Alert orange cat is a cat bed

Happy #caturday

Vertically striped sweater with brown stripes alternating with cream, red, orange, yellow stripes. Shadow knitting creates a diagonal line on each side.

#showme your knits in autumn colors. Rainbow Jacket with Harrisville yarns from an old kit. Finished knitting last spring, but there’s a neckline error that requires some surgery.

Kingston trio or Benny Goodman

Variegated yarn in Blue, purple green and amber in a reverse stockinette with diagonal drop stitch stripes, shown close up.

Picture taken outside of scarf in fall jewel tones, knit on the bias with dropped stitch stripes.

#showmeyourknits #justknitting it’s scarf week, so here’s my Clapotis.

Two cats side by side in loaf position, looking at you with somewhat baleful expressions.

Happy #caturday from these two, sitting on the stair landing preparing a riddle to ask to allow you to pass.

Gray cat on a bed that hasn’t been made because there’s a cat on it.

Dolly had to go to the vet. It was raining when she left, and rain got on her, and the entire episode was intolerable.

Long scarf with drop stitch pattern in variegated jewel/autumn colors

Closer picture of drop stitches against reverse stockinette in blue, purple, amber, and green .

I finished a Clapotis in Fiber Seed 🧶, color Lost in New York.

Think about it. "Dems were too zealous in trying to prevent the spread of the virus" is, in US politics, a greater disadvantage, a bigger problem, than "Republican lies got hundreds of thousands of Americans killed for no reason."

Just a pathetic fucking country. Pathetic.

I genuinely think this is Trump's ignorance, ramped up by his narcissism: he genuinely thinks this is how the presidency is supposed to work (that the President is literally in charge of the country like a CEO), has thought this for a long time, and was confused his first term was "sabotaged."

Governor JB Pritzker joined elected officials, business, faith, and education leaders, community advocates, and law enforcement leaders to condemn the Trump administration’s plan to deploy the National Guard or active duty military in Chicago despite objections from state and local leadership.

I am sounding the alarm on the real crisis we face today.

Donald Trump’s overreach is what our founders warned against – it is unprecedented, unwarranted, and un-American.

There’s no emergency here that calls for military intervention.

Leftist: Yes, Trump’s kind of a fascist. Now let me get back to my obsession, re-litigating fights with Democratic centrists from a decade or two ago.

Centrist: Yes, there are signs of fascism. Now let me get back to complaining a lefty used some woke terms a few years ago.

American democracy: 🤯🤯🤯

once again, i'll suggest that perhaps the reason the broad public thinks democrats are weak is that when confronted with situations that demands that democrats loudly and proactively stand up for their values, democrats shirk from the fight

Crazy idea: Groups that have benefited from our freedoms…should defend them.

Our media should defend freedom of the press.

Our law firms should defend the rule of law.

Our businesses should defend the free market.

Our political leaders of both parties should defend free and fair elections.

Our

I don't have a good answer for what the alternative looks like, but asking 18 years to bet their future on highly specified training for jobs based on which they think will be in high demand 5-10 years from now turned out to be a very bad way to structure higher education

Why you might not know that 2024 was America's safest year since the 1960s An overwhelming majority of Americans, 64 percent, believe that crime increased across the country in 2024, according to a Gallup survey conducted late last year.

1. This week, the FBI released its comprehensive crime report for 2024, which revealed that both VIOLENT CRIME and PROPERTY CRIME reached their LOWEST LEVELS SINCE THE 1960s

This a massive story. But you might not have heard about it, even if you follow the news closely.

Here's why.

Swatching for gauge (Trump method).

1. Knit swatch 4 inches square.
2. Claim swatch is 6 inches square.
3. Do not block swatch. Blocking is woke.
4. Measure gauge.
5. If gauge is off, smash ruler.
6. Claim ruler was made by Biden.
7. Gauge is now correct.
8. Continue to not release Epstein files.

yup. probably not great policy to make college degrees increaingly specific while cutting general education requirements. you end up with graduates who are trained to do one thing that might not be relevant 5 years later bsky.app/profile/leok...

I see we're off on another round of humanities versus science.

They're all liberal arts. Let's work together.

Face of an orange cat who looks like he just woke up

Happy Caturday. Garfield had his first birthday and is now a cat, nor a kitten.

No cheating, post the last pic of your pet.

Trump vs. Truth, Justice, and the American Way Plus: A case that could split the Supreme Court conservatives.

"I do wonder if we might have more success if we spent more time pointing out how much Trump distorts and how much Trumpism does violence to the American way...If (like Superman!) you value the American way, you really can’t be for Trump."

www.thebulwark.com/p/trump-vs-t...

Orange cat with his paws on the window sill who turned toward the camera and away from monitoring people walking dogs and babies

It’s #caturday, and I distracted the neighborhood watch Kitty

Shawl in progress with garter stitch center and purple and cerise stripes in old shale pattern

#showusyourknits knitting in public poolside. Pattern is Wild Berries by Andre de Castro. Yarn is Harrisville Shetland. 🧶

Blue crown on a gold background with graffiti-like writing on left side saying "no kings."

#knitting #knittinghowto #politicalknitting #🧶

No Kings Wanted here

techknitting.blogspot.com/2025/06/no-k...

Lastly, I think on some level, there's just no getting away from pet hair. At least entirely. Good news is that per hair is stylish and adds character to outfits. IMO, people look better with a bit of it on them. If you need a quick solution, brushing fabric with dish gloves works surprising well.

Back of blue cardigan with cable panels

#showmeyourknitting
In progress- Pattern is Kate Davies Kildalton #justknitting

Face of cat with one eye barely open, other eye half open, and ears at different angles

Caturday hanging out. I woke him up.

It’s crucial to keep emphasizing that these EOs were lawless. There was never a plausible argument they were constitutional. This administration has nothing but contempt for the constitution and the rule of law.

Orange cat on a cardboard scratcher with an arched brush over it

You can buy a cat thing that the cats ignore for so long you forget it’s there. Then the new guy comes along and thinks it’s great.