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Realistic sex toys will never not be hilarious to me idk what it is

Dude ngl Kara reminds me of my ex. So knowing that so many people can see how bad she is feels amazing. Like, a relief to know that there are people who won’t tolerate being treated like that and also hella validating

#tuca and bertie

tooquirkytolose

“Nice Does Not Mean Good”

Happy Mother’s Day :)

notelvira

HALT! Do you have sensory issues? Overwhelmed by sound in a messy environment? Desperately wanting to write that essay/fanfiction but your ADHD is getting on the way? In need of atmospheric sound for your tabletop game??

Please let me introduce you to MyNoise.net - a lifesaver on all aspects.

Mynoise provides an incredible index of noise machine generators with personalizing sliders to suit your every taste.

Missing the sound of a lively coffee shop during the pandemic? They have that. That specific, calming noise of a public park in a peaceful afternoon? they have that. Rain sounds? City sounds? Want to fuck around and listen to some uninterrupted Gregorian chants? They have that also!

According to the website:

"myNoise generators cover the whole audible frequency range, from 20Hz to 20kHz, over 10 color-coded sliders. Through a simple but accurate calibration process, all myNoise generators can be shaped to your personal hearing thresholds and compensate for your audio equipment and listening environment deficiencies, including the presence and nature of background noise. Calibration is unique to this website, and makes calibrated noise machines stand out from regular white noise machines. During the calibration process, we are able to measure your personal hearing levels, and adapt our noises accordingly. If you are suffering from age-related hearing, you'll be surprised to hear frequencies you thought were lost."

And that's not all. When I say 'incredible' I really mean it; I've found myself using the website on multiple occasions, for work, creative and stress-related issues, and the variety of machines provided cannot be overstated. You've got animal noises, nature soundscapes, street sounds, meditation aids, melody-based lullabies, magical soundscapes, medieval ambiance, situation specific sounds, white noise generators-- and a lot more!!! They even have noise to block out IRL sounds you don't want to hear.

Just take a brief look at what the index page provides:

There's something for EVERYONE. And it's all for free! It's been for free for years, and it is the creator's wish that it remains accessible to everyone who might need this kind of aid in life. I am using it to write this post right now. Though if you read some of the above index, you may have noticed that the support for the website has been very low lately.

Which brings me to the reason I'm making this post. Mynoise is curated and maintained by a single person:

Please check out the Mynoise Index for yourself, donate if you can, and tell your friends who might be interested ♡

thewieneryears-deactivated20130

Moss Graffiti: A How To Guide

missythemermaid

are you fucking for real

revesducirque

Imagine being the criminal who returns weekly to make sure his fucking plant art is doing alright

arthyradio

Later

atombombbunny

I found it! I fucking found it! In my fucking dash! Nothing can stop me now! *EVIL GIGGLES*

male-witch

OMG SAME RIGHT I SAW IT A YEAR AGO AND WAS UPSET I COULDNT FIND IT AGAIN

theforbiddentenet

Anyone who does this is a chaotic-good

clyde-anti

skin color ref because some of yall non-black poc and whites keep fucking up as if yall don’t know there’s other shades of brown when u racebend for woke points or something

(non-black artists please reblog)

nebbie91

Please reblog regardless of your race/ethnicity.

inkandego

heres a chart I made for myself showing diffrent undertones and how that affects the skin if anyone’s intrested

vigaishere

Use this to make a skin palette in your art program!

queenofthefaces

Also! This photography project by Angélica Dass has thousands of photos of people, with a Pantone color assigned to each! It’s very helpful as a resource !!

Humanae — Angélica Dass

And some examples of the project!

memewhore

bananahomo

I reblogged this last month, tagged it, and said “might as well see if it works.” I used this video as a reference to find all the forms that i needed (which is A LOT, especially if you’re a dependent) and sent them through the mail, not really allowing myself to hope.

dude.

$2,714 of medical debt from my top surgery - gone. im shaking this was such a weight on me for 2 years and it fucking worked. what the fuck.

animatedtext

officiallordvetinari

So apparently the Animorphs cover artist also made that amazing series of wizard pictures?? And he sells prints of both? His Etsy store is here and the other link is here.

yugiohz

girl fuck astrology how many siblings do you have and what’s their gender in what order

yugiohz

I don’t trust u if you’re an only-child (y’all can’t deal with conflict) or a guy with no sisters (self-explanatory)

#i'm the youngest of three siblings #the order goes sister brother then me

little-miss-rasputin-pageant

the poetic cinema in the movie Holes when it shows Kate Barlow in the schoolhouse and drops of water are falling on the book she’s reading and you think the roof is leaking again even though Sam fixed it but then it shows that it’s actually because she’s crying and then Sam walks in and looks at her tear stained face with the softest expression and says, “i can fix that.”

little-miss-rasputin-pageant

blanketfortarchitect

The subplot of Holes was hands down the greatest love story of our generation

black-girl-against-feminism

Had me shook as a kid

pretty-sweet-vintage

glumshoe

please help: save Indiana’s wetlands #opposeSB389

I have no practice writing calls to action, but no one else is coming forward and it’s almost too late, so here goes.

Indiana state senators have recently introduced a bill (sb389) that would repeal the Isolated Wetlands Program and strip protection for nearly a third of our scant remaining wetlands.

If this bill goes through (which it will in the next few days, without significant public pushback) it will be an enormous and irreparable blow to Indiana’s future, environmental stability, and natural resources. Wetland ecosystems are unparalleled in their biodiversity and home to countless rare and threatened species—and are also essential to floodwater mitigation, climate stability, and the filtration of contaminants from groundwater.

If you are an Indiana resident, please call your local representatives (find them here) and ask them to oppose SB389. If you are not an Indiana resident, please reblog and tell friends and family who might live in the state to speak up.

To learn more information before you call, visit these sites for additional context:

Indiana Native Plants

Indiana Wildlife

Hoosier Environmental Council

Indianapolis Star article on the bill

somethinglikeinterests-deactiva

I just called the representative of my district and left a message with her receptionist. I wrote out a template that you can use if you're unsure of what to say when calling

"Hi my name is [your name], I am a [job title/student status] residing in [state reps name's] district.

I am calling to state my opposition to bill SB389, as the deregulation of Indiana's wetlands could potentially have catastrophic environmental effects. Our wetlands are home to several rare and threatened species, and this bill could pose a serious threat to these creatures. As well as this, the wetlands are instrumental in absorbing floodwater and act as a filtration system for groundwater. Without the wetlands, our rivers and lakes could become polluted by groundwater contaminants that otherwise would not have been a concern.

I ask respectfully that [state reps name] vote to oppose this bill, [and would appreciate hearing a response in regard to this matter. {Leave a phone number to call you back on}]

Thank you"

There is also a petition you can sign here, but I have to stress that calling your representative will be MUCH more effective. If they see many people caring enough to call them directly, it is much more likely to sway them than any petition would be.

glumshoe

I have tried to call my representative many times over the past 24 hours but no one answers and there is no voicemail option. Please, if you live in Indiana and haven’t called yet, do it on my behalf and I will try figure out something nice to do for you in thanks.

frognonbinary-deactivated202412

i’ve been doing my homework on how to break into a writing career and honestly. there’s a Lot that i didn’t know about thats critical to a writing career in this day and age, and on the one hand, its understandable because we’re experiencing a massive cultural shift, but on the other hand, writers who do not have formal training in school or don’t have the connections to learn more via social osmosis end up extremely out of loop and working at a disadvantage.

frognonbinary-deactivated202412

like, i didnt know about twitter pitch parties!! i didnt know about literary agents and publishers tweeting their manuscript wishlist, in hopes that some poor soul out there has written the book they really want to read and publish!! this isnt some shit you learn about in school! you really need to know the ins and outs of the writing community to be successful!

frognonbinary-deactivated202412

for anyone interested, here’s what i’ve learned so far in my quest for more writing knowledge:

1. Writer’s Market 2019 is a great place to start– it gives you a list of magazines and journals that you can send your work to depending on the genre as well as lists a shit ton of literary agents that specify what genres they represent, how you can get in contact with them and how they accept query letters. this is a book that updates every year and tbh i only bought it this year so i dont know how critical it is to have an updated version

2. do your research. mostly on literary agents because if you listed on your site that you like to represent fluffy YA novels and some asshole sends you a 80k manuscript about like…gritty viking culture, you will be severely pissed off. always go in finding someone who you know will actually like your work because they’re the ones who will try to advocate for you in getting published.

3. learn how to write a query letter. there are slightly varying formulas to how you can write an effective query letter. you’re also going to want to get feedback on your query letter because its the first thing the literary agent will read and based on how well you do it, it could be the difference between them rejecting you outright and giving your manuscript a quick read

4. unfortunately, you’re gonna want to get a twitter. Twitter is where a lot of literary agents are nowadays, and they host things like twitter pitch parties, where you pitch your manuscript in a few sentences and hashtag it with #Pitmad #Pitdark, some version of pit. a lot of literary agents and publishers will ALSO post their manuscript wishlists, which is just the kind of books they’d like to represent/publish, and they hashtag this with #MSWL (it is NOT for writers to use, only for agents/publishers)

5. connect with other writers, literary agents, publishers at book events. you will absolutely need the connections if you want to get ahead as a writer. thats just kind of the state of the world.

miss-ingno

All of this is great info! I’d like to add two more:

Queryshark is great for seeing how query letters work and what doesn’t. There’s hundreds of examples on there to compare with!

and Printrun Podcast is run by two literary agents who recently started their own agency, they cover all sorts of book news and how publishing works. They also have a (paid) query critique and first pages show, the first one of each is up for free!