The Artist formerly known as AnAnarchivist

The clothing color choices are what we find in inventories, however. Red is v. common as it is a very "healthy" color for general wear. Black is not very common as a color as it is difficult to get a true black with the available dyes, & the green being held by the main figure is called "Gooseturd"

I'm not an expert, but based on my expert friend's discussions, a really brilliant blue was difficult to make as a paint and was quite expensive. The blues in the image are probably either using LESS of the very $ stuff or a cheaper and less brilliant pigment.

Abolish ICE Beanie pattern by Daniel Drennan ElAwar This pattern is an offshoot of my other beanie patterns. Suggested yarn weight is fingering/light sport. The pattern features a corrugated rib followed by stockinette, both in stranded colorwork. Inst...

Can someone recommend a good book on Leftist politics and Islam? I read a knitting pattern and now I'm curious about the way this manifests in different religious traditions.

Knitting pattern is here: www.ravelry.com/patterns/lib...

I had the same happen in SD. Random folk will just stop and push you in deep snow. No idea who they are most of the time.

Nah, just weird. Or mostly 18-25 year old men who wear shorts in silly temperatures for undetermined baffling reasons.

That's fair. I worry about the people who enjoy it. They're objectively a bit odd.

DAMN. U of Mn doesn't shut often for weather.

I'm low key scared for y'all.

Everything is terrible, but #academia continues to be a well of weird and useless (to me) facts. Today, I learned that pigeons love fruit loops.

I was in a meeting about a textbook grant that had very little to do with pigeons, fruit loops or why you would want to bribe pigeons with fruit loops.

Part of it is that winter can VERY easily kill you. There's a level of "hey, you need help? I help you" that does not get breached unless you are a specifically bad person. This happens in other very winter states too (I've gotten shoveled out in at least 3 states over 20+ years).

I mean, get used to the cold and spend time acquiring gear that keeps you warm because the air hurts to breathe and you too can be a Minnesotan like human. They're a welcoming people. Just not an effusive one because the air hurts.

it is 2016. the cops have murdered someone in minneapolis. the dem faithfuls say they just need more training.

it is 2020. the cops have murdered someone in minneapolis. the dem faithfuls say they just need more training.

it is 2026. the cops have murdered someone in minneapolis. the dem faithf

Emperor Huizong in 1107: Yes, yes administration of the empire, first, here's my new book on tea production and serving....

In good news, I'll begin my MA in #History @ Marquette University fall 26 pt. time. I do want to continue to my PhD, but 4 years is a long time and a lot can happen in 4 years.

Everything is terrible but I'll get to study the long 16th century publications & tell dad jokes to the younger students.

Distraught woman says ICE killed her wife in video after deadly Minneapolis shooting "They killed my wife," the distraught woman says, adding, "They shot her in the head." An ICE agent shot and killed a 37-year-old woman who was driving an SUV in Minneapolis on Wednesday. / Screenshot/@Breaking911

"They killed my wife. I don't know what to do," the woman says through sobs in the footage, with a damaged SUV visible in the distance behind her. "We stopped to videotape, and they shot her in the head," the woman cries. "We have a six-year-old at school," she says, almost unable to breathe, as a chaotic scene in which federal officers prevented at least one doctor who was on the scene from assisting the shot victim unfolds. "We're new here," the distraught woman says in despair.

You and your wife drop your 6-year-old off at school. You just moved here. You see ICE terrorizing your new neighbors. You film them, as is your legal right. Your wife complies with orders. She is then shot in the head. You still have to pick up your child later today.

This could be you.

Professional conferences as learning opportunities and a weird form of group therapy....

Honestly just want to know how bread is holding up in all this.

At my first professional job, I handled and read survivor accounts. It remains some of the most horrific things I've read in the archives. The medal of honor was given for bravely killing unarmed women, children, and the elderly. The opposite of honorable.

Precisely, actual nerds would wear the Effigy or Dorothea bodies instead of modern corsetry.

Oh good, I'm not the only judgey mcjudgerson about the ren faire "i'm so nerdy yo"

Call me back when you hand sew your eyelets and then we'll talk about nerd dedication.

Lucy Lawless the cat is a brown tabby with green eyes sitting in a fake plant cat tree.

The city sent me a notice about my native garden and #LucyLawless immediately tried to eat it. To be clear, Lucy Lawless is a cat and is ready to fight the man, right after this nap.

For later viewing. I must start my day.

Adam Serwer put it best: For the right, free speech means they can say whatever they want, and you, too, can say whatever they want: www.washingtonpost.com/business/202...

When Turkey purged their universities, "The 'to be expelled' lists were prepared by the university administrations. The few universities where massive dismissals did not take place were the ones who did not submit any 'to be expelled” lists."
merip.org/2018/12/turk...

Oh to be a little Tardigrade scratching its back on a bubble. 🫧🐻🧪

General thoughts about this week: There is no order of words or rephrasings that will get you a republicans' agreement unless you're willing to replace your beliefs with theirs.

Nothing will be good enough so stop trying to get them to nod along with you. It's not helping and they'll be mad anyway

In these troubled times, this is what we need: collective caffeine withdrawal due to #tariffs and #inflation. A more irritable country for all. #coffee

In short, use the republican talking points against them. Everywhere. Their positions are weak, and not pointing that out is a mistake.

"...opinions. Whether you are the President or a school teacher, you should be kept safe from people who mean to take our sacred rights away."
Any skeptical questions, imply the questioner WANTS assassinations & children to be left parentless or they want to waste $ w/ an outdated system.

"...The most american thing we can do in this hard time to prevent future political violence is to create direct legislation to protect us all from being canceled and leading to more silencing of some of our most prominent voices. With this bill, all Americans can feel free to state their..."

"...for the 21st century. Violent extremists cannot hold our ability to speak hostage. We don't allow it for social media sites and we cannot allow the gun lobby to cancel us. Charlie would not have wanted this. His family would want him home more than they want a gun..."