Dora's Internet Musings

[gatorzaeder]

Take my gay cats, Tumblr!

This is part 1, the next part will be gender identity centered :)

[staarzzz]

Any character can be aspec if you love them enough

[questionableadvice]

~ Don'ts for Bachelors and Old Maids by Minna Thomas Antrim, 1908

[quaintpanic]

I WAS BORN YESTERDAY. I JUST BLEW IN FROM STUPID TOWN. THIS IS MY FIRST RODEO. PLEASE BE PATIENT WITH ME.

[pop-six-squish]

So I finished my first run of Baldur's Gate 3...

[digitalkiddo]

If you're writing anything involving cons, scams, heists, or morally questionable characters who are very good at lying, here are some free resources I've been using for research. Saving you the "why is this in my search history" anxiety.

1. The FBI's Famous Cases & Criminals archive (fbi.gov/history/famous-cases) has detailed breakdowns of real fraud cases, Ponzi schemes, and confidence operations. The language they use is clinical and precise, which is perfect for getting the procedural details right.

2. The FTC Consumer Sentinel Network publishes annual reports on the most common fraud tactics in the US. Great for understanding how modern scams actually work and what makes people fall for them.

3. The Smithsonian's American Art Museum has a free digital collection of forgery case studies. If your character forges documents or art, this is gold.

4. Court Listener (courtlistener.com) is a free legal database where you can read actual court transcripts from fraud trials. Want to know how a real con artist talks under oath? This is where you find out.

5. The Internet Archive's collection of old newspaper crime sections. Search for "confidence man" or "swindle" in papers from the 1920s through 1960s and you'll find incredible real stories that would feel too dramatic for fiction.

Bonus: The Psychology of Fraud section on the Association for Psychological Science website has accessible articles about why people trust, how deception works cognitively, and what makes someone a convincing liar. Essential reading if you want your con artist characters to feel psychologically real.

Reblog to save for later. Your WIP will thank you.

[ethereal-lorestar]

I considered having these features for some of my characters, and this will definitely help me later.

Also, this may or may not help me with a certain fandom with a particular beloved character :P

[roguedeer]

Being asexual and racist is embarassing as fuck. Being racist at all is obviously embarassing as fuck but the amount of racism and especially antiblackness i have been seeing from asexuals recently is obscene.

One of the only asexual activists is Yasmin Benoit, a Black woman. She has raised so much awareness for the community. She was the first asexual person to lead Pride in London, she started the #thisiswhatasexuallookslike movement and is THE leading voice for the community.

And you all will celebrate international asexuality day on April 6th but we wouldn't even have that if she hadn't cofounded it.

Edit: why are you all too scared to repost this. Cmon. Be vocal about being against racism

Edit 2: if you feel the need to announce in the comments that you're not reblogging for whatever reason just know that I genuinely do not care.

But also know that I will look through your account and if I notice that youre actively a racist or you just dont reblog stuff about that I will ridicule you in a reblog. Idc idc. Not reblogging is fine but if you feel the need ti announce it youre annoying asf.

[addigni]

Reblog if you genuinely support asexuals

It terrifies me that there’s so much raging passion in the lgbt+ community that insist on marginalizing asexuals and implying that asexuals don’t deserve to have safe spaces. There’s still so much acephobia so I just wanna know which blogs are genuinely supportive and a safe space for asexuals

[cabinthreeproblems]

*SLAMS REBLOG BUTTON* ASEXUALS HAVE MY VOTE //ref

[writingdose]

[allthingswhumpyandangsty]

[ominous-signs]

Would you rather permanently live

Deep underwater

Deep space

Voting ended onJun 25

Assuming you’d have decent supplies for at least a few decades and living space/a proper vessel to sustain yourself, however survival still depends on you and how you handle your situation. All you have to do is survive.

[hazard-symbols-that-fuck-hard]

PRIDE HAZARD BUTTONS ARE NOW AVAILABLE!

Only $2.50 each!

Buy assorted 2.25” buttons here!

Buy 1.5” rainbow rad buttons here!

As usual, enamel pins, stickers, and other pinback buttons are still in stock! View my whole shop here

I’m working on getting the explosive pride stickers back in stock— you can see what I have left of them at the moment here

If you want that one test nonbinary pin (the one with the car flying off the cliff) send a message in your order of a NB pin letting me know. I can’t guarantee that you’ll get it (I only have one and it’s first-come-first-serve), so make sure you’re also alright with getting the updated design!

[hazard-symbols-that-fuck-hard]

christ i was NOT expecting to have to restock so soon!

i’ll try to make more either this week or next

[steampunktoy]

I made an Android phone watercolour app called Waterwheel. This post is the pinned intro if you're new here, because Tumblr is like the only place online that keeps getting rediscovered by confused people in pith helmets.

Iiiiiif you've landed on this blog and you're wondering what I'm up to lately: I built an Android app for watercolour painters, and this is the place I keep talking about it.

Waterwheel is a pocket studio tool. Not a social app, not a subscription trap, not another RGB colour picker (actually colorlovers is great for that). It's for people who think: 'Look, is a new watercolour tube really so bad compared to a cup of coffee'.

All the bits:

Wheel - spin and compare outer and inner hues, read blend previews, and open manufacturer matches (Daniel Smith, Winsor & Newton, Schmincke, Sennelier, and more — 18 bundled catalogues so far). Warm/cool variants, harmonies, staining and granulation notes where the data has them.

Frame - camera study tools for the field: Claude Glass (circular value study) and a viewfinder with crop ratios. Handy for plein air and urban sketching when you want a second look at value and composition.

Palette - log what's actually in your paintbox and then go buy duplicates anyway, I KNOW WHAT YOU ARE. Catalogue colours or custom entries. Track what you're running low on.

Learn - short glossary and technique cards for when you're mid-session and want a distraction from overworking your piece.

Most of it runs offline on your phone (like, except the camera bit). No login. No friend lists. No data harvesting. You pay once ($4.99 AUD - less if you don't use Monopoly money) and that's it. You wouldn't believe how confusing it was finding how to do this in Google.

I'm an artist who wanted this for my own painting - not a studio, not a company. I made it because I needed a practical way to see which colours each manufacturer actually sells for a hue, and what to substitute when the tube I want isn't on the shelf.

If you paint in watercolour, sketch outdoors, or hoard half-empty tubes like the rest of us — it might be useful.

Google Play (Android): https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.enpleinhare.waterwheelcolourwheel

Questions welcome in asks/replies. I read them.

If you can't use Android, I'm sorry - it's Play-only for now - I'd love to do an iPhone version but I don't have an iPhone to test on. If you can, and you try it, I'd love to hear what works and what doesn't.

Thanks for being here!

[critfailcleric]

[ C H A O S ]

[talludora]

I'm obsessed with this androgynous beauty.

[millenniallust4death]

I’m paying to force seven thousand strangers to see a photo of my late husband having fun with his dog. Tumblr Blaze is totally worth it. XD

[millenniallust4death]

Thank-you to all of my new Internet stranger friends for being so gracious about having my post shoved onto your dashboards. I loved reading all of your kind tags and comments! Both Martin and Bosco have been gone for several years now but for 24 hours, they felt very present in my life. I greatly appreciate this gift. ❤️

[psycorax]

Reblog to have your dashboard be visited by the spirit of joy that death can end but not erase.

[leavescrown]

Love that this is well beyond 7000 people now and still going

[millenniallust4death]

@leavescrown Exactly! It’s a beautiful gift. Martin and Bosco out there travelling around the Tumblr community, continually making new friends.

[millenniallust4death]

@sseanettles

#hello again martin and bosco!! sending you boys round for another go :)

Reading your tag made me laugh out loud. It’s like two old friends unexpectedly stopped by your porch for a quick visit. XD

[petermorwood]

I’ll always reblog Martin and Bosco when they splash across my dash, because of Reasons.

What’s loved, lives.

[talludora]

The remembered never die.

[cryptotheism]

Cafe at The Portland art museum has Rothko no. 5 cakes. Something intellectually meaty about seeing the painting in person, and then eating a cake copy. The complete experience. Full spectrum.

[castronaut]

[sourdough-seal]

“what’s your writing process” i put a pathetic guy in a blender and blend blend blend