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I am once again thinking about digging holes

It's so fucked up that digging a bunch of holes works so well at reversing desertification

I hate that so much discourse into fighting climate change is talking about bioenginerring a special kind of seaweed that removes microplastics or whatever other venture-capital-viable startup idea when we have known for forever about shit like digging crescent shaped holes to catch rainwater and turning barren land hospitable

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Made this for the Solarpunk Aesthetic Week server in a sudden creative fever, so I guess I'll post it here too hh

A relative of mine knows someone who teaches kids, so I'm gonna suggest this as an art project for them! The idea is that students could each make/decorate their own shelf, then put them together to form a hive, which could function as mini lockers in their classrooms. Then, by the end of the school year or something, they could either take their own little shelf home (or exchange them with their peers?), or recycle them into materials for the next class! Hopefully it'll teach them about pollinators too 🐝

Idk how doable this project is really, and its scary to imagine one of my silly designs could actually become something tangible irl. But even so, I'm still excited to try 🥰 (And if anyone else attempts this too, please let me know!!!)

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So a while ago I commissioned @thefruitloop-chan to make a Solarpunk poster for anyone to use! And this beautiful piece was made!

This is a blank for people to put text on, and here’s the two text ones that I put over

Anyone can print them and put them up and around town! Especially since it’s Solarpunk Action Week! Thank you again Squid for making this beautiful artwork! Let’s make a better future together!

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All these colors are showing four years of mending on one garment. The neon green on the right hand side is the most recent addition. I'm trying to be more consistent with using rounded darning instead of squares. It's supposed to be more sturdy and all these squares that developed pulls right at the corners do back up that claim.

You can also see the differences of technique and thread size that I have used over the years. All of this thread is from my scrap embroidery floss pile that is still going strong, if a bit smaller.

Having to darn something again after already doing it once can be annoying, but this is your reminder to think about how much extra life your mending has given a garment. I have kept this out of a landfill and in continuous use for four years and will continue to do so for as long as I can.

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Fewer than 60 multinationals are responsible for more than half of the world’s plastic pollution, with five responsible for a quarter of that, based on the findings 

The branded half of the plastic was the responsibility of just 56 fast-moving consumer goods multinational companies, and a quarter of that was from just five companies.

Altria [Kraft] and Philip Morris International made up 2% of the branded plastic litter found, Danone and Nestlé produced 3% of it, PepsiCo was responsible for 5% of the discarded packaging, and 11% of branded plastic waste could be traced to the Coca-Cola company.

“The industry likes to put the responsibility on the individual,” says the study’s author, Marcus Eriksen, a plastic pollution expert from The 5 Gyres Institute.

“But we’d like to point out that it’s the brands, it’s their choice for the kinds of packaging [they use] and for embracing this throwaway model of delivering their goods. That’s what’s causing the greatest abundance of trash.”

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An assortment of photos from mending the lining of one of my favorite bags that I originally thrifted over a decade ago. I did parachute stitch along all the tears, and then I put nylon patches over them to protect the stitches from the stuff I'll be putting in the bag.

It was difficult to sew the lining without catching the exterior shell of the bag, but I managed it. The only reason I used nylon to patch it was because it was the first bit of black fabric I found in the scrap bin.

I'm all for visible mending, but, in this case, I wanted the patches to blend into the lining and not distract me from the contents of the bag when I go looking for things.

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i made some papier mâché fishes

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unavoidable that you will be the villain in someone else's story. You will be painted in an unfavorable light. You will be the irredeemable one. and all of this will happen despite how nice you might usually be or how kind or how respectful or how warm. and you will just have to move on.

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THIS IS IMPORTANT

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Mom sent me this! Most of the kernels I planted have sprouted, although one of them forgot it kinda needs to be green to live (the one mom helpfully drew an arrow pointing towards). I don't have high hopes for that one's survival 😅

Friend brought a purple popcorn cob from America, and I mayhaps have saved some before popping them 👀

Odds of them growing to harvest in Finland are minuscule, even in our greenhouse, BUT it's not always about the harvest. Sometimes it's about having fun while growing something 😌

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You know what you REALLY can’t kill in a way that matters? Mint.

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Grey seal at Archipelago Sea National Park in Finland

(photo from nationalparks.fi)

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Today was 4th day in a row when I barely got out of bed and STILL somehow the thought of not bring it up at the workshop passed through my mind, even though I know full well not adressing it and going back to 2 day weeks is a sure way to bring back depression...

Goddamn it... When I started at the worksop last year, my initial contract was two 4 hour days per week, and we would add a day or two once I was up for it. That happened in early March, with a note that if 3 days/week negatively affects my overall wellbeing, I will go back to 2 days per week.

Since March, I have been progressively more and more tired and I have had more migraine (plus other stuff) and I have been dreading going to the workshop, and I finally admitted that I need to discuss about going back to two day weeks...

There is some serious progress though. It's not that long ago, that I would've been disappointed in myself and ashamed for failing. Now though, while yes, I'm disappointed, I am not at disappointed at myself, just at the situation I had hoped would had gone differently. And there's also just the fact that I noticed and admitted the situation before it's gone too far.

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this is going viral on the tweeter currently so. for you also. miku is not ai!!