steph fregosi

A frog, some yarn, some knitting needles and the words “on free speech.”

The following article on censorship has a very narrow context around yarn and fiber festivals but it’s still a good read. Let me know. I stuck it on Medium. medium.com/@threefatesy...

I'm headed off to the 2025 AASHE Conference & Expo! Join my joint-session on Thursday on STARS 3.0. We'll be diving into measuring sustainability in higher ed. This event is packed with inspiring keynotes and opportunities. See you in MSP!

#AASHE25 #SustainabilityLeader www.aashe.org/conference/

Three Fates Yarns at her booth.

A wall of yarn arranged in a rainbowish pattern.

Selfie-wall!

Ooey-gooey cowl by Andrea Mowry.

I’m only part of the way set up but I’m wiped out. I’ll see you this weekend at Oregon Flock and Fiber Festival. All #nokings protesters are eligible for free swag on Sunday while supplies last.

FBI fires agents photographed kneeling during 2020 racial justice protest, AP sources say The FBI has fired agents who were photographed kneeling during a racial justice protest in Washington that followed the 2020 death of George Floyd at the hands of Minneapolis police officers.

BREAKING: The FBI has fired agents photographed kneeling during a 2020 racial justice protest that followed the death of George Floyd, AP sources say.

‘We’ve done it before’: how not to lose hope in the fight against ecological disaster Some days it can feel as if climate catastrophe is inevitable. But history is full of cases – such as the banning of whaling and CFCs – that show humanity can come together to avert disaster

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‘We’ve done it before’: how not to lose hope in the fight against ecological disaster | Climate crisis | The Guardian

Find out more: www.theguardian.com/news/20...

#ClimateAction

Jimmy Kimmel Shuts Down Claim That Stephen Colbert's Late-Night Show Was Canceled for Losing $40M Annually Jimmy Kimmel called reports that Stephen Colbert's show was canceled due to an annual $40 million loss was "nonsensical." He also claimed that late-night television is not dying, and slammed the netwo...

Just a reminder. people.com/jimmy-kimmel....

Hear directly from me, Beaverton Mayor Beaty, City Council President Kimmi, and Deputy Consul General Park as we discuss strengthening community relationships and addressing anti-Asian hate.

Watch the full video to learn more 🎧⬇️

I want to praise the foresight of whomever agreed to Kimmel's contract - it thoroughly protected his right to free speech. Comedians everywhere need this. They will cross the line again and again. And hopefully for the best of reasons.

"Make cities better" may be the best direction for climate action in these grim times. 80% of Americans live in urban areas. Creating neighborhoods with reliable, frequent public transit, protected active transit, and dense, affordable housing could make US cities *so much better to live in* while..

OLIVER: “In Russia, when Putin rose to power, TV satirists were among his first targets… Putin was driven to madness by how he was mocked on a puppet show… the lesson is it’s not safe to let one show slide because there are currently others.”

Climate action can feel slow – but the fastest energy leap in history has begun Weaning ourselves off fossil fuels is glacially slow – isn’t it? This pessimistic narrative doesn’t stack up against evidence of very rapid change in the real world.

🔔 #goodclimatenews alert 🔔

The renewable revolution is picking up speed.

All across the globe, we’re seeing unprecedented growth and investment in clean energy – displacing fossil fuels and helping to reduce planet-heating emissions.

If you, like me, are the parent of a neuro-atypical child dreading this autism press conference, please remember: These are the people hurting our kids. Not us. They are the ones stigmatizing and pathologizing them. They are the ones peddling untested science. And we should be very, very angry.

Glad to see Jimmy Kimmel back on the air. I understood why folks wanted to unsubscribe from Disney + & Co; at the same time I worried about who was buying up the stock for cheap.

Here's a Harvard U source on who owns what media, though it's dated 2021. Would love a more recent source. futureofmedia.hsites.harvard.edu/sites/g/file...

Okay this article isn't behind a paywall. "https://fair.org/home/as-ellison-buys-out-tiktok-us-moves-toward-one-party-media/"

Opinion | The Billionaire Trump Supporter Who Will Soon Own the News

The issue of free speech is a whole lot bigger than Jimmy Kimmel. Cancelling Disney plus isn't going to do anything with these kind of antics: www.nytimes.com/2025/09/18/o....

How to comment on the planned roadless rule rollback - High Country News The deadline to weigh in on the change is 11:59 p.m. Eastern Time on Sept. 19.

There's some kind of rumor that the public comment period for this is 21 days, which seems short. Anyone want to shed some light on that? Second: www.hcn.org/articles/how...

Eek.

Trump administration cuts funding to Oregon disability programs Organizations across Oregon received notice from the U.S. Department of Education that they’d lose hundreds of thousands of dollars.

www.opb.org/article/2025... - "The cuts could make it harder for disabled students and their families to access help, especially in some of Oregon’s poorest rural communities." Way to go after rural Republicans. Will this put the spotlight on administration's falsehood's about DEI?

Hyundai Raid Exposes Shortage of Visas for Asian Companies Trying to Move Staff — The Wall Street Journal Immigration raid at a plant in Georgia points to difficulty getting permits for workers with specialized skills

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Worry when politicians tout one existential threat is bigger than another instead of collaborating. It means they have a personal stake re: climate change as an existential threat and AI also as part of the problem and solution vs. a world where AI is the only existential threat.

My bad it was raised to $26 billion in August from $21 billion in March.

What’s happening to CBS News is neither complicated nor subtle.
www.mediamatters.org/cbs/how-cbs-...

Video: Trump Says Hyundai’s New U.S. Investments Prove His Tariffs Work Hyundai Motor, a South Korean conglomerate known for its automobiles, announced on Monday that it would make investments to expand manufacturing in the United States.

@ecology101.bsky.social www.nytimes.com/video/us/pol... $21 billion dollar and counting in foreign investment in living wage jobs down the drain, because foreign investment requires that we be welcoming to foreigners. Here I thought some of these IRA projects were fool proof. Who knew? The irony.

CNN news story, Climate.gov will re-launch under new URL thanks to a secret team of web ninjas

Curious what we are all about?
Click the link: www.cnn.com/2025/08/28/c...

Can't get your #pickabrick? Someone should make a dating app for that. #lego

Firefighter from Oregon detained by Border Patrol while fighting wildfire Attorneys representing the firefighter said they have not been able to locate him since he landed in federal custody.

Haven't posted in a while. "ICE" putting a halt to firefighting to conduct an ID check is a double blow to humanity and the environment.

www.opb.org/article/2025...

(www.newsbreak.com/inquisitr-ne...)

Game on.

Judge rules EPA termination of environmental justice grants was unlawful EPA cannot "thumb its nose at Congress" by refusing to spend appropriated funds, the judge wrote.

www.politico.com/news/2025/06...

E.P.A. Plans to Reconsider a Ban on Cancer-Causing Asbestos

EPA plans to reconsider ban on cancer-causing asbestos that kills 40,000 Americans annually and is banned in more than 50 countries.
www.nytimes.com/2025/06/16/u...