:/

nothing no more

[muppetmolly]

Enchantress: I turn you into a hideous Beast. What are the names of your servants?

The Prince: Lumiere, Cogsworth, Mrs. Potts -

Enchantress:

[lumiereswig]

I BURST OUT FUCKING LAUGHING OMG

[crispy-ghee]

There's a book that we had in our house growing up that I was obsessed with as a kid. It was just called "PAKISTAN: PAINTINGS BY LIN YONG AND SU HUA" and it was an art book of 100+ paintings/sketches by two Chinese artists who travelled thru Pakistan in 1978 and 1981, a sort of travelogue of their trip, and to little-kid me, it was some of the most beautiful things I'd ever seen. I have no idea why we had that book, but I would stare at it for hours, and it made me wish I could draw/paint/do whatever it was that these artists had managed to do.

Anyway, we've moved house a bunch of times and I lost track of the book and haven't seen it for probably two decades now. But I think about it now and again, and had struggled to find it over the years, but I finally, finally got my hands on a copy of my own and i want to cry haha

I was afraid that maybe the art isn't as good as I remembered, being just a kid and all, but I cracked it open and nope, it hits me just the way it used to. Maybe even more now. It's so fucking pretty. Have some random pages:

[crispy-ghee]

Sure! Have some more portraits from the book

[st-just]

Remember, history was awful. Never trust the romantics.

[booksandchainmail]

#you want to know a sentence that rewrote my brain:#most people have never been 20#more than half of humans ever born never made it to 20#which. is so crushingly sad to me i can't think about it for too long and also weirdly tempering when i'm angry at the state of the world#most people have never been 20! is it any wonder we're bad at being people sometimes! it's so new. we're young to it#anyway#i'm so stupidly grateful to live in the present and for modern medical technology (tags via @thoughtsformtheuniverse)

[zenosanalytic]

XKCD: Degree Off

Never Forget what Childhood Vaccines and Antibiotics have done.

[burninglights]

The two most powerful words in the English language, owed entirely to the efficacy of vaccines, are thus;

“Smallpox was.”

For most of history, smallpox was (!!!) the scourge that haunted human civilisations. We have evidence of smallpox from mummies c. 1350BCE in Egypt. It’s speculated to be one of causative agents of the Plague of Athens c. 430BCE. There were outbreaks of smallpox in Angola in 1484, in South Africa in 1731 that wiped out entire clans of Khoisan people. There was at least one major smallpox epidemic almost every decade across Europe.

Smallpox was transmitted by droplet/aerosol infection; it tore through even the smallest population centres. Typical smallpox incurred a blistering fever, raised pustules, debilitating joint and back pain; if you lived — and that was a fat fucking if, as typical smallpox had a mortality rate of 30% — you’d have tell-tale pockmark scarring, and face stigma for the rest of your life. Some were left blinded.

The worst form of the disease was haemorrhagic smallpox; all the agony of typical smallpox, with the addition of skin haemorrhage and pinpoint haemorrhage in the spleen, liver, kidneys and gonads. Near-universally fatal, haemorrhagic smallpox made up 5-10% of all cases. Of this number, 72% were children.

The global smallpox vaccination campaigns of 1958 to 1977 were a monumental effort by the World Health Organization and its global associates, backed by incredibly diligent public health work and epidemiological monitoring.

Wherever there were outbreaks, there was herd immunisation. Health bodies campaigned tirelessly for the general population to be immunised. In the ‘70s, a concerted effort was made by the WHO to ensure vaccines were administered in the most remote and vulnerable communities in the Horn of Africa, South Asia and the Pacific.

In 1980, the world was officially, finally free of one of it’s oldest adversaries; universal vaccination had been achieved, and there was no population that could act as a reservoir for smallpox.

If mankind has only one great achievement, it’s the smallpox vaccine; to date, smallpox is the only human disease to be completely eradicated.

After over two millennia of suffering, mass disability and death, humanity finally had the means to give one of it’s biggest threats the biggest possible fuck you, and through scientific and public health collaboration, careful epidemiological monitoring and countless hours of on-the-ground vaccination efforts, managed to blot it from existence entirely.

Where there is vaccine coverage, childhood diseases with high morbidity and mortality rates like whooping cough, diphtheria, influenza B and have dropped.

We have vaccines for TB, another of our greatest and longest adversaries.

With enough effort to counter misinformation, more people fighting for vaccine equality, patent free medication for communicable disease, and universal vaccine coverage, and everyone making sure to keep up to date with their vaccinations, one day, we could be fortunate enough to be able to say;

“Tuberculosis was.”

[crazy-pages]

“Smallpox was.”

Fuck. That hit me hard.

[duckbunny]

death and the stars

[biglawbear]

The problem with tuberculosis is that the existing vaccine is not particularly effective because it doesn't work well against pulmonary TB, the most common form. Rounds of antibiotics can take months. And it can exist in latency. That's why some of the most effective forms of prevention for TB are contact tracing.

[xjulixred45x]

I just realized something...

Eurylochus is the one who opened the bag of winds.

It was something so obvious because of the Puppeteer song and what happened in the ocean saga, but I'm only now connecting the dots.

and honestly? Thats having nerve.

Eurylochus, who made himself look like someone super upright, THE SECOND IN COMMAND, Eurylochus who COMPLAINED to Odysseus about not doing anything against Scylla (a sea monster that was in its natural habitat, fighting would have been suicide) when NOT HE did anything against her, when he was willing to ABANDONE his men on Circe's island and questions Odysseus's leadership skills using THOSE EXAMPLES (look, Ody didn't always do things right, but there really weren't any big losses until the Ocean Saga and he handle them very well)--

the same Eurylochus that if he had not opened the pocket of winds which Odysseus spent SLEEPLESS NIGHTS watching so that no one opened (and told them verbatim NOT TO OPEN) they would not have retreated when they were about to reach Ithaca, sending the entire fleet to where POSEIDON was, WHERE ALMOST EVERYONE DIED, THEY ESCAPED BY A HAIR-

And yet he has the Audacity to say that "if Odysseus wants all the power he must take all the BLAME"? WHEN WAS IT BECAUSE OF HIS STUPIDITY THAT THEY WERE IN THE UNDERWORLD IN THE FIRST PLACE? THE REASON WHY SO MUCH PEOPLE DIED IN THE FIRST PLACE??

I'm not fine guys.

[archeahsdaname]

Y'ALL LOOK AT HIS CUTE ASS AAAA A A A AA A A A MY HEART IS EXPLODING YOW

[renamonkalou]

[dvmplingmami]

renamonkalou:

The family home of architect Sami Angawi, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia.

Holy shit….

[madgastronomer]

Real life solarpunk.

[madgastronomer]

I just read the links, and omg this is even better.

So I looked at it and knew it was using the open courtyard and the pools and fountains to do a lot of the work of cooling the house, but it’s also got drip irrigation for all of those plants (which adds more moisture to the air and also helps cool it in addition to being an effective and efficient way of watering the plants), it’s got a roof garden and other eco-conscious stuff. It combines modern construction techniques with classic Arabic art and architecture.

And his home is a cultural center.

He holds lectures, concerts and salons in his home, with guests and speakers from around the world. He’s founded multiple institutions to preserve Islamic history and architecture. He’s an activist against the extremist factions he says are trying to hijack Islam.

His home is going to be part of an international institute offering degrees in Islamic history and science, as his legacy, housing a collection of over one hundred thousands of his photos, drawings and writings about Islam and the holy cities of Mecca and Medina.

This is serious real-life Islamic solarpunk for real.

Tumblr likes the idea of solarpunk, even if there’s not a real body of work about it yet. Well, we’re missing that people are already doing this for real, and have been for a long time.

I am not generally an architecture fan. It’s nice and all, but it doesn’t do a lot for me, especially modern American stuff. But I am totally bowled over by this and must now go look at everything he’s ever designed.

[nicoima]

LOCKWOOD & CO | I’ve been re-reading this series lately and wanted to sketch the cast again 👻💕

[pompomnium]

バーティミアス 3巻 プトレマイオスの門 15章　これも日本語ですみません

I drew the comic for Bartimaeus Ptolemy’s Gate Chapter 15.

This is the Japanese version of the dialogue scene between Kitty and Bartimaeus that I drew last year. The art is a bit old when I look at it now. Please forgive the fact that the pentacle is not a pentagram.

I love Ptolemy’s Gate the best. This scene in particular left a deep impression on me and I still remember it even after all these years, and it is the scene that inspired me to read it again this time.

[thesnappsblog]

J

[ami0amii]

How to draw Afro textured 4c hair - an explanation/Tutorial

For those of you that don’t know what 4c hair is, 4c hair is a hair texture type that contains coils to small and tight that the hair appears to be more puffy rather than curly ( like to photo below ) this is in NO WAY to be confused with curly hair. there is a drastic difference.

As a black artist that primarily draws characters with 4c hair, I’ve been asked many times to do a tutorial on 4c hair so here we go~

before we get into 4c hair, lets take a moment to fully understand it by talking about hair texture in a general sense first

let’s take a look at this example of straight hair vs curly hair ( 1 type straight hair vs 3 type curly hair )

If you take a moment to compare the two you’ll notice straight hair is flat, it has no texture. Straight hair perfectly hangs down similar to liquid-like silk. It’s lack of curl pattern is the reason as to why it hangs perfectly flat.

curly hair on the other hand doesn’t lie down flat and silky like straight hair, It’s more thick. Curly hair in it’s raw and unstyled state has a trapezoid like shape this is because the sides of the hair spread more outward.

So why is this? Why is straight hair flat and curly hair thick?

the answer to that question is a thing called piling up. When it comes to hair texture, the shape of the hair strands aren’t the only thing that matters, its how the strands coexist with each other, Curly hair strands coexist by piling up on top each other.

moisture also effects hair texture too, different hair types absorbs moisture differently, thus the thickness of each hair type is different. 

…..soooo, how does this all relate to how to draw 4c hair?? 

Well let’s take a look at the drawing below. Notice how the arrows go outward more as the hair texture gets curlier. As we’ve already discussed, this is because hair piles up, The curlier the hair texture, the more it piles up on each other, the bigger it gets, the more outward the arrows go.

Out of any hair texture, 4C hair has the most curls. Because of this, the hair piles up on each other so much that it doesn’t lie down flat like straight hair, nor does it make a trapezoid like shape like curly hair, it instead becomes more cloud like.❤️

This is what you need to take into account when it comes to drawing 4C hair.

Think of it as piling up a bunch of cotton balls on each other. The most cotton on top of top to lead to a bigger patch of  cotton. this is 4c hair.

How to not draw 4c hair:

Garnet fanart. Let’s talk about Garnet Fanart. I notice a trend that when artists draw Garnet from Steven universe, her hair texture is usually changed to 3 type curly like texture. This subtle form of White washing has confused me because this is inaccurate. 

Garnet’s hair is in the shape of a cube. Though 3 type hair piles up on each other, it isn’t curly nor thick enough for their hair to stay in the shape of a cube. Curly hair lies down more than 4c hair. So garnet’s hair being in the shape of a cube is a dead giveaway that it is 4C. Why do you think hairstyles like flat tops are usually seen on black men with 4c hair? It’s because, the 4c hair texture is thick and strong enough to stay in whatever shape you put it in.

please, if you’re drawing a character with 4c hair, avoid drawing it like curly 3 type hair, this is very anti-black and texturist.

So, how do you draw 4c hair?

honestly, its the most easy thing in the world

i wanna clarify that blobby looking 4c drawings ( like the one on the top left ) can work depending on how cartoony your art style is.

Another thing that I want to greatly clarify when it comes to drawing 4C hair is, YOU. DONT. NEED. TO. DRAW. EVERY. HAIR. STRAND!…..like, seriously. I’ve gotten many messages about how 4C hair is hard to draw, and it’s always left me confused; but then I find out that the same people that have trouble drawing 4C hair, attempt to draw every single strand of hair. This is unnecessarily time consuming because it’s merely impossible to get every single detail down, especially when you have a simple cartoon style. 4C hair does not require much effort, all you’re doing is drawing lumps. It’s that simple, nothing more nor nothing less.

The reason why I greatly advise all of you to avoid drawing every single hair strand is because in real life, when you look at a 4C textured Afro, your eyes don’t pick up on each individual hair strand like straight or curly hair. 4C hair, appears to be more undefined and cloud like, so attempting to draw each and every individual strand is unnecessary and will most likely end up looking inaccurate.

Anyways! that’s it for now! there will be a part 2 to this tutorial that will come out next week! i hope you guys have learned from this and apply it to your black character in your art!~

[ami0amii]

If you’re not a black person with 4c hair, stop interacting with this post. You can re-blog but I do not want to read your useless explanation on why you personally don’t see it as problematic to turn a black character with 4C hair to curly hair.

I also would prefer not to hear you cry about how I’m being “harsh” for calling out this form of white washing. I wasn’t here to sugarcoat anything for you 👍🏾 

[ilustrationinspiration]

how anyone could find this amazing post ‘harsh’ is beyond me. GREAT tutorial

[thesaltcave]

it’s harsh because she’s literally calling other black people ‘white washed’ for having a different texture of hair.

Don’t get me wrong, it’s a good tutorial, but why OP is putting down other black girls for having looser curls in their hair is kinda crazy.

[shosta]

This is an art tutorial. OP is talking about drawing characters who undeniably have 4c hair with non-4c hair for “the aesthetic” or “realism”. Removing that trait is removing a piece of their Black identity, even though 4c is not the only Black hair texture. “please, if you’re drawing a character with 4c hair, avoid drawing it like curly 3 type hair, this is very anti-black and texturist.” -original post. Acknowledging texturism isn’t an attack on Black people for having traits that are systemically admired or seen as “better/prettier”, it is the acknowledgement that some traits ARE systemically admired. (if I missed the point, I’ll remove this. It’s frustrating to see people in the notes calling OP rude/harsh because of things OP did not say)

[thesnappsblog]

w

[metamorphesque]

Every time I wrote your name, I lied. Every time I wrote your name, it was the truth.

1.Clarice Lispector | 2.Nickie Zimov | 3.Warsan Shire | 4.Pablo Neruda | 5.Madeline Miller | 6.Nickie Zimov | 7.Madeline Miller | 8.Vincent van Gogh | 9.James Joyce | 10.Nick Lantz | 11.Ocean Vuong | 12.Nickie Zimov | 13.Richard Brautigan | 14.Keaton St. James 

[edwardspoonhands]

Tumblr: The Musical

[heritageposts]

date of origin: 27th of july, 2012.

[foodffs]

Tricks and tips!

Collected in the past 18 months. Hope someone will find this useful :)

9 Advanced Baking Skills You Need to Know

10 Secrets for Baking Professional-Quality Cookies at Home

THE ULTIMATE KITCHEN CHEAT SHEET

How to Convert a Cake Recipe into a Recipe for Cupcakes

Your Go-To Field Guide to Cake Serving Sizes

How To Convert A Recipe Into A Pressure Cooker Recipe

12 TIPS AND TRICKS TO MAKE YOU A BETTER HOME COOK

Baking Basics: Weighing Ingredients

How to Turn Any Alcohol You Like Into Tasty Frozen Popsicles

150+ Life Hacks That Will Make Your Life Instantly Amazing!

Baking Basics: 5 Mistakes to Avoid When Preparing a Recipe

This Illustrated Guide Will Come in Handy When Making Candy

How to Master 5 Basic Cooking Skills That Everyone Should Know

5 Small Tips That Will Change the Way You Bake

Help! 🚒

Baking Basics: How to Cut Butter Into Flour

Cake Making Timeline: How Long It Takes to Bake Cakes & Cupcakes

Beginner Basics: How to Use a Piping Bag

Your Most Common Bread-Baking Problems — Solved!

How to Soften Butter Quickly: 5 Popular Methods Put to the Test

Common Buttercream Problems (And How To Fix Them)

6 Common Cupcake Problems (+ How to Avoid Them!)

Common Cookie Decorating Problems + How to Avoid Them

What to Do With Stale Bread: 12 Creative Ideas

How To Properly Salt Your Pasta Water | Gimme Some Oven

Tips for Baking with Yeast

10 Ingenious Tricks for Cheesecake Success

10 Ways to Finish Up a Jar of Peanut Butter

The Secret to Reheating Pasta at Work

The Secret to Getting the Right Royal Icing Consistency

Secret to the perfect pancake described mathematically

Pizza dough sticking to the wooden pizza peel

How to prevent your cheesecake water bath from leaking - Life Love and Sugar

Clean Up Sticky Dough Easier by Using Cold Water

Know your food 🤓

How to Cook Quinoa in the Instant Pot

HOW TO COOK AND EAT AN ARTICHOKE

How To Cut A Melon (The Different But Smart Way)

HOW TO COOK DRIED BEANS – THE OFFICIAL GUIDE

How to Measure Flour - Bake or Break

What Is an Egg Wash + Why Do I Need One?

How to Chop and Slice an Onion (video) » Fearless Fresh

The Many Purposes of Eggs in Baking

Keeping Avocado Fresh: A Complete Guide

Types of Gluten-Free Flour for Baking - The Craftsy Blog

BEST COOKING OILS: HOW TO CHOOSE THE RIGHT OIL

Baking Basics: Vanilla Beans 101

Easily Identify Edible Flowers With The Help of This Graphic | Lucky Peach

Baking Basics: Common Baking Substitutions

Let’s Get Frying: Everything You Need to Know About Frying Food

Baking Basics: Baking Soda vs. Baking Powder

Your Guide to the Strange World of Alternative Flour

The Best Way to Cook Different Cuts of Beef, in One Chart

Baking Basics: Cocoa Powder 101

Baking Basics: Flour 101

5 TIPS FOR BAKING WITH YEAST + 5 MUST TRY YEAST RECIPES

Let’s Talk: Egg Size & Why It Matters

How to Cut a Mango in 3 Simple Steps [Infographic]

How To Make Shredded Chicken

Small But Mighty: How to Cook Shrimp

This Is Why Your Recipe Uses Cocoa Powder Instead of Chocolate — Tips from The Kitchn

How to Cook Rice Properly: 5 Easy Methods

A New Baker’s Guide to Choosing the Right Kind of Flour

The Best 5 Oils For Your Kitchen - Read more at katheats.com

What’s the Difference Between Short-, Medium-, and Long-Grain Rice? — Ingredient Intelligence

A Complete Primer on How to Cook Artichokes With Ease

Technicals 🤷

How To Render Lard (and why you should use it)

How to Make Brown Butter Perfectly Every Time

Yes, You Can Zest a Lemon Without a Zester (Here’s How)

How to Bake Bacon Perfectly Every Time

How to Make a Strawberry Rose Step by Step

How to Cook Shredded Chicken

How To Make Candied Orange and Lemon Peel

How to Infuse Olive Oil With Your Favorite Flavors

HOW TO MAKE HOMEMADE VANILLA EXTRACT

How to Use the Floral Piping Tips Everyone’s Talking About

Baking Hacks: 5 Simple Specialty Flours Substitute to Make at Home - The Craftsy Blog

Let This Video Teach You How to Flip Crepes and Pancakes With Ease

How to Fold a Tin Foil Dinner

How to Make Evaporated Milk at Home

Learn How to Weave Bacon With This Video

Convert a Dutch Oven Recipe Into a Slow Cooker Recipe With This Rule

Sweets That Sparkle: How to Make Edible Glitter

HOW TO TEMPER CHOCOLATE

Magical Morsels: How to Make Homemade Chocolate Chips

How to blanch almonds

Kitchen and storing 🍴

Why the Person Who Cooks Should Also Do the Dishes

15+ Home Organization Ideas

The Best Way to Keep Cookies Fresh Longer

Baking Basics: Stocking Your Freezer with Make-Ahead Meals | Brown Eyed Baker

Baking Basics: Converting Pan Sizes

How to Organize Your Kitchen for Better, Faster Cooking!

How to Organize Your Spices…the Minimalist Way

How to Wrap Your Sandwiches for Better Eating on the Go

6 surprising foods you should keep in the freezer

How to Grow Herbs (in Pots)

SMALL BATCH BAKING TIPS: 3 PANS YOU NEED

20+ Cleaning Tips

The Best Oils to Care for Your Wooden Cutting Board

How to Store Muffins and Quick Breads

If you live in a rented apartment

What to Look for When Buying a Saucepan or Saucier

Designate a “Hurry Up and Eat” Shelf in Your Kitchen to Avoid Food Waste

Reading material 📖

Why We Use Room Temperature Ingredients for Baking

Why Are You Always Tired?

Why Do We Punch Bread Dough?

Here’s How Alcohol Gets You Drunk

The Ultimate Guide For Spiced Hot Chocolate

All About Baking With Sugar

Modeling Chocolate vs. Fondant vs. Gum Paste: What’s the Difference?

Smelly Cheese 101: Why Does Cheese Smell Bad? » Fearless Fresh

The Psychological Factors That Cause Food Cravings

Do you know where chocolate comes from?

Why Cocktails Are Served In Different Sizes and Shapes of Glasses

Food Science 101: What Is Sous Vide?

Why You Should Always Preheat Your Oven When Baking

Learn to code

What is the Difference Between Marzipan and Almond Paste?

How I Conquered My Fear of Cooking and Got Comfortable in the Kitchen

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[mugwomps]

Wow, boatload of tips for the interested or the desperate.

[petermorwood]

I’m going through this list and saving the ones that interest me offline, because things do go away and Wayback is good but not infallible.

[thesnappsblog]

Hmm

[mayleeillustration]

Midnight hunt

[hopefulstarfire]

DC Super Hero Girls has given me many things. But by far my favorite thing is they have the best incarnation of Bruce Wayne. And I say that not as like oh this is 10000% who Batman is.

No. I mean they have the best version of billionaire playboy Bruce Wayne. Better than even the movies have gotten for one sole reason;

I want you to take one look at this bougie himbo, one fucking look,

And tell me who in their right mind would believe this man is the goddamned Batman.

He is too pretty. Too well put together. Too big a himbo. Too covered in fucking camera crews and groupies to ever pull it off. No one would ever even fucking consider this gem of a man could do it!

But he does and it works so fucking well.

And, oh my God, it's my new favorite thing.

[blazingmisty-deactivated2023093]

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