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There are protests planned tomorrow, March 1st 2025, at noon at US National Parks to oppose the Trump Administration illegal terminations of employees, hiring & spending freezes and planned budget cuts that hurt public lands & public servants. See if there's one near you.

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i’ve been checkin out horse isle 3 for the past couple days and it’s so interesting how much of the infrastructure is user-run. there are no dev-created towns, they’re all built and maintained by clubs. today in the public help chat i asked about a program i read about in the library of the town where i spawned, that gives new players nice competition horses. within minutes, people told me how to connect with that program (which is by and for users with entirely donated horses) and someone who’s not even associated with it gave me a free horse with a full tack set. everyone was so kind

between all that and how huge the map is, how relatively empty it is, it really has an anarchist post-post-apocalyptic vibe. there are metaphorical oppressive manor lords (mods), but i haven’t met them and there’s apparently a thriving subculture skirting the edges of their power (in queer ways mostly)

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Mozilla is being sketchy, people in the responses to this go over why this change is bad but basically they're making users agree to have their data harvested in order to use Firefox

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RIP Joann, now what?

I wanted to make a post I could copy and paste and or link when I see folks asking where to buy fabrics when Joann is gone. I sew a lot, generally between 100-200 items a year and I don't do it on a big budget. Stores are not in a particular order.

Notions:

Wawak.com - start here, mostly stay here. Wawak is a supplier for professional sewing businesses and have the prices that show it. I will not pay for gutermann Mara 100 anywhere else. I buy buttons, tools, thread, and most elastic here.

Stitch Love Studio - this is where I buy lingerie supplies https://www.etsy.com/shop/StitchLoveStudio?ref=yr_purchases

Fabric:

Fabric Mart - this is one where you want to sign up for emails and never buy unless its on sale. They run different sales every day and they rotate. Mostly deadstock fabrics but I buy more from here than anywhere else. Fantastic customer service and if you watch you can get things like $6 wool suiting or $4 cotton jersey. https://fabricmartfabrics.com/

Fabrics-Store - again, buy the sales not the full price. Sign up for the emails but redirect them to a folder because it is TOO MANY. They stock linen or good but not amazing quality. https://www.fabrics-store.com/

Purple Seamstress - This is where I buy my solid cotton lycra jersey. They have other things, but the jersey is what I'm here for. Inexpensive and very good quality. If you ask she will mail you a swatch card for the solids. https://purpleseamstressfabric.com/

LA Finch - deadstock fabrics with a fantastic remnant selection https://lafinchfabrics.myshopify.com/

Califabrics - mix of deadstock and big brands, easy to navigate and always seem to have good denim in stock. https://califabrics.com/

Boho Fabrics - good variety, nice bundles. I have also gotten some really great trims from here. https://www.bohofabrics.com/

Firecracker Fabrics - garment and quilting fabrics, really nice selection and great sale section. I've bought $5 yard quilting cottons here several times. https://www.firecrackerfabrics.com/

Hancock's of Paducah - Quilting fabric and some limited garment fabric. AMAZING sale section. Do not sleep on the sale section. This is my first stop when buying quilting fabrics. Usually the last stop too. Not particularly speedy shipping. https://www.hancocks-paducah.com/

Itokri - This is something a little different. Itokri is an Indian business with incredible traditional fabrics. Shipping to the US is expensive, but the fabric is so inexpensive it evens out. I generally end up paying like $30 for shipping. Beautiful ikat and block prints. https://itokri.com/

Miss Matatabi - this is a little treat. This isn't where you go to save money, but there are so many beautiful things in this shop. Ships from Japan incredibly quickly. https://shop.missmatatabi.com/

Lucky Deluxe - Craft thrift store, always has an incredible selection and fantastic customer service. I need to close the tab fast because I never go to this website without finding something I need. https://www.luckydeluxefabrics.com/

Swanson's - the OG of online craft thrift stores, but I find their website harder to navigate. https://www.swansonsfabrics.com

Honorary Mentions: I haven't shopped at these places yet but I have had them recommended and likely will at some point.

A Thrifty Notion - https://athriftynotion.com/

Creative Closeouts - https://creativecloseoutsfabric.com/ being rebranded to sewsnip.com on March 1 - quilting deadstock

Hawthorne Supply Co. - I just got this rec and I think I need to not look too closely or I'm going to slip with my debit card. https://www.hawthornesupplyco.com/

This is not an exhaustive list of everywhere you can buy fabric, or even a full list of where I shop. There are SO many options out there in the world. You also need to think outside the fabric store box. I thrift men's shirt fabrics for quilts and sheets for backing fabric. I don't do a ton of in person thrifting and my local stores don't get a lot of craft materials but every thrift store is its own universe and reflects the community it is in. Go out and find something cool.

Oh and final note: Don't shop at Hobby Lobby.

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2/26/2005: MCR play on Taste of Chaos in Asbury Park, NJ🩸 #Revenge20

📸 via Taste of Chaos DVD

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not having the courtesy to send rejection letters should count against your reputation as a company and i’m so serious about that

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A group of Wikipedia editors have formed WikiProject AI Cleanup, “a collaboration to combat the increasing problem of unsourced, poorly-written AI-generated content on Wikipedia.” The group’s goal is to protect one of the world’s largest repositories of information from the same kind of misleading AI-generated information that has plagued Google search results, books sold on Amazon, and academic journals. “A few of us had noticed the prevalence of unnatural writing that showed clear signs of being AI-generated, and we managed to replicate similar ‘styles’ using ChatGPT,” Ilyas Lebleu, a founding member of WikiProject AI Cleanup, told me in an email. “Discovering some common AI catchphrases allowed us to quickly spot some of the most egregious examples of generated articles, which we quickly wanted to formalize into an organized project to compile our findings and techniques.”

9 October 2024

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100% atk and 0% dmg baby goat

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why are you as an adult open-mouth coughing all over the place

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What do you mean you can’t find a job? Have you looked on Indeed? What about Linkedin? You should try Upwork. How about Rise? Have you tried Jobera? Take a look on Dribbble. You GOTTA be on Jooble, dude. Get on Jooble. Jooble has it for you.

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been watching the sopranos with my mom, who watched it in bits and pieces during its original run. from what she’d told me about it and what i’ve seen on here, i was not expecting it to be so funny- or that tony soprano goes to therapy

as someone who was only briefly alive in the 90s i feel like it’s giving me the historical context of tulsa king (which was fun), but also makes tulsa king seem like a pale, less violent, less funny derivative of the sopranos

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Source

If you haven't already heard the sad news, ALL JoAnn stores are closing (it was previously reported that only some stores would be closed).

Important: JOANN GIFT CARDS WILL ONLY BE HONORED THROUGH FEBRUARY 28. If you don't have time to get to the store, use them on the website.

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There are people who believe that dropping nuclear bombs is justified but setting a cop car on fire is terrorism.

No, really. That's not an exaggeration. That's not hypothetical. People actually, literally believe that. And it's not just a few people.

They're not fundamentally opposed to violence. They just believe that certain people should have a monopoly on violence.

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Not where you grew up. Not where you’ll be living soon. Where you’re living right now.

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Horse breed of the day: Poitevin

Height: 15-17 hh

Common coat colors: Dun, various roans, bay and grey

Place of origin: France