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Festival of the Hunt: Sign-Ups Open!
Howdy y'all! The promised time has come -- the sign ups for the Festival of the Hunt! Please check the Carrd for all the details, which includes date, time, and locations! If anyone has any questions, either reach out to me here or on Discord (if you have my discord). This includes asking to participate as a DM, if being a hunter isn't for you! Or if you just want more than twelve hunters.
we're just over a month out and!! we have 5 hunter slots left with the number of DMs i've had volunteer! get in there and get your hunt on!!
Listen I'm a little drunk but... yarn crafts are so important. Textile arts are the backbone of society. All of us take our clothing and accessories and upholstery for granted and it's honestly shocking
I used to buy affordable t-shirts and they were comfy and nice, now I buy them in the same price range and they're sandpaper. They don't wick away moisture and the print comes undone after two washes. I buy denim and the crotch falls apart in months. I read about how modern Singer sewing machines are disappointing and then look at the delicate machining and the beautiful finishes on my 1857 machine and wonder if this is progress?!
Reblog if you're desperate for clothing that doesn't feel like sandpaper or if you like machines that go thunk instead of going obsolete in two years
DASHBOARD UNFUCKER V1.0
as 90% of desktop users have probably found out, today @staff released an update that for some insane reason COMPLETELY remodels the dashboard to replicate twitter's. this is of course in the wake of numerous other thoroughly hated changes and a continued refusal to fix any of the site's actual problems, half of which stem directly from site management.
HOWEVER, thanks to the power of jQuery, i was able to throw together a userscript that remodels the dashboard back to its original look almost perfectly.
here is my dashboard right now, with the script active:
and here is the old dashboard in separate tab container that hasn't received the update:
it's hardly perfect; i had trouble making it force reload to the fixed layout when switching between other pages and the dashboard, and it currently only fixes just the dashboard. it's also completely untested on browsers other than firefox, and chances are it looks a bit screwy on ultrawide monitors. but for now at least, it's a good fix.
the unfucker is a tampermonkey userscript. all you have to do to use it is install the tampermonkey extension, hit "create new script", and replace the default code on the page with the script (link here) and save it.
Item: apparently in ancient Rome fighters would take leather straps, line them with iron studs, and wrap them around their fists to make their punches deal more damage
Two drawings of Jewish women of Gibraltar or Tangier, John Frederick Lewis (1804-1876), British
Married Jewish Woman’s Outfit
Salonika, Greece
Early 20th Century
The Israel Museum
Festival Dress
1800s-1850s
Ioannina, Greece
This small dress tells of a long journey. Originating from the Ionian Jewish community in Northern Greece, it arrived in Kibbutz Afikim by way of Salonika and Paris. Inspired by a style commissioned by Queen Emilia of Greece to reflect the new Greek nationalism, this dress incorporates Greek embroidery and fabrics with a silhouette borrowed from a European ball gown.
The Israel Museum
IRANIAN CARPET
Traditional costumes of Saudi Arabia
Byzantine clothing of the 14th century
The Spanish Dancer, 1888, Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec
Medium: oil,canvas
Eared Dagger, 1540, Metropolitan Museum of Art: Arms and Armor
The Collection of Giovanni P. Morosini, presented by his daughter Giulia, 1932 Size: L. 17 in. (43.2 cm); W. 2 in. (5.1 cm); Wt. 1 lb. 1.4 oz. (493.3 g) Medium: Ivory, steel, gold
Dagger (Katar) with Sheath, 18th–19th century, Metropolitan Museum of Art: Arms and Armor
Bequest of George C. Stone, 1935 Size: L. with sheath 13 in. (33 cm); L. without sheath 11 ¾ in. (29.8 cm); W. 3 3/16 in. (8.1 cm); Wt. 10.5 oz. (297.7 g); Wt. of sheath 4 oz. (113.4 g) Medium: Steel, gold, wood, velvet
Turkish coffee - yummm!