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An icon of gold depicting a mouse on a blackthortwig

It’s the time of year when I do my Christmas auction. This mouse icon is up for auction and it’s to raise money for Shelter Cymru & Doctors without borders. 100% of the money raised will go to these charities on a 50-50 basis.

a calendar made of numbers arranged in a continuous maze-like pattern on a grid, riso printed in blue ink on light blue cardstock

the same calendar in black ink on kraft brown, with some of the days colored in

calendar for externalizing the relentless passage of time (fill in each box per day etc).... risograph printed with blue + black ink on light blue + kraft tone cardstock

Lithgow saying that a family friend with a trans kid came to him and literally said “please don’t do this” and he did it anyway really gives the game away. they don’t not know

Supergirl lying on a bed with Streaky, floating heads of Lena Luthor and Hot Tattoo Guy above her. A thought balloon reads "Do I go on a date with my crush OR make up with my best friend? If only I could do BOTH!"

Forgot to post the Supergirl #9 cover!!

Yesterday I discovered Gulper Eels because of Eel Facts (squidfacts.bigcartel.com) and I am still not over them 👀

what!!! i need to know what advent calendar this is so I can get it next year for kiddo

Bling the tortoise. He runs this place.

Took my kid’s pet 🐀 to the nonprofit Odd Pet Vet.

Mid apt kid says “um, why is there a tortoise walking down the hall?”

Vet: oh that’s Bling, he’s had free rein of this place for 14 years

Me: protecc bling at all costs 😍

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it feels gross that Substack does auto/non-consensual sign-ups. It’s a pretty schlocky growth strategy.

Sycamore Gap tree saplings to be planted across UK National Trust begins planting the 49 ‘trees of hope’ so the illegally felled tree can live on in a positive way

The 150-year-old Sycamore Gap tree, growing on Hadrian’s Wall in Northumberland. After the tree was criminally felled in 2023, the National Trust grew 49 saplings from its seeds, one for each foot of the tree’s original height.https://tinyurl.com/28da35cg
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Five people need to sign this petition to get it up for consideration.

petition.parliament.uk/petitions/75...

this looks AMAZING *and* it’s fully funded so you’re getting a done deal! 24 hours left, get on it!

The Awful Underground.

You bet this is on my TBR list, it should be on yours too 👀

Anyhow you should buy Eel Facts / Crab Facts / Squid Facts for your kids as advent calendars or even non holiday related daily fact reveals because it will result in a lot of breakfasts where you go “aww man! gross! …but cool”

well, now at least everyone knows what it looks like when a book editor really hates someone

A young king vulture standing on a table with his back toes crossed over each other

Yolo often stands with his little back toes crossed, which I find ridiculously cute!
You can see vultures don't have bulky feet and talons built for grasping/carrying like other raptors. Their more chicken-like feet are meant for bracing on food to pull at it with their powerful beaks, instead.

Yesterday I discovered Gulper Eels because of Eel Facts (squidfacts.bigcartel.com) and I am still not over them 👀

"Donut, please! PLEASE Donut!"

‎Reversal ‎Serier och grafiska romaner · 2025

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This was beautiful. The story was beautiful, the art was beautiful, the colours were beautiful. I want more.

I hope someone draws this wonderful story about Tom Stoppard's Arcadia and the power of the arts to help us see things differently, to the attention of our Education Secretary. Do read it, it will lift your spirits.

Common rotation "misake" mis-alignment of the axis being rotated (without reason) a graphic of a box and a head at a straight 3/4 position, being rotated "up" but tilted off to the side with red lines notating the perspective axis that's unnecessarily being changed From heads-on, it looks like this [graphic of a head being tilted up and to one side] and not this [graphic of a head looking up]

When we rotate an object, its points of perspective will move too. A graphic of a box in a perspective grid matching its perspective, with the visible green point of perspective having attention drawn to it with "pay attention to this guy!" In the second graphic, the box is rotated and all the perspective points rotated with it. This box is still fully feasible within hte original perspective grid, HOWEVER the rotation has forced all the original perspective points to shift. The formerly visible green perspective point has completely shifted off the map. See how the points changed?

However! If we rotate an object along one singular axis, that perspective point WILL NOT MOVE a graphic of a box being rotated vertically, with one single axis (the one in red that's perpendicular to the rotation) remaining static and allowing us to place lines along the rotation accurately To put it plainly, if we rotate UP and ONLY UP, one of your 2-3 vanishing points will STAY IN THE SAME PLACE this makes tracking the change in perspective easier.

It's easier and clearer if we keep an axis STATIC a graphic of a box with its 3 axises denoted in red, green, and blue. Below it, three boxes rotated simply, each one overlaid upon a light grey version of the original box, and each one showing the individual effect if we were to rotate the box while keeping one axis static and moving the rest. Below it, a head rotating up in perspective and showing the different made when the axis perpendicular to the action remains static.

Got inspired by the Frieren meme challenge and made a tutorial for rotating objects in 3D! This looks at turning a common rotation "mistake" into an intentional choice.

This is something that those of y'all with 3D experience probably understand pretty well!

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Raccoon gets drunk at Ashland ABC store and passes out in bathroom Talk about a trashed panda.

Raccoon gets drunk at a Virginia liquor store and passes out in bathroom

COVER WORK - Lane Lloyd

As if things can't get worse, my cat has a tumor that needs to be removed. So, if anyone needs covers done for them, I am very, very open. Check out my portfolio below and get into contact with me. lanelloyd.crevado.com/cover-work

The Last Wolf in England The official wolf hunting season in Britain once ran between late December and late March, but by all accounts the beasts were more-often-than-not killed whenever the opportunity arose. Indeed, wolves...

The Last Wolf in England - a piece from me first published in @forteantimes.bsky.social and then republished online for @dailygrail.com
How often do you read an article which contains history, escaped zoo animals, rewilding, and also magical werewolves?
www.dailygrail.com/2019/12/the-...

In the same church I thought this badass cherub was playing hockey with golden skulls, but I think it's meant to be a scythe...

Within an hour of arriving in Munich I stumbled upon the bejewelled skeleton of Saint Munditia clutching a goblet filled with dried blood, martyred in 310 AD, beheaded with a hatchet. Standard...

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yet another immaculate Shivam thread

In June, we sponsored the first free vet clinic on the Umatilla Reservation in Oregon, where access to veterinary care is extremely limited. 75 dogs received everything they needed. For many, it was their first exam ever. This Giving Tuesday, we’re raising funds to return...