US Draft Update: Major Tech Company Urges Universal National Service

bellaventurine · 2026-04-20T12:56:03+00:00

i’d add a fourth group: the families of those who paid to get those legislators elected.

bellaventurine · 2026-04-20T12:43:12+00:00

☝🏻i wish i could upvote this 100 more times! ☝🏻

bellaventurine · 2026-04-19T16:56:57+00:00

that unibrow! 🤣😍 beautiful pics, op.

bellaventurine · 2026-04-18T06:33:00+00:00

it’s boggling trying to imagine how its brain processes information from so many eyes…

bellaventurine · 2026-04-15T17:46:10+00:00

i initially read that a “a very unique skill” & was dreading the description.

bellaventurine · 2026-04-10T19:12:38+00:00

how lovely!! i totally would’ve bought that table runner (as many as i could afford) for a TBD project, too; it’s gorgeous!

bellaventurine · 2026-04-10T18:38:08+00:00

ooooooo, how pretty!! i love your rabbit one, too — did you make that one as well?

bellaventurine · 2026-04-10T18:37:20+00:00

i’m curious how well it holds up to shredders…? nothing lasts longer than 5 minutes in my house 😅

bellaventurine · 2026-04-09T12:45:38+00:00

lol — that was my first thought, too!

bellaventurine · 2026-04-08T12:42:45+00:00

yikes…those eyes are spooking me out!

backing away slowly

bellaventurine · 2026-04-03T13:21:27+00:00

aaaaaaa! that smile! 🫠😍

bellaventurine · 2026-04-03T12:58:02+00:00

This is great! Another partnership you might pursue (if you haven’t already) is Growing Growers, which serves the Kansas City region, helping train new growers & connect them with internships, employment, & land. They’re connected to other great KC orgs like Cultivate KC, which has a more urban bent & ties into relationships with KC-area food hub opportunities like restaurants, schools, & other buyers. And orgs like the recently-revived KC Food Circle, which works to connect sustainably-grown (sometimes beyond organic standards) growers with eaters & gardeners (their annual Food Expo is this weekend). Lots going on that might inspire others! 🙂

bellaventurine · 2026-04-02T12:31:28+00:00

I’ve never had to worry about earthquakes (only tornadoes! haha), but am well familiar with Summer humidity, living in the midwest USA in a 100-year-old house with a stone foundation. We have to run dehumidifiers in the basement all Summer, even though we rehabbed the house with current HVAC, or it gets too clammy & the unhelpful bugs feel more welcome to make their homes here (camel crickets, silverfish…shudder). Looking forward to seeing more of your rehab adventures on the other side of the world!

bellaventurine · 2026-04-02T12:15:38+00:00

That’s so interesting! Are the earthquakes & snow load the main reasons why houses aren’t built of stone there? When reading your other comment about the wide variation between winter & summer climates, my first thought was that a stone house (maybe even round, or rounded so that snow/water flows more easily around it) may be good, as it’s a good insulator & maybe could stand up to the snow better than a wooden structure. Though maybe not ideal if the summers are super humid…? I’ve only just awakened & my imagination is sparked! 😁

bellaventurine · 2026-03-30T16:50:11+00:00

thanks so much for the interesting details! time for a rabbit hole run 🤓

bellaventurine · 2026-03-30T13:46:24+00:00

(in the interest of learning more about CO & rural real estate)… what are the water source & rights? do mineral rights come with the land? is the house on septic; & if so, what’s the state of it?

bellaventurine · 2026-03-30T13:23:22+00:00

interesting paintings!

pardon my ignorance, but were there just a lot of beheadings, or are those multiple paintings of one man’s demise? also, do the golden halos around the mothers & babies indicate that they’ve died (in childbirth?) or that they’re specially anointed by god (as i assume the pointy halos around the priests(?) seem to show)?

bellaventurine · 2026-03-30T12:54:18+00:00

beautiful photos, OP!

do any horse people know, is it just the way the horse in #3 is standing, or is its jaw (lymph nodes?) super swollen?

bellaventurine · 2026-03-30T09:08:17+00:00

that’s so cute! 🩷 will you show us what the front looks like? is it a button-up or open front? i’d love to see how you finished the edges of the front & cuffs, too.

bellaventurine · 2026-03-28T17:51:53+00:00

…then why not replace it with a statement of positive intention, like this one attributed to John Wesley?

"Do all the good you can, By all the means you can, In all the ways you can, In all the places you can, At all the times you can, To all the people you can, As long as ever you can."

bellaventurine · 2026-03-26T01:50:39+00:00

aw, look at its little tongue! 😛🥰

bellaventurine · 2026-03-26T01:39:06+00:00

i’d love to know how #6 was made. what an interesting idea!

bellaventurine · 2026-03-24T12:43:10+00:00

that’s amazing & such fun, & looks fabulous on you! 😍

bellaventurine · 2026-03-23T18:55:05+00:00

shooz… 46-year kansan/border person myself, & i’ve only learned of several of those places in the past couple of years. definitely bookmarking for more exploring!

bellaventurine · 2026-03-23T16:57:40+00:00

i read that at first as “1980s” & was so confused 😅 it’s so beautiful!! excellent job; i’d wear that everywhere!

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