Experiment, Fail, Learn, Repeat

I'm Rosie, from Aotearoa . This blog is a mess and so am I.

[charseraph]

They’re making a day when things can be better and they’re calling it tomorrow

[goth-queen]

I made a battle axe out of monster cans

[ruinedchildhood]

Pretty fun weapon to draw

[ladyshinga]

OceanGate tried to scrub the internet clean of traces that it ever existed, taking down its Facebook, Instagram, Twitter, and LinkedIn pages

OceanGate, the deep-sea exploration company that created the Titan submersible, has removed its Facebook, Instagram, Twitter, and LinkedIn a

poor things, well we should definitely make this easier on them by never repeatedly mentioning their name and deeds on the "reblog things forever" website

[septicake]

yea that'd be a shame

by the way, just so everyone knows what not to do, shift+r reblogs a post instantly

just make sure you don't reblog anything about oceangate because that would completely undermine their entire plan 😇😇😇

[curoopeez]

You also shouldn't queue a post, that would make people keep remembering this post for a longer time, which is the opposite of forgetting

[ralfmaximus]

June 18, 2023 never forgor

[justgarb]

gonna be real loves

hopping on facebook to check up on my sca friends/groups and having to wade through all of meta's algorithmic suggestions and genAI garbage, just to find posts from people i actually know, feels like playing in sewage. thank you for being on tumblr

[morgannalefey]

At the risk of being old...

Facebook works well enough without all the garbage and AI if you:

Use it in a browser, not the app (seriously, people, stop using apps for everything use browsers instead if you can)

Use it in a browser that you can add the Facebook Purity (Fluff Busting Purity) module to control ads and stuff (it works): https://www.fbpurity.com/

ONLY go to this URL for your facebook feed: https://www.facebook.com/?sk=friends (this still has suggestions for people to follow, and it's still not a basic chronological order of people's posts, but it's better than without it). Facebook no longer offers this as a link you can click, you have to go to the URL directly.

I have a number of groups and organizations I work with whose only online presence is on Facebook. The org I volunteer for has Facebook because it's the only place we can reach a big chunk of the local people. I only get into Facebook once a day for maybe half an hour to keep tabs on what folks are doing, share some of the material from Black and Indigenous activists that I follow, and check on orgs.

So if you're using it to keep up with people there because it's the only option for them, do yourself a favor and uninstall the app completely, and at least only use Facebook in a browser and only that URL.

[justgarb]

OH. MY. GOD. This is so much better.

Thank you

[nochnye-vedmy]

The link i use is https://www.facebook.com/?sk=h_chr. As far as I can tell, this gives you a friends+followers-only chronological feed, though almost no-one I know uses FB any more, so I can't say it gets everything.

[loreleywrites]

you solve the mystery of what to have for dinner one night and you think "hell yeah case closed forever" WRONG there is a dinner mystery the next night too

[all-peristeronic]

You know what’s a scene from Persuasion that we should talk about the way we talk about the “Wentworth pries a clinging child off Anne’s back” scene? A “this man is grade-A husband material” scene?

It’s the way Wentworth talks to Mrs. Musgrove about her dead son. He knows better than anyone that Dick Musgrove was a useless good-for-nothing, that it was a piece of “good fortune” for his family “to lose him before he reached his twentieth year.” His first reaction to Mrs. Musgrove talking about “poor Richard” to him is to laugh inwardly–but. Instead of laughing at her, he goes over and sits next to Mrs. Musgrove and speaks to her so kindly and patiently–“with so much sympathy and natural grace, as shewed the kindest consideration for all that was real and unabsurd in the parent’s feelings.”

Austen goes on for two paragraphs about how ridiculous Mrs. Musgrove looks while lamenting over her idiot son, and the entire time, Wentworth is keeping a completely straight face, focusing only on the fact that this woman is sincerely upset and he can relieve her feelings a little by showing compassion.

What could possibly be sexier than this rich, dashing, battle-hardened sea captain taking a moment to show genuine kindness, generosity, and compassion? When he could instead be flirting with two pretty, single women, or talking to anyone else in the room? What husband material. And Anne is right there, listening to this.

[all-peristeronic]

Jane Austen, in every novel: Does he care about people? Does he use his privilege for good? Does he have a sense of duty and does he act on it? If not, throw him in the trash.

[penny-anna]

what if on Taskmaster one of the contestants died in the middle of filming a task but after doing enough of the task for it to be deemed complete so since there was nothing in the rules to say you had to be alive throughout they allowed it. & then all the other contestants bombed so badly that the dead person won the task and in the studio Greg was there like 'wow you all managed to do worse than Christine and she was dead for most of it'

[penny-anna]

they don't sub in a replacement contestant for the studio shows so one of the chairs is just empty and sometimes when contestants are arguing their case on something they're like 'I think if Christine was still with us she'd take my side' and Greg would be like 'for fuck's sake stop bringing up Christine'

[penny-anna]

also everyone (Greg included) would dunk on Alex for 'killing Christine' with the task and Alex would keep nervously laughing it off and be like 'legally speaking we weren't responsible for what happened to Christine'

[penny-anna]

the interstitials for the season occasionally feature randomly inserted shots of Christine's lifeless body lying on the ground

[penny-anna]

obviously it would already have been announced that Christine died filming Taskmaster but during the show they wouldn't say which task it happened in so every time there's a Christine segment it'd be like is this the one where she died 🤔 let's watch and find out

[biggest-gaudiest-poltergeist]

still feel like we have not appropriately tapped into the comedy goldmine that is: Dracula's first canonical appearance features him wearing a goofy hat and a huge false beard. this is uproarious. this is rib-tickling! this has so many implications!!!

[biggest-gaudiest-poltergeist]

where on earth did he get the beard? he lives in the middle-of-nowhere and all of his neighbors are too terrified to cook or clean for him. where did he find someone to sell him a false beard?

was it mail-order, the way presumably all of his books and maps are? did they even have cartoonish disguises available by mail-order back in late 19th cent Romania? did Dracula have to sew it himself? i need to know these things!!!

[biggest-gaudiest-poltergeist]

@chaos-has-theories truly you live up to your url:

#clearly Dracula goes out irregularly as his own servants. The people in the coach weren't surprised to see him as his 'coachman' #he goes to town in his huge floppy hat and hoitily toitily tells everybody that his MASTER wants this and his MASTER wants that #and if they don't comply his MASTER is going to be angry and scahahary and anyway he's having the time of his life #He's convinced that he's fooling everyone. He is not #but the point is he can just buy whatever and the people will be equal amounts terrified and annoyed but they'll get it for him

[biggest-gaudiest-poltergeist]

i like to imagine the villagers are terrified of him BUT also aware that he is rich-as-midas and out-of-touch with human society...so they just charge him a 500% markup and call it a day. over the years he has become the village's primary source of income and this is the true reason he's been allowed to stay. "yeah he's a bloodsucker but he's propping up a half dozen different local economy sectors we're keeping him"

*dracula strolling to the village to buy a roast chicken for his Good Friend Jonathan* "it's one roast chicken how much could it cost 1604 romanian lei?"

[biggest-gaudiest-poltergeist]

APPRECIATE that I had to research & convert historical exchange rates for this post. 1604 romanian lei is an outrageous price for a chicken. appreciate my historically accurate punchline!!!

[astrotheyge]

Amaze Amaze Amaze (Home on Erid) Project Hail Mary (2026) Production Designer Charles Wood & Art Director Tim Browning

[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!

[perfectpickleskeletonslime]

Also the (some) machine are able to cut the excess fabric off as they sew creating a cloud of excess fabric fiber dust.

Pair that with maybe another 10+ ppl or way more depending on size the factory way more workers, and if there is proper ventilation. You will be covered in fabric fiber dust. It will get EVERYWHERE. Your nose with just be clogged with it. Lungs too if you mouth breathe causing lots of coughing. Masking is now an option since covid made it more okay for ppl to seen out and about with it on, but before that no new about it.

Wanna have something to drink better be covered or come with a cap, because that will have a film of fabric dust sitting on top. Also unless new machine have led lights the old ones had those old light bulbs that made it heat up; on top of the parts of the machine where its sewing would burn your fingers/hands if you had to change make adjustments

[vacuously-true]

It is extremely rare that I get unintentionally rickrolled. It is extremely common that I look at a link and think to myself, that's a rickroll, and I click on it. Then I get to enjoy the satisfaction of being correct, as well as the entirety of Never Gonna Give You Up. That shit is a banger. If someone offers me a link directly to that song you think I'm not gonna take it? No. You know the rules and so do I. It's Astley time.

[victusinveritas]

Meet Pando, not a forest but a single tree. Every trunk of the Quaking Aspen is genetically identical & connected by a single 80,000 year old root system, making it one of the largest and oldest living entities on Earth!

[foone]

Have you ever wondered what it would be like to walk through the body of a God?

[despazito]

as a kid i constantly watched roadrunner and coyote cartoons and i’d play roadrunner and coyote with my dad which involved me running loops in my house bc the rooms made a circle while he tied a couch cushion over a beam to fall on me like an ACME anvil

[despazito]

happy fathers day

[aurpiment]

“It’s easy to assume”: someone’s misconception is about to be amiably corrected

“It’s tempting to assume”: someone’s assumption is about to be criticized

“It’s comforting to assume”: someone’s assumption is going to be read for filth

[hjartasalt]

Hey do you know alot about internal organs. Cause if so then i have a pretty specific question.

Are... are your organs covered in blood??? Since blood tends to flow thru the blood vessels, and if your body is healthy and all your blood vessels are imtact then your organs shouldn't be covered in blood, right? But just saying that feels wrong.

No, unless you are actively experiencing internal bleeding then your organs are not covered in blood. They are however wet, but it's cerebrospinal fluid and mucus that keeps them that way.

[hjartasalt]

Trust me you do not want them to be in any other condition. If they were covered in blood then there would be no way for your body to effectively circulate that blood, leading you to bleed out. As for them being wet, I personally would not want to experience dry friction on my organs so I am more than okay with that

[hjartasalt]

Also just to clear up any further confusion, cerebrospinal fluid (as the name implies) is contained to just your brain and spinal cord. The rest are protected by mucous

[hjartasalt]

Small correction to my original answer: your organs are not covered in blood unless you are bleeding internally or happen to be a bug

[proteusolm]

Crazy to think that seagulls existed before french fries.

[bluebandedagate-reblogs]

Medieval seagull struggling to fly away with an entire purloined potatoe

[official-kircheis]