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Miley Crisis. 🎃👻 @miley-crisis.bsky.social · 15h

October 3rd: This Pokémon was not originally found in Alola. Human actions caused a surge in their numbers, and they went feral. They're prideful and crafty.

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Æ. @aesthr.com · 6h

Some fun little accessories

Leather application on a larger piece:

A red strip with a smaller black on riveted to it, holding a large o ring

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Æ. @aesthr.com · 6h

Thank you 💜

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Æ. @aesthr.com · 7h

These little office clips are an essential tool for making leather stuff that's not just straps and hardware, and dirt cheap

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Æ. @aesthr.com · 7h

Taking shape ...

Same design as the first post but now it's black leather pieces held together by little red clamps

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Æ. @aesthr.com · 8h

May I request access which is very much of interest?

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Æ. @aesthr.com · 10h

It sure has bollards all over the place

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Æ. @aesthr.com · 10h

when even the paper prototype for a leather project is kind of hot

Photo of a woman standing in front of a white backdrop. She's wearing a black shorts bra and a bottom piece made from paper. It's kind of a wide belt with a long tapered piece hanging down in the front

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Æ. @aesthr.com · 12h

Plot of Dune Messiah: "Ok. Magic Space Hitler was bad. Let's hope his sister with a serious drug problem will do better." Plot of Children of Dune: "You know what? Girls are icky though. How about Mega Magic Worm Space Hitler? He has some really convincing points actually."

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Æ. @aesthr.com · 12h

5: it falls under the regressive politics but I feel the misogyny that oozes out of these books deserves its own point.

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Æ. @aesthr.com · 12h

4: Herbert loves world building for its own sake instead of as a tool to shape a story. He writes like a DM who can't come up with new campaign plot so they just overwhelm their players with fluff about their world. Dune is the perfect book to fill a wiki about, long before wikis existed.

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Æ. @aesthr.com · 12h

3: holy shit this stuff is regressive. I knew going into it that Dune has some seriously questionable politics but it's so much worse in the details.

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Æ. @aesthr.com · 12h

2: Dune, Messiah and Children could have been one book of 600 pages instead of three books of 1700 pages. There is so much filler material in there. Entire chapters are direct repeats of previous ones.

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Æ. @aesthr.com · 12h

I'll put my thoughts on this together soon since it's been such a project for me. But here's a few assorted points: 1: these books are bad. Sorry, but Herbert is not a good writer. He's repetitive, has no sense of pacing, and is way too in love with the nouns he made up.

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Æ. @aesthr.com · 12h

People think I'm a radical for refusing to use generative "AI". Honey, you don't know what my radical opinion on that is and I'm not going to post it in a public space.

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Æ. @aesthr.com · 12h

I finished Children of Dune! I'm free

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Æ. @aesthr.com · 12h

People defending rapists in my mentions ... Anyway good morning

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Æ. @aesthr.com · 12h

Why are you so keen on defending a rapist?

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Æ. @aesthr.com · 13h

So am I. And I'm tired of perpetrators making it all about themselves. This isn't atonement at all.

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Æ. @aesthr.com · 23h

Gom-Jabbar test for every YouTuber, steamer, podcaster, influencer, etc just to see if they're sex pests

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Æ. @aesthr.com · 23h

Same really

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Æ. @aesthr.com · 23h

People heal at different speeds, that's not being "weak"

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Æ. @aesthr.com · 23h

I mean yeah, it's not a fun time, like any serious surgery recovery, especially early on. But its also totally worth it, if you want it. And then for the rest of your life you never really think about the recovery and just enjoy the result. I just think it's important to not underestimate it.

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Æ. @aesthr.com · 23h

It's not surprising though. We usually only see or hear about the before and the after, and few people talk openly about the painful uncomfortable mess in between.

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Æ. @aesthr.com · 23h

"Can I visit my conservative family three weeks after surgery without them noticing anything?" Oh dear, sweetie ...

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Æ. @aesthr.com · 23h

Here I am once again explaining to younger trans women to take bottom surgery serious dammit. So many seem to think that they'll walk out of the clinic and be completely recovered, ready to go to work, do sports, have sex, ... And: no you won't! This shit takes a lot of time to fully heal.