#off topic posts

[fyeahygocardart]

Off-topic

In good news, all of the cards for the contest (noted here) have finally arrived. Saturday will have the latest four reveals. And a new regular post tomorrow night.

As an aside, I’m half tempted to do a bi-monthly post of the most absurd “sexually explicit” flagged posts by Tumblr. Somehow in the last 2 weeks, 14 something posts have been flagged. Among the more amusing include:

Odd-Eyes Pendulum Dragon

Germ Infection (you know, a microscope slide)

Rinyan, Lightsworn Rogue (a cat....not even a catgirl...)

Hero Heart

Nobleman-Eater Bug

[blackwomeninstarwars]

"What I witnessed at Mother Emanuel also reflected a deep sense of entitlement that can only come from desiring to model oneself from the violent individualism in white communities. Although children were being killed or starved to death by Biden’s orders as they sat there, their pain and perspective took importance above all else. Several people online attacked the protestors for “disrespecting a house of worship,” noting they found it even more reprehensible because of Dylann Roof’s mass slaughter in the same building and the fact that two of the three visible protestors were white or non-Black."

[monster-fuzz]

So I think I forgot to post about it here but I'm knitting my own wedding dress.

Edit to add materials: I'm using suri silk alpaca (apparently I'm slightly allergic to mohair?), and glass beads for the silvery and pearl beads.

[dateamonster]

"top ten movies about Girlhood" whose girlhood? whose girlhood? what kind of girl are these movies about? answer quickly.

[spitzy-speaks-jp]

I love Greek food I love. that zeekey sauce

[bacchuschucklefuck]

class swap design masterpost for convenience (from top to bottom: bard!riz, cleric!gorgug, sorcerer!kristen, barbarian!fig, artificer!adaine, and rogue!fabian)

[worsening-bad-comic-art]

[pepsicandle]

yes asexuals can fuck but we need to not forget that allos can possibly not fuck ? entirely too many times I hear people saying "lol you're probably ace" to people that are literally just celibate . like guys . please . stop acting like the asexual = no sex i thought we were far past that guys

theres so many reasons to be celibate from religious to health (both physical and mental) and all the way to just not wanting to and it can very much have nothing to do with attraction

(not to mention it feels weird to see as a celibate aroallo but that's a separate topic)

[lonestarflight]

At this point, might as well.

(in all seriousness, I wish Boeing would get their shit together.)

Posted on Facebook: link

[wistfulwatcher]

EMILY & HOTCH DANCING in 7.24 RUN

[seventh-district]

Making Incorrect H:SR Quotes Until I Run Out of (hopefully) Original Ideas - Pt. 4 - Nuthin' but Boothill Edition

[Pt. 1] [Pt. 2] [Pt. 3] [Pt. 5] [Pt. 6]

[egophiliac]

Where can you play ride kamens? It looks fun looking at your blog but idk where to play

it'll doesn't start until the 30th, but there's some pre-release episodes/character bits that are scattered around the website and twitter! (the links to pre-reg/download are also on the website :D)

honestly I'm really enjoying it just based off of the pre-release stuff, these characters look like they're going to be exactly that blend of ridiculous and emotionally constipated that hits me so right.

[blackwomeninstarwars]

Rep. Ritchie Torres and other pro-Izzy lobby politicians have drafted a senate bill (S.B. 4127) that specifically targets the political ideology of anti-Zionism on Campuses and other public forums. This one wants the US to adopt the IHRA (a zionist holocaust corp) definition of antisemitism.

Call your represenatives, and use this call prompt:

"My name is [1st name], and I came calling on my representative [whoever that is] to vote against S.B. 4127. This bill does not protect the Jewish community and only encourages the suppression of political thought and demonstration in public forums. Vote no on adopting the IHRA definition of antisemitism. Vote no on criminalizing anti-zionist and pro-Palestine speech. Thank you."

Let them know that their position as your rep is on the line.

Reportedly, on top of S.B. 4127, there are nine more Pro-Izzy bills in the Senate waiting to pass. A few of them have been introduced by Torres. Click below for more details.

Columbia Act,

Define to Defeat Act,

Countering Antisemitism Act,

Antisemitism Inclusion in DEI Act,

Antisemitism Community Service Act,

PROTECT Jewish Student & Faculty Act,

Holocaust Education & Antisemitism Lessons Act,

No Student Loan Forgiveness for Antisemitic Criminals Act,

Ending Subsidies for Pro-Terrorist Activities on Campus Act

Zionism has become a deeply, deeply unpopular political position across the globe as a result of the genocide of the Palestinians. As a result of their connections to other political and social disparities across the world (be it here in the USA, or in places like Africa, South America, and etc.), its largest benefactor - the United States Government - has decided to rely on mass censorship.

They can no longer control the narrative, so the play going forward will infringe on your rights as an American citizen and the livelihood of students within public and private education sectors. And they do this by dressing it up in the theater of concern trolling for Jewish Americans, a community they do not give a shit about and frequently spread conspiracy theories about.

All of this is happening under a Democratic party majority and will continue whether the president is a Dem or Republican.

[monster-fuzz]

The Wedding Dress

Update The 2nd - I debated putting this in the original post but honestly its getting way too long so new post!

I have blocked the skirt! And she was big, measuring about 1.95 - 2m in diameter:

Yes, that is hanging on the wall in my halfway - that was the only place I could leave her safely away from my toddler for the 3 days it took to dry. I'm am still working out a way of blocking the bodice and hanging the entire thing back up to dry without the weight of the skirt dragging everything down while it's damp. Most likely i'll stuff the skirt into a laundry bag and suspend it underneath somehow. Previously the skirt hit me right under the knee but post-blocking it sits low to mid-calf length:

I have yet to finish the underdress, it's happening, I'm just really not keen on cutting pattern pieces recently.

(Edit: for clarity - this is knit, not crochet :) )

[cutie-lumi]

Ringing evil phone ❤️

[atlaculture]

An Alternative to a Roast

So I watched Netflix's live-action Avatar and, frankly, I didn't like it. I was considering writing an in-depth review tearing it apart. However, after taking in reactions that ranged from one-line Twitter hot takes to in-depth video essays to paid industry reviews from big name media brands, I realized there wasn't much I could add to the discourse that someone else couldn't articulate better.

All that really needs to be said is that it was inferior to its source material in every aspect and incapable of standing on its own merits.

With that out of the way, I'd like to bring attention to a show that more people should watch: Kusuriya no Hitorigoto, known as The Apothecary Diaries in English. To be honest, aside from being strongly inspired by Chinese culture, it's not very similar to ATLA. It's about a commoner girl named Maomao who solves mysteries within the emperor's palace with her knowledge of poisons and medicines. It's a beautifully animated and deeply empathetic series that explores the struggles of living within a rigidly hierarchical society, with special attention paid to the social complexities of being a woman. If you like traditional Chinese fashion, murder mysteries, holistic medicine, well-developed characters, or class consciousness in your stories, give this series a shot!