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sunfortune

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vampira-carmilla

filmescapism

#180

battlescas

Therapist: so what's been bothering you lately?

Me: it should have been Alice and Bella.

flowerbabey

concept: you know how the flower field is all dead and crusty in new moon? ignoring the fact that it was probably just winter that killed all the flowers, imagine edward out there with a bottle of weed killer the day after abandoning bella in the woods, dousing everything in herbicide while crying

issela-santina

Screenshot from my phone: four edited pictures in a vaguely linear narrative of Edward Cullen spraying herbicide all over a flowery meadow until it withers, while crying enormous tears the whole time. Bonus in the second photo where he also carries a container with the words “this is the killer of a weed” pasted on top of it. Images by Rita Shantel on Facebook.

anarcho-commeownism

Many people are saying that liberals are finally asking for a ceasefire because of the death of a few white people—and while that’s partially true, there’s also more to it than that. Because white people HAVE died for Palestine before with either little reaction from the media or blatant cover-ups. There are several other factors in play here that serve to underline their whiteness and make the situation more pressing to the ruling class.

These people were from the World Central Kitchen, an organization founded by a very well connected chef that has historically been very neutral and well respected. There is NO way to spin them as “Hamas-allied” or whatever so-called “Israel” would have liked to say.

The attack was clearly targeted, and there’s literally no way for so-called “Israel” to frame this as an accident because it was just so blatant that even American dems can’t turn a blind eye to it.

This wasn’t the sole trigger. This was just the boiling point from MONTHS of advocacy, marches, ballot protests, and the sharp decline in support for the democratic party and the Biden administration. We must acknowledge the effect that American protests have had on the positions of these politicians. (It’s certainly depressing that the sheer scale of death and destruction wasn’t enough, but these politicians only listen when their money is on the line and no matter how much money AIPAC sends them, they won’t get a lick of it if Americans don’t vote for them.)

It is better late than never, especially in situations like this, but these politicians will get no praise from me. This should have happened months ago, and the only reason it’s happening now is because the WCK attack was the final drop in the bucket. The Biden admin not so quietly shifted their language to calling for a ceasefire weeks ago, even if only a temporary one—it was inevitable that Israel would eventually fuck up on a significant enough scale to push them further.

And, well. We all knew the US would be the deciding factor in whether or not this genocide continues. That’s the thing about being the world’s numero uno military superpower. Everyone fucking listens to you, for better or for worse. (Usually worse.)

me-and-snails

it is sad to me that in the Australian mainstream media the only people who have died in the war who have been humanised are the WCK workers and the Israeli hostages.

The inability for Israel to excuse it as an accident does doubtlessly help, but I still struggle understand how people can empathise with the WCK victims and yet still ignore 15000 children being murdered. Killing children in war, even if by """accident""", should be horrifying to everybody.

It's basic morality. Killing children is inexcusable. I hate this world so much.

#palestine #israel #free palestine

vamp1r3luv3r-deactivated2024092

ahem

eldin-tower

no matter the struggles there is always ao3 in bed

thecassafrasstree

Had a few folks interested in how I made the patches I posted for Solarpunk Aesthetic Week, so I thought I'd give y'all my step-by-step process for making hand-embroidered patches!

First, choose your fabric and draw on your design. You can use basically any fabric for this - for this project I'm using some felt I've had lying around in my stash for ages.

Next, choose your embroidery floss. For my patches I split my embroidery floss into two threads with 3 strands each, as pictured. You can use as many strands in your thread as you prefer, but for the main body of my patches I prefer 3 strands.

Next you're going to start filling your design using a back stitch.

First, put in a single stitch where you want your row to start.

Poke your needle up through the fabric 1 stitch-length away from your first stitch.

Poke your needle back down the same hole your last stitch went into so they line up end-to-end.

Repeat until you have a row of your desired length (usually the length of that colour section from one end to the other). Once you have your first row, you're going to do your next row slightly offset from your first row so that your stitches lay together in a brick pattern like this:

Make sure your rows of stitches are tight together, or you'll get gaps where the fabric shows through.

Rinse and repeat with rows of back stitch to fill in your patch design.

When you're almost to the end of your thread, poke your needle through to the back of the fabric and pull the thread under the back part of the stitching to tuck in the end. Don't worry if it looks messy - no one's gonna see the back anyway.

This next step is fully optional, but I think it makes the patch design really pop. Once your patch is filled in, you can use black embroidery floss to outline your design (or whatever colour you want to outline with - it's your patch, do what you want). I use the full thread (6 strands, not split) of embroidery floss to make a thicker outline.

I use the same back stitch I used to fill the piece to make an outline that adds some separation and detail. You could use most any 'outlining' stitch for this, but I just use back stitch because it's just easier for me to do.

Once you're finished embroidering your patch, it's time to cut it out!

Make sure to leave a little border around the edge to use for sewing your patch on your jacket/bag/blanket/whatever, and be careful not to accidentally cut through the stitches on the back of the patch.

If you have a sturdy enough fabric that isn't going to fray, you can just leave it like this. If not, I recommend using a whip stitch/satin stitch to seal in the exposed edges (I find that splitting your embroidery floss into 3-strand threads works best for this).

And then you're done! At this point you can put on iron-on backing if you want, or just sew it on whatever you wanna put it on. Making patches this way does take a long time, but I feel that the results are worth it.

Thanks for reading this tutorial! I hope it was helpful. If anyone makes patches using this method, I'd love to see them! 😁

zdezintegracja

Idk dude

#twilight

brazenedminstrel

I made another choker!

This time it's very goth. And with cool claw spikes, chains and a big ring. Here's how I made it:

All the stuff I needed! Half of an old belt, my leatherwork tools, a hammer and the spikes! I measured out where I wanted everything and marked it with the end of a screwdriver. Then I lined everything up to see if I was satisfied with the design I thought up.

Punched the holes and added the screws! Then I attached the spikes, ring and chains.

Stay tuned for part 2 because I still have half of that belt and more ideas for choker designs 👀

me-and-snails

This is so cool!!

i-am-aprl

BREAKING: In the pouring rain in New York City, actress Susan Sarandon joins over 100+ cities around the world in today’s global day of action for Rafah.

Activists say millions around the world are standing up today against Israel’s threats to intensify the genocide.

#palestine #gaza #susan sarandon #rocky horror picture show #janet weiss