#fomenters

[garaksapprentice]

The internet: You must never machine wash your knits. Never. Ever. They will be destroyed the moment they are touched by the caress of a machine's heated water supply. Hand wash only, or You Shall Be Sorry.

Me:

That photo contains ~13 pairs of 70/30 wool/nylon socks, a 100% wool shawl, an acrylic shawl, an acrylic kid's jumper, an acrylic beanie, a vest knit of "handwash only" wool, and a few other things I've forgotten.

This is one of the reasons to swatch, people. Knit a swatch. A big one. Even better, knit a hat out of the thing you want to use. Chuck it in the wash. See how it comes out. Make decisions from there.

I've knitted somewhere above 50 non-sock things in the decade or so since my first kid came along. I have machine washed them all. Only two - TWO - things have gotten eaten by the wash in that time. (a purple toddler dress and half a sock). And both of those were accidentally put through with the regular clothes wash.

Obligatory caveats: Probably don't do this if your machine doesn't have a gentle/delicate setting. I made sure mine came with a wool cycle when I had to buy a new one. It takes 38 minutes, spins at 800 RPM, and refuses to go hotter than 30ºC.

Also if you tend to use loosely spun yarns or very large gauges (both seem to be popular nowadays), or like to knit Extremely Delicate Lace, use caution. (My knitting preferences are basically the opposite of those things - I like things that last.)

#knitting #knitblr #“hey garak what did you do on the weekend” oh just fomented rebellion against the establishment #by encouraging them to wash their knits in the washing machine. you know the usual #I know too many disabled people who are scared to use the yarns they really want to #because they think they have to hand wash literally everything ever all the time and don't have the spoons for it. But it just isn't true #make sure you wash a swatch first though

[beechicory]

Teehee

From: The Daily Express

Normally I'm not a fan of the Daily Express, but in this case, I have to enjoy their choice of both headline and photo. Truly, that is the face of a man who wants to cause trouble on purpose 🙏

#Sebastian Vettel #F1 #Seb fomenting rebellion so true

[sovataz]

random ve doodles i like

#vast error #traditional art #ellsee raines #sova amalie #sovara amalie #laivan ferroo #taz poemme #the fomenter #alonzo mersiv #the vivifier #zekura raines #the forgiven #thesal voorat #iderra #talald hieron #dream!serpaz #dismas mersiv #jentha briati #ellsova #laitaz #tazvan #jenthmas #don’t ask why dismas and jentha are cats i just think they’re silly and cute #oldest thing here is probably the fomenter art #i’m still proud of it i love that cowboy

[gothyanki]

thinking about her (Gith the Liberator)

Thinking about how much I wish she were the deliciously messy, morally complex, and believably motivated protagonist of a Space Lesbians vs. Empire trilogy instead of a flat villain/historical footnote in the Fiend Folio. Unfortunately, DnD.

#mother gith apologia #but SERIOUSLY #they really created this leader of a successful uprising that freed a people who'd been enslaved so long their original name had been lost #and made her a one-dimensional villain with no real personality/motivation #not only does she not get to be the centre of her own story #she barely even has a story #it's all just grist for the “eeeevil-aligned species” mill #we don't really know why she decided conquering the planes would be a great idea #or why vlaakith i betrayed her #because the big assumption underpinning those plot points is “this is what happens when oppressed peoples become Too Liberated” #where's my chonky book series about her + vlaakith i + zerthimon fomenting rebellion together and developing irreconcilable differences? #in the right author's hands it could be so good #let Gith be an actual character 2k23 #githcourse #slavery cw #oh dnd lore #as with all their historically “evil” species: there's a lot to unpack here #and I completely understand why some people would rather throw away the whole backpack #sorry about the giant tag essay rant. it will happen again. #I started essaying in someone else's tags and then realised it would be more polite to just make my own post #githyanki

[collapsedsquid]

So is Hanania being doxxed by the liberal media just like SSC's Scott was?

#gotta foment shit

[gynandromorph]

glad that idletry wasn't a passing interest. a constant threat with new ideas, but if you don't touch any of them out of fear of the foolishness that comes with losing interest, you'll kill all of them instead

#i've been fomenting on it since 2020 #but once you actually embrace an idea and invest attention into it #that's when it will sink or swim

[joelletwo]

(thinking abt the motify idea of Penance in gintama and i always use sugi as stress tests for Statements Abt Gintama) if u combine the fact that current-day series sugi has never committed a relevant action in his life w his poor little meow meow childhood. is it even possible to say takasugi the long-term antagonist figure ever did anything wrong/he'd regret

#sopping wet gintoki posting #fomented rebellion well thats a win to me. let nizou do his thing. well he was cooking. #hits post so i can marinate on this while i make coffee

[qqueenofhades]

"Weaponization of the Federal Government." I just....I just can't.

#hilary for ts #politics for ts #breaking news: fascists who relentlessly used the most extreme version of the government in the worst ways #now have a Big Sad that oh no they got investigated a little bit #their fee fees are hurt!!! #oh no @triggered!!!! #as usual every republican accusation is a confession #they whine and wail about Snowflakes because they are the most insecure whiny vicious little snowflake brats on the planet #yeah good job guys really working for the American People here #we are in for two years of this #i gotta pace myself #but also jesus ROLLERSKATING CHRIST #the ceo of the trump org got... five months in jail today #STEVE BANNON IS SOMEHOW NOT IN PRISON #and trump is still free to foment insurrections to his heart's content #you wanna talk about Justice well uh that has not happened #and yet you hypocritical pissclowns are just crying and crying #lololololollol

[salemoleander]

xB asking about the TCG refreshments: "Does my Scarland VIP pass cover this?"

Scar, completely neutral: "We are outside the park."

#the way he said that had me howling good grief #also i am literally laying here watching Cub's episode and kicking my feet and giggling #theyre friends!!!! the sense of space & place & actually hanging out is so strong in this #i love group events so much id forgotten how much things like the crossover ruled bc they fomented stuff like this #xb #scar #gtws #s9 #salem tag

[rebelontherocks]

i think it's a little concerning that ppl watch dune 2 and don't realize that paul is a villain

#is it not obvious what he is when he makes the fremen attack the emperor under the atreides house banner? #the fremen just want to not have their planet exploited for a valuable natural resource and be able to terraform it as they wish #wtf do they care about paul's stupid egomaniacal war #he's not trying to destroy the empire he's becoming the emperor hello? #it's cleanly exposed in the first movie that the bene gesserit purposefully fomented religious myth about the 'messiah' so the fremen #would fall under the control of the kiswatz haderach which is a figure they created #i'm sorry i just lose my mind when people call dune a great movie (it's just good) and then seemingly don't even understand #what they're seeing #he's not even a well-intentioned 'white saviour' who's doomed to fail ala lawrence of arabia #(now that's a great movie and herbert's inspo for dune) #he's just using the fremen to achieve his goals which is control of the imperial machine #he's not liberating anyone lmao

[profoundgayness]

I love you, the first 28 minutes and 38 seconds of Good Omens season one, episode three

#so much happens!! #the unicorn making a run for it #crowley’s female-presenting outfit at the crucifixion #the knights and ‘fomenting’ #Hamlet! #aziraphale just wanting some crepes and nearly getting decapitated for it because ‘he has standards’ #the romantic music when crowley saves the prophecy books #John Lennon looking mf and #HOLY WATERRRRRRR #good omens #good omens season 1 #russell watches gomens

[berlin-daily]

#berlin daily #money heist korea #park hae soo #berlin #fomenting a way to spread chaos clearly #“it's too calm” #“i gotta make it worse” #patiently waiting for an excuse to do so

[laufxsons]

Finally a WIP that made it out of development hell. In honour of late Good Omens Eve have a study/redraw of our favourite snazzy snake.

#laufxson #good omens #good omens s2 #crowley #gotta look your best when your 6000 year old crush has their big moment on stage #they still think human magic is cringe #but you gotta support your favourite adversary #i mean its very demonic to encourage an angel to seek fame and glory infront of an audience #thats (checks notes) gotta be pride he's fomenting #this crowley and 1940 crowley gotta be my favourite look #very dashing #no wonder zira finally fell for him although I would've been done for after Noah #did you see the currrllss on this girlie #scrumptious indeed #he's zira's personal guardian demon #is guardian demon a thing? #it must be otherwise I have nonclue what the fuck crowley is #i want a guardian demon honestly #i'm gonna eat my socks soon can't wait for s2

[inconveniently-discorporated]

KNOCK KNOCK MOTHERFUCKERS I'M HERE TO FOMENT SOME PEACE

#good omens #today i dropped in on my city council livestream because this is my home and I'm taking part in it #little did I know our city was voting to dedicate July to Pride locally #so many people shared so many touching stories and words of support #IT WAS GOOD FOR THE SOUL #I've been feeling very disillusioned lately #but not today #TODAY WE'RE FOMENTING PEACE #if you'd like some porridge too that's fine #peace and porridge #ily Aziraphale

[msclaritea]

JK Rowling is right: a trans woman is not a woman, and it’s not wrong to say so

It is absolutely extraordinary that transgender activist India Willoughby reported J K Rowling to the police for a hate crime. The Harry Potter author this week referred to the newsreader and Loose Women host as a man in an argument on X, formerly known as Twitter. 

Northumbria Police has now confirmed that it is dropping the investigation. Why did it take so long? It should never have been given the time of day.

Quick law refresher: “misgendering” is not a crime.

The researcher Maya Forstater successfully brought a case to the employment appeal tribunal in 2021 to establish that gender-critical views are a protected philosophical belief under the Equality Act 2010.

So while hostility to someone based on gender identity can be an aggravating factor if a separate crime is committed, misgendering is not in itself an offence. Moreover, Rowling and those who agree with her are completely within their rights to refuse to believe the fiction that you can change biological sex.

As Rowling herself put it: “No law compels anyone to pretend to believe that India is a woman.” Quite.

Now, I’ve got no objection to using people’s preferred pronouns so I’m happy to refer to Willoughby as “she”. But “a woman”? No. It is a simple fact that she is biologically male, regardless of any gender reassignment surgery. She’s a trans woman but she’s not a woman and never will be. 

Trans activists have tried their hardest to turn a feeling into fact when they insist: “A trans woman is a woman.” But the truth of the matter is that a trans woman is a man who identifies as a woman. 

Willoughby and her supporters might dislike her being described as a man. They might find it at best impolite and at worst deeply offensive. But it is not “hateful” to believe that men are men and women are women. You cannot change biological sex and under the Forstater ruling, it isn’t “illegal” to say so. 

This is what happens when a vocal minority creates such an environment of fear that the police think they can’t immediately call out an attention-seeking time-waster when they see one.

J K Rowling is not a “transphobe”, either – as inconvenient as that might be to those seeking to label any woman who thinks biological sex is immutable as a “trans-exclusionary radical feminist” (Terf). 

It’s far from “radical” to believe in just the two sexes. Nor is it “exclusionary”, since Rowling has never denied the existence of trans people nor their rightful place in society – alongside men and women.

She’s simply a gender-critical feminist, who is justifiably concerned for the corresponding rights of women, which she believes are being eroded. I and many other women (and men … and even some trans people) agree with her. 

This is what the gender fanatics continually refuse to acknowledge: that there are competing rights here. It’s not all about them, whatever the likes of Willoughby seem to think. 

Rowling has been a heroine in all this, because she’s not only refused to be cancelled, but has emboldened many others who feel the same way as her to bravely speak out.

But let’s look at what is really “hateful” about this debate. There is no doubt that Rowling and others like her continue to be the victims of terrible misogyny. Just look at the appalling comments made about her on social media by people who purport to be defined by kindness and progressive values. 

Indeed, it is really quite striking that, on International Women’s Day yesterday, when we should have been celebrating female advancement, there was little public celebration of gender-critical feminists like Rowling. The Left hypocritically talks up the importance of “diversity” and “inclusion” while at the same time actively seeking to shame those who have an opposing point of view. 

The definition of bigotry is being “obstinately or unreasonably attached to a belief, opinion, or faction, in particular prejudiced against or antagonistic towards a person or people on the basis of their membership of a particular group”. So radical trans activists are guilty of exactly what they accuse gender-critical feminists of. Yet still they arrogantly assume they can occupy the moral high ground, while carrying out these modern-day witch trials.

If stories of gender-critical women being hounded out of their jobs, their universities, and in the recent case of Newcastle United fan Linzi Smith, their football club, aren’t already disturbing enough, we now hear word of a Canadian proposal to impose house arrest on someone who is believed likely to commit a hate crime in the future – even if they have not done so already. 

The proposed clause in the country’s new Online Safety Bill would see suspected “hate criminals” forced to wear an electronic tag and banned from going outside. In Willoughby’s world, that would include anyone who thinks she’s a bloke. 

But this former Big Brother contestant has got her own form when it comes to sharp remarks on social media. 

I had to block her myself when she responded to one of my posts highlighting a pretty innocuous story I’d written about Prince Harry with the words: “Garbage. Harry has your metaphorical number – while the grubby British Media had his ACTUAL number, and hacked it.”

Referencing my role as royal editor of an ITV daytime show, she added: “Someone else you keep platforming @ThisMorning. Have a clear out.” Nice.

If this is supposed to be what the “sisterhood” is supposed to look like in Willoughby’s eyes, then I’d genuinely rather be a “Terf”. %n

#JK Rowling is right: a trans woman is not a woman #and it’s not wrong to say so #The Only Dishonest Thing About All Of This Is Treating The Fight For Women's Rights As Coming From The Right #It Was The Right That Fomented The Transgender Movement

[dykerys]

Theo and Deaton is a nice rarepair, actually

#i am the only shipper lol #but anyway fomenting theo daddy issues and praise kink #because I can ;3 #teen wolf #theo × deaton