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My grandmother made me this quilt when I was in middle school. It has seen a LOT of wear and tear. Last year I ripped a huge tear it in and she was able to mend it for me which was a huge help. Unfortunately, a few of the fabrics have decided to fall apart and it is my turn to patch my quilt.

I have scoured the top for holes and tears and marked them with safety pins. I am taking patches down around the holes by hand. After I put all the patches on, I will reinforce them all with a bit of machine stitching along the original quilting lines and such.

I could sew around the edges of the patches by machine as well, but this is a queen size quilt and I have a standard home hobbyist sewing machine. I would rather spend extra time hand stitching on front of the TV than wrestle the quilt under my machine any more than I absolutely have to.

The pink fabric I am currently using for patches is actually from a skirt that my grandmother made me that no longer fits, but I wanted to save the fabric. I think it's fitting to use fabric from the skirt she made me to fix up the quilt she made me.

#mending #craft #hand sewing #quilting #visible mending #slow fashion #sustainability #sustainable fashion #sewing #ecopunk #solarpunk #hopepunk

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thinking about that post thats like. to avoid bloatware every game dev team should be required to have one guy that has to play the game on a shitty laptop. in the same spirit i think every movie and tv director should have to watch their movie/show on a small tv or laptop screen in a bright room and fix the lighting until its possible to see whats going on on the screen in those conditions

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“Instead of covering the naked, and feeding the hungry, you set out laws to punish them, my heart bleeds to think of the hard usage of my poor fellow creatures who have no abiding…if a poor creature steal a horse, ox, or sheep, he is either put to death or burned in the hand; but you never consider how many horses, oxen or sheep you steal from the Lord…O you great men of the earth, it is along of you that there is so many thieves, for you hold the creation in your hands, and by all means go about to defraud the poor.”

— Benjamin Nicholson, early Quaker

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What exactly is going on with Taylor swift? Did she do something wacky or just release a shit album that's so bad it's funny?

okay i have done time as a swiftie and i now watch over those weirdos like im david attenborough so you’ve come to the right place.

ur correct about it being an album so bad its funny. but theres more. im very sorry but this will be long.

so basically since like 2016 she was in an apparently steady and normal long term relationship with a blond man called joe alwyn whose only character trait is knowing how to shut the fuck up (and i love him for that)

then in april 2023 it was announced that they broke up while she was on tour but bc the relationship had been uneventful and boring this whole time, the general vibe from everyone was “huh thats kinda sad, oh well”

i might be mixing up the timeline a little here but a couple weeks later there were some articles about how she’s now dating matty healy from the 1975. people were mostly just like “pfft its just tabloid shit it cant be true” and then at the next 1975 gig, marty pointed into the camera and said “this is for you, you know who you are, i love you” before playing a love song. THEN at the next taylor gig she did the exact same damn thing and the swifties hit the fan.

to make a very long fuckin story short, they dug up a bunch of dirt about how this dude is a nasty little racist misogynist rat and he needs to get away from their poor little innocent billionaire princess. some people get kinda heated about whether these accusations are true and tbh id rather eat glass than get into that shit myself

SO, swifties outnumber us all and raised absolute hell online while taylor brought this guy to all her concerts and let him perform with the opening acts. her publicist released some statements saying taylor knows what her fans are saying and she doesnt give a fuck. but also said they’re not super serious and are just having fun together.

during all this, theres a small group of swifties that have decided to break away and become very pro-marty and essentially pit him against aforementioned blond man joe alwyn. their general narrative is that because joe loves being quiet and doesnt really do Celebrity Things, that must mean he was ashamed of his relationship with taylor. this is where we get the beloved He Lets Her Bejeweled meme

this fannade narrative becomes more relevant in a bit

at some point during this relationship she releases the joe alwyn breakup song You’re Losing Me, which just describes some very standard long term relationship breakdown stuff. they have different life goals and they’re drifting apart and the communication is breaking down. she kinda wants him to do something to save it at the eleventh hour but that wouldnt be realistic. very sad oh well.

theres a small amount of kicking off from the fandom about he’s awful for this but only bc they’re addicted to the idea that their favourite billionaire is the worlds most tragic victim and honestly whats new

and here starts the very fucking weird trend of her publicist releasing statements that are very clearly deliberately backing up the weirdo fan theories. a lot of “taylor and matty are showing up for each other UNLIKE HER LAST RELATIONSHIP and he is proud of her UNLIKE JOE ALWYN” like..alright.

anyway ratty and taylor break up after about a month of publicly dating and she sings some sad songs and cries at her concerts but everyone mostly forgets about the whole thing.

about a month later travis kelce asks her out and they end up dating and the white women of america collectively cream. personally i dont get it because i dont know what sports are and the only travis im familiar with is the tractor from bob the builder but i digress. the 35 year old deadbedroom swifties are going CRAZY. they’re saying these two are gonna get married and have ten kids and global superstar taylor swift can finally achieve the only real success for a woman: marriage and motherhood. because football man is the only Real Man she has been with due to the fact that he is tall and wide and bearded.

its severely tragic and vicarious

once again the focus does not remain on the couple. they’re turning on poor puppydog joe alwyn again. this time he’s evil not only for being “ashamed” of her but also for wasting her time by not marrying and impregnating her, because as we have established, thats the only point to life as a woman. how dare he waste all that time locking her away in the six mansions that she owns.

and her publicist does the same shit as before with the “he supports her and shows up for her UNLIKE JOE” bullshit. all of these people are over 30 and have never experienced a real problem.

this creates a cycle that is honestly kind of concerning, where the fans invent a strange theory, the publicist backs it up, the swifties add to the theory, the publicist back up the new additions, and so on. taylor continues dating travis and they go to each others concerts/games and act like a relatively normal honeymoon phase couple. the narrative has massively broken away from the reality.

so this continues, people hyping up travis and hating joe. at this point i want to note that taylor and her team have spent a lot of years crying about how the nasty misogynistic media only ever cares about her relationship drama and ignores her art because they hate powerful women or something. the irony is that just about every bit of publicity she’s done over the last year+ has been directly linked to whatever breakup or boyfriend she’s going through currently. they’re definitely not hiding that this is the PR direction they’re going with.

so, with the weird fan rumours continuing to reinforce themselves, the swifties become very confident that their imaginations are telling the truth. they stalk joe alwyns social media presence, of which there is very little. but if you go out looking for mess you never come back empty handed. they find that he has been around women. because he is an actor. and some other actors are women. anyway they fully believe this is proof that he cheated, and they launch harassment campaigns against these relatively small actors, who end up having to private their accounts. then the swifties find another woman to harass for being “the other woman”. it goes on.

then the abuse and domestic violence accusations against joe alwyn are created. not from taylor or anyone close to the situation. only from the fans. her PR team have at least stopped reinforcing the fan theories at this point, but the ball is already rolling.

when she announces her new album, the swifties ERUPT with joy that finally she is going to end joe alwyn, the man who im pretty sure has just been chilling in his house this whole time. the harassment of anyone and everyone deemed in any way guilty continues tenfold. they are openly tweeting about finding him in london and physically attacking and/or killing him (he’s not a huge celebrity and is often just hanging around alone with no security team or anything. im sure these threats arent serious but they feel kinda more dangerous when the target essentially just hangs around as a private citizen)

the album promo is pretty much just.. “hey i dated this dude and he made me sooooo sad isnt that interesting, swifties?” over and over again. each new post brings a bigger wave of joe harassment. they’re champing at the bit for taylor to tell them all the many ways he hurt her so dreadfully.

then the album leaks and its all about matty healy, which is very funny on the dismayed swiftie-violence front but also just..terrible in that she used the harassment of joe as an album promo tactic when the album barely mentions him. the only thing she really says about him is that he suffers from depression and it made their relationship difficult.

..and yeah, the album is about how she’s been obsessed with marty for over ten years and she fantasised about him while in her long term relationship, and theres maybe some overlap of the two relationships. the irony. all the “this man hurt me so much!!!”-type lyrics that were released to promote the album were actually about matty, not joe. a lot of the swifties are continuing to double down on hating joe bc they cant accept that the matty relationship even happened. theres a song about how much she hates her fans for hating her relationship with rarty. its called but daddy i love him. its a whole embarrassing mess for everyone involved, including me for typing all this out.

and after all that most of the songs fuckin suck

#i unfortunately have a very good friend who is a very diehard swiftie #she played quite a few of the songs on a car ride recently #the only distinct musical vibe was “hazy” #it had the texture of tapioca pudding and the appeal of drywall spackle #it is like slightly burnt toast #or slightly too large shoes #or like a rice cake that is almost stale. #it is the greige of music.

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Those who protest against Israel's genocide are punished for antisemitism.

But for some strange reason, authorities have never cracked down on antisemitism any other time. Any other time, antisemitism is considered free speech.

It's almost as if they know damn well that protesting against Israel is not antisemitism.

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I did stupid math.

I thought tomorrow was the one day with a 9 am class. Meaning I rise at 8:30, meaning sleep at midnight thirty.

Tomorrow I actually have an 8 am class. Meaning I rise at 7:30, meaning I should've been asleep at 11:30.

It's almost 1 am.

Neat!

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My new anti-Nazi propaganda (specifically for my conservative acquaintances) is to go off about how 405,000 American soldiers gave their lives defeating Nazis, and how supporting any form of white supremacy is disrespectful to the sacrifice of our troops. This will work.

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Awesome survey with lots of spaces to include your opinions and nuances! Lots of multiple answers selectable, a few sliding scales, and lots of text boxes. Check it out!

Hey friends, Benjamin Maldonaldo reached out to us on Instagram and asked us to share his post about a SOLARPUNK SURVEY which is super awesome!! He wants to take the temperature of what solarpunks are thinking/feeling about solarpunk itself as a movement/genre for his bachelor's thesis, and we think it's a rad concept. Here's the link:

"Dear Solarpunks, my name is Benjamín Maldonado, a Chilean 21 year old Solarpunk enthusiast that throughout the last few months, has tried to learn as much as possible about the movement and genre. This personal passion led me to choose Solarpunk as the subject of my thesis for the Bachelor of Cultural Anthropology at Leiden University. The following survey will be part of that thesis, where I will ask you about your thoughts on different matters like the Solarpunk movement, Solarpunk content, Solarpunk communities and some basic demographics. Based on the time I have spent in Solarpunk forums, it is very likely that you are also curious on what other Solarpunks think. Given this, after I close the survey I would like to share my findings with you all, hopefully contributing to the ongoing debates within the community. Your participation in this survey is entirely voluntary, and all responses will be kept confidential. Your personal information will not be divulged, and your individual responses will remain anonymous. The data gathered from this survey will be used solely for research purposes related to this research, supervised by Assistant Professor Rodrigo Ochigame and Assistant Professor John Boy

Although I am sure there are a lot of underage Solarpunks who have a lot to say, I sadly will not be allowing people younger than 18. This is solely a legal matter. Your understanding and cooperation on this matter are greatly appreciated."

#solarpunk #survey #cultural anthropology #solarpunk survey #solarpunk community #community learning

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today my friend's shirt rode up and I could see just the edge of his tummy and hip and stretch marks 💙💙💙💙💙💙🎉🎉🤩🤩🤩🤩💫💫💫💫😊😊😊😊🎉🎉🥳🤗❤️‍🔥💗💗💗💗💗💗😁😁😁😁😁😁😁💖💖💖💖💖🤠🤠🤠💯💯💯😵😵💝💝💝💝👀👀💘

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Update: I was previously thinking too small about what "the time of my life" would look like.

If you ever wonder what I look like, imagine an octopus sitting in the middle of this having the time of her life

#moss's musings

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Important info 1: I become really bad at talking when I'm almost in bed. That doesn't stop me, because verbalizing gets me toothbrushed and pajamafied at bedtime. (If left undirected, bedtime Moss will commit crimes against morning Moss.)

Important info 2: Because I am a creature of nightmares and tension, I wear a nice thick plastic bite guard while I sleep. This is another item that bedtime Moss has to remember.

Apology to my roommate: Dear friend, I understand that, when you are nearly asleep, you do not want to hear your zombie roommate murmuring, "Ah, I forgot my mouth." I am sorry that this was your experience. I will do my utmost to make sure it never happens again.

#body horror #I forgot my mouth #moss's musings

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#my name is CJ #it gets spelled right

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"In a historic “first-of-its-kind” agreement the government of British Colombia has acknowledged the aboriginal ownership of 200 islands off the west coast of Canada.

The owners are the Haida nation, and rather than the Canadian government giving something to a First Nation, the agreement admits that the “Xhaaidlagha Gwaayaai” or the “islands at the end of world,” always belonged to them, a subtle yet powerful difference in the wording of First Nations negotiating.

BC Premier David Eby called the treaty “long overdue” and once signed, will clear the way for half a million hectares (1.3 million acres) of land to be managed by the Haida.

Postal service, shipping lanes, school and community services, private property rights, and local government jurisdiction, will all be unaffected by the agreement, which will essentially outline that the Haida decide what to do with the 200 or so islands and islets.

“We could be facing each other in a courtroom, we could have been fighting each other for years and years, but we chose a different path,” said Minister of Indigenous Relations of BC, Murray Rankin at the signing ceremony, who added that it took creativity and courage to “create a better world for our children.”

Indeed, making the agreement outside the courts of the formal treaty process reflects a vastly different way of negotiating than has been the norm for Canada.

“This agreement won’t only raise all boats here on Haida Gwaii – increase opportunity and prosperity for the Haida people and for the whole community and for the whole province – but it will also be an example and another way for nations – not just in British Columbia, but right across Canada – to have their title recognized,” said Eby.

In other words, by deciding this outside court, Eby and the province of BC hope to set a new standard for how such land title agreements are struck."

-via Good News Network, April 18, 2024

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not even music can save me now

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Life updates:

-The person I was talking to has asked someone else to the spring formal. On the one hand this really doesn't matter. On the other hand, on a small college campus where everyone knows everyone and who you go with is a big deal, I kind of want to chew gravel.

-I might have a place to live for the summer! One of my friends decided to move to another state and be a camp counselor for a summer, so someone needs to take over her part of the apartment.

-One of the play costumes is majorly malfunctioning with 3 days until curtain. The brown top and burgundy skirt of the dress clash really badly under the stage lights. We couldn't find this out any earlier because the top sat in my room with one sleeve pinned on for the last two weeks while I had bronchitis. We're going to fix it by making it look intentional by adding more burgundy satin to the top and more brown satin to the bottom. And by we I mean me. Lots more work for me.

-At work, Awesome Manager Landon got promoted to Sort Manager! When Bad Tyler quit as Sort Manager, all 6 managers just carried on without a leader. Now my favorite manager got promoted!

-I got the chance to ask to Manager Jeff about the management gap. "When do you think they'll post the replacement listing?" He said, "Well, we're kinda waiting on HR to post the listing. You will be the first to know about it."

-Obviously this doesn't promise anything, but anyway. Even if someone at the Trainer level (which is where all my managers want me to be, and Bad Tyler blocked me) gets promoted to manager, then that leaves a trainer gap for me to fill. (All 3 trainers kind of suck and are known for being friendly lazy stoners, so idk if any of them are going for it or not. Probably some, but idk if they'll be hired.)

This has been Moss's musings, life update edition.

#moss's musings

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Anybody else buy little treats to celebrate not spending money? Like "oh cool, my doctor's office waived the cancelation fee, time to go spend $4.50 at the local bakery"