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I had to stop oil painting because I couldn't adequately ventilate my space. Even in college opening the windows in the studio didn't stop the fumes from making me woozy. ("Odorless" mineral spirits absolutely stinks.)

ethnic cleansing: "the systematic forced removal of ethnic, racial, or religious groups from a given area"
it's textbook ethnic cleansing and you go with"remarkable proposal"

do i have the peaky blinders haircut? no they have the dyke haircut

this is so funny

spending the new years being productive:

journaling/drawing & rewatching stargate

I’m only a failure by human standards. if I was a children’s book badger in an apron I’d be like “whoa this house is massive, and I own so many cheeses and jams.”

a piece posted quite recently, two characters standing in ruins by the water, looking at a gigantic creature in the distance

a piece from this summer, a character draped in dark, leaking black, standing at a door ready to go in

a piece from last january, based on the nordic saint lucia tradition. a girl with candles on her head riding a white mooselike creature

My favorite pieces from 2024

Two versions of Ncuti Gatwa as 15 in Joy to the World in the hotel room, seen side on facing each other. The Doctor on the left is angry with his arms flung wide while the right remains unbothered, shutting down his request for answers. They are both wearing a long brown leather coat

Me @ my brain when I need to do something and it’s like nah

"I can't start a business without robbing a bank for seed money so robbing banks should be legal"

A screenshot of PayPal's terms of service. Big wall of legalese text, which I will be pasting in below. You don't need to read it, here's the important part: "The key update to the Privacy Statement explains how we will share information with merchants to personalize your shopping experience and recommend our services to you. Personal information we disclose includes, for example, products, preferences, sizes, and styles we think you’ll like. Information gathered about you after the effective date of our updated Privacy Statement, November 27, 2024, will be shared with participating stores where you shop." Here's the whole paragraph: We are updating our Privacy Statement to explain how, starting early Summer 2025, we will share information to help improve your shopping experience and make it more personalized for you. The key update to the Privacy Statement explains how we will share information with merchants to personalize your shopping experience and recommend our services to you. Personal information we disclose includes, for example, products, preferences, sizes, and styles we think you’ll like. Information gathered about you after the effective date of our updated Privacy Statement, November 27, 2024, will be shared with participating stores where you shop, unless you live in California, North Dakota, or Vermont. For PayPal customers in California, North Dakota, or Vermont, we’ll only share your information with those merchants if you tell us to do so. No matter where you live, you’ll always be able to exercise your right to opt out of this data sharing by updating your preference settings in your account under “Data and Privacy.”

In 2025 (less than 30 days away), PayPal will start selling your transaction history for targeted advertising.

I very highly recommend logging into your account and going to Settings > Data & Privacy > Personalized Shopping.

If you're reading this, turn that off RIGHT NOW before you forget.

not sure if it was the writing or me to be fair i haven’t read anything but fanfic in a long time

the way it came out was a little confusing & i had to go back and reread it to understand but once i understood it was very good

so far so good, plot seems promising & the plot twist is very interesting and of great interest to me

You know what. 2025 is not going to “be my year”. I think that’s over. I’m all out

🤝

but i’m determined to bring back this hobby

reading with arthritis in my hands randomly flaring up is not fun

‘and he’s been THINKING.’

still from Wicked where Glinda won't join Elphaba on the broom

if we have plans and i send you this it means i’m not coming

Genuinely think anyone can “git gud” at any creative craft they are interested in. If we wanted to actually “democratize” art we would invest in housing, healthcare, food and education as human rights. All GenAI does is make people even more financially precarious and less able to pursue a passion

if i had a nickel for every time there was a story about a character who was villainized by society but said person wasn’t actually evil

evil chappell roan:

it's slime... it's ghoul...

was listening to a st vincent song i dont know & i thought it was tori amos at first

exactly books are not the problem

lesbians on tiktok using all kinds of words i’ve never even heard of

do it!! i’m excited to start it

seeing ppl make vida fanvids in the year 2024

exactly

starting with this