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Valerie Meachum @valeriemeachum.bsky.social · 2d

"The law of unintended consequences is not just for folks in the city. It's for all of us."

Sarah Taber @sarahtaber.bsky.social · 3d

If you've been thinking "How are they gonna run their farms after Trump arrests their workers?"

don't worry, they planned ahead for that 💀

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ICE Raids Are Only Half The Story

YouTube video by Farm to Taber

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Valerie Meachum @valeriemeachum.bsky.social · 4d

Great accomplishment of the day: Finally found my lucite scoring knife and replaced the window these ridiculous goobers lost a few weeks ago. 🐿️😂💚

A squirrel enjoys lunch inside a hopper-style feeder with the front window missing

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Greg Sargent @gregsargent.bsky.social · 4d

This week, MAGA figures claimed Kristi Noem "stared down" violent antifa protesters in Portland. Turns out they were talking mostly about a guy in a chicken suit.

This episode opens a window into how MAGA propaganda works and MSM failure to handle it. 1/

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MAGA Implodes over Kristi Noem’s “Stare Down” with Man in Chicken Suit

A good New York Times piece on Portland nevertheless demonstrates how the conventions of objective reporting fail to accurately capture the bad faith driving pro-Trump propaganda.

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David Roberts @volts.wtf · 5d

All I want in life is to persuade everyone, when encountering politics & culture, to ask, "why are we talking about this?" I mean that very literally: anything you encounter on your screens reflects a choice. Someone covered that, talked about that, rather than the many other things out there. Why?

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Sheryl Weikal and the colorful Parrotlegals @leftistlawyer.com · 26d

Folks, you can't report the United States to its manager. There's no superhero coming to save us.

We don't need one giant act of heroism. We need millions of small acts of solidarity. Help one person in your community for nothing in return. Then, do it again. And again.

That's the revolution.

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Valerie Meachum @valeriemeachum.bsky.social · 27d

𝓨𝓸𝓾 𝔀𝓪𝓷𝓽 𝓽𝓸 𝓭𝓪𝓷𝓬𝓮 𝔀𝓲𝓽𝓱 𝓽𝓱𝓮 𝓪𝓷𝓰𝓮𝓵𝓼?
𝓣𝓱𝓮𝓷 𝓮𝓶𝓫𝓻𝓸𝓲𝓭𝓮𝓻 𝓶𝓮 𝔀𝓲𝓽𝓱 𝓰𝓸𝓵𝓭
𝓐𝓷𝓭 𝓘 𝔀𝓲𝓵𝓵 𝓯𝓵𝔂 𝔀𝓲𝓽𝓱 𝓽𝓱𝓮 𝓪𝓷𝓰𝓮𝓵𝓼
𝓐𝓷𝓭 𝔂𝓸𝓾 𝓬𝓪𝓷 𝓭𝓪𝓷𝓬𝓮 𝔀𝓲𝓽𝓱 𝓶𝓮
📷: @adoylible.bsky.social
Marion belongs to @matthewmercer.bsky.social

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Valerie Meachum @valeriemeachum.bsky.social · 28d

Eeeeee congratulations!! 😍

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Valerie Meachum @valeriemeachum.bsky.social · Sep 15

TFW @chizuconusa.bsky.social reminds you small cons are the beating heart of the nerd community! Diva Delilah had a blast in our scrappy little drag/variety show. Looking forward to next year!

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Valerie Meachum @valeriemeachum.bsky.social · Sep 12

Periodic reminder that if you have a human brain, you are not immune to bias.
We are each responsible for verifying what we see. Nobody going to do it for us, and multiple industries count on us not doing so.
If I reflexively agree with something I see? That's my cue to check it MORE carefully.

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Valerie Meachum @valeriemeachum.bsky.social · Sep 11

Image / Inspo
Marion belongs to @matthewmercer.bsky.social / cosplay by me
Jester belongs to @laurabaileyvo.bsky.social / cosplay by RangersAndArrows
📷: aDoylible
The Bridal Train by Eleanor Fortescue-Brickdale

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Valerie Meachum @valeriemeachum.bsky.social · Aug 12

Me: No new builds until after Labor Day. Sticking to it. Easy Fan Expo prep only!
Also me: *restyles wig for casual Rumi three times and counting*

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Valerie Meachum @valeriemeachum.bsky.social · Aug 10

Finally bringing my Fabric 101 panel to @fanexpochicago.bsky.social, along with some low-effort new costumes. And I get to do two other panels with smart creative people!

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Valerie Meachum @valeriemeachum.bsky.social · Jul 24

Life has a lot of stress right now. It is made just a little better by the recent shorts of Jorge Rivera Herrans (yes, the composer of Epic) serenading various animals with silly improvised ditties.
Come. Share in my joy!
youtu.be/9N-ksxYuGro?...

Is it iguana? 🦎

YouTube video by Jorge Rivera-Herrans

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R. Morgan Slade 🇨🇦 @rmorganslade.bsky.social · May 13

While exploring Vancouver’s Stanley Park I ended up with footage I was incredibly proud of — a music video for my @criticalrole.bsky.social fan tribute “Do Not Go Far From Me”

I need your help to break containment — please share this song with your critter pals 🫶
#CriticalRole
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Do Not Go Far From Me (Official Music Video)

YouTube video by rmorganslade

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Cora Harrington @cora.bsky.social · Jun 25

My first academic article is live!!

Published with Fashion Studies, “What is a ‘Worth’ Worth? Developing a Methodology of Historical to Modern Day Price Conversions for Dress” asks how we can better explain clothing prices in the past to people in the present. The approach explored is wage data.

Historical price conversions are a core area of concern and interest in costume studies. For fashion historians, curators, or reenactors, the question is: how does one explain the equivalent price of something worn in the past to someone in the present? I suggest a more quantitative understanding of historical prices will help researchers, professors, writers, and others better interpret the garments they examine, both within the field of costume studies as well as other disciplines such as literature, art studies, and sociology. The ambition of this paper is to showcase an alternative tool for fashion researchers to translate and explain historical fashion prices to a contemporary audience beyond simple Consumer Price Index tracking. The instrument this paper proposes is called Measuring Worth, which offers the possibility of wage tracking over time as another way to interpret historical prices.

Image 1: Purple silk velvet and satin court gown made by Charles Frederick Worth for Frances Fairchild, wife of Wisconsin Governor Lucius Fairchild.

Image 2: Black and white photographic portrait in front of painted backdrop of Frances (Bull) Fairchild (1845-1924), wife of Wisconsin Governor Lucius Fairchild, wearing a court gown designed by Charles Frederick Worth of Paris, France. Worn at the Spanish court of King Alfonso XII and Queen Teresa, Madrid, Spain, 1880.

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Valerie Meachum @valeriemeachum.bsky.social · Jun 24

Third time's the charm! 🎉 See you at @fanexpochicago.bsky.social !

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Valerie Meachum @valeriemeachum.bsky.social · Jun 23

Google is failing me... Is that a thing anyone has heard of? Or did whoever put that detail in that variant think the point was having to make shirts from something not actually used for textiles, not just hard on the hands?

Valerie Meachum @valeriemeachum.bsky.social · Jun 23

On a related note, one variant I read today required the shirts to be made from asters?! Their stems are long and rigid enough to make me think maaaaayyybe they could yield workable bast fiber?

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Valerie Meachum @valeriemeachum.bsky.social · Jun 22

Paging my #Fairytale people! I'm in the preliminary brainstorming stage of a costume project inspired by #TheWildSwans and related tales (Aarne-Thompson-Uther Type 451). Currently imbibing as many variants, adaptations, and retellings as I can get my grubby little hands on.
Do you have a favorite?

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Valerie Meachum @valeriemeachum.bsky.social · Jun 22

At this point, if you're still posting weather one-upsmanship "jokes"? I'm just blocking you. Even if I know you IRL.
People die from this shit *everywhere.*
STOP IT. #HeatWave