I hope your October isn’t just “less hard." I hope it’s actually good.

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I hope your October isn’t just “less hard." I hope it’s actually good.
by Maksim Mozzhukhim
You know what, since I'm thinking about it anyways, let's talk formalwear accessories. Most of these are traditionally menswear but a bit of gender fuckery is good for the soul, and frankly most of these are about making your mass-produced clothing fit and lay properly without having to go to the tailor.
Shirt stays: these go around your thighs to hold your shirt down, so that it stays smooth and tucked in. They're usually elastic, with 1-3 clips, and if you wear skirts frequently this is a GREAT way to make sure your top doesn't ride up. The clips will be visible if you're wearing something tight, so loose pants or skirts are where these do best. There's also an insane version that clips to your socks, but that is for lunatics. If you wanted, you could also use one of these clips to hold up thigh-highs.
These do a great job of smoothing and narrowing the waist area by keeping your shirt from bunching there.
Sleeve garters: usually metal, leather, elastic, or silk. These are usually worn with button-down shirts to adjust where your cuff falls on the wrist or hand. They're properly worn on the upper arm, and you pull the fabric of the sleeve above the garter until you cuff is where you want it. Because this creates a puff of sleeve at the bicep, it also broadens the appearance of the shoulders. It's great if you're working with your hands or if your sleeves are often too long for your preference.
Waistband clip or belt adjustment clip/buttons
Three different ways of tightening the waistband of a pair of pants or a skirt. You're not going to get more than an inch or so tighter without weird bunching, and for most of these you'd want them to be hidden under a shirt or jacket, but they do the job if that's something you're having issues with.
Collar pins: There are so many fun ones out there, both with and without chains. They're not terribly practical, though the slight weight may help keep your collar where you want it. Also consider collar tips, which pin (surprise) to the very tips of your collar points.
Sweater clips/guards: meant to hold your sweater or cardigan mostly closed. Great if your cardigan doesn't button, or if you don't like it to be buttoned all the way.
There's tons of other stuff out there like this--etsy is a great place to find this stuff. A lot of these are old solutions to the very modern problem of mass-maufactured clothes not being as one-size-fits-all as advertised, but they're also a fun way to put a bit of personality into businesswear.
Okay I love shit like this and have to add: if you don’t like the garter shirt stays for any reason, next best is the stirrup kind.
But menswear doesn’t get to have all the fun! Here are a few traditionally womenswear accessories:
Hem weights keep your skirt from flying up. You can get sew in and temporary ones.
Lingerie pins keep the straps of your dress and your bra together! They can be hidden or very cute. You can go for vintage ones if you’re obsessed like me or just find either fancy safety pins or small bar pins.
Some also come in groups of three with chains that keep the straps from sliding off your shoulder.
(Often these will get mistaken for baby or doll pins because they are very small, 2-3 cm in length.)
Glove clips hold your gloves to your belt or purse whole you aren’t wearing them, but keep them close at hand (ha).
There are SO many things like this and I love discovering more of them. Humans like to be comfortable and not fussing with their clothes all the time. We’ve forgotten so many ways that people have solved common problems in the past.
I have been dead for so long
And no-one's gonna shed a tear
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Dawn Conjunction of the Moon, Venus and Regulus Credit: Alan Dyer
bothered. soggy. unforunate. not really in my lane. apathetic. rotting.
Kiss the Wizard.
Inspired by this tiktok
You know what?
My ancestors would have wanted pasteurization, vaccines, antibiotics, disinfectants, birth control, psychiatric medications, pain management, anesthesia. My ancestors would have wanted to be able to keep their loved ones around longer, and not lose them too early/too soon to childbirths, injuries, bacterial infections, mental illnesses, and diseases that are curable and/or preventable in our modern day life.
Modern medicine saves lives.
In fact, we know they did want these things, because they invented them. They gave them to us out of generations of struggling to understand and make use of nature itself. "Ancestral knowledge" includes the unglamorous things like germ theory, the functioning of the immune system, and how to manufacture lifesaving vaccines. It's not just magical or mystical or remote, it's present in our lives at every moment. It's the reward of human connection: the sum total of human discovery and the boundless ingenuity of human invention, surrounding us at all times with absolute miracles made banal by their familiarity.
If we reject modern medicine, then we reject all the labors and trials our ancestors went through for us; we reject our very nature.
Please, for your ancestors' sake: vaccinate your kids, and take your goddamn medicine.
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Trekking Morocco’s High Atlas - A Different Mountain Adventure
The Kingdom of Morocco welcomes travellers with its vibrant culture, rich cuisine, and striking landscapes — from bustling souks and desert dunes to the mighty High Atlas Mountains. For trekkers, the High Atlas offers a very different kind of adventure compared to the volcanic slopes of Kilimanjaro.
This journey through Morocco takes you off the beaten track, winding through the heart of Berber country on a classic circuit to the summit of Mount Toubkal, North Africa’s highest peak. Along the way, you’ll pass through secluded valleys, charming villages, and hidden lakes such as the turquoise jewel of Ifni. The trail leads across rocky passes, into the remote Tizgui Valley, and finally to the Neltner Refuge before the summit push. From Toubkal’s peak, the panorama is unforgettable — the jagged ridges of the Atlas stretching into the horizon, fading southward into the vast Sahara Desert.
Where Kilimanjaro rises alone, a solitary giant piercing the East African sky, Toubkal is part of a rugged range.
My two climbs on Kilimanjaro both resulted in a successful summit of Uhuru Peak, standing an incredibly majestic and formidable 5,895m (19,671 ft) above sea level. the hardest ascent is always the last day of ascent towards Stella Point - straight up the side of the volcano neck.
The Atlas feels intimate and ancient, with its earthy tones, dry ridgelines, and timeless Berber communities, in contrast to Kilimanjaro’s lush rainforest approaches and otherworldly alpine desert. On Kilimanjaro, you climb higher into thinner air, battling altitude with every step; on Toubkal, the altitude is more forgiving, yet the heat of summer and the remoteness of the valleys bring their own challenge.
This is not just a climb — it’s a cultural and natural immersion. Nights are often spent beneath vast starry skies, days on long trails that test your endurance, and mornings waking beside mountain lakes. The trek is demanding but not extreme, with only one night spent above 3000m, making it a perfect adventure for those seeking a taste of high-altitude trekking without the intensity of Kilimanjaro’s summit push - however some of the valley climbs on the route have you climbing over 1,000m very quickly. It’s essential that you are prepared both mentally and physically - it’s hard!!
Here are the profiles of the two climbs of Kilimanjaro that I have already successfully negotiated and the proposed ascent route of Toubkal through the peaks and passes of the High Atlas.
Both mountains reward the effort with breathtaking views, but in different voices: Kilimanjaro with its icy crown above Africa’s plains, and Toubkal with its wild Atlas ridges fading into desert sands. Each has its own magic, and for those who have stood on one summit, the other offers a whole new way of seeing the world.
In my next series of blogs I will expand on each of the days itineraries as the route unfolded. It was a magical time with a group of strangers - one thing in common. The prospect of standing high aloft the Atlas Mountains.
My goal was, and still is, to raise monies for much needed early diagnosis equipment through my GoFund Page.
It’s understood that up to 85% of new incidence cases can be treated successfully if caught early enough.
This isn’t for me (my race has been run and the outcomes are as they are). This is for others that will undoubtedly follow unless we increase education and awareness for all the “at risk” groups.
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Source: Trekking Morocco’s High Atlas - A Different Mountain Adventure
an imperfect ally is better than a perfect bystander
the old boomer who "doesn't get the gays" but still votes blue every election is still a better ally to you than every well-spoken, woke millennial who says all the right shit but didn't vote because they "didn't like either option"
the lady who voted for trump but has changed her mind since and is calling her senator every day is a better ally to you than anyone very politely apologizing for how awful things are and not doing anything to actually help
Why do people keep reblogging that photo of a goth chick in a combine harvester
For context she made a tiktok dancing to a country song and people were saying "I bet she doesn't even know how to start a tractor". So she started the tracker up and drove it.
what a queen