Good Things Friday (313) and Link Love
February 21, 2025
1. I feel so accomplished. I finally figured out (by which I mean, finally remembered to go through the manual again and found the right page) what was causing the sewing machine to throw a horrible gnarl of looped threads on the back side of the fabric. The bobbin tension was too loose (although it’s been fine forever, why is it suddenly now too loose?) While testing the machine fix, I also repaired a bag for PiC. The seams had come undone so I reinforced it with a nice piece of canvas.
2. I ALSO finally fixed a seam on one of the blankets I made.
3. We took the kids on a bike ride. I stuck with Smol Acrobat so that PiC could enjoy the adult riding part. They kept asking to go back out the whole drive home – made me feel a little guilty for making them go at my pace because I was so slow and tired but they couldn’t have kept up with the other adults. Until they emerged from a THREE HOUR NAP. Ah ha! You were way more tired than you thought!
Can you help: Celeste Pewter, my go to on all things politics, is going through some serious stuff. She was recently seriously injured by a former partner and needs financial assistance to deal with the legal and maybe medical ramifications of that. This GFM was set up to help her get away from it before this incident, so the amount is too low.
Chris Kluwe was arrested for peacefully protesting a MAGA sign.
This is a long read and I’ve got mixed feelings about it. Lots of resentment for people who think that this asshole in chief was ever going to do anything good for this country, and for the people who persist in thinking that he’s only going to hurt other people and that makes it all ok: This Small Rust-Belt City Holds the Secret to Democrats’ Latino Woes Latino voters shifted dramatically toward Trump in the last election. Reading, Pennsylvania offers a clue to how Democrats can claw them back.
Automation in Retail Is Even Worse Than You Thought
From Philly to Bucks, protesters rally against Trump and Musk on Presidents’ Day: ‘Not a king!’
More of this: Eastern KY activists bought land where feds wanted to build a prison
I can’t read the whole post but the beginning is bad enough: FDIC Fires Probationary Employees Amid Continued Agency Cull. I’ve been concerned about whether our banking systems are going to crumple.
As a Target shareholder, GOOD: Target drops DEI initiatives and learns there are harsh consequences.
Cherie Priest: The Department of Veterans Affairs Gets Well and Truly Fucked
Claire Willett: Do Not Obey In Advance: A Moral Crisis in Arts Funding
