No pattern for these; the shorts I based off of an existing pair that I knew fit right and the shirt is just a tube top with some decreases, basically. All the hems are finished with an icord both for rolling purposes and also so I can add elastic later if I decide it needs the structure 🧶

Need to install a zipper at the neck but the Rumi base costume is done! Tomorrow I engineer a sparkly embroidered moto jacket. Y’know, casual Friday things lol #knitting #Halloween

TIL about Bike Bus and it’s fine I’m only sobbing a LITTLE bit at all the kids biking safely to school yelling along to “Golden” while people wave and cheer them on

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We are once again watching Kpop Demon Hunters and this baby really just turned to me to say “Jinu is so handsome”. Girl first off we’re at the demon scene so I see you and second YOU CAN NEVER FIX HIM STOP THAT 😂😭

I know Jane Goodall was revered by many in the environment movement, but it is pretty clear that she also harboured many seriously problematic colonial attitudes.

The 'overpopulation' stuff in particular was pretty bad, and as a concept the conduit of plenty of serious wrongdoing over the years

A striking thing about articles I’ve read claiming to “study the effects” of generative AI on student writing skills and consumption of information is that (1) they nearly always find the effects are negative and (2) most “conclusions” are still written assuming that we must use AI, for some reason.

ACA open enrollment starts Nov. 1. Rates should have been published in August. Mike Johnson hopes you don’t know that. But my mom is an independent insurance agent. Has been for 20+ years. So she does know that.

It probably would! Just apply about 20 mins before you need to do the shot ☺️

When I was a kid Edgar did commercials for a local hardware store and every single time I do anything even remotely home related my brain goes “I have a little project” in his voice lol

I know Mike Johnson isn’t actually from Utah but I’m still surprised very time I’m reminded he’s not from Utah

Chat is it a good sign that it took national reporters an entire month to finally pay attention to the third largest metro in the country being invaded

Yep I numb up my elbows before I go to the ER now! The funny part is that I have a lido script for my arm but I use it so rarely and get poked so often that it didn’t even occur to me to use it for needles lol

Those are very hit and miss for ND people - they didn’t work for us - but definitely a good thing to try!

I think the reason they don’t really offer it is because it has to sit for 20 mins first, but it seems like incorporating it into baby shots at least could avoid some problems later on 😭

One of my kids has a really significant shot phobia and our life has improved considerably since his new pediatrician was like “hey we have a solution for that if you want it”. Why did he have to make it to 8 and several hyperventilations first? Idk! But let me save you the trouble!

(There are some rules; always patch test new stuff to make sure nobody’s allergic or gets a funny rash, and do let your provider know. But otherwise, go crazy and numb that shit if it’s gonna make your life easier!)

Today’s parent tip is that you can request lidocaine lotion at some drs before your kids get shots, or if they don’t have it, you can buy it over the counter and apply it yourself. You can also do this for yourself! There are no rules, and we don’t need to suffer for the cause!

Arbitrarily breaking these up means people who do get their kids vaccinated will still inevitably pick and choose, because that’s what always happens. This will drop uptake rates not just for “skeptics” but for people who believe in vaccination because 3 shots psychologically feels like too many.

This also indicates the essential dishonesty of saying “it’s just a tool.” A hammer is a tool. Nobody writes about the “inevitability” of hammers. Nobody has ever studied the harmful effects of hammers on learning and concluded that teachers must all hit their students with hammers “responsibly.”

It cannot be made clearer.

If you continue to support the Harry Potter franchise in any way, you are directly funding the removal of trans people's human rights in the UK.

It was probably the most useful class I’ve ever taken, aside from the typing class my mom was totally right about 😂

Seattle's mayor sucks so much lol

That teacher was obsessed with Tarkovsky to a degree that is unhealthy and wore a black turtleneck every single time I ever saw him but that class taught me more about bullshitting than anything else and it is a skill I’ve used a LOT since then lol

I took a class in college that had you read two writing samples and then write an essay comparing the themes. The only rules were that it was coherent and had to be done in that 1 hr class. I think it was probably one of the most useful practices I have ever engaged in for exactly this reason