[morbidsmenagerie]

Unusual Jumping Spiders

Most jumping spider content I see is focused around Phidippus, which is a shame because Salticidae (the family of jumping spiders) is one of the most diverse families of spiders. This is just going to be some photos of different species or genera of Salticidae I find interesting.

Holoplatys lhotskyi

Photo Credit: Martin Stevens link

Megaloastia mainae

Photo Credit: remi_bigonneau link

Neobrettus sp

Photo Credit: link

Neobrettus tibialis

Photo Credit: wildsumatra link

Synagelides longus

Photo Credit: Arthur Tomaszek (talibzuo) link

Coccorchestes ferreus

Photo Credit: Piotr Naskrecki link

Uroballus carlei

Photo Credit: that_bee_guy link

Portia schultzi

Photo Credit: wynand_uys link

Synemosyna petrunkevitchi

Photo Credit: aperturesciencebylyn link (Tumblr link)

Rhene flavicomans

Photo Credit: poonpoon link

Hopefully this introduced you to the amazing variety jumping spiders have!

[saszor]

Overview of some topics when it comes to drawing characters who are burn survivors.

DISCLAIMER. Please keep in mind that this is an introductory overview for drawing some burn scars and has a lot of generalizations in it, so not every “X is Z” statement will be true for Actual People. I'm calling this introductory because I hope to get people to actually do their own research before drawing disabled & visibly different characters rather than just making stuff up. Think of it as a starting point and take it with a grain of salt (especially if you have a very different art style from mine).

Talking about research and learning... don't make your burn survivor characters evil. Burn survivors are normal people and don't deserve to be constantly portrayed in such a way.

edit: apparently tum "queerest place on the internet" blr hates disabled people so much that this post got automatically filtered. cool!

[syn4k]

burning text gif maker

heart locket gif maker

minecraft advancement maker

minecraft logo font text generator w/assorted textures and pride flags

windows error message maker (win1.0-win11)

FromSoftware image macro generator (elden ring Noun Verbed text)

image to 3d effect gif

vaporwave image generator

microsoft wordart maker (REALLY annoying to use on mobile)

you're welcome

[mmelete]

[kiiraes]

gonna post my entire stickman reaction pic collection

[eldritchbauble]

Hard pill to swallow, maybe, but sometimes you are the problem. You may not have been initially, but people around you can only have so much endurance for understanding why you're "like that" and how you got to where you are now. Even if you were the one who was victimized, hurt, or abused to begin with, your behavior affects those around you. There's a point at which personal responsibility needs to kick in, or you will become toxic. You can become toxic even if you never become an abuser yourself. If other people are constantly having to help dig you out of the holes you made but you keep slapping their hands away, you cannot expect them to have an indefinite amount of patience and energy to keep trying. If you're not putting in the work to recover from what damaged you; if everyone else in your life is consistently the only one making a real effort to effect change for you--you're the problem.

[eldritchbauble]

People can give you love, but can't make you treat yourself like someone you care about.

People can offer you resources, but can't make you reach out and use them.

People can lay down stepping stones, but can't make you put the work in to make progress.

If you're expecting everyone around you to keep making the decisions and making things ok for you, you need to take a step back and some serious time for deep introspection. This doesn't mean that others shouldn't have compassion for you, but as difficult as things are and as tired as you are--others get tired too and can't be expected to carry it all.

[eldritchbauble]

And if you blame everyone else in your life because they "gave up on you" when they reach a limit, you have a victim complex. Having been a victim does not mean you should accept perpetual victimhood.

People are allowed to say "I love you, and my love for you does not make me willing to sacrifice myself." There's a point at which people have to let go because they do not ultimately hold responsibility for whether you live, die, or thrive--only you do.

[eldritchbauble]

I mean, this describes my whole life from birth to mid-20s as well as many people I know.

You decide that you want better for yourself and others around you, that it's no longer acceptable, and you start chipping away at unpacking your trauma and changing how you do things.

It's obviously easier said than done, so I don't really appreciate the folks tagging this as "go to therapy," either. Yes go to therapy (if it's available to you, if you can find a decent provider in your area, if you have insurance or the money to pay out of pocket, if you can get around the dozen other roadblocks). Therapy isn't the only way to work on recovery though, and it's avoidant and irresponsible to act like not being able to access therapy means there's nothing you can do. Both of these concepts are true.

[eldritchbauble]

You have to be fed up. You have to be sick of your own problems and negative behaviors enough to not find them acceptable anymore. Then instead of feeling sorry for yourself you do something.

Ok, things I've done to work on myself that don't require seeing a therapist:

- Educating myself by extensively researching the problems and symptoms I live with to better understand how and why I do things.

- Reading about trauma.

The Body Keeps the Score

- Self-help workbooks.

The C-PTSD Workbook

The DBT Workbook

The Addiction Recovery Skills Workbook

- Seeking peer support by participating in Discord server(s) related to trauma and mental illness. I couldn't find one specific to my diagnoses that I was comfortable in, so I created one, and 3 years on it's grown and is going great overall.

- Learning to take feedback about my behavior from people I generally trust, and to not take feedback/constructive criticism as an attack, but as a tool.

- Working at communicating my feelings and needs as statements, not out of anger or as demands.

- Reminding myself that other people's experiences and feelings matter, and should be considered. Even people with the best intentions can be self-centered, especially under stress. You have to work at it.

- Learning to recognize my triggers, patterns, and reactivity, and to de-escalate myself. Treating emotions as visitors and not drowning in them; recognizing that nothing is permanent.

- Setting rules with myself as to how I handle things when I'm upset; for example, I will only raise my voice to others as a last resort, and I will not physically act out my anger in an uncontrolled way. Breaking dollar store dishes in a specified area is relatively safe, controlled, and thus non-harmful.

- Asking myself, literally, if I'm being the problem. Is my behavior the actual reason things suck right now. It's too easy to have a tendency to blame others or situations outside of your control so you have to ask. Sometimes it really is someone else's fault or nobody's, but you have to ask.

Obviously I'm not perfect at any of these skills, by any means. It's about consistently putting in the effort until you get better at them.

[midwinterhunt]

hot artists don't gatekeep

I've been resource gathering for YEARS so now I am going to share my dragons hoard

Floorplanner. Design and furnish a house for you to use for having a consistent background in your comic or anything! Free, you need an account, easy to use, and you can save multiple houses.

Comparing Heights. Input the heights of characters to see what the different is between them. Great for keeping consistency. Free.

Magma. Draw online with friends in real time. Great for practice or hanging out. Free, paid plan available, account preferred.

Smithsonian Open Access. Loads of free images. Free.

SketchDaily. Lots of pose references, massive library, is set on a timer so you can practice quick figure drawing. Free.

SculptGL. A sculpting tool which I am yet to master, but you should be able to make whatever 3d object you like with it. free.

Pexels. Free stock images. And the search engine is actually pretty good at pulling up what you want.

Figurosity. Great pose references, diverse body types, lots of "how to draw" videos directly on the site, the models are 3d and you can rotate the angle, but you can't make custom poses or edit body proportions. Free, account option, paid plans available.

Line of Action. More drawing references, this one also has a focus on expressions, hands/feet, animals, landscapes. Free.

Animal Photo. You pose a 3d skull model and select an animal species, and they give you a bunch of photo references for that animal at that angle. Super handy. Free.

Height Weight Chart. You ever see an OC listed as having a certain weight but then they look Wildly different than the number suggests? Well here's a site to avoid that! It shows real people at different weights and heights to give you a better idea of what these abstract numbers all look like. Free to use.

[narrettwist]

Homie gonna share this

[sweetxsecret]

In case you missed it:

Fandom:

Dabi is a Todoroki theory confirmed

Hetalia is coming back

Megamind 10 year anniversary

Destiel is canon

(Rumor) BBC Sherlock season 5

System of a Down releases first song in 15 years

Johnny Depp is fired from Fantastic Beasts

Ted Bundy RPer Twitter Artist callout post

Election:

Day 3. Still no results of who the next U.S. president will be

Nevada is still counting votes

Georgia turned blue for the first time in 30 years. (Thank you Stacey Abrams and the late John Lewis)

Pennsylvania is also flipped blue. Gritty is dancing in a protest outside the convention center.

Speaking of protests…there are protests on vote counting. Some demanding their vote be counted. Others demanding to stop counting.

Trump is suing 3 states where the ballots are not done counting yet.

The election still goes on

World News:

Scientists found a hell planet made of lava

(Rumor) Putin is resigning due to Parkinson’s disease

Bolivia President-elect was attacked with dynamite

Ongoing:

California is still on fire

COVID-19 pandemic

My brain still processing this hot mess

[lutzlig]

[thebeverlymarsh]

the mcdonalds version of it

[clowncore69]

Nice

[myclownjunction]

Boy they need to include him

[radondoran]

Visit Original Link

[prospit-dreemurr]

MOTHER OF GOD

[t-temmy]

ARE YOU FUCKIN

[enoshiitma-deactivated20141017]

OH GOD ITS BACK

[thesylverlining]

DEAR GOD THIS IS ONE OF MY FAVORITE TUMBLR POSTS IN EXISTENCE.

YOU THINK JUST THE NOISE IS FUNNY AND FITS WITH THE GIF REALLY WELL

BUT THEN

THEN

THE LYRICS START

seriously i have almost crashed my car into a telephone pole, becuase I suddenly thought of this post and started laughing uncontrollably

[im-just-trash-o3o]

IM FUGGKIN CRYHGIN LAUGHINV OMFG PLAEAS HELP ME-

@yeennqueenn HELP ME PLEASE DEAR GOD LISTEN TO IT AND WAFCH TE GIF OMFG

[yeennqueenn]

YoU MADE ME FALL DOWN THE FUCKING STAIRS MOTH ER FUCKE R

[primarybufferpanel]

Guy discovers a cat had kittens in the drawer under his bed, goes full CatDad

Well if this isn’t the best thing I’ve seen all week.

[juneelite]

Why y’all let me learn this 😂😂

[leahtheclownofdistruction123]

Haha 🤣 I love it 🥰

[moonenjoyer]

well this truly was A Decade. i loved you. i hated you. goodbye 2010s.

[aru]

Tumblr Code.

[geekishchic]

If I ever see any of you in public, the code is “I like your shoelaces”

that way we know we’re from tumblr without revealing anything

I’m just going to say this to strangers until i find a tumblr person

must keep reblogering!! Im going to be so suspicious if any one tells me this now!

Remember the answer is: I stole them from the president.

always reblog tumblr identification

[hobbinch]

This is an absolute tumblr relic. I feel like an archaeologist right now. This is incredible that this is on my dash.

[crystalistrappedintheinternet]

Actually no this is the post of the decade

[tomurakii]

Reawakening this ancient beast of a post for the end of the decade lmao.

[trig-loves-clowning-around]

The Tom Cat Project

Hi!

Meet Big Tom (14 we believe)

He passed away last week November 3rd at 4:55pm due to cancer and old age (he had FIV as well)

He started his life as a stray for about 7 years (vets estimated) he was a rough and tumble street cat until a sanctuary saved him from being put down by the shelter

You think hed be a rough cat but it was just the opposite, not only was he a blessing to me (when we got him 7 almost 8 years ago I was in a deep depression much like now) , he gave hugs and kisses, walked between your legs to beg for food and such.

I was devastated when he died last sunday, still am honestly, and I'll be damned if he's not remembered as the sweetest baby he was so here I am

Tom honestly wouldnt care that I'm doing this cause hes a cat but In his name I'm doing a project to raise money for the people who helped us get him

If you want to just donate to them out of the kindness of your heart thank you but if you need a little incentive well that's what I'm doing

I have created pins/buttons that you can purchase here for cheap

Along with commission work I will put up soon for you to look at

If you can't donate/buy anything I have to offer please consider sharing this post! It helps get it out there to help other kitties and the people that gave me my best furry friend

All money raised here will be donated to Whiskers Utah (Utah is in a stray cat population crisis at the moment as well so if you're in Utah consider adopting or helping them foster!).

Love you Tom

[daddy-wise]

[the-vaudevillain-deactivated202]

Let's talk about mynoise.net

Have you ever been listening to Rainymood and thought, “Yeah, this is good … but it would be nice if I could customize the sound more, or if there was a little more choice.

Let me introduce you to MyNoise.

MyNoise is a customizable sounscape looper with so many options, even within each soundscape.  So say, for instance, you really love rain sounds when you write or study or relax.  Anything.  I know I’m a big fan of rain sounds.  They have a page for that.

But say you like really high, pattery rain, and LOTS of low thunder.  Here’s where MyNoise really stands out: you can customize that.  See those sliders with all the cute colors?  That is your equalizer. You can adjust the levels based on what you want to hear more and less of.  Here’s how it looks when you want high, pattery rain and low, rumbly thunder:

But say rain isn’t really your jam.  Say you want something a little more ambient, a little more background noise-y.  Something with people.  Well, they have customizable coffee house chatter that even has the levels listed for things like “kitchen,” “babble,” and “table”:

Or say you miss the ocean.

Or say you miss your cat.

Or say you miss your spaceship.

Or say you miss the dungeon where you and your team of scalawag adventurers used to explore and face off against, say, dragons.  In the dungeon.

This site is seriously so helpful, and those are just a fraction of every kind of sounscape the site has to offer.  The best part is that if you want to layer it with music (for instance, I’ll layer a playlist + rain + coffee shop if the scene I’m writing takes place in a coffee shop), you can adjust the master volume, meaning all of your layers stay at their respective volumes, just louder or quieter.

Enjoy!

[readysetgaikokujin]

OH MY GOD

[kinkykinard]

Y’ALL I JUST STARTED USING THIS TODAY BUT THIS HAS BROKEN THROUGH MY WRITER’S BLOCK LIKE NOTHING ELSE.

TRY IT.  USE IT.  LOVE IT.

[impossiblyhardprincess]

Gonna try this later. Seems like an amazing great idea

[elodieunderglass]

A lovely thing about mynoise is that it’s the first (and still only) website I’ve seen to offset its carbon footprint. Data, you see, has a high carbon footprint - as does the internet infrastructure you use to move the data, and the power burned by your device itself. Dr Pigeon calculated that the millions of users using mynoise adds up to 600 tons of CO2 per year - and he’s planting the equivalent in trees.

Learn more here: https://mynoise.net/carbonFootprintCompensation.php

If you like the idea, it makes sense to ask other websites you use if they’ll consider doing the same thing.

[michele-847]

I love this app but don’t use it enough.