how fucking sad though, to be the richest man in the world and not know what a good tomato tastes like. Capitalism has always failed in its attempts to quantify and understand what makes our lives beautiful.
Lee
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Designer, maker (of clothes, food, etc), movie-watcher; antifascist, abolitionist, anti-AI. In Portland, Oregon. She/they 🧶🪡🏳️🌈🇵🇸 leedoesstuff.com
I refreshed three of my favorite lacy patterns! Patreon members get Galax, Krewe, and Twou, perfect for summer knitting! www.patreon.com/LeeDoesStuff...
Three lacy knitting patterns for summertime! | Lee Does Stuff
Hi knitters! For June's refreshed patterns, I chose three things you may like to knit in the summer months—lacy neck things. Attached are fr
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New zine day! This one is a collaboration with my friend @annacanning.bsky.social and I looove how it turned out, printed with riso in 4 ink colors! Only $5 to get the printed zine mailed to you!! Or just $2 for the digital files. New zine every month! www.patreon.com/LeeDoesStuff...
New zine: Doors, by Lee & Anna | Lee Does Stuff
My friend Anna has been taking photos of doors while traveling and posting them on instagram for awhile now, and I always loved the series a
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Any thoughts on where in the Portland area I might be able to source an old newspaper box?? I want to start a little free blockbuster! Willing to drive to Salem, Vancouver, etc. Looking for free or cheap-ish (finding them on FB marketplace for $300 😬)
The mystery has been solved! Dihedral was released today in all the places, including Patreon where you’ll also get a whole bunch of other patterns! www.patreon.com/posts/160262... www.ravelry.com/patterns/lib... payhip.com/b/Yf1ym
The mystery is over—Dihedral hat pattern! | Lee Does Stuff
The mystery is over—Dihedral hat pattern! by Lee Does Stuff on Patreon. Join Lee Does Stuff's community for exclusive content and updates.
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Lee@leedoesstuff.bsky.social · 3mo agoI’m gonna do a mystery hat knit-a-long! Soon! Pick out a skein of worsted and get ready. Pattern sections will go up on the patreon to knit tiers starting in a few days ($6 to join). For now, I’ve posted a poll asking how far apart you’d like the sections to be: www.patreon.com/posts/158098...
Something I find myself thinking about a lot is unless you've got a legume allergy so much of the nutritional guidance can be summed up in: eat beans.
New zine!! Download it on patreon, or join a mail tier to get it sent to you! www.patreon.com/posts/159511...
I love gardening as a hobby, but I’m glad I choose to do it and don’t rely on it to live. I haven’t gotten far into the storage yet—fridge pickles, I’ve dabbled with a little fermentation, and then lots of freezing mostly, which works great! (Also: my newest zine is about gardening as a fun hobby!)
Robert Evans (the Only Robert Evans)@iwriteok.bsky.social · 3mo agoGardening is good for your mind and body even though it won't make you self sufficient. even better is learning how to safely store food, pressure canning being my favorite method. buying in bulk and storing when food is in season and cheap
I’m gonna do a mystery hat knit-a-long! Soon! Pick out a skein of worsted and get ready. Pattern sections will go up on the patreon to knit tiers starting in a few days ($6 to join). For now, I’ve posted a poll asking how far apart you’d like the sections to be: www.patreon.com/posts/158098...
Local Portland people! I’ll be tabling with my zines on Saturday at this fun event in SE! Including my brand new gardening zine!!
Pet peeve: “an intern is having a really bad day” about a social media situation. For several years sm has been very important for companies, interns aren’t doing it! Just saw someone say it about the company I worked for—the sm guy got paid more than I did & of course his position didn’t get cut!
I was going to write today, but until we know more, I don't have any new words for this moment. What I will say is that if you are reeling, and you know you want to be part of making things better, Mariame Kaba and I wrote a book for you. I hope it helps.
Let This Radicalize You
Doing Justice: The Revolution of Rescue and Reciprocal Care is a practical and imaginative resource for activists and organizers building power in an era of destabilization and catastrophe.
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New pattern! Bobbie Hood is a worsted weight reversible hood knit with slipped stitches, in two sizes with several options for the bottom, including ties, a buttoning strap, or full scarf ends! On Patreon: www.patreon.com/posts/154662... On Ravelry: www.ravelry.com/patterns/lib...
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It is really, really wild how persistent and prominent this remains in common LLMs. There seems to be an air of "well they fixed that" and it is 100% not true: most of the energy just seems to be going towards 'being plausible enough to be accepted', ie style and not accuracy or truth
Paris Marx@parismarx.com · 6mo agoOpenAI ”acknowledged in its own research that LLMs will always produce hallucinations due to fundamental mathematical constraints that cannot be solved through better engineering, marking a significant admission from one of the AI industry’s leading companies.” You can’t trust chatbots.
Well it’s been 26 days since this went wide and I haven’t seen a single response. I have a huge stash of their yarn I brought home during my 6 years of working there, but I will stop tagging them when I use it because they don’t want to be tagged on anything political and EVERYTHING IS POLITICAL 🤷♀️
Lizzy Boredom@lizzyboredom.bsky.social · 5mo agoFYI knitters and crocheters - Knit Picks, Jimmy Beans, Madeline Tosh, Berrocco are apparently ok with fascism
"It’s Trans Day of Visibility but it’s also Trans Day of Have To Go To Work Anyway, or Trans Day of Who The Fuck is Hiring, or Trans Day of How Are We Going to Support All These Queers Who Are Internally Displaced Refugees Here in the States."
Margaret Killjoy@margaret.bsky.social · 4mo agothis week's post is about how trans visibility is, somehow, a threat to power margaretkilljoy.substack.com/p/our-visibi...
It’s your final day to sign up for a mail tier of my Patreon (only FIVE dollars!! or just 9 if you also want a knitting pattern each month) to get this 2021 time capsule zine mailed to you! You can learn a bit more about it here: www.patreon.com/posts/154121...
It’s your final day to sign up for a mail tier of my Patreon (only FIVE dollars!! or just 9 if you also want a knitting pattern each month) to get this 2021 time capsule zine mailed to you! You can learn a bit more about it here: www.patreon.com/posts/154121...
I am SO behind schedule on multiple projects, sick with a cold, trying to work on this pattern which has been like alllmost done for over a week but still quite far from being actually really done…
This was a great listen. Take an hour of your day to put this on. There is a profound historical precedent for librarians and archivists being among the very first people targeted by authoritarians. Librarians are the keepers of collective knowledge. It's a sacred responsibility.
Puff the Magic Hater@mskellymhayes.bsky.social · 5mo agoI talked with @prisonculture.bsky.social, Alison Macrina, and Katie Clark about libraries as public infrastructure, contested political terrain, and spaces of possibility—and about what it means to fight for them in this fascistic moment.
I posted some peek photos of my next pattern, and a poll about how you prefer patterns to be written, on my patreon. Do you like when a pattern always tells you to slip wyif or wyib, or do you prefer just a “always slip with yarn to WS” note and leave it at that? www.patreon.com/posts/153373...
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If we let them, these people will destroy everything that makes human civilization worth saving. It’s frightening how much power and influence we have allowed these tech feudalists to accumulate - and it will be one of the twenty-first century’s defining struggles to wrest it back from them.
More Perfect Union@moreperfectunion.bsky.social · 5mo agoBillionaire Marc Andreessen says he has "zero" introspection, and that the idea itself is a modern invention.
Between Sean Penn and Brad Pitt, lots of love for abusers this evening
Search your camera roll for “hell”
William Bibbiani@williambibbiani.bsky.social · 5mo agoSearch your camera roll for “hell”
The voice and method and feeling and ambition and love of contemporary television criticism would be practically unimaginable without Matt Zoller Seitz. Buy some books from his wonderful store!
Matt Zoller Seitz@mattzollerseitz.bsky.social · 5mo agoTHREAD: I got laid off from NYMag/Vulture after 14 years. The family lost 75% of income + medical. Now mzs.press bookstore, once a side project. is do-or-die for Judith & I. I feel weird telling you this because others are doing much worse. But if you could like or share this, we'd be so grateful!
Ugh feel like cultural progress has been moving backwards. Rise in vegan foods having been a trend that is no longer in fashion. Learning that the company where I was on the DEI committee & helped design pride flag patterns is now refusing to support influencers who make a red hat.Shit is depressing
I am horrified at how evil this is. But I'm also horrified at how bad this is. I've seen One Direction edits that go harder than this.
Ulrike Franke@rikefranke.bsky.social · 5mo agoThis is a real video from the official White House account on a war that is currently killing people. I don’t know how the US is going to come back from this. The post was “JUSTICE THE AMERICAN WAY. 🇺🇸 🔥”
Yeah I need this. Been a frustrating week, being sad more people aren’t signing up for my patreon even after a major price drop and just learned last night I didn’t get accepted to table a zine fest I applied for. Maybe zines were not a good new career choice 🙃 but at least I don’t use ai!
Aasa T 🏳️⚧️ 🇵🇸@rosgakori.bsky.social · 5mo agoAnyways.
