Weftage

@weftage.bsky.social

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Resident of USA, Oregon, Portland (which has not, in fact, burned to the ground, despite what you may have been told.)

Humphrey Bogart in a white jacket and black bow tie. He holds a small glass of liqueur and looks thoughtfully off to the side.
A hand holding a pale green chicken egg. The egg has a ridiculous face drawn on it by someone who does not know how to draw.
Weather forecast for Thursday night: "Increasing Clouds"
Artisan using a long-handled tool to carefully manipulate molten glass in a glowing furnace
Post by @thehero81.bsky.social, 6:47 pm Jun 1, 2026 anti-Zionist is not anti-Semitism. Being against the government of Israel and their rampant genocide is not anti-Semitism. You can be against a government and yet still love the people. Look at the US. Horrible fascist government, yet some of my best friends are there. Stop funding genocide!
Cedar waxwings visiting a goumi berry shrub. There are at least four birds in this picture. Two are readily visible. The others are partly hidden by leaves.
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"Prosecutors in based out of Norfolk were not sure this was the strongest case in the world, but Halligan felt very strongly that it should be pressed," [MS NOW reporter Carol] Leonnig said. "Now, of course, this action by the FBI, as reported by Fox News, is embarrassing to Lucas, embarrassing to the Democratic Party and also to the governor of that state, because Lucas is a close ally of hers, and now what we know from this is the probe is really quite active. But as for charges, we shall see. They may be sealed at this moment, or they may never come. We're somewhere in the middle of those two."
A 16th century fountain in the shape of the ancient goddess Diana (Artemis) of Ephesus. She stands majestically in an alcove and is surrounded by greenery and small waterfalls. She has at least a dozen breasts, all of which are spouting water. (Photo via Wikipedia.)
Google search results for "Kamala Harris Black Leadership Summit." There are multiple listings of hostile opinion by right-wing commentator Megyn Kelly.
A party noisemaker that unrolls when you blow into it
The iconic photograph of the 1895 Montparnasse train wreck. The locomotive has crashed through the station wall and fallen to the lower-level street on the other side of the building.
Aubergine Emoji 4d Edited Just as you claim the left being unenthused about Kamala was simply not pragmatic, it was even less pragmatic for her campaign to try and scold untold numbers of people on the left into going to the ballot box one by one than just having Kamala grit her teeth and appease some leftist influencers in exchange for favorable coverage. Those people, even if you hate them, now hold more cache among the demographics Dems need than any mainstream outlet. She needed their energy and cool factor to win, but wasn't willing to swallow her pride and pander to it. Compare to what Trump was willing to do to form his 2024 coalition, including cozying up with RFK and Tulsi Gabbard and tech giants. It doesn't matter how strong your moral argument against leftists sitting out the election was, it doesn't matter how much you think they are "supposed to" look at the facts and conclude both sides aren't the same, if your existing method of communication isn't moving the needle–regardless of how sensible it feels to you consciously--you are failing at campaigning. By refusing to figuratively slob on the online left's knob because she didn't believe in paying such a price for voters that logically "should" support her anyway, she was doing the same thing the online left was doing, not relenting on principle. And that's fine if she were just some commentator or voter, but spelled her failure as a politician and leader.
A map of the Lower 48 states of the US. Yellow areas show where the Brown Dog Tick, Rhipicephalus sanguineus, lives. Spoiler: The entire map--every state--is yellow.
Excerpt from https://wafflemenu.us/waffle-house-index/ The company follows a detailed disaster plan called the Waffle House Storm Playbook, which includes: • Jump Teams who travel to damaged areas to reopen stores • Backup generators to keep kitchens running when power is out • Simplified menus that require fewer ingredients and less equipment • Supply trucks are sent ahead of time before a storm hits • Safety inspections to protect staff and guests
An image from Wikipedia describing the color "Old Mauve," a very dark, slightly greyish purple.
The Siemens "American Pioneer 220" train has a very streamlined, aerodynamic shape. I hope the air conditioning is good, because otherwise, with that massive slant of glass in front, the operator is going to cook in that enclosure.
A photograph of Mt. Hood. The snow-covered peak stands against a grey overcast sky full of layered clouds.
A paragraph from the Court of King's Bench of Alberta, College of Physicians and Surgeons of Alberta v Makis, 2026 ABKB 159: [18] Mr. Makis asserts that he does not practice medicine. Rather, he shares his interest and research in cancer treatment with the public as a Substack author and helps people with cancer as an International Cancer Coach. He derives a living from doing so.
The Tesla Diner in Los Angeles, which resembles nothing so much as a typical rooftop industrial exhaust fan
Rubber band powered balsawood toy airplane with red propeller and landing wheels
Photograph of a portable outdoor handwashing station, attractively situated among garden plants
Screenshot of post by spicycurry.bsky.social: American politics working on a candidate-by-candidate basis means that there really isn’t any chance of disciplining the party through cutting off donations. Taking Ken Martin’s money won’t stop Mamdani from getting any. 10:30 AM · Feb 10, 2026
Cartoon of the iconic “Clippy” figure, popping up to say, “Hi! It looks like you’ve quoted Martin Luther King, Jr. out of context instead of engaging with the complex reality of white supremacy in America. Would you like some help with that?”
Modern glass tumbler by Mosser Glass. The color and shape are similar to the centuries-older Roman find.
Necklace of sea urchin spines. Image via Wikipedia.
A plushie toy made in the image of the Flying Spaghetti Monster. Image via Wikipedia.
Commenter prokopetz: Thesis: the narrow focus on public performance over substantive action in certain activist circles has less to do with cynical schemes to game the system for progressive brownie points, and more to do with the fact that many folks basically think social activism is a form of ritual magic. Popular histories give us images of Great Men making speeches and leading marches and circulating petitions, and completely erase all the ground-level infrastructure that made all that stuff work; the end result is that a lot of folks seem honestly to believe that bringing about social change is a matter of performing the appropriate symbolic actions and waiting for reality to reconfigure itself accordingly.
(Calvin and Hobbes are sitting in bed talking about death.) Calvin: You know, Hobbes, I can’t figure out this death stuff. Why did that little raccoon have to die? He didn’t do anything wrong. He was just little! What’s the point of putting him here and taking him back so soon?!? It’s either mean or it’s arbitrary, and either way I’ve got the heebie-jeebies. (Calvin and Hobbes are now hiding under the bed) Hobbes: Why is it always night when we talk about these things?
A portion of a handwritten letter from Abigail Adams to her husband John Adams. The text reads "I desire you would Remember the Ladies, and be more generous and favourable to them than your ancestors. Do not put such unlimited power into the hands of the Husbands. Remember all Men would be tyrants if they could." Image via https://www.masshist.org
Painting, The Emperor Napoleon in His Study at the Tuileries (Jacques-Louis David, 1812). Napoleon is shown in the famous hand-in-waistcoat pose that important men thought proper to affect at the time. To modern eyes, it looks like he is scratching his belly. Image via Wikipedia.
Sunrise at Stonehenge. The standing stones are seen in silhouette, with the brilliant sun framed between them. Photo by Andrew Dunn, via Wikipedia
A photograph of a person using an electric buffer to polish a car
Profile for poster thestarnovakane.bsky.social, showing a notice that they are muted by a list called "Antisemites and those who support hamas"
Two posts from rachael-the-hobbit.bsky.social November 18, 2025 at 12:47 PM There's this grant for teacher education if you are willing to go work in a poorer school, I could consider a black school in the Daytona or Orlando areas, I was thinking it would be hard, but I grew up in the ghetto and so I'd be better at it than 90% of the white ladies they'd otherwise get lol November 18, 2025 at 12:49 PM I actually sometimes like talking to black people more IRL bc they're less uptight, with white folks I'm always afraid of being "offensive" or "crude" - the way my brain thinks is offensive and crude, black people love it lol
A painting of the British clipper ship Taitsing in full sail. Image source: Public domain via Wikipedia.
A paragraph from US election law. Source: https://www.congress.gov/crs_external_products/IF/HTML/IF10697.web.html FECA [Federal Election Campaign Act] bars foreign nationals from "directly or indirectly" making contributions or donating another "thing of value" in any federal, state, or local election; and prohibits contributions to political parties or other political committees (52 U.S.C. §30121(a)(1)). Any "person" (e.g., a U.S. citizen) may not "solicit or accept" a contribution or donation from a foreign national (52 U.S.C. §30121(a)(2)). Foreign nationals may not make expenditures, including independent expenditures (IEs, which call for election or defeat of candidates) or electioneering communications (ECs, which mention candidates during pre-election periods but do not expressly advocate election or defeat).
Wile E. Coyote on a rocket he has lashed himself to. What could go wrong?
[Anti-semites] know that their statements are empty and contestable; but it amuses them to make such statements: it is their adversary whose duty it is to choose his words seriously because he believes in words. They have a right to play. They even like to play with speech because by putting forth ridiculous reasons, they discredit the seriousness of their interlocutor. --Jean-Paul Sartre, Anti-Semite and Jew (1944)
Profile for account "Rhiannon" @1000knives.bsky.social, featuring a profile image that looks like a headless human torso, with 5 followers, 2 following, and 8 posts. The "bio" is mostly emojis
A person holding a toy wooden slingshot loaded with a soft fuzzy ball. The person has the sling drawn back and is about to loose the "ammunition" toward an annoying friend
A greatly enlarged photo of a common pill-bug, Armadillidium vulgare
The cover of the February 1981 issue of Crash & Burn Magazine, showing a rider losing control of his motorcycle in a race
Profile header for user iman (imanisthere.bsky.social), with label 'User Blocked by "Bad takes on Ukraine (plus Georgia and Hungary as a bonus"
Two lit matches burning together
Large backhoe breaking up some concrete
A Wedgwood plate with a pretty blue dahlia design
Label from a dose of flu vaccine received in Aug. 2025. Text reads: DO NOT FREEZE. Store at 2 to 8 C (35 to 46 F) SHAKE WELL. FOR INTRAMUSCULAR USE See full prescribing information for additional details. Prepared from influenza viruses propagated in embryonated chicken eggs and inactivated with formaldehyde. A nonionic surfactant (Triton brand X-100*) is added during manufacture. This vaccine has been standardized according to USPHS requirements for the 2025-2026 influenza season and is formulated to contain 180 micrograms (mcg) hemagglutinin (HA) per 0.5 ml dose, in the recommended ratio of 60 mcg HA each, representative of the following prototype strains: A/Victoria/4897/2022 IVR-238 (H1N1), A/Croatia/10136RV/2023 X-425A (H3N2), and B/Michigan/01/2021 (a B/Austria/1359417/2021-like virus, B Victoria lineage). Contains no preservative. Not made with natural rubber latex. *Triton brand X-100 - Registered trademark of Union Carbide Co., USA.
Optical illusion named for inventor Roger Shepard (1990) shows 2 figures that look different but are same size and shape. Image from https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Shepards_Table_Illusion.jpg
Romeo & Juliet: A BabyLit® Counting Primer was chosen as one of Parents Magazine's top 20 children's books of 2011. Get swept away by Little Master Shakespeare's tale of two star-crossed lovers in Romeo & Juliet: A BabyLit® Counting Primer. Count friends, kisses, love letters, and roses in this charming retelling of Shakespeare's famous story of young love. Since parting from such a lovely little book will certainly bring feelings of sweet sorrow, you may find yourself re-reading 'till it be 'morrow!
Bluesky post by Livio Henrik @liviohenrik.bsky.social from June 30. 2025 “They keep proving that David Hogg was right. Burn down the Democrats. They are leading us into the abyss. We need new blood.” [Quotes post of Adam Gurri @adamgurri.liberalcurrents.com: “Primary Jeffries, what a piece of shit”] [Screenshot (source not given) of post by David Hogg @davidhogg111: “If you say our willing to work with Donald Trump but not the Democratically elected mayor of NYC you should not be a Democrat.”]
An ornate snowflake
Post from "queerboy66.bsky.social" citing Politico article and stating "David Hogg is exactly who we need in party leadership. I am on the cusp of 59 & I trust the judgment of a 25 year old kid over an 80 year old has been. It will be a grave mistake to remove David maintaining the status quo is suicidal."
A paragraph from a CNN article at https://www.cnn.com/2025/05/28/politics/elon-musk-announces-departure-from-trump-administration The selected paragraph reads "CNN also reported Wednesday that Katie Miller, a top adviser and spokesperson for DOGE, has left her position and is now working with Musk, according to three sources familiar with the matter. She did not respond to a request for comment sent to her White House email, which still appeared to be functioning. A separate White House spokesperson did not immediately respond to a request for comment."
A large landscape fountain evokes the geological forms typical of the Columbia River Gorge east of Portland. Water cascades down the sides of the massive concrete blocks. The pool in front of the fountain is spanned by a walkway consisting of overlapping concrete slabs.
Post from “Omega Candrad”: “Fuck Schumer! Fuck Polsei! Fuck every establishment dem who thinks the rules still apply! Fuck all of them!!!!!!” May 22, 2025 at 12:45 PM (Spelling and punctuation as in original)
Post from Niaouro (Nia) Psaka --no! No, it's not! Democracy is for everybody! Let the white boy speak! This isn't Sulky Black Ladies Club. This is about everybody in America! Plus everybody threatened by America. Yes, even the Koreans. And the Irish. White Dem voters should take responsibility for their party, not fob it off. May 17, 2025 at 12:05 AM
Post from Niaouro (Nia) Psaka Look, I never, ever play the Black Lady card. I'm way too "white-acting" a "mutt." I make Barack & Candace look like Panthers. More likely to say I'm Swedish. Won't play it. But if some white person is trying to tell me that a white man speaking up for his concerns is disrespectful to black women-- May 17, 2025 at 12:05 AM
Necklace that holds a drinks glass hands-free
She had just finished telling one of her favorite stories (which we published in August 1993) about the Texas state legislator who introduced a bill banning sodomy, both homosexual and heterosexual, in the Great State, as she always called Texas. When this legislator succeeded in passing the bill with the help of an ally, the two men shook hands in celebration. “Whereupon, the Speaker had to send the sergeant-at-arms over to reprimand them both,” Molly said, “because under the new law, ‘it’s illegal for a prick to touch an asshole in the state.’ ” (From the Texas Observer, Oct. 25, 2012 https://www.texasobserver.org/2438-a-tribute-to-molly-ivins/)