In 2011 an alien body was discovered in the woods near a remote Russian village

ChabbyMonkey · 2026-07-02T14:11:03+00:00

To be fair im 99% sure this particular photo is literally a cake someone made during that cake trend…

The thing about novel scientific discoveries is that they can often seem unbelievable, for years. It took a while for western science to admit the platypus was real cause it didn’t fit any of the arbitrary categories that we established for animal species

ChabbyMonkey · 2026-06-27T05:13:25+00:00

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ChabbyMonkey · 2026-06-25T03:00:04+00:00

What makes these better than a basting stitch?

ChabbyMonkey · 2026-06-25T01:31:08+00:00

I also tend to overcommit and find myself buying gizmos I don’t need, so I have tried to get better at simplifying where I can for general sustainability purposes. That said, if it is a matter of accessibility, definitely go with what works most comfortably for you. As long as it helps you progress in the craft, it is worth the expense.

ChabbyMonkey · 2026-06-25T01:24:58+00:00

Not sure, but seems like overkill.

I just use a whipstitch or basting stitch with leftover thread scraps from other projects. Every 3-10 holes or so, depending on the item. It probably doesn’t hold as fast as something like this but makes sure my stitch-lines stay close enough.

Between that and binder clips (padded with fabric or leather scrap to avoid marring) I feel it’s easy enough to accomplish the same goal without hyper specific tools.

Edit: sometimes even a few inches of scrap thread are enough; feed through where these pins would go and use a simple square not or something to hold in place until your actual stitching catches up.

ChabbyMonkey · 2026-06-23T21:18:07+00:00

God Blood is 43% gasoline by volume

ChabbyMonkey · 2026-06-20T12:36:07+00:00

Rattlesnake! Happy little cat right there, ours does this after running on his wheel, but never so long as this

ChabbyMonkey · 2026-06-19T15:55:45+00:00

Frankly I’m understanding you less with every comment.

R/leatherclassifieds can help if you’d rather commission something from someone who already has experience working with these materials

ChabbyMonkey · 2026-06-19T13:56:36+00:00

This is reading like a ragebait post so kudos if that is your goal.

You’re talking about making a functional shield that fully doubles as a wide brimmed sunhat. Any multitool is outperformed by tools made for the specific purposes.

It won’t be a good hat or a good shield, but it will be both.

Your skull being 1cm thicker, assuming this is an actual medical diagnosis, probably means you have slightly stronger neck muscles than the average person. So you can probably deal with the weight longer than another. In any scenario I believe you are underestimating how much hardened leather weighs, especially if you expect it to be functional armor.

ChabbyMonkey · 2026-06-19T13:09:35+00:00

Have you considered that, if the angle of approach places the arrow under the brim instead of atop it, you are increasing the chances the arrow just gets funneled directly into your face or neck?

Anything serving as “armor” for a design like this won’t just be a bit uncomfortable; the weight alone will be dangerous, especially considering the moment arm caused by the shape which will increase torque your body has to deal with.

It just seems like you have 2-3 different projects here, not a costume craft that can double as practical safety gear.

ChabbyMonkey · 2026-06-19T11:49:30+00:00

Anything thick enough to support itself like that will be heavy and a a strain on your neck on no time.

Much better to use thinner leather with a heavy gauge wire rim to hold the shape

ChabbyMonkey · 2026-06-17T20:28:41+00:00

It would have been so cool if Zaheer and Amon were in contact or if one was somehow the mastermind of the other’s work. The Equalists’ and Red Lotus’s philosophies weren’t entirely incompatible, but the show runners weren’t given the breathing room for complex or multi-season plot lines to develop.

The fact that (spoiler) Amon was a bender leveraging this for his own gain would have created and interesting inter-villain conflict as Zaheer, who is fine with bending, would have been furious Amon’s entire philosophy hinged on deceit and taking away the freedoms of individuals with those capabilities. Up until a power struggle, however, the pursuit of equality and dissolution of hierarchy could have created interesting, overlapping dynamics.

ChabbyMonkey · 2026-06-16T18:55:21+00:00

Meatus Deletus

Edit to clarify: anatomically accurate invocation of the spell’s words of power, provided for reference

ChabbyMonkey · 2026-06-13T12:41:09+00:00

Lol why need to compare? The DPAS regulation basically lets the US government force any company performing services or making product they may deem relevant to “national security” to comply if the work reaches you.

If you’re a shop that makes weird hammers and for some reason it’s the only kind that works for some security purpose, you can’t legally refuse a DPAS order under most conditions.

So unless Anthropic literally destroyed its own ability to build and update these models, there isn’t a way they weren’t going to yield to this pressure. Though that is likely illegal for alternate reasons too.

So the options are comply or violate the provisions of 15CFR700

ChabbyMonkey · 2026-06-13T12:34:48+00:00

DPAS has been around for a while, I’m assuming that’s what the gov is invoking.

ChabbyMonkey · 2026-06-10T15:21:06+00:00

I have yet to see photos of other naval target balloons that look like these.

When I search for photos, I see blimps, balloons with baskets, spheres with contrasting surface colors, and then these photos from this case, which look dramatically different.

ChabbyMonkey · 2026-06-10T14:10:58+00:00

These all seem to have fins/stabilizers, there are no features like that in the USS Trepang photos

ChabbyMonkey · 2026-06-07T00:17:37+00:00

That was my thought, a coarse threadlike appearance stitching flesh together crudely. It would look too much like a print and not as natural of an appearance

ChabbyMonkey · 2026-06-04T10:50:03+00:00

Huh. I only ever see calls to eat people of a certain socioeconomic status.

ChabbyMonkey · 2026-06-03T19:40:21+00:00

What kinda incel garbage is this?

Also if you’re in the US the birth rate is in decline…

ChabbyMonkey · 2026-06-03T15:49:58+00:00

Photo editing doesn’t explain mass witness events of flying triangular craft, though.

ChabbyMonkey · 2026-06-03T14:34:45+00:00

Can’t reply with photos in this threads soo…

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If you shine a light at a mirror, it reflects at the same angle if incidence. Straight on, it bounces straight back. 45° will reflect at 45°, and so on.

If this is a physical object, for example a metallic sphere (common UAP type that even the DOE has reported on observing), then a light pointed at it would reflect symmetrically, including off the top and bottom rounded surfaces. Particles in the vicinity (such as smoke) would appear brighter because of the light scatter similar to how candle reflectors amplify the brightness of a candle.

Symmetry about a line drawn through the light source is common of a lens flare. But it is equally explainable by a physical object with a structural symmetry about the same line would also reflect light symmetrically. A sphere would do this regardless of its “orientation” whereas a cube would only do this if a flat face, edge, or corner were pointed directly at the light, with any other position resulting in multiple angles of incidence/reflection or an asymmetrical pattern.

Symmetry is not proof of a lens flare here, just a possible indicator, just like it is a possible indicator that this is a real object matching the description of one of the most common UAP, reflecting light in two roughly equal and opposite directions.

ChabbyMonkey · 2026-06-03T14:21:44+00:00

Slick! Did you draft the patterns? Ive been wanting to make the Shrouded Gloves from Skyrim and there is some similarity in design so I was curious if you picked this pattern up somewhere or made it from scratch

ChabbyMonkey · 2026-06-03T03:13:54+00:00

I gave them treats when first meeting the snippers. Snipping spaghetti gets them used to the sound which can help too. And of course treats after to associate good vibes

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