[witchofdunwich]

a few days ago a coworker asked me to explain Hanukkah and I asked her if she knew what a menorah was. She said, “like the Northern Lights?”

I’m simultaneously haunted by and wild about this concept now. instead of aurora borealis, menorah borealis. menorah borealis

[yubriamakesart]

i’m not Jewish but now i’m also captivated by the concept of a menorah borealis, and I didn’t see anyone else drawing it. Hope you like it & hope everyone who celebrates has a lovely Hanukkah. <3

edit: now with the correct number of branches for a Hanukkah menorah.

[rongzhi]

Creating filagree ruyi jewelry using olden methods

English added by me :)

[ashesofgo1d]

Oh my god. That's beautiful.

[queersona]

Hi i wanted to share this fucking insane moment I read today

[anyawen]

[myrling-art]

That artist is the founder of Cara by the way (https://cara.app/zemotion/all).

Cara is the only art platform I have found that not only prohibits AI art from being uploaded on the site, but also offers their users to Glaze their art (which protects them from ai mimicry). They are also working on implementing Nightshade, which actively poisons ai training.

I have used Cara for a couple of months now, and I hope more people check it out. It's really nice. 💚

We need these kinds of places for artists, and it's also FREE (despite the staff paying out of their own pockets to keep it running).

[caitlin-elias]

reblogging this as I was just complaining about the rampant AI usage on pinterest yesterday lol

[ettawritesnstudies]

Even if you're not an artist, I highly recommend signing up just to lurk because it's been such a lovely wholesome experience free of the noise and brainrot that comes with the ads and reels on instagram. As a writer I think it has a niche for connecting authors with cover designers and illustrators. I'm documenting my experience in this thread if anyone wants to follow along!

[quietwingsinthesky]

possession horror where the thing possessing the autistic character causes them to behave in a more neurotypical way. autistic possession horror where the thing inside you is easier to communicate with than you are, the thing inside you doesn’t have a flat affect, the thing inside you doesn’t let your body stim, the thing inside you is how you were told to behave and you can only do it when you are no longer you. autistic possession horror where you will never forget that everyone liked it better than you before they found out something was controlling you. autistic possession horror where they know what’s inside you isn’t you and debate whether it would be easier for everyone to leave you like this anyway. you agree. reblog.

[squirrelstone]

Maybe if people updated more we wouldn't turn to ai

You’re a pathetic, impatient loser. Fanfic writers owe you nothing, and their writing is their own, not yours to do with as you choose, you entitled brat.

[razziecat]

Goddamn, some people really are that entitled.

[digitaldiscipline]

There are people hollering at GRRM, saying that "he owes them" the remaining book/s, because they've purchased the extant ones.

Sir, unless you, specifically, have commissioned and paid an artist, they do not owe you shit.

[libraford]

They Left MAGA - Leaving MAGA

They Left MAGA Steve Vilchez Chicago Read His Story Erica Roach New York Read Her Story Justin Yu California Read His Story Deanna Raper Nor

This is an interesting thing. Looks like testimonies of people who left the MAGA movement- how they got into it and why.

Leaving a cult is really hard, so I really respect the people who are speaking from this place.

[libraford]

Yes, actually.

Look, I know people want to react to the 'leopards eating faces party' with a big fat 'told you so,' but these are ex-cultists who are reaching out to people who may need an exit with a soft landing.

People who are deeply in a cult are afraid to leave it and MAGA is no exception! There's a fear that once you leave, you won't be accepted by anyone, so they stay even if they no longer believe in their rhetoric.

A very intelligent person can fall for a cult if they feel that it can offer them something they're missing. The outside world is perilous and you can be safe here. Your friends will reject you now that you've joined us, but we will accept you. Decisions are hard, we can make them for you. The secular world has broken you, we can give you new life through christ.

If you read some of the testimonies (and so many of them are young people) you'll see how much of it is 'I didn't see it, it took someone I love to show it to me, I can't unsee it now.' We've all done things we regret. Some regrets are bigger than others. I would rather forgive them and allow them to do good work than berate them for a decision they made when compromised by anxiety.

If you want to punish them, that's up to you.

But yeah. I think we should cheer for them.

[kedreeva]

This is going around Facebook right now

And it's 100% the sentiment that needs to be cultivated. If you want MAGA to go away or be diminished, then you have to give people grace when they leave. Not only that, but you literally have to make it as easy as possible, or all you're doing is cutting off your nose to spite your face.

[aspiringwarriorlibrarian]

Part of what keeps you in a cult is high exit costs. Do not make them higher.

[theclaudehuggins]

Your icon is violently in love with you for 5 weeks how screwed are you

[kedreeva]

There are good things in this world still

Today, I made my family's broccoli cheese dip. It's a holiday dip, usually, but it's actually really easy to make- package/box of cream cheese (8oz), 2 cups shredded cheddar, granulated garlic to taste, head or so of broccoli choppped fine. Mix everything but a 1/2 cup of the cheese well in a (glass) pie pan and pop in the microwave for 3-4 minutes. Put the rest of the shredded cheese on top. Eat with crackers, tortilla chips, bread chunks, whatever you want.

Today, I worked on my farm website and updated/overhauled a couple of pages to look better. I'm proud of my work, and I'm happy to have the resource at hand now so I don't have to re-type stuff.

Today, I sat in the bird pen and Bug and Mantis sat on my lap and preened and beeped happily.

Today, it was my little sister's birthday, and I'm so incredibly happy she is alive and well. She spent her birthday taking her son to his first roller rink, and in the photo she sent me, he's got one of his silicone chew necklaces on. She learned he's autistic not long ago, and she's been learning and doing her best to help him be himself. He told her that for halloween, he wants to be a buttered noodle, and she asked if I wanted to join in. I'll check back at the end of sept to see if he's changed his mind lol

Today, I made plans to travel to a bird swap in another state, which is mostly just for the fun of looking at birds and prices. It's integrated into a flea market, so there's also lots of neat Stuff. I now have something to look forward to!

Today, I was taking photos of Bug's beautiful purple neck, but I was caught and got The Look.

There are good things left in this world, however small. This is your opportunity to reblog this and share your good things with each other, or check the notes if you need a reminder.

[charlesoberonn]

Anxiety: You're almost 30 and haven't published a single book. You wasted your chance to become a successful author!

Me: Stan Lee created Spider-Man at age 40. George R. R. Martin wrote A Game of Thrones at age 48.

Anxiety: Oh fuck nvm you do you, king.

[charlesoberonn]

:) 👍

[charlesoberonn]

Cormac McCarthy wrote No Country For Old Men at age 72.

[waywardsou2]

Some idiot: "Why are you reading your own fic, that's shallow and stupid"

All fanfic writers and writers everywhere: "Who the fuck do you think I wrote it for?!"

[uncertainlys]

it will pass but like can i at least get an eta

[puppygirllaika]

mech & pilot

[infectiouspiss]

violence and death and dying and blood and guts and gore and violence and viscera and fuck you fuck you fuck you fuck you fuck you fuck you

[ospreyonthemoon]

@markscherz do you know what type of frog this is? I can't tell if its a small adult or a baby frog.

[markscherz]

This is a juvenile Chacophrys pierottii, arguably the most comically proportioned frog ever. Here is an adult. If I had not taken this photo myself I would think it’s some kind of ridiculous meme render.

These are also the frogs that bury themselves in a backwards spiral that is seriously relatable.

[sheilakijawaanii]

BACKWARDS SPIRAL??

[elbiotipo]

Every time I read one of those age gap posts the age where you're still helpless and being taken advantage of gets higher and higher, like 26 years old is too young to interact with older people what the fuck? I have lots of friends who were/are well into doing a PhD at this point. My dad had me at 26 years old. You're a whole grown ass person participating in society, you can vote and join politics, you can work, you can live in your own.

This smolbeanification has to stop, it's frankly embarrassing.

[elbiotipo]

not EXACTLY what I was thinking of but. Uh. This sure does prove my point.

[thestuffedalligator]

Collecting books is great until you have to move all of them at once and realize that every one of the little bastards weighs about as much as a brick and collectively have the mass of a neutron star

[artyphex]

Apparently there’s a “kids shouldn’t be allowed in grocery stores” thing being spread on TikTok because they might scream or run around and look yeah that’s annoying but at a certain point you’ve gotta just put up with kids being a little annoying in public. Sure the kid pouring milk in the isles is the fault of a shitty parent and should be asked to leave, but a single mom with an otherwise controlled by crying toddler isn’t doing anything wrong. I think you’ll live if someone’s two year old starts screaming in their arms in isle 3. It might be annoying but that mom is probably having a worse day than you