All The Things Of Wonder

I choose to post things that I think are worthy of sharing. I don't have a theme other than myself. I post beautiful, funny, interesting, and just simply cool things. This blog will say a lot about me, even if it's just that I like beautiful creatures, places, and people.

[lumpatronics]

SERVICE DOG PSA

So today I tripped. Fell flat on my face, it was awful but ultimately harmless. My service dog, however, is trained to go get an adult if I have a seizure, and he assumed this was a seizure (were training him to do more to care for me, but we didn’t learn I had epilepsy until a year after we got him)

I went after him after I had dusten off my jeans and my ego, and I found him trying to get the attention of a very annoyed woman. She was swatting him away and telling him to go away. So I feel like I need to make this heads up

If a service dog without a person approaches you, it means the person is down and in need of help

Don’t get scared, don’t get annoyed, follow the dog! If it had been an emergency situation, I could have vomited and choked, I could have hit my head, I could have had so many things happen to me. We’re going to update his training so if the first person doesn’t cooperate, he moves on, but seriously guys. If what’s-his-face could understand that lassie wanted him to go to the well, you can figure out that a dog in a vest proclaiming it a service dog wants you to follow him

[sizvideos]

This campaign defies censorship in social media to raise awareness for early detection of breast cancer

[iamanemotionaltimebomb]

this is actually super fucking smartass of them

[snake-lady]

Reblogging as this is so important everyone! My mum had breast cancer and that shit is not nice so please check yourself ladies and gents! 💕💕💕

[thesnadger]

Since once in a blue moon I actually discover a decent rule for adulting, and since I know I have followers a few years younger than me who are just entering the workforce, I want to tell you about a very important phrase. 

“I won’t be available.”

Imagine you’re at work and your boss asks you to come in on Saturday. Saturday is usually your day off–coming in Saturdays is not an obligation to keep your job. Maybe you were going to watch a movie with a friend, or maybe you were just going to lie in bed and eat ice cream for eight hours, but either way you really, really don’t want to give up your day off.

If you consider yourself a millennial you’ve probably been raised to believe you need to justify not being constantly at work. And if you’re a gen-Z kid you’re likely getting the same toxic messages that we did. So in a situation like that, you might be inclined to do one of three things:

Tell your boss you’d rather not give up your day off. Cave when they pressure you to come in anyway, since you’re not doing anything important.

Tell your boss you’d rather not give up your day off. Over-apologize and worry that you looked bad/unprofessional.

Lie and say you’ve got a doctor’s appointment or some other activity that feels like an adequate justification for not working.

The fact is, it doesn’t matter to your boss whether you’re having open heart surgery or watching anime in your underwear on Saturday. The only thing that affects them is the fact that you won’t be at work. So telling them why you won’t be at work only gives them reason to try and pressure you to come in anyway.

If you say “I won’t be available,” giving no further information, you’d be surprised how often that’s enough. Be polite and sympathetic in your tone, maybe even say “sorry, but I won’t be available.” But don’t make an excuse. If your boss is a professional individual, they’ll accept that as a ‘no’ and try to find someone else. 

But bosses aren’t always professional. Sometimes they’re whiny little tyrants. So, what if they pressure you further? The answer is–politely and sympathetically give them no further information.

“Are you sure you’re not available?” “Sorry, but yes.”

“Why won’t you be available?” “I have a prior commitment.” (Which you do, even if it’s only to yourself.)

“What’s your prior commitment?” “Sorry, but that’s kind of personal.”

“Can you reschedule it?” “I’m afraid not. Maybe someone else can come in?”

If you don’t give them anything to work with, they can’t pressure you into going beyond your obligations as an employee. And when they realize that, they’ll also realize they have to find someone else to come in and move on.

[yournewapartment]

IMPORTANT!! PLEASE READ!!

[kagetsukai]

Just like with many other parts of life, learn to say ‘no’ to people. You are important. Don’t kill yourself for another person, esp. if they are your boss.

[heyatleastitsnotcancer]

This is really helpful. This week my boss had tried to pressure me repeatedly to start coming in on my day off to work for the next four months. The company has tried various guilt trips so I’m using this when they start again on Monday.

[unpretty]

the older i get the weirder it is that not a single p.e. teacher in my entire school career was able to recognize the difference between “a child who doesn’t get enough exercise” and “a child with serious health problems impeding their ability to exercise in this particular way”

[unpretty]

you know what else is weird? we had to do that fitness test every year but like… we never actually… learned how to do the things they tested us on…

like, now that i am an adult i have learned how to build up my strength so i can do pushups, but that seems like something they could have taught us? in school? in the class where they tested our ability to pushups? they never taught us how to work our way up to actually doing a chin-up, or whatever. even if i had just been “out-of-shape” (as a CHILD), nothing they did would have solved that problem. i did not learn how to exercise in a functional way until i was out of school and teaching myself, so i’m not sure what those p.e. classes were even intended to accomplish, really.

[thepioden]

American P.E. class could not have been more perfectly designed to make fat kids hate exercise, sports, and being in school in general. 

[mikkeneko]

I mean every semester we’d do the dreaded Mile Run, and it would be excruciating and everyone would hate it… and then we’d… never do any more running for the semester? How were we supposed to build up running endurance when we only did it one day every four months

[propitlikeithot]

We didn’t have to do most of the mandated public school things in catholic school, but PE was just as pointless and not well managed in elementary and middle school.

[backstagestitches]

At my first high school (and then I got a waiver for my second hs, because I was only there a year), you could get out of PE altogether if you did a year in Varsity.

Marching Band was a Varsity activity at my high school

[demonpixieprincess]

I feel like I need to add on with my middle school (junior high) experience. For the most part, the teacher was great. Each week we added more laps, push-ups, sit-ups, etc. she did teach us how to build and stretch. The first week was hard. But it didn’t stay hard. However, I didn’t play sports. So when it came time for basketball week, she had us in small teams on each goal, playing. The other kids all played. All of them. So they were doing and saying things and I was clueless. I left the gym crying and angry.

Initially my teacher came out and she was pretty pissed that I just walked out, without permission or seeming cause. She was ready to pick on me for crying, when I told her that she wasn’t being fair. I explained, through tears, that I wasn’t going back because I was lost and had no idea how to play basketball. I was also being picked on by the other kids, AND IM SMALL. I’m still a small woman but I was a head shorter than the other kids. Recipe for disaster. So, she tells me to go to the bathroom and dry my tears. Don’t let the other kids see I’m upset, and come back in. She apologized and told me I was right. She shouldn’t have assumed we could all play.

So I go back into the gym, and everyone was lined up facing partners. She started by teaching us the basic passes. The entire class changed for me. She taught us. I’m still not good at sports. I took dance and competed and cheered. I wasn’t out of shape, it just wasn’t my thing. When someone told me to check the ball, I literally turned it in my hands and looked at it. I had no clue what they meant. But I learned, because she changed and taught.

I sometimes wonder what it would have been like had I not gotten upset and cried. What if I had been the other kids in the gym who didn’t know? They were miserable, and would have stayed miserable. I’m thankful for my teacher who changed because I spoke up. I’m thankful my parents taught me not to take it when things are unfair.

[fuckmethroughthesheets]

Please. I need help. How do you deal with your mental health when it’s in a really low point? Like suicide point?

For starters, I remind myself that I’ve been at a point that low before and, eventually, it got better. Eventually I climbed out of the hole. Eventually I got myself out of the low point.

I also remind myself of all the people who would miss me - of all the people who would be hurt if I killed myself. My friends, my family - all of them. For me, the one who hits the hardest for me is my cat. I know that might sound dumb to some people - but she’s imprinted on me. I make her whole world go round. She spends every day following me around. She snuggles me every chance she gets. She waits for me at the back door when I come home every day. She would be completely lost without me. She needs me. And anytime I feel low enough to think about suicide I remind myself of her and I remember that she needs me more than I want to hurt myself. 

I also reach out for help. For me, that means reaching out to my therapist. I know not everyone has a therapist - so make it whoever helps you when you’re feeling low.

She helps me work through what I’m feeling. She makes me check in every night to let her know I’m safe. 

I go through all the reasons I’m thankful that I’m alive. All the small victories that I’ve won over the last week or month or year. I keep a list of these things for that specific purpose. Because when I’m feeling that low it’s not always easy to remember the good - so I write them down every day so that I can look on them when I need them.

I also, if it’s really bad, go to a hospital program. Some people see that as giving up but I see that as doing what I need to do to take care of myself.

Please think about all the people who would miss you. About the things you would miss. I’d miss cupcake batter. And my kitten. And reading good books on rainy afternoons. And Christmas festivities with my family. And traveling with my two best friends. And really good glasses of wine.

It doesn’t matter if other people think they’re dumb reasons to live - whatever makes you happy, whatever you look forward to is worth living for.

I’m here. Please reach out. 

Here are the crisis hotlines to call, as well. There’s nothing wrong with reaching out for help - it’s one of the bravest things you can do. And you can do it.

List of suicide hotlines

Suicide hotlines-

Albania 127

Algeria 0021 3983 2000 58

Argentina (054-011) 4758 2554

Australia 1-800-273-8255

Austria 142

Bahamas 322-2763

Bahrain 0097 161 199 188

Barbados (246) 42 99 999

Belgium 106

Bolivia 00 591 4 4 25 42 42

Bostwana 3911270

Brazil [phone]

Canada 514-723-4000

China 0800-810-1117

Colombia (00 57 5) 372 27 27

Costa Rica 506-253-5439

Croatia [phone]

Cuba 532 348 14 49

Cyprus [phone]

Denmark [phone]

Ecuador 593 2 6000 477

Eqypt 762 1602/3

Estonia 126 /127

Fiji [phone]

Finland 040-5032199

France [phone]

Germany 0800 1110 222

Ghana 233 244 846 701

Greece 1018

Guatemala 1-800-999-9999

Guyana [phone]

Honduras (00 504) 2558 08 08

Hong Kong 2389 2222 /2382 0000

Hungary (46) 323 888

India 2549 7777

Iran 1480

Israel 1201

Italy 800 86 00 22

Jamaica 930 – 1152

Japan [phone]

Kenya [phone]

Latvia 371 67222922

Liberia 06534308

Lithuania 8-800 2 8888

Luxembourg 454545

Malaysia [phone] 39

Malta 179

Mauritius 46 48 889 Befrienders

Mexico 525-510-2550

Namibia 61-232-221

Netherlands 0900-113 0 113

New Zealand 0800 543 354

Nicaragua 2311-7361

Norway [phone]

Papua New Guinea 675 326 0011 (Daytime)

Peru (00 51 1) 273 8026

Philippines [phone] /893 7606

Poland 52 70 000 /52 70 988

Portugal ([phone]

Russia 007 (8202) 577-577

Samoa 32000

Serbia 037 23 025

Singapore 1800 221 4444

South Africa 0861 322 322

South Korea [phone]

Spain 0145 900 50

Sri Lanka 011 057 2222662

St. Vincent [phone]

Sudan (249) 11-555-253

Sweden (46) 31 711 2400

Switzerland 143

Thailand [phone]

Tonga 23000 /25144

Trinidad & Tobago [phone]

Turkey 182

UK & Ireland 116 123

Ukraine 058

USA 1-800-273-TALK(8255)

Venezuela 0241-8433308

Zimbabwe (9) 650 00

Followers, if you have a number to add please do so in the comments.

[milflatina]

[beatnikbleau-deactivated2025072]

I’ll take that challenge! @milflatina

[lau9hfuck3rs-deactivated2019090]

@beatnikbleau I see your Idris 😍and counter with a little bit of Pitt!

[omgdirtydd-deactivated20170923]

Love it @xjxjxdeux and I’ll raise you with a Snoop D O double G

[shymilfmarie-deactivated2017091]

Gangstas don’t dance, we boogie @omgdirtydd ✊️

[vancehpipes]

The only thing that’s missing from this one is more cowbell!

[tn-redhead]

[outdoorboy88]

[demonpixieprincess]

[hulklinging]

Stage Managers are basically just butch wedding planners.

[backstagestitches]

So…one time my mom was getting married while I was on contract at sea, and I worked with my company for 6 months to go home for a week or so and surprise her in secret. Her fiance and everyone was in on it. 

She was so surprised. 

But

When it came to the day of, there had been no rehearsal, there was no planner. I was MOH, and Surprise Stage Manager for my mom’s wedding, last minute. Also, I was planning my own wedding at the time, so…it was good practice? Because I’d never EVER done this before. SMing just kicked in.

This included, making sure people were walking up the aisle correctly, ,making sure the guests got to where they needed to be, and making sure my mom never EVER found out that the fondant sheet music at the top of her cake (that no one ate because of how decorative it was) was COVERED in ants about 20 minutes before the cake cutting.

Weddings are just another elaborate event.

[sixpenceee]

This video was posted on this thread with the title: Mother chases after her calves as they are being taken away. But some comments on the thread state that essentially the baby cows are being taken to a greener field while the mother cow trots slowly behind.  The calves are in the trailer to keep them safe from traffic. (Source)

[demonpixieprincess]

I live in a rural, farming town and I’d like to point out that the second part of the post is true. If the calves were being taken, mother would be locked up and in the fence still. It’s silly to believe a farmer would let his cow chase after him. Plus, moving cattle is easier to just let Mom walk verses packing her up in a huge trailer. Especially if it’s just down the road.

We have a local guy who used to have cattle (he’s retired) and every evening he would open a gate and have them all cross the road into the other gate. They switched morning and night to keep green grass. Basically a day in one field and the next in the other. He called them, and they came. Pretty cool to watch, as long as you weren’t in a hurry lol

[lagonegirl]

You should share this for people in DC and close to you!!

Black Community we have to be careful. Protect our Girls! Spread this! 

[fomysquad]

IMPORTANT!!!!

Signal Boost! 

[cartnsncreal]

Reblog to save life 

[ryderdai]

Anything that can reduce these numbers…

[pimponmadison]

I see these up here in Chicago

[zany-dragon-spagetti]

BOOST!!

[matchatelly-deactivated20180830]

There was one of these in front of the recreation centre next to my high school. I alerted the school staff and the constable took it down and altered high authorities. I only knew what the sign was because of posts like these.

[wytrykusarchives]

The Milt Kahl Head Swaggle (Source: Cartoon Brew)

[spootywabbit]

I love it when you can pick up an animator’s quirks. 

[kaseylgifford]

     I’ve read in old interviews with Milt Khal’s fellow animators that he did the swaggle to purposefully show off. Moving the head in 3-d space is an exceptionally hard thing to do but Khal upped the level of difficulty to a place many animators wouldn’t go.      Not only are they all doing the swaggle you’ll notice they are all TALKING while they are doing it. This is back in the days where you had to use a timing sheet to pace your animation and a head swaggle doesn’t work if its too slow or too fast so he had to figure out the right speed so it looked natural while the character finishes what they have to say while not interfering with the distinct mouth shapes.       Not only did Khal do it without any shifting weight problems or timing issues he would often do it while moving the rest of the body. This isn’t his signature move just because he was good at it.This is his signature move because he was one of the only people skilled enough to DO IT AT ALL.

Milt Khal was a MASTER.

[itsfuuh]

[unofficialrockstar]

SPN FANDOM TRADITION: ALWAYS. REBLOG. ON. TUESDAY.

[just-be-my-soul-blog]

DO WANT THIS TRADITION TO STAY FOREVER IN THIS FANDOM

[jhholtzmann-deactivated20190111]

ALWAYS.

[pineappledean]

[andillwriteyouatragedy]

[tipsyggnostalgic]

FANDOM LAW YOU MUST ABIDE

[kuuutea]

ALWAYS.

[bucky-wilson]

[fluxofdaydreams]

I will always reblog this

[mguadarrama50]

It’s here again!!!!

[sapphic-deadpoet]

EVERY. SINGLE. TUESDAY.

[sihtric]

[a-sea-of-fandoms]

So funny story; I listen to music all night (like I have music going to whole fucking night yo. It helps me sleep or some shit, idk.) So at midnight I was still up and I was just scrolling through Tumblr when RIGHT AT FUCKING 12AM Heat Of The Moment stars blasting through my speakers and I’m just sat there like

[purgatory-maybe86-deactivated20]

[writing-prompt-s]

You’re in charge of assigning every child on Earth the monster under their bed. One child in particular has caused every monster assigned to him/her to quit. You decide to assign yourself.

[kittenwiskers]

Case: #273402 Status: Disastrous.

I stare at the file and realize I have no options, over the last 2 years every monster assigned to Charlotte Dower has quit, every last one. Her first monster; a giant goldfish-faced humanoid named Bubba, had been with her for four years, and then she wasn’t scared of him anymore. After that it was a string of different common, uncommon, and rare monsters… I even assigned a sentient sock monster to her. He came back crying! I look on my tablet, only one assignable monster left; myself. Field work has never been my cup of tea, but desperate times call for desperate measures. So at 8:03 pm, after Mrs. Gideon tucks in Charlotte and her little brother Daniel; I slither into the space beneath Charlotte’s bed. Across the room underneath Daniel’s crib is a rookie, Chico, a standard Creep kind of monster. I turn my attention to the bed above me, Charlotte is still awake but barely, I reach up over the bed and run an ice cold finger over her cheek, silence, so I do it again. “I’m not afraid of you monster!” She whispers, but her voice is shaking. I can see a small clock on the wall 8:14, a door somewhere in the house slams and there is an audible hitch of breath from above me. A few minutes go by I can hear Francis Gideon yelling at his wife. There are heavy footsteps on the stairs, and loud panting breaths, Charlotte scrambles off the bed and… She. CRAWLS. Under. The. Bed. With. Me. “Move. Over!” Charlotte hisses at me. I do. The door to the bedroom slams open and I smell the stench of human intoxicants before the man even steps inside. I know why Charlotte isn’t afraid of any of my monsters; she’s afraid of her own. Francis reaches a hand under the bed and I thrust my wrist into it, he starts to pull, I slither out. “What the…” I cut Francis’s next words off by unfolding to my full 12 foot height. Looming over the drunken man I caress my cold fingers down his face. “If you ever touch, scare, or harm my child again, I will find you, and I will do the same to you, for all eternity.” I promise to him. As Francis runs from the room he soils himself. I pull Charlotte from under the bed, tuck her back under her covers and kiss her forehead goodnight. “I’ll be back tomorrow night, sleep well darling.” Charlotte Dower is my child, I am the monster under her bed.

[bi-est-witch-of-middleearth]

WELL GODAMN, WE HAVE OURSELVES A WINNER

[gabbyzvolt25]

Holy shit I’m gonna cry that’s beautiful.

[fairlyfunctioning]

Every single cursed moment of my tumblr existence has led me here. I am whole. I am complete.

[a-submissive-life]

Incredible writing.

[zardoz2469]

Thank you for this.

[instructor144]

Damn.

[submissive-seeking]

As I fall to my knees in gratitude for the parents I had ….

[cuphead-deactivated20220622]

this is my favorite video! porky pig says son of a bitch!

[sillysurgeon-deactivated23423-d]

ILLEGAL!! TAKE THIS VIDEO DOWN!!

[dxactivatxdusxr]

A group of rough looking boys walked past me today and all I heard of their conversation was “he’s got that anxiety disorder bro so I went with him so he’d be more comfortable” and it made me realise the world isn’t all that bad

[fitzefitcher]

#this is team skull

[its-just-a-phage]

The pet store I worked at had a pen with rabbits near the front door. On every side of the pen were huge signs saying “You can pet me, but don’t pick me up!” One day two absolutely huge guys came in and one immediately reaches into the pen to grab a rabbit. Before i could say anything his friend grabbed his arm and asked him “did you see the sign?” He said “yeah! it says that you can pick them up but don’t pet them!” Then he went quiet for a moment and softly said “I didn’t read it right did I?” And his friend just puts his arm on his shoulder and said “its ok, i know you’ve got that thing where words get mixed up. Let just pet these cute lil shits” And I still haven’t gotten over that interaction.

[yallmightt]

I was walking my dog through Boston bc he likes the likes car rides. He’s a little thing tbh we call him short and long. So this huge scary man with a full beard approaches me like “hey can my buddy and I pet your dog? He gets nervous around dogs but your’s is so small I think it’s a good place to start.” Ofc I was like “yes he’s very friendly!” So this guy brings his equally big friend over and they sit on the floor while this man looks terrified of my tiny dog so big man number one asks “can I pick him up?” And i say yes so he picks him up and puts him on man number two’s lap and man number two is abt to freak out and his friend straight up just goes “hey man, it’s okay just relax I’d never let anything hurt you. He’s a good boy.” I’ll never forget it ever bc I know that man looked at me (5'3 , glasses, probably wearing a sweater vest) and my dog (kinda goofy looking little thing) and was like ‘ah yes the two least intimidating living things I’ve seen in Boston all day he’ll feel relaxed around them’ and went out of his way to help his friend. It makes me so happy

[mintycoolnessisrelevant]

A good post, pure.

[casper-the-friendly-being-blog]

Another adorable story has been added.

[de-is-me-deactivated20180626]

can I have these posted right under the politics section in the newspaper? I feel like we need that kinda positivity rn.

[eldritchscholar]

So the other night during D&D, I had the sudden thoughts that:

1) Binary files are 1s and 0s

2) Knitting has knit stitches and purl stitches

You could represent binary data in knitting, as a pattern of knits and purls…

You can knit Doom.

However, after crunching some more numbers:

The compressed Doom installer binary is 2.93 MB. Assuming you are using sock weight yarn, with 7 stitches per inch, results in knitted doom being…

3322 square feet

Factoring it out…302 people, each knitting a relatively reasonable 11 square feet, could knit Doom.

[benegesserwitch]

Hi fun fact!!

The idea of a “binary code” was originally developed in the textile industry in pretty much this exact form. Remember punch cards? Probably not! They were a precursor to the floppy disc, and were used to store information in the same sort of binary code that we still use:

Here’s Mary Jackson (c.late 1950s) at a computer. If you look closely in the yellow box, you’ll see a stack of blank punch cards that she will use to store her calculations.

This is what a card might look like once punched. Note that the written numbers on the card are for human reference, and not understood by the computer. 

But what does it have to do with textiles? Almost exactly what OP suggested. Now even though machine knitting is old as balls, I feel that there are few people outside of the industry or craft communities who have ever seen a knitting machine. 

Here’s a flatbed knitting machine (as opposed to a round or tube machine), which honestly looks pretty damn similar to the ones that were first invented in the sixteenth century, and here’s a nice little diagram explaining how it works:

But what if you don’t just want a plain stocking stitch sweater? What if you want a multi-color design, or lace, or the like? You can quite easily add in another color and integrate it into your design, but for, say, a consistent intarsia (two-color repeating pattern), human error is too likely. Plus, it takes too long for a knitter in an industrial setting. This is where the binary comes in!

Here’s an intarsia swatch I made in my knitwear class last year. As you can see, the front of the swatch is the inverse of the back. When knitting this, I put a punch card in the reader,

and as you can see, the holes (or 0′s) told the machine not to knit the ground color (1′s) and the machine was set up in such a way that the second color would come through when the first color was told not to knit.

tl;dr the textiles industry is more important than people give it credit for, and I would suggest using a machine if you were going to try to knit almost 3 megabytes of information.

[darkersolstice]

@we-are-threadmage

[systlin]

Someone port Doom to a blanket

[rolypolywardrobe]

I really love tumblr for this 🙌

[isnerdy-deactivated20190101]

It goes beyond this.  Every computer out there has memory.  The kind of memory you might call RAM.  The earliest kind of memory was magnetic core memory.  It looked like this:

Wires going through magnets.  This is how all of the important early digital computers stored information temporarily.  Each magnetic core could store a single bit - a 0 or a 1.  Here’s a picture of a variation of this, called rope core memory, from one NASA’s Apollo guidance computers:

You may think this looks incredibly handmade, and that’s because it is.  But these are also extreme close-ups.  Here’s the scale of the individual cores:

The only people who had the skills necessary to thread all of these cores precisely enough were textile and garment workers.  Little old ladies would literally thread the wires by hand.

And thanks to them, we were able to land on the moon.  This is also why memory in early computers was so expensive.  It had to be hand-crafted, and took a lot of time.

[val-mora]

Here is a Jacquard loom:

(Source: Wikimedia commons)

(Image: a picture of a large, antique jacquard loom, with wide punch cards hanging down from the feeder.)

This loom is circa late 1800s, but Jacquard looms were developed in the early 1800s.

[oncelerfucker69-deactivated2019]

parents need to realize their children aren’t free therapists

[oncelerfucker69-deactivated2019]

also it isn’t mean for children to not want to be put in this position

[ewaneneollav]

medicine commercials: