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Monday, 8 April 2024 is the second Solar Eclipse over the United States since 2017’s “Great American Eclipse”. However, instead of cutting from Pacific Northwest to the Gulf of Mexico, this one begins by crossing Baja California in Mexico, and then slicing across Texas, Arkansas, Indiana, Ohio, Pennsylvania, upstate New York, Vermont, New Hampshire, Maine, and the Maritime Provinces of…
I’m starting a new public series of poetry in the Ode form seen here: three verses of ten lines each, in pentameter, dedicated to the two planets in the “regular” conjunctions: each of the inner planets with each of the outer planets that occur roughly annually at least, such as Venus and Jupiter or Mercury and Mars. Here’s one of the first of these poems, to Venus and Neptune who will be…
so many that I wanted to include, but was like. well. gotta get in a lot of comedies. and give them the chance to kill caesar.
It has to be Midsummer Night's Dream, but only Oberon and Titania (and Theseus and Hippolyta) are played by humans.
I've been sitting on this pattern and tutorial for a while now! so time to finally share it with you! I was lamenting that the jellycat pip and sugar mice were long retired and difficult to get your hands on unless you are willing to pay much more than they retailed for each mouse, so i decided to try and eyeball a pattern and make some myself! they're not exact as i only used constructed visual references but they're close! please note that this pattern set is intended for personal use only. Rough tutorial under the cut!
So one of my tweets kinda blew up. :v
Forays into Hmong embroidery.
Maybe you would know... when people embroider clothes like shirts, smocks, aprons, pinafores, etc — do they make the garment first and then embroider it? Or do they embroider the cloth and then make a garment out of it? Which comes first, the chicken or the egg?
Also, this is beautiful and amazing.
what is the difference between a witch and a wizard
wizards are mathematicians and physicists. witches are chemists and biologists
warlocks, sadly, are business majors
Gentrification creates a stifling homogeneity in urban areas that makes it less suited for the everyday lives of the lower class and more suited towards the leisure and tourism of those with expendable income.
An old, decrepit laundromat gets replaced by an upscale bakery? And people are mad? It’s not that the poor hate organic vegan cupcakes, it’s that most of us don’t have a way to do laundry in our own home.
Run-down corner stores replaced by hand-made designer clothing boutiques? We don’t hate your eco-fabric shawl, but I can’t eat that for dinner after work like I could have a can of beans I grabbed from that corner store when I don’t have time to take the bus to the real grocery store after work.
What gentrification brings in and of itself is not typically bad, it’s that gentrification brings institutions of leisure and pleasure and makes it so that the poor have to go farther out of their way for basic necessities. It turns low-income living spaces into local tourist attractions. It can even create food deserts by putting restaurants, grocery stores, etc. in that the majority of the lower class cannot afford.
Imagine if someone totally renovated your house and turned it into a mini theme park - they took away your sleeping space, where you prepare food, where you clean yourself and get ready for your day, and replaced it with things that will please people who are visiting, who have their own homes they can go back to, who are here not for their entire life but just as a distraction from their otherwise mundane existence. It’s not that you hate theme parks, it’s not like you’ve never been to a theme park and vow to never visit one again. It’s just that you need to live! To survive! And the leisure of those who have more than you should not invalidate your existence.
I am glad this has made the rounds. Some people feel a dense misunderstanding or misinterpretation concerning gentrification, and I think it helps to hear a description/explanation of what gentrification is from those who are both affected by it and educated by the culture from which it hails. I and many others enjoy some of the delights of gentrification while simultaneously having their livelihoods threatened by it.
The Sun enters Aries I The Double Bladed Axe on March 19, 2024 this year, at 11:05 pm EDT. The name comes from Austin Coppock‘s 36 Faces, while T. Susan Chang named it Seeds of Dominion, a reference to the Tarot card associated with this decan, the so-called Lord of Dominion, The Two of Wands. The Alexandrian calendar, a mix of Egyptian and Greek ideas from the early Common Era, assigned this…
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This is better than the how-to I was about to write.
So yeah. Do this.
And let's see if we can get "fuck ai" trending, shall we?
Americans, these are things we are NOT saying in 2024:
"Voting blue won't solve anything." Yes it will: if enough of us do it, it will solve a problem called Trump's second term in the White House. We unfortunately live in a two-party system. If you refuse to vote, you're effectively voting for Trump. I shouldn't need to explain this to people, yet here we are.
"It doesn't matter who's president. Both candidates are the same anyway." No, they are REALLY not. Biden was never my first choice, and his shipments of arms to Israel are despicable, but don't try to tell me even for a second that a second Trump term would be the same for the world as a second Biden term.
"But voting blue won't fix [fundamental underlying problem in America]." Voting for Democrats cannot fix every issue, this is true. But by saying this and ONLY this you are discouraging people from voting by making them feel hopeless. Voting is one of many tools in our arsenal, not the only tool, but an important one, and it does matter.
"You shouldn't vote blue, you should do [other thing] instead." See above: you can vote and protest and organize at the same time. It's not either/or. You can do it all. Stop discouraging voters from exercising their rights under the guise of leftism.
"Voting is just legitimizing government power. It makes you part of the system." Literally just shut up. Women and people of color didn't fight for their voting rights to have you say things like this. If you live in America and you can legally vote, then you should fucking vote, and vote blue. There is no neutral option.
"Voting blue just makes you complicit in [this bad policy]." Inaction, and allowing Trump to have a second term, is worse for the entire world than any Democrat policy. Yes, even that one. Voting is not about finding a perfect unproblematic candidate. It is about choosing the lesser of two evils.
"Voting doesn't work because—" STOP IT. STOP DISCOURAGING PEOPLE FROM VOTING.
You know who wants you NOT to vote? Trump supporters, that's who. You should be suspicious of ANYONE who is suggesting that your vote doesn't matter, or that both candidates are the same, or that Biden's policy on XYZ means you shouldn't vote for him. Trump supporters aren't trying to get your vote by saying, "Vote for Trump!" They're trying to get your vote by DISCOURAGING YOU FROM VOTING AT ALL.
I don't like Biden either, but Trump is unequivocally worse. Voting doesn't fix everything, but it is the minimum fucking requirement of living in a democracy. Voting for president has real, tangible, immediate impacts on people's lives, and choosing not to vote is not the rebellion you think it is, it is just relinquishing your voice. So fucking vote. THIS IS A GROUP PROJECT AND DAMN IT WE ARE NOT FAILING BECAUSE OF YOU.
Reblogging this again in honor of the dipshit in my notes crying and screaming about things I did not say. “Why do you like Biden why are you saying he’s good” I don’t. Says it right there in the post. “But voting won’t fix everything” I know. Says it right there in the post. “Voting is the bare minimum” Amazing! Says that in the post too. “Why aren’t you telling people to do things beside vote” I literally did. Read the fucking post.
anyone who tells you not to vote is a psyop, even if they’re such a sleeper that they don’t know it themselves
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Doing nothing is siding with whoever doesn't need your help. Fascists do not need your help to take power. And if they come into power, they will quickly decide that they do not need nor want you around either.
I’ve been creating a new series of videos for my Patreon supporters called “Sewing for Sorcerers” — and it goes into a whole series of small projects that can help sorcerers, magicians, witches and wizards become more effective creators of the small handicrafts that our work uses. This is basically Season One: Bias tape (for binding, for ribbons, for warding, for marking the edge of a circle,…
The Sun enters Pisces I The Labyrinth in Austin Coppock‘s naming system, on 18 February 2024 at 11:13 pm EST — and exits on 28 February at 9:44 pm EST. During this time, Aquarius and Pisces will be crowded with almost all the major players, while Jupiter and Uranus get more intimate in Taurus — a couple in flagrante delicto in the bedroom while the main party takes place elsewhere. It’s a…
I just appeared on the What Magic is This? podcast for the second time, this time talking about #astrologicalmagic and how to actually do it — the system of techniques and tools, the underlying philosophies, and how you should prioritize learning the material:
https://whatmagicisthis.com/2023/12/11/astrological-magic-with-andrew-watt-continued/
For anyone not keeping up, Trump held a rally earlier today, told his supporters to storm the Capitol building with him, then went to hide in the White House.
Protestors tore through 4 layers of barricades and are fighting cops to get into the Capitol building. A possible bomb was spotted and the Madison and Cannon buildings have been evacuated while a bomb squad was called in. And just now the Capitol has gone into lockdown.
But also Pence issued a statement that he is not doing anything with the electors and McConnell denounced Republican senators’ efforts to stop counting the electoral votes.
And as I was writing this, the protesters breached the Capitol and Pence was pulled from the Senate chamber.
OK everything got a lot crazier really fast.
Trump lashed out at Pence for not stopping the vote. He is not telling the protesters to leave but instructed them to “support the Capitol police and law enforcement”. Trump later told protesters to “remain peaceful” despite already storming the Capitol.
Ivanka tweeted out calling the protestors “patriots” but then deleted this tweet and replaced it with one saying violence is not patriotic. Meanwhile Rudy Giuliani’s messaging to protesters is to be peaceful and that they are on “the right side of history”. Neither acknowledges the violence.
The Department of Defense denied a request by DC officials to deploy the National Guard. Supposedly it was because they were beholden to Trump and only acted when he decided to deploy them about an hour later.
Guns were drawn by police on the Senate floor as protesters break through windows in an attempt to reach the room. One women was shot in the chest (GRAPHIC VIDEO). It appears she was with those trying to break into the Senate floor. Later reports state that that 5 people have been transported to the hospital, including at least member of police.
Police are making “attempts to deescalate”.
Ted Cruz is sending fundraising text messages to contest the vote despite the escalation of the riots. Screenshot of one here.
Mitt Romney called the riots an “insurrection”.
Emergency procedures were emailed to all Capitol staffers urging them to hide.
Protestors are climbing all over police vehicles without cops stopping them. Maybe because they’re too busy taking selfies with the protesters.
Trump is refusing to condemn the protester’s violence despite being urged to do so by staffers which is a stark contrast to his attitude toward BLM protesters. His aids can’t convince him to do anything and the White House briefing room is empty with no preparation to address the nation to be seen.
Only Pence is stepping up to call for an end to the violence and for protestors to vacate the Capitol.
Chris Christie has been attempting without success to contact Trump and convince him to tell his supporters to leave.
As I finished writing this Trump finally posted a video telling people to go home, but also repeated his false election claims. In it he also calls his supporters “very special” and his opponents “evil” ??
Please do not let this racist asshole get re-elected
Use the next two days to wash yourself well, and establish some standards for cleanliness... but remember not to wash on New Year's Day, so you don't clean away your incoming good luck!
The Sun enters the decan of Capricorn II on December 31, 2023 at 6:06 pm EST. Austin Coppock named this decan The Pyramid for its role and feel in oppressive and challenging systems, while T. Susan Chang named it Time and Materials, paralleling the Golden Dawn’s name for the Tarot card associated with this season, the Lord of Work — the three of pentacles. The Sun will be here until January 10,…
