Something Magical Is Happening

At least I think so

[silveryinkystar]

Magical how many stairs fit in here! Bruno, your room is the WORST!

[sosuperawesome]

Glass Bubble Spice Racks, by Bulles d'epices on Etsy

[a-magpie-witchling]

I’ve scrolling for half an hour to find this post.

[lewd-plants]

@systlin

[systlin]

“Heavy breathing”

[beardednegro]

Previously, I’d only seen the first two panels and assumed it was the complete comic.

This version is much better.

[chokkilissa-nahollos]

omg it’s so much better with the conclusion

[wilwheaton]

“The systemic barrier has been removed.”

[intheheatherbright]

Costume. Chitons.

[intheheatherbright]

Marjorie & C. H. B.Quennell, Everyday Things in Archaic Greece (London: B. T. Batsford, 1931).

[killerchickadee]

Wait, wait…. Is that seriously it? How their clothes go?

[treewizarded]

that genuinely is it

[itwashotwestayedinthewater]

yeah hey whats up bout to put some fucking giant sheets on my body

lets bring back sheetwares

[ardatli]

When you’re carding, spinning and weaving everything from scratch, using the big squares exactly as they come off the loom must seem like a fucking brilliant idea. 90% (or more) of pre-14th century clothing is made purely on squares (and sometimes triangles cut from squares). 

[annathecrow-that-was]

How did they get the fabric so fine it draped like that? Was that something medieval europe forgot? Or do I just have a completely misguided image of historical clothing?

[ardatli]

Medieval Europe also had incredibly fine weaves, though the ancient world tended to have them beat. Linen was found in Egypt woven with a fineness that we’re still trying to replicate, and there was a kind of cotton woven in India called ‘woven wind’ that was supposedly still translucent at eight layers, and wool shawls so fine that the entire thing could be drawn through a wedding ring. 

The way they could get away with pinking and slashing doublets in the 16th century was partially because the fabrics were so tightly woven that you could simply cut a line on the bias and nothing would fray. 

Modern fabric machining sucks ass in terms of giving us any kind of quality like the kind human beings produced prior to the Industrial Revolution. 

[spazzbot]

*yells about textile history*

[tardygrading]

Reblogging because it’s fascinating.

[wulfundlied-deactivated20180618]

The Celts made very fine clothing as well. They invented plaid after all, and the same weaves that have been found at the La Tene/Halstatt salt mines in Austria were also found as far away as western China in the tombs of the Tarim mummies.

[telepwen]

@toseehowthestoryends

[toseehowthestoryends-deactivate]

Fantastic history lesson here.

[dolphiana]

The one and only Easter Bunny wishes you HAPPY EASTER! ^__^

[echothroughthefog]

How to call your reps when you have social anxiety

When you struggle with your mental health on a daily basis, it can be hard to take action on the things that matter most to you. The mental barriers anxiety creates often appear insurmountable. But sometimes, when you really need to, you can break those barriers down. This week, with encouragement from some great people on the internet, I pushed against my anxiety and made some calls to members of our government. Here’s a comic about how you can do that, too. (Resources and transcript below.)

Motivational resources: There are a lot! Here are a few I really like:

Emily Ellsworth explains why calling is the most effective way to reach your congressperson.

Sharon Wong posted a great series of tweets that helped me manage my phone anxiety and make some calls.

Kelsey is tweeting pretty much daily with advice and reminders about calling representatives. I found this tweet an especially great reminder that calls aren’t nearly as big a deal as anxiety makes them out to be.

Informational resources: There are a lot of these, as well! These three are good places to start:

Find your representative at house.gov

Find your senators at senate.gov

Use the “We’re His Problem Now” scripts when calling (or write your own!)

Keep reading

[postitforward]

You can also send a fax for free to your Senators! 

[staff]

FAX 📠 YOUR 📠 SENATOR

[hotdamn5sos]

[nizzlekicks]

When you broke but you woke

[thresholdofzero-deactivated2018]

Wait… Guys what?

Is this what you guys think it means when GMO comes up in conversation?

Do you know what else is a GMO?

Dogs. Literally ALL dogs have had their genetics modified to make them more docile, loyal, trusting, energetic, obedient ect.

Ears of corn used to be the size of your thumb. Through selective ‘breeding’ we chose the strains of corn that were the biggest, fastest growing, most resilient ect. Ect.

THAT is a GMO. I don’t know where the idea that genetic modification meant they’re injecting your food stuffs with chemicals to change its DNA. That’s not how it works.

However, they ARE spraying your veggies with pesticides and that is something you should be worried about.

Companies like Monsanto are evil. But not because they are breeding crops to feed more people. But because they’re monopolizing the farming market, sueing farmers who share a geographic area and have some of the same strains of crops in their fields because of unavoidable cross pollination and lying about their business practices.

[pyronoid-d-deactivated20181217]

This is Normal Borlaug. In 1942 he received his Ph. D in plant pathology and genetics. In Mexico, he developed semi-dwarf, high-yield, disease resistant varieties of wheat. A genetically modified food. He introduced these to Mexico, Pakistan and India, resulting in double the wheat yields in a 5 year span. In 1970, Borlaug was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize, for saving one billion lives from starvation, and contributing to world peace through increasing the world food supply.

Genetically modified food is great.

[fuckyeah-nerdery]

This, a thousand fucking times this. Privilege is spouting and spreading pseudo-science bullshit you saw on your Facebook feed or on Twitter because unlike people in drought and famine prone areas of the world, you have the option to do just that. Those other parts of the world that don’t have the benefit of a food surplus and can’t pick and choose what they eat depend on GMOs to not die of starvation or watch their children waste away. I despise Monsanto as much as the next person and if they ever go out of business, I’ll be the first to dance a jig, but condemning GMOs just because one megacorp is a pile of shitbags is beyond idiotic. If scientists can create new strains of seeds that can withstand disease, pests, all while yielding more foodstuff, then we should be throwing our support behind them.

[ischemgeek]

Also, “They are feeding us chemicals!” is a fundamentally ridiculous statement. 

Why? 

As a chemist, I’m gonna let you in on a little secret: 

Everything is chemicals.

[alexander]

I. Have. Been. Waiting. For. This. Post.

If you really think about it, when someone says “Omg GMO is sewwwww bad for you” it’s actually a really selfish/classist thing to say bc you literally are ignoring the real issue that Monsanto and other large corporations are keeping the ability to feed millions, billions just because they can make a quick buck.

[actordougjones]

It’s been quite a week of loss in the entertainment world hasn’t it? I never met Mr. Rickman, but may he rest in God’s peace that is well earned after the indelible beauty mark he left on any film lucky enough to have him. #alanrickman #RIP

[mywhisperedcolors]

[ceruleablue]

What books are for. :)

[dduane]

A guide to washing machine / laundry symbols.

[isittimetoknit]

I swear if I’m having a bad day this makes me cry laughing.

[georgetakei]

[georgetakei]

Way to go, dad.

This Dad’s Honest Sex Advice to His Teenage Kids Deserves a Standing Ovation

[crazysweetythingcalledmind-deac]

[anaarkei-deactivated20180101]

Words that people get mixed up

[berningsensation]

[reproductivejusticeandliberty]

Good guy Bernie Sanders.

[intersectsational]

Pls vote 4 him

Love, the entire rest of the world.

[halfstable-deactivated20190928]

I, as an American of the United States of America, would LOVE to vote for Bernie Sanders

[queen0fswordss]

I promise to Reblog every pro-Bernie post I see until election day. Every single one.

[enchantedbooknerd-deactivated20]

#Repost #TheReadingRoom #books #reading

[sciencesideoftamblr-deactivated]

The Galaxy is a beautiful and mysterious place full of wonder.

[colletteposts-deactivated202407]

Oh god

[hamburgerboogie-deactivated2016]

FUCKING SPACE I S2G

[metalprincess]

✨

[magicalgirl613]

we’re in a brain

[photojojo]

It looks like any other old photograph you might find at an estate sale, but the gentleman highlighted in the 2nd image is someone who’s never been seen in photographic form: Vincent Van Gogh! 

A pair of collectors found the image at an estate sale and brought it to a team of experts in France who verified that it really was the famous painter.

We Finally Have a Photograph of Vincent Van Gogh

via Pro Photo Daily