A Receipt to Make Black Ink Take 5 Ounces of the best galls of Alleppo. Bruise them and put them to 2 quarts of rainwater. Let them stand 48 (?) hours being shaked often then add to it 2 ounces of gumarabick and 2 ounces of green copperas and so in proportion for a greater or less quantity

Prof. Allie Alvis 🌷@book-historia.bsky.social · 2h ago

Would anyone like to try making some iron gall ink? If so, this book on miniature painting has a recipe for you!

Can everyone see Gladys here? She hasn’t had support in 2 days & that needs to change immediately. She is living under militia attacks in Congo. As in, at this moment her life & her son’s life are in danger from violence. If you have seen her, now’s the time to actually give to her. Boost.

Gladys@rdcgladys.bsky.social · 8h ago

#MutualAid #HelpSky ⚠️ URGENT ⚠️ We've made no progress for 2 days now!! My son and I live in fear for our lives each day with the rising militia attacks and raids. Kindly help us evacuate to safety as soon as possible.🙏🏾🙏🏾🇨🇩 goget.fund/4db20A6

yeah this is a genuine issue

pork, cheese, broccoli rabe@garlicbuffalo.gobirds.biz · 3h ago

the problem with the automod being so prudish is I’ll be scrolling the timeline and I’ll see a hidden post and I’m like “oh I’m sure it’s nothing let me click ‘show’” and then it’s just the most vulgar thing imaginable

video games. I used to have to wait all day to get home, so that I could take in my turn on the NES. Now, I have my own portable video game system that is capable of playing photo realistic games for hours

Constantine@ajaxsinger.bsky.social · 17h ago

Food, man. Food is so much better than it was in 1986. All of it. Poor-people food, restaurant food, fresh food, frozen food. Food is just a hell of a lot better.

Daaaamn. “AI is the asbestos we're shovelling into the walls of our technological society. Our descendants will spend generations digging it out again, and the longer the bubble goes on without popping, the longer it will take to repair the damage." www.thenerve.news/p/cory-docto...

Cory Doctorow: The people who tell you ‘AI is changing everything’ are lying

It has become impossible to tell managers mesmerised by artificial intelligence that the tools are not, in fact, helpful. So employees just play along with the fiction to keep their jobs, writes our t...

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I'll come at this a bit sideways. Yes, Dorothy Dandridge is FOINE in Carmen Jones. However: The extras in this scene look fantastic. I've spent so many moments over the years looking at all these people. Everyone's lit so well. GORGEOUS, rich, lively humanity 💜 youtu.be/_88YGrzRcmw

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Dawn@502eire.bsky.social · 2w ago

there is a recurring prompt around what’s the best that anyone has ever looked on camera and I never have an answer but I’m watching right now and I think it’s gotta be George Clooney in Ocean’s 11

Ash (Part 4/4) - Gator Days

current discourse feels like

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Irish Literary Times@irishlittimes.bsky.social · 2h ago

from the video (on FB) bro got off his electric unicycle (lol) when he heard cries for help and just kind of maneuvered to give the woman a chance to get away. he didn't even end up having to fight the guy. peak performance www.nbcwashington.com/news/local/g...

Good Samaritan describes helping stop Georgetown attempted sexual assault

A man leaving an early morning showing of the new Spider-Man movie at the AMC Georgetown sprang into action to help a woman yelling for help from the bushes in the nearby waterfront park.

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If you are tempted to see the Sex Purge movie because of the premise, please watch this clip, which was officially released to promote the Sex Purge Movie, and reconsider

Peter Labuza@labuzamovies.com · 2w ago

Do people just not write dialogue anymore? This entire scene feels like did a first draft with a bunch of "[insert joke line here]".

One Night Only (2026, Dir. By Will Gluck) Writer: Travis Braun The description on the YouTube trailer has Romantic Comedy listed as the genre. 🫥

gwen howerton@kissphoria.bsky.social · 3h ago

i'm locked in on this film sorry to anyone else

There's something diminishing about living in a world where men's abuse is so ubiquitous and unimpeded, and still women are chided for not thinking enough of men's woes, men's harms, men's feelings. We're constantly asked why we don't tolerate our endless violation with more dignity.

Rebecca Solnit@rebeccasolnit.bsky.social · 16h ago

It's demoralizing living in a nonstop Abuse-a-thon: we've had to learn the sordid details of so many men's abhorrent behavior; I mean this summer has been Graham Platner, Andrew Tate, Jared Leto, Max Miller, plus the horrific L.A. rape-murder of the child by the rapper, to name a few lowlights.

This sends the message to men and boys — from classrooms to Congress — that abusing women is not disqualifying. That it won’t stop you from getting what you want in life. This is much bigger than just Max Miller. But Miller’s comments are sure symbolic of it. 2/2

This highlights a profound impact of Trump — the further normalization of violence against women. Trump got elected in spite of his long history of violence against women. He is not held accountable when he continues to abuse women. 1/2

Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com · 5h ago

Max Miller on why he's staying in the race: "When we go back to 2015 and 2016, & people in the media looked at President Trump, & everyone came out with allegations. Dozens of women, dozens of crazy allegations, dozens of nasty criminal misconduct. And you know what he did? He stayed in the fight."

Disability rights. Nothing is perfect and many things are deeply flawed, but there are protections in place, improvements in care and social supports, legal advances, loud voices... It's still not great but it *is* better.

Constantine@ajaxsinger.bsky.social · 17h ago

Food, man. Food is so much better than it was in 1986. All of it. Poor-people food, restaurant food, fresh food, frozen food. Food is just a hell of a lot better.

The most terrifying enshittification I've discovered has been learning that Microsoft Word documents no longer auto-save if you are not saving them to one of their own proprietary cloud services. I'm slapping control-S like it's 1999.

In 1986, contracting HIV meant you were going to die, usually slowly, painfully, and alone. Now it's a chronic illness like hypertension. In 1986, gay and lesbian couples couldn't have their relationships legally recognized and had to adopt elaborate legal workarounds.

Constantine@ajaxsinger.bsky.social · 17h ago

Food, man. Food is so much better than it was in 1986. All of it. Poor-people food, restaurant food, fresh food, frozen food. Food is just a hell of a lot better.

I do not care for or about feet of any sort, but I would watch the HELL out of this film

A Dead Sinking Rory@zealousagain.bsky.social · 14h ago

The world is ready for a movie where a t4t lesbian couple gets married in Vegas, then goes on a drug bender / crime spree while soliloquizing on cult cinema and 1960s one-hit wonders. Maybe we can get some tgirl foot shots.

We have a goddamn vaccine for cervical cancer (and most anal and penilel, and many oropharyngeal ones).

Constantine@ajaxsinger.bsky.social · 17h ago

Food, man. Food is so much better than it was in 1986. All of it. Poor-people food, restaurant food, fresh food, frozen food. Food is just a hell of a lot better.

Thanks to internet language translators, people uploading their music and music magazines, and LiveJournal, I was able to become a Japanese rock fan, communicate with other fans, and became online and offline friends with people all over the world.

Constantine@ajaxsinger.bsky.social · 17h ago

Food, man. Food is so much better than it was in 1986. All of it. Poor-people food, restaurant food, fresh food, frozen food. Food is just a hell of a lot better.

Don't go looking for the video footage. It's awful. If you do see it, play Tetris for about 20 minutes or so. Science: www.sciencealert.com/advice-to-pl... Play Tetris online in your browser: play.tetris.com

Advice to 'Play Tetris' After a Traumatic Event May Have Some Basis in Science

In the wake of witnessing tragic events, many people turn to online communities such as Reddit to discuss and process their experiences.

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Julie Benson@juliebenson.bsky.social · 16h ago

Is that Perez Hilton mental breakdown thing real cause oh my God!

I legitimately shudder to think about how difficult it would be for me to eat, as someone with celiac disease, with the food that we had in the mid-eighties. Almost NOTHING was truly labeled for allergens, unless it was fucking terrible specialty food.

Constantine@ajaxsinger.bsky.social · 17h ago

Food, man. Food is so much better than it was in 1986. All of it. Poor-people food, restaurant food, fresh food, frozen food. Food is just a hell of a lot better.

i did not know that being trans was a possibility until my late teens. we have informed consent now instead of RLE. we can prevent HIV. mental health treatment has come leaps and bounds. there are a million medical improvements, period

Constantine@ajaxsinger.bsky.social · 17h ago

Food, man. Food is so much better than it was in 1986. All of it. Poor-people food, restaurant food, fresh food, frozen food. Food is just a hell of a lot better.

Noise. Pollution. The Ozone Layer. Acid Rain. AIDS treatment. Cancer cures. Crime rates. Child abductions. As much as we consume doom and gloom in our media, humans are very, very good at solving problems when we want to. We just have to want to.

Constantine@ajaxsinger.bsky.social · 17h ago

Food, man. Food is so much better than it was in 1986. All of it. Poor-people food, restaurant food, fresh food, frozen food. Food is just a hell of a lot better.

"We searched the entyre internet!" What archivists heare: "We searched the entyre small airport bookeshoppe!"

Young Cardamom & HAB - Kanda (Chap Chap) youtu.be/5upeWPTzFgc

Young Cardamom & HAB - Kanda (Chap Chap)

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Mayor Zohran Kwame Mamdani@mayor.nyc.gov · last wk.

At our municipal grocery stores, New Yorkers will get a 30% discount on eggs, milk, chicken, produce and other everyday essentials. In the wealthiest city in the richest country in the world, no one should have to wonder how they’ll afford the food they need to feed themselves or their families.

2/2 The close-ups of my wildfire embroidery. I tried to get a glowing effect with the fire and embers with colours I chose. I cut up my favourite cardigan for the rough charred ground as it was the only fabric I had with the right colour and texture but its not needed in this heat anyway...

'You'll choke too' - an aerial embroidery landscape inspired by all the wildfires happening right now... I'm upset every time I smell smoke outside and somehow we have people starting them maliciously too! But we all breathe the same air so they'll choke too (1/2 - see thread for close-ups)

A PSA to my fellow cis people who are (or want to believe they are) trans allies If you are getting pushback from trans people and your reaction is to be all “no! not me! I’m one of the good ones!” please remember that “being one of the good ones” is something you DO, not something you ARE