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There is gonna be an uptick in my original art posts on this Tumblr, since some people have lost access to ig and twitter. I hope thatās cool with you, itās not all good omens art š¤ I donāt have side blogs, this is my main. Who knows, maybe some of you will like it? <one nervous tear trails down my face>
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https://www.ctvnews.ca/toronto/article/lyme-disease-on-the-rise-in-canada-but-still-likely-underdiagnosed-heres-how-to-protect-yourself-from-ticks-this-summer/
Tick sightings and cases of Lyme disease are increasing in Canada, but likely still being underdiagnosed, according to one infectious diseas
Important add-on (I haven't read this article yet to see if it's in there but it's not in the headline and it's important), it's not just Lyme to be aware of, anaplasmosis is also on the rise from tick bites, and is much more serious than Lyme. It can be fatal. Please please read up on how to protect yourself from ticks if you are an outdoorsy person in southern Ontario
Y'all, the worst thing about writing fic is when you have like seven chapters written and love them but the *next* chapter, the one that bridges what's happened and what's coming is so boring (to write). It's unavoidably necessary and such a slog to get through it. I have TWO fics like this. If I can fight through these annoying building chaps, the rest of the chaps can all get finished and posted!! But these ones are killing me
I had someone recently tell me that when posting fics you have to weigh up if you want to have your ao3 works open to non members for more engagement and have ai scrape your work or limit engagement by locking fics and like??? Why is it even a discussion? Literally anything is better than having your work scraped by ai??? I'd rather have one person read my fic than 10 people and ai scraping it
Remember this.
Sneaking out to write some love letters
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There is a man in my neighbourhood. He doesnāt live here, he owns a building that his wife runs a business in. He lives in a more affluent city outside this one. This man fights *daily* against the community fridge, saying that it draws homeless people to the area. For context, I live in this neighbourhood, and work at a business two doors down from his wife's. This area has homeless people *regardless*. They were here before the fridge, and they'll be here after. Food-based businesses in the area love the fridge, it helps us not have waste and lets us help people in our community - win/win.
The city is currently building affordable housing down the street. These units are for people who have been homeless, and are putting their lives back together. They aren't *just* off the street - say that's level one of rebuilding. These units are for people around level four. They have found jobs, they are working to have normal lives again. This man is fighting against this with every breath in his body, lobbying the councillors, reps, endlessly screaming at the BIA (Business Improvement Association) meetings, canvassing other businesses on the street - he won't stop yelling about how this is just going to be a crack den. It isn't. It's supported housing that works with the city and programs. Everyone else knows this. But this cis white man, every time no one agrees with him, screams louder. He doesnāt want homeless people to be visible, and he does NOT want them to be helped to get homes.
The people who are gonna move into the building thus far are lucky that the majority of us in the neighbourhood are not like this man. But it's just luck. There are lots of neighbourhoods full of people like this man.
Once in a BIA meeting someone asked him if he'd be happier if the community fridge was moved two blocks down. He said emphatically yes.
Way to admit you just don't want to look at people you deem less than you. Oh and this guy also keeps arguing that the landlords in the neighborhood should have more say in decisions, that their opinions should outweigh mere residents'.
Y'all, I effing hate this guy. I want *him* to leave. Ugh.
Saw this on FB and tried to find the original, which I haven't, but the point is so solid.
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[Image description: a tumblr post by arcano which says "every so often im struck by the memory of one of my college professors getting very angry with our class (art history of pompeii 250) because when she excitedly detailed the ingenious roman invention of heated floors in bathhouses via hearths in small crawlspaces, we asked who was tending the fires. she said "oh, slaves i suppose. but that isnt the point". and we said that it actually very much was the point. she had just told us that in roman society there were dozens of people, maybe hundreds, who spent every day of their enslaved lives crawling in cramped, hot, smoky tunnels to light fires to warm pools of water (which they were not allowed to swim in). how could that not be the point?
she wanted us to focus on the art, on the innovation of heated plumbing, on the tiles and decorations of the bathhouses, and all we wanted to do was learn more about the people under the floors, and she didn't know anything more about that. in fact, she said she thought we were focusing too much on superfluous details.
it feels almost hokey to put too fine a point on the idea im getting at here but i will anyway: There are a lot of people who are still under the floors, all these beautiful, convenient, brilliant innovations of modern society (think fast fashion, chatgpt, uber, doordash) are still powered by people working in inhumane, untenable conditions.
the people who run these systems want you to focus on the good who doesnt love warm water? - but if anything is going to improve or change in our lifetimes, you need to examine these things with an attentive, critical, and empathetic eye. and for [red censorship bar] sake stop ordering from amazon".]
I know it's a hot topic but would you ever think about using AI to finish a fic you're finding hard to write?
Honestly? I'd rather put out an open campfire with my clit than use AI for anything creative.
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feeling guilty over not working on your fic is so silly if you think about like why are you stressing over the hobby you do in your free time for fun lol wip not whip
I like to reframe this for myself if this advice doesn't immediately work to make me feel better (It is good advice, this is my hobby not my jobby).
But here's my second line of mental defence: I'm not NOT working on it. I'm letting it rest, like dough. It must rise in my subconscious. It's still there, doing its thing. I'm just not prodding it with my hot fingers. Let it rest. Let it rise. Its time will come.
Why do you defend stuff you find āickyā?
because I don't have to like it, I don't have to consume or even see it, to understand that censorship of anything at all is bad and harmful.
respectfully, if you think I like "every single thing", you are wrong. there are dozens of things in fiction and fanfic tropes that I dislike, hate or find disgusting. but no matter how much I hate them, I will always defend their rights to exist without being censored, and I will always condemn harassing real people over fiction.
if one thing can be censored, everything else, that isn't of conservative value, can and will be censored too.
The Chinese shoe manufacturer decided to demonstrate the indestructibility of their shoes
And also the indestructibility of that woman's ankles
Being a fan of a morally grey character is frustrating because people will try to reduce them to either being an innocent little angel or a completely heartless monster and both of these interpretations just take away what makes the character interesting
if you write fic using AIā¦ Iām sorry that you have such a fucked up relationship with validation. Fan community is for fun. Itās stretching our brains and playing together and egging each other on. If you are passing off soulless garbage written by the plagiarism machine as your ownā¦ you have no place here.
People have already been convinced food and shelter shouldn't be rights and now you're being convinced water shouldn't. Like what are we even doing
