Plant of the Day
Sunday 23 August 2026
The vigorous Rosa 'Parkdirektor Riggers' (rose, modern climber) will produce large clusters of lightly-fragrant, semi-double, crimson-red blooms with yellow stamens almost continuously through the summer. The plant has glossy dark green foliage.
Jill Raggett
one time this nondescript guy came into my dunkin donuts and ordered a small black coffee with blueberry flavor shot, and for some reason that peculiar order stuck with me so much that when, seven months later, i saw him in the parking lot walking towards the door, i quickly made a small black coffee with blueberry flavor shot. he ordered it and i was already holding it.
i would describe his demeanor that second time as “incredulous”
What the fuck who drinks that
it’s such a perfectly bonkers order because like, most unusual orders are maximalist and sugary but this one just combines the most basic drink with the most incongruous little add-on. it’s the order of a simple, regular man who has something wrong with him
this post always makes me laugh. this guy has the weirdest drink order and he probably never goes to this dunkin’ if it took seven months for the barista to see him again. so think about a coffee shop you go to so little you’re not even sure if you’ve gone there before and you walk in and the barista hands you the drink you were about to order before you even ordered it. he will remember that for the rest of his life
“it’s the order of a simple, regular man who has something wrong with him” gets me every time.
earlier today i saw a bumper sticker that said I've Been Fishing For So Long, My Mom Gets Social Security! which is so nonsensical that i'm still thinking about it
i was so haunted by this absurdity that i decided to retrace my steps and try to find it again so i could make sure that i didn't read it incorrectly. and GUESS WHAT
ALT[ID: Bumper sticker that says "I've Been Fishing So Long My Worm Gets Social Security" with Worm underlined /end ID]
THAT MAKES A LOT MORE SENSE. UNDERSTANDABLE HAVE A NICE DAY
would you still use me as bait if i got social security 🥺
𝐀𝐥𝐥 𝐈'𝐯𝐞 𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐫 𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐥𝐥𝐲 𝐰𝐚𝐧𝐭𝐞𝐝 𝐢𝐬 𝐚 𝐪𝐮𝐚𝐢𝐧𝐭 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐦𝐨𝐝𝐞𝐬𝐭 𝐥𝐢𝐭𝐭𝐥𝐞 𝐡𝐨𝐦𝐞, 𝐧𝐨𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐟𝐚𝐧𝐜𝐲, 𝐚 𝐦𝐨𝐝𝐞𝐬𝐭 𝐤𝐢𝐭𝐜𝐡𝐞𝐧, 𝐚 𝐲𝐚𝐫𝐝 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐚 𝐝𝐨𝐠, 𝐚 𝐬𝐞𝐜𝐫𝐞𝐭 𝐛𝐨𝐨𝐤𝐬𝐡𝐞𝐥𝐟 𝐝𝐨𝐨𝐫 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐡𝐢𝐝𝐞𝐬 𝐚 𝐬𝐩𝐫𝐚𝐰𝐥𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐜𝐚𝐧𝐝𝐥𝐞𝐥𝐢𝐭🧴𝐚𝐧𝐭𝐢𝐪𝐮𝐞 𝐥𝐢𝐛𝐚𝐫𝐲 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐚 𝐫𝐨𝐥𝐥𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐥𝐚𝐝𝐝𝐞𝐫 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐚 𝐤𝐢𝐧𝐝𝐥𝐲 𝐠𝐡𝐨𝐬𝐭 𝐥𝐢𝐛𝐫𝐚𝐫𝐢𝐚𝐧. 𝐈 𝐝𝐨𝐧'𝐭 𝐚𝐬𝐤 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐦𝐮𝐜𝐡.
~ 𝙹𝚘𝚑𝚗𝚊𝚝𝚑𝚊𝚗 𝙴𝚍𝚠𝚊𝚛𝚍 𝙳𝚞𝚛𝚑𝚊𝚖 (v⃖i⃖a⃖ o⃖l⃖d⃖f⃖a⃖r⃖m⃖h⃖o⃖u⃖s⃖e⃖)
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it is human nature to weave strings of yarn, threads, or fibers together to make cloth and textiles
humans will see a soft cellulose plant material or downy animal coat and say is anyone going to twist that staple fibre in order to make a cohesive thread and then not wait for an answer
Seriously, spinning as a craft is ancient. Archaeologists recently discovered three-ply fiber that’s around 46,000 years old, blowing the previous “oldest fingers” out of the water by thousands of years.
But get this: It’s made from fucking TREE BARK. Can you imagine the dedication, foresight, and experimentation involved in figuring out how to harvest and spin that? On top of everything, it’s also lace weight. What the fuck, Neanderthals?
Article: https://arstechnica.com/science/2020/04/neanderthals-made-the-worlds-oldest-thread/
Also, big ole slow clap for the article writer.
it’s very cool that neanderthals managed to get yarn out of bark fiber, but i think you might be under the impression that all tree bark is like, oak, or sycamore, or something, and only exists in ‘thick chunk of wood’ or ‘flake of wood’ form. but there’s lots of bark like elm and cedar that peels away from the tree in long, tough strips, like so:
like, look at it. it’s string. it’s obviously string. you don’t actually have to be a genius to look at this and think ‘ah! string time :)’
i’ve picked up shed pieces of elm bark on a golf course, stripped and combed out the fiber with just my fingernails, and started hand-twisting good strong cordage right then and there as i walked. you don’t even have to soak it first, though i think if you want finer/softer cordage it helps to soak, beat, and comb the fibers.
the people of the pacific northwest, where there’s so many cedars, developed really wonderful textiles out of cedar bark fiber, pounding and soaking and combing it a bit like linen. i’ve never gotten to touch any, though i’d really like to.
here’s a whole page on all the different stems and barks that can be used for cordage! how cool is that?
so, not to denigrate the skill and intelligence of ancient people, but if you already know how to hand-spin grass and hair, then spinning bark is an extremely obvious and easy thing to do as soon as you encounter the right kind of bark.
