Phenomenal article about someone who discovered the rewards of craftsmanship and fixing things, and abandoned a soul-sucking corporate existence to learn how to fix typewriters. (making an exception on linking to the NY Times on this one)
The New York Times: How to Fix a Typewriter and Your Life
"...Eleven years ago, Paul Lundy was dying a slow, workingman’s death under fluorescent light.
For three decades, he had worked in facilities management — an honest trade that ground him down until, in his mid-50s, he had money, an authoritative title and a soul that was being sucked dry. He managed buildings for Seattle-area biotech firms, where people in lab coats made discoveries that saved lives. He kept the infrastructure running. He was good at it, maybe great, but facilities managers are overhead, essential but invisible. Nobody notices until something breaks....."
https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2025/11/20/us/typewriter-repair-seattle-bremerton.html?rsrc=flt&unlocked_article_code=1.208.PZ-6.CuojRlvuNf7_&smid=url-share
#craftsmanship #ReduceRepairReuseRecycle
Hmm, some guy charged with assault and baloney
https://fed.brid.gy/r/https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:s6j27rxb3ic2rxw73ixgqv2p/post/3lwcxur6pn22b
#fascism
Politics, Homeless, Nazis ultimate solution for "vagabonds", Fascism
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Romani_Holocaust
Ah yes, this product is exactly what I am looking for (not)
"Hub for Lovers"
#BikeTooter
Sewed my arm on backwards, drat. (not my real arm, test garment for sewing a blazer 🤪
). #sewing
Carl Sagan was right.
NY Times: Couples Are Hiring Shamans to Keep Their Destination Weddings Rain-Free
#superstition
@jjcelery@mastodon.ie @EugestShirley@m.ai6yr.org @femme_mal@mstdn.social Yeah, that is definitely the problem, I am going to remedy that next, LOL. So confusing!
@jjcelery@mastodon.ie @EugestShirley@m.ai6yr.org @femme_mal@mstdn.social fixed! Enough slop in this design I don't think much adjustment needed.
Mention of alcohol usage in sewing/tailoring
Hmm, I skipped a step taking my own measurements yesterday for my sewing exercise. 🤔
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-ZEY_ZuCbZs
#sewing
Ergonomics, note the height of the table this tailor uses. The height of the dining table I am using is way too low... having to hunch over kills your back. This table is at workbench height, the same relative height I have my standing desk set at probably... 42 inches, so you don't have to stoop to type on the keyboard. Dining table is 42 inches. Probably could replicate this by obtaining one of the (plentiful) standing desks and putting it on a pivoting hinge, if so desired. (I don't do this often, but if I did). #tailoring #ergonomics
Mention of alcohol usage in sewing/tailoring
Hmm, I skipped a step taking my own measurements yesterday for my sewing exercise. 🤔
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-ZEY_ZuCbZs
#sewing
Bloomberg: How Climate Change Is Fueling Stronger, Wetter and More Destructive Hurricanes
https://www.bloomberg.com/explainers/climate-change-hurricane-impact?accessToken=eyJhbGciOiJIUzI1NiIsInR5cCI6IkpXVCJ9.eyJzb3VyY2UiOiJTdWJzY3JpYmVyR2lmdGVkQXJ0aWNsZSIsImlhdCI6MTc1NTA4ODE3OCwiZXhwIjoxNzU1NjkyOTc4LCJhcnRpY2xlSWQiOiJUMFY0SUlHUEZIUFAwMCIsImJjb25uZWN0SWQiOiI5Q0Y2NUJGNzA3NzI0NzUyOTUwM0I1RTVCMENBM0JDNyJ9.JFCZIIJQej95RCog18KEu9N0DyZm1mbuRpfuNyJopXo&leadSource=uverify%20wall
#climate #hurricanes #disasters #climateemergency
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