Absolute Fool

Dinosaurs, mermaids, and hairy men.

[kaylahadlington]

i often wonder how many ppl from 2012 tumblr are still active on here

are u also still here, lurking in the shadows????

[guccixcoochie]

[gonkaneda]

[gweninblack]

Please spread!!!!

[thefugitivesaint]

Virgil Finlay (1914-1971), “Thrilling Wonder Stories”, Vol. 35, #1, 1949 Source

[robogart]

Please don’t let me. Please don’t trust me. —- Patron’s Choice illustration of a terrible dream. 🌙✨

[birdofprey1234]

The first pride was a riot, more specifically a riot against police violence. Trans women like Miss Major and other people of colour paved the way for the celebration of pride today. You cannot celebrate your pride this month, or any month if you aren’t also supporting Black Lives Matter and the riots going on against police violence right now. Us white LGBTQ+ need to stand up for our black siblings and their rights, their struggles. We need to amplify their voices and show any support we can. (Edited to add links and make the image clearer)

Extensive BLM Google doc including places to donate to, education resources, etc

List of 75 things white people can do right now

Simple way to donate to the cause if you have no money to

[clickbaitcowboy]

Miss Major Griffin-Gracy is a trans elder and a stonewall icon who often gets forgotten when pride comes around. She is still alive and sharing all of her love!🏳️‍🌈

As of July 2019 is recovering from a stroke. This pride month consider donating to a black LGBTQ elder! She has a retirement/recover fund running: https://fundly.com/missmajor?ft_src=email_share_mobile

Click here to support Miss Major's Monthly Fundraising Circle by Friends of Miss Major

Emergency medical bills! Between Oct. 2018-Jul. 2019, this Fundly raised $80,000 toward Miss Major's basic needs. Following her recent strok

[saddest-faery-gothmother]

As of 6/2/2020, they are at $191,000 and hoping to make $200,000 over the next several months (212 days left according to the Fundly).

[vcreatures]

Hi Tumblr…remember me? I’ve all but neglected my Tumblr account. If you are interested in following my work head on over to my Insta or DA. Here are my contributions for Mermay 2020. I give you a “High Fantasy” Medieval Siren, The Japanese Amabie (prophet of disease or abundance) and a Manta Maid. 

[artofmaquenda]

Curiosity

Deer

My first Huion Kamvas painting..I’m pretty pleased! 

Short review: It takes me a while to get used to this tool, its a very different feeling from an Ipad I’ve been recently using, but I’m enjoying it so far!

Still trying to find a way to best display it on my small table haha, I’ve never used a cintiq or other screentablets before (except my small Ipad which I love) so switching from the cheapest Wacom Bamboo to this is quite a difference like I said.. The pen pressure works really well and the quality of the tablet feels very good :)

[keplercryptids]

in the wake of yet another black person being murdered by police, here’s a list of relevant fundraisers and organizations that could use your support right now. 

this is specifically a call to action for fellow white people. if you’re white and you’re in any way able to, donate.

George Floyd’s memorial fund

Minnesota Freedom Fund: “We value a society that values its people, their freedom and recognizes their contribution to the greater good. A society that does not condition pretrial freedom on class or identity, that has ended mass incarceration, and that invests in restorative and transformative justice.”

Black Visions Collective, an org that strives to “shape a political home for Black people across Minnesota. We aim to center our work in healing and transformative justice principles, intentionally develop our organizations core DNA to ensure sustainability, and develop Minnesota’s emerging Black leadership to lead powerful campaigns.”

Reclaim the Block, which “organizes Minneapolis community and city council members to move money from the police department into other areas of the city’s budget that truly promote community health and safety. We believe health, safety and resiliency exist without police of any kind. We organize around policies that strengthen community-led safety initiatives and reduce reliance on police departments.”

Black Lives Matter National

[valtsv]

guillermo del toro could write cosmic horror but lovecraft could never write the shape of water

[genaleah]

The difference between the Shape of Water and Shadow Over Innsmouth is that one was written by a racist and the other isn't.

[trans-corvo]

#Del Toro sees monsters as people#Lovecraft saw people as monsters#His racism affects how fictional monsters and concepts are perceived in his fiction#The unknown is abhorrent and harmful#Rather than something that we see ourselves in#Love is recognition 

how can you keep this in the tags??

[shittysadpossumposts]

[cikero]

don’t choke on the boot !

[dykey-femme]

due to increased productivity, they produced the same amount of work in 25 hours as the normal 40 hours week, but capitalists still complain because they weren’t “passionate” enough anymore

“passion for the work” = enslavement of mind, body, & soul. anything less than total enslavement will never be enough for them.

[thefakerachelray]

Things to bring back in books:

Chapter titles

Actually having a synopsis on the back instead of reviews no one will read

[thefakerachelray]

Some excellent additions from the notes:

Maps

Indexes of characters and places with pronunciations

Numbering books in a series on the spine

Tables of contents

[alisonzai]

[potatopantsfilledwithants]

[substats-moving]

for the love of god stop talking about collective traume from quarantine, the upper middle class kids living in comfortable houses playing animal crossing and making tiktoks are not experiencing the same stress as the poor and unemployed people who are struggling to get by