Valerie
@valerieclaires.bsky.social
✨fluffy novels, soft yarn, cozy vibes✨
knitting, sewing, reading, ice cream, history, travel, food, museums, great lakes, great times
Put me in a cottage by the sea, please.
knitting, sewing, reading, ice cream, history, travel, food, museums, great lakes, great times
Put me in a cottage by the sea, please.
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Unusual 1580s manuscript on cheese surfaced at an auction. It’s been transcribed 📜
www.miamiherald.com/news/nation-...
www.miamiherald.com/news/nation-...
Unusual 1580s manuscript on cheese surfaced at an auction. It’s been transcribed
The unpublished work — believed to be the oldest known English book on cheese — contains some “repulsive” entries, experts said.
www.miamiherald.com
May 6, 2025 at 2:27 AM
Unusual 1580s manuscript on cheese surfaced at an auction. It’s been transcribed 📜
www.miamiherald.com/news/nation-...
www.miamiherald.com/news/nation-...
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IN ADDITION TO THE FACT that the book was heavily edited by one of the mothers of libertarianism! Rose wilder Lane was literally Ayn Rand’s bestie!
Stop falling for libertarian propaganda.
Stop falling for libertarian propaganda.
A lot of folks have grand Little House on the Prairie dreams, and all I can tell you is their reading comprehension is garbage.
Those folks were CONSTANTLY on the verge of death! And that's the stuff Wilder and her publishers were willing to put in a bunch of kids' books!
Those folks were CONSTANTLY on the verge of death! And that's the stuff Wilder and her publishers were willing to put in a bunch of kids' books!
May 1, 2025 at 5:58 PM
IN ADDITION TO THE FACT that the book was heavily edited by one of the mothers of libertarianism! Rose wilder Lane was literally Ayn Rand’s bestie!
Stop falling for libertarian propaganda.
Stop falling for libertarian propaganda.
Reminds me of being the only one in the History Majors' Little House book club who hadn't read the series as a child, and while everyone was having a nice, nostalgic time reading them again, I was HORRIFIED.
A lot of folks have grand Little House on the Prairie dreams, and all I can tell you is their reading comprehension is garbage.
Those folks were CONSTANTLY on the verge of death! And that's the stuff Wilder and her publishers were willing to put in a bunch of kids' books!
Those folks were CONSTANTLY on the verge of death! And that's the stuff Wilder and her publishers were willing to put in a bunch of kids' books!
May 1, 2025 at 6:16 PM
Reminds me of being the only one in the History Majors' Little House book club who hadn't read the series as a child, and while everyone was having a nice, nostalgic time reading them again, I was HORRIFIED.
Now is a great time to be a person with a background in food history, because do you know how many eggless ration cake recipes I have?? No birthday is going uncelebrated due to egg prices in THIS household.
February 14, 2025 at 6:20 PM
Now is a great time to be a person with a background in food history, because do you know how many eggless ration cake recipes I have?? No birthday is going uncelebrated due to egg prices in THIS household.
Usually I have to discuss vaccinations with my doctor to make sure my immune system will actually immunize, but I'm thinking this weekend I might just rock up to the pharmacy and ask for one of everything before vaccines are abolished.
February 13, 2025 at 8:06 PM
Usually I have to discuss vaccinations with my doctor to make sure my immune system will actually immunize, but I'm thinking this weekend I might just rock up to the pharmacy and ask for one of everything before vaccines are abolished.
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Over the years I've had more than one person decide I wasn't saying enough about a particular topic and hold that against me, which is their privilege but also not something that's going change my mind. Some things I deal with online, some offline, and some things I leave entirely alone. I choose.
The "Your silence is telling" attitude is so toxic.
February 13, 2025 at 3:15 PM
Over the years I've had more than one person decide I wasn't saying enough about a particular topic and hold that against me, which is their privilege but also not something that's going change my mind. Some things I deal with online, some offline, and some things I leave entirely alone. I choose.
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In This Midwestern Diner, Americans Are Hurting and Blaming Biden
Can’t wait for the NYT pieces on befuddled Midwestern factory workers and farmers fretting over the price of groceries, cars and gas and worrying about their credit card bills and mortgages when the Fed either halts rate cuts or even raises them again. How could they have known? No one warned them!
February 2, 2025 at 4:11 PM
In This Midwestern Diner, Americans Are Hurting and Blaming Biden
Without downloading any new pics (or do, I don't care), where are you mentally?
September 18, 2024 at 5:46 PM
Without downloading any new pics (or do, I don't care), where are you mentally?
I'll be in my bunker.
This month's harvest moon will not only coincide with a supermoon, but also with a blood moon and partial lunar eclipse.
A celestial trifecta: What to know about Tuesday’s lunar eclipse
This month's harvest moon will not only coincide with a supermoon, but also with a blood moon and partial lunar eclipse.
www.npr.org
September 16, 2024 at 6:57 PM
I'll be in my bunker.
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People who use clicky-clacky sticks to turn yarn into stuff are magicians and you cannot convince me otherwise.
See this chain of knots?
*poof*
Now it’s a sweater!
*poof*
Now it’s a hat!
*poof*
Now it’s some fancy fingerless gloves!
See this chain of knots?
*poof*
Now it’s a sweater!
*poof*
Now it’s a hat!
*poof*
Now it’s some fancy fingerless gloves!
September 16, 2024 at 6:42 PM
People who use clicky-clacky sticks to turn yarn into stuff are magicians and you cannot convince me otherwise.
See this chain of knots?
*poof*
Now it’s a sweater!
*poof*
Now it’s a hat!
*poof*
Now it’s some fancy fingerless gloves!
See this chain of knots?
*poof*
Now it’s a sweater!
*poof*
Now it’s a hat!
*poof*
Now it’s some fancy fingerless gloves!
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Brilliant recontextualizing often makes visible what we can't otherwise see. Especially in this media environment.
www.aljazeera.com/opinions/202...
www.aljazeera.com/opinions/202...
Debate in nuclear-armed former colony fails to reassure global community
The chaotic face-off between Trump and Harris added to concerns over the state of US democracy.
www.aljazeera.com
September 12, 2024 at 11:07 AM
Brilliant recontextualizing often makes visible what we can't otherwise see. Especially in this media environment.
www.aljazeera.com/opinions/202...
www.aljazeera.com/opinions/202...
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getting closer to the richard scarry ideal vehicle every day
The new US Postal Service truck looks like it was drawn from memory by a 6-year-old child and I’m here for it.
USPS' long-awaited new mail truck makes its debut to rave reviews from carriers
The Postal Service’s new delivery vehicles aren’t going to win a beauty contest. They're tall and ungainly, with outsize windshields, thick bumpers and duck-bill hoods.
apnews.com
September 12, 2024 at 2:02 PM
getting closer to the richard scarry ideal vehicle every day
I miss a lot about living in Ann Arbor, so much about Ann Arbor, but I will never not be glad to be able to decide when my personal post-game celebration is over, turn off the music, and have a peaceful night's sleep.
January 9, 2024 at 4:56 AM
I miss a lot about living in Ann Arbor, so much about Ann Arbor, but I will never not be glad to be able to decide when my personal post-game celebration is over, turn off the music, and have a peaceful night's sleep.
OH, good, we're in the wearing flannel/tearing up to "Closer to Fine" season. Of the year? Of life? TBD.
October 31, 2023 at 2:18 PM
OH, good, we're in the wearing flannel/tearing up to "Closer to Fine" season. Of the year? Of life? TBD.
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A librarian was fired after she refused to remove books that came under fire from conservatives. Her story is a harbinger of worse to come.
A Head Librarian Was Fired After She Refused To Remove Books
Terri Lesley’s firing is a harbinger of what could come next, as versions of her story are replicated around the country.
www.huffpost.com
August 15, 2023 at 8:04 PM
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Watching a documentary on queer comics, crocheting hats and scarves for queer youth and just feeling so, so grateful for all who came before me, all who helped and help me be who I am and all who will continue on this journey. ♥️♥️♥️
August 5, 2023 at 11:41 PM
Watching a documentary on queer comics, crocheting hats and scarves for queer youth and just feeling so, so grateful for all who came before me, all who helped and help me be who I am and all who will continue on this journey. ♥️♥️♥️
Oh, goody, I'm at the point in my life and career where I text my friends that I'm still employed at the end of the week, just for accountability's sake.
July 29, 2023 at 12:44 AM
Oh, goody, I'm at the point in my life and career where I text my friends that I'm still employed at the end of the week, just for accountability's sake.
You've heard of Handful of Almonds to curb your hunger, but have you tried Mouthful of Aerosolized Whipped Cream to curb your mundanity?
July 11, 2023 at 9:15 PM
You've heard of Handful of Almonds to curb your hunger, but have you tried Mouthful of Aerosolized Whipped Cream to curb your mundanity?
Is there a collective noun for a group of skeets yet? A Skreed?
July 11, 2023 at 4:41 PM
Is there a collective noun for a group of skeets yet? A Skreed?
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Don't deny what your heart desires, says the man who can use a semi-colon six times in a sentence
July 11, 2023 at 4:27 PM
Don't deny what your heart desires, says the man who can use a semi-colon six times in a sentence
🧶 🌈 Knit myself a queer lil Order of the Rainbow Scout kerchief, and I'm very proud.
July 8, 2023 at 7:36 PM
🧶 🌈 Knit myself a queer lil Order of the Rainbow Scout kerchief, and I'm very proud.
Summer Heat is Melting Me (Ritchie and Them Went up to the Party Store to Get Some Cold Pops)
July 8, 2023 at 1:27 AM
Summer Heat is Melting Me (Ritchie and Them Went up to the Party Store to Get Some Cold Pops)
And how's your mother doin' these days?
July 8, 2023 at 1:23 AM
And how's your mother doin' these days?