[eternalgaylord]

collecting tweets

[eternalgaylord]

#vessel alert

that's right

[moonlightredfern]

Thinking about how wild it is that enshittification starts as a way for the rich to squeeze the populace for more money but ends up infecting everything so even luxury products decline in quality. They’ve got more money than fucking God now and for what? Literally they can’t even buy fun nice stuff for themselves because they killed craft.

Anyway this post is about Dhaka muslin but it’s also about everything.

The ancient fabric that no one knows how to make

Nearly 200 years ago, Dhaka muslin was the most valuable fabric on the planet. Then it was lost altogether. How did this happen? And can we

[eldritchwyrm]

guess it's time to post agha shahid ali's poem about dhaka muslin

[the-final-sif]

Fun fact! Revival of Dhaka Muslin has been ongoing for quite some time. The headline of the above article is very very misleading, we know exactly how Dhaka Muslin was made. The process was very well documented. We know how it was made, but colonialism ruined the fabric's production area and devalued the skills needed to make it such that they no longer existed. But the process itself was not lost.

That being said, efforts to bring it back are underway, and they have been making amazing progress, and succeed in creating Dhaka Muslin yet again.

The Muslin Miracle: A passion for revival

It all began with a search for ‘phuti karpas’ – muslin’s unique cotton plant which is known to have become extinct. However, starting in 201

This is a pretty good updated article, it has a lot of the same info as the BCC one (which also discusses some of the revival efforts) but with more of a focus on that process, an update to the story, and it details some of the other ongoing projects working on the revival!

Here's the first weaver to manage to produce a finished piece in nearly 200 years, Al Amin.

His first piece was 300 threads, according to the article they have now been able to get into the 700s for thread counts, which is absolutely incredible.

Several projects are actually underway now each with different weavers and slightly different methods, producing fabric intended to meet or best the original!

And if you're curious, "okay but can it pass through a ring" yes! Yes they can!

All three of these photos are of pieces made in the modern century, photos by Wasiul Bahar!

It's a very time consuming process, and a very expensive fabric to purchase, but love and passion for it have been steadily bringing it back!

[no-sharks-on-the-sun]

[no-sharks-on-the-sun]

they killed him for this

[akaanmo]

[xueyangapologist]

[free-my-mindd]

[librarycards]

i went to eating enough food world and they're excited to meet you. keep eating lots of meals and snacks and take my hand! we can go there.

[librarycards]

HAPPY PRIDE MONTH QUEER AND TRANS EATING DISORDER HAVERS COME EAT ENOUGH FOOD WITH ME!!!!!!! <33333333

[tinylilemrys]

The writer's barely disguised longing for a soft life shared with someone who loves them

[gardeningwithpina]

My mentor: I wanna do a wall garden, because it doesnt take up too much space

Me, already vibrating from the dopamine and adrenaline: Let's talk about espaliers

[gardeningwithpina]

okay, so espaliers are beyond sexy, they are so unbelievably productive

The basics are just... pruning growing trees so they are more 2 dimensional, usually placed against walls. It takes a few years to form/ raise, but they are much easier to maintain than free growing trees in the long run.

(source)

Not only is it more accessible, easier to harvest fruit, but the design has a double purpose; the walls hold and release heat that can keep warm-weathered plants alive during Northen winters!

Fruit Walls: Urban Farming in the 1600s

We are being told to eat local and seasonal food, either because other crops have been tranported over long distances, or because they are g

There are people who use this method to grow avocado, fig, etc trees outdoors without electricity in -20C weather.

A similar technique to espalier can be used to grow furniture without killing the tree!

[fuckyeahchinesefashion]

What you will see if you go to Chongqing in Southwestern China

[alexaloraetheris]

At this point, I am really starting to think that China gathered every person who wanted to be videogame graphics artist but their parents insisted they go into architecture in one place and told them to design a city, and that is how Chongqing was made.

[d6b-onion]

this video has been going around for a while but the English subtitles didn't match the energy of the spoken French at all. i had to fix it.

reblog to spread this version

[butch4prints]

A zine of questionable haircut advice :)

Download for free here

[flappingpussylips]

random 2000s lesbians on abandoned 16 year old flickr account you mean absolutely fucking everything to me

[flappingpussylips]

more beautiful and swagful women

[birdskiss]

For @krizariel

[krizariel]

"There you are"

As he held him in his arms, Tim's eyes turned back to its natural baby blue color.

In his arms, he felt calm and at ease and in that moment, Tim felt he recovered a part of him he had thought was long lost.

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I commissioned @birdskiss to make this jaytim piece based on my star wars AU. So happy she was so enthusiastic about the idea and nailed it of course <3!

She even this another piece inspired on this same AU <3 (check it out here). More thoughts on this au which go hand in hand with Olive's second piece <3: In my mind, Red Hood dealt with Tim directly every now and then when the empire hired bounty hunters to do their dirty job (aka, track wanted criminals/rebels/etc). Jay had survived by mastering completely concealing his presence and used the Red Hood identity to keep a facade and the empire off of his turf. He only cared about protecting his people. It took one slip at a very dire situation to be spotted by a Sith Lord. Nonetheless, he still escaped with no questions asked and no empire army chasing him... after that he thought long and hard. Maybe his presence (and force affinity) hadn't been discovered after all. He remained extra cautious though.

Tim would go out of his way to ensure he was usually the one dealing with Red Hood because if someone else -someone truly loyal to the emperor -discovered Jay was a former padawan... they would absolutely track him down and they would not stop until they killed him.

Neither said anything for a long time.

You can also check out this art I commissioned a while back based on the same AU!

[stahsm]

Overlock Stitch by @clothes_reetzy

[thatisuseful]

Damn, that's useful

[hotvampireadjacent]

Memphis is “under full-blown occupation” by ICE. Here’s why you may not know that.

Community members face retaliation for trying to spread the word out, a lawsuit alleges.

Ice operations have moved to harassing folk in Memphis

[castformbignaturals]

Huh. I wonder what else is going on in Tennessee (and specifically Memphis) right now?

Oh well, I’m sure it’s a total coincidence.

[quasi-normalcy]

(For those not in the know, @castformbignaturals is alluding to the fact Memphis is a majority Black city that stands to have its congressional representation entirely wiped out by redistricting led by the Republican governor of Tennessee who has, of course, welcomed the ICE occupation with open arms. Again, the project of MAGA is to reintroduce Jim Crow)