Bumblebees write fiction

Trans Masc Lesbian who reads a bit too much into fictional cats, and cares deeply about them.

[warmfigure]

i am massively overdue for a very very good week where not a single bad thing happens and everything is easy

[unlettered-heathen]

reblog to give prev a very good week where not a single bad thing happens and everything is easy

[lnfini-deactivated20230930]

disclaimer: I am east asian. if anyone who is not white sees anything wrong with my phrasing, inaccuracies, or insensitivity, or something I missed, please feel free to add on. I’m just one person with one perspective; none of what I say should be taken as The Singular way to draw an Asian character. if you havent done so already, please take the effort to expand your view of Asian culture outside this one tutorial.

if a white person reblogs this and adds something stupid I’m going to bite and kick you like a wild animal

[6480n]

I LOVE this post and wanted to add some additional info, cause I see a lot of people who assume that drawing asian hair is the same as drawing white hair. This is not the case! There’s more to it than just the color.

Image description for the original post and my addition are underneath the read more at the end.

Thank you for reading! Once again, image description for my images and OP’s images are under the cut.

Just like OP, I’m only one single person, so if anyone wants to correct me or add something I missed, then go for it. And further disclaimer, there are exceptions to everything I’ve said in this post, and it only applies to East and Southeast asian people who are either not mixed or white-mixed, as those are the hair types I’m most familiar with.

Edit: AUGH I FORGOT TO mention this but @ everyone in the comments talking about blue eyes on biracial asians, here’s another guide I made that goes over color inheritance for biracial people: https://6480n.tumblr.com/post/633074808569069568/making-this-guide-because-i-see-this-question-time

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[podcastwizard]

LIKES TO CHARGE REBLOGS TO CAST

[the-goddess-of-annoying]

you people aren't CASTING

[the-goddess-of-annoying]

NO

[dduane]

KOSA again, with a different name… and they’re trying to sneak it past you before July 4th. CALL YOUR REPS!

The KIDS Act Would Require Age Checks To Get Online

Buried inside the KIDS Act are provisions that will push online services to verify all users’ ages, require government-directed moderation p

Like the man said…the shadow takes another form and ruses again. Time to make some calls and let them know we’re watching.

[fremedon]

Just called my senator and the aide said "Yeah, you're not the first person we've heard from about this today." It is 9:45 in the morning and she already had that weary tone.

So keep calling--the needle is moving!

[april]

women are like diamonds: synthetically-produced women are not meaningfully different from naturally-formed women, and anyone trying to tell you otherwise is probably trying to justify keeping their women mines open

[ripplespate]

I don't have ms paint but just pretend it is bc no one knows paintbrush for mac but i can assure you it was just as hellish if not worse since theres technically no brushes other than a pixel round brush and the worst looking freaking spray paint

[unsound-satyr]

SCROLL BACK!!

IT'S A PAINTING!!!

[eldritchbauble]

Do people know about Vocational Rehab? If you're USAmerican they have this in every state.

It's a program that helps disabled folks access education, training, and employment. For FREE.

You only have to be disabled to qualify (autism, ADHD, mental illness, physical illness, etc) and they cover very broad categories of disability. You do NOT have to be officially diagnosed yet when you walk in - they will even help pay for your diagnosis if you are struggling w disability.

I applied with my suspected autism and fibromyalgia, and they paid for 100% of my formal autism assessment.

Once your disability is established they will give you career counseling to learn about your interests and skills, and depending on the plan you create with your caseworker they will then help with school or finding employment. They paid for 100% of my college tuition and books, and even provided a laptop for me to use.

You do not have to pay anything for this program. If you make above a certain income, you will have to contribute to educational costs but will still receive assistance.

They will also help with the cost of things like mental health counseling while you work towards your goals, clothing for interviews, etc.

They cannot discriminate based on your race, gender, or sexual orientation.

They won't make you do excessive meetings.

They will allow you to do meetings with your caseworker remotely.

They will not drug test you.

They want you to succeed.

I'm sure that individual experiences vary but my caseworker was exceptionally easy to work with and very kind.

Vocational Rehab is a phenomenal resource every disabled person should be aware of. Here is the list of offices in every state:

[loquaciousquark]

I work with my state's Vocational Rehab very closely in one of my specialty clinics, and they've paid for of thousands of dollars' worth of devices for disabled students and adults over the years. Usually, they cover 100% of all devices; I just have to submit some paperwork attesting to the patients' needs and certify some medical records. Their caseworkers are often aware of many public services available to people with various disabilities as well, including the blind, hard of hearing, etc.

I've only had them refuse to cover a single person in the hundreds of cases I've sent them, and that was a patient who was being paid under the table by a family member for what I think was illegal activity (not sure exactly what kind). All the Voc Rehab caseworker needed was basically token lip service that he would attempt to get some kind of legal employment--even something like fast food or sweeping floors at a movie theater--but he refused. I even tried to talk him into it (the assistive devices he wanted were upwards of $2k), but he said he'd rather stay away from the government & just pay in cash.

Voc Rehab is an incredible service paid for by taxpayers and I wish more people were aware of it.

[crystalline-clangen]

while we continue to read and write stories about cats exploring the world, please remember to keep your real cats indoors!

there are many things that can happen to them outside, like fights with other cats, diseases, cars, predators, parasites, and even people doing population control on strays! my own grandfather used to shoot strays that wandered into his property so they wouldn’t kill his birds.

on top of the dangers, domestic cats have directly caused the extinction of at least 63 animal species, and they kill 2.4 to 4 BILLION birds every YEAR in the USA ALONE! many of which are critically endangered.

domestic cats, being a selectively bred species, are native to nowhere on the planet, thus are invasive pretty much anywhere. our job is to keep them from being so invasive!

Keep Cats Indoors - American Bird Conservancy

Outdoor cats kill up an estimated 2.4 billion birds in the U.S. each year. Discover how American Bird Conservancy is reducing the threat of

also, tip if you wanna see birds every time you look out the window: let your lawn grow wild and keep the bugs around :)

[mgs5]

[jakeperalta]

not using AI genuinely feels like the rest of the world is experiencing some kind of mass amnesia. if someone says they never use it, the immediate response is that can't be true because "everyone" uses it to write their emails or answer their questions. saw a comment suggesting that not using chatgpt to write an essay is "like the 90s". girl I graduated in 2021 and we weren't doing that! how is it that everyone has suddenly forgotten that they were entirely capable of doing these things all by themselves for their entire lives up until the past few years!! am I going crazy!!!

[haughtyraban]

“there’s an ai tool for that” okay ?? there’s probably an ed sheeran song for it too who gives a fuck

[ohlivish]

hey did ya'll know that ed sheeran is working on a series of 6 albums named after media player buttons and the first one released last year and the last one is to be released posthumously on the day that he dies

[im-a-goat-in-disguise]

That doesn't sound right but I don't know enough about Ed Sheeran to prove otherwise

[knifefarty]

…huh

[topherchris]

[orcboxer]

okay what's going on here

[finalgirldigital]

People love natives in such a superficial way. People wanna stand with natives when we’re talking about the trees, and the land. People wanna stand with natives when we talk about philosophies of love and togetherness. But as soon as it’s time to talk about political side of being native. About dismantling a system built on the genocide of our people. About how we need a new system that isn’t built upon capital gain and benefitting white bodies. About putting up a fight. About how the colonial state we reside in is a disgusting imperial plague on this land. Suddenly y’all don’t wanna talk native.

[neechees]

"They spent hundreds of years trying to assimilate my ancestors, trying to create indians like me, who could blend in, but now they don’t want me either. They can’t make up their minds.

They want buckskin and face paint, drumming, songs in languages they can’t understand recorded for them but with English subtitles, of course. They want educated, well spoken, but not too smart. Christian, well behaved, never question. They want to learn the history of the people, but not the ones that are here now, waving signs in their faces, asking them for clean drinking water, asking them why their women are going missing, asking them why their land is being ruined.

They want fantastical stories of Indians that used to roam this land. They want my culture behind glass in a museum.

But they don’t want me." -Shelby Lisk

[prettycottonmouthlamia]

See we all warned you when they went after "weird porn" that the beast doesn't stop hungering but somehow nobody listened

[prettycottonmouthlamia]

DDLC is not like my favorite game of all time but the fact that Google thinks its too dangerous to keep up after ten years is insane. Horror is typically the next to be sanitized because moral panics about horror are incredibly common.

[prettycottonmouthlamia]

You cannot establish a world with justice or equality in it by asking for everything that makes you uncomfortable to be censored and removes from the public. This is what practically every content ban within the last five or so years has been. "This makes me uncomfortable, it should be gone".

It's very white suburbanite behavior

[gizmotemusic]

Google Has Suddenly Removed Doki Doki Literature Club From Its Play Store Due to an Alleged Terms of Service Violation

Google has removed Doki Doki Literature Club from the Play Store due to what is said to be a violation of its terms of service.

[a-mel0n]

reblog if you’ve had an online friendship that’s lasted more than 2 years

[plausiblyananomaly]

happy 6 year anniversary to my girlfriend and like I think 8 years of my online friends?

[lavenderlemniscate]

feels like im always recovering. when do i get to live

[lavenderlemniscate]

"it's okay to rest for as long as you need from burnout" how long is it actually going to take though. there's stuff i wanna do.

[lavenderlemniscate]

feels like im always recovering. when do i get to live

[lavenderlemniscate]

"it's okay to rest for as long as you need from burnout" how long is it actually going to take though. there's stuff i wanna do.