Claire Keane
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"I'm Dorothy Gale from Kansas"
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Misplaced Lens Cap
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Gentiles/non-Jews of Tumblr, how well did you do in the quiz on Judaism 101 linked below?
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This is the quiz and I did not come up with it, credit goes to @iswearbyalltheflowers on this post.
Absolutely no judgment, I’m genuinely really curious and I figured more people would answer anonymously here than on the original post.
'zandra rhodes "elizabethan" evening dress in gold lamé + matching jacket with ornament of ruffles, spirals + "sunburst" knife pleats, 1981' in fifty years of fashion: new look to now - valerie steele (1997)
the norms of politesse do not allow me to tell my doctoral supervisor to go fuck himself but if they did. oh if they did.
And dat's what punk is really all about
close your eyes and imagine freshly roasted root vegetables perfectly seasoned and crispy as far as the eye can see
Sam trying to get Frodo to take one more step
Sam psychologically tormenting Gollum
please stop trying to convince me the cause is righteous and convince me the tactics are effective
if you take handwritten notes with a pen, do you usually use a color that isn’t black? for example i like to use blue ink!
If you take handwritten notes with a pen, do you usually use a color that isn’t black?
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i understand just enough of these words to know we should all be bowing out of respect
That's very kind of you to say but honestly
DON'T BE LIKE ME.
To be quite honest, fountain pens are like a gambling addiction for pretty colors. Not only do the ink colours not look like they do on the screen, they look different depending on what paper you are writing on and what pen you're using. If you're not using good paper and a good pen they will probably look less pretty than a sparkly gel pen you can get for a dollar.
And the pen situation is even more of a gamble - you are just as likely to have a good experience with a $10 pen as a $100 pen. And you might get lucky and find a $10 pen that writes exactly how you want, but you'll buy the same one again and it will be garbage. But so what, it's only $10? Well, exactly the same thing happens with the hundred dollar pens. Same manufacturer, same model, same nib, completely different writing experience.
I have maybe ten pens that I would consider reliable and comfortable enough to use daily, and about the same amount that are... fine, I guess. I have dozens more that are scratchy, that clog, that dry out after an hour, that leak, that are uncomfortable to hold. Most of them cost between 10 and 20 bucks. Two of them were closer to the $100 mark. A few were between those extremes. My four favourite pens retailed for $10, $30, $80 and $300. I got really lucky on that last one.
Buuuut, as far as my fountain pen girly advice goes, if you absolutely must, start with a Platinum Preppy (under $10), then get either a Lamy Safari if you like the small angular nib or a Pilot Explorer if you want a bigger, traditionally "fountain pen-ey" nib ($20-40 depending on country and colour).
Don't bother getting a converter, just spend 80 cents on a syringe and flush and refill the cartridge it came with. Buy samples before you buy full bottles of ink, especially if the photo on the website looks multicoloured. Not all inks will work with all pens; test your samples with the pen you'll be using and the paper you'll be using. Beware any ink with shimmer, especially if you like a fine nib, they clog and dry up your pen, and they're nasty to clean out.
I like a bright pink, and Lamy Rhodonite, Sailor 431, Pilot Iroshizuku Tsutsuji, Van Diemen's Night Dawn, and Anderillium's Roseate Spoonbill Pink (mentioned previously) are all wonderfully legible and some of them will sheen on a smooth enough paper. Monteverde Rose Pink is a perfect lighter pastel pink, though I'm not sure it's quite as readable for work purposes, and Van Diemen's Daybreak, Fanyantan Sakura Blizzard, and Sailor 252 are all nice multi shaders with pink tones, but shading is very paper dependent, and they can look muddy on normal papers. And Van Diemen's Standing Ovation is technically a purple, but it's the only ink I've seen that produces a green metallic sheen on regular printer paper, so it deserves a special mention.
Anyway, here's some haul pics.
Despite my recommendations above, these days I mainly just buy Kawecos, like the 3 limited editions I'm holding below. Not pictured, this Kaweco, because it lives in my handbag and I couldn't be bothered getting it (and thank fuck it wrote so so beautifully out the box at that price), and these two Kawecos, because they're still on their way.
What's everyone's favourite flowers that aren't like. The normal ones. Like everyone's a fan of roses and sunflowers what's a more niche one. One you don't get in gift sets. Mine's sweet peas
lay me down where the greenery stings
it’s so magical and beautiful that there are sprawling interconnected cave systems carved deep into the earth by various geological forces and you don’t have to go in them. there are miles and miles of stone passageways in total darkness that require you to exhale all the air out of your lungs to squeeze through parts of them and you don’t have to be there. some of these squeezes are underwater and require cave divers to take off their oxygen tanks and push them through ahead of them and me i am above ground looking at the sky as we speak. there are untold subterranean wonders no human has ever seen and i will not be the one to discover them #grateful #blessed
so true there could be any number of undiscovered species down there all of which are none of my business and never will be. peace and love on (the surface of) planet earth 💕
deeply deeply deeply intrigued by the wall art choices from this zillow listing i found in Quebec
Klara Lidén Self Portrait with the Keys to the City, 2005 Digital print, 60 × 42 cm
Third shawl of the year! (I've posted about finishing this shawl before, this is just the finished object post so I can search for just photos of my finished objects.)
This is Hayley Tsang Heather's Peony – Pfingstrose Shawl. I made this shawl out of Fyberspates Gleem Lace in the colorway 733 Everglade, and used 896 6/0 Miyuki Rocailles in the color: transparent silver-lined dark gold (RR-4).
The Ravelry project page is here.
Is “America First” truly among the priorities of the US government today?, he asked. Read more at straitstimes.com. Read more at straitstime
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In the name of God, the Compassionate, the Merciful
To the people of the United States of America, and to all those who, amid a flood of distortions and manufactured narratives, continue to seek the truth and aspire to a better life:
Iran – by this very name, character, and identity – is one of the oldest continuous civilisations in human history. Despite its historical and geographical advantages at various times, Iran has never, in its modern history, chosen the path of aggression, expansion, colonialism, or domination.
Even after enduring occupation, invasion, and sustained pressure from global powers–and despite possessing military superiority over many of its neighbours – Iran has never initiated a war. Yet it has resolutely and bravely repelled those who have attacked it.
The Iranian people harbour no enmity towards other nations, including the people of America, Europe, or neighboring countries. Even in the face of repeated foreign interventions and pressures throughout their proud history, Iranians have consistently drawn a clear distinction between governments and the peoples they govern. This is a deeply rooted principle in Iranian culture and collective consciousness–not a temporary political stance.
For this reason, portraying Iran as a threat is neither consistent with historical reality nor with present-day observable facts. Such a perception is the product of political and economic whims of the powerful – the need to manufacture an enemy in order to justify pressure, maintain military dominance, sustain the arms industry, and control strategic markets. In such an environment, if a threat does not exist, it is invented.
Within this same framework, the United States has concentrated the largest number of its forces, bases, and military capabilities around Iran – a country that, at least since the founding of the United States, has never initiated a war.
Recent American aggressions launched from these very bases have demonstrated how threatening such a military presence truly is. Naturally, no country confronted with such conditions would forgo strengthening its defensive capabilities. What Iran has done – and continues to do – is a measured response grounded in legitimate self-defence, and by no means an initiation of war or aggression.
Relations between Iran and the United States were not originally hostile, and early interactions between the Iranian and American people were not marred with hostility or tension. The turning point, however, was the 1953 coup d’etat – an illegal American intervention aimed at preventing the nationalisation of Iran’s own resources. That coup disrupted Iran’s democratic process, reinstated dictatorship, and sowed deep distrust among Iranians towards US policies. This distrust deepened further with America’s support for the Shah’s regime, its backing of Saddam Hussein during the imposed war of the 1980s, the imposition of the longest and most comprehensive sanctions in modern history, and ultimately, unprovoked military aggression – twice, in the midst of negotiations – against Iran.
Yet all these pressures have failed to weaken Iran. On the contrary, the country has grown stronger in many areas: literacy rates have tripled – from roughly 30 per cent before the Islamic Revolution to over 90 per cent today; higher education has expanded dramatically; significant advances have been achieved in modern technology; healthcare services have improved; and infrastructure has developed at a pace and scale incomparable to the past. These are measurable, observable realities that stand independent of fabricated narratives.
At the same time, the destructive and inhumane impact of sanctions, war, and aggression on the lives of the resilient Iranian people must not be underestimated. The continuation of military aggression and recent bombings profoundly affect people’s lives, attitudes, and perspectives. This reflects a fundamental human truth: when war inflicts irreparable harm on lives, homes, cities, and futures, people will not remain indifferent toward those responsible.
This raises a fundamental question: Exactly which of the American people’s interests are truly being served by this war? Was there any objective threat from Iran to justify such behaviour? Does the massacre of innocent children, the destruction of cancer-treatment pharmaceutical facilities, or boasting about bombing a country “back to the stone ages” serve any purpose other than further damaging the United States’ global standing?
Iran pursued negotiations, reached an agreement, and fulfilled all its commitments. The decision to withdraw from that agreement, escalate toward confrontation, and launch two acts of aggression in the midst of negotiations were destructive choices made by the US government – choices that served the delusions of a foreign aggressor.
Attacking Iran’s vital infrastructure – including energy and industrial facilities – directly targets the Iranian people. Beyond constituting a war crime, such actions carry consequences that extend far beyond Iran’s borders. They generate instability, increase human and economic costs, and perpetuate cycles of tension, planting seeds of resentment that will endure for years. This is not a demonstration of strength; it is a sign of strategic bewilderment and an inability to achieve a sustainable solution.
Is it not also the case that America has entered this aggression as a proxy for Israel, influenced and manipulated by that regime? Is it not true that Israel, by manufacturing an Iranian threat, seeks to divert global attention away from its crimes toward the Palestinians? Is it not evident that Israel now aims to fight Iran to the last American soldier and the last American taxpayer dollar–shifting the burden of its delusions onto Iran, the region, and the United States itself in pursuit of illegitimate interests?
Is “America First” truly among the priorities of the US government today?
I invite you to look beyond the machinery of misinformation – an integral part of this aggression – and instead speak with those who have visited Iran. Observe the many accomplished Iranian immigrants – educated in Iran – who now teach and conduct research at the world’s most prestigious universities, or contribute to the most advanced technology firms in the West. Do these realities align with the distortions you are being told about Iran and its people?
Today, the world stands at crossroads. Continuing along the path of confrontation is more costly and futile than ever before. The choice between confrontation and engagement is both real and consequential; its outcome will shape the future for generations to come. Throughout its millennia of proud history, Iran has outlasted many aggressors. All that remains of them are tarnished names in history, while Iran endures–resilient, dignified, and proud.
This is the average American's mentality toward countries like Iran. The way they completely get everything wrong and admit they know nothing, yet are still willing to voice their incorrect opinions out loud without even bothering to look up basic facts. I'm sorry to Pezeshkian, but this is the kind of cattle he is dealing with.
The average American seems content to sit in their ignorance, so long as their comfort is never disturbed.
sorry for overreacting, the tone of your text message felt off and i thought you hated me
do Ents reproduce by sexual intercourse or by pollination
But if they reproduce through pollination how can they be sure they no longer reproduce? Maybe they’re anemophilous and are wind-pollinated and if they stand in a strong enough breeze an Entwife, somewhere, conceives an Entseed.
oh my god maybe the Entwives were bees
you are a mad genius
Ok, so, we have a few options:
1.) Ents reproduce exclusively through sexual intercourse, or something close to it
OR
2.) Ents reproduce via pollination and...
a.) are dioecious, with Ents producing only male flowers and Entwives producing only female flowers, and pollinated either by wind or by animals (or by hand?)
b.) have bisexual flowers, but which are so specialized that they can exclusively be pollinated by one specific species of pollinator...
The Entwives left the forest so long ago that the Ents no longer remember what they looked like. Treebeard says the Shire sounds like the sort of place they would have loved, with its gardens and flowers and agriculture. Hobbits have folklore of giant bees, named after bumblebees. Certain flowers only release pollen to “buzz pollinators”, like bumblebees.
Could it be that the Ents—who notoriously do everything slowly—failed to evolve quickly enough to compete with agricultural crops for the time and attention of their only pollinator species? Did the Entwives dump the Ents to evolve into regular bees faster than the Ents could even consciously process? DOES SAM GAMGEE THE GARDENER’S BOY KEEP ENTWIVES?!
I think we’ve done it. I think we’ve cracked the code. (Shut the fuck up, Jirt, no one asked you.)
It’s only in the movies that the Ents cannot remember the Ent wives. In the books they’ve described as having golden hair, red cheeks, and eyes like the Ents. Meaning the Entwives probably resembled the ents in appearance.
Likewise in the books the Ents were basically tree like giants instead of giant trees. As seen below
Peter Jackson reimagined the Ents as being giant trees instead of tree like giants so returning to the original question I propose a compromise:
Treebeard from the movies reproduces through pollination by the Ent Wives who are giant bees.
Treebeard from the books fucks. 
“Golden hair”?
“Red (butt) cheeks”?
Sounds like a rusty patched bumblebee to me.
unfortunately. me for real every time I make a spreadsheet.
