Plastic Henbit

@paperoxalis reblog hell :) link to main in pinned. I put things I like here. follow at your own risk

[plastichenbit]

btw main is @paperoxalis I post art there

[here-by-chance]

im obsessed

[the-real-seebs]

oh, of course. because he died for our sins.

[byjove]

your life is too easy. you need to go to the nearest animal shelter and adopt the first tortoiseshell cat you see

[byjove]

you ‘found God’? where? put Him the fuck back RIGHT NOW.

[isbergillustration]

Dying For Each Other In Opposite Directions

[goobygnarp]

do you trust them with your mushrooms?

Mycolo Mukade, the mycologist.

[odyver]

alright I've got to do some quick math to explain attitudes towards AI to my boss.

we're looking to create an AI policy, and when we were talking about this, my boss (older millennial) was genuinely shocked to hear that younger people do not (seem) to view AI positively (a la the recent commencement speakers being booed)

please rb for larger sample size!

Question 1/3

What is your age, and do you feel AI is a net positive or net negative in our lives today?

under 18, AI is a net positive

under 18, AI is a net negative

18-29, AI is a net positive

18-29, AI is a net negative

30-45, AI is a net positive

30-45, AI is a net negative

46-60, AI is a net positive

46-60, AI is a net negative

over 60, AI is a net postive

over 60, AI is a net negative

Remaining time: 6 days 1 hour

[odyver]

Question 2/3

How often do you visit or interact with museums/archives (whether in person or online)?

Frequently (multiple times per month)

Often (multiple times per year)

Occasionally (a couple times per year)

Rarely (once every couple of years)

Never :(

Remaining time: 6 days 1 hour

[odyver]

Question 3/3

If you saw a museum was using AI in exhibits, marketing, research, etc., would you be more or less inclined to visit that museum?

under 18, more inclined

under 18, less inclined

18-29, more inclined

18-29, less inclined

30-45, more inclined

30-45, less inclined

46-60, more inclined

46-60, less inclined

over 60, more inclined

over 60, less inclined

Remaining time: 6 days 1 hour

Thank you for helping with this data collection. Please rb for as big a sample as possible!

🫶

[beardedmrbean]

[animentality]

[fforsythiaaa]

Once when I was in undergrad, someone described something as “problematic” in class and our professor was like, “That’s cool, but ‘problematic’ doesn’t really mean anything. It means that the thing you’re describing has a problem, and in and of itself that’s not bad. Art, especially, should always have problems, or else it’s not interesting and not art, either. It sounds like you’re trying to say that this is bad, but you don’t want to say ‘bad.’ Is that right?”

So from then on whenever one of us called something problematic, he would make us talk it out until we could name the “bad” thing we were hinting at. In this particular class, 7/10 it was some type of oppression, and the remainder was like, “I’m uncomfortable because this is very new/confusing/pushing boundaries that made me feel safe.”

Once we stopped calling things “problematic” and stopping at that, class got way more interesting and... we all had to say, like, “that’s racist” or “that’s misogynistic” or “ew capitalism gross” out loud, which a lot of us had never done in a classroom before. Or we had to be like, “Uhhh... I’m not sure what’s so bad?” and confront our own beliefs and that was maybe even more useful.

Anyway. Whenever I see the word problematic, I can’t help but think of this professor being like, “Good starting point, now let’s get specific.” I think when we have to commit to saying “that’s ___” it requires a lot more careful thought about the truth and impact and complexities of whatever we’re claiming. Sometimes there really is some bullshit afoot, and also sometimes it’s art, and it should be full of problems, because that’s what art is.

[animentality]

[jay-rayart]

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[herpsandbirds]

Western Bearded Anole (Anolis barbatus), family Dactyloidae, from western Cuba

photograph by Charles Eutsler

[ladylingua]

the new york times has such a great series of elevated butter noodles, if you ever want a super fast easy dinner that still feels grown up and you can emulsify pasta water + butter together basically the sky is your limit

ya got

gochujang butter noodles

peanut butter noodles

chili crisp fettuccine alfredo

miso butter noodles

any one of these + a bag of salad or whatever vegetable side you find easiest/cheapest, and you've got yourself a full meal that tastes far above the effort you put in.

[falseknees]

Stickers and prints available in my store!

[socialistexan]

[vitabreva]

[themummersfolly]

How dare you leave this in the tags.

[vinceaddams]

Someone who happens to be filming in a spacious room: "Here's a clear demonstration of how to do this simple sewing technique!"

Some clown in the notes: "Ugh I can't stand these useless tutorials by rich people, not everyone has access to bougie shit like "flat surfaces" and "thread" and "chalk"."

[cosy-crafty-corner]

I use my bed for laying out fabric when making clothes as it's the largest flat surface in my flat. I do worry every time that I'm going to cut through my bedsheets when cutting fabric, but you make do with what you've got.

[vinceaddams]

Ooh, could you get a big sheet of stiff vinyl to roll out over your bed for cutting, to protect it from the scissors? I have some giant vinyl banners I got for free because a lot of mall stores use them for window displays and throw them out when they change the windows, so I saved some from the garbage at work. Worth asking around at your nearest mall!

Back at my previous apartment I was sewing in one end of my very cramped bedroom, and I kept all my clothes in cardboard boxes on my bookshelf because I had prioritized fabric storage and had no room for a dresser. I sewed my patchwork dressing gown in there, and after a certain point the pieces were so big and bulky that I couldn't put them away and had to keep shuffling them between my table, ironing board, and bed.

I also didn't have a wall to film the reveal against, so I filmed it at my parents house and the lighting was terrible, but ah well! Doing the best with what I had!

Having less space and fewer tools and such doesn't make sewing impossible, it mostly just makes it slower.