Ughhhhhhhhhhh why is sewing closures such a slog We don't need generative AI, we need robots to sew hooks & eyes for us

"Voltaire was the Howard Stern of the Enlightenment" 😆 I love Eleanor Janega a whole lot.

Voltaire with Eleanor Janega

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Gods I'm so fucking tired of having to "sign up for an account!!" on every single site. I just want to make one purchase from you. I don't want an account. I don't want yet another password.

Finally invested in some archival quality storage boxes for my Embroidery Monsters (Zenobia and Snow Queen)

Just passed a restaurant that had a sign reading "I'm not yelling, I'm Iraqi" and it made me smile bc the same could be said of Armenians 😅 Mr uncles playing backgammon: sounds like WW3

I'm realizing how many of my clothing staples are Joe Fresh from 10+ years ago and how great they used to be. Nice thick cotton t-shirts, fully lined well-made dresses with French seams and good quality fabric... When I'm in there lately it's all cheap polyester trash. It's so disappointing.

All the music streaming services using algorithms is super frustrating when you have eclectic taste. Yes, I want to listen to Indian pop and Japanese goth rock and Scandinavian folk and 90s grunge and classic bellydance music. All of them, mixed together, please.

My husband wanted to watch the new season of House of the Dragon, but man...I am really struggling. Everything and everyone is miserable and horrible, everything is gray, I am not invested in anyone except for the people who I'm like "Why are you *still* alive FFS just go away"

I finally got a few impromptu photos of Maple Miku at Otakuthon! 🍁🥞 My "maple taffy" bludgeon was a way to salvage my first attempt at dyeing the TranspArt for my syrup ribbons; I had the water too hot and/or stirred too much and it all fused together into a lump. #cosplay #hatsunemiku

I now have spiritual support for my sewing corner, Hextech Jesus is watching over me I feel like I need to make him a gilded frame

I'm so tired of stories where men can imagine fantastical futures, magical alternate worlds, dragons, monsters, all sorts of weird and wonderful things...but apparently a world without rampant, systemic, and violent misogyny is just unimaginable.

Someone needs to start a dental office staffed entirely by nerds/alt weirdos because the chitchat with the hygienist is always so awkward. How do I answer the question "So how have you been spending your summer?" to a normal person without a whole lot of explanation

After an all-too-brief respite, dudes sagging their pants seem to be back. If we have to see a whole ass' worth of underwear, could it at least be *interesting* underwear? You have so much real estate there for fun patterns and colours! Why be boring?

Finally someone is talking about this.

I keep coming back to this because research is showing that even casual AI users lose skills. We're actively de-skilling the population.

Susan Joudrey@sujo.bsky.social · 8mo ago

it's wild how quickly we went from encouraging people to maintain their mental acuity through crosswords, reading, physical activity, etc. to heavily promoting & accepting genAI use that causes cognitive atrophy.

I've been reading this and it makes me want to cosplay as Queen Puabi (with hand woven fabric of course) I don't need more projects and where the hell would I even wear an ancient Sumerian costume lol

If you can donate, please do. If you were previously not eligible to donate, the criteria have been SERIOUSLY revised: you are no longer deferred for spending time in England/the EU and the sexual risk screening has been replaced with a much more evidence based model.

Matt Novak@paleofuture.bsky.social · 3mo ago

"On Monday, the Red Cross declared a national blood crisis for the second time ever in its history."

If any allies have a few moments please send them feedback to let our voices be heard. www.timhortons.ca/support/form...

"Millennium Actress" by Satoshi Kon is available for free on YouTube (in North America only). >> www.youtube.com/watch?v=sMqg...

Seriously I'm seeing it from a huge percentage of food trucks lately and it's so gross. The food looks like some kind of eldritch abomination. Why would I trust your food if you can't even be bothered to take a picture of it??

zee the raccoon 🇨🇦 howloween@zeekayart.bsky.social · 3mo ago

AI food photos at restaurants should be ILLEGAL

TIL that the reason tanuki have magical scrotums and also are associated with good luck re: wealth is that their scrotums were used for making gold leaf If you haven't watched Pom Poko you're missing out

Pom Poko

Alt: Pom Poko scène of tanuki using their scrotums as weapons

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I have a bad habit of putting on a documentary as entertainment while I work on cosplay and then discovering that it's too engrossing/has too much interesting visuals and end up getting no work done 💀 Last time it was the Bayeux Tapestry, today it's the history of footbinding

My wig styling is interrupted by this coming on shuffle bc I must bop music.youtube.com/watch?v=GOQF...

Jeangu Macrooy - Independent Girls & Nasty Evil Gays (official video)

YouTube video by Jeangu Macrooy

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👋 Scientist here. Here are some science-backed tips that will help protect your health against wildfire smoke:

JFC we have gone past people using "donning" when they mean "wearing" and all the way to "dawning" I.e. "she stood in the middle of the room, dawning a red jacket" kind of thing AAAAARGH YOU CAN JUST SAY WEARING. WEARING IS A WORD. PEOPLE CANNOT DAWN.

YES!

Venture Bros: Evil Laugh and Flex

ALT: Venture Bros: Evil Laugh and Flex

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Delaney Dark'ness Dementia Raven Way ❄️@infinitesnow.bsky.social · 4mo ago

they're uploading full venture bros eps on youtube every saturday and this, truly, is a reason to feel deep and inimitable pride www.youtube.com/@VentureBros...

We're watching the new season of X-Men 97 and I just cannot handle it every time Cable is onscreen. He is Peak Liefeld and everything that was stupid about that era of comics 😆