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Laudna.

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every person can feel freddie’s presence in their souls when they sing MAMAAAAAA UUHHHH, I DONT WANNA DIE, I SOMETIMES I WISH I’VE NEVER BEEN BORN AT ALL with all the air in their lungs i’m not joking

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THE LAST DAY GUYS

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talking to people while holding a beverage is awesome because you don't have to know what to do with your hands and when you don't know what to do with your face you can just take a sip

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Maybe all the things you thought made you you aren’t really…you. Barbie (2023) / Fight Club (1999)

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the universal college experience, no matter your major, is learning how remarkably fucked everything is. except business majors theyre having a great time learning to do basic arithmetic and and staring at that one supply and demand graph where the line goes up

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the idea of a podcast having dynamic ads that relate to you even when the episode came out years ago is so perverse. like it's a sound file a podcast is just an audio clip. and you're telling me before the audio clip reaches my ears some algorithm is poking around in its guts adding things and taking things out. you're ravishing it. it's obscene

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Flowers? For spring? Groundbreaking.

Get this desktop wallpaper and icon set here!

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war never changes

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Tumblr users when they introduce a silly little button

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Stop trying to be influencers we need good tumblr gifers now more than ever

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"who knows what they still do on tumblr"

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fiber arts tutorial links!

I’ve gotten quite a few asks about spinning, fiber prep, and dyeing, and since I’m utterly incapable of answering a question without writing an essay, they often turn into tutorials. I’ve compiled them here for easy perusal ! More will be added as I find and/or write them.

SPINNING

The basics of getting into drop spindles

A comprehensive guide on how to spin on drop spindles

Processing fleece on hair combs to get perfect hand combed top (a cheap fleece processing tool)

How to get your yarn off your spindle

How and why to block handspun yarn before using it

Niddy Noddy sizing

Blocking linen and cotton yarn

How to tell if your handspun yarn is over or undertwisted

Moving from park and draft spinning to suspended spinning

Debugging: roving twists and knots around the edges while spinning

Debugging: compressed roving

The visuals of 2 ply vs. 3 ply

Whittling supported spindles

Very short video-centric guide for supported spinning

FIBER PREP AND/OR DYEING

Steps of fleece processing, including the many methods and tools you can use

What prep to dye in

20 questions of natural dyeing

Dyeing with onion skin

How to clean a blending board

All about mordants

KNITTING

Knitting with chronic pain (more advice from others in notes)

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mutuals, non-mutuals, ops of years old posts, you can all catch these paws

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the amount of joy that getting my first boop has brought me <3 immeasurable