Here, there be Dragons

She is so stubborn, her heart has an argument with her head every time it wants to beat. — Catherynne M. Valente, Deathless

[sarkywoman]

[jabberding0]

Very Large Bearings being Produced, amazing

[east-n-roll]

[wolfie-barks]

@bisexual-engineer-enby

[bisexual-engineer-girl]

SLEWING BEARINGS!!!! That's awesome! I love seeing the forging and then the machining. Full process!

[depsidase]

[lesbian-with-a-chainsaw]

This isn't dissonance by the way, it's perfectly logical to the fascist view. The state must always be ready to obliterate those it sees as enemies, but the people are responsible for their own well being. This is because the "State" is of course run by the ruling class, who in the heirarchical worldview are inherently superior and must be protected. The "people" are just the incidental by product of finding out who is (and by extension isn't) part of the in group. The logical conclusion of this is an industrial system where people, in order to save themselves, and facilitate their own well being, "join up." I'm going to say this out loud because it seems that not a lot of people have heard it, the armed forces of a society should not be a job. The defense of a people should only arise in the event that it is needed, and only by the people themselves. The very idea of a standing formal military is authoritarian.

[batmanisagatewaydrug]

okay. just had to stop watching a video because the creator claimed fanfiction "got started" on fanfiction dot net. I need to sit down.

[batmanisagatewaydrug]

I just don't. understand being wrong about something that's so easy to not be wrong about. like, there's a wikipedia page for this and everything.

[sexy-necromancing-bird]

Is the guy in the cuck chair supposed to stay quiet or is he allowed to clap and cheer

[foxgirlmindcrank]

he's supposed to take notes and make an intrigued hum when an interesting plot point occurs

[conspiracydeerist]

[pikaole]

[neenarchive]

companies make billions from you thinking you're ugly btw. only ugly thing is their bottom line. log out of tiktok right now.

[neenarchive]

learning to ask 'is this an ad' will save your life

[robdogrbs]

"guys i just got this new" it’s an ad

"let me show you what i just bought from" it’s an ad

"how am i just now discovering" it’s an ad

[shitty-check-please-aus]

just a heads up before we enter holiday market season

the price of silver has just about doubled in the past couple of years. I'm very unhappy about it, a lot of other silversmiths are unhappy about it, but the long and the short of it is that it is simply impossible to sell jewelry at the prices of a few years ago and still make a profit. please also keep in mind that you are not paying for the raw cost of the silver, you're also paying for all the overhead (studio time, tools, packaging, market fees, rent, food, transportation) that goes into the jewelry.

it's totally fine if a piece isn't in your budget. jewelry is not a necessity. But it does feel kind of bad as an artisan (after doing a shitload of math to make sure I'm setting things at a price that's fair to myself, my customers, and other artists) when someone does a whole gasp double-take routine looking at my price tag. :( like sir I promise I'm so very close to selling this at a loss, I have spent much more money on this business than I've made

[optimysticals]

This is a thing I am definitely feeling this year.

Like the price of silver has gone up roughly $10/oz in just the last 2 months. That is A LOT.

[rosslynpaladin]

So what youre saying is we should support small businesses now more than ever? Without being a jerk about the fact that skilled craft costs money?

[optimysticals]

*le gasp* YES!

[wunmimosaku-archive]

HUNTR/X + Dynamics: Height Difference

[screenbeanz]

Dune: Part Two (2024).

[special-lucky-chosen-one]

me as a kid reading Dune: I appreciate the detailed world-building that justifies why everyone fights with swords and has mental powers, but the idea of a Butlerian Jihad against computers is pretty silly

me in 2025, trying desperately to find the three (3) places you need to go to to disable the latest helpful AI assistant that's inserted itself into my work chat and is advising me to do things that would be a breach of federal law: Oh Now I Get It

[thoughtkick]

“Not everyone has to like you. Not everyone has taste.”

— Manila Luzon

[silverfox66]

Adobe is going to spy on your projects. This is insane.

[audacityinblack]

For general graphics: use GIMP For vector graphics: use Inkscape For drawing and illustration: use Krita For print and web publishing and design: use Penpot For PDF authoring: use LibreOffice For PDF reading and form filling: use Okular

All are free, open source and cross-platform. None use AI.

[victoriadallonfan]

Reblog for everyone

[cpericardium]

friends don't let friends use GIMP. use photopea

[differentdancesfandom]

Gonna pop my favorite reference for Adobe alternatives here, lovingly compiled and updated by xDanielArt since at least 2020:

[lutiveri]

lord reblogging on main bcz fuck adobe (PROUD csp user)

[valhallasoutlaw]

I SWITCHED TO LINUX A WHILE BACK

ITS WORTH THE LEARNING CURVE

[robertsmithsscalp]

Tell me I'm wrong

[july-19th-club]

Lord Vetinari and the Incident With the Magical Ten-Year-Old Lizard Collector

Lord Vetinari and the Plot Against His Life Which Resulted in A Dragon Arrest

Lord Vetinari and the Plot Against His Life Which Resulted in A Permanent Injury, But, Like, the Kind that Happens to Brooding Badasses Where You At Least a Sword Cane Out Of It 

Lord Vetinari and the Plot Against His Life (The One With the Candles)

Lord Vetinari, the Plot Against His Job, and The Obligatory Odd Couple Road Trip Novel, Feat. Leonard and Co. 

Lord Vetinari and the Extremely Convoluted Plot Against His Life Which Involved a Doppelganger Segment and Probably Wouldn’t Have Worked in Any Case But Which Still Upset Quite a Lot of People Himself Included 

Lord Vetinari and the Flashback Episode In Which He An Assassin Gets to Plot Against the Lives of Others for a Change

Lord Vetinari Goes to a Football Game With His Bestie and They Get Drunk

[educatedinyellow]

And let us not forget Lord Vetinari Sends Vimes To Negotiate With the Werewolves for the LOLZ

and

Lord Vetinari Averts a World-Destabilizing Coup Against a Neighboring Ruler by Shoveling Coal Like a Boss

and

Lord Vetinari Terrorizes Local Thief Into Positions of Higher and More Amusing Authority Whilst Making Off With His Dog

and, as an alternate title for one of the above,

Lord Vetinari Skips and Juggles His Way to World Peace, a Feat for Which He Is Almost Executed for Treason

[sproutwrld]

ive been so obsessed with terrific lately hes very fun to draw

[ex-robin]

Ok, imagine you're comic accurate Clark Kent and you're a working-class immigrant raised on a farm. You grow up and dedicate your life to helping people while being a total malewife to your Pulitzer prize winner girlfriend. You're despised and targeted by an unethical, megalomaniacal billionaire who thinks his intellect and his power and his wealth entitles him to your inherent abilities and the adoration you've earned through years of nonstop altruism. YOU WERE CREATED BY TWO JEWISH MEN IN THE 1930S

And then people complain about a movie about you being too woke