Be the wrench you want to see in the works.
07.02.2026 02:20
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Learning Log, Jan 2026
Defund, dissolve, abolish, melt the ICE
Ok, last blog post for this week. I’ve been a blog post machine because I may or may not be distracting myself from the fact that the baby starts daycare next week 😭 melanie-richards.com/blog/learnin...
05.02.2026 20:45
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Nursery Mug Rug
A quick project for my daughter’s nightstand
*DJ. Khaled voice* Another one! All my active hobby projects wrapped around the same time, heh #sewing #quilting making.melanie-richards.com/n...
04.02.2026 22:26
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Oooh thank you so much for sharing the pro tip!
03.02.2026 22:37
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Granny Core Baby Quilt
Another project I finished in January: my first capital-Q Quilt! #sewing #quilting making.melanie-richards.com/g...
03.02.2026 21:51
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Birb Fest 2026
Drawing birds with Posca pens throughout January
May I offer you a birb or five in these trying times? #BirbFest2026 #sketchbook 🐤 making.melanie-richards.com/b...
03.02.2026 02:56
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‘Sinners’ Earns 16 Oscar Nominations, Shattering All-Time Record
Other top Academy Award nominees are “One Battle After Another,” “Frankenstein” and “Marty Supreme.”
So happy to see that Sinners has set a new record for Oscar nominations: 16, previous was 14. Hope Ryan Coogler, Michael B. Jordan, and team take home a bunch of awards!!
www.forbes.com/sites/conormur...
23.01.2026 19:22
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Defund ICE (UPDATED 1/21) - HOUSE VOTE THURSDAY ⭑ 5 Calls
Updates January 21, 2026: The House is expected to vote this week on a standalone appropriations bill for the Department of Homeland Security (DHS). …
#uspol: if you want to see ICE defunded and disbanded, call your Rep today. The House is expected to vote on a DHS appropriations bill tomorrow (Thursday).
Just called despite my millennial fear of the phone, and my 4-month-old helped voice her dissent as well 😂 5calls.org/issue/dhs-budget-i...
21.01.2026 20:59
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2026 Making Goals
✍️ New blog post: a buffet of creative goals for 2026. Making things helps me stay balanced in These Trying Times making.melanie-richards.com/2...
21.01.2026 19:13
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Jan 20 2:00pm:
Seattle Center / Climate Pledge arena area peeps, note below. Especially if attending the Torrent game tonight or possibly even the Kraken game tomorrow.
20.01.2026 22:09
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Stand With Minnesota
A directory of places to give to as Minnesota defends itself from ICE occupation
Want to help support people in Minnesota right now? Check out standwithminnesota.com
14.01.2026 18:24
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A small square sketchbook spread. On the left is a white speckled egg on a pale green background, labeled “Birb Fesf 2026”. On the right is a pigeon in graphic Posca marker shapes, surrounded by a quilty border. The pigeon is gray with blue, pink, green, and purple details, and it sits on a shell pink background
Decided to do the #BirbFest2026 shortlist! Here's last Thursday's birb, the Bronzewing Pigeon; a pretty pidge
#BirbFest #sketchbook
09.01.2026 22:43
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Introducing CSS Grid Lanes
It’s here, the future of masonry layouts on the web!
This is such a nicely-done intro to CSS Grid Lanes 🚗🚙 (unsurprisingly given the authors on the byline) webkit.org/blog/17660/introdu...
07.01.2026 19:50
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A list of inks on a journal page: Troublemaker Into the Depths (dark blue-purple), Pilot Iroshizuku Sui-Gyoku (teal), and Pilot Iroshizuku Kosumosu (pink)
White, baby blue, and baby pink pens
Inked up for January, and an accidental happy trans rights 🏳️⚧️ from my pens! Happy new journal day! #journaling #fountainpens
02.01.2026 00:38
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A Grandmother Begins the Story by Michelle Porter
Award-winning author Michelle Porter makes her fiction debut with an enchanting and original stor...
Took me a bit to get the lineages and stylistic choices straight, but wow—“A Grandmother Begins the Story” by Michelle Porter was such a strong note to end the year on. ⭑⭑⭑⭑⭑
#BacklogReadathon #booksky app.thestorygraph.com/books/ce2029...
01.01.2026 02:37
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2025 Highlights
The year I became a mother
Pushed to production and then picked that baby up for some snuggles melanie-richards.com/blog/202...
31.12.2025 22:50
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🧮 Day 5 of #BacklogReadathon stats
- 71 pages read
- Got to 51% in “A Grandmother Begins the Story”
- Burnt out a little on audiobooks so I listened to some bookish podcasts instead
31.12.2025 18:13
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🧮 Day 4 of #BacklogReadathon stats
- 49 pages read
- 2 books in progress
30.12.2025 17:34
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The only way iOS VTT understands me is if I over-enunciate like I'm mad 😅
30.12.2025 03:31
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🧮 Day 3 of #BacklogReadathon stats
- 107 pages read
- 1 book finished
- 1 book in progress
29.12.2025 20:50
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🧮 Day 2 of #BacklogReadathon stats
- 242 pages across 4 different books
- Pretty high due to an audiobook (I listen on 1.5x) and a book where I can skim in chunks rather than a continuously close reading (Ratio)
#booksky
28.12.2025 17:42
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A hardcover copy of The Grandmother Begins the Story by Michelle Porter, resting on a cream, black, and red knitted blanket. The book cover has a beaded bison illustration on it.
My next read for #BacklogReadathon comes from my shelves! #booksky
27.12.2025 20:03
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🧮 #BacklogReadathon Day 1 Stats
- 162 pages read
- Finished “Violet Thistlewaite…”
- Made progress on “Taste” by Stanley Tucci and “Ratio” by Michael Ruhlman
- Tried a book that wasn’t for me
Today I’ll finish Ratio (I’m at 84%) and start a new fiction read!
27.12.2025 18:21
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Read 6% of “His & Hers” and wasn’t really enjoying being in the narrators’ heads; ended up putting it down for now. #booksky #BacklogReadathon
27.12.2025 03:59
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