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[rityrooroo]

Crafters Beware!!!

This is the worst thing I've ever discovered. it's going to be so detrimental to me.

http://www.antiquepatternlibrary.org/

It has every antique hobby I'm interested in, in one place. FOR FREE!!!!

You're welcome

Edit: I’ve noticed they have a donate option but I personally haven’t yet verified that they’re legit/still active since I’m not in the US and idk where to look to verify an NPO over there.

[sturdynerdystitchery]

Anything in the US before 1924 is under public domain/creative commons. Which means, this stuff is all before copyright. So, it is legit 100% free. For designers like myself, it is a GOLD mine for creative inspiration, and the ccross stitch selection (with 90% of the patterns downloaded on my server) offers a VAST array of various elements one can steal for various patterning.  Public domain is your friend! so, check out these awesome public domain sights for all the book nerds!

https://www.oldbookillustrations.com/

https://www.oldbookart.com/

https://www.fromoldbooks.org/ <-- I have fund this site particularly useful in finding decorative borders that I could incorporate into patterning! 

https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Main_Page <-- this site has a treasure trove of public domain, but because it is so massive, it can be a BIG rabbit hole, and one that can be tricky to navigate. But still worth it. 

https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/

I am sure there is more, but that’s all I got so far!

[anarchopuppy]

The #1400challenge - How to turn stimulus checks into collective power | Inhabit

The last year has demonstrated just how razor thin our margin of survival is—from the brutality of the police to the viciousness of the virus, from the absurd ups-and-downs of the economy to the glaring incompetence of the government.

Now that they’ve been forced to send some cash our way, we’d like to propose a little something they maybe didn’t expect. The idea is simple: what if we took our stimulus checks and put them towards collective use?

In recent weeks Inhabit has been collaborating with groups around the country to put together a series of kits called the #1400challenge. The result is a handful of introductory guides for a variety of collective projects—from soundsystems and meshnets to pop-up dwellings and community gyms.

Each project is based on a proven and replicable idea, a working model that has already seen action in the streets and in neighborhoods. And each could be a jumping off point for new designs, new skillsets, new encounters, and newly expanded frontlines in the battle for the future.

No doubt many of us will have to spend our checks on necessities like groceries, rent, medical bills—all the bullshit it takes to stay alive in this bullshit world. But for those who can, and especially for those who want to pool resources, the opportunity is clear: invest in collective infrastructure that increases our shared capabilities, that augments our ability to live and to fight.

Here’s our wager. We have to translate isolated, temporary solutions to individual problems into the material and ethical basis for building collective power. We need autonomous solutions that scale at the level of neighborhoods, cities, and regions. Our power together unlocks more potential than we have alone.

It’ll take more than a stuck container ship to break the hold of the economy over our lives. Design and build new ways of living together, that lessen our dependence on their system at the same time that we cultivate trust in one another. Leverage all the means at our disposal—including their cold hard cash—to bring out the beauty, dignity, and creativity of our shared existence.

Read more…

If you want even more ideas, check out my #practical tag

[destiny-islanders]

If there was a way to run SUPER MEGA AD BLOCKER on this website I fucking would

[celtic-pyro-deactivated20230725]

“Please oh please open up your computer to a porn virus! If you don’t you’re evil!”

[history-student-against-antis]

Freeloader Comin’ through!

[moonlight-fox]

We didn’t start this war internet users have with ads - We might have moaned about banner ads, but it was only when they started making noises when we might be listening to music or a podcast or whatever, causing two sound sorces at once, that we started trying to block ads universally rather than just a specific type of ad (pop ups).

And since then ads have gotten worse - Actual malware rather than merely breaking one of the fundamental sins of web design - though shalt not autoplay anything with sound. And the more aggressive a website is with ‘please turn off adblock’ the less I trust it to bother to vet ads and advertisers to make sure they’re not installing malware.

[bramblepatch]

Not to mention that the idea that avoiding ads is “freeloading” is hilariously backward. Advertisement is a transaction between the platform and the advertiser, the user has no obligation to provide the views/clicks the platform has promised. Using an adblocker isn’t freeloading in the same way that leaving the room to get a snack during a commercial break isn’t cheating the tv network.

[pocosun]

Ok y’all, I work as a web developer and I’m here to tell you that you are 100% right and that it’s shit. SO I’m going to tell you how to get around websites that block you from using their website if you’re using an adblocker. 

Every website uses a language called JavaScript; long story short it’s a website language that allows developers to do the crazy shit you see on websites. Now the easiest thing to do is to disable JavaScript to stop them from knowing you have an adblocker:

Oh no! I’m blocked from viewing the website. It would be a terrible shame if I were able to right click and select the “inspect” feature

Click the three dots in the top right and open the “Settings” Menu

And then scrolled down to “Debugger” and checked the “Disable Javascript Option”

And then just refreshed the page

[eggfucker1]

Reblogging to save my life

[doublekaiju]

saving a life

[butchdarry-deactivated20180612]

the greatest skill a woman can learn for herself is self reliance

[butchdarry-deactivated20180612]

to clarify … so many strong women in my life rely on men. that dependence is dangerous. ladies here are some good ref resources I’ve found helpful on my journey towards self reliance

automobile

changing coolant

changing oil

changing tire

jumping a car

plumbing

toilet running

basement flooding

replace a faucet

clogged drain

electrical

replacing light switches

blew a fuse

installing overhead light

earth vs. neutral vs. live wires

home

patching drywall

finding studs

this list is in no way comprehensive feel free to add on

[nerdgul]

a lot of ‘man things’ are a lot easier than you think they are. especially considering the fact that most of these things when buying the parts come with directions on the packaging that men usually don’t even look at (and often end up doing it wrong because they were taught by fathers who also did not look at the packaging). 

like i recently had to change my car battery and freaked out cause i thought id electrocute myself but turns out new batteries come with directions and its the easiest shit in the world so long as you can lift the damn thing. 

so yeah, ladies dont ever feel like a man is a necessity for life, you can do this shit on your own its easier than you think!  

[30-minute-memes]

flash games actually raised me more than my parents did and im genuinely gonna miss them

[cerastes]

You don’t have to miss them, you literally can keep playing them, they are being archived.

Also Newgrounds has been preparing for this for years now and they made their own free software that can still run Flash games.

[kittensinsocks24]

IF A CREEP WANTS YOUR NUMBER

A series of fake numbers to leave behind.

1-888-447-5594 - Easter egg number for finishing God of War, contains a dramatic speech. Personal favorite.

605-475-6968 - Rejection hotline, politely explains that whoever gave you this number turned ya down, buddy

888-276-6760 - The 24-hour Klu Klux Klanline where you can get a FREE INFORMATION BOOKLET!!!!1!

866-740-4531 - Only responds with “I am Groot”

206-569-5829 - Seattle radio station “Loser Line”. If they leave a weird voicemail, it could get broadcast over the airwaves.

Stay safe, people.

[thefeywildling]

Don’t forget about 515-808-2362, the number that rings and then plays the John Cena thing.

[47lamborghinis-deactivated20160]

309-889-0497 plays the evangelation theme

[jdeko]

Evangelation

[sirchubbybunny]

There’s also 855-523-9386 which will respond to the caller with a robot beat boxing Korn’s “Freak on a Leash”.

[tomysshadow-deactivated20230715]

Who knew so many weird almost useless phone numbers existed?

[cikero]

if only there was a way for us to contribute to one big gofundme medical campaign that could be used to cover everyone’s medical expenses

[pleasespellchimerical]

I know this is a note to universal health care, but I do wanna take a moment to boost a seriously cool organization:

https://ripmedicaldebt.org/

RIP Medical Debt buys portfolios of medical debt (which are very cheap), and forgives them. They focus on debt held by people at the poverty line, where forgiveness can be a massive help for people.

Because medical debt is so cheap to purchase, donations to RIP Medical Debt go far beyond the dollar amount donated. 

I truly hope that America’s predatory medical system will be reformed and made to work for us all, but until that happens, RIP Medical Debt is doing a fantastic job helping out people hurt by it.

[blackqueerblog]

[avellach-the-realmwalker]

Chik-fil-le sandwich

INGREDIENTS:

4 hamburger buns, split

1 head green leaf lettuce, leaves separated

1 beefsteak tomato, sliced

20 dill pickle slices

FOR THE CHICKEN

2 boneless, skinless chicken breasts

1 cup dill pickle juice

1 ½ cups milk, divided

1 cup peanut oil

1 large egg

½ cup all-purpose flour

1 tablespoon confectioners’ sugar

Kosher salt and freshly ground black pepper, to taste

DIRECTIONS:

Place a chicken breast on a cutting board. With your hand flat on top of it, carefully slice the chicken in half horizontally. Trim excess fat as needed.

In a large shallow baking dish, combine chicken, pickle juice and ½ cup milk; marinate for at least 30 minutes. Drain well.

Heat peanut oil in a large skillet over medium high heat.

In another large shallow baking dish, whisk together remaining 1 cup milk and egg. Stir in chicken to coat and drain excess milk mixture.

In a gallon size Ziploc bag or large bowl, combine chicken, flour and confectioners’ sugar; season with salt and pepper, to taste.

Working in batches, add chicken to the skillet and cook until evenly golden and crispy, about 4-5 minutes. Transfer to a paper towel-lined plate.

Serve chicken immediately on burger buns with green leaf lettuce, tomato and pickles.

[in-my-defense-i-was-left-alone]

@sleepdeprivedstorm

i’m just sending you food recipes now

[ghostmakescoffee]

Oh fuck. I did not know that Chick-Fil-A were pricks.

[karsvroomvroom]

:( 

[robotsandfrippary]

Cheesecake factory Fried Chicken Sliders are a fantastic alternative.

Basilisk in Portland, OR is also a great alternative Chicken Sandwich. 

[coalhill-gothamsurvivor]

The Popeyes chicken sandwich is better anyways.

[squeeful]

December will bring a sight in the sky not seen since the Middle Ages, astronomers say

Jupiter and Saturn are about to line up in a way not seen since the Middle Ages, astronomers say.

When the sun sets on 21 December – the winter solstice – people looking up to the sky will see Jupiter and Saturn closer than anyone alive has ever seen them before.

It will be the first time that such a sight has been seen for 800 years.

“Alignments between these two planets are rather rare, occurring once every 20 years or so, but this conjunction is exceptionally rare because of how close the planets will appear to one another,” said Rice University astronomer Patrick Hartigan in a statement.

“You’d have to go all the way back to just before dawn on March 4, 1226, to see a closer alignment between these objects visible in the night sky.”

The approach of the two planets has been going on since the summer. As it reaches its peak, between 16 December and Christmas Day, they will be separated by less than the width of a full Moon.

“On the evening of closest approach on Dec 21 they will look like a double planet, separated by only 1/5th the diameter of the full moon,” said Professor Hartigan.

“For most telescope viewers, each planet and several of their largest moons will be visible in the same field of view that evening.”

The two planets should be visible to anyone on Earth, as long as the weather allows an unrestricted view. But the best visibility will come about an hour after sunset – when the planets will appear low in the western sky – and will look better nearer the equator.

For anyone who misses the astronomical pairing, there will be another chance to see the sight in 2080. After that there will not be another opportunity until after 2400.

[sosuperawesome]

Yasenka Ceramics

[afeelgoodblog]

After seeing the dad how do I channel, I really wanted this one. I searched for it and, tada! Mom how do I? Seems rather new, but I love it anyway.

[cloudfreed]

This is such a cute and helpful idea, especially since some people either didn’t grow up with someone who could teach them this stuff or they grew up with parents who did everything for them. I knew a lot of guys in college who didn’t know how to do laundry or cook!

[w00dchips]

Mom How Do I

Dad How Do I

[joyfulsongbird]

with the discussion happening on my blog tonight here’s a “are you a main or side character uquiz” that i have yet to take so i think it’d be fun if we all shared our results to each other, let’s find out

[ironmaidenhead]

[wearemage]

[wearestormcaller]

The Wise Mentor. Ok now… I’m not *that* old

[wearesorcerer]

I’m almost surprised.

[wearestormcaller]

Does this mean @wearesorcerer, you’re going on a quest to fight @wearemage, and you’re going to visit me in my coastal cave, listen to everything I say, but immediately ignore it?

[wearesorcerer]

I don’t want to fight Mage, I 💖❤️🧡💛💚💙💜🖤🤎🤍 Mage! But me visiting you and then not listening would be me if I were not also

from the horror post.

[wearestormcaller]

We can fill out this narrative, and in fact I think you not hearing my warnings about mage are already coming true. You see the darkness coming, darkness I try and warn you that mage is helping along!

[wearesorcerer]

Oh, I know full well @wearemage is helping the darkness along in-character; I’m delaying for either a moment when I—

Hmm…I don’t know what I’m delaying for. Other than I like Mage and explodistabbing would hamper that friendship. Unless we’re all in different but connected stories… >> << >> (Rewrites causality to put peeps in different but connected stories.)

[vikings-til-valhalla]

I will die trying to one-up literally everybody. Also considering I always played paladins before anything for around 10 years, of course I’m very morally aligned.

[veiyalencharvin]

[lagonegirl]

Meet Sister Rosetta Tharpe, the black woman who invented that rock and roll sound 

You know what’s sad, before I even read this article I was ready to refute this because I grew up believing Chuck Berry created Rock and roll. It’s said how so many knew of this great woman yet none spoke on her greatness.

I also discovered Big Mama Thornton, who’s another hugely influential early inventor of rock and roll — I’m pretty sure Hound Dog was originally popularized by her, before Elvis stole it.

Love Sister Rosetta Tharpe! #BlackGirlMagic

A few of her performances:

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

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l9bX5mzdihs

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SR2gR6SZC2M

Also I heard she was bisexual…

Happy Black History Month! 

[usedtobe-a-crazygirlthinking]

She was a BEAST

[airframeextender]

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

my favorite because shes shredding and says “lets do that again” and then shreds harder

[gotterhag]

ALWAYS Reblog!!!

[soundsof71]

Check those videos above! Note that they’re all from later in her career, too, and remember that Sister Rosetta was cooking up the stew of gospel and the blues that birthed rock and roll before Ray Charles was even born. 

[jomiddlemarch]

The Senate Judiciary Committee is CURRENTLY tallying calls asking for confirmation to be delayed until after the election. I just called; it took 15 seconds. CALL: 202-224-5225. If you are outraged that they are ramming through a Supreme Court justice although millions of people have ALREADY voted for who they want to select that justice, please take 15 seconds RIGHT NOW and call to say that you want to DELAY any selection.

** If you get a message that their mailbox is full - try again immediately; most people are getting staffers by their second try**

[ink-splotch]

Please, folks!

[wildlifewednesdays]

A porcupine’s Halloween present (+ original sound effects)

[docwithtardisfez]

I had no idea giant porcupines made fucking precious sounds

[11213372-deactivated20160412]

[nightonblogmountain]

THAT’S THE SOUND IT MAKES!?!?!?

UN-BE-FUCKING-LIEVABLE 

[why-animals-do-the-thing]

We got asked if this is cute and okay. I can very happily say yes, this is stupid cute and those are happy porcupine noises. 

One of my favorite things about doing zoo work was all the noises you never realize the animals make when they’re excited or interested in a new thing. Coatimundis squeak and snuffle, and giant porcupines make that sound. 

[typhoidmeri]

Omgggg the sounds.

[gigi-tastic]

Teddy is back on my dash and all is right with the world

[bears-official]

WE ALMOST TO OCTOBRE POST OF PUNKINBEARS

[blackness-by-your-side]

The sign of high quality is the fact the book was banned by the government. Trash literature NEVER EVER had any troubles with the law.

[cuntybearjamboree]

FARENHEIT 451 IS ON THE BANNED BOOKS LIST??? IT’S LITERALLY ABOUT THE SOCIETAL DANGERS OF BANNING/OUTLAWING/BURNING BOOKS ARE YOU FUCKING KIDDING ME

[dancing-coyote]

That’s the reason it’s on the bloody list.

BECAUSE IT’S ABOUT HOW BANNING AND BURNING BOOKS IS WRONG.

[unlimitedgamesbutnogames]

HERE’S ALL THE PDF VERSIONS I COULD FIND SINCE WE’RE ALL IN QUARANTINE AND WE CAN’T PHYSICALLY GET THE BOOKS WE DON’T HAVE

The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn

The Autobiography of Malcolm X

Beloved

Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee (this was the only free version I could find, and it’s a downloadable thing, so do so with caution)

The Call of the Wild

Catch-22 (it was either this version or one where the entire thing was in comic sans font)

The Catcher in the Rye

Fahrenheit 451

For Whom the Bell Tolls

Gone With the Wind

The Grapes of Wrath

The Great Gatsby

Howl

In Cold Blood

Invisible Man

The Jungle (personally I don’t like this formatting, but the site doesn’t look sketchy so…) - there’s also this which is the proper book format in a pdf, but it’s directly photocopied so it might be hard to read some of the print

Leaves of Grass

Moby Dick

Native Son

Our Bodies, Ourselves (we learned about this one in APUSH!)

The Red Badge of Courage

The Scarlet Letter

COULD NOT FIND Sexual Behavior in the Human Male (the ebook is 47 fucking dollars??? and i can’t even find sketchy websites that’ll let me download a pdf. if anyone manages to find a link, lmk please)

Stranger in a Strange Land

A Streetcar Named Desire

Their Eyes Were Watching God

To Kill a Mockingbird

Uncle Tom’s Cabin

Where the Wild Things Are (this is a slideshow!!!! how fun)

COULD NOT FIND The Words of Cesar Chavez (however I did manage to download the first 71 pages of the book from EBSCO and I put it here but I couldn’t get the rest. sorry y’all)

[emeraldscholar]

rebloggan 4 links

[pastel-bunny-exe]

Perfect way to kill time

[transbisexuals]

if you’re lgbt reblog this and tag your identity, height, and whether you walk slow or fast