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I absolutely love the fact they've Pokemon-ised the museum staff, for the upcoming Pokémon partnership with the Field Museum. Museums, take note.

A post by Rebecca Johnson: “I finally learned how to teach my guys to ID the passive voice. If you can insert "by zombies" after the verb, you have passive voice.” A tumblr respond from mightymur: “The final, brilliant word on passive voice. "She was killed [by zombies.]"<--passive "Zombies killed [by zombies] her." <-- active”

Because it feels relevant as we continue to evaluate the media and our representatives’ statements, my favorite way to identify the active vs. passive voice.

A peepshow book depicting a conductor and an orchestra.

A peepshow book depicting people in a library.

A peepshow book depicting a whale in front of a ship.

What do you get when you cross a peepshow with a petite book? A peti-pshow!

A peepshow, or tunnel book, is a book format that spaces multiple illustrated leaves apart from one another to create an illusion of depth when viewed through a front opening.

Today is a day when arts degrees are worthless, but the product of those degrees is so valuable it would kill an entire industry if they were made to pay for it.

I just saw someone use the abbreviation “AI;DR” and I’ll be laughing for a while.

A tall man with purple hair & yellow eyes holds a purple lantern outstretched. He wears dark clothing and carries a stylised polearm weapon. Left text reads: Flins.

I was aiming for C6 Aino, but a win is a win! ⚡️🪦 #GenshinImpact

Robin Williams' daughter has some quality thoughts on AI slop

Let’s talk about ‘whoa.’

First of all, ‘woah’ is not yet considered an established spelling variant of ‘whoa.’

While ‘woah’ has grown in prevalence since the late 20th century, ‘whoa’ is still about 5 times as common as ‘woah.’

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The "AI" responses that Google gives about me and my work are consistently error-prone, which I know because I am me. If I know Google's "AI" responses give incorrect answers about things I know about, I can't trust it to give correct answers about things I don't know. So, no, I don't use it.

🎃 UNCANNY HALLOWEEN COUNTDOWN: DAY 2 🎃

Today’s slice of scariness is Case 2: The Secret Song 🎶

There will be a brand new #Uncanny mini-case every day until #Halloween - when a new full-length series of #Uncanny will land! Who’s excited?

During the 2020 lockdown, birds no longer had to compete with traffic noise. Their songs became softer and deeper.

For the love of all that is good in the book world, please work with real-life illustrators, cover designers and other creatives. In the UK, they are absolutely the best in the world.

Image is line paper with writing showing an English word followed by how it is written in the Cherokee language followed by how it is spelled and pronounced. The word is fairy and pronounced ahdahwayhee

Your Cherokee words for today.
The top word is English followed by how it is written in the Cherokee language followed by how it is spelled in English then how to pronounce it phonetically.

Tsawasi (jhawahsee) and Tsagasi (jhagahsee) are the names of two small fairies, who are mischievous enough,

I found more joy in life this way.

Give folks their flowers

No, I mean right now. Go tell someone you loved their work right now. They're on social media just say it, it has never been easier

"They know how much people love--" no they don't go say it right now to a composer or artist or game dev or writer or anyone AAAAAAAHHHHHHHHH

YouTube video by Genshin Impact Character Trailer - "Flins: Nocturne Sentinel" | Genshin Impact #GenshinImpact #Flins

Character Trailer - "Flins: Nocturne Sentinel" | Genshin Impact
#GenshinImpact #Flins

A "flame" in the graveyard brings no warmth. If anything, it only deepens the chill.
One may tremble while celebrating their narrow escape. Not that there's any need to go hunting for the source of this fortune.

Inktober sets completely unrealistic expectations regarding output. Making a complete inked drawing in one day EVERY day for a month is insane and a recipe for burnout. Don’t tie your worth to something that even professionals believe is unrealistic.

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Cartoon: two people at a table with paper, rulers, pens, knives, a jam jar with tools in. Third person entering the scene. Person at the table says "Welcome to Book Binding Club. Please make yourself a tome". I don't know how well puns work with readers. It's two separate words, "a" and "tome". Would welcome any feedback on this.

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‘Nickname’ is not ‘nick’ + ‘name.’

It was originally ‘ekename.’

‘Eke’ was the Middle English word for “also” or “in addition.”

Since ‘ekename’ began with a vowel, people used ‘an’ before it.

Over time, 'an ekename' became 'a nickname.'

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As I was saying…

If it looks like a duck, and quacks like a duck, we have at least to consider the possibility that we have a small aquatic bird of the family anatidae on our hands. DOUGLAS ADAMS

I feel like the last line should be in every set of submission guidelines out there.

Putting Adjectives in the Right Order You do this without even thinking

Here is an interesting adjective quirk that you probably aren’t even aware you are doing.

In English, adjectives seem to follow a specific order:

opinion - size - age - shape - color - origin - material - purpose - noun

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I have *never* used ChatGPT. Not once.

I’m not saying I’m better than you… oh fuck it, I’m better than you.

We are living in the dumbest age 😑 I’m so tired of their bullshit.

This worked with our cat tower 😂 Moved it out of the bedroom to get ready to throw out/donate, and suddenly it’s the most interesting thing in the world. Moved it into the living room and they now use it all the time.