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apparently I can’t put photos from my camera roll in Bluesky because I haven’t updated my iOS… this is terrible, I was going to try to migrate over here more but as of rn need a way to get my photos on here (preferably without updating my iOS)

Next attempt will include more even dye application, potentially longer in the sun, more washes

Turmeric Anthotype (attempt #2) a big success
-mixed rubbing alcohol in turmeric jar, used double layer of paper towel secured w elastic to paint paper w turmeric mixture
-left flowers on paper in semi direct sun for 9.5 hours
-developed in water/borax mixture (no measuring just adding as needed)

A yellow dumpster is in the right foreground of the image. Behind the dumpster is a red industrial looking building with another red redumoter in front. The sky is blue and power lines are running out of frame

I really felt a sent of calm in this spot

Wordle 1,375 5/6

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didn’t say much about it because I don’t know how unless I spend months focusing on it - been three years (yesterday) since my uncle passed away. I miss him. My sister and I exchange wordles because of him.

Budapest today. People are demanding that PM Orban resign.

brains are weird
keep thinking “huh, that’s weird, another difficult brain day” and thinking it’s an isolated incident.

I’ve been tracking it and its been one long bout of difficulty since December. I am getting very tired.

There are small things that are lovely and I keep waking up.

been hard to do things but easier to do things after our walks

Golden retriever with tongue out looking to side and wagging tail. He is looking happy.

Golden retriever smiling at camera

Golden retriever running gleefully towards camera in the snowy forest

Golden retriever gleefully prances towards camera in forest in winter

biddie man

Doormouse ZINE | PDF to Flipbook Created with the Heyzine flipbook maker

Also, a poem I wrote is in a lovely zine

So many people at the archiving event were folks I look up to and many were folks I have had the privilege of collaborating with and hope to collab with more in the future. I feel hopeful when I’m surrounded by folks who care 🏳️‍⚧️

keep forgetting to post here, took public transit, visited library, participated in queer archival stuff, went to museum for a little bit, then public transit again. Today has been nice.

It’s wild to have two cats and have one of them be just so much more dumb.

If anyone else is looking to diversify their adjective arsenal for letter-writing to the UCP here’s a list:

absurd, foolish, irrational, unwise, senseless, foolhardy, idiotic, inane, loopy, witless, crackpot, out to lunch, puerile, scatty, asinine, gonzo, off your trolley, dumb-ass, wacko

if anyone wants a one-woman wicked show of one part of one particular song (NOT chosen by you) lasting about 25 min let me know and I’ll connect you to my sister

This page is MUCH less active than it used to be, but still something!

Epidemiology can be tricky but the idea that public health is a community concern is a simple and effective mindset for communal wellness

www.alberta.ca/stats/dashbo...

Another resource for AB folks a our leading causes of death! Death data is an inherent and integral part of health data

open.alberta.ca/opendata/lea...

Not sure if UCP will continue to be ludicrous with health data (they prob will) so AB folks, here is a tool to look at health data in Alberta. I wish I knew more about the specifics!! My uncle was very knowledgeable, so say the least. Learning is good.

www.ahw.gov.ab.ca/IHDA_Retriev...

The more under resourced we are emotionally, the easier it is to activate us and turn us against each other. The spectacle is a strategy fam. We have to resist with rest, regulation practices and rooting ourselves in our bodies as we fight back

This is perfect explanation

I don’t know, it’s just a moment I smiled

How to Keep Tabs on ICE Agents Who May Be Surveilling Your Neighborhood Here’s a step-by-step guide.

This op-ed explains how to start an ICE Watch neighborhood program in your community. ⤵️

Tiny Banned Book Library Broadcast a digital library of challenged or banned books with a portable anti-censorship e-book server.

Once you have the epubs, if they're the kind of banned books that are worth sharing digital copies of, anarchosolarpunk.substack.com/p/bannedbook...

(Support your authors whenever possible! But in case of emergency preserve and disseminate knowledge.)

With this loom frame, I will be unstoppable! (once I finish the project that is already on there… at some point)

May we raise children
who love the unloved things—the dandelion, worms and spiderlings.
Children who sense
the rose needs the thorn and run into rainswept days
the same way they turn towards sun… And when they’re grown and someone has to speak for those
who have no voice
 may they draw upon that
wilder bond, those days of tending tender things
 and be the ones. —Nicolette Sowder

yes

Shrimp the cat gingerly holds lightning McQueen with one toe

my brain! it is hurting again! I am still trying to do things.

I read a book today—one I bought over 5 years ago.

Books don’t have deadlines—they wait for you, patiently, until the moment is right.

No matter how you’re feeling about 2025,
Can we agree that it’s a gift to be alive?

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Happy new year!

Give care and take care 💕
Tell people you love them💕
Ask questions💕