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Amy Karafin

@karafin.bsky.social

Patient education, former palliative care, recovering writer. I left my heart in Mumbai.

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Nina Willburger @drnwillburger.bsky.social · last wk.

Beloved toy: An over 1800-year-old rag-doll made from linen and stuffed with flexible filling, and dressed in linen garments. The hair is made of human hair. The eyes, eyebrows, and mouth are painted on. The doll is one of the most elaborate of its kind and presumably belonged to a... 🧵1/2

A rag doll made from stitched cloth with a stuffed torso and long sewn legs, dressed in a coarse beige tunic that shows holes and mending. The doll has dark, tousled textile hair; a pale, painted face with simple eyes and mouth; small gold earrings hanging at the sides of the head, wearing a neck ring and bracelets too. The doll is shown upright against a black background.
Jason Rabinowitz@airlineflyer.net · last mo.

A $3 @mta.info subway fare and some good Q train timing can buy you one hell of a view of the July 4th fireworks and the Brooklyn Bridge light show! Huge shoutout to the train operator for slow rolling over the Manhattan Bridge and the conductor for announcing it.

gamera obscura@ohrobin.bsky.social · last mo.

Every authoritarian movement in history began by identifying a vulnerable group whose rights were framed as negotiable. How hard you are willing to fight for trans rights is the litmus test for whether or not you understand solidarity. It’s all of us or none of us.

Old DeuTaranomy 🧶⚒️@kindofstrange.com · last mo.

"Trans rights are not the most important issue right now" Not standing up to protect our trans siblings is letting someone put a jackhammer into the foundation of human rights. It is absolutely critical we support one another.

Greg Pak@gregpak.net · 2mo ago

Hey, friends in NY-10! It's time to vote for @bradlander.bsky.social, and here's why, illustrated with photos! I've taken more pictures of this dude than any other elected because he always shows up, supporting people & causes I care about. Check it out & VOTE! Find your polling site at vote.nyc!

Victoria Rose Richards@aerialembroidery.bsky.social · 4mo ago

'A simple (perfect) life' - my spring landscape is finally finished! An apple orchard in bloom, old railway, sheep with their lambs and an allotment being prepared for growing :) Zoom in to see all the other tiny details too... I think this might be my favourite aerial embroidery I've ever done!

An embroidery hoop containing a sewn aerial view landscape. It depicts an apple orchard in bloom in the centre, allotments to the left and sheep in their field at the bottom. Train tracks go past the top of the orchard and allotment.Sewn train tracks past an apple orchard (to the left).An angled view of a sewn vegetable allotment surrounded by rough land, trees and with train tracks to the left.An angled view of embroidered bushes and paths going through them leading to an orchard, allotment and fields.