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Writer and Bookworm My Ao3

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What’d I Miss || Hamilton Animatic

Oh, hello!

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Robin Williams taught us how to be good people

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Kit in the Gameoverse Pilot

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How to craft an Archmage Robe (cr粘花贴草)

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Veil Nebula, Magic Wand

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Mega Man Reveal Poster (2013) - Super Smash Bros. for 3DS & Wii U Illustrator: Ryuji Higurashi

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The Riverdale that Could Have Been

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Artwork for a proposed "Goof Troop" reboot by "The Owl House" alumni Austin Faber pitched in 2019. (This is a different pitch unrelated to Becky Dreistadt and Frank Dreistadt version also pitched in that year)

The reboot would focus more on Max and PJ’s relationship

"Their dynamic always stuck with me growing up. There was something very specific and sincere about two boys just caring about each other without irony. Soft male friendships in kids’ animation still feel surprisingly rare. I think a lot about specificity in storytelling, and how “diverse” stories aren’t always about big, sweeping concepts. Sometimes it’s just about exploring emotional dynamics that don’t get a lot of attention through a lens you don’t see through often. My take on the show still kept their relationship relatively goofy (lol), but with a little more heart and dimension. " -- Austin Faber

When I was at Disney TVA, I pitched a reboot of Goof Troop that focused more on Max and PJ’s relationship. Their dynamic always stuck with

When I was at Disney TVA, I pitched a reboot of Goof Troop that focused more on Max and PJ’s relationship. Their dynamic always stuck with

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the seal at the bottom of 瓷器 ciqi/chinese porcelain is handwritten

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I can’t even comprehend this degree of delicacy, my own handwriting looks like I was holding the pen between my bum cheeks.

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@dancinggrimm That was……that was perfect.

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Maybe the video is just really old

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#1 criminal counterfeit craftmans

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Handwriting chinese hanzi that casually indicates it’s formal court stamp from old dynasties in the finest calligraphy is just understated for these top chinese craftsmanship masters lmao. In China there’s a type of artifact called fanggu仿古(Imitation of antiquity), it’s not considered counterfeit, it’s sold to buyers who like them and know it’s a replica. But in most cases the boundary is fuzzy. It can be a replica or a counterfeit depending on circumstances. Before the Ming Dynasty, many official kiln porcelain has no era mark, i.e., the official kilns of the Song Dynasty are only marked with which kiln produced this porcelain. Since the time of the Yongle Emperor of the Ming Dynasty (1360-1424), official kiln porcelains have been given marks, which are categorized into the emperor’s era name, stem-branch or gan-zhi, different borders and so on, written in chinese blue pigment.

Craftsmen have reached such a high level that in many cases people are unable to identify the authenticity of the artifacts, and even experts in the relevant archaeological field make mistakes. On Chinese variety shows, archaeological experts will identify the authenticity of artifacts, the owner of the artifact will sign a consent form, and if the artifact is fake, the expert will smash it with a hammer on the spot, and there was a big mess when the expert made a mistake in identifying the artifacts and smashed a real one.

大明宣德年制 meaning made during the Xuan De era of the Great Ming Dynasty

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Today is the biggest day for Ellipsus since we launched in 2023... 👀

Back then, we began building Ellipsus out of a simple belief: writers deserve a place to create, collaborate, and share their work without handing over their words, their data, or their creative process to bad actors and Big Tech—a promise that matters now, more than ever.

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We’re a small full-time team building, maintaining, supporting, and improving the tool every day. And to keep doing that sustainably—without compromising the promises that brought people here—we’re introducing Ellipsus Plus.

Plus is a set of optional features on top of free Ellipsus, designed to help fund the continued development of Ellipsus for everyone, free and paid; while helping us stay independent, ad-free, and working to improve the tool well into the future.

That means the Ellipsus you know is staying free: you can keep writing with unlimited documents, drafts, collaborators, and core features. Free Ellipsus will continue to receive updates, improvements, and new features too, including major work already planned (like offline syncing and native apps).

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Moon Joy June: Lunar Inspo

Moon Joy June artists!  This is the second week of Moon Joy June, and the prompt is “Moon.” If you’re an artist looking for some inspiration, we have a treat for you: four new and previously unseen images from our Artemis II mission!

All four of these images were captured on April 6, 2026, during flight day 6 of the mission, when the four astronauts aboard the Orion spacecraft conducted the lunar flyby of their ten-day journey. During the lunar flyby, NASA astronauts Reid Wiseman, Victor Glover, and Christina Koch, and Canadian Space Agency astronaut Jeremy Hansen captured photographs and collected scientific observations of the Moon in meticulous detail.

You can find more images from the lunar flyby here. If you’re feeling inspired to make some art dedicated to our celestial neighbor, you can share your creations on Tumblr with the #ArtemisArtShow hashtag!

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NGC 2359, Thor's Helmet

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An Encyclopedic Look At Every Mountain Dew Flavor

Nearly five hours! Okay, sure!

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Can I Solve Gossip Girl In Just ONE EPISODE???

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