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For the #FediCraftClub crowd: Cat and Dog Socks are grafted! I like how the pattern has appropriately different paw prints for each underside. And I'm entertained that the best light I can reach is by my dog's toes at the moment. #knitting #cat #dog

Spent some time doing painting exercises from a library book and I'm pretty happy with how this iris turned out! #iris #watercolour #bloomscrolling

Not sure I'm going to be doing an actually daily #DailyDaffofil this year because there aren't as many near my new house, but here's a gnarly one by the bus stop.

#bloomscrolling

Has anyone here heard anything about GiveHero? Work's using it for a fitness challenge thing and while I'm ok with handing out a week of fitness data for some fun community building nonsense with my new coworkers I'd rather not find out the app is a front for some military-industrial complex spyware or something.

#infosec #privacy #GiveHero

Swatch Wednesday: Teranishi Guitar Brilliant Mint https://curiousity.ca/2026/swatch-wednesday-teranishi-guitar-brilliant-mint/ It’s gotten warm enough that I didn’t have to worry about ink freezing in the mail! My first impression looking in the box was “oh no there’s something on the lid” because normally I put a label on top with the colour to make it easier to find the ink I want in my drawer. … Continue reading →
#FountainPens #SwatchWednesday

@eisfunke@inductive.space thank you! That's incredibly helpful!

@eisfunke@inductive.space this is so neat! I keep thinking I should make myself a cover that suits me better but the idea of figuring out all those measurements is daunting!

@kerravonsen @ansate @knitting adding to this: I also use removable stitch markers for:

1. Marking rows to make it easier to count either for doing repeats or things like sweaters where I might need to do 20 rows and it's much faster to see when I'm done if I mark them off in 5s or something. Also good for repeated charts to make checking progress faster.

2. Grabbing a dropped stitch or marking a mistake so I can fix it when I get back around to that part of the knitting. Very helpful for mistakes where you need to drop back a bunch and reknit.

3. Marking off a larger cast or place where my repeats change I forgot to use the other type of stitch marker on the previous row. Turns out I really hate counting some days.

4. Holding up my pants hem when I inevitably rip it out after 5 years and don't want it to get caught on my bike on the way home. 😂

I really love this description of a retracted study: not only does it explain what was retracted (turns out men don't generally divorce their sick wives), but also it covers what the error was (a coding problem treated people who left the study as divorced) how it all went down (someone tried to replicate, asked for data and didn't get the same analysis. Contacted the authors and they were horrified and immediately worked to retract).

It's a really nice story of why replication matters and how to be good at science. This is how I was taught science should work, but I rarely come across such good retrospectives.

https://retractionwatch.com/2015/07/21/to-our-horror-widely-reported-study-suggesting-divorce-is-more-likely-when-wives-fall-ill-gets-axed/

#science #PeerReview

@yogthos@mas.to that's a baby bottle warmer, which makes the statement hit a bit differently