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The Ghost and Mrs Muir (1947)
#i wanted to watch this last night #and couldn’t find it for free
It’s on the internet archive!
The Ghost and Mrs. Muir
AHHHHH THANK YOU @vinceaddams !!!!!!
The archive also has an abridged radio play version from Lux Radio Theatre which is equally good! I’ve got that one downloaded to my mp3 player and listen to it at work fairly often.
Make a little puphouse in your soul
do puppies use WASD controls or mouse controls or something different?
Puppies use Puppy Commands to move in all different directions. Press and hold the A Button while pointing with the Wii Remote™ to make your puppy move to that space. While moving, puppies can occasionally dig up Puppy Treats to help replenish your stamina bar. Wow! So helpful, puppies!
Rebecca Black, 2025
it/its pronoun revolution
hey check this out
by popular demand
❄️ WINTER SMILODON / SABER CAT! ❄️
One punch man
THE FLOURISH AND SHEATHE
As a professional swordsman should
From Kolobok, illus. Konstantin V. Kuznetsov (via barius)
One of the things in The Pile is a black linen waistcoat back I accidentally ended up with a couple years ago.* Even though it wasn't started intentionally as its own project, it still counts as an unfinished garment by my personal Pile guidelines. I'm working on making fronts out of some black silk satin from an obi. Unlike most of the obi in my stash I found this one at my local thrift store hiding in amongst the table runners. The lining is a very thin yellow silk that also came from an obi, this time from ebay. (And for slightly cheaper than the one I found at the thrift store, shipping included.)
It's the same late 1770's-early 80's-ish pattern I've used for a dozen other waistcoats and yet somehow still haven't made any coats to go with. There's a little bit of machine sewing, but most of it's by hand.
It's been ages since I added Death's Head buttons to anything, and I've never made silk ones, so I'm doing these ones with some of my large and expensive spool of Gütermann silk twist. Very slippery compared to the cotton perle I usually use. I'm awfully reluctant to spend money on silk thread and then when I've got it I'm reluctant to use it, but I'm trying to get better about that.
(Also I suppose I should mention that I have videos on the you tubes about making this style of button, and buttonhole, and waistcoat, in case anyone has any questions about the construction.)
*I ended up with an accidental extra waistcoat back because I made a very thick wool waistcoat and finished and hemmed the back, forgetting I had intended to fully line it. Rather than stick a lining over a perfectly good hem, or use an unlined back on a bulky waistcoat, I just recut the back.
The Boardwalk Market
Is this about how ppl born in the late 20th century have a unique and fluid experience of navigating barriers to information access and its our responsibility to teach the younger folks how to tinker with technology to avoid being spoonfed everything we experience in order to have critical skills that keep us informed, autonomous, and able to hold power despite looming threats of authoritarianism or..........???
the brass ring of unimaginable swag, 2025
i painted my favourite fruit 😁
Tuira Kayapó brandished her machete in the face of a government official who was trying to convince indigenous leaders to accept a mega-dam project in the Amazon, 1989
“Electricity won’t give us food. We need the rivers to flow freely. Don’t talk to us about relieving our ‘poverty’ – we are the richest people in Brazil. We are Indians.”
part of kayapó’s speech during this event
also! she’s still alive! that sort of thing is always worth pointing out to show that we really aren’t too far removed from events like this! here’s a 2019 photo of her:
🍖 How to Build a Culture Without Just Inventing Spices and Necklaces
(a worldbuilding roast. with love.)
So. You’re building a fantasy world, and you’ve just invented: → Three types of ceremonial jewelry → A spice that tastes like cinnamon if it were bitter and cursed → A holiday where everyone wears gold and screams at dawn
Cute. But that’s not culture. That’s aesthetics.
And if your worldbuilding is all outfits, dances, and spice blends with vaguely mystical names, your story’s probably going to feel like a cosplay convention held inside a Pinterest board.
Here’s how to fix that—aka: how to build a real, functioning culture that shapes your story, not just its vibes.
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🔗 Culture Is Built on Power, Not Just Style
Ask yourself: → Who’s in charge, and why? → Who has land? Who doesn’t? → What’s considered taboo, sacred, or punishable by death?
Culture is shaped by who gets to make the rules and who gets crushed by them. That’s where things like religion, family structure, class divisions, gender roles, and social expectations actually come from.
Start there. Not at the embroidery.
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2.🪓 Culture Comes From Conflict
Did this society evolve peacefully? Was it colonized? Did it colonize? Was it rebuilt after a war? Is it still in one?
→ What was destroyed and mythologized? → What do the survivors still whisper about? → What do children get taught in school that’s… suspiciously sanitized?
No culture is neutral. Every tradition has a history, and that history should taste like blood, loss, or propaganda.
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3.🧠 Belief Systems > Customs Lists
Sure, rituals and holidays are cool. But what do people believe about: → Death? → Love? → Time? → The natural world? → Justice?
Example: A society that believes time is cyclical vs. one that sees time as linear will approach everything—from prison sentences to grief—completely differently.
You don’t need to invent 80 gods. You need to know what those gods mean to the people who pray to them.
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4.🫀 Culture Controls Behavior (Quietly)
Culture shows up in: → What people apologize for → What insults cut deepest → What people are embarrassed about → What’s praised publicly vs. what’s hidden privately
For instance: → A culture obsessed with stoicism won’t say “I love you.” They’ll say “Have you eaten?” → A culture built on legacy might prioritize ancestor veneration, archival writing, name inheritance.
This stuff? Way more immersive than giving everyone matching earrings.
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5. 🏠 Culture = Daily Life, Not Just Festivals
Sure, your MC might attend a funeral where people paint their faces blue. But what about: → Breakfast routines? → How people greet each other on the street? → Who cooks, and who eats first? → What’s considered “clean” or “proper”? → How is parenting handled? Divorce?
Culture is what happens between plot points. It should shape your character’s assumptions, language, fears, and habits—whether or not a festival is going on.
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6. 💬 Let Your Characters Disagree With Their Own Culture
A culture isn’t a monolith.
Even in deeply traditional societies, people: → Rebel → Question → Break rules → Misinterpret laws → Mock sacred things → Act hypocritically → Weaponize or resist what’s expected
Let your characters wrestle with the culture around them. That’s where realism (and tension) lives.
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7.🧼 Beware the “Pretty = Good” Trap
Worldbuilding gets boring fast when: → The protagonist’s homeland is beautiful and pure → The enemy’s culture is dark and “barbaric” → Every detail just reinforces who the reader should like
You can—and should—challenge the aesthetic hierarchy. → Let ugly things be beloved. → Let beautiful things be corrupt. → Let your MC romanticize their culture and then get disillusioned by it later.
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📍 TL;DR (but like, spicy): → Culture is not food and jewelry. → Culture is power, fear, memory, contradiction. → Stop inventing spices until you know who starved last winter. → Let your world feel lived in, not curated.
The best cultural worldbuilding doesn’t look like a list. It feels like a system. A pressure. A presence your characters can’t escape—even if they try.
Now go. Build something real. (You can add spices later.)
—rin t. // writing advice for worldbuilders with rage and range // thewriteadviceforwriters
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