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for april fools we’re deleting this entire site sayonara you weeaboo shits

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Highlights

The common notion that extreme poverty is the “natural” condition of humanity and only declined with the rise of capitalism rests on income data that do not adequately capture access to essential goods.

Data on real wages suggests that, historically, extreme poverty was uncommon and arose primarily during periods of severe social and economic dislocation, particularly under colonialism.

The rise of capitalism from the long 16th century onward is associated with a decline in wages to below subsistence, a deterioration in human stature, and an upturn in premature mortality.

In parts of South Asia, sub-Saharan Africa and Latin America, wages and/or height have still not recovered.

Where progress has occurred, significant improvements in human welfare began only around the 20th century. These gains coincide with the rise of anti-colonial and socialist political movements.

Sullivan, D., & Hickel, J. (2023). Capitalism and extreme poverty: A global analysis of real wages, human height, and mortality since the long 16th century. World development, 161, 106026.

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dumb comic thing I did the other day lol

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HAPPY 2025 EVERYONE GO READ MARIGOLDS!!! IT SLAPS

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some timeskip ttyd partner designs! Yoshi is killing it in the glitz pit, in totally-not-mario-inspired getup and gear!

Goombella and Vivian are research partners, the former tackling anomalies from a scientific perspective, and the latter tackling them from a magical one!

Flurrie and Mowz are retired, but still get up to occaisional shenanigans!

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Some Paper Mario fanart I did! Made a couple characters, took a spin on that old ttyd hag, you know how it is. Top middle is the scrapped OG version of the chuckyas from mario 64! (I know I accidentally made beldam's hat the wrong color but its too late to change it now)

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Some doodles I've made over this month, enjoy!

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a little lofi-ish picture i drew before work today

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some of Dorian, my elven super-boy

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Some miscellaneous stuff I drew today.

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Fanart for @xxacidnekoxx's pega!!

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finally take a tiny doodle of Gracie! She likes to sleep in a bucket sometimes.

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A ref sheet for Candy! She's a tiefling bard, one whom I'm particularly proud of. Below is a doodle of Forest.