Shannon Okey

@knitgrrl
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Publisher / designer http://cooperativepress.com + event organizer http://clevelandbazaar.org she/her

Men throughout history:

Manatee? MERMAID!

Seal? SELKIE!

Whirlpool? …don’t care, gonna dip my balls in it and call it Charybdis!

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pretty sure someone has said this before but all these men falling for very obvious uncanny valley AI girls really has convinced me that those folk tales where a man falls in love with what is very obviously a demon lady would 100% happen in real life today https://twitter.com/heartereum/status/1619053999008931840

🐦🔗: https://twitter.com/parasocialyte/status/1619882546665496576

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“It is SO over”

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Standplaats Krakow PLS RT PINNED! on Twitter

“https://t.co/RighPDzndG”

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Shop handmade + local for your Valentine at our two upcoming events! 💕 More details at http://clevelandbazaar.org

🐦🔗: https://twitter.com/clevelandbazaar/status/1619816712878292992

Cleveland Bazaar

Cleveland Bazaar is northeast Ohio's longest-running indie handmade event: we've been championing makers and small businesses since 2004. Shop local in Cleveland with our talented artists at our pop-ups year-round.

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How to Politely Ensure Guests Aren't Carrying COVID-19 Before They Enter Your Home

Here's how to politely ensure that your guests aren't sick with COVID-19 when they enter your home.

Martha Stewart
Oh, and *why* did the Canadians have it in for me of all people? I was heading up to do a Knitty-related thing in Toronto and I had so much yarn with me they thought I was trying to emigrate. Umm. Ooooo-k, that’s a weird criterion, northern friends.

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@[email protected] 48. Still get the “be careful!!” Ma. I have lived in three other countries. I have had a machine gun pointed at me by a castle guard. I have been aggressively questioned by CANADIAN border police. I THINK I can handle a trip to Columbus.

🐦🔗: https://twitter.com/knitgrrl/status/1618995695704506369

Shannon Okey on Twitter

“@DMPulleyAuthor 48. Still get the “be careful!!” Ma. I have lived in three other countries. I have had a machine gun pointed at me by a castle guard. I have been aggressively questioned by CANADIAN border police. I THINK I can handle a trip to Columbus.”

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“@nytopinion @knitgrrl @peggyorenstein @knitgrrl sometimes it's good to read the comments”

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Re: the current Twitter Pen Discourse, the best = the medium Bic with the chewy cap, not the godforsaken pointy hard cap Bic, ffs.

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“The dismissal, the reflexive derision of women from midlife onward — especially if we stop chasing social media standards of beauty — is a nasty form of sexist ageism (or maybe ageist sexism),” @[email protected] writes. https://nyti.ms/3Jm3dra

🐦🔗: https://twitter.com/nytopinion/status/1618963033010900992

Opinion | The Revolutionary Power of a Skein of Yarn

Knitting has its own practical magic.

The New York Times
Recently I heard something our former mayor said to a work colleague that makes me think the only corridor he should have named after him is whichever one leads to the dumpster storage at the stadium. Council President needs to sit down on this one.