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Hey, Versobooks have made the above ebooks free to download

These resources challenge zionist ideology and offer a clear history of the occupation, Israel's military industrial complex, and the BDS movement. (X)

Download here because some of you can use some reading tbh

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i want to add: if anyone is having trouble with this site, or if you just want a ton of research material, this is a link to a giant google drive 🇵🇸

Free Palestine - Google Drive

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this government is janky as hell

the official IRS website payment page has this placeholder text for customer support. great error page to have set up for APRIL 14th. please talk to you @ your DOT address

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Notaleg stund á sunnudegi, rímnakveðskapur, te og köttur/ Cozy Sunday with tea, cat and Ancient Icelandic chanting.

Vísur/verse: Guðmundur Guðmundsson skólaskáld. Stemma/song: Úr Strandasýslu. Sigurður hundalæknir.

Rímur (singular ríma) are a traditional form of narrative Icelandic epic song chanted or intoned in a specific manner called “að kveða”. The verb “kveða” has many meanings: to speak or say forth, secondly to write poetry, thirdly to chant or recite verse. (Text taken from Njáll Sigurðsson from the book “Silfurplötur Iðunnar”)

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hedgehog in the fog

[ballsmmm]

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tally brown sings kurt weill and bertolt brecht's "surabaya johnny" -- these are not the original lyrics, but her own interpretation. it's one of the best things i've ever seen or heard. i keep coming back to it.

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whenever i'm asked for customer service feedback, i always say the worker was great and deserves a raise. praxis

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it's so hard to get my kid to do homework because she's like "this is so stupid i don't know why i have to do this" and i'm like "yeah i agree it's stupid and i don't know why they give it to you"

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Vic Reeves in a satorial photoshoot for BLITZ #98, March 1991

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i love the incredible hulk because one second the hulk is throwing a bear

and in the next he tackles domestic violence

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@gifevents: new beginnings (day three - transformation)

Cléo from 5 to 7 (1962) dir. Agnès Varda

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my algo is daffy

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love looking back at when i was lost in the sauce of fabric and clothing manufacturing research

a lot of slow fashion lines have closed, esp. the smaller operations because everything is so unsustainable. a lot of the bigger lines have reduced or modified their manufacturing processes to make up for costs and demand

ultimately everything is So Unsustainable and Doomed but we can enjoy our linen in the meantime

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Slow Fashion Brands - Compiled by Rebecca

Slow Fashion Brands BRANDS:,Website:,Price Range,Notes:,BST / used options:,Sizes up to:,Customizations? Linen basics in soft hues Not Perf

one of my "special interests" in the past couple of years has been exploring fast fashion vs. slow fashion. it has been a long journey trying to find clothes that actually 1) fit me 2) look good 3) are made from material that is not actively shoving plastic in the ecosystem 4) involve ethical labor, fair trade, fairly compensated, etc

before i did this research, i really had no clue about fabrics or fashion brands. i used to think i had zero interest in fashion, in fact.

i grew up wearing walmart and thrift store clothes, and when i went to college i bought clothes from target and asos. something started to shift a little bit when i found vintage resellers on etsy and ebay... those clothes were so unique. but a lot of the vintage clothes were polyester blends, stiff, and would fall apart as easily as my asos clothes. i would leave them hanging in my closet and never wear them. i would wear the same old t shirts and jeggings every day. i felt like it was impossible to ever wear comfortable clothes, or ever feel good in clothes, so why bother?

it started with linen. linen is very comfortable and pretty sustainable. i was amazed that i didn't feel the urge to rip my clothes off when i wore linen. lightbulb number one.

a friend let me borrow a nooworks dress, and i went to the store and got some overalls. wow. overalls. lightbulb number two. holy shit, you can wear overalls. you know how people say "not binary or non-binary but a secret third thing." that's overalls.

i realized i loved the bonkers prints that nooworks had, and all of it was soft, and made ethically. it was a higher price point than i was used to, which gave me pause. but then you realize: we're not supposed to be buying dumb clothes every other weekend. and isn't a slightly higher price point for soft clothes that you won't want to tear off your body worth it?

so i started my research. i made a spreadsheet. the prices can be all over the place across brands, so i made a column for prices. sizes can be all over the place too -- people always ask me "where is the plus size slow fashion?" it's there. just look at the size column. people say "isn't it better to buy secondhand?" yeah, it is. i have many links to secondhand sources.

if you have any suggestions or additions please let me know, it is a living document.

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update jan 2026: i updated the spreadsheet again; took off all the defunct brands, left a few (greyed out) that you can still find secondhand / pre-owned.

also want to highlight this section:

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really lovely song i found just by bopping around the internet clicking on things