I don’t think Dionysus was raised as a girl for his protection. I think he was raised as a girl because they didn’t know better. Then one day he told them all he was not a girl. All of the mad women of the mountains who raised and loved him and would be his first maenads rushed to hug him and kiss the crown of his head. Hermaphroditus told him how proud they were that he knew himself. Silenus lied and said he had seen this coming for some time. The world paused for a moment for him but it did not change around him. The creeks babbled and the birds sang and the gentle rains of Nysa beat down upon the trees. His girlhood was in the past tense very suddenly and his boyhood stretched out in front of him.
This is what would happen if Section 230 were to get repealed and those 19 "kids online safety" bills were to get passed…
I've explained in another post how the repealing of Section 230 would affect nintendo game fandoms in particular:
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But I'm going to go into the broader category for fandoms in this PSA about how repealing Section 230 and the "kids online safety" bills affect fandoms as a whole.
First, we need to explain what Section 230 actually is. As Wikipedia states:
"In the United States, Section 230 is a section of the Communications Act of 1934 that was enacted as part of the Communications Decency Act of 1996, which is Title V of the Telecommunications Act of 1996, and generally provides immunity for online computer services with respect to third-party content generated by their users. At its core, Section 230(c)(1) provides immunity from liability for providers and users of an "interactive computer service" who publish information provided by third-party users: No provider or user of an interactive computer service shall be treated as the publisher or speaker of any information provided by another information content provider."
Basically, this law protects websites from constant lawsuits over user content, and thus allows user-generated content to flourish, and that's largely how fandoms have been able to exist.
Without Section 230, many fandoms would NOT be able to exist as they are today, because platforms would heavily censor fan content to prevent themselves from being held liable.
The most important thing to note is that this WILL affect AO3's ability to function as a fanfiction archive, as fan content isn't exactly protected by law. See: Nintendo fanartist gets a C&D from nintendo for literal FAN ART
Now, we also need to get into the details about how some of these "kids online safety" bills will affect fandoms and fan content with massive censorship.
You may or may not already know that KOSA (Kids Online Safety Act) was mentioned to enforce a "duty of care" for platforms to censor out "harmful content", but one of the bill's founder's Marsha Blackburn has outright stated that KOSA would censor LGBTQ+ and Trans content.
Many of the other bills in the "kids online safety" bill package would also enforce mass censorship and surveillance via ID age-verification, which will largely affect vulnerable groups like LGBTQ+, POC, and Disabled artists.
If you want to protect the internet, and Fandom as a whole, we need to stop these bills from passing.
Sign these petitions, and CALL YOUR REPS.
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I thought the first post was getting rather long, so here i'm starting another. As of today, saluki, rough collie, Jamthund, malinois, St Bernard, Keeshond, Irish setter, Doberman, Epagnuel Breton, Basset bouvier de flandres.
My favourite is the collie. Of course, it stands to reason, I'm totally besotted with rough collies 🥰
What kind of sorcery is this?! I can never turn more than 10 cards in sequence because they just refuse to cooperate and you have like, what, 35? 40?! HOW?!?!
40 in the tree strap above! The most I ever tried was 44 for this ramshorn strap below - that was tough, but also ok because the groups turned separately? I think my hands would murder me if I tried to go any higher on my backstrap setup though ;) I think the trick is maintaining appropriate tension!
@diamondot speaking for myself, i just decided to learn it one day a few years ago (i had a viking phase ok) and simply started with it. It's surprisingly easy since all the info is available on the net. Honestly, i don't remember where i started since it has been so long ago and now i just browse pinterest for patterns alone. Google tablet weaving or card weaving (same thing, different names) patterns and some basic explanations and yt vids for how to turn and weave the stuff. Things like
S and Z threading are there for a reason, so mind your card orientation. Start with some easy pattern like simple wave or diamonds above, 6 - 10 cards are good for your first project. Don't lose hope in initial stage. Streching and threading all that yarn can take anything between 20 minutes and 3 hours depending on how big is the pattern and how skilled you are. Since you need some lenghts to secure ends and to turn cards, use about 40 cm more than wished lenght of your final product. Secure lose ends after threading through cards so you won't end with a bundled mess. Streching/knotting them to something is one way. Taping each card threads together or using weights (check pictures below) is another way (good only for shorter stuff though). Cards could be made out of anything as long as they have smooth edges and rounded corners. Cardboard, thicker plastic sheet, literal cards cut into squares with holes punched through them, whatever. These are mine 2 decks, minus cards i am using atm.
When you start weaving and pattern looks like a total mess, try turning cards in opposite directions. It usualy solves the problem (all that forward/backward can be a bit tricky and mirroring motions/patterns/card orientation can be confusing at first seemingly messing all your work even though you are doing everything right technicaly, just in opposite order/direction). Don't lose your hope. I still manage to mess up like first 5cm of every other work i start. It's not an issue as that start usualy gets cut off anyway (the tension is not right for at least first 4 rows, aka 1 full card rotation, until all threads go up and down at least once no matter what you do. Don't sweat it). You don't need any fancy startup either. Historicaly, people used to weave like this and this and this:
I just strech the thing between 2 chairs myself. Door knobs work as well and so does staircase railing. Wherever you have some space. Long hair clips are your friend, especialy when you are done with weaving for the day and you don't want stuff to tangle
Hi. I may be late to reply but i'm in a weaving mood so here we are.
The thing is that the technique looks complicated due to the fact that there is 100 something and that number alone is scary. But. Actually several buts.
But number 1 - the technique is OLD. Meaning - while being somewhat tedious just like any other textile craft, it has been used and learned for a long long time and there's plenty of resources (check out links above or any youtube video explaining the process) of varying difficulty from complicated af to easy peasy lemon squeezy with closed eyes
But number 2 - there is only one core principle/step you need to understand and that is when some threads go from up to down or from down to up (aka when they cross), you need another thread going in between so they won't simply snap back again. That's it. That's the basic principle behind every weaving ever. What card weaving does compared to standard weave is that instead of a single thread going up and down in the single row, you get 2 or 3 or 4 or 6 or whatever number of threads your pattern calls for in the same row
But number 3 - the number of rows = number of cards. Simple as that. Cards turn around to make a cord like when you are twisting 2 or 4 or whatever numbers of threads to make a rope. If some of those threads have different colours, you get a repeating pattern.
But number 4 - card orientation or S/Z orientation or whatever other fancy name for the twisting direction simply means that if you turn all your card in the same way at the same time, which one of them will make the twisted rope in this / angle and which one will do that in this \ angle. That's it. That's the whole mystery between S/Z threading.
But number 5 - you can start with as little as 4 cards to make a custom set of shoe laces or a key strap or whatever and call yourself a weaver. Because you did that. And it was nice. And it was easy. You just turn and thread and turn and thread and then you keep repeating this while watching a movie or something. There's no need for the math finals level of concentration here.
But number 5 - no one, literally NO ONE starts with a pattern like this
No. Everybody starts with something like this
Keep it simple, keep it easy, make 10cm and be done if you want to. It's perfectly fine.
But number 6 - you don't need any fancy items for starting. No hooks, no needles, no loom, no anything. If you have 2 balls of yarn in different color or some remains of your old cross stitch project or whatever and some card-like stuff you won't be sad for making holes in it, you are all set. Back side of the sketch pad is good. Poker cards cut to squares are good. A sturdy enough sheet of plastic is also good. You remember that old pexeso pairs stack you didn't touch since you were 9? Guess what!
My point is that if this looks like something you may be interested in, then you can absolutely try doing it for literally zero cost other than your time.
When Superman and Batman are asleep, Wonder Woman will expose their dicks to compare them for her fans. She will show that Superman has a towering cock that she loves, but she will also show that Batman is small where it truly matters. Wonder Woman praising Superman while making jokes about Batman, maybe even kissing the hyper cock also.
"And as you can see here..." Diana smiled to the camera, talking softly as to not wake the two heroes up. "Ka... Superman here, more than lives up to his name~" she smiled, peperring the immense cock with light kisses and licks, careful to keep them subtle enough he wouldn't wake up.
"Thicker than my leg, longer than it too, and that's when he's soft~" Wonder woman continued. "and you should see how long he can go for, and... but i'm getting distracted."
She scooted over to the next bed, lightly lifting the cover too.
"And here is Batman's. It's... adequate, for a normal human, i imagine... but Trevor was bigger." she sighs. "Well, as good as Batman is at most things, this is the one area where he is... below average, let's say. To be nice."
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