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Max - They/She - Canadian - Ace - Queued Blog - Ask for tagging!

[maxbroforce]

About

Hi everyone, I'm Max (or Mae). Welcome to my main blog!

You can also find me: ▸Cyberpunk 2077 Virtual Photography ▸Bsky ▸Nexus (one day I'll publish a mod... one day)

More details under the cut!

Some details about me: ▸She/They pronouns are fine but I'm not too worried if you opt for others! ▸I am Canadian.

Some details about the blog: ▸I have a largely untagged blog but please feel free to ask me to tag things! ▸My blog is queued. Like 98% queued to 2% immediate reblogs. ▸I don't generally post much of my own "content" My fandom interests:

Dragon Age

Cyberpunk 2077

The Witcher (games & books)

Critical Role (2 & 4)

And some various other video games like Baldur's Gate 3, Mass Effect, Pillars of Eternity, Coral Island, etc.

[systlin]

do you have any recommendations on places to read up about natural dyeing? i know my way around a rit bottle but plants is THE big hole in my dyeing knowledge and it’s making me look bad in front of the other fiber art nerds 😭😭😭

OH YES YES YES YESSSS I DO I ABSOLUTELY DO HANG ON LET ME NERODIVERGENTLY INFODUMP

THE best dye book for natural dye I've found is Wild Color by Jenny Dean. The book is aboslutely a worthwhile buy but she also has a blog where much of the information is available for free.

Using natural plant dyes

The book though. Get the book. I'm serious, it's so good. Easily available on secondhand book stores and can be ordered by any book store for you. It's so good. Clear instructions, excellent photos, easy to reference and use, it's widely agreed to be the best available by weirdos who like to natural dye.

This is basically our holy text.

Myra Made Color

Cultivating a Creative Life

Myra is also absolutely incredible. She has a step by step youtube channel that is just. The best.

Myra Made Color

Hey there! I'm Myra, a natural dyer with nearly 30 years of experience. I'm obsessed with transforming fiber into bright, bold, and vibrant

Clear instructions, easy to follow, cannot reccomend enough she's great. Her mother helped write and illustrated THIS.

Mushrooms for Dyes, Paper, Pigments and Myco-Stix™

By the late, great Miriam C. Rice, with illustrations by Dorothy M. Beebee. Back by popular demand! This book details the history, developme

Which is THE first and definitive book on dyes from fungi and mushrooms and also a must read.

Natural Dye: Experiments and Results

A blog by Catharine Ellis

Catherine Ellis is also an absolute treasure trove of knowledge and how to guides. I consult her blog frequently for specific plant details in temperature, PH, ect.

Online workshops specializing in natural dyes and textile techniques. Est 2004.

Maiwa is also an invaluable resource. They also sell a wide array of natural dye stuffs and fibers, as well as fair trade sustainable fiber art items sourced from various at risk fiber arts traditions around the globe.

[systlin]

Some notes from me, source my own trial and error;

Never let the pot boil. Ever. Don't boil any plant dye. If it's an INSECT dye, like cochineal, you can and should just boil the shit out of it actually, but keeping the pot steaming but juuuuust below a simmer seems to be the sweet spot for every plant material i've tried.

Water hardness makes a huge difference with certain dyes. Madder root absolutely adores hard water, for instance, and will not work well in soft water. Cochineal and lac dye will not work as well in hard water and do great in soft water. Others dye fine in either, but the water hardness will affect the PH of the water and that in turn can affect the dye color. Hard water tends to be alkaline. Mine can limescale a kettle up in two weeks and has a PH of about 8. If I'm working with certain things and want a neutral ph I have to correct that with vinegar. Get some PH test strips you WILL want them.

I find that you get a good dye color on most things in far less than the whole hour it is often reccomend to simmer fiber in a dye bath, so check frequently and be prepared to pull the fiber when it's where you want it color wise. Black eyed susans, for example; I see it mentioned that you have to soak them in the dye bath overnight to get color, but I find I get a good color in 45 minutes in the dye bath every time no problem.

Once you start looking you see dye potential Everywhere. People are usually cool with you picking the 'weeds' from their yards (Wild carrot/Queen anne's lace and goldenrod both make GORGEOUS yellows) so long as you ask first, and when you tell them why you want them they're usually very interested and think you're cool.

[grimeclown]

I don't know which of you needs to hear this but "narc" is not short for "narcissist" when someone calls you a "narc" for snitching they are calling you a "narcotics officer"

[gaesnek]

[monkey-mulch]

technically narc isnt even short for narcotics officer its just cant for Cop, I believe Roma in origin

[red-mercer]

I read years ago in a book that it was derived from nakk, Romani for nose, as in someone who always has their nose in other people's business

[grimeclown]

ITS DERIVED FROM "NARCO" AS IN "NARCOTICS" WHAT FUCKING BOOK

[grimeclown]

Okay you know what pulling back on my derision because i can see how this mistake would be made but narc and nark are etymologically unrelated

[headspace-hotel]

Etymology is always doing some shit like this

[bogleech]

Convergent evolution.

[bisexual-engineer-girl]

Linguistic crab

[backofthebookshelf]

Two entire linguistic traditions have merged to remind you not to be a fuckin narc

[heywoodvirgin]

[akindplace]

when you’re disabled the little things you manage to do feel like really big things. and if no one sees it and tells you this, then i will: i am proud of the things you have accomplished, no matter how small they might seem to other people, and you should be proud of yourself too

[ducissatenebrarum]

Sicilian Orafo

Skull pendant, gold, pearls and rock crystal,

17th century

Messina, cathedral

[ryan-sometimes]

I don’t know how to break this to some of you but someone being cringe is not a crime. It’s not even a cancellable offense. Too many of y’all have lost your sense of whimsy and now give off the energy of the popular kids in school who side eyed and scoffed at anyone different. Hiding behind the veil of online anonymity has made some of you really mean for no good reason

[radiqueer]

Human relationships are not transactional but they are reciprocal, which I think many of you with your ‘i don’t owe anyone anything’ shtick are too happy to forget

[aromanticduck]

Transactional: everything has to be exactly 50/50 all the time, pay me back for the £5 sandwich or buy me something worth exactly £5, I refuse to make an effort for you if there’s nothing in it for me

Reciprocal: you were there for me when I needed help, and I’m going to do the same for you, it doesn’t matter if one of us needs more or is capable of less, because the point is not equivalent exchange but mutual care

[fyeahocprompts]

which oc acts more innocent than they actually are?

[madm4chine]

Is it convincing? Well.

[indigosfindings]

i turn my clamification dial to 100% & the capital of the netherlands becomes clamsterdam. i turn it to 200% & it becomes clamsterclam

[orcboxer]

it's meee I'm your guardian angel hiiiiii 😇 okay🙏 so. in about six months, you're gonna die of starvation. 🥺 and if I don't protect you, I will get: #fired! 🫢 and that is No Good 🙅‍♀️ hahaaa So. 🙏 I looked into causes of starvation, and it turns out: Your death is totally preventable! 😯 Uh oh! 😆 There's more than enough food to sustain you without interfering with anyone else's survival, but you're not allowed to have it! 🤨 Whaaat? 🤷‍♀️ Apparently, your death is premeditated by thousands of things called "shareholders." So. 🙏 I've been killing people,

[arroscnleche]

soy yooo tu ángel de la guarda holiiiiii 😇 okay🙏 bueno. en como seis meses, vas a morir de hambre. 🥺 y si no te protejo, me van a: #¡despedir! 🫢 y eso No esta Chido 🙅‍♀️jajaaa Entonces. 🙏investigue acerca del tema y resulta que: ¡puedo prevenir tu muerte al 100%! 😯 ¡Uh oh! 😆 Hay más que suficiente comida para que sobrevivas sin que interfieras con la supervivencia de los demás, ¡pero no puedes teneral! 🤨 ¿Queeeé? 🤷‍♀️ Al parecer, tu muerte fue premeditada por miles de cosas llamadas "accionistas." Y bueno. 🙏 empeze a matar personas,

[tracing-rivers]

c'est moooi ton ange gardien coucooou 😇 bon 🙏 alors. dans genre six mois, tu vas mourir de faim. 🥺 et si je te protège pas, je vais me faire: #virer ! 🫢 et ça c'est pas Pas Super 🙅‍♀️ hahaaa Donc. 🙏 j'ai fait mes recherches sur les causes de famine et devine quoi: Ta mort est 100% évitable ! 😯 Oh-oh ! 😆 Il y a largement assez de ressources pour te nourrir sans interférer avec la survie d'autrui, mais tu n'y as pas accès ! 🤨 Quoooi ? 🤷‍♀️ Apparemment ta mort a été préméditée par des milliers de trucs appelées des "actionnaires". Du coup.🙏 j'ai tué pas mal de monde,

[clockworkspider]

hiiiiii 😇 我是亲的守护小天使！okay🙏 嗯。您在差不多半年会饿死哈🥺 若我不能救您我会被#炒鱿鱼！🫢 那可不行哦🙅‍♀️ 哈哈。所以昵🙏我查了一下人类饿死的原因，然后发现：诶呀呀😯亲的死是可以避免哒！😆 这世上有足够食物给亲吃，一点儿也不需要影响别人的生存率哒！但不给亲！🤨 怎么会这样昵？ 🤷‍♀️ 原来，亲的死是被一帮叫“股东”的东西计算好滴！ 所以昵🙏 我杀了一些人，

[orcboxer]

y'all are doing some rosetta stone shit to me

[sandersstudies]

“They’re just looking for attention.”

Oh, a human being is seeking a social response? Human being, the social animal wired to make and track social connection? A human desires the vital blood that permitted their species to survive for millennia? The human being who was born completely helpless and primed in every way by nature to seek attention and help from their community?

Wow that’s crazy. How embarrassing. Humiliating even. Should we isolate them from community? Should we call Wire Mother?

[redreart]

Cole

C0mmish for @inquisitorfatima

[memeuplift]

[mossspores]

life if comes fucks me

[ocprompts]

what's something from you that you've given your oc?

[madm4chine]

My mental illness

[girlballs]

the princess would like to add you on discord and rarely speak to you

[pythosblathers]

Did not realize people couldn't see these blanks on bsky if they didn't have an account, so here they are! I'll post any new ones I make or updates to these here instead from now on.