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There really really ought to be a book about how the staple crops of different civilizations shape and influence those civilizations, and I really want to read it.
Salt: A World History by Mark Kurlansky and A History of the World in 6 Glasses by Tom Standage (three are alcohol, three have caffeine) are not quite that, but may still be of interest?
I read Salt back in the day and it's so so good, second the rec. I have heard of 6 Glasses and not read it but I am sure I would probably love it. Gotta see if the library has it. Thank you!
Gonna throw Empire of Cotton by Sven Beckert in the ring here! You'll never see the modern world the same way again.
A Short History Of The World According To Sheep by Sally Coulthard blew my mind. So many things are tied to wool and sheep and weaving and so many words and phrases are tied to wool, people have no idea.
Example words which come from textiles/weaving, if not specifically wool (go look them up!): subtle, shoddy, tabby, Brazil, rocket, twit, warped, going batty, on tenterhooks, text...
I'll throw in a rec for Pickled, Potted, and Canned by Sue Shephard - a very interesting look at food preservation and how the availability of different types of food preservation shaped cultures and cuisines.
Sweetness and Power is this but for the topic of sugar
The Lost Supper: Searching for the Future of Food in the Flavors of the Past might also be up your alley. It's about "forgotten" foods and staples. They talk about different types of wheat, sauces, veggies, etc and a little about the cultures from whence they come
Also: Much Depends on Dinner by Margaret Visser. One of my favourite books.
DO I HAVE A SERIES FOR YOU. University of California Press has a gift for you and it is a 80+ book series on food studies. There are even some that are open access (legally free), but the rest are in libraries.
I also highly recommend Frostbite by Nicola Twilley. It’s about the impact refrigeration has had/is having on food preservation and culture, globally. It was one of my favorite books of this last year.
Also, The Rice Theory of Culture https://scholarworks.gvsu.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1172&context=orpc By Thomas Talhelm
I haven't read it in a while but The travels of a t-shirt in the global economy by Pietra Rivoli is a really interesting examination of cotton as a global crop
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dni if you think wasps are useless
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I fucking hate it here
For those of you with android devices, you can use the Android Debug Bridge (ADB) standalone app control program to get rid of all the bloatware, data mining, and AI crap - no coding needed!
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Download this easy DIY clothing repair guide (only 10 pages) from Uni of Kentucky
link to PDF
Excellent resource if you're new to sewing and want to start doing some clothing repair!
Professional seamstress here, who has taught intro to sewing many times, saying: this guide is excellent!
That link didn't work for me so I found a different one! https://fcs.mgcafe.uky.edu/sites/fcs.mgcafe.uky.edu/files/ct-mmb-147.pdf
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My sister just told me about a site called freesewing, where you can adjust patterns from your exact measurements and it will "generate" them — but not generate as in what ShitGPT does, just mathematical tweaking of existing patterns, the way professionals would do it if you were going to a tailor. Many patterns also have photos of people posting what they've made, and it seems like it works really well most of the time. I just thought it seemed like a neat site, especially since i saw a lot of example photos with my build that had gotten some pretty good results. That they also don't sell your data is a neat bonus
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Okay, this is pretty incredible. A 3D artist, consulting scholars and archaeologists, worked for a year and a half in Blender to create a reconstruction of pre-Columbian Tenochtitlán, complete with the surrounding landscape. It’s staggeringly beautiful, and—at least to me—gives a wonderful impression of the city as a place where people worked and lived and worshiped
HOLY SHIT CLICK THROUGH THIS IS INCREDIBLE
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As the clock strikes midnight at the dawn of Halloween, I come bearing spooky books! Check out these cool recs for horror and paranormal novels by transfeminine authors that'll make your day a little darker 🖤
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"The Saint Heron Library is home to our archival collection of primarily rare, out of print, and 1st edition titles by Black & brown authors, poets, & artists," she captioned on Instagram.
Throughout time, when certain aspects of physical media aren't accessible, a digital archive library is crucial in a society driven by fast-paced media consumption, where the depth and nuance of marginalized voices can easily be overlooked or forgotten.
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In our digital age, where much of our interaction with media is limited to clicks and reposts, Knowles’ digital archive provides a safe space for scholarly and artistic work that might otherwise be lost. Saint Heron’s library aims to foster a space where the wisdom and creativity of these “great minds” can thrive, supported by an infrastructure that champions preservation and accessibility. The library will not only serve as a place of significant works but also act as a catalyst for more conversations around artists, scholars and enthusiasts. "As the market and demand for these books, zines, and catalogues rises, we would like to play a small part in creating free access to the expansive range of critical thought and expression by these great mindsss," Knowles said.
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Links to Pacific Rim creator Travis Beacham's own posts on drift compatibility and drifting
- Drift compatibility is psychological, not genetic
- The better you know someone, the more likely you are to be drift compatible
- Drift compatibility is potential, not fate
- Drift compatibility can be a choice
- Friendship is the foundation of drift compatibility
- The drift requires trust
- Trust is fundamental; also drift compatibility can be determined with anything that tests how well you can anticipate each others' moves
- That even includes multiplayer video games
- Many cadets wash out during Pons training when secrets come out in the drift and shatter their relationships
- A lot of pilots get messed up by flinching over sexual thoughts
- Trying to avoid thoughts just makes them worse
- Not everything you see in the drift is always real; also the way to deal with thoughts is just let them flow by
- Pilots communicate through "headspace"
- Illustration of a conversation in headspace
- First drifts can be very confusing, because partners don't understand each others' minds very well yet
- The drift exposes pilots to each others' raw, unfiltered thoughts
- Raleigh knew what Yancy was going to say
- The drift doesn't let you read your partner's mind like a database, and you may not necessarily understand what you see. Also when Pentecost says he carries nothing into the drift he means he's calm and stable.
- Pentecost gained this calmness through meditation
- Trying to block your partner from your mind will make you lose control of the Jaeger
- Pilots who fall below 90% sync will be in trouble
- General information plus info on RABITs
- You can chase your partner's RABIT
- Another post confirming you can chase your partner's RABIT
- More RABIT info
- More general information
- Travis Beacham defines ghost drifting
- Partners' personalities can rub off on each other
- Neural overload doesn't hit you all at once; it accumulates
- The time a pilot can go solo varies, and it's a steep curve from fine to dead
- More info on solo piloting
- Being high in the drift probably makes it harder to avoid chasing the RABIT
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Something like this would be so colossally helpful. I'm sick and tired of trying to research specific clothing from any given culture and being met with either racist stereotypical costumes worn by yt people or ai generated garbage nonsense, and trying to be hyper specific with searches yields fuck all. Like I generally just cannot trust the legitimacy of most search results at this point. It's extremely frustrating. If there are good resources for this then they're buried deep under all the other bullshit, and idk where to start looking.
>:)c
May I present to you, nationalclothing.org?
It doesn't have everything, but it's still my first source when researching traditional clothing from other cultures.
There's also this resource on historical fashion: Claire’s Historical Fashion Reference & Resources
another addition as far as physical media goes there is the encyclopedia of national dress (that i still need to buy myself bc this kind of thing is super important to my sort of fantasy designing) but yes i do agree i wish there was EVEN MORE documentation on this
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Notable Vampire Films of the 20th & 21st Century🩸
1910s:
Les Vampires (1915-1916)
1920s:
Genuine: The Tragedy of a Vampire (1920)
Nosferatu (1922)
1930s:
Dracula (1931)
Vampyr (1932)
The Vampire Bat (1933)
Mark of the Vampire (1935)
Condemned to Live (1935)
Dracula’s Daughter (1936)
1940s:
Return of the Vampire (1943)
Son of Dracula (1943)
House of Dracula (1945)
The Vampire's Ghost (1945)
1950s:
Horror of Dracula (1958)
I Vampiri (1957)
The Vampire (1957)
Blood of Dracula (1957)
The Return of Dracula (1958)
Blood of the Vampire (1958)
1960s:
Blood and Roses (1960)
The Brides of Dracula (1960)
Slaughter of the Vampires (1962)
Castle of Blood (1964)
Blood Bath (1966)
Dracula: Prince of Darkness (1966)
The Fearless Vampire Killers (1967)
A Taste of Blood (1967)
Le viol du vampire (1968)
Blood of Dracula's Castle (1969)
1970s:
The Vampire Lovers (1970)
The Velvet Vampire (1971)
Dark Shadows (1971)
The Shiver of the Vampires (1971)
The House That Dripped Blood (1971)
Daughters of Darkness (1971)
Requiem pour un vampire (1972)
Blacula (1972)
Dracula A.D. (1972)
Alucarda (1977)
Salem’s Lot (1979)
Nosferatu the Vampyre (1979)
1980s:
The Hunger (1983)
Fright Night (1985)
Near Dark (1987)
The Lost Boys (1987)
1990s:
Bram Stoker’s Dracula (1992)
Buffy the Vampire Slayer (1992)
Interview with the Vampire (1994)
Dracula: Dead and Loving it (1995)
Vampire in Brooklyn (1995)
From Dusk till Dawn (1996)
Two Orphan Vampires (1997)
Vampires (1998)
Blade (1998)
2000s:
Queen of the Damned (2002)
Underworld (2003)
Van Helsing (2004)
Let the Right One In (2008)
2010s:
Dark Shadows (2012)
Only Lovers Left Alive (2013)
Dracula Untold (2014)
A Girl Walks Home Alone At Night (2014)
What We Do In The Shadows (2014)
The Invitation (2019)
Carmilla (2019)
2020s:
Renfield (2023)
Nosferatu (2024)
Abigail (2024)
Sinners (2025)
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hello my fellow Horror And Houses fans.... i have come to recommend the book "horror in architecture" and its sequel "horror in architecture; the reanimated edition" by joshua comaroff and ong ker-shing to you all. ive been reading horror in architecture for the past couple days and it is excellent
this book is incredible. it is all i can think about, it is all i want to talk about
i feel crazy. but its so goddamn specific, how do i go "does anyone else want to read this Incredibly Dense and Highly Niche book on (checks notes) architectural theory, culture, and horror so that i have someone to talk about it with" in a way that doesnt sound like im an on-the-nose character symbolizing obsession and madness in a horror novel
i love tumblr because the pitch i gave for this book is one that i made in a frenetic state after literally pacing around my apartment with my hands clasped behind my back like a harrowed detective who is haunted by the specters of his past and the notes are full of people going "thanks for the rec op!"
I think anyone who saw this and was like "That's a book for me!" Would probably also enjoy this video by Jacob Geller:
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Trans Horror Podcasts
My post about trans horror books last year was much more popular than I expected, and since I've recently fallen in love with fiction podcasts and audio dramas, I thought I'd make a post about trans horror podcasts as well.
If you like trans horror, please give these a try - especially if you enjoy listening to audiobooks!
Hello From The Hallowoods:
Come walk between the black pines! In this award-winning queer fiction podcast, an eldritch narrator follows the increasingly connected residents of the forest at the end of the world. It's a bittersweet story that explores queer identity, horror genre tropes, and finding hope in humanity's last moments.
Hello From The Hallowoods is my absolute favorite podcast! If you only listen to one podcast from this list, please make it this one - it's so beautifully written and super queer! Also: season 4 starts today!
Trans main characters include:
- our nonbinary eye-affiliated podcast host
- a nonbinary "Frankenstein's creature"
- a transmasc ghost
- a genderfluid storm witch
- a trans woman who can visit other people's dreams
- multiple characters using neopronouns
Camp Here & There:
Good morning, campers! Camp Here & There is a weekly horror comedy podcast tuned in to the loudspeakers of a small midwestern sleepaway camp plagued by supernatural terrors and natural disasters. Sydney Sargent, resident camp nurse, cheerfully reports on all the terror we must face with a big smile. Let’s hope there’s nothing weird about that!
Sydney is a trans man.
Dos: After You:
Things have changed. Deck has fallen in love with someone who isn't human, and leaves a hungry house behind to see him again. Will he be waiting for you? The world has changed… but what about him? Dos: After You is a queer urban fantasy/horror audiodrama available in both English & Spanish
Deck is a trans man.
Jar of Rebuke:
Follow Dr. Jared Hel's journey as he works to re-discover his forgotten past and finds his place within the small Indiana farm town of Wichton and the cryptozoological organization he works for called 'The Enclosure'. These audio journals, and other recordings, dive deep into Midwestern US cryptids and folklore while also telling a mystery about identity, queerness, neurodivergence, and community.
Jared is nonbinary.
Spirit Box Radio:
Spirit Box Radio is an award winning, horror audio drama podcast about a radio show for enthusiasts of all things arcane. Follow Sam Enfield a former postboy with no experience in the arcane arts, who finds themselves forced to take over running the show, following the disappearance of the previous host. Sam soon discovers there are more than ghosts haunting the show, and finds himself amidst a mystery which threatens everything he knows about the world beyond his tiny basement broadcast studio, and maybe even himself.
Sam is a trans man.
The Silt Verses:
Carpenter and Faulkner, two worshippers of an outlawed god, travel up the length of their deity’s great black river, searching for holy revelations amongst the reeds and the wetlands. As their pilgrimage lengthens and the river’s mysteries deepen, the two acolytes find themselves under threat from a police manhunt, but also come into conflict with the weirder gods that have flourished in these forgotten rural territories. This is a world where divine intervention takes place through prayer-markings scratched into stumping-posts, and offerings are left squirming to die in the flats of the delta. This is a world of ritual, and hidden language, and sacrifice. This is folk horror, and fantasy, and a dark road trip into the depths of unusual faith.
Faulkner is a trans man and Paige is a trans woman.
The Magnus Protocol:
The Magnus Archives 2: The Magnus Protocol is the prequel/sequel/”sidequel” to the internationally renowned Magnus Archives podcast. The Magnus Institute was an organisation dedicated to academic research into the esoteric and the paranormal, based out of Manchester, England. It burned to the ground in 1999. There were no survivors. Now, almost 25 years later, Alice and Sam, a pair of low-level civil service workers at the underfunded Office of Incident Assessment and Response, have stumbled across its legacy. A legacy that will put them in grave danger. If this intrigues you then it is our pleasure to welcome you to the Office of Incident, Assessment and Response. Make sure you pick up your badge at desk and report to your line manager before sitting down. Oh and stay away from I.T., seriously.
Alice is a trans woman.
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(crawls on all fours with blood drenched on me) I have to do arts and crafts
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looked a cool artist i found and instead of her actual art the first result google showed me was AI art made with her work. i hate it here!!!!!!!
well anyway. my discovery of the day is the art of Jeffrey Catherine Jones! she was a trans woman who painted a huge amount of fantasy & scifi cover art for books and magazines, among other things :)