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longnose gar

#rb #stunning stitches #longnose gar #embroidery

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So usually when an imaginary friend is a real thing in a story, it’s either a demon or a ghost or some supernatural boogeyman that probably wants to eat the kid they’ve befriended (Mama, a couple of the Paranormal Activity movies), or “imaginary friends” are just treated as a real thing in the setting, and if a child just thinks hard enough they can manifest a friend into existence (Foster’s Home for Imaginary Friends, Happy).

And somewhere in the middle is an area where the imaginary friend in question is real and they are supernatural, but they aren’t malevolent, and they aren’t entirely honest about what they are. Like maybe they’re a fairy or a god or some kind of boggle from mythology, but they just got caught by a six year old and they don’t have time to get into it, so they just go “…Yes. I’m your imaginary friend. We haven’t met. How do you do.” And then they stick around because they do love this kid, and if you’re a boggle from mythology in the modern day good food is really hard to come by.

And at some level. That’s what I think Hobbes is.

#rb #I love this #calvin and hobbes #headcanon accepted

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A young woman playing a harp to a large crowd, Rock of Cashel, Ireland‎, ca. 1910 - photographer unknown

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oooh, this!

Every time I think about the care that went into the foreshadowing in Fox's Tongue and Kirin's Bone + The Skin Stealer's Son I'm smacked in the face by one of the first scenes, where Mabel replies to John something like, 'what're travel papers?' By the time I've read most of the Skin Stealer's Son my perception of that scene has radically changed.

I can't go back to the innocence I had before, but I like getting excited about the foreshadowing I can find on my next re-read. Especially becoming more aware of the connections between characters and events.

something about foreshadowing being more prominent the second time around reading a story but in a way that the meaning is changed forever and you can never view a story the same as you once did before. do you know what i mean.

#fox's tongue and kirin's bone #the skin stealer's son #but in the best way possible #rb #foreshadowing #they are my all time favourite books

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#rb #truly Cheetahs are my favourite animal

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- A Psalm for the Wild-Built, Becky Chambers // kagonekoshiro

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People keep asking about this from time to time, so here is this little tutorial. I explained the best I could :,) Keep in mind this is just one way of doing it, and maybe you can change some of the steps to find one that works better for you. Hope it’s useful to someone out there!

#oh! thank you!! this is so useful #rb #photoshop #photoshop tutorial #tutorial #can't wait to try this #always wanted to colour my sketchbook lines but wasn't sure how to #I normally just have my sketchbook lineart layer on multiply and colour underneath on a different layer

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The US Copyright Office is opening a public comment period around AI

American friends! The US Copyright Office (which we know exerts huuuge influence in how these things are treated elsewhere) wants to hear opinions on copyright and AI.

"The US Copyright Office is opening a public comment period around AI and copyright issues beginning August 30th as the agency figures out how to approach the subject."

We can assume that the opposing side will definitely be using all of their lobbying power towards widespread AI use, so this is a very good chance to let them know your thoughts on AI and how art and creative content of all kinds should be protected.

#rb #copyright office #AI #copyright #signal boost #this is really important

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PSA: If anyone is considering paying for Tumblr ad free to escape the ads...

The ads are excluded. From exclusion by ad free. As an opportunity graciously permitted to us, apparently.

Actual reply from Tumblr support:

Thanks for sharing your thoughts about our Netflix One Piece partnership.

You may notice a temporary dashboard tab featuring content about the show, and some sponsored posts throughout your feed for a limited time.

Tumblr Ad-Free Browsing excludes a few featured post formats on the platform. You’ll still have access to sponsored posts made by users as well as special features such as editorials and/or Tumblr takeovers.

Hey @staff got anything to add? Oh, sorry, to ad?

So yeah here's the place to complain loudly and often, I used multiple drop downs to test (and because I am filled with spite) and, unsurprisingly, the only one I got a reply on was using the category "Paid Options".

So everyone, feel free to go to Tumblr support, select Paid Options as your category, and complain in your preferred degree of politeness about how you...

CHOOSE YOUR FIGHTER!

Are going to cancel your subscription if they keep advertising on ad free

Were considering ad free but became aware that it's not actually ad free, so bad Tumblr, no cookie money

#rb #I did not know this #thanks for the insight! #time to scuttle over to the support form #tumblr ads #One Piece #LiveAction Buggy is staring into my soul and I absolutely hate it #I haven't tried it yet but apparently Ublock works to delete the clown

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Superb Fruit Dove (Ptilinopus superbus), female, family Columbidae, from Australia, New Guinea, Solomon Islands, and Indonesia

photograph by Tobias Spaltenberger 

#rb #superb fruit dove

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#rb #deer “you saw NOTHING” #elegant until not

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Star quilt. 1880. American. Lydia Pearl Finnell. National Museum of American History.

#rb #textiles #star quilt #I love the intricate details in this #the colours!!

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A spectacular sight 1225m (4019 ft) beneath the waves off Baja California as EVNautilus encounter the amazing Halitrephes maasi jelly.

#that's stunning #rb #jellyfish

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Did you guys know that the most recent version of sharks have fins that are kinda leg like and they like to walk up onto land?

#rb #welcome home #Epaulette Shark #kinda want to draw them #sharks

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#rb #oh so many ladders #and the sounds! #cascading wind chime looney tunes cartoon #a car and its forcefield

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oh my god Song of the Anti-Sisyphus by Chen Chen just split my head open like a melon and now is eating out of my brain i can't believe he wrote this

#rb #poetry #chen chen #Song of the Anti-Sisyphus

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We've temporarily disabled the ability to request a new account invitation as a preventative measure due to a spam attack. If you already have an invitation, you can still use it! However, anyone currently in the queue will not receive an invitation until we turn it back on.

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July 11, 2023 - 23:50 UTC

#rb #ao3 #ddos attack #ao3 update