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You know that whatever character did those problematic things isn't like. Real, right?
You are aware that a fictional character is just a rhetorical construct designed to fulfill a narrative/thematic purpose right? That their actions are written by an author who wants to use them to explore complex ideas and moral gray areas within the safe confines of fiction right? That they aren't a real person who has killed real people right?
You can’t Abstain your way to a Better World.
The Burger still gets made, even if you go Vegan. If you don’t buy it, it just winds up in the trash. If you want to do something meaningful about waste, you need legislation: It must become a crime to waste food in those ways.
If you care about Animal Cruelty in Factory Farms, you need to get legislation passed. It must become a crime to mistreat animals in those ways, and when malfeasances occurs, the onus of responsibility for those crimes must fall upon wealthy shoulders. That, also, requires legislation. It requires regulations, and regulators.
The largest source of Microplastics is wear and tear on automobile tires. It doesn’t matter what brand of shampoo you buy. It doesn’t matter which company you support with your dollar. The issue of Public Transit is too large-scale to be handled at anything less than the municipal level.
It’s not enough to just not participate in society
If you want the world to Change, you must leverage the mechanisms of political power.
You need Government.
STOP PROPOSING INDIVIDUAL SOLUTIONS TO COLLECTIVE PROBLEMS
I was born in the exact right generation I love being an unmarried woman in my twenties with my own bank account and no children
This getting reblogged with “and my thirties” “and my forties” “and my fifties”
i mean typically this is like
>research shows testosterone HRT is not a contraceptive so you still need to use protection!
>ok. do you know if it has literally any effect on fertility whatsoever?
>lol no
>ok. so hypothetically how would a trans man on HRT know if he's pregnant?
>well silly girl :) you just check your period :) if you missed your period you might be pregnant! duh!
>ok. testosterone HRT stops your period after, like, 3 months though
>[windows error sounds] well then you can usually feel your breasts get heavier and more tender :)
>ok. what about people who don't have mammary glands anymore? how would that even work?
>listen i don't know. why don't you have a pregnancy test?
>those tests work by detecting a specific hormone. does HRT interfere with this hormone by either making it undetectable or stopping its production entirely or anything? how do i know the test itself is reliable?
>have you tried the morning after pill?
>the morning after pill is also hormone-based. how do i know it's reliable? does taking testosterone HRT have any impact on its efficiency? could it potentially cause an adverse reaction? could a trans man with updated ID documents even access it in the first place since the pharmacy only delivers it to people they think, at a glance, could be pregnant?
etc etc
like i dont know . i keep thinking of that doctor i saw three times at the goddamn hospital and to whom i explained the concept of taking hrt (prescribed) (controlled) (medical setting) three times and i still don't think he actually understood. "but you look different!" bingo doc that's what it does! "but ... can it actually change your body? :o" bingo doc ! that's what an """hormone"""" does . that's like its whole thing actually. that's what , it does ,
it's like the people at work (transcription) (remote office work) (linguistics) (spelling) (grammar) (writing) (language) (grammar) being confused at the concept of "pronouns". "what do you mean by "pronouns"?" cindy my belovedest ! i think the problem might not actually be that you don't know about The Transsexuals? i think you might actually just be worryingly bad at your job. you know? the job which is "know about grammar"? that job? the grammar job? the job that is about knowing grammar rules? that job? the one that you have? cindy? cindy. cindy look at me. CINDY,
Just a short video of my card weaving in progress
What kind of sorcery is this?! I can never turn more than 10 cards in sequence because they just refuse to cooperate and you have like, what, 35? 40?! HOW?!?!
40 in the tree strap above! The most I ever tried was 44 for this ramshorn strap below - that was tough, but also ok because the groups turned separately? I think my hands would murder me if I tried to go any higher on my backstrap setup though ;) I think the trick is maintaining appropriate tension!
Yeah, that one looks real nice. What did you use it for?
@diamondot speaking for myself, i just decided to learn it one day a few years ago (i had a viking phase ok) and simply started with it. It's surprisingly easy since all the info is available on the net. Honestly, i don't remember where i started since it has been so long ago and now i just browse pinterest for patterns alone. Google tablet weaving or card weaving (same thing, different names) patterns and some basic explanations and yt vids for how to turn and weave the stuff. Things like
S and Z threading are there for a reason, so mind your card orientation. Start with some easy pattern like simple wave or diamonds above, 6 - 10 cards are good for your first project. Don't lose hope in initial stage. Streching and threading all that yarn can take anything between 20 minutes and 3 hours depending on how big is the pattern and how skilled you are. Since you need some lenghts to secure ends and to turn cards, use about 40 cm more than wished lenght of your final product. Secure lose ends after threading through cards so you won't end with a bundled mess. Streching/knotting them to something is one way. Taping each card threads together or using weights (check pictures below) is another way (good only for shorter stuff though). Cards could be made out of anything as long as they have smooth edges and rounded corners. Cardboard, thicker plastic sheet, literal cards cut into squares with holes punched through them, whatever. These are mine 2 decks, minus cards i am using atm.
When you start weaving and pattern looks like a total mess, try turning cards in opposite directions. It usualy solves the problem (all that forward/backward can be a bit tricky and mirroring motions/patterns/card orientation can be confusing at first seemingly messing all your work even though you are doing everything right technicaly, just in opposite order/direction). Don't lose your hope. I still manage to mess up like first 5cm of every other work i start. It's not an issue as that start usualy gets cut off anyway (the tension is not right for at least first 4 rows, aka 1 full card rotation, until all threads go up and down at least once no matter what you do. Don't sweat it). You don't need any fancy startup either. Historicaly, people used to weave like this and this and this:
I just strech the thing between 2 chairs myself. Door knobs work as well and so does staircase railing. Wherever you have some space. Long hair clips are your friend, especialy when you are done with weaving for the day and you don't want stuff to tangle
And that's about it. Have fun 😊
Some of my favorite tablet weaving resources are :
This website is where I learned, twenty years ago while u was intending on Sturtevant Wi.
These books are both great, Collingwood is more comprehensive, but harder to just pick up and weave from.
Buy Card Weaving 2Rev Ed by Candace Crockett (ISBN: 9780934026611) from Amazon's Book Store. Everyday low prices and free delivery on eligib
Buy The Techniques of Tablet Weaving by Collingwood, Peter (ISBN: 9781626542143) from Amazon's Book Store. Everyday low prices and free deli
I love when people post things like this, then say, “ah ha ha, it’s not that complicated! 🤗”
It is complicated. You’re just really good at it!
Hi. I may be late to reply but i'm in a weaving mood so here we are.
The thing is that the technique looks complicated due to the fact that there is 100 something and that number alone is scary. But. Actually several buts.
But number 1 - the technique is OLD. Meaning - while being somewhat tedious just like any other textile craft, it has been used and learned for a long long time and there's plenty of resources (check out links above or any youtube video explaining the process) of varying difficulty from complicated af to easy peasy lemon squeezy with closed eyes
But number 2 - there is only one core principle/step you need to understand and that is when some threads go from up to down or from down to up (aka when they cross), you need another thread going in between so they won't simply snap back again. That's it. That's the basic principle behind every weaving ever. What card weaving does compared to standard weave is that instead of a single thread going up and down in the single row, you get 2 or 3 or 4 or 6 or whatever number of threads your pattern calls for in the same row
But number 3 - the number of rows = number of cards. Simple as that. Cards turn around to make a cord like when you are twisting 2 or 4 or whatever numbers of threads to make a rope. If some of those threads have different colours, you get a repeating pattern.
But number 4 - card orientation or S/Z orientation or whatever other fancy name for the twisting direction simply means that if you turn all your card in the same way at the same time, which one of them will make the twisted rope in this / angle and which one will do that in this \ angle. That's it. That's the whole mystery between S/Z threading.
But number 5 - you can start with as little as 4 cards to make a custom set of shoe laces or a key strap or whatever and call yourself a weaver. Because you did that. And it was nice. And it was easy. You just turn and thread and turn and thread and then you keep repeating this while watching a movie or something. There's no need for the math finals level of concentration here.
But number 5 - no one, literally NO ONE starts with a pattern like this
No. Everybody starts with something like this
Keep it simple, keep it easy, make 10cm and be done if you want to. It's perfectly fine.
But number 6 - you don't need any fancy items for starting. No hooks, no needles, no loom, no anything. If you have 2 balls of yarn in different color or some remains of your old cross stitch project or whatever and some card-like stuff you won't be sad for making holes in it, you are all set. Back side of the sketch pad is good. Poker cards cut to squares are good. A sturdy enough sheet of plastic is also good. You remember that old pexeso pairs stack you didn't touch since you were 9? Guess what!
My point is that if this looks like something you may be interested in, then you can absolutely try doing it for literally zero cost other than your time.
Holy shit, oh my god! 50 of them??
Me when I'm a sexy gay wizard that suddenly realizes they are being followed by 50 rats
OMG LMAO I WOULD NEVER RUN FROM YOU, 50 RATS, I JUST DIDN'T KNOW YOU WERE BEHIND ME
You know what you are so right... We have a bond, these 50 rats and I....
OH SHIT OH NO
WAIT
I CAN'T FEED THIS MANY RATS
Oh wait I'm a fuckin wizard lol
Yay :) Enough treats for everyone :)
Happy rat day to my most popular post ever
new boot goofin
Tracking those paw prints all over the place...
i like how all cats regardless of species can either look rlly badass and cool or just incredibly silly stupid
my proof
me in my brain me in my selfies
pupgender is just as much a serious gender as woman, mew/mews pronouns aren't less respectable than she/her or he/him, being stargender isn't any more "silly" or "frivolous" than being a man, being xenogender isn't the gender equivalent to playing with toys we ARE our genders no matter how playful with gender a xenogendered person is
reading dnis is a great way to learn words that no one has ever used and might not even be real
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Some Pelycosaurs from the VIDEO I dedicated to early Synapsids. This group is known for their back sails, which were very on fashion in the early Permian. Many more types of Synapsids are included in there. This poster is now also available for prints and more HERE
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yall are so fucking weird about gnc people. a woman wears a suit and she's "conforming to the patriarchy". a man wears a skirt and he's Secretly A Trans Egg. have you considered It's Fabric
it's meee I'm your guardian angel hiiiiii 😇 okay🙏 so. in about six months, you're gonna die of starvation. 🥺 and if I don't protect you, I will get: #fired! 🫢 and that is No Good 🙅♀️ hahaaa So. 🙏 I looked into causes of starvation, and it turns out: Your death is totally preventable! 😯 Uh oh! 😆 There's more than enough food to sustain you without interfering with anyone else's survival, but you're not allowed to have it! 🤨 Whaaat? 🤷♀️ Apparently, your death is premeditated by thousands of things called "shareholders." So. 🙏 I've been killing people,
soy yooo tu ángel de la guarda holiiiiii 😇 okay🙏 bueno. en como seis meses, vas a morir de hambre. 🥺 y si no te protejo, me van a: #¡despedir! 🫢 y eso No esta Chido 🙅♀️jajaaa Entonces. 🙏investigue acerca del tema y resulta que: ¡puedo prevenir tu muerte al 100%! 😯 ¡Uh oh! 😆 Hay más que suficiente comida para que sobrevivas sin que interfieras con la supervivencia de los demás, ¡pero no puedes teneral! 🤨 ¿Queeeé? 🤷♀️ Al parecer, tu muerte fue premeditada por miles de cosas llamadas "accionistas." Y bueno. 🙏 empeze a matar personas,
c'est moooi ton ange gardien coucooou 😇 bon 🙏 alors. dans genre six mois, tu vas mourir de faim. 🥺 et si je te protège pas, je vais me faire: #virer ! 🫢 et ça c'est pas Pas Super 🙅♀️ hahaaa Donc. 🙏 j'ai fait mes recherches sur les causes de famine et devine quoi: Ta mort est 100% évitable ! 😯 Oh-oh ! 😆 Il y a largement assez de ressources pour te nourrir sans interférer avec la survie d'autrui, mais tu n'y as pas accès ! 🤨 Quoooi ? 🤷♀️ Apparemment ta mort a été préméditée par des milliers de trucs appelées des "actionnaires". Du coup.🙏 j'ai tué pas mal de monde,
hiiiiii 😇 我是亲的守护小天使！okay🙏 嗯。您在差不多半年会饿死哈🥺 若我不能救您我会被#炒鱿鱼！🫢 那可不行哦🙅♀️ 哈哈。所以昵🙏我查了一下人类饿死的原因，然后发现：诶呀呀😯亲的死是可以避免哒！😆 这世上有足够食物给亲吃，一点儿也不需要影响别人的生存率哒！但不给亲！🤨 怎么会这样昵？ 🤷♀️ 原来，亲的死是被一帮叫“股东”的东西计算好滴！ 所以昵🙏 我杀了一些人，
y'all are doing some rosetta stone shit to me
hiii, ich bin's, ich bin dein Schutzengel hiiii 😇 ok 🙏 also. ich sechs Monaten wirst du verhungern. 🥺 und falls ich dich nicht beschütze, werde ich: #gefeuert! 🫢 und das ist Nicht Gut 🙅♀️ hahaaa Also. 🙏 Ich hab mir ma' die Gründe fürs Verhungern angeschaut, und, stellt sich raus: Dein Tod ist vollkommen verhinderlich! 😯 Oh oh! 😆 Es gibt mehr als genug Nahrungsmittel um dich durchzufüttern, ohne das Überleben von irgendwem sonst zu beeinträchtigen, du darfst sie bloß nicht haben! 🤨 Häääääää? 🤷♀️ Anscheinend, wurde dein Tod von tausenden sogenannten "Aktionären" geplant. Jedenfalls. 🙏 Ich hab angefangen Leute zu töten,
यह मैं हूँ! मैं तुम्हारी अभिभावक देवदूत हूँ, हाय! 😇 ओके 🙏 तो। लगभग छह महीनों में, तुम भूख से मर जाओगे। 🥺 और अगर मैंने तुम्हारी रक्षा नहीं की, तो मुझे: नौकरी से निकाल दिया जाएगा! 🫢 और यह बिल्कुल अच्छा नहीं है 🙅♀️ हाहाहा! तो। 🙏 मैंने भूख के कारणों की जाँच की, और पता चला: तुम्हारी मृत्यु पूरी तरह रोकी जा सकती है! 😯 अरे नहीं! 😆 तुम्हें जीवित रखने के लिए पर्याप्त से अधिक भोजन है जो किसी और के जीवन को प्रभावित नहीं करेगा, लेकिन तुम्हें वह लेने की अनुमति नहीं है! 🤨 यह क्या बात है? 🤷♀️ जाहिर तौर पर, तुम्हारी मृत्यु हज़ारों चीज़ों द्वारा पूर्व-नियोजित है जिन्हें "शेयरधारक" कहते हैं। तो। 🙏 मैं लोगों को मार रही हूँ l
ওহে আমি তোমার অভিভাবক দেবদূত 😇 ঠিক আছে🙏 তো। প্রায় ছয় মাসের মধ্যে, তুমি অনাহারে মারা যাবে। 🥺 এবং আমি যদি তোমাকে রক্ষা না করি, আমি হব: #বরখাস্ত! 🫢 এবং এটা ভালো কিছু নয় 🙅♀️ হাহাহা তাই। 🙏 আমি অনাহারের কারণ অনুসন্ধান করেছি, এবং দেখা যাচ্ছে: তোমার মৃত্যু সম্পূর্ণ প্রতিরোধযোগ্য! 😯 ওহ! 😆 অন্য কারো বেঁচে থাকার সাথে হস্তক্ষেপ না করেই তোমাকে টিকিয়ে রাখার জন্য পর্যাপ্ত খাবারের চেয়েও বেশি কিছু আছে, কিন্তু তোমার এটি খাওয়ার অনুমতি নেই! 🤨 কি? 🤷♀️ দৃশ্যত, তোমার মৃত্যু "শেয়ারহোল্ডার" নামে হাজার হাজার জিনিস দ্বারা পূর্বপরিকল্পিত। তাই। 🙏 আমি মানুষ মারছি,
안녀어어어엉, 내가 너의 수호천사야 😇 ㅇㅋ 🙏 그래서. 한 육개월 안에 네가 굶주림으로 죽을거야. 🥺 그리고 내가 널 안 지켜주면, 나는: #해고! 🫢 하고 그건 안 좋지 🙅♀️ 하하하하 그래서.🙏 내가 굶주림에 이유를 찾아 봤는데, 알고보니: 너 죽는건 엄청 막을수 있어! 😯 ¡어머! 😆 다른 사람의 생존을 안 위협해도 너 먹일수 있는 식량양은 차고도 넘쳐, 근데 그건 네가 가질 허락이 없어! 🤨 뭐어어어? 🤷♀️ 그게, 천개의 "주주" 들 이란 것들이 너의 죽음을 계획한 거 인가봐. 그래서. 🙏 내가 좀 사람들 죽이고 있는뎅,
uy mars ako to!! guardian angel mo hiiiiii 😇 okay🙏 so. after ng mga anim na buwan, mamamatay ka sa gutom. 🥺 pag hinayaan ko mangyari yun, #masisisante lola mo! 🫢 at Di yun Very Good, nay 🙅♀️ hahaaa So. 🙏 nagbasabasa ko ng mga sanhi ng pagkamatay sa gutom, malaman mo ba: Hindi pala final answer ang walang magagawa kundi deds na lang! 😯 Grabe! 😆 Enough naman pala pagkain sa mundo para mabigyan lahat nang di mo ikakamatay pagkagutom, PERO hindi pala available yung solution! 🤨 Aba aba? 🤷♀️ Akalain mo, yung pagkamatay mo dala lang pala nung libo libong mga ano yung mga "shareholders" ba. Yun. 🙏 sinimulan ko na pagminus ng mga persons,
始めましてよろしくーあなたの守護天使だよーん 😇 えっとね〜🙏 あのさ。六ヶ月ぐらい立てばあなたは飢え死にしちゃうの 🥺 で、あなとを守らなければ、アタシは #クビになっちまうの！🫢 それはすごくNG 🙅♀️ エヘヘ〜 と言う事になりまして。🙏 飢餓の原因についてしらべたんだけど、実はね、あなたの死は全然防げるものだと判明したの！ 😯 あらら 😆 他の人の生存を脅かす事なく、あなたを養うには十分な食べ物があるのに、それを手に入れることは許されないらしい！🤨 なんてこった！ 🤷♀️ なんと、あなたの死は「株主」と言う数千のモノによって計画されているんだってー。それでね。🙏 人を殺し始めたんだけど、
lu oeeeeee lu oe ngey tirea ahusawnu kxììììì 😇 tam 🙏 ha. ro wum vospxì apukap, tayerkup nga taluna syuve ke tam. 🥺 ulte txo ke hawnu ngati oel, tsakrr oeru layu: #keatxintìn! 🫢 ulte tsaw lu Kea Tsìltsan 🙅♀️ heranghaaam Ha. 🙏 Namìn oel ayoeykti fì'uä a syuve ke tam, ulte nìlam: Tìterkup ngey tsukftanglen lu nìwotx 😯 'ä'-'ä'! 😆 Lu syuve nì'ul to pum letam fte fmival ngati luke fwa tìftang si temreyru suteyä alahe, slä ngati fkol ke tung livu! 🤨 Peuuuu? 🤷♀️ Nìlam, tìterkupit ngey hawl ayvozama 'ul a "hapxìyä fyepyu." Ha. 🙏 Oel suteti tspìrmang,
I'd love to see your Twi'lek OC in your updated style! <3
omg nameless twilek oc my beloved
ive been getting more into the Star Wars rpg lately but unfortunately this OC is a jedi and our campaign is based in ferrix with no force users allows- but someday she'll gain a name and real backstory. Until then I'll keep playing my human scrapper
You will never 100% idiotproof your creative work & if you try to, you will only succeed in smothering the soul out of it. btw
idk man not to sound like a cartoon hippie but if your entirrrrre blog and dash is about how the world sucks and everyones bigoted i think you are going to give yorself brain worms
"ah but all of this is important and true and if i dont reblog all of this important stuff waga baga THE WORMS! THATS WORMS! THE BRAIN WORMS!
i do not think you are doing activism chief i think what you are doing is sitting in your room flagellating yourself expecting something to happen
