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there used to be so many stars in the sky that you would have to scrape away a dozen of them that splattered on your windshield every time you drove somewhere, but now they're being over-hunted to make american flag merchandise. very sad
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In case anyone finds it helpful because mobility aids are horrifically expensive and inaccessibleā¦
And for those people who have access to mobility devices but might benefit from a second chair they can abuse without risking expensive damageā¦
Erik Kondo has made a website, Open Source Innovations, that details plans for DIY wheelchairs. These wheelchairs can be made from common materials like wood, plastic, and pvc. They are lightweight and can be custom fit to the user allowing from the same degree of movement you would get from a custom chair. And they are durable and easily repairable. (he has been stress testing his latest design by dropping it down stairs, dropping it out of a car, launching it across a driveway, and throwing it off a deck). Its 12lbs and I think he said its was in the $200 ish range for parts.
He also is working on cheap, open source, accessible designs for beach chairs, off road chairs, motorized attachments (think smart drive), and so on. Plus he skateboards in his wheelchair. Cool dude, helpful info, pass it on.
rubbing my hands together delightedly as there is FINALLY a conversation starting in art spaces about artists making their entire incomes via outsourcing cheap labor for mass produced sweatshop merch. Perish ye petit bourgeois
is it like. not possible to get some of this shit done domestically? not talking abt the stickers you mentioned in your tags, i saw someone mention... charms? in a post? like dangle charms? youre telling me those are all sweat shop labor and theres no alternate? or is it that the alternates arent "afforable" or smth for "small businesses"?
im going to admit im not educated on this. its a failing i wasnt and i wanna fix that now for obvs reasons. is it like, most of the shit you find on etsy? shacker charms and and dangle charms and all that related stuff? how far does it go? are there alternates that are ethical that people are just choosing not to use for some reason? i dont even like. know how to look up this information for myself ill be honest, idek what to type into a search bar to try and get relevant info.
Iām not a Total Expert, but Iāve looked into making merch before and generally thereās no ethical options for things like plushies, enamel pins, or acrylic charms / stands / etc. If you try to find where to get these things made - including searching specifically for transparent and ethical business practices - you canāt get ANYTHING that isnāt incredibly sketchy if you even squint a little. the manufacturers all export to Indonesia and China (this isnāt xenophobia rooted, this is abt globally unequal labor costs), and generally youāll be getting a charm or pin for $3 or less in a batch order that you can then sell for $15-30. if you look at the process to make these things - like making custom metal dies for every enamel pin - the cost is NOT that marginal. the trade off is then not adequately paying labor. the reason why you canāt find producers in the USA is because regardless of how much work we have to do on our labor laws, there is just no way for a USA manufacturer to legally get away with the by-commission manufacturing of plushies, pins, charms, etc at the scale, customization, and low cost that artists are currently getting them at in countries with weaker labor protections. additionally, working with things like enamel is very hazardous and I would not imagine the safety protocols are adequate for those. I would really like to see that change - something like acrylic charms feels very doable to do more ethically at a higher price point, but we then have to be ok with paying more for that product. and we have to accept that things like plushies are going to need to be fully handmade and a lot more expensive.
this is also on top of the environmental cost of freighting a bunch of merch orders overseas and manufacturing largely plastic based goods for things like fandoms that will probably end up in landfills eventually (not always! I know lots of folks treasure goods from artists, but realistically, the bulk of it is not going to be a prized heirloom).
thereās nothing PERFECT, but things like t-shirts and paper goods can be printed locally, by small businesses, and there can be an effort made to get non-hanes base shirts that are more responsibly produced. the western world in general has to get more comfortable with less little treats, less products on demand to our exact specifications, less profiting off of outsourced labor. because others suffer for our convenience and pleasure.
Unless it's maybe something like a two piece pillow, ALL plush is handmade plush.
What we label "handmade plush" is just plush that wasn't sewn by the anonymous hands of overseas laborors, and I really think we should switch our language to something like "locally sewn" because calling my plush handmade creates a false dichotomy and dehumanizes folks who work their asses off doing what I do x100.
If anything those guys are the ones deserving of the title of plush artists, I only dabble in the stuff by comparison. Frankly I think us plush hobbyists should really humble ourselves when talking about the factory workers in China, Indonesia, Bangladesh etc.. most of us wouldn't last a goddamn month working their gigs. Most people can't fathom their walmart teddy was handmade because of the intense skill level and admittedly their employer's access to more specialized machinery than a household singer or brother machine. Workers who have honed and mastered their skills always make their craft appear easy to outsiders and we take perfect for granted, it's not until our eye lands on a flaw that we usually begin to process the sweat and complexity put into a piece.
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in general I think this website has a serious problem about wanting to feel smugly superior about Literally Everything without spending even five seconds thinking about it first
thankfully I don't have this problem, because I'm better than you losers
so. bad news. we have to keep going tomorrow. good news is that Iāll keep going with you
even our ancestors sang Popipo
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Stickers seen around NYC in the days after cops opened fire in the NYC subway, shooting a fellow officer, two bystanders, and an alleged "fair evader" they were attempting to apprehend.
People are so stupid about snakes. If there's a little black racer chilling outside just leave it alone, you don't have to kill it, it's probably dealing with all your pests for you, jesus christ
If you kill a non venomous snake that's just silly and cruel and betrays a disgusting worldview of blind hatred and fear of other beings,
and if you kill a venomous snake that's VERY STUPID because trying to kill a venomous snake is the best way to get bitten by a venomous snake.
the last coral snake fatality in florida that I could find was due to the person who died trying to kill it, as a note
specs stop throwing snakes
I WOULD HAVE PREFERRED NOT TO THROW HIM BUT I WAS IN A HURRY
Weirdest day of that copperhead's life
Never Forget the Reign of Terror waged against Muslims (and by extension, Sikhs profiled as being Muslim) in the nearly two decades following 9/11.
My favorite thing about Tumblr is how the mobile UI makes it very easy to do pretty much any action by complete accident
Love following people when I try to block them and vice versa. Love disabling asks every time I open the settings page.
The other day I got a "so-and-so followed you" notification from one of my long-time mutuals and Actual Friends and it was like "Ah yes, I see that even the greatest amongst us are not immune to the curse"
Finally a Biden policy I can get behind!
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I believe pretty firmly that it's really only the stylization that makes Chilchuck's age as ambiguous as it is, and that it'd be a lot easier to tell in real life.
and after a serious-ish comic here's a little bit of bullshit
The more I see the phraseĀ āeldest daughter syndromeā the higher it raises my hackles. Itās just parentification. Itās parentification and if you call it parentificationĀ itās a lot easier to explain, and itās a lot easier for the younger siblings or only children and children of any gender to identify it happening to them too.
Like I getĀ that oldest sibs are more likely to be treated as accessory parents of their youngers, and I get that in a lot of families girls are pushed into caregiver roles, but fucking hell manĀ parentification can and doesĀ happen to any kid regardless of birth order and gender, and while situations vary from family to family, there isnāt really anything the parentified oldest daughters are experiencing that the other parentified kids arenāt.
