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The Legendary Bolo Yeung đŞ
Can't eat can't breathe can't sleep because Dr Tall Gf bought us tickets to go and TOUR A MINE on the weekend and we are going to get to sit in a DRAM and see a reconstruction of a MINEOWNER'S PARLOUR and oh no I'm too excited
Listen, I'm Welsh, so I feel a primordial yearning for The Mines
The Mines
THE MINES
Is this Rhondda?
The Mines called to you, and you heard their voices... it is indeed Rhondda!
HAHA! Welsh Tourist Board give me a job when
Marquees, Photo by Jenny Holzer, 1993
Times Square installation of Jenny Holzerâs neo-conceptual text-based art.
ancient welsh catboys...
Quarter-plate daguerreotype of a French military cadet holding a sword, c. 1850.
Fishtail Fern - Microsorum punctatum var. Grandiceps
These are young fronds of the commonly named Fishtail Fern or Dwarf Elkhorn Fern, Microsorum punctatum var. Grandiceps (Polypodiales - Polypodiaceae), an epiphytic fern native to Africa, Asia, Malaysia, New Guinea, Australia and Polynesia.
This cultivar is distinctive by its light green, glossy fronds are strap-like and leathery with entire or wavy leaf margin. The frond consists of a single blade that forks into 2 parts repeatedly, forming a crested tip that resembles a fishâs tail or an elk horn. The midrib is raised and highly prominent.
References: [1] - [2]
Photo credit: ŠGordon K A Dickson (CC BY-NC-SA 2.0) | Locality: Arundel, City of Gold Coast, Queensland, Australia (2006)
I'd wager they'd turn their tails to the wind and hug the ground or their sides with their heads.
ĺŽć - 裤ĺ - čŁ, 袴 (1/2) Song Dynasty - Pants (1/2)
Pants were a popular garment to wear during the Song Dynasty, both as inner and outer wear for men and women. From artefacts currently discovered, there were 3 main types of pants:
1) Inner pants (close-crotched) (čŁ (话鲲))
worn against the body
2 styles found: a) Half-pants (çéźťčŁ/Dubikun) b) Full pants
can be worn by men and women
2) Outer pants (mostly open-crotched)ďźč˘´ (话ĺş)ďź
worn layered over the inner pants
open-crotched version did not expose private area due to large amount of fabric and the way it draped around the hips
can be multi-layered for colder weather
can be worn by men and women
some even have foot straps (ĺćŚč٤/Diaodunku)
Demo of how to wear open-crotch pants (1st part of video):
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Here is a guide to helmets, reposted from Black Powder Press's instagram.
the militant demonstrator's guide to helmets
⢠helmets are risk mitigation, not risk nullification! there is no such thing as a concussion-proof helmet. but any helmet is better than no helmet! the best helmet is the one you wear.
⢠if no one else is wearing helmets, and you donât want to be singled out, consider a concealable or inconspicuous helmet, like: a âbump capâ baseball cap; a bike helmet; or a skate or motorcycle helmet concealed under your hood
⢠if lots of people are wearing helmets, wear the best helmet you can get your hands on
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THE BUMP CAP
(low key)
A baseball cap with some hard plastic and padding inside. The ultimate in better than nothing. Inconspicuous. It protects you, a little bit. Way better than nothing. Way less than a dedicated helmet.
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HARD HATS
(not the best)
Most hard hats are designed to absorb impact only from above. They also lack any kind of chin strap and fall off easily.
Better than nothing!
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BIKE HELMETS
(also not the best)
Use crushable foam to protect from impact, meaning they are destroyed by impact. They usually have very thin shells that barely protect from projectiles and can themselves shatter and hurt people!
Theyâre nonthreatening and inconspicuous and way better than nothing! Also cheap as hell: because of certification systems, cheap bike helmets are as good as expensive ones at impact protection.
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SKATE and SNOW HELMETS
(now weâre getting somewhere)
Skate helmets ALSO use crushable foam, which still isnât the best for repeated impact! But skate helmets that meet certifications (unlike bike helmets, not all do!) are rated to resist multiple impacts. They tend to have a thicker plastic shell than bike helmets. They also protect more of your head, and are low profile enough that they can (awkwardly) be concealed under a hood.
Snowboard helmets are basically the same thing but without ventilation.
This might be the best dirt cheap option.
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MOTORCYCLE HELMETS
(mixed bag!)
Motorcycle helmets are rated even tougher still! But they still use crushable foam, making them less suitable for repeated impact (like a baton on your head). Theyâre also more expensive. A full-face helmet (with a chin bar) limits visibility and mobility without any real advantage and limits the ability to wear goggles and respirators.
Half-helmets and 3/4 helmets are useful if you have one lying around! 1/2 helmets are cheaper than 3/4 or full.
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SPORTS HELMETS
(is good)
Unlike other helmets, sports helmets are designed assuming the wearer will be hit. Instead of crushable foam, most use multilayered padding: one layer for impact absorption and one layer to fit better.
Lacrosse helmets without a chin bar and with the mask removed, and hockey helmets without the mask, are the most traditional for protesters. Football helmets can work without the mask (makes wearing respirators harder, gives opponents something to grab). Batting helmets lack a chin strap but are rated against pretty serious impacts. Whitewater helmets are built this way too!
Many sports helmets might be hard to pair with respirators because of their cut but this is conjecture.
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TACTICAL/BALLISTIC HELMETS
(the best probably)
If you want to attach cameras or comms units or noise-gated headphones, you need a tactical helmet. If you want to have a chance of surviving handgun fire to your head, you need a ballistic version.
Airsoft/paintball helmets are cheap clones ($40+), not certified at all, probably terrible. If you go this route, replace the padding with real ballistic padding (another $40+).
Bump helmets ($150+) are certified against impact but not bullets. Make sure the padding is good.
Ballistic helmets are certified against handgun (not rifle) bullets. Very expensive ($350+). Some can be found on the surplus market. Again, make sure the padding is good. Not all come with side rails or the mount on the front.
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OTHER HELMETS
Equestrian helmets are designed like skate helmets, with crushable foam, but are also rated to protect against a sharp blow from a hoof, so thatâs cool. Only wear if you own one already.
Rock climbing helmets come in all types! All are probably pretty good. Many use suspension systems like hard hats but also a lot of foam or padding.
If medieval helms can survive impact weapons without serious deformation (unknown), and they are paired with appropriate padding (not just a suspension harness) they would be perfectly good! But weâre not sure yet what a baton round does to a various gauges of steel hat so we cannot yet recommend. Try 14ga or thicker.
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Final Notes!
This information has been gathered through extensive research and from talking with frontlines demonstrators, but it has not been rigorously tested and should not be taken as the last word on the subject.
Very, very few helmet certifications take âshot in the head with a tear gas canister by a cop drunk on powerâ into account in their testing systems.
A helmet has two purposes: to prevent penetration and to absorb impact. The shell prevents penetration, the padding (or suspension) absorbs impact. You need both.
Be water. No bad protesters, no good cops.
We keep us safe.
Black lives matter.
(brought to you by some anarchists)
Vlad The Ăsinjal Wolf
đş Vlad The Ăsinjal Wolf
The Ăłsinjal (Oââ˘sinâ˘yal) are ancient, cybernetic beings ensouled with ichor to achieve an intelligence equivalent to most animals, and more reliable than any golem. They can augment that intelligence with RAM and cognizant ROM that is efficient and effective enough to raise the questionâare they that smart, or just that fast?
As a species they might be older than our solar system.
About 200 millennia ago they developed bodies for mobilityâout of boredom and curiosity. Over time they have perfected those bodies so most can pass for many natural animalsâprovided we donât look too close.
Your time would be better spent getting hooks wet in all that water.
Preping is always a good idea for when times get tough--or even if they donât.
Autumn greens, Sweden 2025.
Where is your WIP set? Take a few minutes and create a list of everything you want to say about that location, including the 'vibe," and physical details. Do you see places where your setting connects with the themes of your story?
Little Dubros (New Angelsâ Village Layers)
Village Layers:
Access Points: exist in and around The Village, a township within New Angels, CA. One entry lies beneath the Pleasant Building; another in Mother Magdalena's Catholic Church. Others exist in surrounding structures.
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â˝ Memory becomes absolute garbage. Like âwhy am I in the kitchen?â garbage. âWhat was I saying?â garbage. Their brain is running on buffering screens and regret.
â˝ Fine motor skills? Ha. Theyâre dropping everything. Pens. Phones. Entire moral compass. Theyâre basically a malfunctioning claw machine.
⽠Hallucinations creep in. That jacket on the chair? Suddenly a person. That noise? Definitely doom. Everything becomes mildly haunted.
⽠Time gets weird. Five minutes feel like a year. A full hour disappears and they swear they blinked wrong.
⽠Irritation skyrockets. They get mad at chairs. At air. At gravity. At the audacity of other humans continuing to exist.
⽠Their voice sounds weird. Slow, scratchy, like they swallowed sand.
â˝ They walk like a drunk baby giraffe. Walls suddenly jump closer. Floors rise unexpectedly. Coordination said: âIâm out.â
â˝ Zoning out becomes a hobby. They stare at random objects like theyâre trying to understand quantum mechanics.
⽠Vision blurs in and out. Like someone smeared Vaseline over their eyeballs out of spite.
â˝ Their body just hurts. Not a dramatic pain, just the âwhy does my skeleton feel like itâs buzzing?â pain.
â˝ Food cravings go feral. Theyâd fight someone for a stale cookie.
â˝ Terrible choices. They will absolutely say âIâm fineâ while making decisions that end in disaster.
⽠Random emotional implosions. Crying because their sock feels wrong? Yes.
⽠Cold hands. Cold feet. Cold heart. (Okay maybe not the last one, but it feels like it.)