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How come, at least in the book version, Anathema Device carries a bread knife specifically? Are bread knives different in the UK than the USA? In my experience, a bread knife doesn't have a point and is widely serrated, making it more effective for roughly hacking someone than stabbing or slicing. Is that just her preference for self defense?

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    Older followers may remember this frankenstein of a bag that I made a while back. Wanna take a guess how much freakin stuff can get packed in there?

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    Two pairs of gloves in front pocket

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    Totally normal inside, right?

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    Boom. Pocket dimension.

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    And I haven't even added herbs or tea bags, which would also fit.

    Was taking inventory and decided to share.

  • Pleasant inconvenience

  • my brother started calling our cat "doobie brother" which he then lengthened to "dubious brother" and has since morphed into "brother dubious" like he's some sort of fucked up little monk

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    brother dubious

  • So my sister wants to start sewing more, because

    a. She’s 5′ 11″ and can never find pants long enough for her legs or shirts long enough for her arms.

    b. She hates synthetic fibers as much as I do and it’s difficult to find natural fiber clothes that aren’t made of cotton

    c. She’s a biologist and would physically fistfight microplastics if given half a chance

    So her gift from mom and dad for her birthday was a sewing machine. Not a super expensive one but a good solid serviceable one.

    And recently she asked “So where do I GET wool or linen and thread that isn’t polyester” and mom was like ‘go ask your sister’

    And I, of course, crashed into the group text like “GET A PEN I HAVE WEBSITES FOR U” and honestly I’m thrilled about this

  • “Where did u get all this”

    “Bets, u know I’m a 15th degree blackbelt of buying shit on the internet”

    “oh yeah tru”

  • Op can may we inquire about the website list

  • Linen; https://www.graylinelinen.com/

    cotton and Silk thread; https://redrockthreads.com/

    Linen thread and wool fabric; https://burnleyandtrowbridge.com/ (they’ve got wool stuffs and worsted wool fabric for $15 a yard! I just got three yards of navy worsted wool I’m making a constellation winter skirt from)

    More linen thread and wool; https://wmboothdraper.com/ (just ordered wool broadcloth to make a coat)

    Silk fabric (THE best place to get silk lining fabrics and raw silk fabric):https://www.dharmatrading.com/

    A varying assortment of wool and silk and cotton and even some leather, use coupon code  spring2020 for 50% off your full order, worked yesterday when I bought some stuff there; https://metrotextilesnyc.com/

    Wool. You want wool coating for under $20 a yard? Sure you do. It’s here. Not a huge variety of colors, most are black or brown, but hey https://www.fashionfabricsclub.com/Catalog?refinementIds=4096748&Keyword=wool&pageSize=16

  • I don’t know a lot about sewing, but I want to make or have my mom make some linen pants & shirts for when I’m watering, because it gets to 105 here and we have mosquitos so I need to be covered. What type of linen do I buy? Also, linen pajama shorts, yes/no?

    (I’ve been wearing my renfaire pants which are a linen mix, I think. But the frikking mosquitos that hide in the tomatoes get my arms)

  • Medium weight is what I’d go with.

    And linen pajama shorts is a HARD yes.

  • Renaissance Fabrics is good for all sorts of things

    Mood doesn’t specialize in natural fabrics but they do have basically every fabric ever made so

  • Dorr Mill Store has a great selection of wool fabric in all sorts of colors and patterns.

  • @daily-crabbys
    I don’t know the etiquette for pinging people you’re not mutuals with but i felt you needed to see this

  • Oh what a lovely little sailor!!

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    any words of encouragement. he is about to make a Post

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    false alarm everyone. he just muted my computer

  • In a statement to The Post, a spokesperson for NBCUniversal claimed the tree work is simply an annual ritual at this time of year. “We understand that the safety tree trimming of the Ficus trees we did on Barham Blvd. has created unintended challenges for demonstrators, that was not our intention. In partnership with licensed arborists, we have pruned these trees annually at this time of year to ensure that the canopies are light ahead of the high wind season,” they wrote. “We support the WGA and SAG’s right to demonstrate and are working to provide some shade coverage. We continue to openly communicate with the labor leaders on-site to work together during this time.”

  • Quick shoutout to the good people at @UniversalPics for trimming the trees that gave our picket line shade right before a 90+ degree week. pic.twitter.com/aZvvPYQ23i  — Chris Stephens (@ChrisStephensMD) July 17, 2023ALT
    OH SHIT SON  THOSE TREES ARE CITY PROPERTY  IT MIGHT BE TREE LAW TIME https://t.co/oaoFWQQaNv  — Nome (@NomeDaBarbarian) July 17, 2023ALT
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    Here is the weeping fig at Plummer Park that has been left alone because it is in weho. The photo embedded in the tweet is of an absolutely enormous tree with a huge lush shade canopy planted between a sidewalk and parking lot.  — lauren (@aptkr_) July 17, 2023ALT
  • If those trees were pollarded annually, the cut areas would NOT look like that. There would be big knobs of old growth at the trimming sites. Not seeing any of that here. The way those trees were topped (not pollarded, which is a very careful process that has to begin when the tree is immature) is excellent way to kill them due to loss of hydration, open sites to infection and parasitism during the best time of year for both, lack of nutrition due to so little greenery and new budding growth being left, sunburn and other exposure damage, and a myriad of other possibilities. Plus, if they were topped annually, they would not have the lovely drooping branches seen in the other picture but would have tons of vertical suckers instead.

    This is what an annually pollarded mature tree should look like:

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    If this was done by the city, the public works arborists should be protesting in front of city hall and screaming their heads off right now. I'm not hearing about that, so... Tree law!

  • The Studios: *speak*

    Botanists and other Tree Experts:


    lying cat says "lying"ALT
  • Update and confirmation of Imminent Tree Law:

    Our Office is investigating the tree trimming that occurred outside Universal Studios where workers, writers, and actors are exercising their right to picket.  The trimmed trees are LA City managed street trees.  (Before and after photos below) pic.twitter.com/xczw0bTdh9  — LA City Controller Kenneth Mejia (@lacontroller) July 19, 2023ALT

    He mentions later in the thread that not only do they not trim the trees annually, they’re trimmed at best once every 18 years. Supposed to be every five, and only in dormancy, which even my layman’s ass knows about tree trimming.

    And yes, Universal can probably eat the fine. But it’s gonna be a whopper even if the trees survive (which is as mentioned kinda unlikely), California is a triple damage state for tree law, and it may increase dramatically if there were nesting birds in the trees.

    All this to be a Captain Planet filler villain to some writers. And yes, it’s currently just the writers officially picketing there; SAG-AFTRA recommended against it for petty bullshit like this and the suddenly necessary sidewalk construction.

  • I asked my dad— a retired arborist—about TREE LAW and he just kinda blinked and said (i paraphrase because Dad Tangents, amirite?):

    "Worst and best case I ever saw was a guy who was caught in the act of cutting down a C&C tree by two Department of Urban Forestry supervisors while they were randomly driving around on a Saturday. Not only did he have to deal with the cops showing up and months of paperwork and bureaucracy, but he also had to pay the fines AND cover the cost of the tree removal + stumping + buying a new tree + planting the new tree + wages for the regular crew plus the extra workers they needed to get the jobs done. That tree ended up costing him upwards of $35K, and that was over 20 years ago."

    So yeah, respect Tree Law or pay out the bootyhole.

  • Regarding the tree trimming at Universal Studios -- after looking into the matter with the Urban Forestry Division (UFD), we found that no permit was issued for any tree trimming at this site. UFD and StreetsLA are investigating whether a citation can be issued.  BSS Statement: the screenshot of the statement reiterates what is in the tweet  — Councilmember Nithya Raman (@cd4losangeles) July 19, 2023ALT
  • everyone in s4 keeps saying to martin "you're compromised because you're working with peter, you're either all buddy-buddy and on his side or you're vulnerable and he's manipulating you" meanwhile his every scene with peter is him expressing completely unconcealed contempt and rage for the man, just openly trashing his every move and suggestion.

  • martin: unironically, from the bottom of my heart, I hope you die

    peter: you're so lonely when you threaten to kill the only person you've spoken to in months 😀

  • Most people trying to get someone on side would attempt to ingratiate themselves, but for the Lonely that would be counterproductive!

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