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YarnGeek@yarngeek· 18d

Hey @asterionhex.monster here’s some recent art-o’-th’day:

Watercolor of a brown tabby kitty on burgundy leather hassock

Watercolor painting in rainbow blended background, with a J.R.R. Tolkien quote lettered over top: “There is a place called Heaven where the good here unfinished is completed, and where the stories unwritten and the hopes unfulfilled are continued. We may laugh together yet.”

Two small watercolor paintings, rainbow backgrounds with lettering. One reads, “what if it all works out?” In white lettering; the other reads “darling - you’re gonna be okay.” In black lettering.

Watercolor study of desk items - a stapler, a glue stick, and a ruler.

YarnGeek@yarngeek· 19d

Update: see this? Two layers of this, preferably pull-up like a tackle box, but just magnetize-able layer also fine - just, no gaps. Wall to wall hexies with half-wells by the walls. Am I gonna have to teach myself 3D modeling? UGH

A mint tin, held open to show 20 hexagonal watercolor pans tucked into the tin.

YarnGeek@yarngeek· 28d

Thank you for this one!

A quick pencil sketch of a person’s lower legs, wearing a pair of Hunter rain boots. The left boot has a lace tied around the ankle draping off to one side that seems like a trip hazard, but looks cool in the pic.

Original photo sketch was taken from, of a model wearing the cream-colored rain boots.

YarnGeek@yarngeek· Jun 10

Please ignore the sloppiness of the scrawl; the nib on my dip pen is trash right now & needs an overhaul. Also it was like 2am, & there may or may not be a blot on the opposing page bc I closed the journal before the splat dried. Whoops. This does no justice to the fabulous sheening of the ink tho.

Photo of a handwritten swatch in my journal of Ferris wheel press’ “peppermint drop” fountain pen ink, describing how I found the bottle at random in a pile of forgotten things in my house.

YarnGeek@yarngeek· Jun 10

INK TAX:

Swatch tag of Ferris Wheel Press’ “peppermint drop” fountain pen ink, which is a green ink with red sheen. Ink maker and name is written on the tag in messy not-calligraphy script; the swatch sits on a navy blue Archer and Olive journal embossed with a pirate ship sailing a sea of stars. The journal has stickers reading “Ancient Hexes for Current Times”, “What If It All Works Out?”, and “it’s going to be ok”.

YarnGeek@yarngeek· Feb 19

For my fellow Starless Sea obsessives, I give you my still-evolving planner cover: (still need to find proper vintage skeleton key, better bee)

An amber golden metallic leather journal sitting on a green and yellow cutting mat. The journal, wrapped in braided navy elastic, bears three charms on the front: a bee, a key, and a sword. There are three beaded trinkets with keys on the end of each one suspended from the spine of the cover. A brass fountain pen is clipped to the top of the journal cover.

Three charms adorning the front of an amber-golden metallic leather journal - one charm is a small bee; one is a miniature verdegris key, and the last is a tiny - but still quite sharp - basket-hilted sword.

YarnGeek@yarngeek· Feb 4

3) This is Zelda. I have 4 cats, & I love them all, but this one is the one that crawled directly into the center of my soul & set up shop there, purring & making biscuits. She saves me daily.

Brown tabby cat, round and plump and fuzzy, upside down in deep nap on a down duvet of William Morris vining print in soothing blues and greens on cream. Kitty’s little toes are curled just so, & she looks super cozy and peaceful.

YarnGeek@yarngeek· Oct 28

I’ll just drop this little thing here for no reason at all (disclaimer: I don’t know what KIND of jets those were and don’t care enough to look it up; the ballpark is sufficient unto the day.)

screenshot of search result for Popular Mechanics website article, the lede for which reads: This Is How Much it Actually Costs to Fly U.S.
Military Aircraft
Nov 16, 2022 - The Air Force's fleet of F-16 Fighting Falcon multi-role fighters cost $26,927 an hour, largely for the same reasons as the A-10.

YarnGeek@yarngeek· Oct 3

PS: nobody without legal status gets federal benefits. www.npr.org/2025/02/20/g...

Screenshot of quote from linked NPR article, which reads:

“…group, found those in the U.S. without legal status have contributed billions of dollars to the U.S. Social Security system.

And according to the libertarian CATO institute, "the biggest myth in the debate over immigrant welfare use is that noncitizens - which includes illegal immigrants and those lawfully present on various temporary visas and green cards — disproportionately consume welfare. That is not the case. Noncitizen immigrants consumed 54 percent less welfare than native-born Americans."

YarnGeek@yarngeek· Sep 22

There is a great series of slides on this at 1st link below; I include the most salient slide & cites here, but note that this source says the 2.5m study took place in Sweden: www.instagram.com/p/DO4qNwdjQy... Swedish study here: jamanetwork.com/journals/jama/fullarticle/2817406

red slide with white text reading:

Part 1:
Tylenol/Acetaminophen Evidence
The acetaminophen claim centers on a Harvard/Mount Sanai review of 46 studies.
RESEARCH
Evaluation of the evidence on acetaminophen use and neurodevelopmental disorders using the Navigation Guide methodology
Diddier Prada' Beate Ritz', Ann Z. Bauer' and Andrea A. Baccarelli*
The review's results were so inconsistent that a meta analysis was unable to be performed.
Some association was noted in 27 studies; the rest found nothing.

The lead author explicitly states they:
“…cannot answer the question about causation.”
Open Access
and compared it to ice cream sales and crime, which both rise in the summer!
(Correlation ≠ causation.)

white text on black background reads:

unbiasedscipod Before panic sets in about tomorrow's expected announcement linking Tylenol (acetaminophen/paracetamol) to autism - here's what the actual science says. The most rigorous studies show NO causal link when genetics are properly controlled. Autism is complex with 100+ genes involved, not a single-cause condition. Special shoutout to the brilliant Dr. Kevin Klatt for assessing the details on folinic acid (leucovorin) - the evidence for it as a 'treatment' is preliminary at best, with only small trials showing modest results in some children.

Don't let fear-mongering replace evidence-based medicine.

https://education.virginia.edu/documents/starlend-sultan2025

https://theunbiasedscipod.substack.com/p/saturday-morning-thoughts-on-the

https://ehjournal.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.1186/S12940-025-01208-0

https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jama/fullarticle/2817406

https://www.instagram.com/p/DOPI10pgYul/?igsh=NTc4MTlwNjQ2YQ%3D%3D&img_index=4

YarnGeek@yarngeek· Sep 15

for your future sketchies:

a handful of fossils found in Maryland, cupped in my extremely pale palm - Ecphora fragments, several tiger shark teeth, bull shark, hemipristis, I think lemon? shark teeth, and a round, flat white quartz pebble that was just very pleasing. Also what may be fragment of a croc tooth.

YarnGeek@yarngeek· Aug 13

what is happeninnnnnnnnng

image from taylor swift website showing addition of second locked icon in a deep maroon, beside the original orange!

YarnGeek@yarngeek· Jul 31

Like...just the jaw comparisons here, nevermind the entire skull size difference - her skull is about as long as his entire torso.

a lioness and a man, inexplicably in water together, the lioness' paws draped over the man's shoulders. The lioness looks smug; the man looks as though he has been caught doing something sinful.

YarnGeek@yarngeek· Jul 6

OH MY GOD J.R. WARD WHYYYYY did you DO this to meeeeee 😭😭😭😭

YarnGeek@yarngeek· Feb 18

that DOGE Caucus email auto-reply makes clear it’s a do-nothing garbage thing. Absolutely needs the k-pop treatment.

text of auto-reply email when emailing the so-called “DOGE Caucus” in congress: “Thank you for contacting the House DOGE Caucus. The Bipartisan House DOGE Caucus works in partnership with Congress and President Trump’s United States DOGE Service to streamline government operations and save taxpayer money. The nation expects sweeping common-sense reform, and the House DOGE Caucus will work to ensure that every dollar spent in Washington delivers a direct benefit to the people it serves while prioritizing transparency, accountability, and efficiency.
We value your input and ideas on ways to help DOGE do its job. No amount of waste, fraud, abuse, duplication, or administrative bloat is too small or too large to fix. Please continue to submit your ideas at any time. We appreciate hearing from you.”

YarnGeek@yarngeek· Jan 13

we all have an emotional support dead famous guy and who he is says a lot about you Henson would have been my first choice, but this works. (see also: Robin Williams; Fred Rogers; David Bowie)

Anthony Bourdain, with tousled salt-and-pepper hair, and reading-glasses-adorned, sitting on some well patina’d wooden stair steps. He is wearing beige travel-light shirt and pants, desert combat boots, and drinking a beer as he reads something on a tablet.

YarnGeek@yarngeek· Oct 11

my SIL in Canada sent me these & now I wish even more than usual that we were at their place with them.

My sister in law sent this series of 4 photos of the auroras dancing over Lanark, Ontario in Canada. “The skies are just so PINK!” she said; and also “they’re really dancing tonight”. This particular image is heavy on the pinks and reds, with glimmering greens at the tree line visible in silhouette along the bottom.

YarnGeek@yarngeek· Oct 11

eeeeee

standing at my front door, I aimed directly up, and although I could not see it with just my eyes, my camera caught the faintest aurora in pinks and reds and greens against the star-dappled sky

another unseen-by-eye phone capture against our big silver maple’s canopy, of the aurora gently rippling magenta across the night sky

YarnGeek@yarngeek· Oct 9

Update, part deux:

it me, fat happy witch, wearing mushroom-print-covered bodice that I made to the Maryland Renaissance Festival last weekend. My gorgeous kid, in black and white Feral Cryptid getup, stands beside me.

YarnGeek@yarngeek· Sep 27

RIP to the magnificent Dame Maggie Smith, she who made “acerbic” somehow also safe and warm.

The actress Dame Maggie Smith, as photographed for Loewe ad campaign, wears a grey-brown ombré fur coat and carries a dark green Puzzle handbag. She stands in a corner where two brick walls meet, one red brick and one painted solid black.

MARKESON/MIRRORPIX/GETTY photo of Dame Maggie Smith, in 1968, starring in Oh! What a Lovely War stage production. She stands before the audience with both hands flung forward, head tilted back, big smile. She wears a floor length gown that appears white in the black and white photo, with exaggerated hip pleats and a mermaid style floor flounce; she has her hair done Gibson girl style piled high on her head, and has glittering jewels clasped at her neck and on her ears.

YarnGeek@yarngeek· Sep 25

it's this pretty thing

Image of Blackbird Designs quilt pattern book cover for Halloween 1904 pattern - black and orange and ivory bed quilt, with stars, moon, and pumpkin motifs.

YarnGeek@yarngeek· Sep 24

I am working on a costuming project, a witchy sort of cottagecore situation, & am extremely on my bullshit about it: the piece will be reversible & the patterned fabric is directional, so if I had cut straps in one piece, either front or back of straps would “read” as upside down. So: I pieced them.

A shoulder strap in progress, made with a black-background mushrooms, ferns, and snails-printed cotton fabric piece; it is long and rectangular and the edges have been very sloppily zig-zag stitched, but where the shoulder seam of the pattern piece meets, the fabric is pieced together so that the directional fabric print will be upright from both front and back of the strap.

second strap; same description: A shoulder strap in progress, made with a black-background mushrooms, ferns, and snails-printed cotton fabric piece; it is long and rectangular and the edges have been very sloppily zig-zag stitched, but where the shoulder seam of the pattern piece meets, the fabric is pieced together so that the directional fabric print will be upright from both front and back of the strap.

YarnGeek@yarngeek· Sep 19

My oldest internet friend just sent me this photo, from the time in…1999? maybe? we went to meet each other IRL for the first time. in VEGAS. Because when you’re that young, you are really stupid, but also sometimes really lucky.

a photo of two women sitting on a bench before a painted backdrop meant to depict the African savannah. The women together are holding a lion cub across their laps. The redheaded woman on the right is feeding the cub from a bottle; the one on the left is me, blonder then and wearing a Cartman “RESPECT MAH AUTHORITAH” tee shirt (see: young and stupid).

YarnGeek@yarngeek· Sep 18

Heh. I’m shocked, Cotton. www.arealme.com/vocabulary-s...

screenshot of “vocabulary size” quiz results for me - it says in pretty purple text with a wee humped graph in the same grape tones that I have a vocabulary size of 29,753, claims this puts me in top .17% of respondents, and says, “You are Shakespeare! You can even create new words that will expand the English dictionary.”

YarnGeek@yarngeek· Sep 18

Zelda is reading about the battle of Monte Cassino. Upside down, because she needed a challenge. Apparently.

brown tabby kitty is curled, “most interesting cat in the world” style, leaning slightly to the side, over top of my
spouse’s lit iPad, which is open (albeit upside down) to a page in an e-book about the battle of Monte Casino.

YarnGeek@yarngeek· Sep 4

Hummingbird plumage, from www.nature.com/articles/s42...

8 photos of hummingbirds, all displaying spectacular rainbow plumage on their tiny bodies. First row Bird A in upper left corner has a violet head & spot on its chest, surrounded by emerald chest feathers, orange & yellow flame-colored throat patch above the violet spot. Bird b, continuing to the right, has a deep velvety black head & shoulder, w/a contrasting, shockingly bright breast of turquoise & violet feathers. A tiny patch of bright green adorns the flight feathers on its wing. Bird c is yellow-green almost like a parrot, w/ bright safety orange collar feathers & a spot of magenta-violet just at the base of its beak. The feathers on the underside of its tail are a softer orange than its collar. Bird d has an almost neutral breast, but its head is truly flamboyant, w/ a deep green throat, bright green top of head, a shock of orange mohawk on top, & cheek feathers that flare wide in orange with peacock-like eyes on the ends in iridescence. No room to describe 2nd row :(

YarnGeek@yarngeek· Jul 31

“EndCitizensUnited” - Y’all need a hard check-before-you-wreck, bc THIS is monumentally unacceptable. How. Very. DARE you?! Instant unsubscribe, but also WOW y’all really think the move is to say “she’ll never make it” in ANY fundraising email? Nevermind as a shame tactic! GTEFOH.

screen shot of an email with subject line “no no NO!!! we thought you were a GOOD Democrat”.

Body of email reads in part:

NO NO NO!! We thought you were a Good Democrat, but we're 3OO%-MATCHING all donations, and you haven't donated to elect Kamala Harris.

Elizabeth, we need to know: Do you care about electing VP Kamala Harris and helping her fight to save the White House from a MAGA takeover?

If so, chip in before MIDNIGHT to prove MASSIVE SUPPORT for Kamala >>

ALL GIFTS 300%-MATCHED TO HELP ELECT KAMALA HARRIS
3OO%-MATCH $5 NOW
3OO%-MATCH $25 NOW
3OO%-MATCH $50 NOW
3OO%-MATCH $100 NOW
3OO%-MATCH A CUSTOM AMOUNT NOW
Elizabeth, since she launched her campaign, VP Kamala Harris is closing the gap between her and Donald Trump point by point.

But unless we throw everything we’ve got into standing behind her, she’ll never make it over the top and to victory.

If we fall short of our $100,000 End-of-Month goal, there's no way we'll have the resources to take Trump down...”

YarnGeek@yarngeek· Jul 18

I have to ask - is the entire party TRYING to lose every election this November? Like who decided the move was to lead every solicitation with, ‘look how hard we’re already losing, you should TOTALLY give us money! because…reasons!’

photo of Nevada democratic candidate from an unsolicited political campaign text, the body of which reads:
“I'm getting absolutely pummeled in Nevada's Senate race.

𝗬𝗼𝘂𝗿 $𝟭𝟱 𝗱𝗼𝗻𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝘁𝗼𝗱𝗮𝘆 𝘄𝗶𝗹𝗹 𝗱𝗶𝗿𝗲𝗰𝘁𝗹𝘆 𝗵𝗲𝗹𝗽 𝗺𝗲 𝗱𝗲𝗳𝗲𝗻𝗱 𝗺𝘆 𝗰𝗮𝗺𝗽𝗮𝗶𝗴𝗻 𝗮𝗴𝗮𝗶𝗻𝘀𝘁 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗹𝗮𝘁𝗲𝘀𝘁 𝗠𝗔𝗚𝗔 𝗥𝗲𝗽𝘂𝗯𝗹𝗶𝗰𝗮𝗻 𝗮𝘁𝘁𝗮𝗰𝗸 𝗮𝗱 𝗳𝗿𝗲𝗻𝘇𝘆. 𝗗𝗼𝗻𝗮𝘁𝗲 𝗵𝗲𝗿𝗲: jr4nv.com/chip-in-july-18?t=6qSihm

Republicans know Nevada is the one state they need to flip red to take back the Senate and the White House. Dark money groups are spending MILLIONS to tear down my campaign – and national Republicans just announced that they will pour $100 million more into swing states like Nevada.

So my campaign launched a new set of TV ads to set the record straight and reach persuadable voters before it's too late.

𝗕𝘂𝘁 𝗶𝗳 𝘄𝗲 𝗰𝗮𝗻'𝘁 𝗿𝗮𝗶𝘀𝗲 𝗮𝗻𝗼𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗿 $𝟭𝟭,𝟰𝟱𝟱 𝗼𝗻𝗹𝗶𝗻𝗲 𝗯𝗲𝗳𝗼𝗿𝗲 𝗺𝗶𝗱𝗻𝗶𝗴𝗵𝘁, 𝘄𝗲 𝗰𝗮𝗻'𝘁 𝗮𝗳𝗳𝗼𝗿𝗱 𝘁𝗼…”

YarnGeek@yarngeek· Oct 3

this is Zelda’s sister, Zoe. Zo is…not wise, but she has got excellently pink toe beans. Some of which (not pictured) have black freckles!

black and white tuxedo cat Zoe sits on OP’s chest, snoozing, as OP lifts one back footie to show pink toe beans.

YarnGeek@yarngeek· Oct 3

Zelda had quite enough of the bullshit the other day and retreated to her witchy little kitty cave.