psycho-questioning

Just figuring out my reason to be alive

[mctreeleth]

Here it is! The instructions to make a pieced and quilted plague doctor mask!

Just as a heads up, this pattern is not really recommended for beginners. There is not a whole lot of explanation of the basic techniques, and it requires a fair bit of precision, two types of fusible interfacing, and an assumption that you can keep a consistent seam allowance and do some hand sewing and know when to sew things right sides together and such.

I am not promising anything, different methods will yield different results, I have never made a pattern exactly as it was written and neither should you. If you want something the same as the next person, go to the shops.

Actually, nevermind, this is a quarantine craft, stay home.

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[truebluemeandyou]

truebluemeandyou:

This is a detailed tutorial with lots and lots of pictures of progress shots.

For those who want more Plague Doctor DIYs, check out the roundup I posted here.

[currentsinbiology]

Feeling crafty?

[muzamil18things]

[currentsinbiology]

Still relevant this year… Autism is a spectrum. Wanting children with Autism to have happy, full lives is not being “ableist”, it’s wanting them to not suffer epilepsy, gastrointestinal problems, anxiety, autoimmune disorders, suicide, abuse, and dramatically shortened life spans…. Still no “causes” because no one wants to fund studies that actually address likely contributing factors.

Let’s Start Honoring People with Autism by Stopping the Celebration of Autism 

World Autism Awareness Day hits me like a ton of bricks every year. As the mother of a child with autism, there isn’t another day I loathe like April 2nd. Autism Speaks proudly proclaims on their website: “Every year, autism organizations around the world celebrate the day with unique fundraising and awareness-raising events. How will you celebrate?”

Awareness is one thing, but I recoil at the assumption that my son and I will be celebrating the immense suffering he has endured since autism came into our lives. Each year, I mark the day by cringing as I drive past blue porch lights and pulling my blinds closed as neighborhood kids hop off the school bus in blue shirts. I know one thing for sure: the celebratory tone of April 2nd directly contrasts the reality of day-to-day life for many with autism. It doesn’t feel like a day that supports my son and those like him. It feels like a kick in the face.

[muzamil18things]

It is something that needs to be looked upon. Not everyone feel or can behave in a certain manner. Maybe, he has learning difficulties or slight different approach to acquire some skills. It all boils down to wiring, which, in case of autism is genetic.

[asapscience]

Using long exposure on his camera, PhD candidate David Nadlinger took a photo of an atom illuminated by a laser, while it was suspended in the air by two electrodes. (For a sense of scale, the two electrodes on either side of the atom are 2mm apart). The reason why you’re able to see the atom is because it absorbed and re-emitting the light particles that the laser projected. (David Nadlinger/University of Oxford/EPSRC)

[asapscience]

Bravo to SpaceX on being the first private company to blast a rocket this powerful into space. Elon Musk’s Red Roaster Tesla, seated by Starman, a mannequin that’s wearing a SpaceX suit, will ride the Falcon Heavy rocket around the Sun for the next hundreds of millions of years.

[muzamil18things]

#hashtagandsomemathematicalsymbol

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[thequotejournals]

She wasn’t afraid of difficulties; what frightened her was being forced to choose one particular path. Choosing a path meant having to miss out on others. She had a whole life to live and she was always thinking that, in future, she might regret the choices she made now. ‘I’m afraid of committing myself,’ she thought to herself. She wanted to follow all possible paths and so ended up following none.

Paulo Coelho, Brida (via fyp-philosophy)

[lustik]

Endangered Species Series In Cut Paper by Patrick Cabral - WWF via Strictly Paper.

[muzamil18things]

(via https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=69hQK6UwLRM)

[muzamil18things]

To be nice, maybe. Our minds are far richer to explore.

[muzamil18things]

(via https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Od1ZbV9rutI)

[muzamil18things]

If anyone like to be aware about this.....

[sci-universe]

Well, this is definitely the most fun I’ve had while making a post.

Inspired by this one from capnphaggit. Images & copyrights: Trifid Nebula (M20) by Marcus Davies, The Cat’s Eye Nebula and Star-forming region Sharpless 2-106 by NASA, ESA, the Hubble Heritage Team (STScI/AURA). Please don’t remove the credits.

[portlandplantwitch-blog]

do it!

[s-r-f]

Makes the universe look like an organ, a beating heart

[bafflingbiology]

Snail drinking a dew drop from an acorn head 

Fun fact: snails can have up to 14 000 teeth - they are tiny and positioned on their tongue called the radula. 

[fyp-philosophy]

Curiosity is the lust of the mind.

Thomas Hobbes (via fyp-philosophy)

[fyp-philosophy]

Words do not express thoughts very well. They always become a little different immediately after they are expressed, a little distorted, a little foolish.

Herman Hesse, Siddhartha (via fyp-philosophy)

Simply the reason why people make images of our personality in their heads

[muzamil18things]

Trickery

Why is that? Why is more to everything that we can imagine? Why can't we imagine that except for we can imagine within our mind? Is our mind shaping to avoid traps? Why is it difficult to reason everything and becoming more? We can outgrow behaviours but never the facts, the mysteries and the subliminal stuff that we see everyday that make the world spin. The calculations, the reactions everything but we can try to focus on what's important the building of one's self.