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Rae 30s they/them

[damage-ko]

Hey, remember 2 years ago when I said "I bet I could teach myself to weave?" Well, this is how it's going now.

I wove some scarves.

Experimented with tapestry weaving (to mixed success).

And am still tablet weaving!

Huzzah! Here's to the next cool weaving project 😊

[crookedtines]

Finally bought some dye and have been having so much fun with optical color mixing. I decided to start with cmyk primaries to get some vibrant color options.

So far I've only mixed up the main batch of colors, but I'll split them up and create a palatte of tints and shades once I have access to a scale again.

I don't have any fancy tools and have been blending the fiber by hand, so it's probably best I have a forced break for the sake of my fingers. Once I'm done I should have a very useful set of 57 2g swatches to play with! (Plus 5 more for a set of grayscale swatches)

If I'm still up for it, I might repeat the whole thing with my classic red, yellow, blue primary dye set. For a truly massive set of heather swatches.

[herpsandbirds]

Geelvink Fruit Dove (Ptilinopus speciosus), male, family Columbidae, order Columbiformes, Palau Biak, Numfor Islands, New Guinea

photographs by Hery Sudarno

[uoftentimes]

My apologies for the horrible photos, but I have never gotten so close in the singles while plying!!! I am over the moon!

I did however loose at bobbin chicken ...

This is a mix of two different singles, one is a silk/BFL and the other is a Merino. Both were gifted to me and I did not bother to weigh them beforehand but I think it was atound 200 g of each.

[dharmaart]

Sture

Recent pet commission. Watercolour on paper with some gouache. I used an orange pencil for my initial sketch because it adds a nice depth to the colours.

[abstracteddistractions]

Moffat Takadiwa, "Superhighway of Coloniality (a)," 2015,

Computer keys, 300 x 282 x 35 cm,

Image courtesy The Artist and Tyburn gallery

[jareckiworld]

Louisa Gagliardi — Chaperons (gel medium & ink, on pvc panel, 2023)

[weepingwidar]

Sahana Ramakrishnan (Indian, 1993) - The Earth at Night (Solar Storm) (2023)

[parentaladvisorybullshitcontent]

reading an article about screen addiction in kids/young people and i'm not saying that's not a thing bc it is but i will not have old people acting like they're not constantly on their phones. as an example i cannot conduct a conversation w my parents without one of them fully just not listening on instagram reels. acknowledge the boomer screen addiction now

[cowboyjoshdun]

really love keeping up with my mutuals through their little tags and vent posts. getting updates on how they’re doing is something like: glad to know your job at the library is going well. i’m sorry you haven’t gotten that raise. glad your finals went well. i’m sorry your teacher is so unhelpful. glad your tv show got renewed. i’m sorry they killed your favorite character. glad that you scored tickets to see your favorite artist. i’m sorry they aren’t touring near you at all. glad your cat is doing well. i’m sorry your mom is sick again. glad you’re feeling better now that it’s your favorite season. i’m sorry your meds aren’t working. glad you’re married now. i’m sorry you have to step back for your mental health. glad you’re still here. i’m sorry life is so hard. glad you’re alive, i hope things get easier for you soon

[xanaxfarts]

Tile flooring at the Oceanário de Lisboa, an aquarium in Lisbon, Portugal

[parkayquarts]

now im imagining what pride events in ankh morpork are like

[parkayquarts]

there will EXCLUSIVELY be kink at the ankh morpork pride parade

[wondersmith-and-sons]

(via @takiki16)

[just7frogsinapeoplesuit]

(Tags via @romanceyourdemons)

Extremely correct response, leaving out the inevitable debacle over citizens declaring counterfeit genders in order to have rarer pronoun pins to sell to collectors in the underground pronoun market.

Dibbler, only mildly discouraged, eventually realizes he can sell embellishments for your pronoun pin, which he claims will upgrade your gender.

Also of note is that there are no cops present at Ankh-Morpork Pride. This is not because they aren't welcome (everyone knows Nobby is as kinky as they come), but because the festivities include throwing bricks at the City Watch building and they are busy trying to make sure they still have a place to work the next day. The Night Watch prepares each year with a barricade, and pre-marriage Vimes always collects the good bricks so he can save for a house. Nobody is really sure where the tradition came from, but it's good fun and usually nobody gets hurt too badly.

The bricks are provided by Vetinari, who considers it a good test of city infrastructure and training for the Watch.

[skarabrae-stone]

Cheery would 100% march in the parade. She'd get Nobby to go with her, but Nobby would be completely oblivious as to why (he assumed she just wants company).

Moist von lipwig would have pride-themed stamps made; these would inevitably have some kind of issue, which would create some outrage and ultimately make the stamps more valuable as collectors' items.

I don't get the impression that Ankh Morpork ever had anti-sodomy or crossdressing laws, so I don't think the queer community's history with the police would be the same as it is in the real world. Especially because Cheery Littlebottom literally started the Dwarf trans/feminism movement as an officer of the Watch, with the Watch's support.

Dibbler would totally sell pride flags with the wrong colors (and then insist it was the "new, updated version" if anyone questioned him)

The nobility are all scandalized, meanwhile the Seamstresses Guild has a float in the parade

Adora Belle Dearheart is deeply involved with at least one queer organization and is one of the main organizers of the Pride festival, but refuses to answer any questions about why

Ridcully decides the wizards should be involved, and Ponder Stibbons should make a float and organize the refreshments for them to eat while riding on the float. Ridcully's concept of allyship is loudly saying, "Well done, that man!" and pointing at anyone he thinks is exhibiting particularly queer behavior.

Madam Sharn and Pepe release a whole new line of Pride-themed chainmail

Bengo Macarona is embraced as a gay icon

Reg Shoe decides the main pride event is too corporate, and organizes an alternative pride parade for the same time and place; this immediately gets subsumed by the main pride event. Some Omnians show up to Pride to protest and Reg is delighted to have someone to fight with.

[just7frogsinapeoplesuit]

More from the tags, I love all of you

[thefingerfuckingfemalefury]

The Assasins Guild have a float for queer youth dealing with unsupportive parents that has a banner that reads "Over their dead body? WE CAN HELP"

[digitaldiscipline]

Nobby is voted Most Genderful for the ninth year in a row.

[dduane]

This thread has gotten seriously better since I saw it last. :)

[the-witchhunter]

Suddenly being smacked in the middle of this by the fact Vetinari was disappointed Vimes didn't properly handcuff him and made a note to get some proper shackles for next time

 'You're not going to handcuff me?' Vimes's mouth dropped open. 'Why should I do that?' 'Treason is very nearly the ultimate crime, Sir Samuel. I think I should demand handcuffs.' 'All right, if you insist.' Vimes nodded at Dorfl. 'Cuff him, then.' 'You haven't got any shackles, by any chance?' said Lord Vetinari, as Dorfly produced a pair of handcuffs. 'We may as well do this thing properly -' 'No. We don't have any shackles.' 'I was only trying to help, Sir Samuel. Shall we be going?' - Jingo

[makingtrouble]

Dibbler pitches his mismatched flags by swearing up and down that each flag represents one of the lesser known genders and can be verified, absolutely verified, by the kind hardworking ladies/gents/et cetera of the Ankh Morpork Bureau of Gender.

Just reach your hand into the pile and pull out the flag that resonates with your unique gender!

[wandering-jana]

The Ancient Roman House of the Birds, named for its mosaic with 33 different bird species.

Italica, Spain

Dec. 2019

[batbetbitbotbut]

I wanted to see the birds in more detail and found some clearer photos in this article:

[coyotette]

[ofchaosgoddess]

[amymon-arachne]

Have people started planning for Tour de Fleece yet?

I only have one or two particular goals in mind, though I do have a list of prep I want to get done before it starts…

[uoftentimes]

I also have a list of prep I need to do before it starts... My goals are pretty unformed currently. But I know I want to spin all my Gotland that I got recently, which means a lot of washing and combing...

[noxx-notions]

Proof of concept. Playing with lace on a wire frame.