February 20, 2026
1. My two crow friends haven’t been by in weeks but two ravens visited this week so I signaled treats to them, same as I do my crow friends, and they came over!
They are always braver than the local crows and showed it this time by hanging out by the food spot even after they’d cleaned up the offering, and let me come close enough to roll a few additional rounds of treats over to them.
The crows always require me to be a minimum distance away, and retreat as soon as they fill their beaks. They’ll come back for seconds and thirds but hanging out in the vicinity while I approach is still a solid no.
I can’t stop laughing at this, the last paragraph is priceless: Unalaska is the nation’s eagle attack capital. Why?
“Now, Ayures keeps an eagle figurine on his desk. When he’s re-stationed, it’s a piece of Unalaska he’ll hold on to — knowing that somewhere out there, an eagle with his cell phone is holding onto a piece of him, too.”
Helping folks: Carrie Mesrobian: “ICE is still here in Columbia Heights. People are still unable to work, feed their families, pay their rent. If you have a couple bucks to spare, please do. If not, just go please meet at least one neighbor. You will want to be ready if this ever comes to your community and that is the first step.” Link to GFM for this community in MN.
Greg Pak: Keep Minnesota Housed, friends!
Visit https://keepMNhoused.com today to adopt a rent or donate to a rent fund to help families affected by ICE stay in their homes.
#keepMNhoused
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February 13, 2026
1. A pink manta!
2. A friend’s willing to be the guinea pig on this crocheting pattern for me. I bought this for them to try first and tell me how tough it really is before I commit to buying yarn and trying to figure out how to crochet again. I learned more than 20 years ago but I only ever learned the one stitch and that baby blanket is STILL a WIP tucked away somewhere.
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February 6, 2026
1. Charlie Jane Anders and Annalee Newitz Humble Bundle supporting Miss Major Alexander L. Lee TGIJP Black Trans Cultural Center / Transgender Gender-Variant Intersex Justice Project (TGIJP)
2. You have to be logged into Bluesky for this but Claire Willett commentary on the current Catholic Church doings and politics is always enlightening. I had no idea that the Latin Mass was a dogwhistle for virulent antisemitism, for one.
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January 30, 2026
1. Our locks have been sticking something awful and it just occurred to me to put a drop of oil on the key and work it in there. Just one day later and they’re working perfectly again. Small win!
Helping folks: from @prisonculture.bsky.social Trusted friends in Minneapolis tell me that this fund is supporting many people but does not have enough money. If you can give, please do: https://chuffed.org/project/167138-emergency-rent-fund-support-workers-in-minnesota.
Haven Watch MN is on the ground providing support to people being released into the cold winter, dumped with no phones, wearing only the clothes they were wearing when snatched. Some folks were even being dumped in the woods, that’s a death sentence some nights.
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January 23, 2026
1. We found a place that baked excellent turnovers and strudels and I’m in pastry heaven. Unfortunately they are far far away but I accidentally bought enough to freeze for later so we’ll be good for a little while.
Helping folks: Aji shared some critical needs fundraisers here.
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January 16, 2026
1. A fundraiser to help support immigrant parents & families in south Minneapolis who are facing hardship—and in some cases eviction—because they can’t go to work. From Nicole Chung.
2. This individual has really been going through it. We contributed weeks ago but his campaign hasn’t gotten any traction. Can you pitch in a bit?
A story
The Teleporting Disaster Fairy
by Rati Mehrotra in Uncanny Magazine
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January 9, 2026
1. I sure wish I had any knack for painting at all. These beautiful plastic-free watercolors from Beam Paint are calling my name but for gifts because they’d be wasted on me.
Challenges this week:
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