shai's playground

31//enby//asexual (and autochorissexual)// panromantic i think??// she/he/they pronouns are fine. i love looking at all sorts of blogs. i'll reblog from different fandoms such as homestuck, ouran hshc, dmmd, fairy tail etc as well as social justice issues sometimes. plus puppies and kittens thrown in there. hope you enjoy! picture from sarcasmprodigy !

[bebx]

Ao3 writers are the strongest Avengers

[rubysapphrald]

jake, jade, rose, roxy, dave, dirk, john and jane’s ancestors from my trollstuck au! remembered to add the titles this time, lol

(please click for best quality on desktop!)

[charlieisacastle]

thank you blossom for tagging me on this picrew @spinninghunkofspacerock

it was very fun :D they justs didnt hv enough room for all my queerness so i couldnt ad the lesbian and the panromantic pins jekdndjdj

@thatdude-noah @anxious-little-faicye @uwunus-awwnnus and anyone who wants to do it

[anxious-little-faicye]

YO THEY HAVE A FREAKING SPLIT JACKET POG

Thanks for the tag fam!

Tagging @somebodywithawifi @doodling-dog @ukulillii @ anyone who wants to!

[ukulillii]

i like how we all saw the split jacket and immediately added it without even considering the other options hehe

tagging @grayson-the-mushroom-boy @ceaselesswatcherspecialittleboy @gayidioot @ anyone who wants to!!

[jacelore]

split jacket :D

@fandom-ed @oh-hey-its-harry-the-carrot-boi @rambler-of-procrastination @sometimeswritingsometimesdying

[oh-hey-its-harry-the-ghostie-boi]

@anyone !!!

[infinitevoidofnoodles]

@bi-peanut

[bi-peanut-deactivated20250626]

Thanks for the tag AJ!

[goth-slush]

@sparrow-ceiling @noah-jackson @goatmushrooms @someguyiguess

[goatmushrooms-deactivated202202]

ty for the tag!! if you see the pins on the jacket uh those r for afriend :) @schmope-is-dead @that-one-darkness-potato @lycheesleepy

[snailvee]

yo ty for the tag !!

:)))

@a-clueless-star @arbushq @aceraylo + anyone else ofc

[arbushq]

sheesh

@stdrawberries-lemonade @prisonerofdreamsss + anyone else

[prisonerofdreamsss-deactivated2]

my hair changes everytime i do one of these 😓

@flute--loops, @sootsdownfall, @trashawwoo, AND @caffeineaddicted-denkikinnie <3

[berd-alert]

@benevolent-deity @could-be-calliope @themarginalthinker come do the thing!

[benevolent-deity]

September time to be spooky

@obsessedfb @oleandy I wanna see y’all be cute

[obsessedfb]

Lol guess ill add mine in! Dunno who to tag though. Do this if you wanna!!!

[weeebonics]

ig: weebonics

Happy pride to everyone in the lgbtq community!

[egberts]

If you are over the age of 18 and somebody hasn't already filed you as their dependent this year then PLEASE do yourself a stupid easy favor and file an incomeless tax return because you WILL get the back pay ($1,800) from last year's covid relief and the third payment ($1,400) for free. like literally free. even if you had no income. i know because i was able to do it and it's actually legitimately legal.

[egberts]

The deadline to file was extended to May 17th BTW so you have time!

[musashigouda-deactivated2019032]

hey ao3 can you like give the extra $38k you made from this month’s funds drive to charity

[blooming-wilting]

You know it legally is a charity, right?

If x charity aims for £10, but gets £15, would you expect then to give back the extra five or give it then to another charity? No. Any extra costs go into the “rainy day” fund; sometimes servers crash or break, sometimes false reports are made that require the legal team, sometimes you need to hire coders or what not to implement new features or fix bugs or deal with broken code … 

The money they aimed for is the bare minimum, which goes towards things like basic server costs and domain names and legal advice and so forth, but they don’t just “pocket” the rest (as people claim). It’s not a business. It has no advertisements. It needs some “rainy day” cash to function. 

You can’t ask a charity to give money to another charity. 

It needs what it gets to function and improve. 

[fangasmagorical]

kiena-tesedale replied to this post

They don’t “pocket” excess money. They have a publicly accessible budget - waaaay more info than most charities, in fact. In it, you can clearly see where each dollar goes. (Also, you are vastly underestimating either how much traffic AO3 gets or how much servers/hosting costs.)                    

In my experience, people who don’t work in web design and hosting just have no concept of how heavy a load something like AO3 would have. Not only is the traffic absolutely buck wild, but the quantity of data that archive needs to store is fuckoff crazy. I’m talking “more than the library of congress” crazy. The only reason it doesn’t require Netflix levels of data serving is that it’s text based rather than video.

AO3 is in the top 300 websites in the world, and the top 100 in the US. It is the number 2 literature website.

Number 2 in the entire world. JSTOR is 20.

It sees about 6 million people a day. About 250k an hour. Each of those people is loading multiple pages, many are running searches that execute on literally hundreds of potential variables per search. The demands involved are astronomical.

JSTOR, btw, makes 85 million dollars a year.

It’s 18 ranks below AO3′s traffic, and takes in 650 times the amount of money.

But let’s say you think that’s an unfair comparison. Would you say that the Project Gutenberg Literature Archival Group- another text based archive that handles literature operating outside traditional copyright requirements- is more similar?

Because it sees all of 4% of the traffic that AO3 handles.

Care to guess its budget?

Double that of AO3.

AO3 is doing shit on the kind of shoestring budget that I fully, 100% cannot comprehend. And that’s just the archival service.

The 130k also pays for the OTW’s legal team, which they use to defend the right of fandom to fucking exist.

It’s absolutely batshit fucked up that people are fighting to have the OTW defunded and AO3 shut down. They are the only organized group that actually stands directly between fandom- all the art and the fics and the vids and the music and the chats and the memes and everything we love about interactive, transformative work- and an incalculable amount of lawsuits.

[nuttersinc]

This.

[upcycleability]

Resources for Mending Clothes

We toss out over 80 pounds of textiles each year. These textiles are often made of plastic materials (polyester, nylon), made in unethical conditions, dyed with harsh dyes that often get put into the rivers, etc. Even a single cotton shirt releases carbon emissions and uses tons of water. 

So the best thing to prevent the unsustainable growth of the fashion industry is to make sure that your clothing lasts as long as possible. To do so, mending clothing is a must. So here are some resources to help you learn how to do various things, such as sewing a button, to tailoring clothes, or even upcycling old clothing into new styles. 

* How to sew on three different types of button

* How to hand sew on a patch on a torn pair of jeans

* How to sew up a hole in an old shirt

* How to sew a simple T-shirt

* How to upcycle old clothing into new clothing

* More upcycle and sewing techniques

* How to repair a damaged sock

* How to do an invisible stitch

* 3 different stitches to work with for different results

* How to make a T-shirt smaller so it fits you better

* How to make repairs to your shoes

These are just a few of the things that you can do in order to make sure that your clothing lasts for a long time. Nobody wants to keep buying new clothing, as it is expensive and wasteful. 

So making alterations to your clothing, or fixing small holes hen you see them can be hugely beneficial to your wallet, to garment workers, and to the environment in the long term. 

***

If you like what I write, consider buying from:

My Etsy shop for upcycled bags, jewelry, and crafting supplies.

Or

My poshmark for reclaimed clothing.

[upcycleability]

Many people have asked questions, so I decided that I should answer them to the best of my ability!  So let’s see what people are asking!

How to make small clothes bigger, or short clothes longer

This question was asked a lot, for instance, Celestriankle and Drachenstocther are at least two users who asked this, and this is a great question! Often you see how to make large clothing smaller, but not the other way around.

Here are some resources on that:

Shirts: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=isy2xwFYihQ

Jeans/pants https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2s4TnNcbgEU

Mostly this is done by just adding a wedge of extra fabric between the seams, and this can make youtr clothes last and fit you, even if you fluctuate in your weight.

Here is a resource about adding more butt to your pants:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EG_QnEL9xYI

When it comes to repairing the crotch of jeans, which is what anyone with thick thighs know all too well the irritation of, there are a few ways that you can do that. For instance:

Patching:  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h90nYzbDFdE

Darning:  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MMsm6wyjF8E

This question was asked by user CleanLinens and Bovel.

One person, OnYourGoat, asked about resources for people who cannot thread a needles, The good news with this, is that there are needles out there that you do not have to thread if you have vision issues. These are called Self Threading needles.

Also, there were a few tips by users on how to make your sewing more sustainable. User SaveATruckRideAnOptimus-Prime states that you can get blankets and table-cloths from the thrift shop (something I often do myself) in order to have fabric to make your own clothing.

This is even more sustainable if you are choosing cotton, wool, or linen fabrics.

The last thing to mention is that user AssassinationTipsForLadies says:

“there is a great sewing instructor on YouTube called Evelyn Wood who has a whole bunch of videos on mending and the construction of old clothes.“

Let me know if you have any more questions or tips!

[thegreenmeridian]

If you don’t have a sewing machine and done want to buy one, do check with your local library as it’s becoming more and more common for libraries to rent out things like sewing machines and other expensive but useful items. If yours doesn’t, expressing interest in a “library of things” could well be the motivation your library needs to get one going.

Fabric stores sometimes rent out machines too so check if you have one near by.

And if you’ve got any sewing/knitting clubs or places like the WI that are popular with old women, you will absolutely be able to find someone who will gladly let you use their machine and teach you how.

[witchbabywigg]

corporations are personally responsible for the majority of all industrial waste including textiles. the og post is written in a way to make you feel socially guilty and obligated to do minuscule acts to “help” (just like all the cutesy water conservation tips that blind us to the fact that corporate farms and golf courses use more water in a week than a human uses in a year). op then punctuates the post with adverts for her shops: where she’ll make money off of concepts that are supposed to help mitigate needless consumption.

it’s remarkably clever, the monetization of “wokeness”, and OPs post is a fantastic example of it. i’d be amazed if they didn’t take any business or advertising classes because the setup of the OG post is nearly textbook… and I do mean textbook, as in “I personally have textbooks that describe using the methodologies OP is using in the OG post to make herself money”.

[sew-birb]

I mean, people are allowed to want to make a living from doing things that help prevent climate change? In fact, it’s much better to do that than make money doing something that actively makes things worse.

Yeah, all of this mending and upcycling won’t be enough to do much large-scale good for the environment if the corporations don’t change their ways. And yes, it’s bad to lay the blame on the individual when companies like BooHoo are happy to churn out mountains of plastic clothes for a few quid. But starving out fast fashion brands by not buying from them is a legit good thing to do - the people who enslave workers to pick cotton and use oil to make poor quality plastic clothing will have less incentive to do that if people aren’t buying them.

And these tips help people who just want to keep clothes they like going for longer! If you have a shirt you love, you shouldn’t have to bin it because you don’t know how to sew on a button.

It’s a foolish conclusion to decide that because the problem of climate change is exacerbated by capitalism, that means you (the consumer) can do absolutely nothing about it. It might not be much, but anything you can do to help is better than not helping at all. It’s not your fault the planet is dying, but you don’t have to look at one person’s attempt to slow that down and conclude it’s pointless.

[fluffygif]

Ice fridge

[digg]

this tip tho!!!!!!!!

[rikkipoynter]

I need to try this for trips I only bring a carry-on to.

[rattlecat]

I use to do this all the time in the military. Just forgot how to over time o.o

[dancing-coyote]

I wish I’d known about this when I was homeless.

I could’ve taught it to all the other ladies at the shelter and Darlene could’ve sucked a sour one because she never would have been able to bitch at us for “having too many clothes.”

[mxalmighty]

reblogging this to have it forever because holy god damn

[commanderkarkat-deactivated2023]

TO EVERYONE IN THE HOMESTUCK FANDOM, PLEASE BE ON THE LOOKOUT FOR THE FOLLOWING URLS:

•GENEROUSWHISPERCONNOISEUR

•SUBLIMETRAGEDYBARBARIAN

•GLITTERYWEREWOLFSHEEP

•RAINYRUNAWAYTALE

•MAGICALDREAMLANDHARMONY

•DELICATECHILDSTARLIGHT

•DEAFENINGDEFENDORWITCH

•PSYCHICCANDYCHILD

•TINYEARTHQUAKEWHISPERS

THESE ACCOUNTS ARE SPREADING SPAM MESSAGES TO HOMESTUCK ACCOUNTS, OFTEN WITH EXTREMELY DISTURBING PICTURES INCLUDED. FOR YOUR SAFETY IT’S BEST THAT YOU BLOCK THEM AND TURN OFF ASKS AND SUBMISSIONS FOR THE TIME BEING, UNTIL THIS BLOWS OVER.

IF YOU’VE RECIEVED SIMILAR ASKS OR SUBMISSIONS FROM OTHER BURNER ACCOUNTS, PLEASE FEEL FREE TO REBLOG WITH THE OFFENDING URLS.

STAY SAFE, EVERYONE.

[backwardsorbust]

i knew this conceptually, but like you dont really KNOW that public school is designed to set you up to be a good worker bee until you're cracking out a report, after hours, at 7 pm on a monday night and it hits you; oh, i'm doing homework, this is why they made me do homework, and suddenly i'm feeling it in my chest. i cant believe i was raised by the state to be an automaton, and worse, i am one of the lucky robots who isn't doing manual labor.

[backwardsorbust]

ya know what fucking reblog this, we SHOULD be mad

[shed-n-shine]

Why this got my boppin at my desk tho lol

[babanillustration]

ship baby x2 AU content weeeeeeee :3c 

[asynca]

Learn to Knit With Scales

So you want to make something with scales too? Well you're in the right place!

GUYS I’VE FOUND A VERY IMPORTANT WEBSITE FOR PEOPLE WHO CAN KNIT WITHOUT INJURING THEMSELVES!!!!

[mzminola]

DRAGON KNITTING!!!

[captainofthefallen]

@rannadylin if you’re into that

[red-winters]

@tiny-dragons-castle

[halloweencrafts]

Learn to Knit with Scales

There is also info about where to buy the scales, a video tutorial for visual learners, and a written tutorial with lots of photos. 

She also sells patterns for these:

[aurumacadicus]

!!!!!!!!!!!! Oh!!!!!!!!!!!

[stormbee8]

I’VE BEEN LOOKING FOR THIS EXACT TUTORIAL BUT ALL I COULD FIND WAS FOR CROCHET!!

[rockpapertheodore]

@jumpingjacktrash jesse i feel like you’ve seen this before but i need you to also see it now because i feel like it’s something you’d think is neat

[jumpingjacktrash]

i have, but it’s cool enough to see again. :D

[plarond-deactivated20210303]

You can donate to the kickstarter here!

[bogleech]

introducing yourself on webforums fifteen years ago like:

You: uhhhhh hi I’m new i guess, just wanna chat about my favorite show too or whatever

iNvAd3rJ1M posted: *pounces* HELLOoOOOO NEW PERSON!!! *throws confetti*

911_NVR-FRGT posted: Hi there! You’ll find a Relaxed Atmosphere Here in Our Community! *points* Beer is In The Fridge, Curfew Is At 9! Haha I’m old

SSJgoku1994 posted: I am a pineapple! Monkeys!!!!!

Drag0n~Swords posted: Forsooth, a stranger doth enter the realm!

dumbledoreftw posted: Welcome! Hope you stick around! We don’t bite….. much!!

Greg posted: HITLER WAS A MISUNDERSTOOD GENIUS AND ILL GIVE YOUR WHOLE FAMILY AIDS IN HELL YOU PIECE OF SHIT

Lady*Unicorns*76 posted: “lol” (Laughing Out Loud!) don’t worry about greg sweetie! He’s just our little pet troll and you get used to him!! ;-) <3<3<3

[petit-corbeau]

“dumbledoreftw” wears a fedora and a duster in real life. Trust me on this.

[yeahiwasintheshit]

[jumpingjacktrash]

jacksleftkidney (me, a mod) posted: aaaand greg goes back in the bad baby box for bad babies, he’s on posting restriction for 48 hours, don’t flame back it just encourages him to make sock puppets

notgreg posted: HOW COULD U SILENCE MY GOOD FRIEND GREG HE TRIED TO COMMIT SUICIDE BECUZ OF U ADN HES IN THE HOSPITLE I HOPE UR HAPPY ASSWHOLES

notgreg has been banned for this post

jacksleftkidney posted: christ. someone paypal me a gin & tonic.

[imoriginalvisual]

Luke Skywalker in The Mandalorian but it’s Toxic by Britney Spears

[ngrogu]

hadn’t seen star wars or the mandalorian but i watched this video and now i’m here. it was this video and like, this post, and now i’m here.