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a photo with me in it is now hanging in the latvian national museum of art…. stranger things have happened.

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Henryk Szczygliński (Polish, 1881–1944) - Hunters by the fire

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“The Summer King and His Bride of Flowers” by Charles Vess

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Lately I've really loved being a girl!!!!! People always compliment me on my outfits or tell me I look cute, it feels so nice!!!!!

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windmills and canola fields. say what you want about the energy transition it looks fucking beautiful

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@samjsn (2023)

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I’m so happy you found this!! YT doesn’t allow links in comments, so I made my peace with this remaining obscure. But yes, please fee free to share it! I hope I’ve done the Mavens justice 😌

Fanart of the Brindlewood Bay RPG playthrough led by the game’s creator, Jason Cordova. Everyone there is very talented at storytelling, and the characters are so vivid and memorable, I just had to draw how I imagined them after I finished watching the campaign!

In the alternate bubbles, Doll is realising what pink handcuffs are for, Alice is probably thinking about Corinne Whateley, Muriel is shouting at Isaiah Langmoore (though not necessarily; Muriel could be shouting at any number of people) and Rosemary has seen some shit.

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[冬觉/Winter Sleep]

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The last time we were on a long flight, my wife and I invented a game we call "Little Guy."

You start a game of Little Guy by saying, "I'm gonna hand you a little guy." The little guy is some kind of baby animal you are imagining. "Oh," she might say in response, "Okay," and hold out her hands for it. I will then mime handing her the animal. This provides some clues as to the little guy's size, weight, and general ungainliness.

She then gets to ask questions about what kind of little guy this is, BUT NO QUESTIONS ABOUT HIS ACTUAL APPEARANCE OR SPECIES ARE ALLOWED. Qualitative questions, or questions about his behavior, are the only ones permitted. She can ask "Is he soft?" or "Does he seem nervous about being held?" or "If I put him in the bathtub, does he seem okay with that?" or "Would he like a lil grape?" or "Is he the sort of little fellow who would wear a vest in a children's book?" but not "Does he have fur," "Is he a reptile," "Is he from Asia," etc. Some questions are in a grey area so you have to follow your heart, but the point is not to identify the animal as fast as possible: the point is to guess the animal purely based on vibes + how he would act if he were in your living room right now.

And I'm not limited to yes or no answers! If she asks, "Would it feel appropriate to see this little guy in a propeller hat?" I can reply, "Oh no, he has a gravity to him. A bowler hat would be a more appropriate hat." Or if she asks, "Does this little guy have protagonist energy?" I can say something like, "he probably wouldn't be the main character in a children's cartoon. He'd probably be the main character's ditzy best friend who's always eating sandwiches, or something."

We're big Twenty Questions to kill time in a waiting room people, but Little Guy is more about the journey than the destination. It's got a different kind of sauce that's nice if "killing time" and "lowering anxiety" need to happen hand in hand.

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At Evening’s Close by Helen Beatrix Potter (ca. 1902).

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Fanart of the Brindlewood Bay RPG playthrough led by the game’s creator, Jason Cordova. Everyone there is very talented at storytelling, and the characters are so vivid and memorable, I just had to draw how I imagined them after I finished watching the campaign!

In the alternate bubbles, Doll is realising what pink handcuffs are for, Alice is probably thinking about Corinne Whateley, Muriel is shouting at Isaiah Langmoore (though not necessarily; Muriel could be shouting at any number of people) and Rosemary has seen some shit.

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i want to make it clear that me being female-presenting and femme is not a natural outcome of biology or upbringing. i went and considered and consciously chose it!

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Not gonna lie, my morale is at the lowest point it's been since the beginning of the invasion. Russians are successfully occupying more and more territories and shell frontline regions every day. People are dying, our culture and herritage is destroyed. International aid dwindled significantly because of american bullshit. Mobilization law has been signed and there is a chance that my family members get conscripted soon. Don't even get me started on internal political problems. A bunch of articles in foreign media talking about our defeat and "peace talks" (what a joke).

It feels like there were no at least moderately good news in a while. On top of that, the feeling that we are screaming into the void is stronger than ever. I'm happy when I see a foreigner online supporting us and spreading the word, because it gets rarer. Ukrainians feel like none of what's happening gets outside our info bubble. Most likely no one but Ukrainians will see this post either. Honestly don't know what to make of all of this.

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i need to see atleast 798 images/day