The Color of Music

"Welcome to my home. My name is Carolina Ebony Rosalinda Pitchiner. Some call me Muse or Euterpe, while friends call me Ebony. I am the mother of Seraphina Pitchiner, and the late wife of General Kozmotis Pitchiner. Now, with that out of the way, what can...

[unprettyextra]

Game Devs Start Worker Hardship Fund For Laid Off Colleagues

Proceeds from a 100+ game bundle will go toward the fund.

[unpretty]

here’s the bundle, it’s $10 and there’s some good ones in there

[ksclaw]

"Death of a General"

I haven't drawn properly in ages and got in the mood for something angsty. So here's one of my favourite subjects, with Pitch being born from the prison being opened.

[sisterdragonwithfeathers]

this is your random reminder to CHECK IF YOU'RE STILL HAVING FUN

are you enjoying scrolling tumblr? watching youtube? reading that book? playing that game? drawing that art? doing that activity? if not,

YOU CAN STOP AND DO SOMETHING ELSE

you don't have to stick to something that you are doing for fun if it isn't fun for you anymore. You can come back! If you've loved it before you are likely to love it again! but you can stop!

Don't get stuck in a loop of doing something that you think should be fun when it isn't! You can put it down for a bit! Maybe that's the very thing that will make it fun again later!

[paladin-panoply-of-pax]

“Use your gifts and your talents to greatest possible effect while you can. Spread joy wherever possible. Laugh at jokes. Tell jokes. Make puns and bugger the embuggerances. Read books. Read my books. You might like them. You might find something else you like even more than them. Look for these things in life.

Question authority. Champion good causes. Speak out against injustice. Do not tolerate bullies or bigots or racists or anti-intellectuals or the narrow-minded. Use your education to challenge them. Broaden their perspectives. Make the world you interface with a happier place.

These are your choices. Choices you have been fortunate to have been given, so don’t waste them while you have them. Don’t look back in years to come and wish you had grasped a fleeting opportunity. Grasp it now with both hands, Live. Strive. Love.”

from A Little Advice for Life taken from ‘Terry Pratchett: from birth to death, a writer.’

—Sir Terry Pratchett; April 28, 1948 – March 12, 2015

One of the greatest compliments I've ever received is that I resemble Sam Vimes.

Mind how you go.

[greenvillegreengirl]

Happy birthday to Sir Terry. Mind how you go.

[askladypitchiner]

//can't decide which would be easier. Continuing here or trying again with the other blog?

[coolancientstuff]

Cats in ancient Greek vase paintings

[underthewingsofthblackeagle]

Happy Caturday, ancient Greek cats :)

[thelocalmuffin]

Hey everyone, I know it's going to be a busy day for a lot of people, but Google enrolled everyone over 18 into their AI program automatically.

If you have a google account, first go to gemini.google.com/extensions and turn everything off.

Then you need to go to myactivity.google.com/product/gemini and turn off all Gemini activity tracking. You do have to do them in that order to make sure it works.

Honestly, I'm not sure how long this will last, but this should keep Gemini off your projects for a bit.

I saw this over on bluesky and figured it would be good to spread on here. It only takes a few minutes to do.

[yeahwrite]

Writers: It's asking to read your Google Docs and be able to 'summarize' things from them and such things. I just turned all mine off.

[coolancientstuff]

Cats in ancient Greek vase paintings

[underthewingsofthblackeagle]

Happy Caturday, ancient Greek cats :)

[miggylol]

You've been cast into a fictional setting, and you don't get to pick your genre. This wheel picks it for you.

But you DO get to pick your role.

Hero/Protagonist

Loyal Sidekick

Romantic Interest

Comic Relief

Mentor

Villain/Antagonist

Mysterious Holder of Plot-Relevant Knowledge

Voting ended onJan 17, 2025

[cinematv]

Elsa Lanchester as Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley THE BRIDE OF FRANKENSTEIN (1935) - dir. James Whale

[legendary-scholar-deactivated20]

The Roman Pool at Hearst Castle, San Simeon, California.

[debelice]

Autumnal

[ralfmaximus]

“An old god comes.”

“What? No. That’s just a cold front. It’s Autumn.”

“Yes, one of the oldest gods of all.”

[phantomrose96]

You know, an interesting tumblr transformation that's happened gradually, and which I've seen no one talk about: ask-culture has essentially dropped off to nothing.

By which I mean, asks used to be WAY more of the tumblr economy. They used to be more common to send, and receive, and see. They were integral to the collaborative, forum-like behavior of old tumblr communities, not even to speak on the HUGE number of ask-blogs that used to exist to only be interacted with in ask-form.

I'm not saying this in a vying-for-attention way but instead in an observational way: I used to get way way more asks in like 2015, even with a fraction of my follower count. I wonder if it's due to the homogenization of social media sites? There's a lot more of this divide between "content creator" and "consumer" instead of just a bunch of peer blogs who would talk to each other. "Asks" aren't really a thing on twitter, are they? And as I understand it, the closest thing to an "ask" on instagram or tiktok would be a creator screenshotting some comment and responding to it in a new reel or video or whatever those content mediums are. Are asks just too tumblr-specific? Is that aspect of the site culture dying out as more and more people converge to using all their social media sites in the same way?

[marypsue]

#yeah i've noticed the same :( #i think part of it might be the introduction of the private messaging system #so it's not as necessary for people within a smaller social group to communicate via asks #but personally i love asks! #love to ramble about stuff esp at another person's prompting (via @fatalism-and-villainy)

[t-a-r-0-t]

Hey, stop scrolling.

Everyone who is reading this: I’m so glad you’re alive. I’m so proud of you. You are loved. I’m here. Don’t give up, we’re almost there.

Pass it on.

[dynasoar5]

BIG PSA: if you're an artist, I wouldn't recommend using @inprnt . If you already have, archive all your work until this is resolved. They aren't giving satisfactory responses (if any) or being clear why many of us aren’t receiving payments until MONTHS after their ETA for balance withdrawals, and only respond after numerous emails, if they ever do.

If you sell a print on @inprnt as of summer 2023, you'll have to wait 30 days until the money appears in your site balance, and then potentially up to 4 MONTHS for your withdrawal request to appear in your paypal account. As a reminder, the site's service terms still say withdrawal requests "should take" 3-10 business days.

If you're a supporter of artists, I'd recommend not buying prints from @inprnt. They need to explain what is going on

this all being said, I am no longer offering prints on @inprnt until they come clean or this issue is taken care of.

[eisly-deactivated20251004]

Disappointed MAJORLY by @inprnt. Sorry to the people I suggested it to a year or so ago.

[70sscifiart]

Darrel K Sweet.

Check out my art book for more sailing ships in space.

[askladypitchiner]

Honoring Bryan Rogers: Memorial Service Fund, organized by Tiffany Souquet-Bressand

This fundraiser is to help and support Heather and Oliver Willi… Tiffany Souquet-Bressand needs your support for Honoring Bryan Rogers: Mem

I know I haven't been very active here for a long time, but a good friend of mine needs financial help. So if you're able to donate or just spread the word, please do so