post expiration date and non returnable

Rowling and other terfs can kick rocks in flip flops. Wizard posting and memes abound 25 he/they

[discount-wizard-spells]

casts spell of: check out my posts

[redlipstickresurrected]

Bebhinn Eilish (Irish, based Wicklow, Ireland) - Púca, 2024, Paintings: Watercolor, Ink

[baygeethefirst]

[yetanotherdayofdrudgery]

Myth: "I only wear vegan fabrics. Better for the animals, better for the planet." Let's check in on Doris's annual contribution. Once a year, in late spring, Doris is sheared. The procedure takes approximately three minutes. Doris does not enjoy it. Doris does not, by any visible measure, suffer from it. Doris is, immediately afterwards, a noticeably more comfortable animal in the British summer. The fleece weighs approximately 3 kilograms. It is sold to the British Wool Marketing Board for, depending on the year, between £0.40 and £2.50 per kilogram. The shearing costs more than the wool fetches. Brian is shearing Doris at a loss. The wool is then: - Naturally flame-retardant - Naturally antibacterial - Moisture-wicking - Biodegradable - Renewable, annually - Carbon-storing while in use The replacement, in performance fabrics: - Polyester - Polyamide - Acrylic - Polypropylene - All petroleum-derived - All shedding microplastics on every wash - All requiring fossil fuel inputs to produce - All non-biodegradable, with a typical landfill lifespan of 200-500 years A single wash of a polyester fleece can release up to 700,000 microplastic fibres into the water system. These fibres are now in: every tested water source on earth, every tested human placenta, every tested rainfall sample, the deep ocean, the Arctic ice, and the lungs of marine mammals. A single wash of a wool jumper releases: nothing. The wool, when eventually disposed of, returns to soil within a few years. The fabric being marketed as the "ethical" alternative to wool is plastic. The plastic is "ethical" because nobody has been asked to slaughter the polymer. The polymer also has not been asked. Doris, by being a sheep on a fell, is producing the most thoroughly sustainable performance fabric humans have ever made. Brian is selling it at a loss. The fashion industry, meanwhile, is selling petroleum at a profit and calling it ethical. Reject plastic. Wear wool. Doris is, this morning, growing next year's batch.

Note: if you're allergic to wool, you might be allergic to the dyes and fine with undyed wool. Maybe not, but it's worth a try.

[tlaquetzqui]

Note, however, that the only really bad polymer fibers are the acrylic ones; polyester is basically wax, and although nylon is toxic if burned it also recycles really well.

[riebeckite]

"polyester is basically wax"

ding dong you're wrong.

normal clothing polyester is polyethylene terephthalate, aka PET or PETE: the plastic soda bottles are made of. thats why there's clothing made from recycled bottles because its chemically the exact same plastic just remelted and blow-spun into fibers. which are the microplastics that get shed during normal wear and washing and drying.

[impala-atnight]

stop writing harry potter/hogwarts aus. the world has moved past the need for harry potter/hogwarts aus

[latinotiktok]

[escarabangel]

Translation: "Chancho! I'm leaving now dude, i'm leaving to go work now dude."

"If someone breaks in dude, you beat the ever-loving shit out of them real hard dude, you beat the shit out of them, Chancho, you hear me?"

"You just beat the shit out of anyone who breaks in!"

translation notes:

The dogs name is 'Chancho', a slang word for a pig. Basically, its like the dog is named 'piglet' 🥺

[aspec-woomy]

I fucking can't with his little face

[littleguysdaily]

[setulose]

Trace amounts of Monica in my life

[setulose]

A statistically insignificant level of Monica in my life

[setulose]

My life manufactured in a facility that also processes Monica

[gothhabiba]

see this is exactly what I'm talking about. this labour is so incredibly invisibilised that there are real human beings, walking about amongst us, leading normal lives, etc., who earnestly believe that machines can make an item of clothing from start to finish.

[rowanrightalong]

Hey just in case someone on here doesn’t quite understand how labor intensive making a garment is, here is a list of things that (to the best of my knowledge) cannot be done by machine alone, from a costumer/tailor in training

Cutting - in my opinion, the most labor intensive part of the process. The amount of time/effort needed varies depending on the pattern and if seam allowance is included or marked separately, but no matter what this process can not be done by machine. Each and every panel and piece of fabric that goes into a garment must be cut by hand by a person.

Pinning/clipping - pinning (or clipping) is the stage at which you align the pieces you are going to be stitching together and hold them together with — you guessed it! — either pins or clips. This can not be done by machine.

Stitching - the actual sewing. This can be done by a sewing machine, but that machine still needs to be operated by a human being.

Ironing/pressing - two words that mean the same thing. The iron itself is a machine, but once again, it needs to be operated by a human being.

Finishing - depending on the technique you use, there are certain finishing techniques that can only be done by hand. But, let’s assume we’re talking about fast fashion, which is usually just finished with a simple overlock/serger. Once again: these machines need to be operated by people.

These are just the basic steps to making a garment, and don’t include textile arts that I am not as knowledgeable about, such as weaving, knitting, and crochet. Also, it is important to note that there are a lot of things that can only be done by hand, such as certain stitches and decorative techniques.

Also, the machinery being operated in textile factories is not equivalent to a domestic sewing machine. We’re talking about one of these guys:

See that gray cylinder under the table, behind the knee pedal? That’s the motor. These machines can sew through your fingers bones and all and not even stop. The people in these factories and sweatshops are operating heavy machinery, and are subject to all the risk that comes with that in addition to all of the work I mentioned above.

Please respect textile workers and continue the fight to eliminate the use of sweatshops and exploited labor in the fashion industry!

[thethirdromana]

Putting the term "Catholic guilt" on a high shelf where fandom can't reach it until everyone learns how to identify characters who are very very clearly coded as Protestant.

[queer-crows-nightmare]

[thefugitivesaint]

Louis Popineau, ''Cocorico'', #48, 1901

[theinternetarchive]

Help save butters the cat :( ♡

I’ve really never asked for help with something so personal.

I made a post last night about Butters, a cat close to someone I love whose life is at risk right now & across the country so ae are pretty powerless. He needs urgent foreign body surgery.

1.3k/2500 of June 11

OWNER CASHAPP

Donate to Help Butters Get Urgent Surgery, organized by Devin Barnes

Hello, my name is Devin. I unfortunately lost my job earlier this month and hit a rough p… Devin Barnes needs your support for Help Butters

Right now roughly 1/2 of the funds have been raised, and I would appreciate any and all help that can be spared.

Thank you for all the help so far ❤️

[theinternetarchive]

Donations have hit a plateau :( anyone that can help would be so appreciated

[theinternetarchive]

Oh my god we are so close to hitting the goal. Wow. You guys are incredible. 77% complete. The 2.8k is technically not enough to cover post op costs, Devin was hesitant to ask for indeterminate sums of money and medication can vary, etc.

< $700 to goal, thank you so much.

[akashicrecord]

When a coked out hateful bitch meets a bipolar gay man it can either be the start of something beautiful or the end of a nation

[charl0ttan]

[plushpyth]

my little sister is 5 by the way and she is fuckign hilarious im literally crying rn

[plushpyth]

Hey guys the star of Let It Snake is graduating high school today lmao

[outofcontextdiscord]

[not-a-spy-garak]

[shamebats]

I wish people were as scared of getting into a car accident as they are of being true crime'd. Maybe then they wouldn't be on their phones while driving.

[sundae-meringue]

True crime girlies will be like "wtf I would never go for a walk at night, what if the hash slinging slasher gets me" and then use their knees to merge with no turn signal in front of a semi while applying makeup with both hands

[hotvampireadjacent]

[cinemapphic]

mindhunter is a show. about cheating on your wife.

[ryebreadgf]

my dad is very intensely involved a battle with his city’s public administration over a playground they have tried to forcibly remove like five times in the past 20 years and DID remove once in like 2005 but then had to rebuild because my dad was such a pain in their asses and came through with undeniable receipts of the zoning plan from the 60s/the historic/cultural value of the urban planning…. like there’s a woman in the city office who is his arch nemesis. he is literally the daredevil of urban planning

[ryebreadgf]

everyone in the tags needs to stop saying they want to fuck my dad.