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Random curiosity poll! Do you know any Finnish people? Defined here as people of Finnish lineage regardless of where they live, and people who live in Finland and consider it home, regardless of their lineage!
Boost to reduce bias of everyone answering knowing me at least, should it please you. 😄
- I am a Finnish people! (5%, 6 votes)
- I do, indeed. (53%, 57 votes)
- If knowing you counts, yes? (5%, 6 votes)
- I used to, no longer. (13%, 14 votes)
- Not really, no. (22%, 24 votes)
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Readers call #laserblasted "surprisingly wholesome," "a scathing indictment of the military patriarchal industrial complex," and "why? WHY would you do this?"
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the cartridge pleated skirt is almost done, only requires a patch on a small tear I couldn't cut around, but I need some sewing thread in a different colour from what I already have.
the bodice is done, I've worn it today, it's good (other than a small change I want to make to the pattern for the next time).
When I'll have some time with no rain at a time when I can take pictures I will, and then there will be a blog post.
So, now, I suddenly found myself with no #handsewing project in progress¹, and that can't do!
¹ ok, there is one. I don't want to pick that one up right now
La gonna arricciata è quasi finita, devo solo mettere una toppa su un piccolo strappo che non sono riuscita ad evitare tagliando, ma hi bisogno del filo per cucire di un colore diverso da quelli che già ho.
Il corpetto è finito, oggi l'ho indossato, è a posto (voglio solo fare un piccolo cambiamento al cartamodello per la prossima volta)
Quando capiterà un momento senza pioggia in cui avrò tempo farò delle foto, e poi ci sarà un post sul blog.
Solo che adesso mi sono trovata senza lavori di #cucitoAMano in corso¹, e non si può!
¹ ok, tecnicamente ce ne sarebbe uno, ma ora non ho voglia di farlo
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So, this afternoon I cut the fabric for a new shirt, because one can't have enough shirts, right?
This time it's the same purplish-blue cotton popeline I've used for my vaccine jab shirt (which uses the historically accurate vampire shirt pattern), and I've cut the 1880s pattern, but with wide and longish rectangular sleeves instead of the tapered ones of that pattern.
I wanted to have honeycombing on the front, but I've done a sample and it has taken significantly more fabric than I expected (the instruction said it would take twice the fabric, but it's more like three times), so now I'm wondering what do to. I could go for gathers instead.
I can start preparing the collar and cuffs, anyway, and possibly some other seam.
Quindi, oggi pomeriggio ho tagliato la stoffa per una nuova camicia, perché non si hanno mai abbastanza camicie, giusto?
Questa è nel popeline di cotone che ho usato per la mia camicia da vaccinazioni (fatta col modello della camicia da vampiro storicamente accurata) e ho tagliato il modello del 1880, ma con le maniche rettangolari larghe e abbastanza lunghe anziché quelle a trapezio che dovrebbe avere.
Volevo fare dello smocking sul davanti, ma ho fatto un campione e ha preso decisamente più stoffa di quanto mi aspettassi (le istruzioni dicevano il doppio, ma è almeno il triplo), per cui ho dei dubbi su cosa fare. Magari potrei arricciare.
Intanto comunque posso preparare colletto e polsini, e magari fare qualche altra cucitura.
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@Comandante Virgola :snwfn: @ossimorosa lo smocking è questo: katafalk.wordpress.com/2010/02… (verso il fondo ci sono le foto dell'effetto finale)
come verrà non lo so neanche io, visto che ancora non ho deciso i dettagli :D
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Hai mani molto, molto abili
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@Vi 💙 è quella di Bernadette Banners: ne ho fatta una di questo popeline, una di copripiumone di flanella ikea e una di lino per camicie da uomo
è bella, fa la sua scena, ma il modello di camicia della seconda metà dell'ottocento con lo sprone sagomato¹ ha il suo perché quanto a comodità :)
¹ sewing-patterns.trueelena.org/… questa
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And maybe I measured the wrong part of the pattern, and I *do* have to reduce the fabric to about one third of the current width, so it will work out
and also, tonight I woke up with an idea on how to attach the honeycombed part to the yoke
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E forse ho misurato la parte sbagliata del cartamodello, e *devo* ridurre la stoffa a circa un terzo della sua larghezza, quindi tutto torna
e per di più stanotte mi son svegliata con un'idea su come attaccare la parte con lo smocking allo sprone
Come fare domanda per votare da fuori sede ai referendum
Ci sono regole diverse a seconda del comune, e c'è tempo fino al 4 maggioIl Post
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E non lo dico solo perché in questo momento c'è in corso una bellissima mostra sulla storia del gioco da tavolo e sono appese anche alcune pagine dei fumettigioco della Cana.
Ok, un poco anche per quello.
Un appello a tutti gli amanti del fumetto e all’immaginazione.
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Il Museo del Fumetto di Milano sta affrontando una battaglia paradossale: uno sfratto voluto dalle istituzioni.
Unisciti alla protesta creativa!
Scarica la seconda immagine e trasformala con la tua arte per supportare il Museo, il suo archivio e la sua storia.
Chiamiamo a raccolta tutti i personaggi dei fumetti, di ieri, di oggi e di domani, per una surreale mobilitazione!
Una iniziativa coordinata con Erbacce AFA e Piero Tonin
and then one browses through fashion plates, and finds *this*
libmma.contentdm.oclc.org/digi…
(German fashion plate with three fancy dresses from the second bustle era, one has a Grecian Artemis theme, one a music theme and another one has a green military themed jacket, a skirt with a green / white / red band at the hem, and a round hat with a big plume)
and. is that an *Italian alpini* costume? that's straight into *so bad it's good* area. except for the fact that the 1880s are too late to go patriotic (stuff had already started to go downhill fast)
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Remember, when the internet gets disbanded, don't blame Hasbro Interactive. They had nothing to do with it.
From the back of my Master of Orion II disc.
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la lettera da Nanni a Ea-Nasir!!!
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(però è sotto licenza NC, non so se potete. uff. )
Clay tablet - Download Free 3D model by The British Museum (@britishmuseum)
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No problema, te lo faccio gratis!
I wrote a short follow-up to my 2023 blog post "Why is Debian the way it is?". The follow-up is "Why does Debian change software?".
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Something I stumbled upon recently. Considering the number of book lovers around Mastodon, this seems like a must-share.
"Standard Ebooks is a volunteer-driven project that produces new editions of public domain ebooks that are lovingly formatted, open source, free of U.S. copyright restrictions, and free of cost."
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Però è soltanto nel 1700 che si hanno le monarchie assolute, altrimenti i re o gli imperatori post impero romano, dovevano invocare gli stati generali prima di mettere tasse o fare guerre...
@🧊 freezr 🥶 stavo pensando più alla pessima fama dell'ultimo re di roma, e agli imperatori (che a causa di quella pessima fama si sono sempre assicurati di far sapere a tutti che loro *non erano assolutamente* dei re — ma di fatto avevano riaccentrato tutti i poteri rilevanti), e a quanto un cattivo imperatore riuscisse a causare disastri
poi non so come fosse l'equilibrio dei poteri nell'impero romano d'oriente, durante il medioevo, credo più accentrato rispetto a molti stati dell'europa occidentale
(ah, e ovviamente le monarchie europee attuali, al massimo con una rilevante eccezione, rientrano pienamente nel caso di poteri opportunamente suddivisi)
Gli imperatori Romani erano assoluti, sebbene fare l'imperatore era un rischio perché si moriva piuttosto facilmente e nessuno si scandalizzava per un imperatore assassinato... 😁
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Have I finished the cartridge pleated skirt? of course not (it's getting closer, however)
Have I started to cut the lining fabric for the next project? maaaaaybe :D
I need a bodice to go with that skirt, and this morning I had some time when I could cut some fabric and quickly sew a mockup by machine.
I'm not 100% sure about the result, I may need to remove a bit of ease, but the fabric I'm going to use for the bodice was cheap enough¹ that I think I will cut it and I can always take it in later.
¹ a mystery fabric that was listed as something like 100% cotton, but had “lana” (wool) in the name, smells like wet sheep when wet, and looks and feels as if it has a cotton (or other plant fiber) in the weft and wool in the warp.
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Ho finito la gonna arricciata? ovviamente no (ci sono quasi però)
Ho iniziato a tagliare la fodera per il prossimo progetto? potrei :D
Con quella gonna ci vuole un corpetto, e stamattina avevo del tempo in cui potevo tagliare della stoffa e cucire al volo a macchina un provino.
Non sono sicura al 100% del risultato, forse dovrò togliere un po' di agio, ma la stoffa che userò era abbastanza economica¹ che credo che alla prossima occasione la taglierò, e al massimo sono sempre in tempo a stringerlo poi.
¹ una stoffa a sorpresa che era venduta come 100% cotone, aveva la parola lana nel nome, odora di pecora bagnata quando è bagnata e da l'impressione di avere l'ordito di cotone (o altre fibre vegetali) e la trama di lana.
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Filed under #sewingPersonProblems and #selfInducedProblems
three out of four panels of the bodice have been lined, and I could now start assembling them and try it on.
except for the fact that I suspect that a better way to do it would be to finish the lacing eyelets before assembling the bodice. it's probably not that much of a difference, but I'm also writing down instructions, and I want to do things right.
and this means that I have to wait MOAR time to see how the bodice will look like!
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Nelle categorie #problemiDiChiCuce e #ProblemiAutoindotti
tre pezzi su quattro del corpetto sono stati foderati, e potrei iniziare a cucirli assieme e provarlo.
se non fosse che sospetto che sia meglio rifinire gli occhielli sui pezzi separati, prima di avere tutto il corpetto assemblato. non credo che sia una differenza enorme, ma sto anche scrivendo delle istruzioni, e quindi preferisco fare le cose fatte bene.
ma questo significa che devo aspettare PIÙ tempo prima di vedere come sta venendo il corpetto!
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@Vi 💙 ma sai che l'idea di imbastire non mi era neanche venuta in mente?
avevo imbastito (a macchina) la fodera, quindi un'idea che la taglia non sia completamente sbagliata ce l'ho, ma adesso che sono ad un punto in cui si può assemblare solo a mano non mi ero neanche posta il problema di poterlo fare in modo temporaneo :)
però è anche vero che per quanto poco tempo, è tutto tempo non passato facendo disperatamente occhielli :D
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all eyelets are done!
now, assembly time!
(ok, probably tomorrow)
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occhielli finiti!
ed ora, tempo di assemblare!
(ok, forse domani più che *ora*)
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as if I had the patience to wait
one front sewn to one back, yesterday evening
another one currently on my lap
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come se avessi la pazienza di aspettare
un davanti cucito al suo dietro ieri sera
gli altri sono sulle mie gambe in questo momento
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and it's done
(other than finding some laces to keep it closed, or making some with a lucet)
and we're going to have two weeks of rain, so I'm not going to be able to take pictures any time soon, uoops
finito!
(devo solo trovare una stringa adatta per allacciarlo, o farne una col lucet)
e sono appena iniziate due settimane di pioggia, quindi non riuscirò a fare foto a breve, uooops
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Oh dear, I just discovered the Antique Pattern Library and now I suddenly have way too many embroidery patterns I want to make. 
#embroidery #CrossStitch #FiberArts
Antique Pattern Library Crochet, knitting, tatting, netting, embroidery, needle lace, beading and other needlework patterns.
free patterns, free craft resources, free knitting patterns, free crochet patterns, free embroidery patterns, free lace patternsAntique Pattern Library
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"These examples show that when democracy deteriorates, its fate is not sealed, and democratic institutions can be reclaimed."
ourworldindata.org/data-insigh…
Four countries that have successfully reversed democratic decline in recent years
Several countries have recently managed to stop and even reverse the erosion of their democratic institutions.Our World in Data
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It has taken way longer than we hoped, but we now have our own instance. I have just finished migrating my account so I would appreciate it if you could boost this post so our little instance gets noticed by a bunch of servers. Here's a picture of my cats Huginn and Muninn so I am at least adding something to the fediverse instead of just asking for something.
#cats
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on Monday I knew I had to expect running to catch a couple of trains. I wasn't sure, but couldn't rule out being able running from the train to another place (including up and down some stairs) to be able to do one extra thing other than what I had to do.
*Why* did I decide to wear my highest heels¹?
Now, on *Wednesday* my right thigh is still hurting!
(Also, I love being in this kind of pain, because it gives me an excuse to complain :D )
¹ they aren't that high, and they are pretty comfortable as far as high heel shoes go, but I haven't been wearing them for a while, and I need to get back to being used to them.
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Lunedì sapevo di dover correre per prendere un paio di treni. Non ero sicura di farcela, ma avevo la possibilità di correre dal treno ad un altro posto (compreso fare su e giù da delle scale) per riuscire ad infilare un'altra cosa oltre a quello che dovevo fare.
*Perché* ho deciso di mettere le scarpe col tacco più alto¹ che ho?
Oggi è *mercoledì*, e la mia coscia destra fa ancora male!
(Inoltre, adoro questo genere di dolori, perché mi da una scusa per lamentarmi :D )
¹ non sono così alti, e come scarpe col tacco sono decisamente comode, ma non le ho messe per un po' di tempo e devo riabituarmici
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Whenever something doesn't work, it's generally the DNS. That's why we (re)introduce The Phone Book of The Internet.
You can read more and download your own copy here: nlnetlabs.nl/news/2025/Apr/01/…
News - The Phone Book of the Internet
A handy booklet with the domain names and IP addresses you need, to keep everything working even when the DNS doesn't.NLnet Labs
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@Koen van Hove the phrase “Think of it as a bound version of Unbound.”
am. dead. :D
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current status: thinking of *multiple empires*
or in other words, drinking black tea (british empire) while eating einkorn bread with honey (roman empire)
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Roman Stuffed Dates
Dates stuffed with nuts and long pepper, rolled in salt, and cooked in honeyMax Miller (Tasting History)
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@Vi 💙 om. nom. nom!
io sono arrivata fino a
la.wikisource.org/wiki/De_re_c… XI.1
“Dulcia domestica: palmulas vel dactilos excepto semine, nuce vel nucleis vel piper tritum infercies. sales foris contingis, frigis in melle cocto, et inferes. ”
che così ad occhio sembra la ricetta che citano su quella pagina, e direi “good enough” per chiamarli romani :D
(non ho fatto fact checking sul fatto che li vendessero veramente al colosseo, ma ho finito di fare colazione e dovrei mettermi a fare cose sensate :D )
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Today - 31 March - is World Backup Day.
The spare World Backup Day is tomorrow.
(Don’t forget to test restoration :))
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A new project has started
or maybe an existing project is progressing? the electronics bits have been started a few weeks ago (and have been mostly working for some time)
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È iniziato un nuovo progetto
o forse ho fatto progressi su un progetto esistente? la parte elettronica è stata iniziata qualche settimana fa (e sta bene o male funzionando da un po')
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“The sky was the color of television tuned to a dead channel”
80s meaning: grey
90s meaning: blue
Today: full of ads from the smart tv vendor
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Periodic reminder that #sewing a 18th century style shirt completely by hand:
* doesn't require any expensive equipment;
* doesn't require any particular space;
* can be done with cheap materials;
* is easy enough that a (18th century) child can do it;
* probably takes less time than you think.
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@Jonobie I've followed Bernadette Banner's pirate shirt video (or rather, the notes I took from her video, pausing and resuming and fast forwarding as needed while cursing video as a tutorial format :D ), except for the fact that I added two small triangular gussets at the neck taken from some blog post (I don't remember where).
And if you are a terrible hand sewer, you are definitely not going to finish it in one day :D and you're pretty likely to be a less terrible sewer when the shirt is done :D
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@Jonobie and I wasn't sure about actually publishing them, but the way I kept those notes was as a potential article for my old site, and, well
eoval.org/77M6LfPY#
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these two links will self-destruct in a week, and I haven't re-read that text, so they may be missing bits (and they *are* full of typos), but maybe together with the videos they can be useful
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@Jonobie I've found some of those notes, the neck gusset idea came from another video: youtube.com/watch?v=2SNdQYg4Xa…
(and the link to the video I mentioned before is youtube.com/watch?v=Ql9r8UKIvZ… )
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Let's take a moment to remember the guy who made sure we don't have to change Every Goddamn Clock today, David L. Mills, creator of Network Time Protocol (NTP) who passed last year.
My wristwatch is synced to my phone, which is synced to the internet, which knows that time it is right now thanks to David Mills. Cheers to his memory 🥃
cse.engin.umich.edu/stories/re…
Remembering alum David Mills, who brought the internet into perfect time
Mills created the Network Time Protocol, which enables any device online to know precisely what time it is.Computer Science and Engineering
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yesterday evening we had one of those wild nights where you have to turn on the air purifier afterwards
i.e., we had friends over, and one of them mentioned that he would have enjoyed learning how to solder, and suddenly on a low table (yeah, not ideal) there was a soldering iron, with all the accessories, perfboard, a box of resistors (and some LEDs that didn't get used)
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ieri sera c'è stata una di quelle seratone campali in cui c'è bisogno di accendere i filtri per l'aria
ovvero, c'erano degli amici, uno ha detto che gli sarebbe piaciuto imparare a saldare, e all'improvviso su un tavolino (un po' troppo basso) sono apparsi un saldatore con tutti gli accessori, della millefori, una scatola di resistenze (e qualche LED che non è stato usato)
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@rag. Gustavino Bevilacqua per quello sarebbe cascato male, non siamo capaci :D
(posso però lamentarmi del fatto che l'italiano usi la stessa parola per solder e weld?)
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"una di quelle seratone campali in cui c'è bisogno di chiamare i vigili del fuoco"
... si, meno male..
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@fabrixxm
Soprattutto quando c'è da spiegare in pratica la differenza tra una saldatura¹ e una brasatura²!
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@Fabio @rag. Gustavino Bevilacqua no, dai
mi risulta che si sia riusciti pure a non scottarsi!
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questo è stato il traguardo più importante, poi che sia riuscito a fare una saldatura decente è un plus non indifferente, tutto grazie al tutor @diegor ❤️
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aaaaargh, what do you mean ls: cannot access '/mnt/usbc1/DCIM': Input/output error
yes, I have been having issues reading from that SD for some time now, but surely it was the reader, not the SD itself, since trying it again worked the second or third time.
RIGHT?
(recovery attempts will happen later on, and thankfully it's just a few pictures from the skirt I'm making (which means that there won't be step-by-step pictures in the instructions I'm writing, but I can always make a second skirt later on) and not pictures taken during an unique trip / meeting of friends)
aaaaargh, cosa intendi dire con ls: cannot access '/mnt/usbc1/DCIM': Input/output error
sì, ultimamente quell'SD stava dando un po' di problemi, ma sicuramente era il lettore, non l'SD, dato che a riprovare a leggere alla seconda o terza volta funzionava sempre.
VERO?
(più tardi proverò a fare qualche tentativo di recovery, e per fortuna sono solo un po' di foto della gonna che sto facendo (quindi nelle istruzioni non ci saranno le foto passo-passo, ma posso sempre fare una seconda gonna simile più avanti), e non foto scattate durante qualcosa di unico come un viaggio o un incontro con amici)
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Seeing some folks complain about an influx of Only Fans accounts here.
Reminder that sex work is real work and sex workers should be respected!
I get if folks don't want to see that kind of content, but shaming them off fedi ain't it. Graciously teaching them about hashtags and content warnings (and learning to use your own content filtering tools) is the community way.
Eta. Spam bot accounts are not the same thing. So don't call them the same thing!
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Expanding: if you want to complain about accounts that are clearly spam bots masquerading as only fans accounts... Do that. Complain about the scam, and the bots.
Just blanket calling those accounts Only Fans accounts suggests a disrespect for actual sex workers trying to make a living imho.
The language we use when we talk about things is important and can subconsciously have impact on thinking, both for ourselves and for society as a whole.
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New #sewing project started!
I'm making a folky-style cartridge-pleated skirt, from two (unmatched) curtains that have been probably sewn by my grandmother or her sister from what look like fabric remnants or something (they were pieced from multiple panels)
no pictures yet because I'm lazy and it's dark
also, the cartridge pleating needs to be done by hand, so of course I'm also sewing by hand all of the straight seams that could have easily be done by machine :D
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Iniziato un nuovo progetto di #cucito!
Sto facendo una gonna arricciata¹ in stile vagamente folk, partendo da due tendine che probabilmente erano state cucite da mia nonna o da sua sorella usando degli avanzi di stoffa, dato che erano formate da pannelli cuciti assieme.
non ci sono foto perché sono pigra ed è già buio
ah, e la tecnica di arricciatura che uso si può fare solo a mano, quindi ovviamente sto cucendo a mano anche le cuciture dritte che si sarebbero potute tranquillamente fare a macchina.
¹ non ho idea di come si chiami in italiano la tecnica, “cartridge pleating” in inglese, che sto usando per arricciare, e internet non mi sta aiutando
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The fabric has a bit of musty smell, but it's the smell of the house¹ it came from, so it feels almost nice. (and it's not *too much*, and I hope that by wearing and washing it multiple times it will go away)
also, as soon as I'll have finished sewing I'll have to patch a couple of tears in the fabric that I couldn't cut around, so basically pre-distressed clothing! how fashionable! :D (I'm waiting to do it afterwards to use whatever bits of fabric I'm left with. and also because I want to start sewing first :D )
¹ for values of “house” with a roof, walls and even floors. and rain water from a cistern with a hand pump that comes out of a convenient tap, and even a toilet! and not much else :D it has not been inhabited for quite a few decades :D
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La stoffa ha un leggero odore di umido, ma è l'odore della casa¹ da cui arriva, per qui fa quasi piacere. (e non è *troppo* intenso, e spero che indossandola e lavandola più volte vada via)
e tra l'altro, appena finito di cucire dovrò mettere delle toppe su un paio di strappi nella stoffa che non sono riuscita ad evitare, quindi fondamentalmente è abbigliamento pre-rovinato! così alla moda! (ho deciso di mettere le toppe alla fine perché così posso usare gli avanzi di stoffa,ma anche perché adesso volevo mettermi subito a cucire :D )
¹ per valori di “casa” che hanno un tetto, dei muri e perfino dei pavimenti. e acqua piovana in una cisterna con una pompa a mano, che esce da un comodo rubinetto, e persino un WC! e non molto altro :D non è più abitata da svariati decenni :D
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@Wynke wiktionary says that it comes from Frankish (via Old French), which probably explains it :) en.wiktionary.org/wiki/stoffa
(we have the adjective “tessile”, “related to textiles” that I believe come from the Latin word for fabric)
(but basically, yeah, plenty of crossover :) )
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Also, why have I decided to neaten the edges of the side seams with a prick stitch instead of a much faster hemstitch? The look from the right side is different, but not *that* different.
(and yes, I'm not using matching thread, because I didn't have any and I want to do this *completely* from the stash, rather than my recent rule of “main fabric from the stash, everything else is fair game”)
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E tra l'altro, perché ho deciso di rifinire i margini di cucitura con un punto indietro spaziato anziché con il solito punto da orlo che è molto più veloce? Dal dritto l'aspetto è diverso, ma non *così* diverso.
(e sì, non sto usando filo in tinta, perché non ne avevo, e per questo progetto voglio usare solo cose che ho già, anziché la regola che sto usando di recente in cui devo già avere la stoffa principale, ma tutto il resto può essere acquistato)
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I have finished adding a facing to the hem, and one to the top, since I'm short of fabric, and I was almost ready to start the cartridge pleating
the facing at the top:
(I think I will just unpick the bit over the joins in the facing, sew it back the other way around, and sew it back to the skirt.)
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Ho finito di cucire un risguardo all'orlo, e uno in cima perché sono a corto di stoffa, quindi pensavo di essere praticamente pronta per iniziare l'arricciatura.
Il risguardo in cima:
(credo che scucirò solo il pezzetto sopra alle giunte e ricucirò quelle nell'altro senso, e poi riattaccherò il tutto alla gonna)
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the cartridge pleating has started!
have i actually finished the hem first?
well, we don't talk about the needle that is stuck in the hem of the skirt and may stab me at any moment while I'm working on the waistband, do we?
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ho iniziato l'arricciatura!
ho veramente finito l'orlo?
non vogliamo veramente parlare dell'ago che c'è infilato nell'orlo e potrebbe infilzarmi in qualunque momento mentre sto lavorando sulla vita, vero?
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attenzione per chi abita a #Varese: sono state confermate le date delle piogge continue ed ininterrotte dal 29 marzo al 4 maggio
LUNA PARK - VARESE 2025 - LUNAPARKITALY
LUNA PARKVARESELOCALITA’ SCHIRANNADAL 29 MARZO AL 04 MAGGIO 2025 Attenzione:Il programma della manifestazione viene fornito dagli organizzatori.DrXXL (Lunaparkitaly)
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TFW: unpicking a topstitch seam at just about 1 mm from a fold in the fabric, done by somebody¹ who had learned to set the length of the machine stitches from somebody who had probably learned in the Victorian era or something, because they are like 1.6 mm long.
OTOH, I'm happy that they folded the excess fabric in this curtain instead of cutting it away, because it means I have MOAR fabric to reuse.
¹ either a direct ancestor of mine, or the sister of one
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TFW stai disfando un'impuntura a circa 1 mm dalla piegatura della stoffa, fatta da qualcuno¹ che aveva imparato ad impostare la lunghezza dei punti della macchina da qualcuno che aveva imparato a farlo nell'ottocento o giù di lì, perché sono lunghi 1.6 mm
d'altra parte, sono contenta che abbiano piegato la stoffa che avanzava in questa tendina anziché tagliarla, perché così ho PIÙ stoffa da riusare.
¹ o una mia diretta antenata, o una sorella di
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Imagine being a wealthy CEO who spends his time claiming women belong in the kitchen and should not have control of their own bodies. Or that same CEO claiming black lives do not matter. That same CEO claiming love is only love between a man and woman. That same CEO saying, both LGBTQ+ and trans folk suffer from mental illness. Furthermore, claiming that COVID was a hoax, vaccines kill people, and is a firm, Donald Trump supporter.
You probably think, I am talking about Elon Musk, and you likely support the idea of Tesla going bankrupt, as not to support a Nazi. But who I am actually describing is Brendan Eich, the founder and CEO of Brave Browser, but when you tell people that is the case, people will argue "that is different". 🙄
#ElonMusk #Musk #BrendanEich #Eich #Brave #BraveBrowser #LGBTQ+ #LGBTQ #Trans #WomensRights #BlackLivesMatter
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A Collection of Book Plate Designs—Title | Old Book Illustrations
Illustrated title page framed by an elaborate decorative border, featuring a hieratic female figure, likely painting or drawing against a background of foliageOld Book Illustrations
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A collection of book plate designs : Rhead, Louis, 1857-1926 : Free Download, Borrow, and Streaming : Internet Archive
Special Collections copy has author's autographInternet Archive
this was my first experiment to use up tiny fabric scraps. i stuck the pieces together with water soluble fabric glue then sewed a grid over the fabric to secure, before washing off the glue. it’s since survived several wears and washes!
the process was tedious but on the upside it didn’t require a base fabric to sew on to. i would like to try other methods in future, could a flour paste replace the synthetic glue?
#zerowaste #sewing #fiberart #fabricscraps
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The first thing I noticed was that the pain was gone. The tall, thin, hooded figure let me bask in that for a moment.
IT IS TIME
"Oh," I said, looking down at the frail vessel I had inhabited all my life. "Right."
COME
"Do you remember," I asked as we walked, "everyone you come for?"
YES
"Fondly?"
I DO NOT JUDGE. AS A RULE, I SPEND LITTLE TIME WITH PEOPLE AS THEY LIVE
"No, but you spend some time with them after, like now."
1/2
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Sini Tuulia
in reply to Sini Tuulia • • •I think some of it must absolutely be the confirmation bias of me being Finnish, but it seems every day I go about on the internet and watch and read things and we're just absolutely everywhere! In articles, writing articles, doing stuff and being noted and remembered in general.
"Oh, I have Finnish friends!" says someone from Poland, and I just wonder how we get around so much. In 2024 there were 5 637 214 people in Finland. That's not a huge amount!
Sini Tuulia
in reply to Sini Tuulia • • •Wonderdog
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in reply to Wonderdog • • •Fred
in reply to Sini Tuulia • • •Sini Tuulia
in reply to Fred • • •@Fredatron We do love our academic exchanges! I've had classmates who went to Germany for two months, and multiple who went to finish their studies abroad, because their specialisation had much better opportunities in Vienna, Glasgow, some small town in France that had a museum of something... It's really quite nice that they could just do that, and got support from the government for it!
But yes. Another tick on the absolutely everywhere column. 😄
Em :anarchistflagblack:
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in reply to Blahmage • • •Mx Amber Alex (she/it)
in reply to Sini Tuulia • • •Sini Tuulia
in reply to Mx Amber Alex (she/it) • • •@amberage 😆 Jyri, you statistical monkey wrench, you!
Gosh heck, anecdotally as a child every single child in my class had at least one pen pal in Namibia, sometimes three, because we did a pen pal exchange with a school over there...
Em :anarchistflagblack:
in reply to Sini Tuulia • • •OutoftheBlueDD
in reply to Sini Tuulia • • •When I visited Estonia, I met Finnish people who lived there, as well. The language barrier does not seem to be very high between Finnish and Estonian.
Sini Tuulia
in reply to OutoftheBlueDD • • •@OutoftheBlueDD I think it might be that the average Estonian is much better at Finnish than the average Finn is at Estonian, because good grief do we love to go vacation over there... Not just because it's cheaper, but also because it's beautiful and has a lot of history and culture! But also because it's cheaper.
Listening to spoken Estonian feels like your brain is a bit scrambled and you're just missing what people are saying, while feeling like you really should be understanding it... Reading it is like: "Oh! Oh I get why that word is like that!"
FanCityKnits 🇺🇦🧶
in reply to Sini Tuulia • • •Janne Moren
in reply to Sini Tuulia • • •My parents were Finnish but I wasn't born there so I'm not.
But, a colleague is Finnish!