Staff at a Twin Cities yarn store put together a pattern for a red knit “Melt the ICE” hat inspired by the Norwegian resistance. They thought they would attract 10 people to a weekly knit-along. They’ve sold 70,000 copies, raising more than $250k for immigrant aid groups.

‘Rage knitting’ against the machine: the hobbyists putting anti-ICE messages into crafts

Makers take a stand through ‘Melt the ICE’ red knit caps and sparkly nails – all while raising funds for those affected by immigration raids

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Is there a cool phonetic/phonological story to be told about the interchangeability of Hamnet/Hamlet?

In Korean, the expression I know (목청껏) refers to vocal cords. It uses a particle that means like "to the extent possible", and so it's roughly "pushing my vocal cords to the brink".

in Russian we have "yelling with all my throat"

I’m doing a live thing in two weeks, come hang out

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Overheard someone talking about “mentopause” earlier today and what kind of process is this????? Hunter/hunner gone wild.

New eggcorn out now

Matt Massarella-Gill@3788mg.bsky.social · 9mo ago

Heard a lad earlier talking about ‘Belgian whistles’ “A basic website costs 10k or 25k upwards if you want all the Belgian whistles” BELGIAN WHISTLES

Dutch has 'uit volle borst zingen' (singing out of full chest), meaning singing loudly/enthusiastically, which seems similar if a little more restricted in application (I don't think I know it to be used for shouting, just singing)

In English we say “at the top of my lungs” to mean “as loud as I can”. Do other languages have similar phrases? Do they refer to lungs or some other body part? Or use a different metaphor entirely?

Taking one of these apology shaped objects as meaningful is *just as much a huge red flag* as thinking any of its other output is meaningful. It's a sign you've got the exact same brainrot as the guys calling it their girlfriend.

Sounds right

Merriam-Webster@merriam-webster.com · 9mo ago

Take a screenshot of this GIF, and whichever new word you land on is YOUR word for 2026. Let's. Go.

Weekly Georgian Etymology: მეკვლეობა Meḳvleoba 'First-foot (tradition)', from Middle Georgian მეკვლე meḳvle hunter, tracker from Old Georgian ႩႳႠႪႨ ḳuali trace, step, from Georgian-Zan *ḳwal- step. It draws its name from superstitions surrounding the New Year's first visitor.

Edinburgh at night

Oh, you're adding 1 to a number at midnight? Great fun, is it? I add 1 to numbers all the time but you don't see me making a big deal out of it, but have fun I guess with your math holiday

I am 100% in favour of renationalising passenger rail services, but PLEASE can we stop the stupid cycle of building good things, dismantling them, then rebuilding them again??

AI and algorithms have driven me off the internet. Miss you, but can’t stand the robots anymore.

Rare permanent position alert! UVic Anthropology is looking for a Senior Lab Instructor (MA/PhD) in Socio-Cultural Anthropology. We need someone passionate about experiential learning & adept at multimodal methods (sound, visual, maps) uvic.mua.hrdepartment.com/hr/ats/Posti... #anthro #academicjobs

Some private equity firm is going do the most evil possible thing with this data and that was always how this was going to end.

TechCrunch@techcrunch.com · 2y ago

DNA testing company 23andMe files for bankurptcy protection, CEO resigns

The promise of AI in education is it will save educators time. That's rubbish. It's sapping all our time already in working groups, committees, workshops, and marking anxiety. It's the most time-sapping, exhausting and frankly boring thing I've ever encountered in HE - and it's in my research area.

Unique to America, our health care system is designed not to make people well, but to make CEOs & wealthy stockholders incredibly rich. The result: We have the highest infant mortality rate of any wealthy country on earth. How cruel, how immoral is that? We need Medicare for All.

I wish NPR would run fewer science stories like "how our brains work, part 43" or "the nature of time itself" and more on, say, climate change and ecosystems, fire, or extreme floods. And slip in a mention of how many fired fed employees or grant $ pulled focused on "exactly what we're discussing."

"Would you kill Hitler as a baby?" No, you sadist; I would do everything I could to make sure he avoided his father's wrath and got into art school

It will never be enough. The goal is to break the University, not have them meet demands. Taunting Columbia with the hope of compliance just sweetens the pot with humiliation.

Dani Friedrich@danifriedrich.bsky.social · 2y ago

In the NYT right now, from a Justice Dept lawyer: “I will tell you right now that Columbia has not in my opinion — and the opinion of the Department of Justice — has not cleaned up their act,” Mr. Terrell said. “They’re not even close, not even close to having those funds unfrozen.”

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People say academia doesn't need print books or journals any more - but the printed material may be all that survives the next 50 years, let alone the next 500.

i don’t mind if a human being pirates my book in order to read it. i do mind if mark zuckerberg pirates my book to make meta AI more profitable

In case you wanted to know some of my thoughts on how student loans would be affected by all this nonsense...here you go! Gift link. www.wsj.com/personal-fin...

We were meme'ing over on other platforms at @oxfordarchaeology.bsky.social and it's too good not to share here! #archaeology Happy big C's day to those who celebrate!

Fun fact! My retired mother is exploring an ADHD diagnosis after both my brother and I started getting treated as adults. As she says, why struggle with something that you don't have to, just because you're not working?

Eric Michael Garcia@ericmgarcia.bsky.social · 2y ago

We see a spike in older women getting prescribed with ADHD for the same reason we see the racial gap close with autism. Our understanding of ADHD has grown and therefore, more people who otherwise went undetected are getting the treatment they deserve. This is a plus. www.nbcnews.com/health/menta...

From losing 2-6 IQ points per infection to activating autoimmune conditions to long-term organ damage, none of this is good. It’s time to #CleanTheAir in all indoor workplaces, daycares, schools, etc. www.cbc.ca/radio/quirks...

Beyond long COVID — how reinfections could be causing silent long-term organ damage | CBC Radio

Scientific evidence is painting an unsettling picture: COVID infections, even if mild or asymptomatic, may be causing long-term cellular and organ damage, as well as increasing your risk of developing...

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