I need to warn you that I have very little patience for people who insinuate that getting out onto the streets and protesting is useless and not worth the effort.

It is terribly fashionable to be cynical about civil, peaceful protest. But it is deeply demoralising and often people can be easily dissuaded from making the effort by that cynicism.

No act that joins people together in protest for a better society is useless, even if only because it makes you feel less alone.

I just got a WhatsApp message from my friend in Tehran.

I don't want to speak for her, so I will just pass on her words:

I can't believe I'm alive
We had massive explosions in my neighbourhood
So close
So terrifying
Broke the windows
Shaked the building
I feel numb
The city is not the same
Neither people
Neither life

Then our connection dropped.
#Iran

I always loved what I call 'courtesy' tailoring: the spare buttons on the inside, the easily unpicked and resewn hem, the bra-strap tie on an evening gown, etc.

The courtesy tailoring on a #kimono is the 'tomo eri' - the collar's friend. It's a piece half the length of the main collar which covers it and takes the wear and tear and can be removed or replaced. I add a little extra something - the fold of spare fabric hidden in the collar, that stiffens it, and also is there for repair. #sewing

Okay, I really like Pope Leo, and I’m an atheist.

It’s just refreshing to see one powerful person who truly isn’t scared of Donald Trump.

Today I've begun a new project using some of the vintage tsumugi silk I found a while ago. As you can see, this tanmono isn't perfect. There's a rip in it very near the beginning of the bolt, which is easily avoided. The camera doesn't do this silk justice at all. It's a deep, deep indigo and black. But the silk is light as a feather. #Kimono #kosode #rethinking #sewing

What if...

AI was always nothing more than machines developed by oligarchs to substitute real information for false information that makes oligarchs look better?