#linkspost

[umeed-e-sehr]

Flash floods hit Buner hardest as death toll in northern areas surges to over 340

PDMA states 204 deaths in Buner alone, with DC saying 50 missing; PM directs NDMA chief to expedite rescue work in 9 affected districts.

it's the same story, deforestation, climate change (to which the imperial core contributes massively), mismanagement and callousness on the lack of government and disaster relief authorities, but it costs so many lives every year in Pakistan now.

[pilferingapples]

UPDATE All Deviations Are Opted Out of AI Datasets by team on DeviantArt

UPDATE: We heard the community feedback, and now all deviations are automatically labeled as NOT authorized for use in AI datasets.

AI generators were trained using datasets collected from the open web. This includes content from creator platforms like DeviantArt, Pinterest, Twitter, and more. This was done without DeviantArt's permission and without your permission.

To help prevent your work from being used by third party AI datasets without your consent, we implemented a flag to tell AI datasets not to use your art.

All deviations on the platform are not authorized for inclusion in third-party datasets used to train artificial-intelligence models — unless you choose to opt in.

Good news, DA changed their policy! 

[lakegenevaslumberparty]

The Last Voyage of the Demeter (2023) - About the Movie | Amblin

Based on a single chilling chapter from Bram Stoker’s classic novel Dracula, The Last Voyage of the Demeter tells the terrifying story of the merchant ship Demeter, which was chartered to carry private cargo—fifty unmarked wooden crates—from Ca...

I just want to let everyone else who’s enjoying the Scary Ship Adventure part of Dracula know: there IS going to be a movie! It’s due out in 2023! They’re in post production! :D

[battendownthewhatsit]

Editorial: Black Sails, Historical Accuracy, and the Pirate Genre in Hollywood

Caution to those who have not seen all of Black Sails up to March 26, 2016 and wish not to spoil their first viewings – there are discussions that occasionally spoil small plot points from the show…

an article about the place of Black Sails in the context of other pirate stories, with some interesting discussion of how the pirate archetype/image has changed over the years

[alicedrawslesmis]

A Little Project Update (jun 2nd 2020)

I've been feeling a bit silly posting my drawings in the middle of this whole situation: massive BLM protests, triggered by another fucking murder of an innocent black man by the hands of violent police, and a pandemic unlike anything we've ever seen in our lifetimes (not to mention pride month: let's not forget it was mostly trans women of colour that paved the way for the LGBT+ community to fight for our rights)

so tonight instead of reading a chapter and posting a drawing I will postpone the end of the project for one day and share these links with you guys:

The Official List Of Blackout Resources - Includes donations to bail funds, memorials, George Floyd's family etc, as well as tips for organising protests, mental health resources and online communities

The Miss Major Monthly Fundraiser - Miss Major is one of the organisers of the Stonewall riots, she is alive and "as of July 2019 is recovering from a stroke" per the tumblr post that is linked here

Act Blue - A Website that allows you to split your donation between several active bail funds

Twitter thread of links for donations toward coronavirus prevention for black and indigenous communities of Brasil (portuguese only!)

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and look, I said it before: do not make light of this pandemic, ok? I can't in my right mind stimulate people going en masse to these demonstrations when a deadly virus is spreading and killing vulnerable people, not just people in the demonstrations but everyone who comes into contact with them. Don't forget about the pandemic just because there is another item in the forefront of your minds.

If you still feel you must go, please keep in mind the WHO guidelines for social distancing, and if you can:

- don't share water bottles unless necessary

- wear masks at all times (avoid touching your face and mask)

- don't share signs with strangers

- take hand sanitizer with you if possible

- remain at a 6ft distance of others if possible

- After a demonstration consider quarantining for 2 weeks to avoid spreading the virus unaware

AND REMEMBER: TEAR GAS IS WASHED WITH WATER! NOT MILK!

[yoursleevesareproblematic]

1830s Sleeve Supports!

I’ve been seeing a lot of 1830s the past few weeks as Dickens events come up in the calendar (exciting!), and I thought that I would contribute my fair share of tips-n-tricks with a tutorial …

What I have for you today is a  quick-and-dirty tutorial for a different method, something that I’m calling sleeve crinolines. (This is a later period term for caged supports designed for 1860s undersleeves, but I currently use it here because it distinguishes boned supports from stuffed ones. Don’t forget!)

[rosesutherlandwrites]

I can’t be the only one who remembers the ultimate Les Mis parody, Les Miseranimals? Featuring Bernadette Peters as the voice of Rita the Cat. I can’t find a clip of the whole thing but...yeah.

[pilferingapples]

Blood moon will emerge on Election Day in last total lunar eclipse for 3 years

NASA said the eclipse will provide a little "celestial magic" during the so-called Beaver Moon.

tomorrow is Election Day in the US and also COMPLETE BLOOD MOON ECLIPSE and I don’t really hold with Portents but