astrien

I have so many writing ideas and fics I have half done in a drive HOW DO I FINISH A PROJECT

I've gotten into crocheting recently and reading, and I forgot how nice it is to have hobbies outside of technology (writing, games, music, etc)

back on bsky because twitter is crazy lmaooo whats up yall

No fr fr I feel like I'd hate it LMAO

i wanna sleep and not wake up

a reminder for neurodivergent friends (and myself):
nothing is wrong with you. the systems in place weren't designed for you and it's natural to bump up against that. a win for you is gonna be different than for someone else so don't weigh your successes against others. and cut yourself some slack!

Per the famous detailing of the area, Kholusia is the perfect map in my heart

FFXIV Fan Merch Network A growing collection of 200+ XIV Fan Merch Shops made by passionate artists and artisans!

Hello, #FFXIV fans!

#XIVFanMerchNetwork is an ever-growing collective of passionate artists with 200+ small shops to browse!

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#xivart

ugh

SO PRETTY

A picture of the summary of the next chapter. It reads, "It's been a few days since Rindo met that strange boy at the flower shop. He's not wanting to see the guy again. Definitely not. But he still looks at the front door to open, anyway."

Newest chapter of "Loving Him Was Blue", my #NTWEWY flower shop/theater AU is up! 🥺🙏

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GenAI has polluted image search results, especially for animal pics. It’s now basically impossible to find accurate art references.

Enter this: a repository of open-access, AI-free images of wild & exotic taxa. Artists creating *without AI* have blanket permission for derivative/transformative use.

Looking for Work announcement featuring screenshots from a bunch of shows I’ve worked on including Solar Opposites, Barbie, Good Vibes, Monster High, Human Resources, Little Demon, MetLife’s Super Bowl commercial, Lackadaisy, Ugly Americans, Big Mouth, Prison Pit, Cloudy With a Chance of Meatballs, Ben 10, Star Trek Lower Decks, Cosmos, King of the Hill, Manly Guys Doing Manly Things, WarCrimes, the Boom Greg Universe Special, and Pipeburn The text reads “Looking for Work! •16 years of Studio Experience •Directing, boarding, design, and animation •Action, comedy, kid’s, primetime With a little caricature of me saying “I’ve made so many cool things! Your cool thing could be next!”

I know basically everyone in LA is looking for work right now so who knows how helpful this will be, but I guess people don’t know you want something if you don’t ask! Please keep me in mind if you hear about any shows staffing up and looking for people! 🖊️🦑

Companies Scaling Back or Denouncing DEI

Amazon
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Lowe’s
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Meta
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It’s early but I promise I’m awake for a #sixsentencesaturday prompt set.

Reminder: any media, any rating (tagged appropriately), just has to be 6 sentences.

- “Promise me.”/“I promise.”
- melted wax/cold of metal

update, after 3 days I have beaten it!!!

I used remembrance TB, aventurine, robin, and firefly. sobbing crying

I don't have a single 5* lightning user 🥲 trying to use Firefly and Qingque but I just don't have enough buffers/aoe that hits the WHOLE enemy team...

yeah MOC is rough and story-wise I'm like I guess I'm building like 4 new characters to get through the story bc I can't even do Nikador for the story legit LMAO

the new 3.0 boss fight is so hard and ppl are like "streamers beat it day 1 easily" bro their job is to whale on and grind HSR of course they have everything maxxed out??

i post ffxiv fics but i don't really do comms. if u wanna read about gay people and me hcing everyone as trans or gay you should read it sometime tbh

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There Is No Safe Word How the best-selling fantasy author Neil Gaiman hid the darkest parts of himself for decades.

cw: rape, sexual abuse, CSA

The deep dive we've been waiting for, and it's worse than we could have imagined. Neil Gaiman allegedly raped his young son's nanny in the same room as him.

in light of isr*el finally "agreeing" to a ceasefire agreement (we'll whether they'll actually abide by the terms) i'd like to share some community funds. as well as donating to escape funds, please consider donating to these groups that shoulder the burden of rebuilding gaza's community. (thread)

FUCK YOUR DISCORD. IT'S A SHIT REPLACEMENT FOR WEB FORUMS.

I DON'T CARE IF YOUR CHANNEL HAS PINS. FORUMS HAVE PINS, AND THEY AREN'T BURIED OUT OF SIGHT.

Don't get me wrong, I like my chats on Discord, but I don't like it for knowledge sharing.

we support u and your amazing work, please do what's best for yall and we'll be here when they come to the table with proper protections for all VAs to celebrate too!!

Donate to Melissa Fahn's Family Needs Your Support, organized by Paul Wong Our longtime Musical Theatre Guild member Melissa Fahn and her family lost their ho… Paul Wong needs your support for Melissa Fahn's Family Needs Your Support

Please support our Silver Wolf!! This GoFundMe is at 90% but it takes a lot to rebuild a family’s home and their life there. Give what you can 💜
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Buy Christina Costello a Coffee. ko-fi.com/its_tina_time Become a supporter of Christina Costello today! ❤️ Ko-fi lets you support the creators you love.

And please, chip in to sweet @itstinatimevo.bsky.social’s kofi! She just lost one of her fur babies, and she’s also gearing up for another big surgery. Let’s make pre- and post-opt as stress-free as we can for Tina!! ❤️‍🩹
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i really want to dissect how much rindo's characterization in NEO: TWEWY and the dynamic between all of the Wicked Twisters are really interesting and deep but essays are woooooork sobbing

Donate to Help Me Stay in College and Build a Better Future, organized by Mihantsa Fitiavana Rahelison GoFundMe Video Description Hi, my name is Mihantsa, and I am… Mihantsa Fitiavana Rahelison needs your support for Help Me Stay in College and Build a Better Future

Hi guys, my African friend who is a POC woman is struggling as an international student in a red state in the USA. She really needs help to pay off her college debt as soon as possible, especially in order to maintain her visa.

Please spread and donate if you can!

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Meta Deletes Trans and Nonbinary Messenger Themes Amid a series of changes that allows users to target LGBTQ+ people, Meta has deleted product features it initially championed.

New: Meta has deleted trans and nonbinary Messenger themes, as well as the blog posts announcing them. Happens the same week that it has changed its rules to allow users to say LGBTQ+ people are "mentally ill"

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