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Out of the possibly paranoid feeling that society is going to collapse into a steaming heap of shit... I have started working out how to darn my damned socks.

Also, I like these socks and want to keep wearing them as long as possible.

#darning #visible mending #handwork #needle work #darning socks

callese

refseek.com

www.worldcat.org/

link.springer.com

http://bioline.org.br/

repec.org

science.gov

pdfdrive.com

makingdonalddrumpfagain

depsidase

mariposagal

Here's a link to the full article by Jessica Valenti. I would encourage you to read at least the first two sections to get more details about how the current administration is relabelling contraceptives as abortifacents.

9.12.25

howtomakeyousee

You will patch up all the holes in 2025.

(this isn’t a post about knitting)

omgsomeonesomewhereonearth

This isn't a post about knitting, but I would like to learn all I can about mending techniques in 2025

wingedcorgi

mfw i decide to remake a comic from 8 years ago

soracities

"Absolutely no one comes to save us but us."

Ismatu Gwendolyn, "you've been traumatized into hating reading (and it makes you easier to oppress)", from Threadings, on Substack [ID'd]

paper-mario-wiki

HEY wanna read but annoyed on where to find copies of books?

Here's an archive with millions of PDFs of books and papers and magazines and essays and stuff.

meltedgarment

I've been looking for such archives, thanks

fealty-to-thee

i was not going to publish this essay because i don’t like to yell but here the fuck i am.

the first link broke, here you go

headpanemaniac

Okay so I normally never post stuff I make anywhere but I finally got around to framing those and I'm really happy with how they turned out so fuck it we ball

Here's my attempt at cross stitching the Witcher signs:

These are made with the fantastic patterns that I got from sirithre at Etsy.

Detailed photos under the cut

depsidase

flower-crowns-and-combat-boots

Every time you have GenAI make you an anime waifu with three titties and a dumptruck ass a family doesn't get to have a drink or bathe.

Every time you ask Copilot to write you a PowerShell script to stroke your boss' ego, a city experiences a brownout.

Every time you chat with your AI "girlfriend" a farmer doesn't get to water their animals.

Using these tools actively hurts you and your community, while at the same time enriching some shitheel who would happily step on your neck to make an additional dollar. Don't use them. Actively remove them from devices you own. Disable them whenever possible. Go out of your way to avoid them. It's honestly not hard. You've been using the internet just fine without GenAI hallucinating at you.

strawbebehmod

Yoooooooo

So the government just defunded PBS and NPR which is fucked. That being said, the public can cover the damage if we orginize and donate.

Only about $1.60 of tax dollars per US citizen per year are spent on the public broadcasting budget. NPR and PBS offer beong able to make small monthly donations, some being 7$ per month or lower if you want.

If you want to donate 1.60$ per month to your local station, you can multiply how much funding they get from you by 12. If you do their monthly donation of $7 per month, your donation can equal the tax dollars of 54 people spent on public broadcasting per year.

If you want to donate to your local station, look them up by your town here to make sure your local stations get helped specifically:

ladyofthehouse

Truly, this is in fact important stuff.

sugarforsalt

If you’re able; do it.

cosy-crafty-corner

Tansy embroidery

Tansy means "I declare war" in flower language.

Stem stitch and French knots.

This embroidery idea was inspired by the story Must Brave the Thorns by @inexplicifics

inexplicifics

Oh, this is delightful!

kaiyonohime

Immediate warning to yarn users!

Knitpicks has recently been sending out yarn infested with carpet beetles. Apparently one of their warehouses has an active infestation.

They have shut the warehouse down for now, but if you have recent yarn from them in your stash in may be infested!

Knitpicks is not currently informing their customer base of this issue (pretty standard for them, unfortunately), so word of mouth is necessary.

fibrearts

Here's some more info from Reddit.

kaiyonohime

On Reddit one person that recently received an infested order is reporting that it came from Columbus, Ohio. So that could be where the infested warehouse is.

Suggested actions are to freeze your yarn for two weeks at 0F, or 72 hours of you can get your freezer colder.

You can also cook your yarn in the oven at 200F.

And, as this summer, black bag your yarn and leave it in a hot car for two weeks to cook.

kaiyonohime

More information!

Sadly, not good news.

Given the life cycle of carpet beetles, and the fact that at least one person has confirmed the eggs hatched in their yarn only within the last few days, the eggs had to have been laid roughly two weeks ago. So the infestation is older than two weeks at least.

The knitpicks team is currently on Reddit claiming they know nothing about this and will look into it. But other people on Reddit have already said they contacted knitpicks at least a week ago and were told the warehouse was being shut down for inspection. So, at the moment, the private equity firm that owns knitpicks is trying to do damage control. It's unknown if anything will actually be done.