S Foster

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Oh, the Claims You Will Make! A Seuss-style rhyme on Tylenol, Trump, and the very real harm of health misinformation.

Written by a friend of a friend (because I really do know some wonderful people), this is deserving of amplification. medium.com/@mytkolli.li...

Because mushrooms = scary death in so many people’s minds. Sigh. Just be logical, people, and you’ll be fine.

So good in stir fry and hot and sour soup! I’m very much a beginner mushroom hunter, so I stick to ones that have no scary lookalikes.

Mmmm, porcinis. Yum. Too dry here yet for mushrooms. Once the rain comes in, the wood ears will call.

As mushrooms are wont to do, yes.

Put-out looking red-eyed white Angora rabbit after an inexpert shearing

Welcome to the Dark Side—we have cookies. I observe two seasons: gardening/preserving season and fiber arts season. I have a bunch of floof from my former Angora bunny that I’ll be processing this winter.

That is beautiful. Fantastic luster.

I’ve heard that first shearing for a lamb can be a bit of a rodeo. I’ll be finding out for myself next year, and I can hardly wait.

That’s so great!

Was this your first time shearing?

Awwwwwwwww, what a sweet face!

Hand spinners will buy either; some prefer it one way, some another. Spinning “in the grease” is still a thing! You can get more for washed, but it may not be enough to pay you for the time it will take to wash it.

Maybe; depends on how deeply it’s embedded.

Oh, that will go over very well! Excited for you. I just got a spotted Jacob fleece from a friend and I’m just waiting for some scour to come in to get it washed up and prepped.

Etsy is a possibility, but you might try Ravelry first. If you still do the Book of Faces, the Raw Wool for Sale group will snap that gorgeousness up quickly.

Neither is a dealbreaker, though a significant break will definitely reduce the price.

When describing it, make sure to say if you’ve skirted. Skirted usually brings a higher price, so it’s often worth doing. The discards make great mulch!

Hey now. I resemble that remark.

Hi! That’s gorgeous stuff! Is there a rise/break in it? That is, if you pull on a lock, does it break apart? What’s the proportion of second cuts?

Randomly, here's Neil Gorusch in the 303 Creative decision: "The First Amendment protects an individual's right to speak his mind, regardless of whether the government considers his speech sensible and well-intentioned, or deeply misguided and likely to cause anguish or incalculable grief."

This is insanity. Lawmakers are quite literally doing their job of oversight.

Cancelled Disney+/Hulu subscription and told them why, politely but clearly. Obviously, they don't watch their own shows--Captain America would be so disappointed in them. #shame #BOYCOTTDISNEYABC

Disney/ABC made a very cynical calculation to appease fascism to protect its precious cashflow.

But we, collectively, have more power over that cashflow than Donald Trump. We can stop watching and stop paying for movies and streaming. We can make them pay a price for their dangerous cowardice.

MAKE HATE WRONG AGAIN.

Politics doesn’t have to be fueled by hate. Real progress comes when we replace cruelty with compassion, division with dialogue, and fear with understanding. Let’s bring empathy back into the conversation—our future depends on it.

Hannah Arendt said 'The death of human empathy is one of the earliest & most telling signs of a culture about to fall into barbarism'

We saw the recent cruelty of MAGA denying empathy to Melissa Hortman

Empathy for Kirk—not because he ever acted like a decent human—but because we are decent humans

Political violence is bad. It usually begets more political violence.

Celebrating political violence is bad. It usually encourages more political violence, against various targets.

Campus shootings are bad. They make everyone on campus less safe.

It's bad that what I wrote here is controversial.

I neither celebrate nor mourn.

Ooo, that sounds marvelous. I imagine the staple length is quite nice from a Romeldale. How did you find her? I’m trying to figure out how to source our eventual woolbearers.

THERE IS NEVER ENOUGH WOOL. 😉