Feral Knitter

I feel this in my soul

Jesus fucking Christ

Two views of a knitting project made of alternating chevron shapes, half being gray and the other half forming a gradient from green to orange.

Channeling my nervous energy into a knitting project that uses the random balls of yarn that have been cluttering up my life for years. I’ve been wanting to combine all the green leftovers for ages.

Why would anyone do this?

I adore housecats, but would never interact with a big cat this way.

The American people deserve an intelligence chief that will stand up to Donald Trump if he gives them a directive to illegally gut funds from watchdogs that oversee intelligence agencies. Tulsi Gabbard refused to answer, which tells you everything you need to know.

“Don’t Open the Door”: How Chicago Is Frustrating ICE’s Campaign of Fear Months of know-your-rights work has Trump’s border czar complaining.

In Chicago, months of know-your-rights work has Trump’s border czar complaining.

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Rare bird flu strain found in California raises potential of wider spread

Yesterday, Trump signed the Laken Riley Act, which requires the detention of people charged with assaulting law enforcement officers.

Meanwhile, he pardoned more than 100 insurrectionists convicted of assaulting law enforcement officers. This is not about "law and order."

Really proud of my old school system.

Proud of the county schools I attended.

i'm tired of being told to stop doomscrolling. i'm just scrolling, it's not my fault there's doom on there

What Caused a Crash Into the Potomac? For Trump, It Was Diversity. In a briefing that recalled his most extreme first term remarks, President Trump said without any evidence that diversity initiatives caused the midair collision.

a frigging horrendous headline NYT: What Caused the Crash Into the Potomac? For Trump, It Was Diversity. www.nytimes.com/2025/01/30/u...

Sean Duffy statements

Now seems like as good a time as any to remind people that Donald Trump picked, as Secretary of Transportation, a former contestant on MTV's The Real World.

The EPA has tried to dismiss claims that its response to the Flint water crisis was negligent.

This week, a court ruled that it must face them.

FAA Chief Quit on Jan. 20 After Elon Musk Told Him to Resign Michael Whitaker had only been in the role for a year but the SpaceX chief accused him of “harassment.”

FAA Chief Whitaker had clashed with Musk and SpaceX over enforcement of safety issues, so Musk demanded Whitaker resign early, ahead of his 5 year legally mandated term.

It's not "politicizing a tragedy" to point out the top levels of the federal government aren't functional—the three key leaders here are drunk rapist TV show host at DoD, reality TV star at DoT, and nobody at FAA—and they're doing squat except spreading the same dysfunction down the ladder.

Trump Guts Key Aviation Safety Committee, Fires Heads Of TSA, Coast Guard The committee will technically continue to exist, but it won't have any members to carry out the work of examining safety issues at airlines and airports.

only appropriate political response here is to demand the white house explain how its actions aren’t responsible www.huffpost.com/entry/trump-...

Love a red wedding dress!

That account rolls over when administrations change. It’s not quite as nefarious as it seems.

A man on horseback, possibly holding a hawk, in a hunting scene, on this late-13c scene on a tile from Muchelney Abbey in Somerset #tilesontuesday

Two tiles with cream coloured motifs set against a dark reddish-brown background - one of a sprightly lion in profile and the other of a curious head, either human or animal with foliage coming out of its mouth and and a double arch over it, damaged.

Tiles found at St Augustine’s Abbey in #Canterbury, made at Tyler’s Hill in the nearby Forest of Blean around 1300. #TilesOnTuesday #TinyLion

Fragments of 14th century floor tiles from the Priory Church of St. Peter and St. Paul at Leominster in Herefordshire. 📷 My own. #TilesOnTuesday #Medieval #Herefordshire

Medieval floor tiles on display at Winchester City Museum when I visited in 2022

#TilesOnTuesday #medieval

Patterned hall tiles with grey circles and patterned border with grey squares

Jugendstil hallway tiles c1900 Vienna
#TilesOnTuesday

The #tile is from Lewes Priory (1081-1537). Dedicated to St Pancras, it was the first Cluniac house in England and had one of the largest monastic churches in the country. #TilesOnTuesday

For #TilesonTuesday here are two from Eltham Palace, part of Bishop Bek’s pavement, so early 14th century. My 📷 , tiles in care of EH

Medieval floor tile from the Augustinian Priory of Ivychurch which was located at Alderbury, five miles southeast of Salisbury in Wiltshire. The tile is part of the collections at Salisbury Museum. 📸 My own. #TilesOnTuesday #Medieval #Wiltshire

Panel of 80 Tiles
Probably #Iznik, #Turkey
17th Century

A floral design with vases, set in niches.

Tiles with a decoration painted under the glaze had appeared from the kilns at Iznik from the 1550s onwards.

#TilesOnTuesday

Dragon on a medieval floor tile in the Poyntz Chapel, St Mark’s(Lord Mayors Chapel), Bristol. The floor is made up of a mixture of 16th century Spanish and English Medieval tiles.

#TilesOnTuesday #medieval