Brian Spears

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Senior Poetry Editor at The Rumpus, author of A Witness in Exile (Louisiana Literature Press, 2011) and Another Poem to Love https://brian-spears.com I also crochet stuff.

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Just because Spelling Bee don’t believe in them don’t mean they ain’t real

Repost with a tweet you still think about

reskeet with a tweet you still think about

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Don Moynihan

One of my favorite things I’ve ever crocheted was this sweater for a friend who became a citizen earlier this year. She wore it to the ceremony and to celebrate later that night. I started making it with my tongue in my cheek, but she legitimately loves it and what it represents to her.

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Alyssa Harad

I nominate Isabella Pawsolini for President. She has the proper work ethic for the gig.

I’ve been working on this off and on for a couple of weeks. I finished it today because I desperately needed to stay off my phone.

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Celeste Ng

Yeah I had the same reaction when I went to my local Michaels last week.

Pokemon Go and the Supreme Court are on the same page today I guess.

So it’ll cost a lot of money and won’t be able to find a job in its field?

No necesitas aprender español. Necesitas acariciarme, por favor.

Since everyone around here tries to make a muffuletta using focaccia, I have to make my own every so often. Here’s the one I made a couple weeks ago.

ok we haven't done this in a while but let's do a SHOW AND TELL THURSDAY respond to this post (either in a reply or quote or both) with something you made that you're proud of. everything counts; you can show me a pie you made if you want. if you're selling it, link the shop. use alt text.

It took me longer than I’d like to admit to realize that this is not referring to a police department for a New York football team

Just want to point out this piece. Because the cop resigned, it’s not in his employment record and so won’t affect his ability to get another law enforcement job.

The officer in question made frequent use of Clearview AI's facial recognition technology for personal reasons, often employing the tech to track down social media users not linked to any crimes

Cop busted for unauthorized use of Clearview AI facial recognition resignsarstechnica.com Indiana cop easily hid frequent personal use of Clearview AI face scans.

Stolen from one of the bad places

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Dr Eleanor Janega

This is the Psyduck I crocheted that hangs out next to my work computer and helps me get through the grading

Y’all keep trying to make fetch happen.

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Benjamin Dreyer

If you see this, post a famous landmark that you’ve seen.

If you see this, post a famous landmark that you've seen. (they didn't specify HOW famous, lol)

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Wendy C. Ortiz

When I first started trying to crochet about five years ago, I had a book, a Very Impressive Book with illustrations and explanations and I was incredibly frustrated and then I watched a YouTube video and was like, “oh, that’s where the hook goes.” And now I make stuff like this.

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Tikkun Olamunist - ירמל גרױס

I have kept this image on my phone for I don’t know how many years because it’s the same energy.

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J-T Kelly

The world you grew up in is dead

The world you grew up in is dead bsky.app/profile/prof...

I took advantage of a momentary slip on her part and finished the sweater

Umm, Willa Cathair? I’m gonna need that sleeve if I’m gonna finish my sweater today. I guess I can just weave in ends for the next 8 days or so until you’re done with it.

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Kyla Houbolt

Not precisely a sign but close enough I think.

Opinions aren’t like assholes. Opinions are like tardigrades, able to live in extreme conditions and be revived even when they’ve been presumed dead for a long time. That said, tardigrade faces do resemble sphincters, so maybe there’s some overlap.

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Brian Spears

Oh, and my collection of inexpensive multitools

Which actor’s expression will stay with you forever?

Which actor's expression will stay with you forever?

I can’t decide if it’s worse that the police were dishonestly using this as an argument against protesting students or if they just didn’t think of the fact that these kids have had to do active shooter training their entire lives.

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Emily L. Hauser

Okay, but also

Did Agent Smith write this?