blue (294 C)

I regret to inform everyone that my pedantic brain couldn’t let me live until I knew whether or not dodger blue and blue jays blue are the same blue. They are ONE PANTONE NUMBER APART.

I'll be making myself available this winter to participate in Zooms with book clubs and reading groups that are discussing Read This When Things Fall Apart: Letters to Activists in Crisis. You can reach out through my website to arrange a convo with your group.

YouTube video by Tall Hobbit Stitches I'm back! October 2025 Knitting and Felting

I posted a new video on Friday! It's got a tardigrade, a chicken, Frog and Toad, and other lovely things I've made this year.

Would you be so kind as to watch and give it a like if you enjoy it?

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To paraphrase Simone Weil (the better Simone) in THE NEED FOR ROOTS, the difference between a need and a desire is that a need can be sated, and desire never can be.

History of paper - Wikipedia

Today's wikipedia page (their traffic is down due to people using LLM chatbots boo) is the history of paper, because your Sunday scaries might require an absorbing distraction.

Fun fact: US letter size is related to Dutch papermakers having a 44" arm span.

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I am forever frustrated by the loss of Boolean operators.

I used to be able to find niche interest blogs from my fellow weirdos (in the muppetty sense) and learn all sorts of interesting things.

This reminds me: I need to donate to Wikipedia.

A tangential thought not brought up here but worthy of its own thread is how this informs the development of such tools; the goal that therefore naturally arises from that impetus is to build the most "human-shaped" tool possible without crossing into the socially unacceptable territory of slavery.

A very tiny posy I made in a thimble using flowers I grew in my garden, including lily of the valley, forget me not, cow parsley, sorrel, Mexican fleabane/erigeron, snowberry and buttercup.

When humans look at something we find beautiful our brains release dopamine, lifting mood & if we connect with what we're looking at oxytocin, giving us a sense of belonging.
A tiny posy I made in a thimble, with real flowers I grew👇
If you like it it'll alter your brain biochemistry for the better:

Did you know that over 1.3M active duty service members and veterans rely on SNAP benefits to feed themselves and their families?

Now you know.

Viking Farm and Silver Treasure Discovered in Sweden - Medievalists.net Archaeologists uncover a Viking farm in Sweden with 34 buildings, graves, and a unique silver treasure linking Scandinavia to the wider world.

Viking Farm and Silver Treasure Discovered in Sweden www.medievalists.net/2025/08/viki... #sweden

Pajama Pants Guy turns out to be a former prosecutor and gave an interview to the Trib

He really, really gets it

You have to envision yourself resisting so you're ready to resist when the time comes

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saying 'lived experience' over and over again doesn't mean that said experience is GENERALIZABLE beyond you.

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For more information about the tariffs and my shipping process, you can check out my website!

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An embroidery on deep purple linen. There is a purple outline of a feminine right hand from the side, palm up, fingers curled slightly inward. There are many tiny white French knots covering the fingertips and light blue, gold, and navy French knots on parts of the palm. There are fine filigree lines connecting many of the French knots and white strands of thread strung from each fingertip to an apex above the hand. There is a starburst floating above the palm in white and light blue. 

For #InvisibleDisabilitiesWeek: The paresthesia/tingling in my hands doesn't usually interfere with my day to day but it worsens during my migraines. This #symptomatology #embroidery maps one of those days: push, pull, & tingle (2018)

My spiciest take

The biggest loss in our battle for autonomy was when the idea of a permanently connected device was labeled “smart”

People ate up giving away all control of their most intimate moments simply because they got to say “smart” so much

Anyone who doesn’t run on this is missing a trick.

The historian in me wants to say, ok, let's look at this in the context of additions and changes made to the White House over time. It didn't fall out of heaven as it is now.

The regular person in me wants to reply, "Shut up!"

Violent J for president 2028. We Are All Juggalos, Whoop Whoop