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grynwood

Your honor, I love them, they're so horrible

1000-life-hacks

archeologist-prophet

Lovely to see we have spaces where you can gain access to so much literature!

lovewales

Cofiwch Dryweryn / Remember Tryweryn | by Nic Dafis

teashoesandhair

OK so today is the 50th anniversary of the opening of the reservoir in the Tryweryn valley, and so here is a quick impromptu history lesson, because this is a thing and not many people know about the thing.

Capel Celyn was a village in the Tryweryn valley of Wales. I’ll shove a photo at the end of this post, because I can’t shove a photo here due to Tumblr being a pile of poo. The most well recognised image of Tryweryn now is probably the photo above, which is a piece of graffiti situated in Llanrhystud. It means ‘remember Tryweryn’ and it has become a symbol of Welsh nationalism and independence.

In 1956, a private bill, sponsored by Liverpool City Council, was brought before Parliament which would enable the purchase of inhabited land within Wales in order to build a reservoir which would provide water for the English city of Liverpool. The plans meant that the village would have to be flooded, which, as you can probably imagine, was not really conducive to continuing village life for the inhabitants. Now, the usual reaction of most people today - you’d hope - would be “oh, well, oops. I guess we could always put our reservoir somewhere else, where there aren’t actual human people and an actual village with an actual school and church and homes.”

However, Welsh representation in British politics was basically non-existent in 1956. Wales’ governance had been merged with England after the Acts of Union way back in 1542. From 1746 up until 1967, there was a legal act that created a parliamentary definition of ‘England’ as including Wales as well (the Wales and Berwick Act). Wales didn’t have a unified government position (just separate positions, such as the Welsh Department of the Board of Education and other Welsh components of existing departments) until 1965, with the creation of the Welsh Office; a department within Parliament that dealt with issues of Welsh governance. There wasn’t a separate governing body for Wales until 1998, when a referendum finally voted for the creation of the Welsh Assembly, which is the governing body of Wales today. So, as you can probably imagine, government resistance to the Capel Celyn plans back in 1956 was minimal at best, and the plans went ahead, despite 35 of Wales’ 36 MPs voting against the bill.

Capel Celyn was flooded in 1965, displacing 48 out of 67 households, and submerging 12 residential homes, as well as several public buildings including a school, a chapel and a cemetery.

The plans increased support for Welsh devolution within Wales and also led to nationalist groups taking more militant action. The site was bombed in 1963 by Welsh nationalists, and in 1962, two party members of Plaid Cymru - the Welsh independence political party - sabotaged the site’s power supply. Despite the resistance, the reservoir was opened on 21st October 1965.

Liverpool Council officially apologised for flooding the village in 2005, which was a lovely gesture. Really.

(Photos from here and here)

Edit: there are more photos here.

random-bookquotes

It was fun. People get hung up on happiness and joy, but fun will take you at least as far and it’s generally cheaper to obtain.

T. Kingfisher, What Moves the Dead (Sworn Soldier, #1)

boookthievery

hey tumblr can you read the tainted cup by robert jackson bennett so i can get more din and ana fanart pls and thank you i am begging on my knees

rainingriversofyou

Feyre, Bryce & Aelin - ACOTAR, CC & TOG

Artist: _ellieoo_ / @e-llieoo

winterrens

Inktober #3 Manon Blackbeak

8x10 Ballpoint pen, ink, + watercolor

wiisagi-maiingan

Hey, if you do crafts (especially things like crochet, knitting, embroidery, etc), make sure to look up how to identify when a listing is AI generated. You do NOT want to waste money on an incredible looking kit or pattern that is physically impossible to make, especially if you're on sites like etsy hoping to support an actual artist.

pleasespellchimerical

OP's tags:

#as an embroiderer: big red flags are curved straight or satin stitches #stitches that you cannot identify or figure out at all #thread that fades into other colors #backgrounds that match the piece weirdly well (like a floral embroidery piece with a matching vase and flowers on the table) #and a lack of videos of the piece and photos from other angles

elenorasweet

Here's a guide for identifying real freaking cross-stitch patterns that are doable, and not AI-converted confetti:

A guide for crochet patterns:

How to Spot FAKE (AI) Crochet is full of practical tips for being able to quickly identity aritifically created crochet patterns and images.

And one for embroidery:

Artificial Intelligence (“AI”) is affecting our lives in a multitude of new ways. Every type of art/maker community is being affected, inclu

I don't knit, but I'm sure someone has a comparable guide somewhere. I know crochet and knitting seems like more of a problem- the crochet "patterns" make vastly different items than what's pictured, and you can find some of those on r/CraftedbyAI because some people do follow those "patterns" to make a point.

Cross-stitch and embroidery seem like they'd be easier to fake, right? Like, cross-stitch patterns are basically pixel art, so what's the harm?

The cross-stich often has dozens or hundreds of colours and they change every single pixel, which is basically impossible for a human to reproduce. It's just not a pattern, dammit.

The embroidered ones break my heart, though:

Wherein someone is making a lovely embroidered piece but they end up dissatisfied with their work because it doesn't look as impossibly plush and bright as the fake.

It makes people who are new to these crafts feel like they're not doing it right, or gives them insane expectations, and it can drive people away from the craft.

I know of several cross-stitch pattern shops on Etsy that have closed because it's just not worth the investment when they're competing with AI-generated nonsense that can charge pennies because it doesn't take any time or effort to make.

Fuck AI-generated patterns and crafts.

gn005virtue

I'm actually knitting right now! Most of the resources I can find are targeted towards crochet because amigurumi and crocheting cute little creatures is super hot right now, but this information definitely applies to knit pieces as well.

It is probably not shocking that the rise of Artificial Intelligence (AI) has created a stir in the technology world - especially in recent

Learn how to identify AI crochet to avoid pattern scams.

In my last article in my AI Griftwatch series, I covered the recent phenomenon of AI-generated images of fake crochet items popping up all…

Most (if not all) AI-generated images that feature knitted objects possess at least one of these traits:

-Rows (or even entire components of the project) splitting or merging in ways that make no sense. This sweater looks impressive until you try to make sense of that lump near the left shoulder or whatever is going on with the collar. You can even see one row splitting into two near the bottom for seemingly no reason at all.

-Impossible stitches. Those lumpy squares (?) in between Mario's eyes are not real stitches. Neither are the stitches that fade seamlessly into tufts of material on the lion's mane.

-Impossibly huge projects. This elephant is almost twice as tall as the person next to it, and you'll realize that the stitches are actually massive when you take the time to think about how you could make it yourself. If you look closely, you'll also see a fifth leg on the elephant!

-The overall "vibe" of the image is glossy, shiny, plastic-y, or smooth to a degree that is almost unnerving. Yarn comes in lots of different colors and textures, but what's depicted in the image below is a bit too vivid and perfect to be real. Excessive blurring/out-of-focus areas on the project itself can also be signs of AI use.

Apologies for the long addition, I just loathe this stuff with a passion. The only people who benefit from the proliferation of AI images in fiber artist's spaces are scammers, and they make things worse for literally everyone else.

krowbby

it’s been said before but this is so polly perks. girl would be having the gender and sexuality crisis of her life but she has things to do. a brother to save. that quote where she’s like she had a lot to think about but not a lot of time. yeah

the-witchhunter

Sometimes a family is:

a boy/girl/ozzer, a vampire, a troll, a lesbian, an arsonist lesbian, a teen mom, a blouse, an Igor, a religious fanatic haunted by the ghost of a dead dutches, and their trans Dad

krowbby

the thing about jack jackrum. ok let me back up a bit: i reblogged a post a few days ago talking about how there are plenty of cis people who don't have an innate sense of gender connected to their agab, but don't have dysphoria so they just. vibe. the 'i just work here' of gender identity. borogravian society does not really have an idea of being transgender, so they're entirely working off gender = sex = genitals at birth. if jackrum had been born in a world where his beloved never went off to war, and he never decided to follow him, would he have been happy as a woman? if he'd grown up today, in roundworld, would he have been a trans man? there's no way to know. but what we do know is that he's been (for all intents and purposes) a man for possibly 60 years, and doesn't want to give it up at the end of the novel. maybe that's because he loves being a man, maybe that's because he just doesn't feel a strong connection to womanhood and it's easier. either way, he makes his choice, and i want to know who changed the pronouns in his last scene of the american version of the novel so we can have a chat.

asparklethatisblue

Good Borogravian girls...

The backstories of the (human) members of the Monstrous Regiment squad, and what pushed them into joining up

shinraalpha

i love how Gandalf invested in Hobbits in year one and has been pushing them ever since. Thorin, i hear you need help with a breaking and entering. Can I recommend one of these little cunts? Silent as fuck, trust me. Elrond my dude i know you're skeptical but these four chucklefucks just transported a weapon of mass destruction all the way here. Theoden, you've gotta get yourself a hobbit man, I've got a spare one here. Denathor you big prick, take a hobbit - literally this is the bottom of the range but listen to him sing. Beautiful little bastard.

faeriekit

I do think it's pretty funny that fanfic premises based on illegitimate kids as an excuse for crossovers over the years have gone from "Mom character CHEATED on Dad character 😡" to "once upon a time, mommy and daddy had a threesome and now we have YOU!" lmaoooo. People don't want marital discord they just want a third parent

faeriekit

This post is "three parents living happily in one house" erasure smh

maximinimaximus

Only two parents? In *this* economy?

millenialmfa

I love this post. I LOVE this post. When I was in Kindergarten, my teacher wanted to show my family a drawing we were supposed to do if our parents or family members (something like that). At that time, I was living in the house with my mother, my aunt, my grandparents, and my dad would visit sometimes on the weekend. As a baby, my mom was involved with a gay man who even after he came out stayed close with the family (there’s tons of pictures of him holding me as a baby). Anyway, they showed the picture I drew, where I told my teacher I had FIVE PARENTS.

I was an only child, but I was never lonely. My aunt was like the cool big sister, my grandpa pushed me on the swing and taught me about yardwork and exposed me to classic musicals, my grandma is the reason I can cook and bake.

It doesn’t matter how they get there: more people in your child’s life is a good thing.

Fast forward to when I am 15. My grandparents adopt me. My aunt legally becomes my sister, her children legally become my niece and nephew, my grandfather, almost near retirement, gets to joke around with his office that he has a teenager at home and she’s accomplishing xyz insert whatever activity they were keeping me busy with. My grandparents wouldn’t have it any other way.

You know who “gave me away” at my wedding? Six different people all in unison agreeing to help me and my husband on our journey.

I had TWO father/daughter dances that night. No one batted an eye.

More people doesn’t make your kid’s life complicated. It makes it better, I promise. It takes a village. Whether that village comes about organically, legally, through marriage, or polyamory.

faeriekit

I didn't initially tap this post as good poly rep (you can tell it was my second thought), but I am always of the opinion that you can have as many parents in your life as are there are people willing to raise you. There is no such thing as 'replacing a rightful role'; there are only people who love you and are willing to put the time in to be there for you, and your willingness to receive them. Likewise, I imagine, come partners and children.

Thank you for adding your experience.

faeriekit