#just like they do

[vampiricbisexuality]

like to charge, reblog to cast <3

[bixels]

As gen-AI becomes more normalized (Chappell Roan encouraging it, grifters on the rise, young artists using it), I wanna express how I will never turn to it because it fundamentally bores me to my core. There is no reason for me to want to use gen-AI because I will never want to give up my autonomy in creating art. I never want to become reliant on an inhuman object for expression, least of all if that object is created and controlled by tech companies. I draw not because I want a drawing but because I love the process of drawing. So even in a future where everyone’s accepted it, I’m never gonna sway on this.

[sparklebyte]

“here’s what we know about the uhc shooter”

WRONG! He is a suspect and we should treat him as such. He should be treated as innocent until proven guilty, not guilty until proven innocent. He’s a person of interest not the killer. I don’t care what the media or authorities are saying, he’s a human being who deserves a fair trial and deserves to be treated as innocent until proven otherwise.

[vaspider]

[nerdyguardgrl]

And then there’s the designation where you’ve been in the craft for ages, but just discovered there’s such a thing as guilds in your area a couple years ago. Which means you both are the newest member in a long while, but also have started a pretty extensive hoard already. So, you get some of the older members’s hoards, but you don’t have room for even half of the stuff they’re offering. A Craft Adolescent if you will.

So then, you get to be the person who posts on Reddit/marketplace/craigslist to find the hoard a new home. My current case is a countermarch 12 shaft floor loom that has been in a member’s family since at least the 1800s. It’s kind of the ship of Theseus of floor looms. I’m still half tempted to build an addition purely for the giant ass floor loom, since I’m probably not getting another chance at one and a 12 shaft is like 9k new.

We are all but dragons.

Hey gallus can you back me up in an argument I'm having that being under the age of 45 in any fiber arts hobby just makes people give you stuff?

I keep getting gifted fabric by garb laurels and somehow I have a spinning wheel and people in my family think I'm doing it on purpose. I'm not! Just being young makes the olds want to give me things that have been in their hoards too long!!!!

It is a simple matter of supply and demand. Even if they're not the majority, MANY people in fibercraft have been doing it for decades and accumulated impressive hoards of tools, materials and books. The oldest of these people are often looking to downsize before they move into a more manageable home/make sure their beloved tools go to a good home before they die. Their own kids often don't want the studio hoard, so the elder fibercrafter turns to their fellow crafters. Since established crafters already have their own hoards, the elders turn to the newest members of the hobby to unload on. That is *usually* the youngest person there, but the actual measurement is "least deep into the madness".

If you are both new to the craft AND decidedly youthful, things WILL be flogged at you by your craft elders who are you as both a surrogate apprentice to pass their legacy onto, and a convenient dumping ground. If you have too much stuff, the solution is to recruit someone else into the craft to serve as the new Craft Baby.

[inkskinned]

it's extremely critical that you see the photo of the perp walk for luigi mangione as being propaganda. i've seen so many people wave it off and instead fawn over his looks. and trust me, i know it ended up being kind of pathetic and weird - but please don't brush it off as a "modelling opportunity" for him. it's a fucking terrifying message the police are sending.

i want to make a few comparisons here, in case you're not from the US or familiar with why the perp walk thing is something to pay attention to. just to set the groundwork for why this is a purposeful, unusual, and cruel act by the nyc police - for why this is not a common occurrence and for why that matters.

the prosecution alleges the show of force is due to the charge of "terrorism." for comparison, in june 2015, tsarnaev was found guilty for the boston marathon bombing, which killed 3 people and injured hundreds. his actions are considered to be an act of domestic terrorism. i have spent the last hour looking through google for pictures of similar to mangione's perp walk - and so far, i have found zero. i also just do not personally remember a moment like that, despite living in boston at the time.

they allege that luigi is a stone-cold killer who carried out a longterm plan, making him particularly dangerous. again for comparison: in nyc, recently cory martin was found guilty of the killing of brandy odom. the murder was planned and premeditated to steal insurance money. and yet no staged perp walk. why didn't her life matter enough for a "show of force"?

but mangione gets paraded by a veritable army of police officers as if he is a rabid animal. for a single citizen who allegedly killed one other single citizen, the "largest perp walk ever" occurs.

so what is the "strong message" that the mayor and the police were trying to send here? the mayor speaks as if mangione is already convicted of terrorism. there is a very thin number of people who feel threatened by the CEO's death. none of us felt like mangione needs to be under massive armed guard.

the message is that you shouldn't resist. they are trying to "make an example" of him - that if you behave badly and kill a single rich person, you'll be treated as if you killed hundreds of people. you will be treated worse than a man who was found guilty of terrorism. you will be considered guilty without trial. the message is that the rich are a protected class, and you cannot touch them without massive punishment. they are trying to prevent a revolution by showing dominance and force against you.

the message is that the police are a puppet of the wealthy and that the law is not equally applied across class disparity. it is "some are more equal than others." it is "one life is more precious than another."

the show of force wasn't for luigi. it was for us. it was a warning. they are trying to remind us who is really in control.

[incandescent-creativity]

Do you ever write a sentence and then realize “Nah, that’s too self aware for you” and backspace a bunch of times.

[biggest-gaudiest-patronuses]

girl why the hell WEREN'T you at the devil's sacrament 👀 that's three sacraments in a row you've missed 👀 👀 👀

[ameba-from-space]

[12neonlit-stage]

you're allowed to discuss and work together, reblog for a higher sample size or something

You have 1 week, good luck!

[butchfalin]

the funniest meltdown ive ever had was in college when i got so overstimulated that i could Not speak, including over text. one of my friends was trying to talk me through it but i was solely using emojis because they were easier than trying to come up with words so he started using primarily emojis as well just to make things feel balanced. this was not the Most effective strategy... until. he tried to ask me "you okay?" but the way he chose to do that was by sending "👉🏼👌🏼❓" and i was so shocked by suddenly being asked if i was dtf that i was like WHAT???? WHAT DID YOU JUST SAY TO ME?????????? and thus was verbal again

[swan2swan]

Whoever conceived and animated this moment, I hope they're doing well and thriving. This is S-rank romance stuff here.

[the-adventures-of-dave]

I walked upstairs to find both cats on the couch eating a bag of slowly thawing peas. Life is an adventure.

[captainjonnitkessler]

Every time I advocate for voting people are like "no you shouldn't vote! Read this literature, it'll totally change the way you view voting!" And every single time it's the same fucking "you shouldn't vote because both parties are exactly the same so it won't make a difference who wins" bullshit wrapped up in some fancy language

[batcavescolony]

Katniss is such an unreliable narrator. She says "Then something unexpected happens. At least, I don't expect it because I don't think of District 12 as a place that cares about me" girl you deliver strawberries to the Mayor, you hunt and trade for the district, when you fell at Prim being chosen someone caught you, when you went to Prim people parted for you, when you volunteered EVERYONE stopped. Idk how to tell you but I think you're a pillar of the community.