Kantha is a similar technique, but using a running stitch and larger scraps of material. Chindi is the leftover of the leftover. By making cloth in this way, the resources used to grow cotton, spin yarn, and weave fabric are not wasted. Left is kantha; right is chindi.

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Photo from the night Mamdani launched his campaign. He appears to be wearing a jacket made from chindi, which is an Indian fabric made by upcycling leftover materials. Here, small scraps of material from previous projects are backed by cotton muslin and sewn together using an embroidery stitch.

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she is a very bad leader. the only thing she does well is whip votes. on message and personal policy? total disaster.

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With all my heart I hope Talarico wins, but this kind of thing has to stop; it is one of the reasons so many Democratic voters hate the Democratic party. And it's not a Talarico problem; it's a Democratic consultant-class problem.

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It’s spooky season 🎃👻 But the scariest thing out there is not ghosts and goblins; it’s knowing we’re surrounded by people who think their vote doesn’t matter.

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