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[wingbeats-sharpbeaks]

WINGBEATS BLOG

- Hi I'm winged/bird! I'm 25 as of June and I draw/write for my monster OCs!

- I use She/It/They pronouns interchangably!

- This is a monster appreciation blog! I just think they're neat and enjoy them! I have my limits below of what I will/won't tolerate (personally)

- I have an alien world story I'm working on, Chamelia. All the information is hosted on Toyhouse!

- I am AuADHD! Tone tags are appreciated, I talk a lot so I apologize!

- I DO NOT TOLERATE MINORS/AGELESS FOLLOWING THIS BLOG. I WILL BLOCK. Nothing against y'all but I make my art with the intention of it being for a more adult audience and I'd rather avoid any mishaps, Thank you! If there is no age or indicator of such I will have to assume you are a minor.

LIMITS

- I do not partake in the nsfw/romance of quadruped creatures, I just find it kind of weird personally and would prefer not to depict it. If you're looking for that it's not here.

- All characters are adults and I do not draw/create minor characters outside of the children of my own characters. I do not depict minors in "unsavory" situations and if you are seeking that out, get off my blog (and possibly the internet) thank you

- I do not interact with drama related stuff, I'm here to have fun and if you bring spoiled food to the party on purpose I'm blocking you.

- I don't do robots! Nothing against them I just don't draw/write them!

- I'm generally pretty chill! All I ask for is human decency so don't take these rules the wrong way! I'm just laying out the ground rules so if you're looking for robots you know which blogs to hit up! /gen

[kyra45]

“Commission open? Dm me” - commission scam

“I have something important to tell you but can’t message u pls message me ” - accidentally reported you scam

“I love your story and want to illustrate it dm me at discord” - commissioner scam

“I saw your post looking for artists to draw (x) and would love to draw it it sounds like a lovely idea and im an artist” - commissioner scammer who DM’d you when you didn’t ask

“Did you send me this link for free tumblr premium?” - accidentally reported you scam

“ your account is limited please kindly verify at (scam link)” - verification scam

[ranticore]

it's been a while since i made a mouth freak so here's one from my dream this morning

it walks along the bottom of a river and snatches its prey off the banks. it was born in the headwaters in the first degree stream and now it lives in a broad lowland depositing river, having travelled incrementally downstream as it outgrew its previous habitats. maybe one day it will reach the sea.

[insaneandlovingit]

You would not believe your ass

If ten million largemouth bass.

[problemnyatic]

desired you while the women flee

[wildminti]

Rocky was going to say "fans of PHM" but Grace panicked! 🏳️‍🌈

BONUS PANEL

[wingbeats-sharpbeaks]

Happy pride

[nataliehall]

♥️🌕

[spicymotte]

reminder for myself when I feel bad about making the same OC over and over again

[eeveekitti]

the fight comes sooner than you think...

[starri44]

nkt another.. please. ..mercy on my soul

[birdwatcher-ii]

I was ugly once, now I am becoming pretty

[paperruins]

you need to make more self-indulgent art btw. hyper-specific self-indulgent niche shit that appeals to You Specifically and maybe nobody else will get it or even like it but that's the point.

[tinylongwing]

Utahraptor for today's @a-dinosaur-a-day list. These guys feel like the Cretaceous equivalent of a lion to me, maybe - so much bulkier than any of our modern birds of prey.

[s1l4s-3nj0ys-t0m4t03s]

i love sex workers and contraception and abortion and open relationships and gay people and transgenders and weird identities

[play-exy-be-sexy]

Hi I love you all🖤

[spiteswallow]

I humbly suggest that true crime freaks should get into learning about scammers instead of serial killers. I LOVE reading about fraud and grifts and pyramid schemes. true crime ppl have all this paranoid energy about murder, which is rare in the grand scheme of things.....maybe instead that could be channeled into some productive rage toward capitalism.

[spiteswallow]

And u know a side effect of learning about scam artists is that you start to understand certain things about economics, and just how STUPID these systems are and how easily they are taken advantage of....and I'd much rather people gained a passing familiarity with economics than whatever armchair psychologist shit these true crimers get on. We need fewer people who think they're experts on "sociopaths" and more people who understand how people like Elizabeth Holmes and the WeWork guy were able to do what they did

[lindstromm]

Here are some of my favorite books about financial scams:

The Wizard of Lies: Bernie Madoff and the Death of Trust by Diana B. Henriques.

The Big Short: Inside the Doomsday Machine by Michael Lewis (about the 2008 stock market collapse).

The Caesar's Palace Coup: How a Billionaire Brawl Over the Famous Casino Exposed the Corruption of the Private Equity Industry by Max Frumes and Sujeet Indap. (I admit I've never finished this one; the writing is hard to read.)

The Great Beanie Baby Bubble: Mass Delusion and the Dark Side of Cute, by Zac Bissonette. I bought this book because of the subtitle and I have never regretted it. You must read it.

Catch Me If You Can by Frank Abagnale. They turned this one into a movie! The book was very different and is worth reading.

The Cult of We: WeWork, Adam Neumann, and the Great Startup Delusion, by Elliot Brown and Maureen Farrell. I haven't read this one yet, but it's on my tbr pile!

Opus: The Cult of Dark Money, Human Trafficking, and Right-Wing Conspiracy Inside the Catholic Church, by Gareth Gore. I'm reading this one right now. The author is a financial journalist who stumbled onto this story by unraveling a bank failure in Spain.

And here's a list of more non-fiction books about fraud and financial scams. The first book on this list is about Theranos and Elizabeth Holmes, which I also haven't read yet.

Enjoy!

[narcissuspseudonarcissus]

I want to add, if you’ve got access to it, the BBC Radio 4 series (or podcast) “Scam Secrets” is a fascinating look into scams that are currently running.

[mumblingsage]

OP has a point about capitalism, but actually I want to reblog this as someone who recently answered the phone to a scammer and say: we need true crime to make people more vigilant in their personal lives. You're at way more risk from an unknown number calling you than from anyone slicing your Achilles' tendons as you walk through a parking lot. I don't care so much about the people scammed by Elizabeth Holmes but I do care about worried and confused senior citizens buying thousands of dollars in gift cards because they think they need to help their grandson who's in trouble in another state.

[bemusedlybespectacled]

Seconding this. There’s also a lot of crossover between scams and cults, which are also useful for people to be aware of. “Oh I’m not religious so I’d never fall for a cult” “oh I’m smart and savvy I’d never join a cult” oh boy do I have some fun stuff to tell you about cults.

[bipolar-bubbeleh]

Hey, Hun: Sales, Sisterhood, Supremacy, and the Other Lies Behind Multilevel Marketing by Emily Lynn Paulson is a great intro to MLMs!

She signed up for the sisterhood, free cars, and the promise of a successful business of her own. Instead, she ended up with an addiction, b

[wingbeats-sharpbeaks]

New sona. The dragon. Uhhh her name is vulture.

She's an Aestheto (a type of dragon species of mine) that lacks the big wings they're known for. She has 2 brothers and is in a secret forbidden relationship with a Swift dragon.

(As a reminder my work is 18+!! Minors will be blocked!!)

[beidak-art]

Meet Klaus - a centaur boi ❤