can it be called a blog?

im a liar and a scoundrel, you wanna kiss about it?

[ancharan]

ive been known to post nsfw content

feel free to send me asks, but know I might not respond

this is my art tag

[herpsandbirds]

[felysha]

Jonathan Joss was an Indigenous, gay man who was murdered on the first day of Pride month as well as Indigenous History Month. He died protecting his trans husband. Homophobia and racism aren’t marks of the past, and this is a heart breaking reminder of that.

Praying for a safe journey back to the spirit world, Uncle ❤️‍🩹🦅

[felysha]

Today is the anniversary of the death of Jonathan Joss (King of the Hill, Parks and Rec). Jonathan Joss was an Indigenous, gay man who died protecting his transgender husband, on the first day of Pride month. Today we remember him and how he protected his family.

[a-totally-reasonable-username]

@namelessennes

[avidreaderffn]

@sandstonesunspear

[polyamorousmisanthrope]

Jesus Tapdancing Christ... THIS is a good welt pocket and the people who designed Simplicity 2895 ought to be blasted well ASHAMED of themselves for the crap way THEY wanted a welt pocket made. *SNARLS*

[makereadgrow]

This is how I learned to do it and a good example of what you want to see in a short form tutorial: pinning, pressing, seam finishing, good fabric handling.

I would mention that you can make the pocket facing with a small panel of your matching fabric that is visible and the rest in a lighter fabric to reduce bulk. That's a lot of denim layers for comfort.

[teaboot]

HOT DAMN

[tempusedax-rerum]

hey do you wanna learn some new words?

Of course you do. Here's a bunch of words my List of Words I Need to Use Somewhere (including the ones I've already crossed out).

Genuflect: to bend the knee or touch one knee to the floor in reverence or worship Querulous: full of complaints; complaining Threnody: a poem, speech, or song of lamentation, especially for the dead; dirge; funeral song Evacipate: a fake scrabble word used in the movie Primer. Fake meaning = to undo the consequences of your actions by changing the original circumstances; to erase your own history Prescient: knowledge of things or events before they exist or happen; having foresight Stochastic: of or relating to a process involving a randomly determined sequence of observations each of which is considered as a sample of one element from a probability distribution Estivation: summer hibernation Alveola: a small cavity, cell, or pit on the surface of an organ (often the lungs) (plural = alveoli) Antiphrasis: the use of a word in a sense opposite to its proper meaning Calumnious: slanderous, defamatory Prolix: extended to great, unnecessary, or tedious length; long and wordy Probity: honesty, integrity Accismus: an ironic rhetorical device, in which one feigns indifference, or makes a pretense of refusing something one desires Viridescent: greenish Bivouac: a usually temporary encampment under little or no shelter Eigengrau: the dark grey seen behind the eyelids Prevarication: to deviate from the truth Insouciant: nonchalant Prurient: marked by or arousing an immoderate or unwholesome interest or desire (sexual desire especially) Execrable: detestable, wretched Oleaginous: oily Zugzwang: the necessity of moving in chess when all options are to one's disadvantage Exegesis: exposition, explanation Pleach: interlaced or plaited trees Meretricious: tastelessly showy and falsely attractive; pretentious Harridan: an ill-tempered scolding woman Flensing: to strip off blubber or skin Sibilant: having, containing, or producing the sound of or a sound resembling that of the s or the sh in sash Puerile: juvenile, childish Verisimilar: having the appearance of truth; probable Ebullient: boiling, agitated; liveliness and enthusiasm Commensalism: a relation between two kinds of organisms in which one obtains food or other benefits from the other without damaging or benefiting it Dubitative: tending or given to doubt; expressing doubt Sophistry: subtly deceptive reasoning or argumentation Importunate: troublesomely urgent; overly persistent in request or demand Perfidious: treacherous, disloyal Tyronic: amateurish Imperious: arrogant, domineering Supercilious: coolly and patronizingly haughty Sinistral: left-handed; or relating to the direction of the whorls on a gastropod shell Vociferous: marked by or given to vehement insistent outcry Shibboleth: a word or saying used by adherents of a party, sect, or belief and usually regarded by others as empty of real meaning; a truism or platitude Vituperative: uttering or given to censure: containing or characterized by verbal abuse Parochial: of or relating to a church parish Sotto voce: under the breath, in an undertone (in a stage whisper kind of way) Perspicuity: plain to the understanding, especially because of clarity and precision of presentation Perspicacity: acuteness of perception, discernment, or understanding Oblique: not straightforward; indirect; obscure; hence, disingenuous; underhanded; perverse; sinister Panegyric: formal or elaborate praise; or a eulogistic oration or writing Zeitgeber: an environmental agent or event (such as the occurrence of light or dark) that provides the stimulus setting or resetting a biological clock of an organism (“time giver”) Suprachiasmatic nucleus: the part of the brain which acts as a biological clock and measures light input Inchoate: not fully formed Ululate: to howl or wail, especially in two short sounds Concomitant: conjoined or co-occurring

[azaablue]

the best fanfiction you've ever read was written by a woman in her 40s before she made dinner for her kids. it was written by a teenager after school when they should've been studying for a history test. and a barista came up with the idea while they cleaned the espresso machine and busser fact-checked it on their break and the post-doc edited between writing grant proposals and the nurse apologized for typos in the notes after a long shift and behind every drabble and one-shot and multi-chapter fic there is a person with a wonderful and interesting and chaotic life and it is such a privilege that we get to be apart of it because they decided to do this thing we all share, for fun.

[annabelle--cane]

semi-regular psa that depending on where you live, getting a few doses of narcan might literally be as quick, easy, and free as pouring river water in your socks. it's small, light, and easy to carry around in any kind of bag bigger than a wallet; it's simple to administer; it doesn't become hazardous after its expiry date, just very slowly less effective but still okay to use; it's safe to give multiple doses of it in succession; and it won't cause any harm even if given to someone not experiencing an opioid overdose. (due to the nature of how it works it is a potion of instant withdrawal and might make someone very sick very quickly for that reason, but you can't give someone a hazardous overdose of narcan.) even if you don't think anyone in your life licitly or illicitly uses opioids it's still worth it to pick some up just in case. if you are the Purse Bitch of your friend group and have ever said something like "well what if we do need two full boxes of bandaids all of a sudden" then you simply owe it to yourself to see if a public health center near you has a free narcan distribution service.

[zombielenin]

For those curious on how to respond to an overdose using Narcan/naloxone, NYC’s health department has a good video on the subject. For those in NYC, their website also has information on how to obtain it.

[paladudette]

always great to carry narcan, and while you CANNOT give an “overdose” of narcan, you can effectively drown somebody if you give a large dose. the “drowning” is flash pulmonary edema, and is associated with larger amounts of narcan being administered to somebody who is overdosing.

so absolutely please get some and carry it with you, and remember that you don’t need 20+ mg of narcan to reverse an od!

[lycanthre]

Adding onto the last rb as someone who works in harm reduction and has given overdose reversal trainings.

First want to say that OP your post is great but it's important to mention that you NEED to wait 2-3 minutes before administer a second dose of naloxone (the generic and frankly better version of Narcan, Narcan is a for-profit brand so if you can it's better to get the generic from your local SSP or HD), for folks who are dependent upon or otherwise regular users of opioids naloxone can precipitate pretty nasty symptoms of withdrawal, no one is gonna feel *great* after an overdose, but acute withdrawal can lead to vomiting, shakes, and a whole slurry of symptoms ranging from unpleasant to medically dangerous.

While were here, here is a quick runddown of symptoms of an opioid OD to look out for:

- Person’s skin might look blueish or greyish, depending on skin tone

- Skin might feel cold or clammy

- Might hear “agonal breathing” - a gasping/gulping/grunting sound sometimes mistaken for snoring

- Sometimes you might not see or hear any of these obvious signs. The person might just seem like they are sleeping or in a heavy nod.

You can check for responsiveness by verbally calling for them and doing a sternum rub (running your knuckles up and down the center of their chest), but don't spend a bunch of time trying to get them up-- every secound counts.

Second major point: when reversing an OD you are looking for a return to regular breathing, NOT for the person to wake up. Adulterants like xylazine (tranq) and medetomidine are fairly common in the US fent supply, and given that these are sedatives they can put folks out for hours at a time. Make sure to give rescue breaths and monitor breathing continuously until emergency service providers arrive (or if you are unable to call 911/999/etc, have someone stay with the person for at least 90 min). The biggest mistake I see people make is, since they're in a panic, they continuously administer naloxone without waiting and without watching for breathing bc they're worried about the person not coming to. I get that it's really scary, but it's vital that you're focusing on the correct tells.

Like last rb said too, you don't need a crazy mg amount to reverse an OD, in fact you don't need more than 4mg max (6mg if the person REALLY isn't breathing) for nasal naloxone and 0.8mg/ml max for intramuscular naloxone. This is about 2 doses for each type, and often one dose is enough to stabilize someone (when the medicine wears off any opioids left in the system will rebind to opioid receptors, though, so keeping a dose on hand is vital especially if they can't get to the hospital for monitoring). There is no evidence that high dose naloxone such as Kloxxado is more effective in reversing overdoses, and actually poses a greater danger due to its ability to quickly lead to acute withdrawal. These products are produced by for-profit companies co-opting panic surrounding the present street opioid supply, and are not recommended by anyone with experience in the field.

If you want to find free naloxone near you but aren't sure where, NextDistro is a great resource for those in the US

[escuerzoresucitado]

[mockva]

Man notices an Eagle eyeing the fish he just caught

[mexicain-sans-frontiers-v2]

[the-davest-of-uncles]

*gets back to the nest* baby you are NEVER gonna believe how i got this fish

[jerreeeeeee]

not every mutual fits neatly into an archetypal medievalism but there are some mutuals that im like yeah addressing you as “my liege” would come strangely naturally

[jerreeeeeee]

what mutual is prev

my liege lord

my loyal knight

my wise wizard

my evil advisor

my brother in arms

my lady muse

my wild mermaid friend

my fellow alchemist

my dashing rapscallion

my monstrous foe

Remaining time: 1 day 4 hours

[sometiktoksarevalid]

[spockandawe]

OKAY, LADS. Got a long post today, because I've been Experimenting. So there's nothing that brings me more delight than uncovering and trying new niche binding styles. I'm a little limited in that i only want styles that can contain a nice big novel, which excludes a lot of art book styles, which means that i get really excited when i find something truly different, like the k118. And for a few years. I've been ruminating on ben elbel's pixel bindings.

And for me, following a tutorial or taking a class... does not spark as much joy as rummaging around on my own and making my own mistakes. This fell by the wayside for a while, probably because I wasn't that experienced when i found out about it, slash I didn't have a story in mind with the right aesthetic. But it never left my mind. And when I found out about the genealogy of this style, with forerunners like alain taral combining bookbinding and woodworking (and marquetry! be still my beating heart) and the articulated binding style developed for italian phonebooks in the seventies, I was reinvigorated.

Oh, and the issue of wanting a book thematically compatible with pixel binding? That's gotta be C Language Cultivation, babey!

So, pixel binding. The broad concept is that it's a semi-flexible cover style created with squares of board material (pixels) hinged together with the covering material. I understood the principles. I bought 3mm tile spacers years ago for this exact project. It was still an ADVENTURE in iterative experiments. These are all C Language Cultivation, and from right to left, i shall call them v1, v2, and v3. And in the end, they were *also* an experiment in different materials. But for all of them, i went in with cover board squares, spaced, and with my turn-ins finished with doublures before casing in.

V1! I knew I was probably going to run into some unforseen game-breaking issue with this one, so I didnt sweat it too hard. I got my thinnest board (0.5mm), faux suede bookcloth, and i even misprinted my book (note the untrimmed fore edge) and just went for it anyways. I lined with more bookcloth. It's not a great book, the boards are awfully thin for the size of the book, my shoulders are HILARIOUSLY large, and my doublures want to come up at the corners, but it works! And the covers are NICE and flexible.

V2! I felt confident, and it was time to break out the real leather. But my DREAM was to bind this in those old school royal blue compiler colors, and i didn't want to risk my good hide just yet, so i grabbed some hand-me-down goat. I did manage to goof things up by cutting my hide too large, needing to trim down some turn-ins after the pixels were in place, and then not being able to pare them. It's lined with paper rather than bookcloth, and despite trying to be careful, i DID punch through it once while trying to work it into the hinges. I also used my BEEFY board, 2.5mm, and the cover feels sooooo nice and luxe, but it is.... very, very stiff. Comparably.

(i am also struggling like HELL to get my squares right. this is a style that really prefers notebooks over actual story contents that need precise trimming and margins, but im stubborn.)

Okay!!! At this stage I was big confident and big impatient, and for v3, it was time for the good leather. I went for the same dimensions as the v2 case and tried to trim my text block less (mixed success). I measured my cover dimensions including the tile spacers and cut my hide to size and pared it carefully. And I went with in-between 1mm board and lined with paper, but was more careful with it. It was nearly, nearly brilliant. This was also a hand-me-down hide, and halfway through assembling the cover I realized... it was probably sheep. And sheep wants to screw you over and delaminate when it gets wet. The book is not bad at all, but it's undeniable that the hinges on v2 are MUCH more elegant and crisp than for v3.

But despite that, it's a very exciting success! Look at that FLEX! I'm almost definitely going to do a v4 (sob) when i get some blue goat hide (soon!), and this was a really cool set of iterations. There's all kinds of interesting quirks, like how i realized it was best for turn-ins and doublures to avoid having edges land too close to a hinge. Or one of the things that came down from alain taral's techniques is that for the best opening action the endpapers flyleaves are a single U-shaped sheet, laminated to the first and last pages of the text block, and then the book isn't cased in at the cover boards, but along the spine. I was so skeptical at first, but i gave all of my books the dangle test, and they performed admirably!!

If I hadn't accidentally used sheep instead of goat, I think I would be completely happy. But as it is, this is still a successful increment, and I'm one hundred confident I'll realize my vision next time!! I'm sure there are more secrets and hacks that I'm missing out on by not taking one of ben elbel's classes, but experimenting and failing myself makes me happier than ANYTHING.

I will say that for someone casually looking for this flexible cover effect... the horizontal hinges are much more for aesthetic than function. The cover is fixed at the spine as it is, so there's simply a limit to how much the cover can move outside that plane. If you're interested in the cover flex more than pixels specifically, I think the italians had it right, and vertical strips of board are the way to go. I'll be trying that out soon as well, but I don't have specific plans just yet. This was a really cool exploration and I'm so, so happy I finally committed to it!

[stump-not-found]

Somethings tells me that the only divorce topic of the story in gf theseus' guide is Dipper and Mabel parents divorce, because Bill and Ford just can't be apart…

(I like their failured relationship :} )

can you divorce your boss or is that just called giving your two weeks notice

[lum1natriiix]

happy iron lung day to all who celebrate

[fakerosebride]

Mango lassi explained

Mango lassi theories

Mango lassi iceberg

Mango lassi leaks

Mango lassi secret ending

[sillyrapids]

reality is an illusion & the universe is a hologram

[shoomlah]

Just got back from a week-long art intensive studying horse anatomy with Terryl Whitlatch out at New Masters Village in Mancos, CO! I've followed Terryl's work for over 20 years, and her passion and expertise is unmatched—feeling challenged, refreshed, and like I want to draw a bajillion horses.

The week was made up of a whole lot of classroom time, balanced with hands-on horse sessions and some fun creature/character exploration on the last day—my brain is completely fried, but I have ZERO regrets. Can't recommend the lovely team out at NMV enough. ♥️