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#Lesbian. #Jew. Academic refugee. #Spin & #Weave. Former #hospice nurse, now case manager for a #Tribal health center. Pining for the PNW On stolen land, no one is illegal

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“Nashville, someone in our community needs our voices right now.”

More and more are speaking up for Nashville Noticias reporter Estefany Rodriguez, grabbed by ICE (in a marked news car) after her coverage of them.

@karinadazamusic’s post: www.instagram.com/reel/DVlczqs...

07.03.2026 19:18 👍 1052 🔁 547 💬 13 📌 11
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This is honestly one of the most anti-Jewish things I’ve ever seen from the United States government.

05.03.2026 23:19 👍 12921 🔁 3350 💬 2104 📌 571

I see you got all the names, but I'm wondering if there may be some relation - my mom's maiden name is Rappaport and she grew up in NYC (Coney Island at first I believe). You have DMs turned off, so I reached out here.

03.03.2026 14:20 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0

What a thoughtful and wonderful thing to do. There still is compassion in the world for the stranger

03.03.2026 03:59 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

Had a hell of time getting any kind of picture - this one at least shows a bit of the glitter the firestar brings to the yarn, and a sense of the transitions between shades.

02.03.2026 18:11 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

This is the largest item I’ve done with a handspun warp (it’s a shawl, 24” wide on the loom), and that will be interesting, as weight and twist are not completely consistent. The grey in particular is much softer and thicker. 2/3

02.03.2026 18:11 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0
From the side, an 8 shaft Schact Baby Wolf showing warp between the heddles and cloth beam. Yarn is black in the foreground and background, grey and mixed grey/black as it progresses across the warp. Little glints of rainbow color are visible in the black from the firestar. Yarn is merino/firestar from Camaj Fiber Arts color names "fancy crow" and "sterling"

From the side, an 8 shaft Schact Baby Wolf showing warp between the heddles and cloth beam. Yarn is black in the foreground and background, grey and mixed grey/black as it progresses across the warp. Little glints of rainbow color are visible in the black from the firestar. Yarn is merino/firestar from Camaj Fiber Arts color names "fancy crow" and "sterling"

Loom is dressed! Just need to tie up the treadles and I can start…figuring out exactly what I’m going to do with the two (or possibly three) weft yarns. 1/3 #weaving #handweaving #handspun #merino #silk #yak

02.03.2026 18:11 👍 15 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0
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Arachne (@marachne) Took longer than anticipated/should’ve and I ignored most of usual weekend tasks to do it, but the loom is dressed. Just need to tie up the treadles and I can start…figuring out exactly what I’m going...

substack.com/@marachne/no...

02.03.2026 03:57 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
View of back of Schact Baby Wolf loom, looking directly down at the warp which is loaded with black, black/grey, and grey yarn. the harnesses and heddles are visible at the top of the image, the warp beam is visible at the bottom of the image.

View of back of Schact Baby Wolf loom, looking directly down at the warp which is loaded with black, black/grey, and grey yarn. the harnesses and heddles are visible at the top of the image, the warp beam is visible at the bottom of the image.

Warp beam loaded. Some day I'll calculate my spools right - had to spin more black/grey plied, wind more spools for the black. Now I have to figure out how to space the extra heddles. Only 8 epi and using 24 of 26" that's a lot of heddles to disperse. #weaving #handwoven #handspun

28.02.2026 21:56 👍 8 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
A cat sits on the arm of a wrinkled tan long-sleeved top, staring at the camera. Her body perfectly covers the arm and does not extend beyond. In the foreground is the rest of the shirt lying on a purple - dominant colored patterned blanket with a tag reading "8th Gen Eighth Generation Blanket designed by Lynda Teller Pete (Dine). In the background is the rest of the bed and a teddy bear.

A cat sits on the arm of a wrinkled tan long-sleeved top, staring at the camera. Her body perfectly covers the arm and does not extend beyond. In the foreground is the rest of the shirt lying on a purple - dominant colored patterned blanket with a tag reading "8th Gen Eighth Generation Blanket designed by Lynda Teller Pete (Dine). In the background is the rest of the bed and a teddy bear.

A profile shot of the same cat sitting on the arm of a wrinkled tan long-sleeved top, further illustrating her perfect alignment with and coverage of one arm. The very wrinkled shirt and care are on a bed, light green covers in the foreground and a purple - dominant colored patterned blanket filling most of the frame, a teddy bear in in the background along with messy nightstand, bookcase, and two windows.

A profile shot of the same cat sitting on the arm of a wrinkled tan long-sleeved top, further illustrating her perfect alignment with and coverage of one arm. The very wrinkled shirt and care are on a bed, light green covers in the foreground and a purple - dominant colored patterned blanket filling most of the frame, a teddy bear in in the background along with messy nightstand, bookcase, and two windows.

Same image from head-on to the cat. You can see she is a tortoise-shell with a tan racing stripe down her nose, a half tan muzzle, and piercing green eyes.  Here you can see that beyond the cuff seen in the other pictures, all of the shirt arm is covered. More of the purple - dominant colored, mauve, white, and black secondary colored patterned blanket dominates most of the frame, in the background a night stand and window are visible.

Same image from head-on to the cat. You can see she is a tortoise-shell with a tan racing stripe down her nose, a half tan muzzle, and piercing green eyes. Here you can see that beyond the cuff seen in the other pictures, all of the shirt arm is covered. More of the purple - dominant colored, mauve, white, and black secondary colored patterned blanket dominates most of the frame, in the background a night stand and window are visible.

MO Boudreaux says Happy #Caturday and "Mine all Mine" (or at least this one sleeve, but try and put it on now). #CatPhotography #Cats

21.02.2026 18:11 👍 6 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

Finally got some snow - supposed to be several inches but so far only a dusting down here on the valley floor. If it picks up like predicted around 7:00, the will probably call for a delay about the time I get to work.

At least it looks like the mountains are getting a good hit.

17.02.2026 14:05 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

As an RN this makes me sad mad and proud. Many of us LIVE our code of ethics, 24/7 Alex was one of those. May his memory be a blessing

Tacky alert: I am so jealous - I became a nurse too late for caps and capes, and my mom lost hers - I want a nursing cape! (Not to return to daily cap use)

09.02.2026 14:31 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

Benito is a threat b/c he makes art so alluring and enjoyable you want to understand everything about it and then you end up learning about sugar and slavery and colonialism and the Taínos and Hawaii and then you probably have some thoughts of your own, and that's why art is powerful and dangerous

09.02.2026 01:38 👍 20653 🔁 5273 💬 108 📌 179

For the heck of it, I did the math: 2,284 yards plied or 5,273 singles.

08.02.2026 20:41 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
Six skeins of yarn arranged in a pinwheel. At approx 3:00 is one of two skeins of Camaj Fiber Arts "Ohh Shiney" Merino/firestar in "Fancy Crow" two ply; at 5:00 is Greenwood Fiberworks "Calypso" colorway in Yak/silk chain (3) ply; at 6:00 "Ohh Shiney" in "Sterling" two ply; at 8:00 another hank of the Fancy Crow; at 11:00 Greenwood Fiberworks "Calypso" in Merino, silk and cashmere chain ply; and at 1:00 the Fancy Crow and Sterling plied together.

Six skeins of yarn arranged in a pinwheel. At approx 3:00 is one of two skeins of Camaj Fiber Arts "Ohh Shiney" Merino/firestar in "Fancy Crow" two ply; at 5:00 is Greenwood Fiberworks "Calypso" colorway in Yak/silk chain (3) ply; at 6:00 "Ohh Shiney" in "Sterling" two ply; at 8:00 another hank of the Fancy Crow; at 11:00 Greenwood Fiberworks "Calypso" in Merino, silk and cashmere chain ply; and at 1:00 the Fancy Crow and Sterling plied together.

Same yarn laid out in a linear fashion, L to R: Greenwood Fiberworks colorway "Calypso" in Merino, silk and cashmere chain (3) ply; Greenwood Fiberworks "Calypso" in Yak/silk chain ply; two skeins of Camaj Fiber Arts "Ohh Shiney" Merino/firestar in "Fancy Crow" The Fancy Crow plied with another Ohh Shiney Stirling two ply; And "Ohh Shiney" in Sterling 2 ply

Same yarn laid out in a linear fashion, L to R: Greenwood Fiberworks colorway "Calypso" in Merino, silk and cashmere chain (3) ply; Greenwood Fiberworks "Calypso" in Yak/silk chain ply; two skeins of Camaj Fiber Arts "Ohh Shiney" Merino/firestar in "Fancy Crow" The Fancy Crow plied with another Ohh Shiney Stirling two ply; And "Ohh Shiney" in Sterling 2 ply

I still need to set the twist on the Sterling and the Sterling/Fancy Crow ply, but all the yarn for a shawl has been spun. Going to use the black and grey for warp, the colored yarn for weft. Not sure of set or weave yet. Yarn description in alt text. #Fiberarts #handspinning #weaving #handwoven

08.02.2026 19:52 👍 16 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0
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Indigenous-Led Collectives Are Keeping Minnesotan Communities Safe From ICE Members of the American Indian Movement and the Many Shields Warrior Society are patrolling the streets of Minneapolis.

truthout.org/articles/ind...

08.02.2026 02:40 👍 32 🔁 18 💬 0 📌 0
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Tahoe Conservancy Grant Supports Joint USFS-Washoe Tribe Project at Meeks Meadow - California Wildfire & Forest Resilience $600,000 Grant awarded to improve wildlife habitat and restore culturally significant plants.

I work in the medical clinic of the Washoe (Wašiw) Tribe of Nevada and California. Their traditional lands included, along with other People, Lake Tahoe (dáɁaw) and surrounding forest. Here's one example of collaboration wildfiretaskforce.org/california-t...

07.02.2026 03:47 👍 5 🔁 3 💬 0 📌 0
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The US government says it is falling short on its legal duties to tribal nations A new GAO report finds agencies unprepared to expand shared stewardship with tribes as climate pressures intensify.

A new US government report finds that federal agencies are unprepared to expand shared stewardship with tribes as climate pressures intensify.
grist.org/indigenous/u...

07.02.2026 03:16 👍 18 🔁 8 💬 1 📌 1
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02.02.2026 15:03 👍 23 🔁 6 💬 0 📌 0
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Long before the occupation, we were told a lie about Minneapolis It's the same lie we've always been told about each other

Lovely piece by Garrett White. Before I moved to Mpls all I knew about HHH was from his seemingly feckless time as LBJ's VP and failed run for president. I had no idea all the good he had done.

Long before the occupation, we were told a lie about Minneapolis
open.substack.com/pub/thewhite...

29.01.2026 13:53 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

Thank you. As a spinner and weaver, I love sheep, and I am as furious as you are. Your pictures are beautiful, cute and very good for my cortisol levels

26.01.2026 21:19 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

Another question I came here with was: how effective are the whistles and honking? Does it stop abductions? And the answer is, surprisingly to my cynical self, yes, and often. I have talked to so many people who have successfully interrupted kidnappings.

23.01.2026 19:20 👍 8686 🔁 2468 💬 63 📌 71

Here is a horrible thought that just crossed my mind - they are shipping people from MN to El Paso Texas - to a tent camp - and they have a massive cold/snow front coming.

How many more detainees will die?

How many of them will be children?

How many will be legally in this country?
#ICE

24.01.2026 00:16 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0
Tortoise she'll cat lying on a blue plaid jacket, draped over a pink cushioned barrel shaped, sundrenched chairs

Tortoise she'll cat lying on a blue plaid jacket, draped over a pink cushioned barrel shaped, sundrenched chairs

MO Boudreaux says "possession is 9/10ths of the law - this is WHOSE jacket? #catsky #cats #NotCaturday

19.01.2026 21:31 👍 4 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

ICE is going to orphan Black Haitian and Somali children with forced deportation that vacuum them into our carceral foster and juvie system- than immediately into the prison pipeline for a lifetime of cyclical state sanction enslavement.

- Reason 5047 Why I can't sleep.

18.01.2026 02:25 👍 55 🔁 20 💬 1 📌 0

Talked to a Somali man today who said his mosque last night was surrounded by neighbors ready to protect them against ICE if needed. Made me feel proud to live in this city.

17.01.2026 22:05 👍 54977 🔁 7898 💬 589 📌 293
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Tell Trump to Keep His Hands Off The Post Office The U.S. Postal Service is again under attack by Donald Trump and the world's biggest business con, Elon Musk. Trump’s plans to overhaul the post office and privatize it would be disastrous for people...

The 2028 election, if not the 2026 election will be ratfucked by ratfucking the USPS. Please sign the Move on petition
sign.moveon.org/petitions/te...

18.01.2026 17:14 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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Rainbow Wool Rainbow Wool is the first fashion made from the wool of gay sheep to support queer projects across the globe. #🌈🐏

I don't know where I first saw this, but this made me laugh and feel so happy #sheep #fiber #LGBTQ+ #queer #fashion #fiberarts

rainbow-wool.com

14.01.2026 22:55 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

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The CEOs of two major NYC hospital systems rake in over $16M and $26M per year 💸 Meanwhile, nearly 15,000 nurses are walking off the job--demanding safe staffing, fair pay, and protection from workplace violence. This is standing up for dignity.

13.01.2026 13:44 👍 241 🔁 61 💬 9 📌 3

god, there’s apparently ICE agents in Bemidji, in northern MN. Bemidji is between my reservation and two others. there is very little diversity besides the Indigenous population.

truly terrifying with how vulnerable Native women especially already are.

10.01.2026 21:36 👍 1130 🔁 372 💬 25 📌 12