“Mx” pronounced like “Mix”

A fluffy orange cat sits pretty against the background of a modernist geometric rug. He sports a navy blue pillow collar, and his natural ruff looks a bit bedraggled and damp in spots. His chin is a bit swollen and balding from scratched and infected acne, but his eyes are bright and green and he has just feasted on his usual wet food and new treats packed with omega-3s to support his skin health.

If you don’t know what it’s like to treat an unwilling cat with a warm compress, I hope you never have to. That and dealing with infected cat acne. Replace your plastic bowls, friends. Nothing is worth this misery. He may have forgiven me, but I’m scarred. The boi himbself, #sirgilesiii

a close up of a rabbit 's face with a checkered blanket in the background . Alt: a close up of a creamy tan colored rabbit 's face with a checkered blanket in the background . The rabbit is sniffing towards the camera and around, as if looking for something.

Guided meditation: let your focus drift to your nose…

Me: ululates nostrils like rabbit catching a whiff of carrot

Imbolc and the resistance were well aligned this year. It’s all about hope ❤️

Plan your Garden

Plant seeds that will blossom

The future still belongs to us

What’s that even supposed to mean, “nationalize the elections?”

A teal corduroy skirt hem decorated with a wide stripe of pale gold in a four-petal/bird’s eye weave bordered by teal and bronze gimp braid, with somewhat worn plastic pearls in the center of each flower. Next to a loose pearl, a sewing needle has been fixed through a bit of cloth with its white thread tail wrapped around the needle in a figure 8, securing it temporarily. The pearls are being secured before it’s sent to be cleaned.

“Putting a pin in it” - How do you pause your projects?

Here I’ve wrapped the thread tail in a figure 8 pattern around a needle I’ve stuck through a bit of the cloth. Beadwork is so much easier in a frame!

It was written after the dude’s kid came home from school and described getting the original polio vaccine. Which was free to all. Not that it hasn’t been used as capitalist propaganda, it just didn’t start there.

Oh my poor heart is breaking again

Nah, my boi is pretty sure I’m awake it’s time to give him food and/or attention 😅

One of the most encouraging things during this stressful time has been getting messages from my grandmas checking in that I’m safe and encouraging me (and us) to keep up the good work ❤️ Let’s hear it for rebel grannies!
#resistance #fuckice #moraleboost

A beautiful image of a sambusa is at the top of the screenshot from the article. The segment pictured reads: “Albi Kitchen One of the great delights in eating a homemade sambusa is the way each tells a story of the maker and the care they put into the ubiquitous dish. With whisper-thin pastry fried delightfully crisp and an abundance of fillings (we love the creamy lentils), it’s evident that Fardowsa Ali puts that care into every detail of her food and restaurant. Diners are welcomed into the beautiful setting like they are entering her home, with tea in gorgeous glassware and a room that attracts every ray of Minnesota’s winter sunlight (which sometimes can feel in short supply). The desserts are equally beautiful and tempting, while each visit feels like we’d be welcome to linger just like old friends. 1411 Nicollet Av. S., Mpls., albikitchen.com”

Go hit up my neighborhood favorite restaurant, Albi Kitchen. It’s the first one mentioned in Star Tribune’s 15 under-the-radar restaurant gems in the Twin Cities that deserve your attention!

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Now is one of those times where I wish having a body was optional

Repeat after me: “Rest and recharge are essential, and I deserve them.” #self-kindness
#restisrevolutionary

Stress snuck up on me in the form of extra surprise moon time, despite my attempts to keep it (moon time, but also stress) at bay. Please take care of yourselves, my friends!

Faith in Minnesota Shine a light For Minnesota Tonight at 7:00PM CT Step outside and light a candle On our street corner With our neighbors For our communities and Alex Ice out now Sat. Jan 24, 7:00 PM (CST)

Rest in Power Alex Jeffery Pretti, a nurse, shot and killed this morning by ICE during the abduction of Matthew James Obidiah Allen.

Vigils tonight (1/24) in every block at 7 pm. Stay warm, bring your candles, whistles, warm beverages, and voices.

Beautiful message about the hundreds of thousands of people saved from Hitler.

Resisting fascism isn't always a coordinated disruption: it's small acts of courage in spontaneous moments.

Right person, right time, right place - to do what's right.

“Everybody Showed Up”: Stunning Crowds at Minnesota Day of Strike and Shutdown Against ICE Extreme cold didn't stop the shutdown on Friday as some 100 faith leaders were arrested, residents stayed home from work, and an estimated 50,000 or more marched through downtown Minneapolis.

I'm not one for false optimism. But what I witnessed today in Minneapolis was tremendous, both in scale and exuberance. It was a stunning answer to the federal assault on Minnesota, a show of solidarity that gives us something to hold on to during times that are unforgiving.

In this case, it was colored gas, but it is safer to assume it is the worse option and take the necessary precautions.

Dear Theodosia is extra heartbreaking right now. I’m usually crying from parental feels by the end, but this is more, because the promises these fathers made are the same as those made by the fathers taken by ICE, for children also taken by ICE. Promises broken through no fault of their own.

A song for them:

MN protestors #protip put 2 Idaho Russets in the oven at 420 degrees for 45 min, take them out and foil wrap, 1 in each pocket before you go out. Theyll stay warm for 3-4 hours even in this weather and you can eat em when you like. They used to send us kids out like this back in the 70s trust me.

“Mom, if I make enough noise, my friends will get away.”
-9 year old
💔💔💔

Occasionally I find myself sitting at home on a call alone, licking apple juice off a paring knife between apple slices.

I don’t know if I have room for **new** skills/hobbies, but I’m currently dabbling in like, 5 different fiber arts, so yes, making the art, whoo!

That *is* noteworthy. And it seems like the “huge” rally that was promised wasn’t quite the rally that happened today.

I wouldn’t hold your breath. Outside the TC is pretty red, and we’re being accused of being paid agitators. Might reinforce some of the red seats. But we’ll see how today goes, with the demonstration and counter actions. I just hope we all make it home safely.

“Do not engage in a winter campaign in bitterly cold areas. You will lose not just your army, but most likely your throne.” - literally every military historian ever

“GET IN THE CAR, LOSERS, WE’RE GONNA INVADE MINNESOTA IN LATE JANUARY” - the Trump administration

525,600 projects, 525,000 works in progress… how do you weave in, all those tails?

Once at a sci fi convention planning meeting, I realized the teenager sitting next to me was knitting with a pair of #2 Ticonderoga pencils. She forgot her crochet hook but still wanted to play with fiber ❤️

Be creative with your resistance. Even plastic trumpets can be effective deterrents against bad actors!