The World Economic Forum surveyed the world's most powerful finance & business CEOs & analysts, asking them to rank the top global threats. Two odd things: - We're in a #pandemic right now, yet disease threats didn't make either 2-yr or 10-yr forecasts, and - Half top risks are environmental

Study of faculty searches at R1 university finds committees consider women's—but not men's—relationship status in hiring. Women w/ high-status partners were considered not 'movable' & excluded from offers when there were male or single female alternatives.journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/00…

i have not been able to stop thinking about this question since Autostraddle received it, and i really think that Heather Hogan did an incredible job answering this with both compassion and necessary honesty: autostraddle.com/you-fat-shamed…

Results of the yarn dyeing this afternoon. From left to right, alder cones + iron, cochineal + iron, alder cones, and madder root. Cotton results tomorrow as I’m leaving them to steep overnight. (Yarn mordanted with alum).

Cold nights in the north

BREAKING: Massive layoffs in the past few weeks at Microsoft, Amazon, Google and Salesforce. If you still believe that your company cares about you – you’re a fool. For the rest - you need to start doing this NOW to prepare for the worst. 👇

Botanic collectibles; Japanese Heartnut, Acorn, Paulownia Seedpod and Halesia Fruit.

Gentle results on the softest lambswool. Cochineal at the front, grey from alder cones + iron, and coral red from madder. A gift for a friend not on twitter.

Bladdernuts, chinquapins and butternuts.. #seedpods, #fruits and other botanical treasures.

We like to visit some of our best pieces, and this qualifies as one of those. It is called T.A.T.U., and was woven for a customer who wanted to invest in one of Irvin Trujillo's ikat pieces. Ikat is an amazing dyeing technique, combined here with tapestry, a real challenge.

#citrus is an amazing genus with only a few species but hundreds of crosses and #cultivars.

🚠i love this video because of the 🌫️ fog and it’s crazy cold up here 🏔️ 15degrees #sandiaPeak #sandiaTram #albuquerque #newMexico #tram #tramOperator #cabinOperator

The Doomsday Clock was moved to 90 seconds to midnight today — the closest it’s *ever* been.

It was six years ago, and my mate, Pink, had just been told he was going to die. He accepted the news with a grace I can only marvel at, but he said he’d a list of things he’d still like to do. We sat in a pub one night and read it over. Eight things? Four months? Ok. Deal. 🧵

holy fucking shit, Donald Trump's tax cuts for the obscenely wealthy are responsible for a QUARTER OF OUR NATION'S ENTIRE DEBT and Republicans want to cut YOUR social security to pay for it, and that's what this debt ceiling bullshit is all about. fucking unacceptable

BREAKING 🚨: An iceberg the size of London has broken off the Antarctic ice shelf

Numerous protests are breaking out across the U.S. following Friday's release of body camera footage of the killing of Tyre Nichols. n.pr/3WO02eG

So truly honored & saddened to be connected to steve kerr. We are connected because of gun violence. He has been a warrior in the fight to reduce gun violence and I am honored that he wrote the foreword to my new book with Tom Gabor American Carnage. si.com/nba/2023/01/27…

Who knew #Lisdoonvarna was home to an original Heidelberg printing press?! Such beautiful typefaces.