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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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Pope Leo XIV has become the first pope in history to vote in a US general election

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“For linguists, the discovery sheds light on how Louisiana Creole emerged from its roots in chattel slavery, blending French, West African and Native American languages. The clips offer historians an unusually direct glimpse into the lives of the language’s long dead speakers”

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