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Hello, I am currently just reblogging things I like and doodads that interest me. ("Oooh, shiny!") If you like what you see, follow me please. 🌱🌷💐

[draconym]

The kids on Tiktok were right actually

Making masks rules

[draconym]

I think the beads really complete the look

[draconym]

For the folks curious about templates, these are the shapes I cut from cardboard. I added a couple little pieces of cereal box cardboard as structural support in various points, like the bridge of the nose and behind the beak. Also, I ended up cutting the forehead piece a little smaller, which I marked on the paper, but I kept the template size in case you want to see how it originally looked.

@blackbearmagic made a bunch of cool templates for the workshop I'm going to do in December, too. I'll get a few photos of those later.

[ernestsewell]

“What, to the American slave, is your 4th of July? I answer; one day that reveals to him, more than all other days in the year, the gross injustice and cruelty to which he is the constant victim. To him, your celebration is a sham; your boasted liberty, an unholy license; your national greatness, swelling vanity; your sound of rejoicing are empty and heartless; your denunciation of tyrants brass fronted impudence; your shout of liberty and equality, hallow mockery; your prayers and hyms [sic], your sermons and thanks-givings, with all your religious parade and solemnity, are to him, mere bombast, fraud, deception, impiety, and hypocrisy – a thin veil to cover up crimes which would disgrace a nation of savages. There is not a nation on the earth guilty of practices more shocking and bloody than are the people of the United States, at this very hour.”

— Frederick Douglass (1818-1895), from a speech given at Rochester, New York, July 5, 1852.

[crap-userrname16]

[not-available-for-comment]

Haven’t had a chance to watch the tutorial yet, but I’m seriously considering making this for my gf’s niece

[horsefigureoftheday]

I love you Sebago, I would die for you Sebago

[fern-tdvuh]

Ok first I need everyone to know that the owner posted another picture of Sebago and like. She could easily be a moose for Halloween.

Also, the official Guinness World Record for tallest mule was a dude named Apollo, who was the same height but weighed in at 100lbs heavier.

[luvkthepsychic]

the thing with the whole "well trans men have male privilege thing" is firstly. literally no. but even if you take the example of the "stealth trans guy who passes extremely well so people see him as a cis guy" is that he still has to hide his identity to access that privilege and if someone finds out hes trans that privilege is most likely to be taken away. so it isnt really privilege.

people have probably definitely said this already but even so.

[transcyberism]

Hi I'm stealth-ish at work and people see me as a cis man but it means I literally cannot talk about my childhood at all ever, or my body, it means I cannot discuss my concerns about reproduction/childbirth when people ask me if I have or want kids, it means I have to bind all day every day or risk being outed (I would prefer not to because my ribs have some issues), it means a certain brand of asshole will default to viewing me as someone it's acceptable to make unguarded transphobic and misogynistic remarks to and I have to actively tell them to stop, it means I cannot call my endocrinologist during work hours (i.e. times their office is open) unless I go outside where no one can hear me... it's so fucking exhausting actually but I only do it because being open would be even more exhausting. I am not privileged by this situation I am hiding

[sludgetoxicmilkshake]

The quickest solution to this is to make someone watch Gattaca and ask them the question: "Did the protagonist have the privilege when they were themselves or did they have to lie and hurt themselves to obtain it? Can someone like them intrinsically have that privilege without needing to mask/hide?" I know that no media/metaphor perfectly relates to real life, but I feel that in this case it's pretty similar. If you have to mask your transness to get at male privilege then YOU don't have a privilege. If transmen could be themselves (including being trans) and have it then yes that would be a privilege. In the current vernacular that is a 'product' which you have had to sign away part of yourself to get at. Surely if transmen have male privilege when they mask that means women could also obtain male privilege by masking. In that case if society assumed that an online creator was a guy would that mean that she would have male privilege?

[badgersandbees]

Every single non trans woman who proclaims to be an ally absolutely needs to be posting about how goddamn transmisogynist staff is.

Because when trans women dare to speak up for themselves, Tumblr nukes their blogs.

We need to be fucking loud about this, daily, because Tumblr staff is specifically targeting and deleting trans women who are not breaking ToS and who often have fundraisers up FOR THEIR SURVIVAL.

By deleting these blogs repeatedly, Tumblr staff is saying loud and clear what they hope happens to these girls.

Are y'all okay with that? Because if not we need to be posting about it more because we have seen by now it's incredibly fucking unlikely this sites moderation will delete our blogs for it because we are not trans women

Tumblr staff and CEO Matt Mullenweg want trans women in need to not be able to post their fundraisers, meaning they are okay with these women dying.

[transgenderer]

every spelunker should go in with a cyanide tooth capsule so if they get stuck they can take the gentle way out instead of being tortured by the earth for 72 hours and then dying anyway

[transgenderer]

@kropotkindersurprise said:

it should be an explosive device, so they widen that part of the cave at the same time and no other spelunkers will get stuck there

beautiful vision. i love the idea of a minecraft-style world where if you explode underground it just clears a radius

[librarian-raichu]

I mean. That obviously wouldn’t work for many reasons, although I do believe if you required spelunkers to wear a suicide bomb to go caving, it would not be a major deterrent.

[derinthescarletpescatarian]

They'd be pissed off that the belt is too bulky and they can't squeeze through teeny tiny crevices that require you to avoid breathing until you're through or your ribs won't fit

[derinthescarletpescatarian]

Personally I think we should make all spelunkers wear bulky vests like those people who tie a wooden spoon to a tiny dog's back so it can't slip through the bars of a property fence. Stop 'em from getting in those positions in the first place.

[derinthescarletpescatarian]

Fun fact on the farms I grew up on the farmers used to keep their jack russel terriers a lil bit fat. Because jack russels are rabbit/fox dogs, whose job is to go down burrows and flush out prey for the hunters to shoot, and if a tunnel is too narrow then your dog can get stuck underground somewhere in a maze of tunnels and be impossible to rescue. (They can dig pretty well but a dog is not a burrowing animal and there are limits depending on how they get stuck.) So if they're a lil bit tubby and they get stuck then after a day or so they're thinner (because there's no food or water down there) and they can pull out and come back up. I never saw a dog actually get trapped but this was the common wisdom re: why these tiny hunting dogs were all kept a little bit thick around the middle.

They also burn through energy and fat like anything so you want them to have a bit extra to spare in the best of circumstances just in case they get sick or something. Working dogs love to drastically lose weight if you look at them funny because they are small and never ever want to not be moving. But we were always told it was about being trapped underground.

[unfriendlyent]

Got to keep our spelunkers a little bit thick around the middle so if they get stuck they’ll loose weight eventually and be able to wiggle out

[alleesaur]

the productivity creatures

[klapollo]

I heavily recommend getting very good at spotting Meta glasses. Like I'm talking so good all you need is a glance. Otherwise, I would go about public life bearing in mind that more and more people are wearing expensive camera glasses that can record you without you realizing.

[klapollo]

How to Tell If Someone Is Wearing Smart Glasses (2026 Guide)

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Smart Glasses Are Here. Can You Identify Their Hidden Cameras?

Ready or not, the smart glasses future is upon us.

5 Ways To Tell If Someone's Recording You With Smart Glasses - BGR

With smart glasses, there are concerns around being recorded. Fortunately, you can watch for indicator lights and certain movements as a way

Here are some basic primers. If someone is wearing what look like Meta glasses, they usually have a small circular camera in the outer corners of the lenses, like the one on your phone.

I would also regularly check their own product pages so you're on top of what the models look like. They tend to have larger frames, but come in a variety of shapes and colors.

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[klapollo]

This App Warns You if Someone Is Wearing Smart Glasses Nearby

The creator of Nearby Glasses made the app after reading 404 Media's coverage of how people are using Meta's Ray-Bans smartglasses to film p

A new hobbyist developed app warns if people nearby may be wearing smart glasses, such as Meta’s Ray-Ban glasses, which stalkers and harassers have repeatedly used to film people without their knowledge or consent. The app scans for smart glasses’ distinctive Bluetooth signatures and sends a push alert if it detects a potential pair of glasses in the local area.

The app comes as companies such as Meta continue to add AI-powered features to their glasses. Earlier this month  The New York Times reported Meta was working on adding facial recognition to its smart glasses. “Name Tag,” as the feature is called, would let smart glasses wearers identify people and get information about them from Meta's AI assistant, the report said.

[ozarkthedog]

I am against Meta and everything they stand for but I’m curious if peoples’ opinions would change about someone wearing them as a disability aid?

[viridian-dagger]

Not necessarily, because Meta has military contracts (source 1, source 2, source 3), is testing surveillance tech on their own employees and their customers (source 4, source 5), and there are at least two class action lawsuits against them for privacy violations (source 6, source 7, source 8). There is also some sketchy stuff about workers being forced to review material, which may or may not be used without the customer's permission, that is sensitive, graphic, and/or pornographic (source 9).

The American Foundation for the Blind has said that "The Ray-Ban Meta glasses are an accessibility tool only by coincidence. That makes them more affordable and, in many ways, unaware of the needs of users with reduced vision" although they do have seemingly positive views on Meta Glasses as a whole. (source 10). It also seems like their marketing push as accessibility devices began last year (source 11).

But to add even more into the nonsense, Meta is now toying around with adding a "limit" to the functionality of their glasses unless their users pay for more access (source 12). AND, as stated above, Meta has officially added facial recognition code in their glasses and only admitted it after being called out, which is basically the death of privacy as we know it (source 13, source 14, source 15). And oh look another lawsuit because of it (source 16) THAT THEY LOST (source 17)!

Long story short: I don't begrudge someone using them as a disability aid overall, but ultimately both their privacy and other people's privacy are being disregarded by Meta and that is not and should not be acceptable by any means.

I understand there is no ethical consumption under capitalism but there is a level of personal responsibility someone has to take when using them if they truly truly need them, such as opting out of sharing information, not filming strangers without permission, not posting footage of strangers online, opting out of facial recognition if possible, etc.

Disabled people deserve assistive technology AND privacy rights, and Meta is not the solution.

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Shelley Duvall and her pet lizards

[corvids-corner]

I have a degree in environmental biology you can trust me 👍

[the-grey-tribe]

@argumate

[argumate]

*nodding* cute, empty headed, thinks about murder all day; this is a kitty.

[stahsm]

Overlock Stitch by @clothes_reetzy

[thatisuseful]

Damn, that's useful

[fluidstatick]

Finally a hand sewing tutorial on a hemline that isn't just the ladder stitch! the ladder stitch disappears when you tighten it, but it's not meant for hemlines because it breaks really easily! The overlock stitch is more stable, so it holds much longer, and it won't pucker or warp the fabric!

[thedurvin]

Apparently Tumblr deleted my post about how the Virginia state flag is the only one with a visible boob? Which I was trying to find so I could reblog it with the addition that a Texas school district banned it because of the boob?

Virginia flag banned in Texas district over exposed breast

A Texas district pulled a lesson on Virginia from some classes over a topless Roman goddess on the state flag. Yep, really.

Well here, I’m gonna post it anyway. Hopefully no sex perverts will turn into cartoon wolves and make alarm bell and steam whistle noises

[love-and-hisses]

Kitten pie, two weeks apart! The filling is expanding. 🥧

[dateamonster]

tbh im not entirely immune to a villain with a tragic backstory but i do think villain origins are a lot more interesting when the focus is less "here is the original sin, the first big bad thing that happened to them that made them who they are" and more "here is the first time a person who maybe otherwise felt powerless in their life realized that they could hurt someone and get away with it"

[dateamonster]

you can get a lot more mileage out of analyzing a truly abhorrent character through the lens of like. what sort of conditions would allow or even incentivize this kind of cruelty? what kind of person benefits from those conditions and how? over the more typical who hurt them type analysis. imo.

[love-and-hisses]

Mama Calliope's handing out baths, and the kittens are working on their walking skills. They're getting the hang of it!

[the-messy-artist]

Has this been done yet