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Inspired by my walking past a home built in 1754 in my new neighborhood, which isn't even the oldest building in the city. As someone born and raised in the Western US (where we do have some very old buildings, contrary to popular belief, just not in the middle of most cities), it made me curious!

When was the oldest extant building you can reasonably walk to from your home built?

20th century

19th century

18th century

17th century

16th century

15th century

14th century

13th century

12th century

11th century

10th century or before

Voting ended onAug 7

(Use your judgement for definitions of "extant," it doesn't have to be used for its original purpose but my intention is a building that could theoretically still be used, not just the remnants of one.)

#19th century #BUT TECHNICALLY the site has been in use for the same purpose since the 9th century #but the temple was on a rebuilding cycle #and then got burned down a bunch of times #so the current one is meiji era #takes me like 35 min to walk there when sufficiently motivated (aka i want a coffee nearby)

Turns out a production that's willing to rugpull a foreign contract will do the same to its domestic employees soon enough

#this is about burlesque #somebody audit steve antin #the japanese cancellation got covered as a quirky side note #but it's probably an early sign of much deeper instability

sometiktoksarevalid

rslashrats

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verdict: innocent

alexanderwales

Here's a legal PSA:

If you've committed a crime and a detective gathers everyone involved in the room, especially if he's not actually a detective and is instead a novelist, puzzle-setter, psychic, fake psychic, dog, chess grandmaster, etc. ...

YOU SHOULD NOT CONFESS.

Every year, hundreds of people are put away by non-traditional "detectives" who have either inserted themselves into the case or are working with the police in a dubiously legal capacity as advisor. In 99% of these cases, the murderer gives a full confession even though the evidence against them is circumstantial at best and often requires a long just-so story which can only guess at motive.

If this happens to you, stay quiet, do not attempt to defend yourself or talk your way out of it, only say "I want a lawyer".

Now if you find yourself being investigated by a boy genius, magician's assistant, anthropologist, classics scholar, or philosopher, it's likely that refusing to talk to the police (or investigator with no legal authority) is merely the end of the second act, and by the end of the third act they will have you dead to rights.

YOU SHOULD STILL NOT CONFESS.

Make them take it to court. Force the eccentric detective and his straight-laced police partner to take the stand and explain their methods to a jury of your peers. Have your lawyer look at the chain of custody on the evidence, especially if you believe it to have been handled by someone who has only bumbled into detective work through their natural charm and/or unique set of skills and outsider perspective that come in handy more often than they should.

Know your rights. Don't let eccentric detectives put you away.

#legit this is why i struggle with most cozies #because they have not done any research into prosecutorial misconduct #90% would be thrown out if the defense lawyer put in any effort #and another 8% absolutely should be but will take place in Tough On Crime jurisdictions with terrible expert prosecutorial witnesses #because even if you did it you deserve a fair trial!

sleepnoises

come look at selected retrospective works of ruth mcdowell with me

Ladders, 2017. 57" x 45". Machine pieced, machine quilted, cotton fabrics, cotton batting.

Sycamore. 1989. 74" x 52". Machine pieced, machine quilted, cotton fabrics, cotton batting.

Who Are We? Where Do We Come From? Where Are We Going? 1993. 45" x 73". Machine pieced, machine quilted, cotton fabrics, cotton batting.

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rumade

Teeny tiny pineapple block quilts by artist Amy Pabst

Here's some with my hand to give you an idea of scale on each block:

I did get to chat a little with Amy while she was in her gallery zone. She said she works often with silks, including reclaimed ones, and she finger presses her work rather than using an iron. The pastel rainbow piece above is called Soft Pride, measures 41cm x 41cm, has 11,925 pieces, and took her about 4 weeks to make. She does not use a magnifying glass while she works, relying purely on her eyesight, but she does make sure to take regular eye rest breaks every 10-20 minutes.