Dynamo Going To Waste

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[sovietpostcards]

"Contrasts of Moscow" by Anatoly Kokorin (1975)

[bewbin]

[dutchs-blog]

Lego Swimming Pool Layout

[helila]

[waugh-bao]

[crafblr]

btw I’ve found these stretches from the WAK blog very helpful when knitting a lot:

Plus make sure to take breaks regularly - and stop if anything starts to hurt!

especially with gift knitting I know it can be tempting to push through it for a deadline, but it’s really not worth causing long term injury. (And anyone knit-worthy should be understanding of that, imho.) Stay well :)

[gingersnappish]

Also good for artists drawing with pencils/on a tablet/with a pen!

[radiofreederry]

True crime podcast but you realize as you're listening that the host is just describing episodes of Scooby-Doo

[waugh-bao]

Keith (1971)

[su-n-s-e-t]

[waugh-bao]

[anxietyproblem]

[theballadofmickandkeith]

[dazzlingallgood-deactivated2023]

[biggest-gaudiest-poltergeist]

recently learned about a horticultural technique called Espalier, it’s the funniest goddamn thing i’ve ever seen.

Espalier allows trees to be trained into 2-dimensions, by tying the branches to a flat surface as the tree grows. They literally flatten the tree. They make the tree flat. Flat tree!!!

Look at this. This is objectively hilarious:

And people get fancy about it. Look at this nonsense:

(the first one’s called a Belgian Fence, and can be used as an actual fence)

Espalier is actually a very useful technique for

increasing fruit yield

gardening is small spaces

maximizing or minimizing sunlight (since the branches all face the same direction) and therefore extending the growing season

Like. this is a legitimately practical gardening method. but it looks like they squished a tree between the pages of a book. just squashed it flat like a sad little dried flower! i could use these trees as a bookmark!!!

But yes, it is also a healthy and clever way to grow lots of fruit in small spaces, in climates they might not otherwise be suited for. I’m still going to make fun of it, but it honestly looks delightful and delicious.

Espalier!

[love-in-the-time-of-waffles]

i showed this to my cousin and she said “just cause it’s flat doesn’t mean it’s 2d” and, with a completely straight face, said “it’s tree-d” anyway im crying

[biggest-gaudiest-poltergeist]

please tell your cousin she made the author of this post cry

[outofcontextnewgirl]

[theballadofmickandkeith]

[memeclassheroes]

[delmondo]

we kiss our customers on the mouth with tongue

[lizardsister]

you’re laughing. the rugrats are lost in paris and you’re laughing.