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"𝙒𝙝𝙖𝙩'𝙨 𝙩𝙝𝙞𝙨 𝙞𝙣𝙛𝙡𝙖𝙩𝙖𝙗𝙡𝙚 𝙛𝙧𝙤𝙜 𝙘𝙤𝙨𝙩𝙪𝙢𝙚 𝙩𝙝𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙖𝙗𝙤𝙪𝙩?" | Manda Get more from Manda on Patreon

It turns out Pepe the Frog's creator successfully sues those who co-opt him as the alt-right mascot.
#SavePepe

This Halloween, you might find these hair bands on sale. It's easy to make fuzzy kitty ears. #Needlefelting

If religion was treated like gender:

"𝙉𝙤, 𝙮𝙤𝙪'𝙧𝙚 𝙣𝙤𝙩 𝘾𝙝𝙧𝙞𝙨𝙩𝙞𝙖𝙣. 𝙄 𝙙𝙤𝙣'𝙩 𝙗𝙚𝙡𝙞𝙚𝙫𝙚 𝘾𝙝𝙧𝙞𝙨𝙩𝙞𝙖𝙣𝙞𝙩𝙮 𝙞𝙨 𝙧𝙚𝙖𝙡. 𝙈𝙖𝙠𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙢𝙚 𝙘𝙖𝙡𝙡 𝙮𝙤𝙪 𝙩𝙝𝙖𝙩 𝙞𝙨 𝙗𝙪𝙡𝙡𝙮𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙢𝙚."

They're related.

Charlie Kirk hired SEVEN BUSSES to bring people to the Capitol. He invited them, thru social media, after priming them for violence with 'Replacement Theory'.

#CharlieKirk was
#NotJustASpeaker

Charlie Kirk hired SEVEN BUSSES to bring people to the Capitol. He invited them, thru social media, after priming them for violence with 'Replacement Theory'.

He should have been arrested and tried for conspiracy, reckless endangerment, and manslaughter.

#CharlieKirk was
#NotJustASpeaker

Charlie Kirk hired SEVEN BUSSES to bring people to the Capitol. He invited them, thru social media, after priming them for violence with 'Replacement Theory'.

He should have been arrested and tried for conspiracy, reckless endangerment, and manslaughter.

#CharlieKirk was
#NotJustASpeaker

Charlie Kirk hired SEVEN BUSSES to bring people to the Capitol.

Manda @talzhemir.bsky.social is playtesting Lost Age, her sequel to our Paleolithic #ttrpg Cavemaster. Here are two ‘character tablets’ from tonight’s game. We’re using a diced variant of the Cavemaster “Habilis system”. I’ve tried to draw pictures in the style of Copper Age sites like Gobekli Tepe.

I made myself a Native American weaving loom. The spine is a palm leaf's center spar. There are two chopsticks for the beams (horizontals).

I think the 'Vytis Cross', Jogaila's Cross, is a similar loom with one beam and a beater-pick. ‡ Jogaila was a pagan. #Lithuania

#primitive #weaving

The point where twist is halted is the 'pinch'.

The off-center axis where the string acts like a fulcrum is the 'tula'.

The string between pinch and tula is the 'pend'.

#Minoan #Labrys
#Arkalochori
#Herakleion
#HandSpinning
#CrankSpinning
#ShetlandSheep
#Indigo #Wool
#ExperimentalArchaeology

[CRAFT] How to Make a Stick Spindle | Manda Get more from Manda on Patreon

How to Make a Stick Spindle!

The best stick for crank-spinning has a few slight bends, and a pointy tip.

For an archaeologist, this is circumstantial evidence a stick was the tool of an expert spinner.

Use jujube, blackthorn, Gambel oak.

#HandSpinning
#ExperimentalArchaeology

Sometimes! But, I *think* most people out there are using the Turkish Cross just like a Viking drop-style (because that's what YouTube shows).

At no point am I dangling it such that the weight can break the strand. I spin laying down in the bathtub or in bed.

Did that answer your question??

The Labrys: I'm pretty sure it's a crank spindle.

If it isn't, then I have discovered the most wonderful way to repurpose an enigmatic ancient artifact to make oodles of beautiful thread.

BTW-- the eight-pointed one works even better.

#labrys #handspinning
#CrankSpinning is
#NotDropSpinning

[Crafting] My Portable Pocket | Manda Get more from Manda on Patreon

A Portable Pocket! Nothing hard or fancy; just a phone-toting bag with an over-the-shoulder strap.

If your hand-spinning makes yards of cord, not miles, here's a small yet rewarding project.

www.patreon.com/posts/136301...

#prehistoric #handspinning

The spindle is a stick from the back yard.

The fiber is Shetland wool wrapped "barber-pole" to make a puni. 𝙏𝙝𝙞𝙨 𝙨𝙩𝙞𝙘𝙠 𝙞𝙨 𝙡𝙚𝙛𝙩 𝙞𝙣𝙨𝙞𝙙𝙚.

Move the spindle as if reeling in a fish. "Crank" but let slip.

Draft is fehu ᚠ, not algiz ᛉ (delta).

@jillianeve.bsky.social

Two small skeins of yarn, in the hand spun twist arrangement. They are wool, but it's a soft and smooth kind of yarn.

I dyed my yarn with Rit. It's reddish purple in memory of Queen Penelope.

It's mock-Tyrian-purple, a color once made with billions of murex snails.

The mordant was water from soaking black rice.

It's shiny because it's crank-spun using a labrys (pélekys), not drop-spun.

#handspinning

Here's the short-fibers spun up into string on that same chopstick. The grey color is from lanolin and dirt. Blodwyn swears she's white sheep. We'll see. Gonna make a tiny micro-mini hank to clean and dye it.

#handspinning
#experimentalarchareology

I'll have to grow a hackberry tree, and cut some branches to test this. 😍

Stone-age #Handspinning

I made a puni with a chopstick. Now I'm spinning it into thread with the same stick. The fiber becomes a slim snake of roving. **happy**

#experimentalarchaeology
#softsoft #thel

Paleo Method #2: Puni

After pulling 'tog', I'm left with 1.5" 'thel'. I wind it onto a stick at a 45° angle.

The puni survives as a no-carders cotton prep style in India. When spun, it spirals, midway between worsted and wool.

#handspinning #experimentalarchaeology
@jillianeve.bsky.social

Jimmy Bey and the Treasure of Dorak | Manda Get more from Manda on Patreon

This is a non-fiction tale just for my Patreon backers. The short version is that James Mellaart, 1 of 3 discoverers of Catalhoyuk, was a major con artist. On the basis of his forgery, the Sea People (Peleset) are equated with the Philistines and Palestinians.

www.patreon.com/posts/134322...

[CRAFTS] How to Prep Wool for Spinning, Paleo-style | Manda Get more from Manda on Patreon

How To Prep Wool for Spinning, Paleo-style

If you don't have carders or combs, you can still make roving. That's fleece in a belt or tube shape.
The tool I recommend is a standard chopstick. 1/4" x 8-9"

www.patreon.com/posts/133727...

#handspinning #prehistoric #wool

@jillianeve.bsky.social

curled left fist with thin layer of transparent enamel on the nails

A Low-key Look

This is UV hardening 'gel' enamel. It's two layers which, together, resemble amber... or yellow popcorn kernels.

I used the manicure buffing sponge to carefully prepare the nail surface myself.

It's meant to be "natural", not "glamorous".

The whole process only took 27 minutes.

Crunchy Alginate Noodles and Vanadium | Manda Get more from Manda on Patreon

Cheon Sa Chae is a Korean invention from the 1980s. The main ingredient is brown seaweed extract, and it's crunchy. It's served as a banchan (condiment) with mayo.

Did you know it's also a source of Vanadium? It lowers cholesterol + acts like Insulin.

www.patreon.com/posts/130674...

CITRIC ACID!!! | Manda Get more from Manda on Patreon

VAMPIRES COULD MAKE SENSE AFTER ALL...

Mitochondria aren't your body's only source of ATP. Your red blood cells also make it-- out of Citric Acid.

They donate any excess to any cells in need, at the capillaries. (They can also consume Lactic Acid.)
www.patreon.com/posts/129613...

#GOP

Jade Mysteries; Jade Revelations Post 4: Ten Thousand Superstitions | Manda Get more from Manda on Patreon

This character, Hei Tiki, is a New Zealand icon who became a beloved mascot for surfers. He is made of a kind of jade called Pounamu. What is jade? A magnet for money? A shield against harm? What else do people believe about it?
#jade
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Jade Mysteries; Jade Revelations Post 3: The Two Faces | Manda Get more from Manda on Patreon

The people of Liangzhu, China, left mysterious stone artifacts of surprising technical sophistication. Why did the ch'ng (also spelled ts'ung and cong) have these little wide-eyed faces?
www.patreon.com/posts/jade-m...

Jade Mysteries; Jade Revelations Part 2: The Ch'ng | Manda Get more from Manda on Patreon

Jade Mysteries, Jade Revelations
Post 2: THE CH'NG

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If THEY don't respect an obligation to help others, then 𝙒𝙀 𝙙𝙤𝙣'𝙩 𝙝𝙖𝙫𝙚 𝙖𝙣𝙮 𝙤𝙗𝙡𝙞𝙜𝙖𝙩𝙞𝙤𝙣 𝙩𝙤 𝙥𝙧𝙤𝙩𝙚𝙘𝙩 𝙩𝙝𝙚𝙞𝙧 𝙥𝙧𝙤𝙥𝙚𝙧𝙩𝙮.

𝙔𝙤𝙪 𝙠𝙣𝙚𝙬 𝙩𝙝𝙞𝙨 𝙞𝙣 𝙮𝙤𝙪𝙧 𝙜𝙪𝙩 𝙬𝙝𝙚𝙣 𝙨𝙤𝙢𝙚𝙗𝙤𝙙𝙮 𝙬𝙖𝙡𝙠𝙚𝙙 𝙤𝙛𝙛 𝙬𝙞𝙩𝙝 𝙆𝙧𝙞𝙨𝙩𝙞 𝙉𝙤𝙚𝙢'𝙨 $3000, 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙮𝙤𝙪 𝙡𝙖𝙪𝙜𝙝𝙚𝙙.