Suze's Stuff

Straight but not narrow. She/Her. Awesome Auntie. Native Mainer, ayuh. Eternally hopeful artist. This is mostly reblogs of things I find interesting, funny, enlightening or uplifting. Lots of cute animals and babies. Lots of fandoms.

[memories-of-ancients]

Gilded copper and turquoise whistle depicting a musician playing an antara (panflute), Moche culture, Peru, 100-800 AD

from The Museo Larco, Lima, Peru

[redscharlach]

Look at this little guy, getting his groove on. I love him, so I drew him.

[hunter-rodrigez]

So I do 3D modeling and printing as a hobby, and a few weeks ago I designed wheel guards meant to prevent office chairs from running over cables and clothes... or your pet's tail.

I got the idea from cowcatchers old locomotives used to have.

Anyways, yesterday I uploaded the model to Thingiverse, and just hours after uploading it, the Community Relationship Manager of the whole website left a comment suggesting I enter the model into a competition that's currently being held on the site.

So I did... and now it's in third place not even a day later. First place is $500, but the competition still has a month to go.

Then the Community Manager contacted me again, telling me they want to feature my model in an upcoming design promotion.

Just, what is happening? I mostly made this thing for myself in, like, an hour, and now it's suddenly super popular? This is all a little bit overwhelming 😵‍💫

Other models I worked on for weeks didn't get nearly as popular. I swear, it's impossible to predict what people will like.

Anyways, if you want to print the wheel guards yourself, you can get the model here or here.

I also made a quiet version you can stick furniture felt pads on.

[these-violet-delights-fic]

People love simple, extremely practical things. I hope you win!

[airandangels]

These little-known bank accounts allow Americans with disabilities to save and invest

If you're an American with a disability who receives government assistance, you likely qualify for an ABLE account, or you may starting next

The age of eligibility for an ABLE account, allowing USAmerican disabled people to save up money without losing their government assistance for having “too much,” is going to go up to cover disabilities diagnosed by age 46 (currently it’s age 26), meaning a much larger number of people will be able to access them. As the article notes, many Americans don’t know these accounts exist, let alone whether they or someone they care for could qualify for one, so please share this information around.

It seems to me it would obviously be better if the “no more than $2000 a month” limit were simply removed and disabled people could have whatever savings accounts they chose, but this is heaps better than nothing.

[non-binarypal7]

Effective as of January 1, 2026, eligibility has expanded to folks whose disabled diagnosis was established prior to turning 46 years old

About ABLE Accounts An ABLE account is a savings and / or investment option for people with disabilities who qualify. It falls under Section

[hylasregilla]

Huge fan of these DIY IR goggles which appear to be made of a smart phone duct-taped to a pair of safety goggles and zip-tied to multiple straps.

[teaboot]

Clearly the engineering prowess of a scientist used to working with a USAmerican public school budget

[by-grace-of-god]

Le Figaro have a newly published photograph from inside Notre Dame shortly before the roof collapsed, as molten lead fell into the nave. (+)

[thebaconsandwichofregret]

This is what I love about photojournalism. It is just a history of moments where human beings have gone “I know I should really be hauling ass out of here but I have to get a picture of this”

[taavicleric]

I was finally able to source this photo! It’s from Le Figaro Magazine, “The Incredible Story of the Firefighter General of Paris: Our Unpublished Photos,” from November 1st, 2019. Can’t find a specific credit for the photographer, which is too bad, but I have been skeptical it was a real image; up to now I couldn’t find a primary source Googling.

How did I finally find it? By Googling in French, on French Google.

[kedreeva]

[actual source link]

Full article (not paywalled)

Thank you for finding a source name at least, it allowed me to find the articles to link. I also had my doubts.

[bitchfitch]

since I haven't seen this mentioned in regards to surviving intense heat: If you have to be outside and the air is hotter than your body temp you will stay cooler by wearing loose full length pants and long sleeves than you will going for the minimal clothing approach.

This doesn't apply to high plastic fabrics as much but with natural fibers and the like wearing loose clothes traps a layer of air the same temperature as you next to your skin instead of letting you bake in the higher temps. Plus it helps with the UV exposure part of the equation.

[thecollectibles]

Cats by Kateryna Korol

[power-chords]

This Dan Piraro comic always makes me cry.

[tuttle-did-it]

When I lived in London there was a murder of crows that lived near me. I fed them often, they brought me presents (shiny rubbish and cigarette butts they found on the floor to thank me.)

When I moved, I’m certain they understood I was leaving because I had all my stuff and gave them lots of food and compliments.

But, they chased down my friend who lived in the next burrough over. They had recognised that friend with me several times and followed them to their house when they couldn’t find me.

They adopted my friend and it was now my friend’s job to bring them snacks and receive the presents.

This was maybe 6-7 years ago.

I visited London last year. Went to see my friend. The crows all not only recognised me, they tracked me down. We got into my friend’s flat and not twenty minutes later there was chaos on the balcony.

We open the curtains, the entire fucking murder is there shouting because they wanted to see me.

Crows are the very best birds.

[thememedaddy]

[aromanticduck]

Free service with ads: Well, if I'm not paying for it they have to foot the bill somehow.

Paid service with no ads: Well, if they're not funding it with ad revenue, they need to charge us something.

Paid service with ads: Well that's bullshit.

"We used to be a paid service without ads, but now we're putting ads in it! If you want the ad-free version you have to pay more for preeeeemium": Fuck you fuck you fuck you

[juststarsandthemoon]

Free service with no ads: Okay so these guys are stealing my data

[kotkafromjupiter]

my study of baikal seal... oughh i love their big wet eyess

[blackjame]

[leveragehunters]

Lego X-Files!

Releasing 1 August! Detailed review here: Jay's Brick Blog X-Files review

[anxietyproblem]

[savagechickens]

Almost Exercise.

[perksofbeingace]

what's the difference between libido and attraction

libido: body says NOW

attraction: body says THIS ONE

[therainbowgorilla]

Oh my god I’m over here thinking its this big hard to explain thing but here you are explaining it perfectly in nine words wtf

[belladonnabedlam]

Okay. I was on my beloved AO3 and I saw something that made me do a double take. So, now I really want to know…

What is your AO3 user ID?

I’m an OG user 5 digits or less

Six figures baby!

I’m in the millions…

Remaining time: 2 days 16 hours

I’m so curious to see how long people have been on AO3! I know some people have been on there since beta/invite only, but I would love to see what the number is on tumblr!

[knitmeapony]

Listen, I don't have a lot of internet bragging rights but I'll take my low-four-digit userID.