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no it's abby (bluesky version) @rootsindreamland.bsky.social · 1d

I had NO idea about Seanan’s great expression until after, I was too busy focusing on looking ominous, and I think I may have hit her in the head by accident with either the Atargatis or the Melusine

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no it's abby (bluesky version) @rootsindreamland.bsky.social · 1d

Thank you! (“So many monsters are.”lol) First draft or no, even then I liked how it was coming out

no it's abby (bluesky version) @rootsindreamland.bsky.social · 1d

Thank you so much! At the time, the dress looked like this (I wanted it to mimic waves/water), but I’ve since ripped out the sea-foam to try and improve it and hand-sewn in like half of the bajillion beads

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no it's abby (bluesky version) @rootsindreamland.bsky.social · 1d

I mean, back atcha, but you gotta admit these would also be easier to draw lol

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no it's abby (bluesky version) @rootsindreamland.bsky.social · 1d

I’m not saying the outfits made of three belts a scarf and a bag of tin cans or whatever aren’t cooler, just that they’re more of a pain in the ass

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no it's abby (bluesky version) @rootsindreamland.bsky.social · 1d

it’s called ff giving cosplayers a break for once, joe

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no it's abby (bluesky version) @rootsindreamland.bsky.social · 1d

you are so kind!! It’s one of my all-time faves too. I was lucky enough to get to wear the base of the dress to meet Seanan at Awesomecon earlier this year, but this is veeery first draft energy and tragically beadless

Author Seanan McGuire clasps her hands together as a woman in a long gown of different blues with turquoise hair and a mask of horrible teeth looms over her with two doomed cruise ships dangling from her wrist

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Why you should have a cat @shouldhavecat.bsky.social · 1d

Angry 😡

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no it's abby (bluesky version) @rootsindreamland.bsky.social · 1d

that's the noise i'm making every time i stab myself with beading needles, but at least any blood on the dress works thematically

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no it's abby (bluesky version) @rootsindreamland.bsky.social · 2d

girl you're gonna get sick of seeing I'm wearing this shit everywhere when it's done

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no it's abby (bluesky version) @rootsindreamland.bsky.social · 2d

[insert v for vendetta joke here REMEMBER REMEMBER]

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no it's abby (bluesky version) @rootsindreamland.bsky.social · 2d

I am FINALLY doing the beading/detailing for the murder mermaid gown based on @seananmcguire.bsky.social's Into the Drowning Deep, and while the good news is I'm obsessed with how it is coming out, the bad news is that it will require me hand-sewing every single bead in the known universe by Nov 5

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no it's abby (bluesky version) @rootsindreamland.bsky.social · 2d

oh my god I’m so emotional I loved that article and this one

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Peter @notalawyer.bsky.social · 2d

the actual story here, which the media never talks about, is that police in this country have become a discrete right-wing political operation. the story isn't about cops leaving (they're lying about that), it's about the police trying to exert influence over elections.

Mark Misoshnik 🏴 @misoshnik.bsky.social · 4d

Lmao is this supposed to be a bad thing?

A tweet from Bari Weiss that says “"It's shaken me to my core," a lieutenant said of Mamdani's unexpected victory in June. "The absolute dread I feel is palpable.
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Today in @TheFP our @Olivia_Reingold talks to the cops who say they will walk if Zohran Mamdani is elected in November:”

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Michael Edison Hayden @michaelehayden.bsky.social · 3d

“They are highly organized … [they] have purchased their own animal costumes”

Andy ngo mad about muppets again — this time in Chicago

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derek guy @dieworkwear.bsky.social · 3d

This two-parter below is exactly why it's hard to make clothes in the United States.

Let's look at how much it costs to produce a button-up shirt in the US. 🧵

Someone on Twitter replies to me: "meh. buy american or stfu."

Two hours later, in a separate thread, the write: "$30 for a single button-up is ridiculous unless it is decent quality silk."

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no it's abby (bluesky version) @rootsindreamland.bsky.social · 5d

a woman in a white shirt and black shorts holds a microphone

Alt: Taylor swift takes a bow

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Sam Benc 🐟 @nonvieta.bsky.social · 5d

People who think the idea of "give me ideas" is something genuinely creative people want have literally never experienced the absolute EUPHORIA of a brainstorming breakthrough, either solo or with a human collaborator. They don't understand what is happening when artists create, on a basic level.

Juno Rylee Schultz @junoryleejournalism.com · 6d

David Simon, creator of ‘The Wire’, being interviewed by Ari Shapiro (NPR)

SHAPIRO: OK, so you've spent your career creating television without Al, and I could imagine today you thinking, boy, I wish I had had that tool to solve those thorny problems...
SIMON: What?
SHAPIRO: ...Or saying...
SIMON: You imagine that?
SHAPIRO: ...Boy, if that had existed, it would have screwed me over.
SIMON: I don't think Al can remotely challenge what writers do at a fundamentally creative level.
SHAPIRO: But if you're trying to transition from scene five to scene six, and you're stuck with that transition, you could imagine plugging that portion of the script into an Al and say, give me 10 ideas for how to transition this.
SIMON: I'd rather put a gun in my mouth.

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no it's abby (bluesky version) @rootsindreamland.bsky.social · 6d

THANK YOU FLYING SPAGHETTI MONSTER 🙏

The Octopus Gallery @octopusgallery.bsky.social · 7d

Good news for sewists: the paper pattern company feared lost to bankruptcy has been saved as an independent company.

craftindustryalliance.org/sewing-patte...

Sewing Patterns Rise from DGA Bankruptcy Ashes - Craft Industry Alliance

The “Big 4” sewing patterns are saved. Simplicity, McCall’s, Vogue & Butterick get new life under Rubelmann Capital.

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no it's abby (bluesky version) @rootsindreamland.bsky.social · 7d

TRULY

although i remember her being on pretty early, the stadium was decidedly unfull at that point, I wonder if that stung and she retreated to the idea that swifties were all unsophisticated children? I remember being bummed for her because I loved some of her songs back then!

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Danielle Froom 🏳️‍🌈 @danifroom.bsky.social · 15d

I don't think we'll ever get another sentence which sums up everything the New York Times embodies quite like "Some legal experts have called it a crime to summarily kill civilians".

Matt Cameron @mattcameron.bsky.social · 15d

hey @nytimes.com: there is no counterpoint here. There are no credible legal experts who would EVER say that the US military has any right or authority to blow civilian craft out of the Caribbean and kill their crews from afar without any provocation. There is no other side to this question.

"Some legal experts have called it a crime to summarily kill civilians not directly taking part in hostilities, even if they are believed to be smuggling drugs."

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jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 7d

i desperately want everyone involved in the destruction of USAID to have to, st the very least, answer to the american people for the suffering and misery they have caused apnews.com/article/myan...