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popcorntheelf.bsky.social
he/him I hand make wooden toys in Seattle, and will be at Pike Place Market in 2025! Disabled. Polyam. Dad. Granddad. Great Grandad. Former Photog. BS Biology, UNCW 2012. Bird is a verb. ShackletonAndShanks.etsy.com TikTok: @ShackletonAndShanks
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'Reclining Nude' ~ Wooden spoon carved in Live Oak wood with keyboard key. And.... another 'torso' spoon carved in Serviceberry wood (very underappreciated wood). #spoon #spoontaneous #art #craft #woodworking #design #carving #sculpture #torso #nude #woodenspoon 🥄

submitted 5 hours ago • 1 comment

Just because someone is sorry they voted for Trump doesn’t mean they’re suddenly not an ignorant bigot

submitted 1 day ago • 1 comment

#uspolitics #ukpolitics - a picture is definitely worth an infinite number of words as Trump turns to Judas over Ukraine

submitted 21 hours ago • 0 comments

I’m George Takei and I approve of this message.

submitted 4 days ago • 2366 comments

Excellent thread. We were just discussing measles in my ID Epi class and hit many of these points. Plus, hospitalizations for measles were high (& are, even in modern outbreaks)-- that's a lot of suffering that can be avoided with a vaccine. Read more ⬇️.

submitted 3 days ago • 1 comment

This cartoon by @mluckovich.bsky.social is getting banned on Twitter. Because of course it is.

submitted 6 days ago • 675 comments

The Washpost, which is bleeding millions of dollars and shrinking its staff, accepted -- and then rejected -- a $115,000 ad that criticized Elon Musk. Anyway, here's the ad that the Post's business side didn't want its readers to see ⤵️ thehill.com/media/514849...

submitted 6 days ago • 135 comments

everyday the news is like “U.S. govt to set fire to all forests. Smokey the Bear fired abruptly in 3am email.”

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A child in Washington State who had received some but not all the recommended #pertussis vaccinations has died from pertussis. It is the state's first pertussis death since 2011. srhd.org/news/srhd-re...

submitted 14 days ago • 9 comments

Oh look, here's the government financial waste!

submitted 13 days ago • 1 comment

More of this, America.

submitted 13 days ago • 1236 comments

He has no fucking clue what's going on! He won his get-out-of-jail-free-card election, handed over the keys to Elon and said "just let me punish my enemies and golf and make billions from crypto, and I'll go on TV and sign things and say very strong things very strongly."

submitted 20 days ago • 50 comments

I have a side hustle making a unique woodworking tool. It is designed, assembled, calibrated, shipped, serviced, etc by me personally in Durham, NC, USA. I am pausing it, simply because this very American business can't operate with under trade war tariffs. Here is how those tariffs actually work:

submitted 21 days ago • 2 comments

Fortunately I got this before Tiny Hands and Muskhole’s tariffs hit. My best hand tools are made in Canada, so President Fuckface is already going to start costing me money. #Veritas 🇨🇦 This is a crosscut tenon saw, and I’m going to need the rip tenon saw soon, too. #Woodworking #HandTools

submitted 20 days ago • 3 comments

Perfectly captured.

submitted 20 days ago • 1489 comments

Last night I learned that swearing inside your google search disables the Gemini AI output in the search results (Thanks @snaildoc.bsky.social ) ✨

submitted 22 days ago • 0 comments

Oh no, the Chinese plagiarism machine might have plagiarized the American plagiarism machine search.app/gLKPBELL2weQ...

submitted 25 days ago • 674 comments

regular reminder that "porn addiction" is a fake idea and a huge fucking red flag; it overwhelmingly refers to "any use of porn, at all" and anyone trying to treat it on those terms is probably hiding their affiliation with a church.

submitted 26 days ago • 2 comments

Our table at #PikePlaceMarket yesterday, our second day. Given the time of year and the weather, we did ok. #Woodworking #SmallBusiness #Seattle

submitted 44 days ago • 0 comments

Hey. We’re going to be selling toys at #PikePlaceMarket for the first time tomorrow. Come see us, if you want. #SuddenlyNervous

submitted 48 days ago • 0 comments

I made a few more yo-yos to take to the market on Monday. #PikePlaceMarket #SmallBusiness

submitted 49 days ago • 1 comment

I kept changing my mind which Carter cartoon i should go with. Here's all three.

submitted 55 days ago • 1402 comments

Yo-yos in progress. A week from today we plan on debuting our toys at Pike Place Market. Gotta get ‘em done! #Woodworking #Toys #PikePlaceMarket

submitted 54 days ago • 0 comments

🚨 ONLY 364 DAYS UNTIL CHRISTMAS 🚨

submitted 59 days ago • 1508 comments

Also, it’s just trash.

submitted 61 days ago • 0 comments

I can’t even tell you how pretty I think this Padaukadunk is! It’s among 5 yo-yos I just dropped in the Etsy shop for resupplying the listing. Also a Melody, a Speed Racer, an Oreyoyo, and a Bullseye. #Woodworking #Gifts #Toys shackletonandshanks.etsy.com/listing/1822...

submitted 62 days ago • 2 comments

If you post photos or art that isn't yours, credit it to the creator (and link to their accounts/website if you're extra cool). If someone else posts stuff that isn't theirs, ask them to credit it. Posting art without credit isn't "appreciating" it, it's just using someone else's labor for likes.

submitted 62 days ago • 6 comments

Having a jar of shellac at the ready makes you feel like a big boy woodworker. Having it sealed shut reminds you the wood always wins. #woodworking

submitted 63 days ago • 1 comment