vesta

I didn’t ask for this

[potionsunderthestairs]

Lucius: You’re not good enough for my son.

Hermione: You’re not good enough for your son.

Lucius: Excuse me?

Hermione: You heard me.

[dralamys-deactivated20260210]

The Right Partner 💙 . Yule ball 8th year . #dramione #dracomalfoy #hermionegranger #illustration #artistsoninstagram https://www.instagram.com/p/Cc-0–aOmga/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

[tuftedtomesbindery]

“Draco? Why not transfigure the sofa into a bed at least? Make it a little more comfortable?”

He ran a hand along the green velvet beside him, a smile playing at his lips.

“Some things are too precious,” he said.

A tufted green velvet copy of Wait and Hope by @mightbewriting

This is a vision I have had for over a year. Before I even started binding books. I finally felt that I could bring it to life. It’s not perfect, but I learned so much from this experience and I am incredibly proud to present it to you all. I hope you guys like it as much as I do.

Thank you to some of my friends for really encouraging me through this process. I needed every bit of it. 😂❤️

My copy of Beginning and End will be next. But I don’t know if I have it in me to tuft that one as well. 😅 let me know what you think about that.

[ladyofthe-manor]

my favorite harry potter characters were interviewed in witch weekly last month…

[sovanaart]

Only love. Only Dramione. 🤍

[raveneil-deactivated20220513]

fanfiction is so wild cause im like…..ugh im not in the mood to read a book…..i’ll just read an 82k word fic instead……

[brawltogethernow]

Look…. To start a book… You have to make room in yourself for new characters and worlds. Do I look like I have the emotional energy for that? Do I look like I can trust like that right now? Just show me the things I already know pay good returns on my investment, except I also want to read something new so I guess they can be in a coffee shop this time.

[notsimplyhuman]

Not me dusting off my tumblr just for dramione 😂

[rather-be-reading-books]

Azriel at some point after Nesta and Cassians mating ceremony:

[mostlysignssomeportents]

Unauthorized water

It’s not clear when General Electric started boobytraping appliances with DRM. I first encountered it in January when Shane Morris tweeted about his fridge refusing to accept the $19 generic filter he replaced the GE $55 filter with.

https://twitter.com/IamShaneMorris/status/1220367934947758080

The fridges use an RFID detector to distinguish original GE filters from generic replacements, and engage in lots of anti-owner trickery, like memorizing the IDs of previously used filters and refusing to accept them.

https://bbs.boingboing.net/t/unauthorized-charcoal-ge-fridges-wont-dispense-ice-or-water-unless-your-filter-authenticates-as-an-official-55-component/159552/41

Morris isn’t the only one ourtaged that his fridge is plotting against him. One (anonymous) owner was so offended that they created a site dedicated to warning off potential buyers and explaining to other suckers how to bypass GE’s lockouts.

https://gefiltergate.com/

There’s a good reason for the anonymity. Under Sec 1201 of the Digital Millennium Copyright Act, showing how to bypass an “access control” to a copyrighted work (eg RFID-detecting code in the fridge) is a potential felony, carrying a 5-year prison sentence and a $500k fine.

This is quite the moral hazard. Manufacturers have learned that if they design their products so that any use that hurts their shareholders (like buying third party parts) requires bypassing DRM, it becomes a felony to use your own property to your own advantage.

Which is why we’ve seen DRM creep into all manner of devices, from insulin pumps to tractors to car engines to Iphone screens. “Felony contempt of business model” is the statute that every monopolist has dreamt of, and with DMCA 1201, they have it in their grasp.

Back in 2011, I wrote a short story about this for MIT Tech Review’s first sf anthology, called “The Brave Little Toaster” (in tribute to Tom Disch).

https://craphound.com/news/2011/09/28/the-brave-little-toaster-from-trsf/

The issue only got worse, and so last year I published “Unauthorized Bread” as part of my collection “Radicalized” (it’s being turned into a TV show by Topic):

https://arstechnica.com/gaming/2020/01/unauthorized-bread-a-near-future-tale-of-refugees-and-sinister-iot-appliances/

The metastasis of DRM into every product category shows that when business apologists talk about the sanctity of property, they mean the sanctity of CORPORATE property.

If the manufacturer gets to override your decisions about the things you buy - and felonize any attempt to wrest control back - they property ceases to exist. We become tenants of our devices, not owners.

It’s digital feudalism, in which an elite owns all the property and we get to use it in ways they proscribe. The difference is that today, our aristocracy isn’t even human.

It’s the immortal, remorseless colony organism called the Limited Liability Corporation, to which we are mere inconvenient gut flora.

[elfwreck]

This is why so many copyright activists are saying “the whole system is fucked; we need to rebuild it from scratch.” 

[sunbathe]

it’s also fucked up that fat people literally fear going to the doctor for anything because they know the first thing out of their dr’s mouth no matter what their ailment is, is gonna be “lose weight lol” broken leg? lose weight. rash? lose weight. whooping cough? lose weight binch!!!!! like we get it. but can you just write my prescription you bitch so i can go eat a salad and not call you again until im about to die of the plague????

[sourcedumal]

I would not be surprised if someone did a study and found an increase in misdiagnosis of fat patients due to doctors focusing solely on weight loss as a panacea and ignoring other vital issues

[underlilithswings-deactivated20]

You mean like this article from the NY Times (from September of 2016) talking about how doctors refuse to consider non weight related issues until they absolutely have to?

Why Do Obese Patients Get Worse Care? Many Doctors Don’t See Past the Fat

Or this study showing that even though the bias is often unintentional it greatly changes patient care?

Impact of weight bias and stigma on quality of care and outcomes for patients with obesity

Or this study that showed that maternity providers have a bias towards obese women and often provide subpar care or push elective procedures?

Weight stigma in maternity care: women’s experiences and care providers’ attitudes

[slightmayhem]

Fat Shaming Tied to Increased Risk of Metabolic Problems this one that says that obese people who are made to feel bad about their weight are 41% more likely to have medical complications as a result of the internalized stress (high cholesterol, high sugars, high blood pressure- or need meds to treat those conditions), versus people who don’t feel stigmatized. 

‘People First’ – Ending Weight Bias in Diabetes Care “ Evidence also indicates that doctors may spend less time in appointments, provide less health education, build less rapport, have lower expectations for medication adherence, and have less desire to help patients with obesity compared with thinner patients. “

[animatedamerican]

I think about this every time I see something saying that obesity is a high risk factor for any other illness.

[capricorn-0mnikorn]

Translation: Patients who have been dismissed and ignored by doctors over the span of many years have statistically worse outcomes when struck by a health crisis.

[nowthatsanairship]

Money-saving tips adapted for people w/ ADHD:

1. Convince yourself that the future is Real and numbers have meaning

[hyumjim]

[whitepeopletwitter]

[astudyintransience]

my econ teacher has been trying to teach about scarcity by having a limited amount of graph paper available for students who don’t have any (she has the last few pages in a pad and when it’s gone, it’s gone) but it’s very undercut by the fact that i have a whole pad and i’ll let people have a piece whenever they need it

[beabcurd]

she’s teaching scarcity, you’re teaching the value of sharing a resource when you have enough to spare

[astudyintransience]

YES EXACTLY!!!!!

[pom-seedss]

In particular, she’s teaching artificial scarcity by being a person in an authoritative position withholding resources that are actually abundant from people who need them. 

You are breaking the illusion of power and scarcity by showing the supposedly scarce resource is actually in abundance and if distributed properly everyone would have what they needed to pass the class.

[rabbitindisguise]

She's also the person that creates the need for the paper for assignments in the first place

[therestlessforest]

Local Teacher Accidentally Teaches Students How To Resist Capitalism

[sofiapdf]

i ventured out in search of casual entertainment and my brain said fuck you we only do obsessions

[taishaunas]

in this house we stan penn badgley who has no time for your romanticizing dangerous white men bullshit

[hymnsofheresy]

i was with my mother’s family and they were talking to me about my religious studies major. my great aunt asked me what the definition of hell was, and i responded “well i suppose it depends on who you ask.” and nearly all the protestants in the group decided that hell was “the absence of god” which i suppose is a fair answer, albeit not a universal one. my cousin’s wife was playing with her 3-year-old daughter and she says “well mommy says that hell is a mcdonald’s playplace” asdfghjhgfd

[hymnsofheresy]

this 3-year-old girl is so fucking hilarious. her mothers have signed her up for a toddler yoga class, and so she has adopted a very unique language. this child also has an imaginary friend named “mom” which is, in her mind, the boss of her two mothers. for example, my cousin’s wife explained to me how her daughter got mad at them one time. the little girl situated herself in the corner of her crib, pretended to type on a cell phone and said  “im writing an email to mom right now and telling her how bad you two are. namaste.”

[hymnsofheresy]

the family’s Big Theory about “Mom” is that both my cousin and her wife are referred to as “Mommy” and “Mama.” The nickname “Mom” is not used in the house because it would just be confusing. However, when interacting with the world, people tell their daughter that they will “tell her mom” if she is doing something wrong. so this child automatically assumes there is this greater “Mom” figure that is responsible for distributing universal justice. 

[a-terf]

Shes emailing god

[bitterbadfem-harpy]

“im writing an email to mom right now and telling her how bad you two are. namaste.”

[homosexyality]

do you ever scroll past a novel-length post and think Um Absolutely Not