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JBB: An Artblog!
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"I'm Dorothy Gale from Kansas"
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@lilcielo
Disneyâs revenues fell 23% to $14.7 billion, while the company reported a loss of $710 million instead of the $777 million in profits it recorded in the year-ago period.
My heart fucking bleeds. Get out of here with your sob story, Disney.
Good. Very good. Letâs keep at it.
every lil nas x music video post-montero is going to be perfectly calculated to make conservative podcasters burst a vein
how many people could be working on actual problems in the world instead of being forced to do jobs that they are over-qualified for just because they dont want to go homeless and starve?
climate change is threatening to kill us and people with biology degrees are working at starbucks if they didnât get lucky in the nepotism department.
capitalism is possibly the least efficient way to allocate work.Â
You love artâhave spent your entire childhood developing a style people love and appreciate? you could possibly work to improve the lives of millions with your beautiful creations?
sorry you need to work 12 hours a day at a walmart that doesnât need you while some billionaire who took a painting class once sells some ugly bullshit for 3.5 million.
Millions of people want to be doctors but canât afford medical school, it is a well known fact we donât have enough doctors for the demand. hmm wow real efficient capitalism.
To be clear, I am absolutely 100 percent supportive of dishonest children. I endorse minors who swindle, who bamboozle, who are treacherous and who commit acts of fraud. In fact, it is moral and righteous. And you probably deserve it.
Had Lilo and Stitch on the mind.
a reminder that this is no conspiracy bullshit, we have evidence
Shell funded the research that first brought the issue to light and then immediately began covering it up
A collection of me turning into random objects.
Sara Jacobsen, 19, grew up eating family dinners beneath a stunning Native American robe.
Sara Jacobsen, 19, grew up eating family dinners beneath a stunning Native American robe.      Â
Not that she gave it much thought. Until, that is, her senior year of high school, when she saw a picture of a strikingly similar robe in an art history class.
The teacher told the class about how the robe was used in spiritual ceremonies, Sara Jacobsen said. âI started to wonder why we have it in our house when weâre not Native American.â
She said she asked her dad a few questions about this robe. Her dad, Bruce Jacobsen, called that an understatement.
âI felt like I was on the wrong side of a protest rally, with terms like âcultural appropriationâ and âsacred ceremonial robesâ and âcompletely inappropriate,â and terms like that,â he said.
âI got defensive at first, of course,â he said. âI was like, âCâmon, Sara! This is more of the political stuff you all say these days.ââ
But Sara didnât back down. âI feel like in our country there are so many things that white people have taken that are not theirs, and I didnât want to continue that pattern in our family,â she said.
The robe had been a centerpiece in the Jacobsen home. Bruce Jacobsen bought it from a gallery in Pioneer Square in 1986, when he first moved to Seattle. He had wanted to find a piece of Native art to express his appreciation of the region.
    The Chilkat robe that hung over the Jacobsen dining room table for years.  Credit Courtesy of the Jacobsens   Â
âI just thought it was so beautiful, and it was like nothing I had seen before,â Jacobsen said.
The robe was a Chilkat robe, or blanket, as itâs also known. They are woven by the Tlingit, Haida and Tsimshian peoples of Alaska and British Columbia and are traditionally made from mountain goat wool. The tribal or clan origin of this particular 6-foot-long piece was unclear, but it dated back to around 1900 and was beautifully preserved down to its long fringe.
âItâs a completely symmetric pattern of geometric shapes, and also shapes that come from the culture,â like birds, Jacobsen said. âAnd then itâs just perfectly made â you can see no seams in it at all.â
Jacobsen hung the robe on his dining room wall.
After more needling from Sara, Jacobsen decided to investigate her claims. He emailed experts at the Burke Museum, which has a huge collection of Native American art and artifacts.
âI got this eloquent email back that said, âWeâre not gonna tell you what to go do,â but then they confirmed what Sara said: It was an important ceremonial piece, that it was usually owned by an entire clan, that it would be passed down generation to generation, and that it had a ton of cultural significance to them.â Â
Jacobsen says he was a bit disappointed to learn that his daughter was right about his beloved Chilkat robe. But he and his wife Gretchen now no longer thought of the robe as theirs. Bruce Jacobsen asked the curators at the Burke Museum for suggestions of institutions that would do the Chilkat robe justice. They told him about the Sealaska Heritage Institute in Juneau.
When Jacobsen emailed, SHI Executive Director Rosita Worl couldnât believe the offer. âI was stunned. I was shocked. I was in awe. And I was so grateful to the Jacobsen family.â
Worl said the robe has a huge monetary value. But thatâs not why itâs precious to local tribes.
âItâs what we call âatoowâ: a sacred clan object,â she said. âOur beliefs are that it is imbued with the spirit of not only the craft itself, but also of our ancestors. We use [Chilkat robes] in our ceremonies when we are paying respect to our elders. And also it unites us as a people.â
Since the Jacobsens returned the robe to the institute, Worl said, master weavers have been examining it and marveling at the handiwork. Chilkat robes can take a year to make â and hardly anyone still weaves them.
âOur master artist, Delores Churchill, said it was absolutely a spectacular robe. The circles were absolutely perfect. So it does have that importance to us that it could also be used by our younger weavers to study the art form itself.â
Worl said private collectors hardly ever return anything to her organization. The federal Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act requires museums and other institutions that receive federal funding to repatriate significant cultural relics to Native tribes. But no such law exists for private collectors.
    Bruce and Gretchen Jacobsen hold the Chilkat robe they donated to the Sealaska Heritage Institute as Joe Zuboff, Deisheetaan, sings and drums and Brian Katzeek (behind robe) dances during the robeâs homecoming ceremony Saturday, August 26, 2017.  Credit NOBU KOCH / SEALASKA HERITAGE INSTITUTE   Â
Worl says the institute is lobbying Congress to improve the chances of getting more artifacts repatriated. âWe are working on a better tax credit system that would benefit collectors so that they could be compensated,â she said.
Worl hopes stories like this will encourage people to look differently at the Native art and artifacts they possess.
The Sealaska Heritage Institute welcomed home the Chilkat robe in a two-hour ceremony over the weekend. Bruce and Gretchen Jacobsen traveled to Juneau to celebrate the robeâs homecoming.
Good on this girl for making dinner uncomfortable for her dad until they decided to do the right thing.
But also, for what itâs worth, this is what the opportunity to take an art history class can do in the right hands.
that episode of pokemon where team rocket joins a beach beauty contest and james participates in a tiny bikini and has giant boobs. what did they mean by that
what were they trying to say
binder game off the fuckin charts in uniform
"neurodivergent people are bad at picking up social cues" statistically untrue every day i pick up on millions of social cues that literally do not exist
If your shot hit the tree, then it still missed the deer, my dude.
im not hunting deer im spraying shrapnel into a crowded room and youre in it. are you mad at me
sometimes i just want to laugh at how absurd everything is. like, jeff bezos has enough money to literally end the war in yemen. he could literally end it. nearly any celebrity in the world has the money to fix the flint water crisis. like there is a handful of rich people who, if they just put their money where their fucking mouths were, could solve so many problems. but they dont!!! they just buy another house, or a car, or a company where they donât pay their workers fair wages so they can get richer. itâs just!!!!!!! sometimes i want to laugh bc itâs so absurd and this is why we say eat the rich.Â
@hatr @fasterthanlime
Oh man I hope these services die an awful nasy death
Itâs not just about the AI, itâs also how the AI is trained. If the trainer/s have a preference for interviewees with bookshelves, the AI will develop a similar bias.
I think thatâs what people usually mean when they call machine learning âbias automationâ.
Do you have any kinks?
That second sleep after youâve woken up too early
How to Stay Cool Without A/C
A lot of Northerners were very kind during the freeze in Texas this winter with tips on how to stay warm for people who had lost heat. This is an attempt to repay that favor for people in the Pacific Northwest and other northerly locations who are facing dangerous heatwaves without built-in A/C. My qualifications to give this advice are that I was a summer camp attendee and counselor with no A/C for many summers in humid-ass central Texas with highs over 100F basically every day. Hopefully some of it will be of use to somebody who isnât used to the heat.
1) PUT ICE WATER IN YOUR BODY. Ice water is your best friend and the #1 way to drop your body temp. Drink more than you think you need (like, at least a half-gallon a day and closer to a gallon or more if you have to be outside doing manual work all day) to cool your insides down and stay hydrated. Have some bananas, trail mix, or a sports drink to help replace the electrolytes youâre sweating out and keep you from getting cramps, but try to have most of your fluid intake be water. I used to take a giant water bottle, fill it part way with water, and freeze it on its side so the ice would slowly melt over the course of the day and my water would stay cold longer.
2) PUT ICE WATER ON YOUR BODY. Cold water, ice, or a damp rag on your head and neck, the backs of your knees, the insides of your elbows, and under your armpits will help you cool down the best, because your blood runs close to the surface in those places. Cold packs designed for injuries or lunchboxes, bags of frozen vegetables, etc. can substitute for ice water as well. Even room-temp water will pull heat away from your body better than body-temp sweat will, especially if itâs humid, so if you donât have enough ice, the sink, bathtub, or hose will do fine. Dipping your feet into cool water helps a ton as well if you have to sit and work and donât want your clothes to be wet.
3) WHERE AM I SUPPOSED TO GET SO MUCH ICE? To make sure you have enough ice to last you the weekend, especially through a potential power failure, I recommend getting a cooler (even one of the cheap styrofoam ones is fine in a pinch) and ~10lbs of ice from the big coolers at most gas stations, drug stores, or grocery stores. Try to do this now, before anybody loses power, and store as much in your freezer as you have space for to keep it from melting. You can use it for drinking or to keep your food cold in a power failure. You can use it for a party later if you donât end up needing it during the heat wave, but you will probably be very happy you had it.
4) AIR FLOW. Being inside a room with the windows closed is the worst possible place to be if you donât have A/C, because glass windows create a greenhouse effect and the hot air canât escape. If at all possible, find a shaded place outside where you can catch any possible breeze. If not, open all your windows and, if itâs safe, doors so you can get a cross-breeze. Hopefully you have window screens to keep pets and kids in and bugs out. If not, youâre gonna have to do your own risk assessment. Fans of all sizes and descriptions are your friend; ceiling fans should be set to spin counterclockwise in summer. Even if you have A/C, finding or making a handheld fan will be worthwhile for when you have to venture outside. If you arenât in a situation where you need to conserve ice, blowing air over a cooler full of ice will give you a makeshift A/C.Â
5) SHADE. You will probably immediately notice that direct sunlight is a miserable place to be when itâs super hot. Find or make a shaded location, and donât be afraid to move around to avoid the sun as the day goes on. Stay on the shady side of the sidewalk whenever you walk someplace. Try to shade your windows as best you can without obstructing airflow using blinds, curtains, shutters, etc. especially if theyâre directly in the path of the sun. Do not be a jerk to your neighbors if their shade solutions are ugly. If you can get a shade for your car windshield, I highly recommend it, as the steering wheel, dashboard, seatbelts, and even seats can quickly become too hot to touch in a sealed car and will hold that heat for a long time.
6) CLOTHING. Light-colored, loose clothing that is as close to 100% cotton or linen as you can find is your friend. It doesnât necessarily have to be short as long as itâs breathable. You will sweat through anything you wear, so I personally prefer only wearing machine-washable stuff. Sun hats, sunscreen, sunglasses, aloe gel for sunburns, mosquito repellent, anti-chafing supplies, etc are all worth looking into if you arenât used to spending time in the heat.
7) TIMING. Try to stay out of the sun and avoid doing anything strenuous in the middle of the day when the heat is the worst. If you have a choice, plan to be more active early in the morning and late at night when the temperature is more bearable, and take a break in the middle of the afternoon.
Hereâs a graphic from the CDC about how to recognize heat-related illnesses and what to do about them. I will add to this that if itâs hot and you stop sweating, you are getting to a dangerous level of dehydration and need to drink something BEFORE you start having more serious problems.
Adding, as someone whoâs lived in a desert for most of their life:
Iodized salt is your friend. Get a big $1.50 container of Mortonâs. You can add a teaspoon and a half to a 20oz bottle of water and boom, electrolytes, in your water and thus your body.
Plan to eat cool things, like fruits, salads, and cold cut sandwiches. Not only do most them have extra water (have we mentioned water? Seriously. So much water) in them, but theyâll keep you from feeling overheated.
Do not bake things. The oven WILL make you miserable if youâre inside. In fact, try to keep the hot stuff to pressure cookers, instant pots, rice cookers, etc. They keep the heat contained, and you can usually conveniently vent that heat in a specific direction - like a fan blowing outside. In fact, if you have a BBQ or hot plate, consider doing as much cooking as possible outside.
Tip I learned from a friend going through menopause: get a brand-new bundle of bar rag style towels (usually come in 20 packs) from Walmart or something. Fold them, stack them, and stick them in your freezer, dry. If the heat gets completely unbearable, you can grab one, put it on the back of your neck to lower your temperature, and fold it back up to be put back into the freezer (if itâs not too grungy). Obviously, this only works if you have power.
Speaking of power, if you have a car, they have all sorts of inverters. You can charge your phone off of your car, or even have power to chill some water if you have a desktop mini-fridge.
If youâre like me and you work from home, and youâre not leaving any time soon, wear like⊠The bare minimum. I am currently wearing thin leggings and a tank top with flip-flops. I havenât left the house in two days. On days where itâs super hot? Iâll literally just wear my underwear unless I have to be around our roommate.
If you have pets, change their water out as frequently as possible, and top it off regularly. Theyâre (possibly) covered in fur and definitely not feeling awesome. If you have outdoor pets, keep them indoors with fans on, or pen them in a shady spot. Many fruits and veggies are pet-safe - ask a veterinarian or rescue group what would be best to feed to your particular pet cold. Dogs like frozen treats. Cats do too. There are tons of recipes out there.
If you feel overheated you probably are. Drink water and follow all of the advice in OPs post. If youâre able to, a quick sluice in a cool shower will help. Air dry, donât towel off.
If youâre feeling dehydrated, you probably are. Donât guzzle the water if you feel like you may be dehydrated. Slow, small sips until you start to feel better, or small slices of melon, apple, or orange.
Avoid caffeine where possible. If you must have it, have it cold and follow it with an equal amount of water. If, like me, you have ADHD and have to take amphetamines every day, drink like⊠A lot more water than you think you should. You should probably always have a bottle of water in your hand and just be sipping it constantly.
This is the time to stop giving a fuck. An undercut haircut will make you feel SO much less overheated. If youâre OK being bald, buzz that shit (and use good sunscreen or get a hat, bc your scalp will burn). Hair is heavy and, by nature, designed to hold heat in. An undercut is a good balance for people who arenât comfortable going bald. Another option is just to get thinning shears and go to town.
Charge all of your shit every day, even if itâs not your habit. You never know when your power is gonna go out - rolling blackouts are the norm in drought/heat wave conditions. And you will be bored as FUCK, so make sure you have books, cards, etc. on-hand.
Because of the power issue, try and stock up on stuff you can eat without needing to heat it up (that lasts for a while). Snack foods like chips, crackers, granola bars, etc. Are a good option, but donât forget canned stuff - itâs all pre-cooked. Itâs not the most pleasant or healthy dinner, but Iâve definitely made myself a meal of cold chef boyardee ravioli and canned green beans. Itâs calories.
Itâs wasteful, but if you get to a legitimate drought situation youâre gonna need to conserve water so consider getting some disposable plates, cups, cutlery, etc. So you donât have to wash dishes as often. It also conserves your energy, which the heat leeches off of you.
Breathe. Itâs awful but if youâre careful youâll be fine.
Also wet a bandana or wrap one around a baggy with ice in it and throw it around your neck or wrists (pretty much where any big veins are feels good bc itâs like; your blood circulation system will act similar to the insides of an ac unit and will help bring ur overall temp down a bit to feel fresh. If Iâm really feeling the heat sometimes Iâll throw a wet t shirt on my head or get a bigger bag of ice, wrap that in a tshirt, and put it under my shirt on my belly. Even freezing a bottle of water and wrapping that up with cloth and putting that on ur belly/torso goes far, and u can drink it when it gets melted enough. Donât underestimate heat, itâs effects sneak up on u like no ones business. Stay safe please đ€
