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everyone please read this and share if you can.

Brazil is going through one of the worst climatic crisis ever seen.

i live in the southernmost state, Rio Grande do Sul. we have been suffering from extreme, nonstop rainstorms for a week now. the rivers are flooding, reaching 4-6 meters above their natural level. people are being rescued by helicopters, neighborhoods are being evacuated. entire cities are slowly but surely becoming submerged in water. 60 people missing and counting. 32 deaths and counting.

and this is not new. last november also had a flood like this one. 50 dead, many material losses. it happened again this january, with thousands being left without power or water for days.

three catastrophical disasters within less than a year. three disasters only a few months apart.

this is not natural.

unsustainable agricultural practices and politics led to this. a complete disregard for nature led to this. greed led to this. always greed.

when it comes to the climate crisis, i cannot stress this enough: we need to act now if we still want to live. disasters like this are going to happen more often and they're going to be much, much worse. this flood is being considered the worst climatic catastrophe in the history of my state. i don't know how long it will take for another bigger one to happen and take its place. i just know it will be sooner than it should.

links to donate (if you can't donate, sharing already helps a lot):

link for non-brazilians (paybox)

link for brazilians

pix assufrgs

will update more links later. in the meantime, pray for us.

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vesemir & geralt

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I have not made a single normal, proper piece of art of BG3

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I drew this for the previous round of the Good Omens Minisode Minibang! ( @go-minisode-minibang ) While I can't link you to the fic it's for (yet!) I think the image itself can be summed up by saying that Crowley is sleeping off a Very Bad Day™ in the bedroom above Aziraphale's newly opened bookshop.

I challenged myself to draw a background in perspective (for once!) and dig into some of the other tools available in Procreate. I still feel like I don't quite have a grasp on it, but I'm proud of myself to trying.

My personal failing continues to be the coloring process, so here's the line art, too!

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Fluffy kitten loves his even fluffier dog friend

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Friends of Bildad, our fundraising period for RAINN and Safeline closes in 6 DAYS!

We use a "pay what you can" price, so everyone can enjoy ox ribs, goats, geckos, shoemaking, and even obstetrics. Choose between editions or get both!

This digital-only Good Omens charity fan project is ready for you.

https://bildadzine.itch.io/twin-passions-a-bildad-zine

Available until Tuesday, May 7th at 11:59pm EST!

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It's your old friend Calypsoarts!

You can enjoy this new art exclusively in our Shoemaking edition!

We're fundraising for RAINN and Safeline using a pay-what-you-like model. Which includes FREE if you need. Everyone deserves more Bildad! Please see more details at:

https://bildadzine.itch.io/twin-passions-a-bildad-zine

Available until Tuesday, May 7th at 11:59pm EST!

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we've been living in this apartment for two months now, and while we've observed most of our new neighbours (my slavic Windowsill Watcher Grandmother gene already activated), I don't think they had the chance to see us often enough to recognise us yet.

I do know, however, from my observations, that the tiny funny dog upstairs is called Gucio. I've passed him once or twice during his walk and heard his owners use the name - and, while both the dog and his owners are oblivious to our existence, Gucio became an apt topic of discussion in our house. you know, we hear barking, ha, that's Gucio, he must be home alone again! or there's a stick left by the building door, that must have been brought by Gucio and he was forced to abandon it before entering! a household name, really.

yesterday as I was leaving to go to the store, walking down the narrow staircase, there he is! tiny funny looking dog, slightly startled by me suddenly appearing on the floor he just reached on his tiny funny looking legs.

"good morning Gucio!" I say joyfully, the most natural thing in the world.

well. remember that Gucio doesn't really know me. so he looks at me in the most flabbergasted way a dog can look at a person. he is positively aghast. agog! not sure how aware dogs are of their own names but he seemed genuinely puzzled at the apparent stretch of social convention.

and as I try to contain my laughter, I see his owner standing on the stairs below. the woman is sort of awkwardly frozen, speechless, and she looks at me.

"you... know each other?" she asks.

is that not the funniest way to phrase it. is this not the funniest question she could have asked. ma'am do you know my dog? you went to school together perhaps? you've met? do tell, are you old friends? maybe you worked together? you know each other, my dog and you? this dog? you know him? he knows you? he never mentioned you I'm afraid

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remember how young and scared we were?

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"The Hobbit" by J.R.R. Tolkien

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For Dorothy Dunnett's novel Niccolò Rising (1986) and my recent trip to Bruges.

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