The Nefarious Horse

Very normal guy

[strattistician]

I've posted a bit about how The Martian is unrealistic for its portrayal of engineers as competent individuals with survival instincts and basic reasoning skills, but Mindy's writing outside of that is just as bad. You're telling me someone can work with GIS programs long enough to do it professionally and remain relatively sane and not suicidal?

[goldswords]

THAR SHE BLOWS!! A LIFTED BLACK FORD F150 WITH TINTED WINDOWS. PASSENGER PRINCESS, GET THE HARPOONS!!!!!

[mossyshadows]

yes pleassseeee do your lesbian scifi fantasy short stories list

here are some recs not in any particular order! general heads up as per prev post that i do read a lot of (body) horror & toxic dynamics so please be mindful of checking cw !

immigrant girl from the end of the world - hannah yang

bride / butcher / doe - lowry poletti

archaeological evidence for the time traveler - tia tashiro

the name ziya - wen-yi lee

think of me before i disappear - raahem alvi

hungry daughters of starving mothers - alyssa wong

dead air - nino cipri

xianrenzhang - jiaqi kang

scream queen - julia armfield

horror story - carmen maria machado

bonus (comic) on a sunbeam - tillie walden

[mossyshadows]

#will also add seasons of iron and glass (el-mohtar)!!! (@aurltas)

link <3

[jauntylittlefrillyboy]

Oh man I can't believe I forgot. You know that post that was like "tell me what clothes you've bought because of a character" or whatever. I searched for ages to find an adequate white cable knit sweater because of Ransom's in knives out.

[jauntylittlefrillyboy]

It's a good sweater

[jauntylittlefrillyboy]

I'm putting this here bc I feel like it's information everyone needs. You can find it here.

[derinthescarletpescatarian]

I don't knit but that's hilarious because this looks like such a complicated pattern for a beginner

[disaster-possum]

Oh it is. There's at least three different styles of cabling. And more advanced cabling at that. That sweater would take me like a year to finish.

[crossedwithblue]

All the cabling is done the same way. You just need to read your knitting and keep track of which row you're on

[itspronouncedtessa]

No, but for real. Knitting is just loops. Cables? Spicy loops. Lace? Spicy loops. Color work? Multicolored spicy loops.

There are no levels in knitting, there are no exams to pass or goals to achieve before you can continue.

The Handsome Chris is a perfect beginner project. It's all one color, it's knit flat, you get to learn lots of new techniques all at once, but most of all it's engaging and you're working towards a goal you really like.

I would have impaled myself on my needles if I'd been forced to complete a Sophie scarf before I got to advance to something more "challenging" like a washcloth, or God forbid a ribbed hat.

My very first project was a self-drafted 11-strand intarsia double sided cable scarf, because I didn't know I wasn't allowed and that was what I wanted to make.

This attitude of mystifying certain fabrics as advanced really twists my stitches. I cannot do simple stockinette colorwork to save my life, but I can 3-color brioche without looking.

There are no levels in knitting.

Make that fucking Handsome Chris if you want to, it's a great sweater. Or start with the Sophie scarf if that's more your vibe. But don't ever think that knitting is hard.

[derinthescarletpescatarian]

You sound like me telling a beginner crocheter "nah the alligator stitch is easy for a beginner, it's all just double crochets!" (a real thing I have said to people picking up a crochet hook for the first time). I'm not saying you can't start with a complicated stitch I'm saying it's very funny when people do.

[derinthescarletpescatarian]

#I mean. knitting and crochet both just build onto very basic stitches#once you know the basics it’s short work to do those ‘harder’ stitches#you just gotta practice them!

"Once you know the basics" is my point. Beginners do not know the basics. I am a beginner knitter and let me tell you we're doing shit like "trying to remember how to cast on", "not dropping too many stitches and going on without noticing if you can help it", "trying to figure out how to keep consistent tension so the width of the project doesn't keep changing", and "trying to remember the difference between a knit and a purl because at least a quarter of these stitches are definitely backwards".

[jmtorres]

[bippus]

Top ten reasons to kill yourself ranked by virtue

[silly-jellyghoty]

Something something i was bored and drew a Rocky vision of Grace

Freaky leaky guy and his weak inner carapace and top part fuzz

[innerchildabortionclinic]

the genre of conspiracy theory I come across that's like "~They™️~ want you to stop eating meat" is so fucking stupid every single time it's something that is a result of climate change or food companies cutting cost in production which can ALSO be a result of climate change (certain ingredients become harder to obtain and more expensive). like congratulations, you discovered food access and quality is class stratified. under capitalism it always has been! you're just feeling the effects directly for the first time, so it must be a conspiracy.

[samirasystole]

random but here is a recipe for cold peanut noodles that you can make during hot weather because i just ate this and had a fantastic time

2tbsp of peanut butter. a splash of rice vinegar, soy sauce, sesame oil, maple syrup. some chili flakes, some sesame seeds. a splash of water to thin it out. now you put in your noodles (cooled!!!! boiled and rinsed so they’re cold!!) and then some chopped up cucumber or carrot or avocado or cabbage or any crunchy vegetable. i just used cucumber

you can also put in lime juice or herbs or sriracha or grated garlic/ginger or anything like that; tofu/tempe/meat for more protein etc. noodle wise this can be ramen soba udon whatever, i used soba. enjoy homies

[skrumpgoblin]

new dog i've been working on

[stonelionhearts]

i think as a writer, the older you get and the more you read, the more you realize there are very few actual truly bad ideas. which is a relief. but! the other thing you learn is that stories live and die on the execution and ha ha. lemme tell you. unfortunately. there are lots and lots of bad ways to execute an otherwise fine idea

[shrimpdotpng]

read @startingatmidnight 's fic The Astrobiology Immersion Program, then read it again, then again, then drew fanart about it. it's the world's most perfect bodyswap fic and everyone should read it right now!!!

[pangur-and-grim]

there's this type of fantasy that's..... I don't know how to describe it. like it makes you feel nostalgic for a world that's never existed. a really horrible world, and one that should never exist, but one that still feels magical and beautiful. I got this feeling with Titus Groan, with Thrones of Bones, with Vermis, with Clark Ashton Smith short stories, with The Tombs of Atuan, with Berserk, and also while playing Elden Ring (all the horror and yearning is a probably big reason why the dark souls games suck people in).

does anyone else have more examples?

[axemurderer1347]

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[harefemme]

...has anyone checked on eva stratt lately? this piece is a collab between @cedardivine and i! his original thought and composition sketch w/ symbols is below the cut! this would not exist if not for him ♡

[stiffyck]

[enthyrea]

patron saints of one way trips

[wolfythewitch]

Dog years