Not what you think.

if you're not obsessed with anything weird and niche please try harder. stop going outside for a while. consider getting weirder about the things you already like

have you ever shipped something so hard that you become irrationally happy and make a sound akin to steam escaping from a kettle everytime they so much as stand next to eachother

[grandma voice] back in my day, sonny, we called it “squeeing”.

This guy’s insane amount of pettiness would be funny if it wasn’t so disastrous and tragic for everyone else.

One of our fabric sales reps came in for an appointment yesterday and we ended up talking about the long term impacts of the pandemic. The home quilting market is predominantly a conservative customer base, so when COVID precautions were politicized, those ladies followed along and didn't get vaccinated, didn't wear masks, etc. Now many of them are dead. Most of the fabric stores in the conservative regions that our reps call on have lost twenty percent of their customers. The ladies the shop knew by name because they could be counted on for annual trade-in upgrades of $9000 sewing machines? Dead. Viking is laying off half of its staff. It's taken two years for the impact to become obvious, but the home sewing industry in the US is in shambles. A lot of experience, knowledge and artistry was lost and when the independent shops have to close, we'll lose even more.

Aaaaand now JoAnn Fabrics is closing 500 out of 800 stores. Full list here: https://www.fastcompany.com/91277436/joann-fabrics-closing-stores-list-locations-states-bankruptcy-update

Sorry to anyone who had a JoAnn's not on the above list. All stores will now be closed and liquidated.

The CEO of Birch Fabrics just sent out a letter saying that they are running a sale to see if they can generate enough cash to last another month. They are literally a five person business at this point, and production costs have gotten so high that they might not be able to continue. I hope they can hang on, because their organic cotton canvas is so good. I love their Charley Harper collection. :(

This is wild, I live in the uk and only quilt out of spite and vinegar (Really bad at it, only doing it because I wanted quilts, enemies with my sewing machine) and now I’m like I should quilt more out of double spite ✌️

Yall.

I’m disappointed.

I gave you a gizmo. An absolute contraption. A doohickey even. You asked how the MBTA removes snow from its tracks and instead of getting a normal answer like “plow” or “salt” I give you a fucking jet engine bolted to a rail car like I’m looney fucking tunes and you have the gall to give it only 22 notes.

This one has a fucking sneefer

Are you happy now????

There is also this guy who is named Russel

Look at his smile

These things are gorgeous and deserve much more love and appreciation.

Brest, la gare SNCF.

if you watch sports long enough you start to believe in things like curses

The Snake River and canyon near Twin Falls, Idaho 

#look driving over the snake river was a deeply comical moment during our first family road trip#I was driving and my dad was riding shotgun with the American atlas out as we’re picking our way through Idaho#I’d been driving through flat farm country and sod fields for hours#I see a slight change up in the road ahead but nothing really looks different there’s just rails next to the road#dad is scoping out the route ahead and says ‘huh I think we’re coming up on the snake river’ and just like that the *ground disappears*#there is no warning or change in geography we just go over this bridge and suddenly we’re looking down over this enormous river gorge#I am all ‘no SHIT dad holy moly holy smokes LOOK at this we are stopping I am pulling this bitch over’

Empire Pool and Arena, Wembley

1934

Owen Williams

Images from RIBApix

the only harru Potter ur allowed 2 read is my immortal

this is the first i've heard that Peterborough is the worst city in the UK tho

seems kind of harsh its not THAT bad

have to say tho im sitting here trying to think what the worst city in the UK is and struggling to come up with an answer

#maybe swindon

maybe swindon yeah

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