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Hacker News

A pandemic rescue became a 30-year debt trap

https://thehill.com/opinion/finance/5692543-small-business-loan-debt-trap/

#HackerNews #pandemicrescue #debttrap #smallbusiness #finance #newsopinion

The Hill

How a pandemic rescue became a 30-year debt trap

Millions of small businesses are discovering that the emergency fiscal help they relied on in 2020 came with a long tail of unintended consequences.

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Evan Sky arts

@evansky_arts@mastodon.social · last week

Making a puffin 🐚 (ft. Cedric)

This is, by far, the most beloved design of my new collection, and it makes me feel all warm inside!

You can adopt your own here: https://evanskyarts.com/en/products/puffin-pocket-pal

#art #process #handmade #Sewing #embroidery #ArtVideos #SmallBusiness #Birds #Plushies #FediArt #Artist

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Evan Sky arts

@evansky_arts@mastodon.social · last week

Focus on: the Elephant

By far the cutest, softest design I have ever created!
You can adopt one here: ✨ https://evanskyarts.com/en/products/elephant-pocket-pal

#elephant #mastodon #MastoArt #Handmade #Sewing #Embroidery #Cute #SmallBusiness #ShopSmall #Fediverse #Art #Artist

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Picture of a small handmade felt elephant plushie photographed on a black and wooden background framed with decorative plants and matching felt and threads. The elephant is a soft blue grey color with purple hooves and tail tip. It’s ears are a gradient of three different pinks, one matching the big round cheek over which a little black eye is embroidered.

Evan Sky arts

@evansky_arts@mastodon.social · last week

Focus on: the Elephant

By far the cutest, softest design I have ever created!
You can adopt one here: ✨ https://evanskyarts.com/en/products/elephant-pocket-pal

#elephant #mastodon #MastoArt #Handmade #Sewing #Embroidery #Cute #SmallBusiness #ShopSmall #Fediverse #Art #Artist

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Evan Sky arts

@evansky_arts@mastodon.social · last week

Making a puffin 🐚 (ft. Cedric)

This is, by far, the most beloved design of my new collection, and it makes me feel all warm inside!

You can adopt your own here: https://evanskyarts.com/en/products/puffin-pocket-pal

#art #process #handmade #Sewing #embroidery #ArtVideos #SmallBusiness #Birds #Plushies #FediArt #Artist

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Evan Sky arts

@evansky_arts@mastodon.social · 2 weeks ago

Here they are!
A full view at the 6 designs I’ve been working on for the past couple of months, and they will finally be available on my website this Saturday at 6pm CEST!

Who do you like best? 🪡

#handmade #SmallBusiness #ShopSmall #Art #Artist #Cute #sewing #embroidery #giftIdeas #FediArt #FediGiftShop

Picture of 6 handmade felt plushies arranged in a circle on a black background framed with various felt colors.
The plushies all represent different animals: a green chameleon with a pink belly; a blueish grey elephant with soft pink ears and cheek; a green and orange macaw with a blue tail; a brown capybara with a yuzu balanced on its head; a puffin with a bright orange and yellow beak; and a beige bunny with dark brown ears and reddish brown legs. — Picture of 6 handmade felt plushies arranged in a circle on a black background framed with various felt colors. The plushies all represent different animals: a green chameleon with a pink belly; a blueish grey elephant with soft pink ears and cheek; a green and orange macaw with a blue tail; a brown capybara with a yuzu balanced on its head; a puffin with a bright orange and yellow beak; and a beige bunny with dark brown ears and reddish brown legs.

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Evan Sky arts

@evansky_arts@mastodon.social · last week

NEW COLLECTION NOW AVAILABLE!

After a few months of imagining, designing, and creating, I am so proud to finally release my new pocket pal collection onto the world!

Adopt them here: https://evanskyarts.com/en/collections/pocket-pals

As always, each plushie is designed and handmade with love and quite a bit of needle poking my fingers 🪡

I honestly had so much fun creating them and I hope you will love them as much as I do!

#art #handmade #SmallBusiness #SmallBusinessSaturday #Plushies #FediArt #Artist #GiftIdeas

Collage of 6 pictures with similar backgrounds (black and wooden with decorative felt, threads, and plants framing them); each picture features a handmade felt plushies.
Top left: a cream-coloured bunny standing on its hind legs, front feet joined together. It is looking to the side. It’s ears , tail and feet are a dark brown, its thighs, front legs, and muzzle are a reddish brown. Little squinty eyes and a V-shaped nose are embroidered in black on its face.
Top center: a little greyish blue elephant looking to the left. The inside of its ear is a gradient of three shades of pink, its hooves and the tip of its tail are a soft purple. It’s holding its trunk up.
Top-right: a puffin sitting sideways, its big beak is striped with orange, yellow, and a soft blueish purple. It’s wings are a dark blue and its belly and face are white;
Bottom left: a macaw looking proudly to the right. It’s tail and wings are blue, its belly orange, its back a vibrant green, and its face is ivory.
Bottom center: a chameleon sitting down, tail curved upwards and curling on itself. it is looking cheekily with lopsided bulging eyes. Its is almost fully green except for a bright pink belly and a yellow tongue.
Bottom right: a brown capybara sitting peacefully, balancing a little yuzu on its head. — Collage of 6 pictures with similar backgrounds (black and wooden with decorative felt, threads, and plants framing them); each picture features a handmade felt plushies. Top left: a cream-coloured bunny standing on its hind legs, front feet joined together. It is looking to the side. It’s ears , tail and feet are a dark brown, its thighs, front legs, and muzzle are a reddish brown. Little squinty eyes and a V-shaped nose are embroidered in black on its face. Top center: a little greyish blue elephant looking to the left. The inside of its ear is a gradient of three shades of pink, its hooves and the tip of its tail are a soft purple. It’s holding its trunk up. Top-right: a puffin sitting sideways, its big beak is striped with orange, yellow, and a soft blueish purple. It’s wings are a dark blue and its belly and face are white; Bottom left: a macaw looking proudly to the right. It’s tail and wings are blue, its belly orange, its back a vibrant green, and its face is ivory. Bottom center: a chameleon sitting down, tail curved upwards and curling on itself. it is looking cheekily with lopsided bulging eyes. Its is almost fully green except for a bright pink belly and a yellow tongue. Bottom right: a brown capybara sitting peacefully, balancing a little yuzu on its head.

Evan Sky arts

@evansky_arts@mastodon.social · last week

NEW COLLECTION NOW AVAILABLE!

After a few months of imagining, designing, and creating, I am so proud to finally release my new pocket pal collection onto the world!

Adopt them here: https://evanskyarts.com/en/collections/pocket-pals

As always, each plushie is designed and handmade with love and quite a bit of needle poking my fingers 🪡

I honestly had so much fun creating them and I hope you will love them as much as I do!

#art #handmade #SmallBusiness #SmallBusinessSaturday #Plushies #FediArt #Artist #GiftIdeas

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KellyAnn Romanych (she/her)

@kellyromanych@mastodon.social · 2 weeks ago

Launch Grant: Available to new and existing businesses launching a brick-and-mortar location in retail commercial spaces with a storefront, as well as non-retail commercial spaces in the unincorporated areas of the County.

Deadline Feb 13, 2026

#LosAngelesCounty #grant #smallBusiness

https://opportunity.lacounty.gov/sbmf/

Department of Economic Opportunity

Small Business Mobility Fund - Department of Economic Opportunity

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Operation: Puppet (he/him)

@operationpuppet@mastodon.content.town · 2 weeks ago

First new listings for 2026 are up! Some old favourites, Greeblees! https://www.operationpuppet.com/ #puppets #puppetbuilding #smallbusiness #artist #handmade

Four images of two hand made puppets, a green one with spherical eyes and a blue one with large hemisphere eyes and purple eyelids

Operation: Puppet (he/him)

@operationpuppet@mastodon.content.town · 2 weeks ago

First new listings for 2026 are up! Some old favourites, Greeblees! https://www.operationpuppet.com/ #puppets #puppetbuilding #smallbusiness #artist #handmade

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Kevin Lawver

@kpl@social.lol · 2 weeks ago

Hey, small business friends! I’m trying to convince my wife and son to start a business together - any favorite books on family businesses? Is it a ridiculous idea? #smallBusiness #BadIdeaSaturday

KellyAnn Romanych (she/her)

@kellyromanych@mastodon.social · 2 weeks ago

Deadline Feb 13, 2026

#LosAngelesCounty #grant #smallBusiness

https://opportunity.lacounty.gov/sbmf/

Department of Economic Opportunity

Small Business Mobility Fund - Department of Economic Opportunity

Evan Sky arts

@evansky_arts@mastodon.social · 2 weeks ago

Here they are!
A full view at the 6 designs I’ve been working on for the past couple of months, and they will finally be available on my website this Saturday at 6pm CEST!

Who do you like best? 🪡

#handmade #SmallBusiness #ShopSmall #Art #Artist #Cute #sewing #embroidery #giftIdeas #FediArt #FediGiftShop

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Evan Sky arts

@evansky_arts@mastodon.social · 2 weeks ago

UPCOMING DESIGNS REVEAL PART 2/7

Coming in with the first mandatory bird which was an absolute blast to design!

#Art #Handmade #sewing #SmallBusiness #cute #Puffin #Bird #Birds #BirdsOfMastodon #artist

Picture displaying 7 felt colors (dark blues, black, white, soft pale blue, orange and yellow) arranged under a small embroidery hoop. Through the hoop, a little handmade felt puffin plushie can be seen.

Evan Sky arts

@evansky_arts@mastodon.social · 2 weeks ago

UPCOMING DESIGNS REVEAL PART 2/7

Coming in with the first mandatory bird which was an absolute blast to design!

#Art #Handmade #sewing #SmallBusiness #cute #Puffin #Bird #Birds #BirdsOfMastodon #artist

Kevin Lawver

@kpl@social.lol · 2 weeks ago

Hey, small business friends! I’m trying to convince my wife and son to start a business together - any favorite books on family businesses? Is it a ridiculous idea? #smallBusiness #BadIdeaSaturday

Fitness Foundry (Coach Julio)

@Fitnessfoundry@mas.to · 2 weeks ago

🧵📅 New Year—and Still Not Selling False Hope

👟If you’re ready to ditch the health fads and build a truly sustainable foundation, follow me for practical, results-driven fitness tips this year.

I’m entering my 21st year as a fitness professional—and here’s what I offer:

🎯I promise education, transparency, and results grounded in science—not gimmicks.

In an industry where too many business models thrive on confusion…

#Fitness #Coach #Weightloss #Health #Community #SmallBusiness #Boston

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Roasting House Coffee

@roastinghouse@mastodonapp.uk · 3 weeks ago

Just come across the phrase " #Bicycles offer you the freedom that car ads promise". coined by Tom Flood https://www.linkedin.com/posts/tom-flood-7a91b411_bicycles-deliver-the-freedom-that-auto-ads-activity-7115679791810314241-iGGB?trk=public_profile_like_view

Appears to be a two year old phrase but I think if for #2026 you're wanting to use the car less, it's a good mantra memorize. I've had a puncture on the main #cargobike for over a week now I've been lazy about fixing so the car has been used more. I need to remember the freedom the bike gives a #smallbusiness like us.

Video bike tax: Video is from a couple of years ago on one of our cargobike, sadly now gone due to a recall

#bike #bikes #BikeTooter #cycle #cycling #coffee

Bicycles deliver the freedom that auto ads promise. | Tom Flood | 28 comments

Bicycles deliver the freedom that auto ads promise. | 28 comments on LinkedIn

Roasting House Coffee

@roastinghouse@mastodonapp.uk · 3 weeks ago

Video bike tax: Video is from a couple of years ago on one of our cargobike, sadly now gone due to a recall

#bike #bikes #BikeTooter #cycle #cycling #coffee

Bicycles deliver the freedom that auto ads promise. | Tom Flood | 28 comments

Bicycles deliver the freedom that auto ads promise. | 28 comments on LinkedIn