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Traditional artist Matthew Klaas de Witte Southern Ontario More of my art: http://dewitteillustration.deviantart.com DM for commissions, questions etc. All Power to the People 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️🇵🇸✊🏻✊🏼✊🏽✊🏾✊🏿

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Namaygoosisagagun First Nation lost everything in the fires, please share and donate so they can recover!!

The Anishinabek Nation is now accepting in-kind donations on behalf of Namaygoosisagagun First Nation in Thunder Bay, Ontario.

Acceptable items: ▪️Adult clothing (in all sizes & genders) ▪️Non-perishable food items & goods ▪️Toys for children of all ages

Drop-Off Location: The Outset, 610 Simpson Street, Thunder Bay, ON Drop-Off Hours: 9:00 AM – 4:30 PM EST (Daily) Contact: Courtney Mohring, Ingaged Creative Productions, 807-620-5324

Monetary donations are welcome via e-transfer to: [email protected] Donations can also be made by credit card via PayPal or Canada Helps, with further information at https://an7gc.ca/donate/

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Mecha doodle

[themirokai]

10 People I Want to Get to Know Better Meme

Thanks so much to @nichestars for tagging me in this!

Last song: I actually didn’t listen to music at all at work today which is shocking. I exercise very early in the morning on weekdays and have determined that kids movies are pretty good to work out to at an ungodly hour: do not require much thought or attention, bright and cheerful, engaging. Which is all by way of saying that I started watching Encanto for the first time during my workout this morning, but didn’t get very far into it so my last song is The Family Madrigal.

Currently watching: Surfski and I always have several shows that we rotate through slowly. At the moment we’ve got Star Trek Voyager, Landman, the West Wing, Abbot Elementary, and The Vampire Lestat.

Current obsession: Uh, to be completely honest, work is kind of sucking me dry lately and I don’t really have the energy for an obsession at the moment.

Currently reading: Radiant Star by Ann Leckie, which is the latest novel in the Imperial Radch series. I was kind of meh on the last two books (Provenance and Tranaslation State) but so far I’m really liking this one.

Currently working on: I was working on the Kiera of Tyrosh-focused follow up to If You Call I Will Answer, and I have about 6k words written but see above on work kicking my butt. Not really any juice left for writing in my non-work hours. One of these days I’ll pick it up again because I really love it and may be able to convince like 3 of you to read it.

Tagging: Absolutely zero pressure tags for @thunderwhenhepurrs , @tinyfrenchowl , @eidetictelekinetic , @kantama , @threefill , @tochira with apologies if you’ve already done this and I missed it.

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I see I am being tagged by celebrities now. @themirokai wishes to see me blush. The blushing shall now commence.

Last song: Technically it's an retrowave mix but for the purposes of this I'll say Level Up by Vienna Teng. It's a soft song that'll get your blood moving and I find it quite the inspiring piece. Great for listening to at loud volumes in a car.

Currently watching: Smoking Behind The Supermarket With You has proven quite charming so far. I recently watched all of The Amazing Digital Circus with my wife and we've been having great fun talking about it at length. She wants me to watch I Saw The TV Glow but that's a no thank you from me!

Current obsession: The bones I've got processing and where to find more bones. I currently have twenty seven carcasses (all but three are just skulls) processing in a friend's yard (I love them very much) and am planning to go look under some local bridges to see if I can find anything there. I actually find domestic animal bones to be most compelling and hardest to acquire, especially since I have very stringent ethical standards I adhere to for my own brain.

Currently working on: A sort of 1984 sex worker/dragon thing I just rediscovered in my journal. Also a story of a Lady Catherine de Bourgh style platypus who is so offended that anything should impede her quest that it must be removed immediately and so it is.

Tagging with absolutely high pressure @treesarewhispering and @cwicseolfor and @spuxee and and and @idiomagic and @meowmeowsabortionclinic and @incorporealbagelbeing and @zahai

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Current Listening: Trying People - De la Soul. Beautiful track. RIP Dave. Always listening to Sade. Currently Watching: Sports, I'm overloaded with sports. Stereotypical cishet male. My spouse loves the World Cup. I'm enjoying the WNBA Toronto Tempo season not enjoying the Blue Jays season. Sumo is also soon. Current obsession: Native plants, native gardening. Revolution. Currently Reading: Akira vol. 2, Tales of the Earthsea illustrated (beautiful watercolour illustrations) brilliantly adapted. Currently working on: A commission of a fantasy cityscape that's taking forever. I got a pile of personal work as well. Sade Adu studies.

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Cyberprince and the revolution

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Flight of the Majestic

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trenchpunk mech doodles

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Trenchpunk - Bomi Warrior Tatreez, cedar of Lebanon, olives and dates. Fire is based on Islamic art.

She leans on a column from the ruins of her ancestors, while they had to leave their heartlands they now live near the cedars in the mountains. But they are always connected to the olive and date orchards of their ancestors and display it in design motifs.

The sword is based on the Algerian Nimcha. The essence of her ancestors empowers the blade.

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Bomi tribeswoman Still mashing out what I want the Bomi tribes to look like. Bomi weapons are ancestral, crafted and maintained to a very high standard, carved and painted. They contain the spirits and will of their ancestors, the trigger can not be pulled if a non-Bomi tries to fire it. Captured rifles are a feature Derenah Empire museums, they can't use the weapons, but they just assume they're poorly crafted.

Levantine tatreez, Yemeni jambiya.

Heavy handed but oh well

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Trenchpunk doodles

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Trenchpunk - Bomi Tribeswomen

They lean on the ancient ruins of their people. The mountains they live are the final piece of land that they have under their dominion that is free. All that remains of their ancient culture.

Traditional and looted weapons from defeated Derenah forces. Though a mysterious benefactor is also supplying them with arms... When within their mountainous home, the Bomi peoples are unparalleled, it is when they try to descend to the foothills that it becomes bloody. Their heartland is far away within the Derenah Empire.

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The Fay Enchantress from Warhammer Fantasy

My favourite tw warhammer playthrough.

I thought I'd give the tower of the enchantress a spin at designing. I had this idea that it exists in a hidden plane. I gave it a less traditional, more otherworldly look. A bit crazy a bit too big for one person.

The flowers are Downy Gentian. Gentians are one of my favourite flowers.

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Tony Angel - Purple Dream Tour. Most performers use some degree of AI in order to formulate the "perfect" beat to go along with their vocals. Tony is one of the few that doesn't, still uses a real backup band, and completely raw vocals. This naturally gives him a chip on his shoulder, a superiority complex, a snob, the self proclaimed "hardest working man in RnB".

It puts him at odds with a lot of people in the industry, performers, and the companies who make the AI. He's gaining popularity and the wrong people are taking notice.

It's a good thing then, that when he's not focusing on music, he's a mask-wearing vigilante that pours almost all his earnings into the tech for fighting back

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Trenchpunk doodle page

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Anthony Eugene Angelo aka Tony Angel

my RnB star OC I've been workshopping for quite some time! He secretly fights the bad guys when he's not performing.

Skin scanned very red, and the pink faded away, so I included a phone picture to show what it really looks like :S

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Trenchpunk doodles

I've been playing a lot of Sand Land

[weirdgirl247]

wanted to share this petition which has been started in canada urging the federal government to protect canadian citizens access to gender affirming care

this comes after the alberta provincial government recently used the notwithstanding clause to push forward legislation banning gender affirming care for minors, along with other bills targeted primarily at trans youth.

if this passes 500 signatures it will be brought to the house of commons so i urge you to sign only if you are a resident of canada! (you will need to provide a postal code when signing)

also make sure if you do sign to check your email you submitted afterwards to confirm your signature because it will not count otherwise!!

if you don’t live in canada please just spread this around, get the word out where people who can sign it can see it!

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@teaboot

[jasper-dracona]

There’s another one going around that is similar but different! This one is e-7005, but another that’s been shared around here on tumblr is e-7027.

If you’ve already signed a petition on this issue recently, double check which one!

[weirdgirl247]

yes!!! e-7027 and e-7005 are both petitions going around rn calling for the federal government to take action against anti-trans legislation but they’re both taking different approaches.

e-7027 is asking the federal government to use section 90 of our charter and evoke a disallowance clause (which has not been used since 1943) that would overpower the alberta governments use of the notwithstanding clause.

e-7005 (the petition in my original post) is asking for the federal government to rule that access to trans healthcare is a human right based on the evidence and testimony from multiple reputable health organizations. specifically mirroring how in 2000 the alberta government used the notwithstanding clause to rule that marriage is between a man and a woman, which was overruled by the federal government enshrining marriage equality in 2005.

the distinction between both petitions is important to note but i would suggest (if you’re eligible) signing both petitions to ensure the federal government can hear how much action like this is needed. you can sign e-7027 here!

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