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It's about time I actually made a pinned post, sooo

Hi, I'm Bonuscat! I mainly reblog stuff, but I also make art and fan fiction. I post fan fiction on AO3 and FanFiction.net. I post art on Cara and formerly on DeviantArt. I do not consent for my work to be involved with NFTs and/or generative AI.

Here's my Tumblr's art tag and writing tag. Other links are in my tag directory (I'm not sure if it shows up on the app?)

I have noticed several bots slip past Tumblr vetters for Palestine fundraisers. So, unfortunately, I no longer share any of them. I do not trust @ gazavetters' process because of multiple errors in their spreadsheet (e.g., 120 has been in question since late September, yet it was mislabeled as "OK" until December). Gazavetters also originally used AI "art" in their pinned post.

Here are some established mutual aid projects/charities:

Palestine Red Crescent Society: the International Red Cross and Red Crescent Movement in the State of Palestine

Palestine Children's Relief Fund: a registered 501 non-governmental organization (established 1991); Charity Navigator page

United Nations Relief Works Agency: mandated by the UN General Assembly to serve Palestine refugees

World Central Kitchen: global food relief; this page is about Gaza and the West Bank specifically

Médecins Sans Frontières: (Doctors Without Borders) have pages about their work in Palestine and Sudan

Medical Aid for Palestinians: a British charity registered with Fundraising Regulator

Gaza Soup Kitchen: a non-profit grassroots organization that began in early 2024

These charities for Gaza and Sudan

#bonus chats #pinned post #text post

trinketfairy

I think more people need to remember and keep in mind that behind every single mass-produced plush that exists on this planet is a factory worker who has had to operate machinery in order to make these products. There is not a single factory out there that can make plushies entirely by machine, which is why it is so important to hold toy companies accountable for their workspace conditions.

No plush is worthy of existing if it is made from slave labour.

trinketfairy

This goes for companies like Makeship and Youtooz, as well as Kickstarter projects too. I've supported some of these in the past, but I'm becoming wary of them over time because I don't know where many of these plushies are being produced.

Don't be afraid to ask questions. Where are they being made? Is the artist in contact with the factory making their products? What kind of conditions are the employees working under? Are they being paid fairly in comparison to the retail price of the product?

I don't think every indie Kickstarter project is inherently bad, but I do want artists to actually do their research and start being upfront and truthful about the conditions of the factories they're working with. Not all factories in the Global South/SEAsia are sweat shops—for example, Chinese factories have generally improved in their factory conditions and worker salary. But when you sign up for manufacturing anything, you have a responsibility to do your due-diligence and make sure you're not exploiting people.

#text post #barbe-queued

catsofyore

Francie says don't forget that we are running a fundraiser for our local animal shelter! Please consider giving if you can - every little bit helps. 💕 https://givebutter.com/mollys-birthday-for-shelter-kitties-yrubxt

#cats #mammals #animals #described

lychion

Concept art ena and moony

#other people's art #ena #undescribed

bugbeep

Brightheart and her annoying apprentice (he got too excited about warrior training)

koithedoi

Still really sad my girl didn’t get an actual apprentice that she could teach until they became a warrior.

#other people's art #warrior cats #undescribed

goatpaste

I hope you get better soon!!! G3 scootaloo is super cute, and I'd love to see her in your style

yay back at these today, with another member to the roller derby team!

#other people's art #mlp #undescribed #barbe-queued

lonelyy-clown

flash sentry thoughts dump (tm)

hi im a famous flash sentry enjoyer. i got random thoughts about flash sentry i dont know what to do with. so im tossing them here :v

my personal fav idea is Magnus being Flash's ancestor. and the name "Flash" as like a long running tradition throughout the family for many generations. it started after Magnus and the pillars sacrificed themselves to trap the pony of shadows, which made him leave behind his child, and they honoured him by including the word "flash" in their child's name, and then the tradition was created after that.

i have a whole episode premise where he and Flash had a neat adventure lol

the previous "flash" before him was his mother, her name could be like "flash valor" or something. and she was a respected doctor that worked for the castle. she and Flash were very close before she passed. they both shared a talent and passion for music.

his father is a either a researcher or literary scholar, i cant make up my mind. he's very nice, really proud of his son. he just thinks Flash would be happier doing something more with his musical talent and his voice than just an as the royal announcer.

hey did you also know i think aroace Flash Sentry is cool?

#mlp #text post #barbe-queued

entomologize-nonbug

500-pound stained glass crab sculpture by the late Jackie Leatherbury Douglass and her husband John Frederick Douglass, on display in Baltimore's airport

tchotchkeshelves

[ID: A large stained glass sculpture of a Chesapeake Blue Crab, done in panels of blue, red and green glass. End ID.]

#other people's art #traditional art #underwater critters #animals #described

nitewrighter

I really liked your ADHD post and I think increasing your tolerance for boredom is essential for people with ADHD (and frankly everyone in this day and age). I thought you did a great job breaking down a way to make a task give more dopamine without bringing in other distractions. Unfortunately the reblog I saw had someone’s addition where they acted like you personally told them to never listen to music or sit at a cafe to study and to work for 8 hours straight with no breaks or they’re a failure of a human. The lack of reading comprehension on this site :/. Anyway good thoughts.

Yeah no like... I work really hard to figure out strategies to try and make living with ADHD easier for myself, and I think like, regardless of whether or not we live in an ableist, capitalist society, we do have a responsibility to ourselves to make life easier for ourselves to best of our abilities. It's like those posts where people are like, "Hey, self-care likely isn't laying in bed all day--self-care might look like finally cleaning your shower, or even just taking a shower" that always end up with at least 3 replies that are like "How fucking dare you." People will choose bad faith interpretations because, well, let's admit it, responsibility is scary--and if you're actually able to change your situation for yourself for the better, then you might think it's easy to beat yourself up for how long you let yourself stay in the shit situation, so you have this paradoxical attitude of "Making things better for myself will make me feel worse" but it's like--you shouldn't let that potential for regret hold you back! Present you and future you are both worth fighting and changing for!

That also isn't to say that making our lives easier for ourselves on an individual basis is in any way a replacement for making the big systemic changes we need right now, of course we still need to upend violent and prejudiced capitalist/oligarchical systems--self care just falls into the network of care that we build up as an alternative to violent systems. I consider intentionally working to repair one's attention span and deepen one's capacity for focus and tolerance for boredom is both an act of self care, and an act of resistance against an attention economy that wants us too scattered and overwhelmed to do anything to help ourselves or our neighbors.

Anyway, thank you very much for this ask!

#health #text post

goatpaste

please, draw YOUR favorite g1 pony! doodle that comfort character! i hope you feel better

you send your compliments to the chef and the chef comin out happy as a clam and hummin happily

munch forever my sweetest beloved pony, truely up there with the personal greats

#other people's art #mlp #undescribed #barbe-queued

lpsratings

Poodles part 51: 3850

Weird blue clown poodle… weird blue clown poodle…

I don’t know I kind of adore this guy. Strangle little thing

7/10

#lps #undescribed

artsy-doodle

10. G3: G3 my beloved!!

When I was a tween, I used to be self conscious about still liking g3 due to how violently hated it was by bronies. I remember being under my blankets late at night (and specifically only at night) watching g3 specials on youtube on my ipod touch. They’d never make me hate you, g3. And I am no longer self conscious about it.

It’s March but I’m finally continuing that ponytober prompt list I was doing lol. As I said in my first post of this challenge, I didn’t plan on doing it as a daily challenge, so I’m just doing them when I can. Btw, I like this Wysteria design (based on the original image) way more than the one I drew for the Spike prompt. Also I’m realizing too late now that I should’ve put Royal Bouquet’s headband behind her ears smh.

Based on this ponytober list by @sylvsforest.