So, boosts would be nice:
Do you know how you would start researching a weird topic? —
What I want to look into is the relevant history of the occult/magical in the territory that’s modern Italy, and their intersection with pagan/non-Christian religious practices, including folklore, over time (as relevant, but I’m interested how they shifted after Catholicism and into modern times).
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I wonder how it must feel, having reached your culture's equivalent of paradise and having reached immortality after death, with your name being remembered almost 4 millennia after your time.
And it's all because people are making memes about the (lack of) quality of your copper :D
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Ok, ormai i giornali li abbiamo letti, sappiamo cos'è successo.
Adesso potremmo mettere un cv itpol sui messaggi che ne parlano, che di sicuro qualcuno qui oggi ha bisogno di farsi una giornata a distrarsi coi gattini, non peggiorare la gastrite senza poterci fare niente.
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ho detto di aver letto i giornali, non di aver fatto colazione o peggio essermi svegliata :D
e comunque appena si forma il governo la u e la w verranno vietate, la v è sufficiente per tutte e tre, no?
(quando si dice lapsus freudiano)
@Fabio grazie
inquietanti, ma apprezzo lo spirito :D
(cioé, inquietante pensare che sarebbero da mangiare)
(disse quella che ha sempre decapitato con un colpo netto i conigli di cioccolato per non farli soffrire)
The First Children’s Picture Book, 1658’s Orbis Sensualium Pictus
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I've heard a fair few new parents agonizing about what children's books to admit into the family canon. Many of the same names keep coming up: 1947's Goodnight Moon, 1969's The Very Hungry Caterpillar, 1977's Everyone Poops — classics, all.Colin Marshall (Openculture.com)
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Annuncio, annuncio, annuncio!
Nasce LORE, la piattaforma di social reading di Livello Segreto (basata su Bookwyrm).
Cos'è? È funzionalmente simile a Goodreads, ma fa parte del fediverso, è open, non ruba dati e non è di proprietà di Amazon.
Usate LORE per condividere le vostre letture, scoprire libri e confrontarvi con altrǝ livelloidi.
Da oggi, tuttǝ possono iscriversi!
Boostate questo toot! Più info nel thread!
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Sono perfettamente consapevole che, senza una maggioranza parlamentare del 60%, non c'è un programma elettorale che, per quanto geniale, sia attuabile.
So anche che delegare le proprie scelte a una persona che, in queste elezioni, non si può neppure scegliere, è una cosa che non va per niente bene, e che lo stato deve estinguersi.
Però vado a votare lo stesso (e potete facilmente immaginare cosa).
Perché?
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Non ti conosco di persona e quindi prendila come una critica costruttiva e non un insulto, ma questo modo di pensare mi fa molto da gara da preadolescenti a chi c’ha il pisellino più lungo. Freghiamocene di quello che pensano i fasci, costruiamo autogestione e contropotere, poi se c’è da menarsi facciamolo ma in maniera lucida e soprattutto non per interposta persona.
@rolery @zuz @ciccio2000 @bbacc
During the weekend I ordered some fabric to make myself a bathrobe.
This morning I washed my old one and found this:
and of course I want to try to draft an unusual pattern for it, so absolutely no pressure on making it quickly and right at the first try, right? :D
Have they sent it yet? and yet? and yet?
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Nel weekend ho ordinato della stoffa per farmi un accappatoio nuovo.
Stamattina ho lavato quello vecchio, ed è successo questo
e ovviamente voglio disegnarmelo in un pattern strano, quindi nessuna pressione per farlo veloce e giusto al primo colpo, giusto?
e l'hanno spedita? eh? eh? e adesso?
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@CICCILLO e poteva aspettare ancora un mesetto, però, dai :D
(immagino che sfregarlo sul corpo per asciugarsi un giorno sì e uno anche per anni non aiuti a conservare intatta la stoffa, ecco :D )
Dear @BRT@evillogistics.com,
it's nice of you telling me that today you're going to deliver a package for me so that I know I need to be there to receive it. But maybe not with an SMS at 3:44 in the night?
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Cara @BRT@evillogistics.com,
è carino da parte tua avvisarmi che oggi mi consegnerai un pacchetto, così so di dover esserci per riceverlo. Ma magari non con un SMS alle 3:44 di notte?
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I'm currently making a (cotton-)linen jacket.
Last weekend it was too hot to wear it. This week the temperature forecast for the evening is around 12-13°C.
I've decided to finish all sewing allowances by herrinboning it down to the lining by hand. there are 7 seams in the body + 2 on the shoulders, two seams on each sleeve, and then the hems, fronts, neckline, etc.
Will I be able to wear it before the temperatures are too low for linen?
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Mi sto facendo una giacca di (misto) lino.
Lo scorso weekend faceva troppo caldo per metterla. Questa settimana le previsioni danno 12-13°C alla sera.
Ho deciso di finire tutti i margini di cucitura cucendoli a punto mosca alla fodera, a mano. Ci sono 7 cuciture nel corpo + 2 sulle spalle, due per ciascuna manica, e poi orli, davanti, collo, ecc.
Ce la farò ad indossarla prima che le temperature siano troppo basse per il lino?
@Burnout che parlava di sabato sera mi ha fatto venire in mente che una volta al mese io partecipo a Hack and Craft, una videochiamata in cui si crafta e si chiacchera di argomenti vari; ho visto cucire, lavorare ai ferri, filare, disegnare, programmare, ecc.
Ci sarebbe qui sul fediverso qualcuno interessato a fare la stessa cosa, ma in italiano? ovviamente in un giorno compatibile per chi voglia partecipare anche all'originale.
#cucito #maglia #uncinetto #vitaSociale #FSVOVitaSociale :D
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Per chi non sarà impegnato con le festività, io domani sera (10 dicembre) ci sarò dalle 20:30 per la chiaccherata mentre si crafta su meet.gl-como.it/craftaggio
Se non succedono cose strane, io sarò impegnata col progetto camicia rossa :)
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Si sta avvicinando il secondo sabato di gennaio, e quindi...
appuntamento sabato 14, dalle 20:30, all'indirizzo meet.gl-como.it/craftaggio per chiaccherare mentre si crea :)
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e a breve saremo su meet.gl-como.it/craftaggio
soprattutto se vado a prendere forbici e ditale dal tavolo della sala dove stavo mettendo le marche su stoffa, in modo da potermi mettere a cucire le mie Augusta Stays :)
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@Alemonac @Daniele Tricoli @Carboanion @Viviana B.:peacelink:
aaaaand, febbraio, sabato 11, ore 20:30, meet.gl-como.it/craftaggio , per far lavoretti in compagnia
e lo so, avevo detto che avrei fatto un group.pe, ma ho cercato di fare un gruppo su friendica che forse funziona ancora meglio, e ancora non son riuscita a farlo (uoooops)
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grazie per farti onere della gestione! Me l'ero segnato sul calendario però purtroppo per via di un imprevisto non riesco a liberarmi prima delle 21:30. Spero siate ancora nel meet per quell'orario, in ogni caso mi collegherò.
@Alemonac @Viviana B.:peacelink: @Carboanion @Daniele Tricoli
indovinate chi ancora non ha fatto il gruppo su friendica? se ce la faccio provvedo oggi pomeriggio, ma intanto ricordo che oggi è sabato 11 marzo e ci troviamo dalle 20:30 su meet.gl-como.it/craftaggio per far lavoretti in compagnia!
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@Alemonac @Viviana B.:peacelink: @Carboanion @Daniele Tricoli
e se tutto va bene, ho creato @craftaggio che funziona come gruppo ricondividendo tutto ciò che riceve, e i prossimi annunci delle serate arriveranno da lì anziché su questo thread :)
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#MastoRegalo 🎁 🎁 🎁 🎁 🎁 🎁 🎁
Fatemi un favore… venite a farvi regalare qualche quintale di fondi taglio di compensato, truciolato e laminato!
Se anche venite con un Ducato passo lungo e lo riempite a tappo non riuscirete a liberarmi l'officina da tutto quello che mi regalano e che non so più dove mettere!
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I almost forgot!
Happy St. Hildegard day to all conlangers and adjacent nerds!
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1,600-year-old writing set found in Istanbul
thehistoryblog.com/archives/65…
on a scale of 1 to CUUUUUTE i'd say at least a 11 :D
(i need a replica of this. :D )
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woooo! the first postcard I've sent to an address from osmcards.org/ has arrived!
(it's like postcrossing, for openstreetmap users)
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@Troppacaffeina postcrossing è un sito dove si può caricare un indirizzo dove si riceve posta cartacea, schisciando un bottone sul sito si riceve l'indirizzo di un utente a caso a cui spedire una cartolina e quando questa arriva (e viene registrata come arrivata dal destinatario) il proprio indirizzo viene messo nel pool tra cui pescare, e prima o poi si riceve una cartolina da un altro utente a caso.
osmcards è la stessa cosa, ma per chi ha un account su openstreetmap (e per ora c'è pochissima gente, credo che non sia stato pubblicizzato molto), e in più permette anche di ottenere indirizzi non a caso, se l'utente destinatario l'ha permesso.
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suddenly, an e-bike recharging station
panorama for context
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periodic reminder that dignified and civilized men don't wear trousers.
Those barbarians who live in huts in the forests of the north wear trousers. Real men wear tunics and a long, bleached and perfectly draped toga.
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Attached: 4 images Regalo su Roma armadio a 6 ante (non IKEA, seguono foto) letto a soppalco di ikea storå 140x200 color legno chiaro Ritiro a carico di chi se li prende, in zona prati, per l'armadio dovete dare anche una mano a smontarlo.Puntarella
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“Math is not my favorite thing, but it does underlie my favorite results. For, you see, math is the language of the universe. Math answers the question of why some notes harmonize and others don't, why some shapes please and others don't, why some buildings stand for centuries and others fall down after a decade. Math is behind ferns and shells and great works of architecture having the same proportions. Mathematical failures are why ugly things are ugly, bridges fail, and quilts are crooked.”
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A couple of years ago I bought a small square + protractor like the one in the picture, and LOVED it.
And then, one day it disappeared. I knew it was somewhere in the home, but couldn't find it anywhere. So when I had a chance I bought a new one.
Yesterday evening I wanted to check something in the Corsets and Crinolines book. and it felt strange, as if it had something rigid in it, and I wondered what piece of cardboard or something I had used as a bookmark the last time I used it.
You can all see where this is going, right? :D
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Does anybody know what the current situation is with CC-0 licensed #clipart websites?
openclipart.org seems to be back, is it still the old openclipart or has it been taken over by somebody else?
What about the two mirrors I know of that appeared when openclipart died? are they the recommended ones? freesvg.org/ and permaclipart.org/ ? is there something else?
Has anybody started a huge git repository of clipart that is shared via sneakernet by meeting graphic designers in car parks and other similar shady places? :D
(I'm looking for places to upload things to)
(boosts welcome)
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That's cool.
I did enjoy reading the first few Harry Potter books when they came our, but had not remembered owl mail.
Keep the images coming!
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In the surviving examples of historical clothing it's pretty common to see sewing allowances that are just pinked, or quickly overcast, or sometimes even left unfinished.
Which is why I'm taking my time to slowly herringbone down the allowances on the (five) back seams of this jacket, right?
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mi è arrivata una seconda correzione: sopraffilo
uff, l'italiano è difficile :D
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we're missing a once in a lifetime¹ chance to send prince Charles off to Australia with an atomic clock and a button to press as soon as he feels he is a king, to discover whether or not the kingions travel faster than light.
letting him stay on paved ground to check for plant growth is a bonus
¹ lifetime of each monarch :D
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thank you for this thread, Fluff! I didn't know about this but I've seen the aftereffects of authors not reading fanfic because they'll get sued for any similarities etc.
This is very interesting.
Creo un nuovo thread che l'argomento è totalmente diverso
un forno solare è fondamentalmente un sistema di vetri e specchi che sfrutta l'effetto serra per alzare la temperatura di un ambiente ristretto a temperature sufficienti per cuocere (sopra i 75°C, a grandi linee, ma ce ne sono che superano i 100°C).
e si possono costruire con scatoloni usati, carta stagnola e colla vinilica.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Solar_co…
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quando ho letto colla vinilica ho pensato a Giovanni Mucciaccia di Art Attack 🤣
Grazie mille! Dopo me lo leggo per bene 😊🙏🏼🍀
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Some (not all) of the red pieces on my 3d-printed (and hand-painted) #piecepack have turned almost white. Every time I've used in the last year or so I planned to repaint them. Today it has happened :D
Qualcuno (non tutti) dei pezzi rossi del mio piecepack stampato 3d (e colorato a mano) è diventato praticamente bianco. Tutte le volte che l'ho usato nell'ultimo anno o giù di lì mi son ripromessa di ridipingerli. È successo oggi :D
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TIL that the name Cedric has been invented in 1819 by Walter Scott.
The original name was Cerdic
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out of the thread because it's not really relevant
@göktuğ, of the orien't out of interested curiosity: the head covering in weirder.earth/@cadxdr/10893700… is the same as the one in e.g. live.staticflickr.com/3073/273… ?
(i.e. the style my mother doesn't want me to wear because it makes me look like a grandmother :D )
@göktuğ, of the orien't apparently, making the knot at the back at the head instead of the front is perfectly fine for a young person (or a not-so-young, but still not grandmother age like me), instead :D
(this is a town in the north of Italy, and my mother is born in the 1950s, btw, if somebody was wondering)
(not that it's common to see people wearing those head coverings, these days, even if the fancy silk ones are still being sold)
I've written my name in blood on the book of the dead.
This means it's time to turn off the PC and go to sleep, right?
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Speaking of #BannerFangirls: I've been wondering whether there is anybody else here in the fediverse who has suffered from an irresistible urge to have a witch hat with ear flaps.
A proposito di #BannerFangirls: mi stavo chiedendo se ci fosse qualcun'altro qui nel fediverso che ha avuto un desiderio irresistibile di possedere un cappello da strega coi paraorecchie.
boosts welcome :D
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It's done!
I've finished making my gentleman's shirt (or Garibaldi Shirt, if we want to call it with a womanswear name) and published the full instructions online.
@FreeSoftWear group @sewing group #sewing #victorian #costuming
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I'm really happy with it because I've had quite a hard time finding detailed instructions for this time period: for the earlier pirate-style shirt there are plenty of articles (and a certain video), but this doesn't seem to be as common.
(cue lots of people providing me with links to patterns and articles about this style of shirt :D )
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And when I end the instructions by saying “start making the rest of the half dozen” I really mean it :D
I'm not going to actually make myself half a dozen shirts, because I don't dress like a victorian gentleman every day :D , but I already have a cut of thin, red wool fabric waiting for me to turn it into a shirt :D
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TIL: the blue laces on my summer corset BLEED
of course, I was wearing my best white shirt, why do you ask?
(luckily, some bleach later, it seems that it is back to being white)
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Meanwhile, an ad online for the iThing, featuring their *exclusive* ability to play a game with *two* players on the same device.
With a split screen.
And you need an in-app purchase to make it work.
D: “the 90s are back”
me: “in the 90s you didn't need the in-app purchase”
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Status update on the 1880 gentleman's shirt.
After discovering that I had cut the sleeves wrong and keeping the project on hold for a while, I've resumed working on it, re-cutting and re-sewing the sleeves.
I've finished one of the sleeves and it's ready to be attached to the body.
The other sleeve is almost completely done, except for the fact that I maaaay have lost one of the cuffs. Tomorrow I'll try to look for it again, or I'll surrender and cut another one :(
At least one sleeve is enough to take the remaining pictures , so that when I'm not sewing I can keep working on the pattern and hopefully publish it in the near future.
Work in progress picture from an hour or so ago:
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And this was the last step-by-step picture, now I only need to press the shirt and take some finished object pictures (weather permitting) and then I can publish the instructions!
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One of the things I love to have learned early on, is the difference between liking a thing, and liking the idea of that thing.
Example: I love the idea of a bohemian life style, the artsy writer, living in a metropol in a messy place, attending weird parties and vibing with the city.
And for a short time, I thought, I wanted that. But that lifestyle would make me miserable. I'm noise sensitive. I need stability. Alone time.
It applies to so many things.
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