Posts by swachter@toot.boston
(DIR) Post #AcJuWG12L2ZTfhTCxU by swachter@toot.boston
2023-11-30T02:12:59Z
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Anthony Bourdain on Henry Kissinger:“Once you’ve been to Cambodia, you’ll never stop wanting to beat Henry Kissinger to death with your bare hands. You will never again be able to open a newspaper and read about that treacherous, prevaricating, murderous scumbag sitting down for a nice chat with Charlie Rose or attending some black-tie affair for a new glossy magazine without choking. Witness what Henry did in Cambodia – the fruits of his genius for statesmanship – and you will never understand why he’s not sitting in the dock at The Hague next to Milošević.”#kissinger
(DIR) Post #AdLXXMYbvqd2c1rk6i by swachter@toot.boston
2023-12-30T16:36:06Z
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Does anyone local to #cambridgema or #somervillema have interest in a vintage treadle sewing machine? We don’t have space for it (long story) and I’d love to gift it to someone who would receive joy from it. There’s some water damage and veneer peeling on the surface and it needs a belt. Free but you need to arrange transport, SUV or truck, bring a friend to help lift it. DM me and we can chat logistics.
(DIR) Post #Am2FDQIgVlyfJWRdM8 by swachter@toot.boston
2024-09-15T17:27:58Z
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How do people share patterns these days? I’ve worked up a really nice minimal-waste packable grocery bag pattern and it feels like a nice thing to share, but I’m terribly out of touch on how this happens. I’m old enough that I used to write things up on my blog but then Google killed Reader (*pours one out*) and now I just don’t know. #sewing #advice
(DIR) Post #AsV8NRDbPunWMRDKqG by swachter@toot.boston
2025-03-27T22:43:12Z
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I want to see Senators Markey and Warren at the ICE Detention Center in Louisiana with a goddamn media crew demanding to see their constituents. Make them turn you away. Put it on CNN. #boston #ice
(DIR) Post #Av6LUUaeLeI9QcRSro by swachter@toot.boston
2025-06-13T22:21:27Z
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@futurebird Dude, he's younger than me too. I assumed he was a Palpatine aged mf but no.
(DIR) Post #AvnUI692muFIf09KL2 by swachter@toot.boston
2025-07-04T17:52:41Z
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@futurebird Look it was a massive trauma for the city and there’s nothing we love better than trauma-dumping.
(DIR) Post #AzpuBu6dJwcGcmGndA by swachter@toot.boston
2025-11-02T13:20:43Z
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@futurebird Have you read the Children of Time series by Adrian Tchaikovsky? It’s spiders, not ants, but I feel like you would enjoy the hell out of it. (Ants are involved tho.)
(DIR) Post #B0bhLL2UeX8DhWBwVE by swachter@toot.boston
2025-11-25T03:54:39Z
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I went to pottery class today and opened by asking several of my classmates if they knew how to use the slab roller upstairs. Nobody did but everyone wanted to, so when the teacher got in I’m like “hey teach, do you know how to use the slab roller upstairs” and she’s like “no” (she’s a visiting artist who only got here a couple months ago so this is not very surprising) “but I’ve used a lot of different ones and I bet we can figure it out.” Me: “do you want to go on a Journey of Discovery?” Everyone: yes. YES. *cue sickos faces* so we all thunder up the stairs periodically shouting JOURNEY OF DISCOVERY and our teacher snags another person who uses the slab roller A Lot and this person gives us a very thorough lesson and demonstration and every so often someone else wanders through and asks what’s happening and we all go JOURNEY OF DISCOVERY at them and now everyone knows how to use the slab roller and honestly I cannot recommend this approach enough as a way to make learning new skills and life generally more exciting. #LifeHack
(DIR) Post #B1uy8IH1KOwEqqrRvk by swachter@toot.boston
2026-01-03T19:06:21Z
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So hey if you’ve been on team “the military respect their oath to the constitution and will definitely not follow illegal orders” you maybe should reevaluate that belief. #uspol