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Would love to take a couple custom symbiote design slots like these examples (including 1 fullbody and 1 headshot) for 2 3 0 U S D Shares are super appreciated! Please DM me on Telegram @MonqiART or on Discord @monkiart ! Would love to take a couple custom symbiote design slots like these examples (including 1 fullbody and 1 headshot) for 2 3 0 U S D Shares are super appreciated! Please DM me on Telegram @MonqiART or on Discord @monkiart !

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Matilda the Mini Mule of the Merry Yule

Merry Christmas one and all - hope you are having a time of rest and breath - doodled up this lil pic of my pet mule for the season <3

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*furrifies your christmas tree*

happy holidays everyone!! 🎄

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Happy krampass to those who celebrate

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Activism is not cold-calling.

Activism is not cold-calling, and this is critically important to understand.

I'm seeing a lot of posts on here about 'building bridges' and 'finding community,' and then (extremely valid) response posts saying "BUT HOW??" And I'm going to explain something that can be very counter-intuitive: there is strategy involved in community.

As a longtime volunteer labour organizer, I’ve taken and taught many trainings on the strategy of talking. Something that surprises a lot of people is the very first thing you do in a union campaign. You sit down with your organizing committee, take out pen and paper, and literally map it out. You draw a physical map of the workplace: where are the entrances, exits, break rooms, supervisor offices. Essentially, ‘where is it safe to have a union conversation.’ Then you draw another physical chart of your coworkers. You sort out who is union-friendly, openly hostile to unions, or somewhere in the middle, and then you plan out very deliberately and carefully who talks to whom and in what order.

Consider: If Vocally Leftist Jane walks up to Conservative David and says "hey what do you think about unions," David is going to shut down immediately. He's not inclined to listen to Jane. But if Jane talks to Moderate Jason and brings him into the fold, then Jason is a far more effective strategic choice to talk to David, and David may actually hear him out without an instant reaction.

IMPORTANT CAVEAT: If Conservative David turns out to be Alt-Right David, and could be dangerous to follow organizers, we write him off. We are not trying to reach Alt-Right David. We are trying to reach Conservative David, who may actually be persuaded to find solidarity with other employees as fellow workers. Jason is a safe scout to find out which one he is. It does no one any good if Leftist Jane (or even Moderate Jane who is a visible minority) talks to Alt-Right David and puts herself on his radar. Not only has she done nothing to convince Alt-Right David to join a union - she's probably actively turned him against the idea - but now she's also in danger and the entire campaign is at risk. NOBODY WANTS THIS. Jane was NOT a hero for doing this. The organizing committee was foolish and enacted a terrible strategy to everyone's detriment.

Where you can make a difference is with people who will listen to you. You having a conversation with your well-meaning but clueless Centrist Democrat Auntie, and maybe gently helping her understand some things the media has been glossing over, is way more strategically useful than you marching up to MAGA Neighbour You've Met Once and trying to "build community" or "understand" them. They don't care. They're impervious, dangerous, and cruel. But maybe your beloved auntie will think about what you said, and then talk to her friend Anna who IDs as "fiscally conservative" but didn't vote because she can't bring herself to get on board with Trump. Then perhaps Anna talks to her brother Nic who has MAGA leanings but isn't all the way there yet. Proto-MAGA Nic would not have listened to you, nor would he have listened to Centrist Democrat Auntie, but he might absorb some of what his sister is saying.

This is not a cop-out or an echo chamber. This is you spending your time and energy strategically and safely. You are not a useful activist to anyone if you’re dead. Anyone who is telling you to hurl yourself directly at MAGA assholes like cannon fodder has no understanding of the strategy behind community building, and you should feel comfortable writing them off.

Last point: If you are tired, emotionally devastated, and/or in danger: take a break. This post is for people who would feel better jumping into action, not for people who are too overwhelmed to even think about it right now. You are worth so much even if you’re not actively Doing Activism, and your rest is worth more than “a break period so you can recharge and Do More Activism.” We all deserve the individual dignity of being worthy of comfort, rest & safety just on the basis of being human, outside of whatever we're doing for others' benefit. To deny ourselves that dignity is to devalue ourselves, and that’s the absolute last thing any of us should be doing right now.

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unicorn doodle 💫

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I drew a hog today

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🌈🌲 Gravity Foals 🌲🌈

Introducing the Gravity Foals pin collection!

Preorders are now available for these designs. (Please note this means they’ll be on your doorstep by November at the earliest!)

You can find them here

I’m so thrilled that people liked this super self indulgent little series 😊❤️

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Been working on a Kobold …

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"If you suddenly feel horny on a moonlit night, you might be a wereunicorn. Might."

-IMF Field Agent Ellis

This TFTuesday unicorn transformation features an incredible drawing by sabretoothedermine with colors by saatiew, who is open for commissions here.

THIS comic may be a humorous fake mockup, but I've made some REAL ones with my pal Quihnn! Check them out on Gumroad.

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No snare may hold me / Spring postcard 2023 Surviving so much abuse in my life, I relate to the unicorn tapestries through being a different beast held captive by unkind hands. My full beauty must be allowed to be open and wild, and no snare, fence, or rein may hold me for long. This design is available as a gold foil postcard with matching vinyl sticker for those who sign up for my mail tier during March 2023. PATREON

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Can’t legislate us out of existence 🏳️‍⚧️ prints now available!

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Starry starry night 🌌

This will be a foil print eventually 😈

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"Don't vote to teach the Democrats a lesson!" Great thanks my Jewish disabled queer ass will just die then

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I have literally always wanted to do this, but it’d probably go something like this

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when we're done booping i think tumblr should bring back porn

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Thread on how to spot AI generated pixels by reyhkibanki on twitter!~ Might be a useful read to help you spot common mistakes AI makes when generating pixels. There's also a lot more info in the link!!