Half a Robot

Well my pancreas is mechanical... My other blog is http://theclarkedev.tumblr.com

[goldensunset]

has anybody else noticed that the classic sci fi novel Don’t Create The Torment Nexus features a Torment Nexus? that’s pretty problematic of the author

[pjharvey]

we have to start running a massive PSA campaign to young gay people so everyone understands there is a difference between being a dom and being a top and between being a sub and being a bottom. and also that sometimes you are neither a sub nor a bottom and you're just like shy. we need to be handing out flyers we need ads at every train station spreading the word

[drchucktingle]

and yet one of these does not appear on the guardians 100 best novels of all time list. INTERESTING

[letterful]

[stephenhemmer]

Mermay - Days 1-4 - dunkleosteus, jellyfish, leviathan, gurnard

Finally started doing some of Mermay, this is the first 4 days. I want to do whole spreads for each page this time, which means combining prompts.

I think all the fish are pretty identifiable. I made the leviathan an orca, but longer. And I thought a battle scene would be cool for it. Jellyfish is a mage, while the dunkleosteus and gurnard are tanking.

Listened to Cage The Elephant, Queens of the Stone Age, and The Growlers

[stephenhemmer]

Apriltecture - Day 30 - Industrial

Sorry for the delay again, blegh, but such is life. On the other hand, look! It’s the last piece for Apriltecture. My sister got me a scanner recently, so maybe I’ll try to scan all the pages. We shall see.

This is the American Can Lofts, an apartment complex in Northside Cincinnati (the Paris of America). Obviously built inside a defunct factory. The factory made the machines that make cans, but didn’t make cans itself. Closed in 1978, was occasionally rented out for small stuff and as a warehouse until 2005 when it was bought and then renovated and reopened in 2011 as an apartment complex (I find it rather simple).

Today’s music was pretty much the entire album RAZZMATAZZ by I DONT KNOW HOW BUT THEY FOUND ME. And then we capped it off with Bullet by Saint Motel.

[dykeselfcest]

I fear a lot of people learned to take good care of library books as children and instead of internalizing "leave shared community items as you found them as much as possible, because other people will use them too" they internalized "printing and binding a book imbues it with sacred energy and if you dog-ear a mass-market paperback you're desecrating the entire concept of written language"

[stephenhemmer]

Apriltecture - Day 29 - Retro

Man, could not get the angles to cooperate today, but Kest La Vye as the French say, probably.

This is the Waffle Hut from season 2 of Fargo the Tv Series. Every season of Fargo is actually based on my life, I’m the true story part of it actually. They take some embellishments, obviously. The real story doesn’t involve any actual murder, shockingly. But the rest is largely true. Especially the miracles and magic and aliens and ghosts.

Today’s music started with New Fang by Them Crooked Vultures and ended with You Girls by the archduke himself, Franz Ferdinand.

Yes, I love, I mean I’d love to get to know you.

[quasi-normalcy]

We Are the Daughters of the Microbes Who Could Survive in an Oxygen-rich Atmosphere

[stephenhemmer]

Apriltecture - Day 28 - Waterfront

More markers today. This ended up being larger than I originally intended and the right side stadium started to get cut off lol.

This is Cincinnati, the Paris of America. The bridge here was designed by the same dude who made the Brooklyn Bridge. If you get a close look you can see it extremely clearly.

Today’s music was largely a combination of Panic Shack (Tit School, Lazy, and Personal Best) and Lambrini Girls (Cuntology 101, No Homo, and Cult of Celebrity). Favorite lines are “I didn’t get straight As, I got Double Ds!” and “learning how to let go is cunty/ having cum on my shirt is cunty/ setting boundaries is cunty.”

I’m going to do what’s best for me, I’m cunty

[stephenhemmer]

Apriltecture - Day 27 - Fortification

Did a lot of markering today. Hope the dark green reads as water as well.

This is the Murud Janjira, a fort off the coast of western India, and was built in the 1500s to protect a community from pirates. I believe the original builders were Hindu, but that ownership passed hands a few times and was controlled by a Muslim kingdom as well. Not well versed in the history of India. But it’s a cool looking fort. I know the name is Arabic in origin.

While drawing I was listening to “Britain Still Has Conversion Therapists. Here’s Why.” By Philosophy Tube. Had to pause a few times to cry. Please just let queer people be fucking queer. Christ alive.

[notahorseindisguise]

[screenshotsofdespair]

[stephenhemmer]

Apriltecture - Day 26 - Candyland

Wasn’t super feeling this one so only drew so much.

This is the candy kingdom from Adventure Time. Honestly need to rewatch this show, it’s been forever, and I need to watch the new show too, with Fiona and Cake. I thought there was a connection between Adventure Time and Dana Terrace, but I couldn’t find it on a quick search. Wanted to mention Knights of Guinevere, a show she’s making that absolutely fucks.

Drew while listening to City Council of Darkness season of Dimension 20, only on Dropout.

Skip the lip.

[stephenhemmer]

Apriltecture - Day 25 - Library

Wanted to do a speed draw today. Past couple days I’ve let stuff get out of my grasp, so trying to catch up on other stuff, so today was a quicker piece.

This is the library at Trinity College Dublin. This library holds the Book of Kells, which is an incredibly beautiful illuminated manuscript of the gospels. The college itself was built to strengthen the British colonization of Ireland, but I think its colonial history is more of a historical note these days. Also Oscar Wilde went there. So that’s cool and gay.

Since I was drawing a library from a religious college I started with “Here’s Your Future” by The Thermals. The song is part of a concept album where the US is overtaken by Christo-fascists. Thank the lord on high that that’s not relevant these days.

One day it’s gonna happen and I’m going to get sooooo drunk. You know, it.

[andmaybegayer]

> looking at a new popular collectible

> ask the people if it's objects or gambling

> they don't understand

> pull out illustrated diagram explaining what is objects and what is gambling

> they laugh and say "it's a good collectible sir"

> look up how to buy a collectible

> its gambling

[andmaybegayer]

> #wait are labubu's blind bags?!

Labubus are blind bags but they're also blind bags with some of the most insane dark patterns stacked on top. The online store for them has a thing where they tell you what you got the second you order it online so that you can immediately try again if you didn't get the thing you wanted.

There's also a shake feature that is designed to encourage you to buy more than one by narrowing down the possibility space on a crate of options so that if you're hunting a specific model you can verify that it's guaranteed to be in one of these three IF you buy all three right now!!!!!

[girlishgamine]

You can read more about what dark patterns are and how to spot them here.

Deceptive Patterns (aka Dark Patterns) - spreading awareness since 2010

The original website about deceptive patterns (also known as “dark patterns”) - tricks used in websites and apps that make you do things tha

[ralfmaximus]

That is a fucking awesome site everyone should visit. Don't skip the Hall of Shame.

[dailymanners]

I just thought of this post, which was actually how I learned what Dark Patterns are, because I tried to cancel my Adobe Acrobat subscription, and it took much longer than I anticipated because several times throughout the process it felt like it was intentionally trying to trick me into thinking I'd cancelled my subscription when I actually hadn't yet.

Please read up on Dark Patterns and learn how to recognize them.

[blackpyrefly]

astronomy: so basically the consensus is generally that pluto isn't a planet but rather a dwarf planet, which is a classification that fits better with its unique characteristics and reflects our current understanding of how stuff works

what people hear for some reason: pluto has been suddenly kicked out of the planets club by the other planets, who were its best friends up until they randomly decided they didn't love it anymore and they kicked it out of the house and put it in a wet cardboard box on the side of the road and it's starting to rain but they don't care at all because they hate poor pluto now and they want it to die of exposure. which it will