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[the-polyhedron]

How many people’s most beloved childhood stuffed animals are actually teddy bears, like I feel like that’s a thing someone made up. Reblog this and put what your longest owned and/or favorite stuffed animal as a child was in the tags, inquiring minds want to know

[iridescent-birds]

ok I wanna make a poll now

What was your most beloved plushie as a child?

Bear

Dog

(Domestic) cat

Big cat

Equine (horse/zebra/donkey)

Rabbit/bunny

Sheep/lamb

Sea creature

Other domesticated animal

Other wild animal

Fantasy creature

Not an animal

Voting ended onApr 15

(I know this isn't the most even way to represent animal groups but I tried to go off of what I saw mentioned most in the notes)

Reblogs for sample size appreciated!

[docholligay]

Possibly my spiciest take is that it's actually good to have people you respect and like that have some dogshit takes.

I think part of what is making young people lonelier, in discussing why they're increasingly isolated, is that they're so afraid of meeting someone who doesn't hold their same beliefs, and instead of being just core beliefs it is kinda ancillary shit.

It's actually okay to disagree even on social topics! Even on some political ones! But I mean, online you can start with "i love this mutual but they have a really bad/uninformed opinion about x media"

I know this is IMMEDIATELY going to be taken in bad faith, and yes babygirl, you are so right, I DO want you to go make best friends with both the KKK grand wizard AND your nearest nazi leader.

But seriously, as someone who has spent two decades doing community organization: finding ways to connect with different people is so so so important. There are people i follow here who ate 80% smart and their brain falls out of their head 20% of the time and that is GOOD FOR MY MENTAL ECOSYSTEM AND GOOD FOR LEARNING HOW TO BE A PERSON

LET'S ALL GO PISS ON THE POOR

[mikkeneko]

[kintatsujo]

hey guys it's time for me to shill for ComicFury again

ever think Man, I want to support artists but I can't afford to be on 60 different Patreons and fifty separate ko-fi subs?

well, you can support ComicFury at Patreon or Kofi instead and through a single donation support the actual hundreds of comic artists hosting there!

ComicFury is one of the only old school webcomic hosting sites still active, with seventeen years of putting its actual community of artists first, including such rarities as a no-ai policy and an active healthy forum with fair and clear moderation.

It's grown a lot in the past year and so needs have grown alongside it, so here I am doing the PBS Style donation drive post, lmao.

Here's Kyo's forum post about it since he's got a fairly concise explanation of what he's hoping to do from here (he didn't ask me to make this post, you can see me on page 4 saying I'll make it unsolicited).

Keep in mind this ask is only if you're in a position to support artists and have been wanting to, but ComicFury has been my comics home for years now and I'd like to see it continue to thrive, especially in the current environment of exploitation, censorship, and other abuse webcomickers have to deal with on other platforms. (because guess what, you can show violence and/or tiddy AND swear all you want on ComicFury as long as you properly rate your comic for it.)

Get more from ComicFury on Patreon

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Obviously Tumblr isn't going to let me blaze this post because it never does, lmao, so reblogs are appreciated!

[berylian]

Hey I've officially run out of unemployment, apparently I didn't work enough last year and I was 1k short of qualifying for reapplication.

I'm literally participating in medical research trials and selling plasma to earn cash rn. Also still paying off a washing machine after our 20 yr old machine crapped out :(

*edit* (04/09/25) My cat passed away 😔 and the vet bill was insane. Almost 1900$, so really anything helps 💕

paypal.me/portmanteu

Venmo @Jerrie-Martinez

Cashapp $JDMara

Ko-fi

You can also just toss me a couple bucks at any of these if you want

I also do commissions if you want more bang for your buck 💪

$750 / $800 washing machine

$ 1100 / 2030 vet and cremation bill (+ 130 for "card security")

[berylian]

The deferred interest promo for the vet bill is ending soon and ive still got an 800$ balance, and also found out they've been charging "card security" which has added 130$ so far 🙄

I had to take a 2 week break on selling plasma bc I had surgery but I can't afford to not so I'm going back. It's impossible to find a job rn bc everyone wants full time but I'm in grad school rn 😭

As always, commissions are open!!!

[theperksofbeingahugefuckingcunt]

Okay I’m currently furious that migraines are often so blindly easy to treat and I had to find this out myself at the age of 26 when I’ve been to a neurologist since I was 11 lol so I’m about to teach you two neat and fast little tricks to deal with pain!

The first is the sternocleidomastoid muscle, or the SCM muscle.

This big red section is responsible for pain around the eye, cheekbone, and jaw, as well as some temple pain. Literally all you have to do is angle your head down a little, angle it away from the side that hurts, and then you can gently pinch and rub that muscle. I find it best to start at the bottom and travel upwards. The relief is so immediate! You can increase pressure as you feel comfortable doing so.

Here is a short and easy video showing this in action

The second is a fast and easy stretch that soothes your vagus nerve, which is the nerve responsible for calming you down. The vagus nerve, for those unfamiliar, is stimulated by deep breathing such as yawning, sighing, singing, or taking a deep breath to calm your anger in a tense situation.

You can stretch this out by sitting up as straight as possible (this does not have to be perfect to work) and interlacing your fingers. Put your hands on the back of your head with your thumbs going down the sides of your neck and, while keeping your face forward, look all the way to one side with just your eyes. Hold that until you feel the urge to breathe deeply or yawn, or until you can tell there’s a change. Then do the same thing on the other side. When you put your arms down, you should clearly be able to turn your head farther in both directions. If the first session doesn’t get rid of your migraine, rest and repeat as many times as necessary. I even get a little fancy with it and roll my eyes up and down along the outer edge sometimes to stretch as much as I can.

If you need a visual here’s a good video on it. I know some of the language they use seems questionable but this is real and simple science and should not be discarded because it’s been adopted by the trendy wellness crowd!

I seriously cannot believe I didn’t hear a word of this from any doctor in my life. Additionally, if you get frequent recurring migraines, you may want to see a dietician. Migraines can be caused by foods containing histamines, lectin, etc. and can also be caused by high blood pressure in specific situations such as exercise, stress, and even sex.

If any of this information helps you I’d love to hear it btw! It’s so so fast and easy to do. Good luck!

[mushroomsandteeth]

*currently suffering from a horrible migraine. Tries this*

Are you fucking shitting me it works!?

[littlestpersimmon]

Exhale

[hellspawnmotel]

had a dream there was a kh kart racer. kingdom karts

[tuherrus]

more melody from one of my favorite guilty pleasure direct-to-video sequels 🧜‍♀️

[jlnccc]

Guest Coming Over

[littlestpersimmon]

Sintandar

[yamino]

[littlestpersimmon]

Kinnara

[sabertoothwalrus]

this show does so much for the folks who love older queers

[sabertoothwalrus]

girl (?) talk

[bloomingcadaver-deactivated2022]

PHILIPPINES ELECTION, 2022

Hello tumblr, I am Vox. I am a Filipino Citizen in fear for my country and what is to come to it. I am compiling as much information as I can in case the worse comes to worst. This is to ensure that you people, those in other countries, know the hardships we could face if the Marcoses successfully rig the elections. My goal is to ensure that as most media possible be translated in English as well as bring information from both official news outlets as well as Twitter and those who volunteered to help our country from these despots.

So, what is happening in the Philippines?

On May 9, 2022, it was Election day. From 6AM to 7PM, eligible voters were to go to a precinct to vote. Among 110M people, 65.7M people were legible voters. However, the process took longer because of the malfunctioning vote-counting machines causing to crowd the area and fuelling anxiety about the pandemic. Many were urged to leave and come back later, or cast their votes now to have poll watchers put the vote in for them. Around 2,000 VCM broke down by 10AM. 

Why is everyone fearing for their lives?

Bongbong Marcos, currently in the lead in all public polls, is most notably the son of the ousted Dictator Ferdinand E. Marcos; the man who declared martial law, the darkest period in recent Philippine history. It was a move to silence the people speaking against him and torture or sexually assault them. Everyone who spoke against him would receive such punishment or even death— be it through journalism or through rallies.

Why be scared? This man isn’t his father, he could be different. Well, we really hope so if that is the case but it doesn’t seem it. BBM does not believe the truths about his family violating human rights as well as gaining the wealth he is benefitting from both in and out of the country. He refuses to acknowledge the crimes his family has committed and is trying to worm out of his current debts as well by waiving it off as soon as he becomes president. He also claims to have graduated from Oxford in BA Philosophy, Politics, and Economics, and he has no records of graduating but does own a ‘Special Degree’ that claims he has. Not to mention he skips all Presidential Debates that aren’t run by the Commission of Elections (COMELEC), but even then his attendance is spotty at most.

Well, this man is leading in the partial/unnofficial tally of COMELEC. As of May 10, 2022 8:02PM(GMT+8), BBM has ~31M votes, more than twice than the runner up, Vice President Leni Robredo, at ~15M votes. Though there have been data analysts who show that there is a consistent trend within each update, showing that the ratio between their votes seem to always be 68:32.

To be frank; it’s rigged. It’s fucking rigged. These are still the unofficial results, and there is a volunteer group called the Parish Pastoral Council for Responsible voting (PPCRV), a non-profit organization who is affiliated with the roman catholic church, who are MANUALLY counting each and every vote for the ballot. Need I remind 65.7M people are legible voters. I pray that they are safe right now and if anyone is near any of their locations, I recommend sending help or resources if you are able to. Here is their website. There are still no solid updates from the PPCRV as of 9PM 05/10/2022 and we will refuse to say anything until we are 100% certain about the results.

There are already numerous people trying to anticipate the media ban and are already compiling as much data as they can, including myself. This is a link to all the Marcoses’ Martial Law Documents. Here is another link to a Library containing details about Martial Law as well.

Martial Law cannot happen again. Even the children who never even got a taste of the trauma that our relatives, our aunts, uncles, grandparents, or anyone who lived through those- we still have a taste of it in our habits. During Martial Law, it became a habit to bid someone “Ingat” [Stay safe] before they would leave their home. It has been 36 years since he has been ousted; so many people my age, so many people younger than I still say it.

We claim Never Again, but here we are. It is up to you guys to let our voice be heard when we have no more chance to.

Ingat po.

EDIT: 05/10/22 9:43PM: You can see how to donate to PPCRV to pay for their food. With them working 9AM-12AM, with 300 volunteers, they need at least 1000 meals. Look here for more Info. UPDATE: 10PM: Too much food for tonight. Please contact them first before donating perishable goods.

[thewritingumbrellas]

Writing advice from my uni teachers:

If your dialog feels flat, rewrite the scene pretending the characters cannot at any cost say exactly what they mean. No one says “I’m mad” but they can say it in 100 other ways.

Wrote a chapter but you dislike it? Rewrite it again from memory. That way you’re only remembering the main parts and can fill in extra details. My teacher who was a playwright literally writes every single script twice because of this.

Don’t overuse metaphors, or they lose their potency. Limit yourself.

Before you write your novel, write a page of anything from your characters POV so you can get their voice right. Do this for every main character introduced.

[writerlyn]

This is legit good writing advice, especially the first bullet point! In playwriting class we did a bit where every bit of dialogue had to be an accusatory question and it was glorious.

[catchymemes]

[whifferdills]

https://www.the-pro-creator.com/2019/01/I-hate-adobe-and-so-should-you.html

[sinmenon]

I’m posting the links here because the link keeps on a loop with adfly

IF YOU DRAW OR DESIGN Instead of PHOTOSHOP, try GIMP Instead of LIGHTROOM, try PAINT.DOT.NET Instead of ILLUSTRATOR, try INKSCAPE Instead of INDESIGN, try CANVA or SCRIBUS

IF YOU MAKE PICTURES MOVE Instead of PREMIERE, try DAVINCI RESOLVE Instead of ANIMATE/FLASH, try OPENTOONZ or BLENDER Instead of AFTER EFFECTS, try WAX, BLENDER or FUSION

IF YOU BUILD WEBSITES OR SOFTWARE Instead of DREAMWAVER, SPARK or XD, try WIX, WEEBLY, or WORDPRESS.COM or WORDPRESS.ORG

IF YOU DO STUFF THAT REQUIRES THESE OTHER PROGRAMS Instead of AUDITION, try AUDACITY Instead of ACROBAT PRO, try FOXIT READER or PDF ESCAPE Instead of INCOPY, try LOVING YOURSELF AND USING LITERALLY ANYTHING ELSE (WHO USES THIS???)

IF YOU NEED STOCK PHOTOS OR FONTS Instead of ADOBE STOCK, try PEXELS, UNSPLASH, or PIXABAY Instead of ADOBE PHONTS, try GOOGLE FONTS or DAFONT

BONUS: If you need FREE MUSIC OR SOUND EFFECTS, try YOUTUBE AUDIO LIBRARY or SOUNDBIBLE

My bonuses:

IF YOU DRAW OR DESIGN Instead of PHOTOSHOP, try FIREALPACA , SAI , SKETCHBOOK or KRITA (these latter two are great!) Instead of LIGHTROOM, try PHOTOSCAPE

IF YOU MAKE PICTURES MOVE Instead of PREMIERE, try SHOTCUT Instead of ANIMATE/FLASH, try PENCIL2D ANIMATION, LIVE2D, OR E-MOTE

IF YOU NEED STOCK PHOTOS Instead of ADOBE STOCK, try MORGUEFILE.COM