This is a thing! And here it is, a thing!

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[userfish]

this pride month we’re all going to be radically pro transgender. or else.

[userfish]

hey so this means radically pro ALL transgender. don’t put limitations on this. all trans people are radically accepted here.

[mamaito]

Confrontation

[australet789]

Ladynoir babies aren’t real, they cant hurt you

Ladynoir babies:

[nattousan]

ok so, I approached my local library with a proposal to donate a mural as a way to A: build portfolio/gain practical experience and B: give back to a beloved public institution. The director was very enthusiastic about it and i've been working on it since the beginning of March. Come with me as I endeavor to paint what is in all honesty an excessive amount of birds

I wanted the birds to look like they were actually in the space so first thing after doing the draft was to do a lighting study

after that I covered the walls in letters in lieu of a projector/vr headset bc i have neither of those :) Then i take a picture of the section of wall and superimpose the lineart over top of it so I can pencil in the lines

et voila

and that was a whole week on it's own so next comes the paintin' >:)

[nattousan]

and now, the birds

Birds 1 and 2/14: Red Winged Blackbird, Male and female, Agelaius phoeniceus

[nattousan]

Bird 3/14, American Robin, Turdus migratorius

[nattousan]

hoo boy, ok *out of breath*

GIVE IT UP FOR BIRD NUMBUH 5, THE CANADIAN GOOSE, Branta canadensis!!!!

this guy took me about 4 days to completely finish, all of those freakingk coverts were a bear to render

[nattousan]

speaking of obnoxious coverts:

bird 5/14, Bluejay, Cyanocitta cristata

the friggin stripes almost got me chat, i may not make it

[nattousan]

Madam....

[spin-the-wheel-polls]

you can only do this career for the rest of your life

https://wheelofnames.com/dng-wgq

How are things going?

Great! A job I actually enjoy!

okay. I can put up with this

bad but not terrible

terrible

I don't work/results

Voting ended onApr 13

(this wheel is set in a magical world where all jobs pay enough to support yourself so this is purely about the work you do and not the money)

[rbeeseart]

Lesser and Greater Prairie-chickens

The first two birds in my Tipping Point series are the Lesser and Greater Prairie-Chickens.

First up is a Lesser Prairie-Chicken! There are only about 30,000 of these birds left and unfortunately they just lost their federal protections as of the end of February. This species is vulnerable and experiencing steep population declines.

Next up is the Greater Prairie-Chicken. There are an estimated 360,000 or so of these birds left. Their range used to cover most of the Midwest, but is now limited to a few much smaller areas in only 9 states. Greater Prairie-chickens are near threatened and also experiencing steep decline.

[failchild]

[swampgallows]

[anna-scribbles]

thank you psychomedian

[etriva]

squints in ace attorney

[quinn-fucks-shit-up]

Welcome back Franziska Von Karma

[sabertoothwalrus]

now if he wants to ask him out there's paperwork and courting rituals and stuff

[ragsy]

"Adopt don't shop" and "that's a 10 year commitment" style PSAs except instead of being aimed at would-be irresponsible pet owners it's for people who want to start yet another long-term ttrpg campaign

[ragsy]

now I'm thinking about a petfinder type service where would-be GMs browse through lists of abandoned or surrendered campaigns with hopes of finding a loving but skittish party of adventurers and their bbeg to adopt

"Where did you come up with this convoluted plot?"

"It's a rescue 🥰"

[buggachat]

im sorry? i dont know. im sorry

bonus:

[samimarkart]

Some ducks I’ve been seeing recently!

[brooklynbridgebirds]

Lesser Scaup Brooklyn Bridge Park, Pier 1

[omontanhista12]

[snailkites]

2007 eBird gem

[taggthewanderer]

I hate how it seems like the r-slur's coming back, I hate that autism acceptance. as flawed as it often was as to who was getting accepted, seems to be backsliding back into, "You should be as neurotypical as possible, and if you don't want that you don't want to be better."

Shit, ace discourse seems to be coming back, and this time without another porn ban to slow it down.