just a funky mollusk

and no, actually, this is not USA specific and no, actually, people from other countries should not ignore this post. police violence and sanism weren't invented in the US and they are certainly not unique to here. if you (or anyone) thinks that this bullshit doesn't happen elsewhere then you are not listening.

do we want Some Guy with a Gun in this situation? answer is usually "NO"

It makes it very clear what you're saying. I can call a man with a gun to threaten or hurt someone mildly inconveniencing me. You're not calling the cops, you're calling A MAN WITH A GUN into a situation that does not warrant a firearm handled by a volatile lunatic who will not be held accountable for his actions.

No one should be forced to work if they have the flu, or even a cold.

Beep boop! I look for accidental haiku posts. Sometimes I mess up.

The uk Supreme Court has just done a major rollback on disability rights and is putting more disabled people in danger

This ruling states if someone is sedated and does not instigate a complaint regarding their circumstances while ACTIVELY SEDATED, then they have no right to legal checks and balances to preserve their wellbeing??? Is this correct??? The UK is falling apart.

One of the reasons the ruling was made is that it placed an “undue burden” on local authorities. Basically local governments were like “hey we’re massively failing our legal duties to protect incredibly vulnerable people from abuse, any chance you could let us off so we don’t have to do it?” And the UK Supreme Court agreed with them.

LOBOTOMIZE YOUR MACHINES

Here’s to protecting our ocean, uplifting every voice, and honoring the colorful communities that make this world so wonderful.

I think they have a twitter and tiktok too!

This is not true and it is in fact neither very simple nor very plain to forage sustainably. This kind of flippant "it's such an easy hobby" attitude when it comes to harvesting is exactly *why* there are so many problems with once-abundant traditional foods being depleted. Every plant is different, has different needs, and can support a different intensity of gathering. Foraging isn't just some fun hobby, and shouldn't be treated like one. It is a method of intentionally working land to gather resources meant to sustain oneself, whether those resources be food, medicine, or something else. It requires conscious maintenance of the land you are working, and active monitoring of not just your own gathering, but the gathering of your entire community. It requires experiential, often generational knowledge. You cannot boil a resource-gathering operation down to a simple truism and expect others to be able to do it respectfully and sustainably.

i feel like this is very simple yet is misunderstood by a lot of people

stop fucking golfing.

Next one I learn will either be bobbin lace or crochet, but that last one will be probably be kicking and screaming because I have to join my blanket squares together, rather than actually wanting a new hobby. Or maybe dyeing fibre with food colouring, but that depends on when I get my kitchen back from Renovation Hell.

I picked up cross stitch in in my early teens because i found an old cross stitch canada goose at a yard sale and thought it was awesome. Then an aunt got me a bunch of embroidery stuff, and a different aunt taught me how to knit. A Different aunt showed me how to needlefelt (by far one of my favorite things ever, btw, highly reccomend) and now im teaching myself to crochet (with the help of some friends who know what the heck they're doing lol) AND i met this wonderful elder on a bus and we chatted a bit and they're gonna show me some of their quilting stuffs! So i might get into that this year too.

knitting (technically, only barely and didn't like it much) -> weaving (handmade frames, floor), knitting for real, spinning.

Photo 1-4 by liuye and 5-9 by nishthi