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i learned about Tim Wong who successfully and singlehandedly repopulated the rare California Pipevine Swallowtail butterfly in San Francisco. In the past few years, he’s cultivated more than 200 pipevine plants (their only food source) and gives thousands of caterpillars to his local Botanical Garden (x)

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Brevity is the soul of wit & this was so damn creative

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ok so i was @dreamyintersexpuppy and @eternalintersexpuppy but got nuked AGAIN so reblog to help me nnot lost my mind or income

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History of Step

What is Stepping?

What is Step?

Stepping or step dancing is “a percussive dance in which the participant’s body is used to produce complex rhythms and sounds through a mixture of footsteps, spoken word, and hand-claps,” writes the African American Registry.

Step has its origins in Africa, as dancing has been a large part of traditional African culture for centuries.

Calling Step a "bizarre silent dance without music" has to be one of the wilder antiblack racist descriptions I've ever heard of stepping lmao. Anyway if you see the video, it's step!!! They're stepping!! It's a Black American form of dance!!

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People are getting really really fascist about peaceful protesters and it’s getting scary lol

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Breathe in Love - Don't Smoke Cigarettes by Peter Max, 1970s.

American cancer society

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Now that I've got your attention...

Howdy, Tumblr! I'm a queer disabled writer with Some Stupid Problems! Namely: the government decided that, because I made A Small Amount from my writing for two months in 2023, they need to cut my benefits by A Large Amount for an undisclosed amount of time!!

So yeah, I'm suphering from a tiny amount of suksess. Obviously, I'm trying to get off benefits. I have been for years. But to do that, I need your help!

Please buy my books. If you've bought them, please leave a review at your favourite digital storefront. If you've bought them and reviewed them, please tell your friends- word of mouth is the only way tiny queer indie artists can survive these days.

Thank you so much, and I hope you guys have a wonderful day!

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The resurrection of the Teacup Demon pup pattern is complete! I remember how to make them after a day of messing around. Now you can customize your own little tiny hellion.

For now, I'm just offering pups, but I will probably move on to the full-size demons and the full-size but munchkin-legged ones too :)

All the details are available in the listing, let me know if you have any questions!

Design your own little hellpuppy!

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it's funny, I was talking to someone last night who didn't really know what an illustrator was. so when I introduced myself as one, he gave a speech that would've probably gone over well with a gallery artist, but which was precision-tailored to make any illustrator within a 50 mile radius go into eyes-glowing-red kill mode.

his speech was about how there is a difference between craft and art, and how people can practice craft (as in, skillfully execute a painting) without it having any artistic merit.

so I'm someone who gets paid to paint waffles for restaurant menus and dinosaurs for museums exhibits, and AHHHHHH! AHHHHHHH! you can't make art without it being something something you've made. does that make sense? like every illustrator I know has an individual way of approaching any given imagery that is informed by a lifetime of inspiration, and of passive intake of culture, and of the specific mistakes they make because of whatever their particular mass of grey matter deems as important thing to render or unimportant, just fuck it up.

I can make something that is informed by both a century of Canadian print-making and by my own particular neurosis, and it can also be commissioned commercial imagery that I regurgitate without care because I want to pay my mortgage. everything is art, nothing isn't art, art is something sticky and impossible to shake off of you.

anyway he got very wide-eyed and said "I'm sorry if I offended you," so today I feel a bit bad for having gotten so, uh.... excited.

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Can confirm. Is a workout even at the basic level.

You CAN do pullups, my friend!

Don't feel embarrassed if you can't do pullups yet.

You can build up with easier variations!

After you hit the goals, you can move on to harder progressions.

1.) Wall Pullups - 3 Sets of 50 2.) Horizontal Pullups (Chest Height) - 3 Sets of 30 3.) Horizontal Pullups (Hip Height) - 3 Sets of 25 4.) Jackknife Pullups - 3 Sets of 20 5.) Full Pullups

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best thing tumblr ever did for me is the term "rotating it in my mind". it's really true that sometimes you think about something real hard but you can't tell what the thoughts are exactly. it's revolutionary stuff, i might even say

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I got more black cat mugs! :3 Restocking tomorrow (Friday at 5 pm ET) along with a brand new cup design I'll show tomorrow!

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The reprise of the three demons that started it all are complete and looking for homes! ✨🎉

Bidding is now open through Sunday 4/28 at 5 pm pst!

💜I’m a little late posting their finals so shares are really appreciated.

Albino:

https://forms.gle/NE1DbgKbZe294rCJ8

Burgundy:

https://forms.gle/FRVfExMZ4gASNfdp8

Charcoal:

https://forms.gle/LfYZK8rFFGiME5NBA

If these links don’t work, there will a one in our bio!

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What if everything you ever wanted...

WAS TO PUNCH DEMONS IN THE FACE!? FOREVER!

THEN YOU NEED EXORCISM WRAPS!!!

PUT THESE SWEET-ASS HANDWRAPS ON YOUR FISTS AND YOU WILL DECIMATE THE SUPERNATURAL WITH YOUR HANDS ALONE. YOU WILL LOOK GLAMOROUS. LIKE A STYLISH LADY WHILE YOU BACKHAND SOMEONE IN THE THROAT SO HARD THEIR SOUL EXITS THROUGH THEIR SPHINCTER! YOUR HANDS ARE BEDAZZLED! BEDAZZLED WITH THESTRENGTH OF 1,000 KODIAK BEARS IF KODIAK BEARS GAVE ZERO F***S ABOUT GRAVITY AND EVOLVED TO DO SWEET PUNCHES!

YOU WILL PAT YOUR CHILD ON THE BACK WHILE GIVING THEM SOUND ADVICE AND THAT CHILD WILL F***ING EXPLODE BECAUSE YOUR HANDS ARE INSTANT DEATH! YOUR CHILD WILL DIE! YOUR SPOUSE WILL DIVORCE YOU! YOU WILL DIE ALONE ATOP THE MOUNTAIN OF CORPSES YOU'VE LEFT IN YOUR WAKE AS YOUR LIFE DISSOLVES INTO A NIGHTMARISH HELLSCAPE OF VIOLENCE AND DEPRAVITY!

YOU WILL RUIN YOUR LIFE LIKE I HAVE BECAUSE YOU ARE ADDICTED TO THE SWEET, SWEET SOUND OF INSTANT FISTY DEATH! YOU WILL CATCH SO MUCH HELL FROM INDISCRIMINATELY PUNCHING THE GHOSTS, DEMONS, FASCISTS, AND OTHER WEENIE SUPERNATUAL ENTITIES THE F*** OUT! EVERY PAINFUL DEATH WILL BE VALIDATED AS YOUR FIST COLLIDES WITH AN MRA'S BRAIN-BOX SO HARD THAT HE'S RENDERED BRAIN-DAMAGED AND HIS FAMILY FIGHTS WITH THE STATE OF TEXAS TO TAKE HIM OFF OF LIFE-SUPPORT! HE WILL LIVE OFF OF TUBES! BECAUSE OF TEXAAAAAAS!

EXORCISM WRAAAAAAAAAPS! http://www.tormentedartifacts.com/exorcismwraps.html