#functional sheep

[tetedurfarm]

pov: tu à l'herbe

[agarafile]

they prob wont' but i realized if they do keep the whole shrinking when u crouch thing then ren is just gonna be tiny for the rest of the series he's ALWAYS crouching ksjdhjk

YEAH OMG lil ren for the entire series would be so funny. he is like a snail in the small garden, martyn would need to put him gently on leaves

but also, imagine this for the others as well. bdubs is ANOTHER croucher, lizzie was huge bc she is the queen of just,,,standin' there,,,doing nothin', this would make up for such a fun premise

[nyckie]

my first attempt at running a small business is of course a petting zoo but everyone kept feeding my chickens instead of doing literally anything else 😭

[vampiricsheep]

hey uh

[rosesradio]

this is a topic i don’t talk about nearly enough because idk how to phrase it but. i think the chronically online people who are into exclusively into media like heartstopper (99% of everyone is accepting and 1% is cartoonishly evil) need to realize that people cannot just live their truth with the power of love or whatever. like yes i’m 21 i should be allowed date a girl if i wanted to (if i could pull one 😔), but i can’t while living at my family’s house in this economy etc. yes i don’t want to interact with stranger things content (for multiple reasons lol) but it’s a Family Show and I can’t explain the boycott to my conservative family. with all the jokes and bad takes i hear i’m exhausted as is. I don’t think it’s problematic to stay in the closet/keep your voice down if it means remaining in a mostly good situation for the time being.

[izzythehutt]

Dora walking in on her grandfather about to punch Sirius and her grandmother crying is..kind of the perfect introduction to her grandparents lol

Pretty much sums them up.

[electricbluebutterflies]

I love that I have the worst relationship with my mother (compared to my siblings) and I was still DEFINITELY the first child to send her a birthday text.

[as-above-is-moving]

Move your body when the sunlight dies.

Everybody, hide your body from the scarecrow.

Everybody, hide...

[shadowglens]

i binge re-read blooming panic last week, and have been filled with headcanons and thoughts ever since

[opossumgrl]

especially hating the tension because its very likely i wont be seeing anyone from my dad’s side of the family again ✌️ wow we couldn’t get along one last time? ok.

[hebrideansky]

For anyone who sews very practical things that include webbing, jeans needles are also what you want.

Why "Universal" means "Equally bad."

So you go to the store to buy needles for your sewing machine. You are going to find one of two things: a few "Universal" needles, or a large section with dozens of needle types.

"None of these say my machine brand on them," you think. "What do these numbers mean?"

I'm here to help you out!

It turns out that needles for sewing machines have amazing specialties to help make the work easier.

Ball point/Jersey: these needles have a rounded 'ball' point so that they don't accidentally cut the threads in a knit fabric. Ever cut a thread in a sweater? We don't want that to happen in a knit fabric either. Knits are used for t-shirts, Sweatshirts and the like.

Sharp/Microtex Sharp: My Beloved. If you sew on any woven fabric, and see "puckers" along your seam, you're not using a Sharp needle. Developed for micro-textiles, these are brilliant for printed quilting cotton, satin, woven silk, and the like.

Jeans/Denim: larger eye, bladed tip. The Sharp is a stiletto; a Denim needle is a sword. The bladed tip makes it easier for your machine to power through densely woven fabrics like canvas, upholstery fabrics, brocade, and old-fashioned denim.

Stretch: this needle is designed to sew on Elastic fabrics with minimal skipped stitches. Spandex and Lycra can stretch so well that they're carried by the needle into the bobbin area of the machine, preventing the stitch from completing. Stretch needles pass through the fabric easier without punching holes.

Quilting: Yep! There's a needle for this! Great for piecing, these really shine while sewing through the layers of fabric and batting. They make free lotion quilting a lot easier, and you won't have to fiddle with the tensions as much!

Leather: perfect for Vinyl, pleather 'vegan' leather, actual leather, and suede, this needle is like a Denim needle with a twist; a twisted blade, that is. It makes a perfectly round hole to prevent the dreaded "Tear along the dotted line" effect.

Metallic: yes, all needles are made of metal, but this type is gentle to metallic threads for decorative work.

Topstitch: this needle has an extra large eye and groove to accommodate heavier threads. Great for high-contrast visible topstitching with heavier threads.

There are others, but this is a good place to start. "Universal" needles don't have any of the specialized features listed above. They aren't sharp, aren't ball-pointed either. They have an average sized eye and groove.

They will sew. They will form a stitch, and they can be a lifesaver when you're not sure what kind of needle to use because you're sewing with more than one challenging fabric simultaneously. However, they aren't "good at" anything. They're kind of "equally bad" at everything.

Do yourself and your sewing machine a favor: Use the right needle for the right project.

One final pro tip: change your needle every 8 hours or so of actual sewing, or at the beginning of every major project.

[vagueconfusion]

I wanna take a nap but I slept most of last night and if I sleep now my schedule for work tomorrow will be fuuuucked so. Gotta stay awake.

Mmm.

Bass practice, and work on my Sheep Token (still working on the basic model so I can try to get the symbol down nicely. Then I need to redo the white mask one because I forgot it doesn't have the arch. THEN. I get started on trying to make the current masks/Espera's)

[apyglop]

Do androids dream of electric sheep? The lambda on its forehead is a bit of a nod to the functional programmers out there (Haskell FTW) I've done this a while ago, so it could be better and maybe I'll redo it sometime, but I still think it's cute. What do you think?

[veganagenda]

fascinating new argument has entered the animal rights field: "it's okay to breed animals for a specific human-related purpose over a long period of time and then continue exploit their bodies for that purpose even when they are no longer obligated to because they enjoy fulfilling that purpose. because we bred them to enjoy it"

Not to sound like I was raised by protestants, but I think those kids who argue that it's animal abuse to put working dog breeds to work doing the tasks they were bred and born for have simply genuinely never encountered the concept that they, too, could be genuinely happier if they could do work they found wortwhile and enjoyable. Like engaging in useful and constructive activities might genuinely make life better than a life of doing absolutely nothing because nobody's making you do anything.

[snekdood]

i just struggle to believe theres any ethical way to harvest meat. farm animal dying of old age? yeah. ok. sure. but farm animals aren't going to be perpetually dying of old age enough to fulfill the demand for their meats. you can make better and more convincing arguments to me for ethically harvesting eggs, wool and milk rather than meat.

[aria0fgold]

I just remembered a bunch of stuff I gotta research but am too lazy to get outta bed and start my routine... 5 more minutes maybe.