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crinolinerobot

@crinolinerobot@bytetower.social

Lapsed goth rapidly unlapsing. Makes magazines by day, other stuff for fun. Likes cats, gardening, travel, sewing, books and beer. She/her

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evelynefoerster, to Cat
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RIP Mars, 2010 - 2024
This morning I found Mars run over by a car. I miss him very much. We got him from the shelter and he showed his gratitude every day. He was cuddly, playful, a rascal and very curious. Wherever I was, Mars wasn't far away and he spent many cuddly hours on my lap. I am stunned and incredibly sad. My heart is broken and I am crushed 🖤
Goodbye Mars, miss you, Thank you for love 😭 😿

Mars, black cat, sitting on Paving stones, looking curious left
Mars, black cat, sitting on Paving stones, licking one of his front paws

crinolinerobot,
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@evelynefoerster I'm so sorry for your loss.

DJDarren, to Eurovision
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Hol up, the UK voters gave 12 points to Israel?

A-mazing…

What a shithole rock full of cunts I live on.

crinolinerobot,
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@DJDarren Nah, it’s mostly the gammons participating. Rubbing themselves into a frenzy because they think they ‘showed the woke’ when anyone with a conscience was doing something else tonight and really wasn’t paying attention.

RickiTarr, to random
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It's strange to me when I see people get upset about people doing good deeds, and posting it online.

"They're just doing it for attention!"

Yeah, so what? I'd much rather see people doing nice things for attention, than the people who do mean pranks or wasting food. A good deed is still good, even if it's done for the wrong reasons.

crinolinerobot,
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@RickiTarr Also, the alternative is that all we see is the awful stuff, the hatemongering and cruelty, and so that becomes the new normal. I’d rather see people doing good things and that becoming the baseline.

People who criticise the visibly decent could well fear their own awfulness being highlighted by contrast. Hence the attempts to cover up a lot of basic human decency under a pall of ‘woke’.

DJDarren, to random
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This week’s word was ‘old’, so @Troggie and I visited the ruined palace at Bishops Waltham. It dates from the 1300s and is now a splendid ruin that you can visit for free.

Several floors inside a corner of the ruined palace. Three levels of windows and a basement can be seen, green moss staining the stonework.
Photo of a short, 90° stone stairway.
Ruins of the palace just visible through the branches of a large fir tree. In the foreground is another section of ruined stone wall, surrounded by a gentle grassy slope, studded with tiny flowers.

crinolinerobot,
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@DJDarren @Troggie What an excellent ruin!

DJDarren, to random
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It’s nice to see that the Muslim community of Britain has been so thoroughly accepted that they’re now on the receiving end of unnecessary seasonal marketing.

crinolinerobot,
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@DJDarren My work’s putting on a special lunch for everyone to mark the end of Ramadan. (I ate the Easter egg they gave me despite being an atheist, and will eat the lunch too :-D )

crinolinerobot, to random
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The UK government is being particularly dreadful to trans people BUT if you're cis and need the prospect of your rights being threatened next to support trans people now, you're a bit of a self-interested shit. Support trans people because love and support are wonderful things to give, not because you might need to receive a bit of love and support yourself at some point.

Love you, trans pals

kamikat, to FiberArts
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@sewing I have been participating in Me Made May since 2010. DAE participate in Me Made May?
https://www.instagram.com/p/C5OAoeXMK9d/?igsh=dGlmbDZ5NW0yNzVj

crinolinerobot,
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@kamikat @sewing I try to, though in past years I haven’t had enough homemade clothes to manage it. This year I might, albeit with a few garments on repeat.

crinolinerobot, to random
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It may be but fried chicken still is Not For Cats.

crinolinerobot,
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(Yes, she is crosseyed. It doesn’t seem to affect her tho.)

crinolinerobot,
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@DJDarren @crinolinerobot She has a hilarious little face. Cats’ Protection warned us she was crosseyed as though that would put us off adopting her!

crinolinerobot,
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@DJDarren @crinolinerobot Aaaw! Black cats have the glossiest fur too.

DJDarren, to random
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Been reading a thread about Britain’s ‘obesity epidemic’, and it’s amazing how many thin people know how to fix it.

People clamber over themselves to wax lyrical about how we should encourage more exercise (we should), and how fast food joints should be held to account (they should), but the loudest voices never talk about it being a mental health issue.

I’m a fat fuck, I know I should exercise more and eat better. I did that for a year once and lost 30kg. Then I put it all back on again.

crinolinerobot,
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@DJDarren There's also the issue that people on the lowest incomes are more likely to live places where the parks have been built over/there's limited public space, the kids' schools don't have playing fields. And the streets aren't particularly safe.

I know my TSH levels would have me treated for thyroid issues in other countries. So the NHS will have to put up with me being fat and sleepy, because they're the ones saying This Is Fine.

kamikat, to FiberArts
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@sewing Here is my final version of the Bella frock from LydiaNaomi in French terry from Purple Seamstress Fabrics. I added 2" in length, and a 1" FBA. I had done a petite adjustment on my muslin, but omitted from this version.

crinolinerobot,
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@kamikat @sewing That’s lovely!

DanielMenjivar, to FiberArts
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Spent the afternoon in my room, making a pattern out of an existing pyjama top for my wife. I still need to trace out the sleeve, but I’m happy with my progress so far. Slow but steady. @sewing

A large cutting table littered with oak tag pieces and various pattern drafting tools; you can see the front and back pattern pieces close to the front, with the scrunched up pyjama top near the back.

crinolinerobot,
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@EllenInEdmonton @DanielMenjivar @sewing Remind yourself how crummy the quality of a lot of clothing in the shops is - I always tell myself that even if my makes aren't perfect, they're better than a lot of things being sold nowadays.

Da_Gut, to books
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Dracula Daily?
While browsing my local library's online items, I stumbled on this. I had never heard of Dracula daily - did anyone participate? What did you think? I expect it will take place this year..

@bookstodon

Let's read Dracula together! We'll start on May 3rd and each day, read only what happens to the characters on that day. Sound good? Let’s go. Bram Stoker’s Dracula is an epistolary novel—it’s made up of letters, diaries, telegrams, newspaper clippings—and every part of it has a date. The whole story happens between May 3rd and November 6th. Dracula Daily, however, is a lightly remixed adaptation. I've rearranged Dracula to be strictly chronological, divided into days, so we can get all the characters experiences as the story happens. It was originally started in 2021 as an email newsletter. You sign up at draculadaily.com and get an email each day that something happens to the characters in the same timeline that it happens to them. Some days theres a lot of activity, some days just a few sentences, and many days nothing at all. You only get an email when there’s action taking place in Dracula. But this book is a handy way to get the same experience on paper. You can read along with Jonathan and Mina and Jack and the crew in ‘real time; using the innovative technology of a ribbon bookmark. Start on May 3rd. Stop when you get to the end of that day. Place your bookmark there, and pick up the book again on May 4th. Voila! The stretched-out reading cadence of Dracula Daily—some days with only a few paragraphs, some days a whole <...> You'll feel the distances and durations the characters traverse. Fair warning: you'll need to set aside a lot of time for October 3rd.

crinolinerobot,
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@Da_Gut @bookstodon I did it a couple of years ago, and it was a great - even if you know the book well, experiencing it in real time, and with the log of the Demeter running alongside other incidents rather than being hived off separately, gives the narrative a very different feel. You really feel the anxiety of not knowing what's happening to some characters. (And can marvel at the post being delivered twice a day...)

dave, to gardening
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    crinolinerobot,
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    @dave How do you like to cook them?

    Kuchenschwarte, to sewing German
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    den Frühling herbeinähen.
    @sewing

    Ein weißer Liberty mit Blumen die wie aus dem Herbarium aussehen. Dazu ein ockergelber Uni
    in der Mitte ein dunkler Liberty mit sternartigem Muster. Oben und unten jeweils dazu passende Unis in Orange und hellblau
    ein weißer Stoff mit winzigen quietschbunten Meerwasserfischen, dazu ein dunkelblauer Uni

    crinolinerobot,
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    @Kuchenschwarte @sewing Oh, wonderful pattern matching! I'm so impressed.

    DJDarren, to random
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    Having one of those days where I’m kinda tired, and can’t stop thinking about food even though I’m not really hungry, so as a result, I can’t get into doing anything productive.

    Bah.

    crinolinerobot,
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    @DJDarren TAKE YOUR PILL, DARREN! 😄

    stina_marie, to Horror
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    📽️ What's a horror movie that you feel is so: striking, unique, disturbing, profound, &/or beautiful that it transcends to the level of ART?
    (Not for just a scene, or moments, or even a performance, but for the ENTIRE film.)

    Four that immediately occurred to me:

    The Shining
    The Devils
    The Wolf House
    There Will Be Blood

    I can think of more but I'm curious what YOU all think...

    I have to go eat & do stuff but I'll be back on later to see what you all said!

    @horror

    crinolinerobot,
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    @stina_marie @horror
    Dunno if you class them as horror, but Island Of Lost Children, and Pan's Labyrinth.

    crinolinerobot,
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    @stina_marie @horror Sorry, yes! Brain fart on my part...

    Binder, to random
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    I feel so much affinity for the Welsh; we both find the British to be suspiciously weird.

    crinolinerobot,
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    @Binder The Welsh are British. Do you mean the English?

    dnc, to gardening
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    Are baby zucchinis edible? https://www.diningandcooking.com/1053360/are-baby-zucchinis-edible/

    crinolinerobot,
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    @dnc Given you can eat the flowers, and the fullgrown fruit, I'd expect so. It'd be weird for it to have an inedible stage between two edible ones.

    Binder, to random
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    I'm planning to be interred in a pyramid filled to the brim w/ ttrpg PDFs and festooned w/ branded dice.

    crinolinerobot,
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    @Binder Life (?) goals!

    Jyoti, to random
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    I posted my vid from Saturday's Gaza Ceasefire demo on YT and, predictably, got told to go to Palestine / stop supporting terrorism / it's a complex situation I don't know about.

    2023: when there are apparently two sides to murdering babies.

    This is how much Israel has poisoned the discourse - we're discussing whether it's okay for Israel to murder babies??

    IF you agree with Israel and think that it is a discussion - you are lost. And insane.

    crinolinerobot,
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    @Jyoti How anyone can see those poor kids and not think a ceasefire is needed immediately is beyond me.

    crinolinerobot,
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    @Jyoti Pretty much everyone is silent about what's been happening in Burma/Myanmar since the military coup (now over 1,000 days ago) and it infuriates me. (I don't tend to talk about it so much on Masto, but do on my other social media.) I have to tell myself that people do care, and they don't owe it to me to show they're caring where I can see it, because otherwise what looks like indifference would be too much.

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