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Mars. I'm the strong fat futch bi of your dreams. She/He/They/It. Adult. You can absolutely send me an ask, but I almost never check my inbox lol. I'm just forgetful and ADHD as hell. There is little consistency to what I reblog and/or post ♥️

[xxdiana77xx]

Emilia :] I was going for a night cold sea vibe! The paper was not cooperating tho lol

The cut's from yesterday's art caused it to break apart, and its also not meant for water, but I still think the result is nice :D

[septic-ores7]

I don’t know if anyone here likes re:zero but I drew subaru and emilia ❄️

The emilia couch coloring was pretty ambitious for me, working with watercolor with bold colors like this isn’t something I’ve done before but I’m happy with how it turned out !

[dydodi]

Edited version :

Original :

Bonus :

[heatherwitch]

Ray Bradbury’s short story “There Will Come Soft Rains” that was written in 1950 is set on the day of August 4th, 2026 (tomorrow)!! Now’s your chance to read it around the time it’s based in!

Audio: A recording of Leonard Nimoy reading it on Internet Archive.

Text: A PDF version.

Graphic Novel: On Internet Archive.

[unamccormack]

I used to set this one for second year undergraduate creative writing seminars on writing science fiction on a double bill with Octavia E. Butler's "Bloodchild" and no-one here gets out alive.

[i-draws-dinosaurs]

sengi

wiggling my sengi

[making-you-in-mtg]

[doodle-list]

Something something qifrey stands like a mum

[olicrosse]

[cephalopodvictorious]

fixed it

[star-thief]

[derinthescarletpescatarian]

Just saw somebody refer to highly disposable collectibles (labubus, funko pops, stuff like that) as "landfillcore" and I'm stealing that.

[bananonbinary]

#Beanie babies were at least nice toys (via @tallgreenlady)

okay this has actually led me down the rabbit hole of the beanie baby environmental impact, and apparently the big problem is that they used to be stuffed with PVC pellets. the science in all that is REALLY over my head, but from what i can tell from wikipedia and some googling around, that's actually a suuuper nasty plastic to have your little kid potentially gnawing on. like, "may release noxious chemicals and give them lifelong respiration problems" nasty.

granted, the worst case scenario there is mostly from burning them, but you'll never guess what people commonly did after they became landfillcore.

[thecolorofthegame]

The problem really isn't even the product itself, it's that we treat ravenously buying things like it's just a hobby, when in truth, it's also falling for propaganda and a failure to reduce consumption.

These companies are convincing people to buy as much useless, plastic crap as possible, crap that can't be reused (because it isn't useful in the first place) and won't be recycled (not that recycling them would even do much).

There's nothing wrong with buying things you enjoy; the problem is that the person with a room full of 3000 unopened Funko Pops isn't enjoying the figurines, they're enjoying buying and owning. It's buying things for the sake of buying things, literally the opposite of reducing.

[elodieunderglass]

I know it’s tangential and I should probably properly write up and post my half-joking Breyer horse manifesto, but as a collection hobby it has a lot of reasons to be smug - in addition to being technically made of “green” materials (cellulose acetate is derived from plants, not petroleum), even battered/broken/played-with-and-loved-to-death Breyers retain decent resale value to the painting side of the hobby. Even dismembered PIECES of the horses can be sold onwards to sculptors.

[lakevida]

guy who doesnt realize hes commanding a small army and thinks a lot of people are just going along with his bit

[veltroxx]

interesting how leadership can sometimes be unintentional yet influential.

[lakevida]

save it for linkedin brother

[startraced]

Dash Icons

(aka a bunch of cool people I met at Dashcon! <3)

[hopegrasping]

Let go of the idea that diy will inherently look shit. All your clothes are handmade you just don't see the people doing it.

[hopegrasping]

One of the best additions that gets my point across better :)

[darqueloaf]

There's a group that makes clothing with ink stained hands to show each time the fabric was touched with human hands to make the garment. The purpose of the piece is to bring attention to the hidden labor of sewists in the garment industry

ABOUT | HUMAN TOUCH

ABOUT

[elfwreck]

To be fair - while all your clothing was made by "a person on a sewing machine," many of those sewing machines

Aren't easily available to you, and

Take a notable amount of training to use (especially, to use without damage to your hands) (Not "months of training." Just. Not "here's the instruction pamphlet; have fun.")

However: The sewing machines that are reasonably available to you, will make clothes you can wear and enjoy wearing. (Industrial sewing machines can sew for 8, 10, 18 hours without breaking down; the one you buy at WalMart cannot. Some industrial ones can sew through 4 layers of denim; you can find a machine that does that but you won't get it by accident and it will cost more. And so on.)

Basic sewing machine - enough to get started making clothes - is under $200. (Industrial machines start at ~$2000 and go up from there.) Super Ultra Cheap version is under $100; not recommended unless you know you'll be able to throw $350 at the hobby in a couple of years when the simple one is just really too limited anymore.

...Anything under $50 (new) is A Gimmick. They're not all worthless but they're very limited. They're more "you can learn how a sewing machine works with this" than "you can make clothes with this." (I mean. You can. But you can make clothes with a needle & thread, too. And while it takes longer, you may be less frustrated than using a $45 "beginner sewing machine.") Some of the gimmick machines are very useful for their specific purpose - they're ultra-portable, or good for repairs, and so on.

But if you are on a very limited budget - less than $50 can get you started on making clothes. And bookbags. And pockets to add to clothes you already have. And hats. Bathing suits, if you decide to get ambitious. (Stretchy fabrics are challenging, esp on a simple machine.)

You can make socks with a sewing machine but I really don't recommend it.

Shifting public thoughts on sewing machines from "every third household has one" to "exotic crafting hobby" is part of how the damn capitalist regime forces people to put up with clothes that don't fit actual human shapes and/or fall apart after 5 washings.

[grison-in-space]

Also, sewing machines are one of those things that is often much better to buy used, because in the old days they used metal gears and now the gears are nylon and don't last as long. If you want to get a sewing machine and dabble, I highly suggest looking on Craigslist or at estate sales for a used one. Mine cost me $30 and would have gone for much more, adjusted for inflation, when it was new. But people inherit sewing machines or want to give them away all the time, so it is very worth checking on the used market near you if you want to get into sewing clothes but aren't sure where to start. You can often get a lot more sewing machine for your buck than if you buy a new one.

[thehmn]

The Dark Feminine

An ad for Bhavya Ramesh Jewelry

[thehmn]

The woman with backwards feet is a pichal peri which is the spirit of a woman who suffered an unjust death, usually at the hands of her abusive husband. They are vengeful spirits who come back to take revenge on their abusers but are sometimes said to attract all men but spare all women.

They have backwards feet because either the husband or his family feared she’d return as a pichal peri so they’d twist her corpse’s feed back to make her recognizable as a vengeful spirit to other people.

One interpretation of the story is that the women are in turmoil because of her death, her rage and sadness filling the women who loved her. The woman who sits with the trembling mask floating over her is most likely a furious family member who use magic to help the spirit have her revenge.

Her sitting calmly by the water means she had her revenge and is finally at peace which calms all the other women down.

Don’t look away from the unjust. Stare.

[milquetoaast]

source

[yanguang]

[vamptits]

it's just really apparent that people think it's okay to want pain but morally abhorrent to want to give it. sorry but the sadist gets to have fun too. it's actually pretty crucial to the process.

[vamptits]

if I said I was going to a taekwondo class would you feel the need to tell me kicking people on the street is bad or.

[whoopsie-collective]

Image ID: A screenshot of a tumblr comment that says "yeah, its only abhorrent imo, when the recipient is non consenting, i've" the screenshot cuts off.

[dogspouse]

[potatoes-tomatoes]

your average unconventional cartoon family at the beach 🏖

[jaceisspaced]

Yo it's from those pictures of Chris Hemsworth with his son vs. Robert Downey Jr. with his daughter. Very nice solid 12/10

[edhelwen1]

Do you know how far back I had to scroll to find this comment? Nobody else seemed to recognize it?

[marlynnofmany]

I'm so glad you did. Definitely a 12/10.

[kradeelav]

i know things are hella grim in the nsfw/kink art circles especially in the last year --

but I'm hearing there's a NSFW-friendly ko-fi alternative built on atproto that's actively in the works, and being vetted by lawyers right now. as torrent-princess (OP) says, you should be able to swap out payment processors while keeping your account intact. this matters since even if stripe removes support, you'll still have a shop and all of your links intact. (ATproto is an infrastructure that bsky is built on, but is far bigger than bsky with far more opportunities.)

additionally, the Free Speech Coalition is working on a credit union specifically for adult work (including kink art) - here's the link so you can add your interest & support. Since this will be built by sex workers, there'll be far less risk of being debanked for spurious and puritanical reasons.

on a domain TLD level, there's an initiative here for a .furry domain built from the ground up by seasoned furries; it's unclear whether they'll support NSFW, but it's yet another promising turn of events for a group that's been similarly affected by censorship.

there are friends and allies out there helping to build a working parallel infrastructure. keep being vocal, keep supporting these initiatives when it's possible, and keep supporting your nsfw/kink artists. ♥