the dutch bike helmet discourse is still so funny. scores of indignant dutch people going on about how they dont need to wear helmets because everybody is used to bike based stuff and knows how to handle themselves, periodically interjected by people who work in emergency rooms in the netherlands talking about how many cases of bike fall related head trauma they see regularly.

dutch person: unlike you stupid americans, we have ample bike infrastructure and everybody knows how to navigate bike lanes

dutch ER worker: half of the people i treat are in the ER because they cracked their head on the pavement. my job would be easier if our country wore helmets.

Isnt this how we lost the recipe for roman concrete

familiar faces but not really

Smbdy threw a rock thru that chantry window btw no doubt she’ll be gettin her own scary demon graffiti in no time

My wife’s idea of decompressing after the busy holiday was to rearrange every piece of furniture in our home is this an ADHD thing or just a her thing

I’m not complaining the way she’s done it is much better than it was it’s just like how is this your idea of a relaxing weekend

Listen I don't get to decide when the drunk elf that is my executive actually does the functioning but when he does we have a SMALL WINDOW OF TIME before he finds the schnapps again and we're done

yes this exactly

So to me, there are spoons (general energy cost) and carnival tickets (specific energy cost).

Spoons can be used pretty much anywhere.

Carnival tickets are only good for the carnival, and it’s only in town for a limited amount of time.

So like, if I get “kitchen cleaning” carnival tickets, I can’t use that to clean my bedroom, that’s not where the carnival is.

phrase added to permanent vocabulary

do not go gentle into that good night

be a bit of a bitch about it

can't in good conscience leave this out

Art by w mm

traditional Chinese brick carving 砖雕

An intricate centuries old folk art that sculpts detailed scenes like landscapes, figures, and mythical creatures from specially prepared blue bricks. A hallmark of Ming–Qing northern architecture, especially common in regions like Shanxi and Gansu (Linxia). Known for its dense narrative reliefs and architectural integration, it’s often linked to merchant compounds, ancestral halls, and temples.

An older post about Chinese wood carving for comparison: https://www.tumblr.com/sinoheritage/773485124471963648/dongyang-wood-carving-%E4%B8%9C%E9%98%B3%E6%9C%A8%E9%9B%95-is-a-traditional-form

dance

cara/insta/bluesky/ store

Simone Ashley as Kate Sharma

Bridgerton 2.01

OP: How I exercise every morning. It helps keep my energy channels flowing smoothly and boosts my vitality. This is jianfa剑法(sword technique) and zhangfa掌法(palm technique) from Daoist tradition of Wudang Mountain. (cr 少特君)

how it all feels lately

trying to remember something you know you forgot feels like this

i still forgot

oh my insomnia wants me to draw Taash

Seeing a normie youtuber criticizing purity culture, the rise of black and white thinking, and the obsession with harsh criticism without any desire to improve or help others on the internet

In particular, the youtuber pointed out that the current culture is not more compassionate or more understanding or kinder or safer. It is just concerned with the high that comes with feeling morally superior. People are addicted to being "right" and being the most morally "pure" person in the room.

Composition, anatomy and perspective! the primal forces that humble all artists

Foreshortening (derogatory)

[me, fumbling a social interaction] oh lovely. another haunting addition to the collection