#Absorbing material

[nadunacreates]

new Wednesday headcanon unlocked: she's a total troll and probably has a secret cell phone & twitter account squirreled away somewhere. 

How else would you explain that the same Wednesday who “refuses to be a slave to technology” and “doesn't have a phone” also knows, within hours of meeting, about the bad punctuation and grammar of Enid’s vlog, other than having watched it herself? Also, she says that Enid’s followers are “clearly imbeciles” who respond to Enid’s stories with “insipid little pictures” — which you would only find out about by stalking the comments. 

And how else could Wednesday look at Enid and immediately have “the following emojis come to mind: rope, shovel, hole”? Wednesday has to know that these are options in the emoji-catalog, which even I wouldn't have been able to tell you off the top of my head. 

TLDR: Wednesday's got us all fooled. Prove me wrong :D

Bonus: “if you're going to gossip about me, at least spell my name correctly.” Are these professional gossiping-standards you want to uphold there, Wednesday? Hm?

#wednesday #wednesday addams #wednesday hcs #wenclair #wednesday x enid #you don't absorb this kind knowledge just by co-existing with other teenagers in a high school do you? #and the fact that she uses enid's laptop to facetime tyler just confirms that for me #why would she give out her own number if enid's is right there? #oh and this is tagged wenclair because you know enid is going to find out #sooner or later #and she'll have a field day with it #especially the twitter account #i admit there's nothing to back me up there #but i imagine wednesday will immensely enjoy the ever-burning hellscape of that site #also these quotes are all from the first episode #i tried to get screen caps but i am literally unable to #netflix keeps blocking me no matter what i try :( #how do you all get the material for your gifs etc?? #teach me your magic ways #but i found this gif instead that's also nice #thanks! #and once again my tags are longer than the post #oops my bad #do with this headcanon what you will #and i'd love to hear your opinions! #i may be seeing things by now #because i'm procrastinating writing my fic by watching it again for the 3rd time #and a lot of my fic-canon has mixed with the actual canon for me oops #e.g. the twitter account. we will be seeing that one again ^^

[bonebabbles]

Ill get into this later but the Star Flower x Clear Sky romance shit is legitimately some of the most rancid canon ship stuff in WC without full out having an on-screen Bramblesquirrel argument. I can't believe people legitimately take away that Star Flower has any canonical agency here and try to spin this like girlboss shit

You understand that what Clear Sky likes about this very young adult is that she "obeys" him, subjects herself to bad conditions, and tells him that she's soso loyal that she promises to never leave, yes? While holding up her 1 absolutely insignificant ""betrayal"" as morally equivalent to Clear Sky's murders, beatings, and starvations?

Played as a manipulation this would be interesting. But it's not. She is basically an 18 year old who thinks she's so awful she deserves a serial killer, while his mouth starts watering that his reward has finally come. In their second interaction.

#Like do we know this and we're rejecting it because it's horrifying? #Or do we legit not know and have just absorbed this from fanon material #This is not a girlboss this is a very young and probably VERY traumatized girl throwing herself at the worst man in the franchise #As he gets his kicks on how he can order her around and she just listens #Guy whose victims are exclusively women. #Dotc hate #How did they pack THIS MUCH uncomfortable garbage in the last 2 books???????? #Bones reads dotc

[materialsscienceandengineering]

Engineers develop salty gel that could harvest water from desert air

Massachusetts Institute of Technology engineers have synthesized a superabsorbent material that can soak up a record amount of moisture from the air, even in desert-like conditions. As the material absorbs water vapor, it can swell to make room for more moisture. Even in very dry conditions, with 30% relative humidity, the material can pull vapor from the air and hold in the moisture without leaking. The water could then be heated and condensed, then collected as ultra-pure water. The transparent, rubbery material is made from hydrogel, a naturally absorbent material that is also used in disposable diapers. The team enhanced the hydrogel's absorbency by infusing it with lithium chloride—a type of salt that is known to be a powerful dessicant. The researchers found they could infuse the hydrogel with more salt than was possible in previous studies. As a result, they observed that the salt-loaded gel absorbed and retained an unprecedented amount of moisture, across a range of humidity levels, including very dry conditions that have limited other material designs.

Read more.

#Materials Science #Science #Water harvesting #Water #Absorbent #Humidity #Hydrogels #Salts #MIT

[hyunpic]

cr. itsaisling

#hyunjin #fantaken #this is my first hyunjin win of the year omg hyunwin… im a winner baby #i have a yellow jacket this material too it’s not as expensive as his but we are matching how cute 😻 #i need to absorb him through a straw like a smoothie

[icewindandboringhorror]

I got these shoes from someone recently but thought they were way too plain looking, so I set out on a quest to customize them with some sharpies and charms and miscellaneous ribbon I had in my craft drawers. Mostly sky themed (clouds, rainbows, rain, stars, etc.) because that's my favorite aesthetic, but I had to include some cat imagery as well, of course lol.

#also honestly had NO IDEA that real converse have that star logo on the INSIDE not the outer part??? why the hell would you want it on the #inner portion where nobody can see it?? my entire life I always would have sworn it was on the outer facing portion.. #I think these would be perfect IF they were just slightly taller (top part higher above ankles instead of just weird hard material digging #right into your ankle whenever you walk) and if they were actual good platforms. they're so short. It's good that 'chunky' shoes are gettin #more popular as they've always been my favorite Look ever since I had these shoes with roller skates that pop out of thebottom (not heelys. #but like. before those. it was two whole entire roller skate wheels like a normal pair of roller skates) and the bottoms were so tall and #clunky and it made my feet look giant (because it had.. entire wheels in the bottom pockets lol). so #I've alwatys been into the aesthetic but . still I find a lot of the 'brands jumping on trend' are too short of platforms #OR they're plafrorms with a raised back/heel/wedge which to me is not aesthetically good and also makes them exceptionally uncomfortable to #wear compared to just plain completely flat chunky platform bottoms. ANYWAY.. if these shoes had a 3 or 4 inch platform I think they'd be #cooler. however for what they are it's still fine! and I like them more now that they actually have some sort of anything to them and #aren't just plain white. The weird thing is that the material it's made out of (maybe some sort of leather or something) absorbs sharpie? #the color changes over time. You draw a mark and then leave it for a few days and it either fades into being barely there or has changed #colors. so I had to go back in and redo parts. ALSO the shoe chains are so funny because I did NOT have the right tools for them #I don't have the stuff to make bracelets or open and close the little rings. they're held onto the shoe with just safety pins and the actua #little rung things that hold the charms on half of them are like broken or the metal is just jam smushed together bent and warped hhbjhjhb #I actually like the back a lot where there's the irridecent star thing hot glued on there. it's cool and shiny. and the clouds #are sparkly on the main parts of the shoe though I'm not sure how well it shows up in pictures #ANYWAY... shoegs..... If I were rich this is one of the things I would definitely custom order from craftsman #why would I spend like thousands of dollars on plain ass shoes that are just expensive because they're a Luxury Brand when I could literall #like pay people to create me custom shoes to my exact specifications?? I could have like 5 inch flat platform boots with fur andclouds #and cat shaped holes in the bottom with LEDs in them with pom pom and charms and etc. etc. etc. Like as gaudy and excessively over #decorated as I want lol.. AND they could have skates in the bottom somehow!! ghjgbhjb #this on top of all the custom wizard costumes and period clothing I would order.. Like i LOVE customizing things. I love everything in my l #life being as particualr as possible and cultivating every experience I have to meticulously meet my own specific criteria as much #as is possible. If I had the money to I would never buy something from a store again. EVERYTHING I owned from furniture to clothing #would be either made by me - or mostly - comissioned from craftsmen. custom tiles for my floors. custom bed. custom table. #even like. custom toilet. custom sinks. etc. etc. ouGGH... but yeah.. anyway... shoes..

[zytes]

8.4.23

#eventually I’ll get bored of photography again and do some more hard glitch art using this material; this ouroboros is ever hungry #also I hope my weird color grading is a vibe; I cannot resist the allure and will continue to fuck with color intensely #didn’t take a big variety of sunset pics up there. became too absorbed #my art #aesthetic #art #artwork #webcore #abstract #artists on tumblr #photography #original photography #vibes #new aesthetic #nature photography #landscape #colorado #mt evans

[hungriesttable]

if I had a nickel for every time I read a random shonen jump series with an autistic MC who I was NOT expecting at all I would have two nickels. which is not a lot but it’s weird that it happened twice (should happen more)

#one-> #kagurabachi #do you see the vision on this one? like he and his dad definitely send me some brain signals in that respect #MC’s dad is presented as having an unconventional worldview #and the MC himself strikes me as the prototypical ‘not very expressive and has a straightforward personality’ guy #I like him and his goldfish. of course there’s not really a lot of material to comment on as of yet #two-> #MARRIAGETOXIN #saw this dude compulsively cleaning the bathroom when stressed and was like he is so me for real #him and his water absorbing polymer truly sweep #and his DIY candy kits of course #good stuff all around. if anyone has any recommendations please enlighten me #well that’s assuming that people will see this post lolz #thinking emoji

[bardicious]

Okay last one last one, promise, but okay, showing how silly superhero movies are and how it’s just a bunch of people in Halloween costumes (as one reviewer praised Love and Thunder) is actually such a reductive fucking take?

Like??? Have y’all watched old superhero movies? They never took themselves seriously. (Okay some did and those were the good ones!) That’s why those particular movies sucked! They couldn’t commit to the idea of superheroes in the real world.

The beauty and originality of Marvel used to be that it felt like our world but what if Superheroes were real. They felt grounded yet magical!

“magic is just science we don't understand” I live and breathe that quote from the OG Jane Foster. I love it. It makes me dream again in a world that’s complete shit!

There’s nothing in current MCU that offers that. It’s just become the same boring superhero movies of the past. Unrealistic. Formulaic. And the worst part are the heroes that aren’t worthy of their hero title.

What a sad opportunity squandered by greed once again.

#marvel #anti marvel #anti Disney #anti thor love and thunder #anti Thor 4 #thor love and thunder spoilers #I’m not saying it was perfect before #surely it could be held up to criticism #and the directors of the past ain’t all that pretty either #looking at you joss whedon #but fucking hell man #the passion is so dead in this project #it’s such a cash grab #with no consistency #and again I should have expected it because #I mean come on #look at the source material but damn my brain is constantly bamboozling itself #wish these movies didn’t effect me so hard tbh. 🤔 #cause I’m kinda stuck watching them #yo the funniest bit is that I absorb myself in fiction to escape from reality #but it keeps pulling me back in!! lmaooo god damn

[unfvzed]

#kelly rowland #beauty #kelendria rowland #fashion #luxury #looks #musician #let’s absorb the material for a moment

[thegreatyin]

im unironically a really big fan of shadow the hedgehog now btw. like deadass that guy is sick as fuck

#im not going to engage with the actual sonic material. i refuse to be absorbed. i will not under threat of death play an actual game #but i do like shadow a lot. #yin-thoughts

[darehearts]

i am pretty sure i either enabled or inspired a few people to get into writing star trek muses or verses and i love this for me  😌✨

#i counted... 4 people who straight up told me about it actually but! #idk it makes me very happy! i haven't even been in this fandom for #2 whole weeks yet but it's already grown so much on me i love it!!! #gonna start binging TOS this week and work my way through #there's so MUCH material to watch and absorb and that's what i like #the most about it. marvel has grown so stale in terms of stories #esp now that gotg trilogy is over. so this has been so lovely tbh <3 #yeah! i just wanted to share that ;' ) #tbd

[lagaans]

u know since every library doesnt have every book or multiple copies of it and often you might not even be able to request something on short notice - it would be cool if there were like a public citizens catalog where like parallel to the library if someone owns a book that you want to read you could just borrow/exchange/get it for free from them. like ik we have those "free library" boxes around my town but those are often books people just don't care to have anymore and its not like you can easily get a book you actively are trying to read. anyways I don't really have coding skills but it would be cool. at least I might a list of the physical books I own and see if my friends want to make their own and share it w me.... 🤔

#like some of the books i've wanted to read recently i'm buying from bookshop.org cuz only 1 public library in my whole state will have the #book or something and i just don't want to add more screentime by reading on my phone/computer #but after i'm finished like i want to either donate them to the library or keep them still to reread a few times and absorb the material. #but after that its just sitting there and what if someone i know has a book i want!!

[materialsscienceandengineering]

Making menstrual pads from succulents could improve access to sanitary products

A method for producing a highly absorbent material from sisal (Agave sisalana)—a drought-tolerant succulent plant—is described in a study published in Communications Engineering. The authors suggest that, with further development, their method could be used to produce locally sourced disposable menstrual pads in rural and semi-arid regions. Manu Prakash and colleagues treated fibers extracted from sisal leaves with peroxyformic acid and sodium hydroxide before air drying and blending them. This generated a fluffy material that the authors suggest could be used as an absorbent layer in a disposable menstrual pad—they found that it is capable of absorbing more water than a commercially-available cotton menstrual pad (23.9 vs. 15.2 grams of water per gram of material). The authors demonstrated this potential use by incorporating processed sisal into a prototype menstrual pad between a porous top layer and a waterproof bottom layer obtained from a commercial menstrual pad.

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#Materials Science #Science #Biomaterials #Medical technology #Absorbents #Plants

[strawglicks]

constant mood for the past month or so

#strawglicks art gallery #i am just overthinking it. i know i am. #i literally actively revisit the source material so i dont fall into the deep fanonization of characters #bc i wanna stay true to the canon bc i LOVE the canon #and yet theres a demon whispering in my ear “they would not fucking say that” YES THEY WOULD LEAVE ME ALONE #LET ME CREATE LET ME HAVE WHIMSY AND FUN #i think i have a past of like #falling into fanonization of characters rather than staying true to the canon #and now that im more aware of it i try TOO hard to stay true to canon and overthink it #when like it is not even. that serious. at all. like i got bills to pay instead of worry abt this shit #YET HERE I AM!!!!!!!!!1 #plus like. the fact i check the source material and overthink this #proves that i do care abt the canon. so i shouldnt have to feel like i have to prove it #clearly i care. and dont just wanna absorb fandom content #i dont think fandom is bad by any means IM IN LOTS OF FANDOMS THEYRE VERY FUN AND WHIMSICAL #and i dont wanna be a debby ryan downer #BUT theres a point for me personally #where fandom gets so extreme to the point it mischaracterizes and stuff . and im not personaly drawn to that #i wanna absorb fandom content that can still be drawn back to canon yk. #but at the same time WHO CARES MANNN. #DONT OVERTHINK IT JUST HAVE FUN #RAHHHHH HATE MY BRAIN

[qqueenofhades]

Everything I learn about House of the Dragon wouldn't make me NEARLY so rage-smashy if I hadn't had people shouting at me for a literal decade that both this and GOT were Authentic Medievalism, a message/mindset that proceeded to be taken, copied, and mindlessly replicated by every other piece of "medieval" media in existence. Grrrrrr.

#hilary for ts #this includes both the actual content of the show that i absorb through tumblr osmosis #and the quotes from the source material #aka the eighty billionth vanity project that grrm is doing instead of finishing the original series #me @ myself: it is fantasy fiction it doesn't matter it can do whatever #angry me: YES BUT THE WAY THEY ALL KEEP CLAIMING IT AS TOTALLY AUTHENTIC IS GONNA GIVE ME AN ANEURYSM!!! #anyway i still want grrm to finish the winds of winter (he won’t) so i can read it #i also want to meet him at midnight in a denny's parking lot with no witnesses #it is a complicated relationship

[kazumasdiary]

sometimes i think about ryunosuke on the ship and i just. i feel so bad for him.

because he's trying to do the equivalent of studying for a law school entrance exam in forty days. and his best friend just died. he gets no time to mourn, no time to process any of that, because he needs that time to try and cram as much of english law into his head as he can. he can't afford to fail here- so he can't afford to think about it.

but the issue is that everything he does is a reminder. everything ryunosuke is doing on that ship is an act of grief, because he's doing it for kazuma, in order to take kazuma's place. he's surrounded by it, but again- he can't afford to stop. to do so would risk failure, and he needs the best chance he can get.

he's trying to shape himself to fill the hole his best friend left, but if he's going to do that then he can't acknowledge that he's lost something, too.

. . . and then he lands in england and immediately has three absolutely insane cases back to back. this man's life is a disaster

#dgs #meta #my meta #ryunosuke naruhodo #dgs spoilers #dgs2 spoilers #very minor spoilers for dgs2 but just in case #also: do not study like this it is NOT helpful and will probably be actively detrimental #take breaks! it helps your brain absorb the material! breaks are good! #but. uh. ryunosuke is grieving and he's. probably not making the world's most rational decisions here.