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Linda Friesen 'The Stardust 2.0 version' Haute Couture Gown

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Sara Mrad 'Fleur De Lumiere' Spring 2025 Haute Couture Collection Pt. 1

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Sara Mrad 'Fleur De Lumiere' Spring 2025 Haute Couture Collection Pt. 2

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Chotronette 'Celestial Armour' Gown

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Linda Friesen 'The Moon Maiden' Haute Couture Gown

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I've finally finished the pilot chapter for the comic I'm starting!

Thank you very much for reading - I hope you enjoyed, and I hope I got you to look forward to more. More will come, and you will find it here on this blog when it does! There will also be additional side material sprinkled throughout between releases. I'm planning on setting up a more official distribution platform later, but if you want to receive updates without checking this blog, you can send an email (any email) to cascadeupdate@gmail.com and new updates will be sent directly to you!

I've got a couple years worth of material plotted out, and work is underway on the next installment. This is meant to serve as a hook for the story, an intro to the protagonist, and a sort of technical proof-of-concept for the marriage of my graphite work with digital editing. In addition, it's a small slice of what you can expect from the story going forward: a primarily character-driven drama with elements of horror and a heavy focus on fantastical ecology.

If you have any questions, comments, or feedback, feel free to share!

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I've finally finished the pilot chapter for the comic I'm starting!

Thank you very much for reading - I hope you enjoyed, and I hope I got you to look forward to more. More will come, and you will find it here on this blog when it does! There will also be additional side material sprinkled throughout between releases. I'm planning on setting up a more official distribution platform later, but if you want to receive updates without checking this blog, you can send an email (any email) to cascadeupdate@gmail.com and new updates will be sent directly to you!

I've got a couple years worth of material plotted out, and work is underway on the next installment. This is meant to serve as a hook for the story, an intro to the protagonist, and a sort of technical proof-of-concept for the marriage of my graphite work with digital editing. In addition, it's a small slice of what you can expect from the story going forward: a primarily character-driven drama with elements of horror and a heavy focus on fantastical ecology.

If you have any questions, comments, or feedback, feel free to share!

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It makes me so, so angry when I see those posts that are like "HORRIFYING EARLY PLASTIC SURGERY RESULTS FROM WW2," because all of those lists are full of images that aren't the final result and are used for pure shock value. Harold Gillies, who performed most of those surgeries, was an incredibly talented surgeon. Here are some images of the full results of his surgeries.

I need to emphasize that I can't post the "before" pictures that go with these because the men did not have faces. The injuries were so extensive that these men were missing nearly all of their facial features, and through cutting-edge techniques that "looked scary" at the time (e.g. extensive skin grafts), Gillies saved these men from a medical nightmare.

Gillies performed the world's first ftm bottom surgery for trans man Michael Dillon and pioneered mtf bottom surgery! Respect his legacy.

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again while we're on the topic:

it always bears repeating to everyone who will listen that several years ago when i unfortunately caught covid from a roommate, i had mild cold symptoms for several days and was not allowed to take off work without a positive covid test.

i used a rapid test every day for five days. i tested positive on the fifth test on the fifth day of symptoms. i was contagious that entire time.

none of my coworkers wore masks, but i wore a well-fitted N95 every day. i protected them, and none of them got sick. i wish that the same care and courtesy were extended to me, as the immunodeficient member of their team, but i was glad, regardless, that the spread stopped with me (barring asymptomatic infections, which is always a possibility).

i tell a lot of stories about the times i've narrowly escaped covid after high-risk exposures, protected by my mask, but here's an example of my masking protecting others.

masking is community support. masking is mutual aid. masking is disability allyship. masking is class consciousness.

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all of infinity train now on the IA

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ok what if, thanks to giving birth to two half-force/eldritch skywalkers, padmé wound up as a force ghost (but only said eldritch skywalkers could see her)

(commission info // tip jar!)

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"Kat Abughazaleh, a 26-year-old running for Congress in Illinois’ 9th congressional district, isn’t shy about her belief that politicians need to do things differently.

“We have a representation problem,” the first line of the “About” page on her website reads.

“As in, about half of Congress are millionaires and people born before the Moon landing. And that's part of the reason we're in this mess: Our leaders are out of touch.”

A journalist, social media influencer, and political commentator that GQ called “a lefty,” with a mission to revitalize the Democratic party, Abughazaleh built a following online before she launched her campaign in March of 2025. 

But now, she’s leveraging her platform — and campaign dollars — to help people in her community before ballots are even filled in.

“My congressional campaign is feeding people right now,” she starts in a recent TikTok video. 

“Part of the reason I decided to run was because I saw how much money gets wasted in politics, and I thought, ‘What if we spent it differently?’”

She adds that the campaign is focused on “direct action and mutual aid,” emphasizing that she wanted her run for office to be “dual-purpose,” in which she can get her message out and help people in the process. 

It’s a stark pivot from the traditional way of campaigning in the United States, which often includes pricey fundraising galas, attack ads, big billboards, and perhaps the most criticized and unpopular feature: massive donations from private businesses and interest groups. 

Abughazaleh has publicly congratulated the former incumbent of this seat — 80-year-old Rep. Jan Schakowsky, who has held the title since 1999, the year Abughazaleh was born — for her “decades of service.” 

Rep. Schakowsky will not seek reelection, but Abughazaleh called for others to run, hoping to participate in the “first competitive Democratic primary in the District since 1998.”

Abughazaleh has also shared that the average donation her campaign receives is $31. And according to GQ, 1,000 people signed up to volunteer for her campaign within a week of her initial announcement.

And while that volunteering does include marketing, canvassing, and getting the word out, it mostly adds up to actual on-the-ground volunteer work to help people in the local community.

“Our kick-off event, for instance, didn’t charge $500 a plate,” Abughazaleh shared in her TikTok. “People just had to bring a box of pads or tampons, which were donated to Chicago’s period collective. By the end of the night, we had gathered over 5,600 period products, which went to people who can’t afford them.”

Most recently, the campaign hosted a food drive for a local community fridge program.

“We asked folks to come out and donate food in exchange for a campaign yard or window sign,” Abughazaleh said. “And by the end of the day, we were able to fully stock the empty pantry and fill the fridge with frozen meals, produce, and eggs. That’s feeding people right now.”

“Don’t worry, we checked to make sure this is legal," she added. "And it is."

The campaign has also launched a High School Public Serve Grant program that encourages local youth to submit ideas for how to make the community better, and Abughazaleh’s campaign will support it with money, materials, volunteers, and her online platform...

“Something you’ll rarely see is concrete help in their communities during the campaign,” she said. “And frankly, to me, that just seems stupid. Not only do you get to help people — supposedly what you’re running to do — but it also shows what you’re about, instead of just providing lip service.” ...

“If every campaign adopted this model, then we wouldn’t be wasting money every single cycle. Every city, town, and village across America would be improved by their election process, and I think it would also get people more involved,” she said.

“We have local folks who have never voted in an election, but they joined our volunteer Discord server because they want to help, they feel like they have something to vote for.”

For those who might be inspired enough to run for office with this model, she says: Full steam ahead.

“Frankly, I would love it if other campaigns took our model. Use it, pretend it’s yours, I don’t care!” she wrapped up her TikTok. 

“Pair with organizations in your community that have been doing the work, talk with local experts, and try to spearhead any initiatives you can to show your values and help your constituents. It’s really that easy.”

-via GoodGoodGood, May 14, 2025

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So much color and tone variation just in the simple and humble domestic shorthair black kitty…

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My Time In ONI, The Next 100 Pages

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do you ever feel like you love a character more than their own writers do