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This is all I’ve done so far! I cringed at the idea of doing a comparison because my own art looks terrible when compared to the original masterpieces, but since others have done it I figured I may as well.   ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ The most fun part about doing these pieces is that I feel I’m exploring the original painters’ mind a little. And hopefully learning something from them in the process! :P

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one of the oldest and arguably the most important museum in Brazil is burning to the ground as we speak. home to the portuguese royal family from 1808 to 1821, the Museu Nacional stored fossils, meteorites, pre-historic human skeletons and a variety of artefacts related to natural history. it holds two centuries of latin & brazilian history and now it’s all gone.

some of the things that are now lost forever: the largest collection of egyptian artefacts in latin america; the skeleton of the largest flying reptile ever found in Brazil; the oldest human fossil ever found in the country, named “Luzia” (over 11.000 y.o) and other 20 million extremely important relics and researches just burned to the ground. never to be seen again.

thanks to our government, of course, who didn’t want to pay the museum the necessary funds to make the essencial maintenances since 2014 (which by the way, costed less than a supreme federal court judge’s sallary: R$520 in a year).

another sad instance where the state’s indifference towards culture and history becomes painfully obvious. this is a massive blow to our cultural legacy.

all that in our independe week. happy independe for us, brazilians, who just lost our history and culture in a fire caused by ignorance and indifference.

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if your film studies/film history/film appreciation class talked about Birth of a Nation but not about Within Our Gates then I’m sorry but your professor failed you

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the whole concept linking being open-minded, liberal, and free-spirited with being sexually available to men and having no sexual boundaries is an absolute tragedy. almost every woman i know has been traumatized or harmed by this ideology in some way, and it is being pushed on girls at increasingly younger ages 

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Look at these birbs

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I am not kidding, I am not exaggerating: this makes him a eugenicist.  They are literally trying to put a eugenicist on the Supreme Court right now.  Write your senators now.

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god is a woman sounds way better slowed down

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Hello, world! I’m fat. I look good. That’s all, thank you.

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Broke af?

But still interested in feeding yourself? What if I told you that there’s a woman with a blog who had to feed both herself and her young son…on 10 British pounds ($15/14 Euro) per week?

Let me tell you a thing.

This woman saved my life last year. Actually saved my life. I had a piggy bank full of change and that’s it. Many people in my fandom might remember that dark time as when I had to hock my writing skills in exchange for donations. I cried a lot then. 

This is real talk, people: I marked down exactly what I needed to buy, totaled it, counted out that exact change, and then went to three different stores to buy what I needed so I didn’t have to dump a load of change on just one person. I was already embarrassed, but to feel people staring? Utter shame suffused me. The reasons behind that are another post all together. 

AgirlcalledJack.com is run by a British woman who was on benefits for years. Things got desperate. She had to find a way to feed herself and her son using just the basics that could be found at the supermarket. But the recipes she came up with are amazing. 

You have to consider the differing costs of things between countries, but if you just have three ingredients in your cupboard, this woman will tell you what to do with it. Check what you already have. Chances are you have the basics of a filling meal already. 

Here’s her list of kitchen basics. 

Bake your own bread. It’s easier than you think. Here’s a list of many recipes, each using some variation of just plain flour, yeast, some oil, maybe water or lemon juice. And kneading bread is therapeutic. 

Make your own pasta–gluten free. 

She gets it. She really does. This is the article that started it all. It’s called “Hunger Hurts”.

She has vegan recipes.

A carrot, a can of kidney beans, and some cumin will get you a really filling soup…or throw in some flour for binding and you’ve got yourself a burger. 

Don’t have an oven or the stove isn’t available? She covers that in her Microwave Cooking section. 

She has a book, but many recipes can be found on her blog for free. She prices her recipes down to the cent, and every year she participates in a project called “Living Below the Line” where she has to live on 1 BP per day of food for five days. 

Things improved for me a little, but her website is my go to. I learned how to bake bread (using my crockpot, but that was my own twist), and I have a little cart full of things that saved me back then, just in case I need them again. She gives you the tools to feed yourself, for very little money, and that’s a fabulous feeling. 

Tip: Whenever you have a little extra money, buy a 10 dollar/pound/euro giftcard from your discount grocer. Stash it. That’s your super emergency money. Make sure they don’t charge by the month for lack of use, though.

I don’t care if it sounds like an advertisement–you won’t be buying anything from the site. What I DO care about is your mental, emotional, and physical health–and dammit, food’s right in the center of that. 

If you don’t need this now, pass it on to someone who does. Pass it on anyway, because do you REALLY know which of the people in your life is in need? Which follower might be staring at their own piggy bank? Trust me: someone out there needs to see this. 

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That clapback snatched me bald!

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For those of you with anxiety

here’s a website that translates the time into hexidecimal colours,

here is a website where you can create your own galaxies

here is a website where you can play flow

here you can interact with organisms in different environments to see how to music changes

here you can play silk which is an interactive generative art designing website.

Here is a website where you can travel along a 3D line into the infinite unkown

here is a website where you can listen to rain with or without music

There is now a part two!

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the moral of hamlet is don’t ever try to go home and resolve conflicts with yr family just stay at college and do gay shit w ur friends

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Gold by Astri-Lohne

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Helpful Sounds

Sound can aid in calming you down, de-stress you, block out noises, mollify distractions, ground you, lift your mood, and be overall absorbing in a positive way, helping to cope with things like auditory hallucinations to self-harm urges and general winding down. Here are some sounds I recommend-

Rice Fields The water is good for blocking out environment sounds and distractions, the frogs cover human speech frequencies, and the cicadas block higher frequencies.

Fish Tank The air and water pumps and hum of the fish tank serve as effective noise blockers and are calming to many.

Cat Purr Due to the frequency range of cat purr vibrations, it’s used in sound therapy to produce therapeutic effects such as calming nerves, helping with shortness of breath, easing pain, and positively affecting physical healing.

In Utero The quiet internal sounds of a heart beating, blood and fluid rushing, and muffled rhythmic breathing can soothe and lull one into sleep.

Fan The white noise and machine components of a fan calm the mind while softening environment noise.

Healing Water Comprised of largely water sounds (waterfall, stream, creek, brook), which drowns out other distracting or threatening noises while relaxing the senses. Also good: Crystal Stream, which covers a large frequency range; Water Stream, more white noise oriented; Underwater, a bit deeper and more bubbly; and Dark Water, featuring a mellowed echo sound due to the cave location.

Osmosis A range of soft, low hum noises interspersed with shimmering, light bells, this is good for promoting focus, relaxation, and feelings of balance and peace while mitigating noises of distraction.

Sweep Noise These frequency peaks are good for masking sounds and resemble wind, waves, blowing sand, and passing traffic.

Sled Dogs An immersive, cheerful noise blocker if you like dog sounds.

Twilight Designed to be a perceptual shift of emotional resonance that may help with mood, anxiety, insomnia, and pain.

Other helpful sounds: Railroads, Rainy Riverbank, Ferryboat, White Rain, Nocturnal Garden, Canyon. All of these can be controlled and tweaked to your liking! - Mod Alex

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