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Saying "voting doesn't matter" might reach your younger peers online but it certainly hasn't reached Clangus Hargbarg who was part of the kkk in 1951 and still sends in his ballot. He hasn't missed a one.

Jewish People Problem #20

When you can’t find a single book with a Jewish protagonist that isn’t about the holocaust

Tom Gauld - Personajes epicos

artist tips

don’t save as jpeg

ghost kitchens being legal is weird to me. like why does chick e cheese have a side hustle as a fake restaurant

Who makes the porn bots. Where do they come from. What do they hope to achieve.

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Unsplash -  photography, illustration, & art

Pixabay - same as unsplash

Pexels - stock photos and videos

Getty Images - photography & illustration

Veceezy - vectors and clipart

Gumroad - photoshop brushes (and more)

StockSnap.io - stock photos

Canva - needs login but has lots of templates

Library of Congress - historical posters and photos

NASA - you guessed it

Creative Commons - all kinds of stuff, homie

Even Adobe has some free images

There are so many ways to make moodboards, bookcovers, and icons without plagiarizing! As artists, authors, and other creatives, we need to be especially careful not to use someone else’s work and pass it off as our own. 

Please add on if you know any more resources for free images <3

They also have an animal one that I linked a whole back on the same site !

the funny thing is that i don't think younger people - and i mean those under the age of 40 - really have a grasp on how many of today's issues can be tied back to a disastrous reagan policy:

war on drugs: reagan's aggressive escalation of the war on drugs was a catastrophic policy, primarily targeting minority communities and fueling mass incarceration. the crusade against drugs was more about controlling the Black, Latino and Native communities than addressing the actual problems of drug abuse, leading to a legacy of broken families and systemic racism within the criminal justice system.

deregulation and economic policies: reaganomics was an absolute disaster for the working class. reagan's policies of aggressive tax cuts for the rich, deregulation, and slashing social programs were nothing less than class warfare, deepening income inequality and entrenching corporate greed. these types of policies were a clear message that reagan's america was only for the wealthy elite and a loud "fuck you" to working americans.

environmental policies: despite his reputation being whitewashed thanks to the recovery of the ozone layer, reagan's environmental record was an unmitigated disaster. his administration gutted critical environmental protections and institutions like the EPA, turning a blind eye to pollution and corporate exploitation of natural resources. this blatant disregard for the planet was a clear sign of prioritizing short-term corporate profits over the future of the environment.

AIDS crisis: reagan's gross neglect of the aids crisis was nothing short of criminal and this doesn't even begin to touch on his wife's involvement. his administration's indifference to the plight of the lgbtq+ community during this devastating epidemic revealed a deep-seated bigotry and a complete failure of moral leadership.

mental health: reagan's dismantling of mental health institutions under the guise of 'reform' led directly to a surge in homelessness and a lack of support for those with mental health issues. his policies were cruel and inhumane and showed a personality-defining callous disregard for the most vulnerable in society.

labor and unions: reagan's attack on labor unions, exemplified by his handling of the patco strike, was a blatant assault on workers' rights. his actions emboldened corporations to suppress union activities, leading to a significant erosion of workers' power and rights in the workplace. he was colloquially known as "Ronnie the Union Buster Reagan"

foreign policy and military interventions: reagan's foreign policy, particularly in latin america, was imperialist and ruthless. his administration's support for dictatorships and right-wing death squads under the guise of fighting "communism" showed a complete disregard for human rights and self-determination of other nations.

public health: yes, reagan's agricultural policies actually facilitated the rise of high fructose corn syrup, once again prioritizing corporate profits over public health. this shift in the food industry has had lasting negative impacts on health, contributing to the obesity epidemic and other health issues.

privatization: reagan's push for privatization was a systematic dismantling of public services, transferring wealth and power to private corporations and further eroding the public's access to essential services.

education policies: his approach to education was more of an attack on public education than anything else, gutting funding and promoting policies that undermined equal access to quality education. this was, again, part of a broader agenda to maintain a status quo where the privileged remain in power.

this is just what i could come up with in a relatively short time and i did not even live under this man's presidency. the level at which ronald reagan has broken the united states truly can't be overstated.

BILL WATTERSON ‘A cartoonist’s advice’

Fascinating trend I’ve noticed from lurking in Frankenstein-related tags:

If there’s a male construct, people frame him as the creator’s child. He has full agency and personhood and deserves to be raised in a family. The most obvious example of this is Frankenstein’s Creature, but you’ll see echoes of it with creators of robots, Pinocchio, etc.

If there’s a female construct, people frame it as expected that she’s created to be a romantic/sexual object. I saw a few posts that Pygmalion is morally superior to Victor Frankenstein because he fell in love with his creation, for instance. I don’t need to go into the dozens of “make a female robot and fall for her” tropes.

The most uncomfortable intersection of this dichotomy are the countless posts insisting that it was Victor’s duty as a father to create a female to gift to his son—and that the “wait but she’ll be an actual person of her own” reservations Victor had in the book were immoral. He owes his son (male construct = family, agency, personhood) the gift of a person (female construct = object, no agency, not family). She wouldn’t be a daughter, just “the Bride.” Nothing about Víctor owing her happiness, but the exact opposite: that she must be custom-designed to be miserable and rejected so she’d be trapped with the male-creature.

For a piece of literature where personhood is such a central theme, it’s a disturbing and disappointing trend.

my mom got me this little thing and im obsessed with him.... little creature..

i hate that every time i look for color studies and tips to improve my art and make it more dynamic and interesting all that comes up are rudimentary explanations of the color wheel that explain it to me like im in 1st grade and just now discovering my primary colors

Sputnik 2, launched on November 3, 1957, carried the dog Laika, the first living creature to be shot into space and orbit Earth. Laika was a stray dog found on the streets of Moscow. There were no plans to return her to Earth, and she lived only a few hours in orbit. …

taken from @gallivantsofgillis on tiktok

I am getting so fucking frustrated hearing "the Russian people shouldnt be punished for the actions of their government." And sympathy for the Russian teenage soldiers who have mandatory military service requirements and are now being sent to fight and die in a war they technically didn't sign up for. And telling ppl not to boycott American businesses run by Russian immigrants because "the babushka selling piroshki in New York didn't make Putin invade Ukraine." Even the Russians still on Russia's side (as long as they aren't athletes or oligarchs), they're "victims of propaganda" and being given sympathy over sanctions that may ruin their lives.

Like, the fact that y'all can understand how this works when it comes to Russia and Russians but not apply that same sympathy to Israeli citizens and the Jewish diaspora is pure antisemitism. You've all now admitted that you know and understand that boycotting an American Jewish deli doesn't actually do anything for or have any bearing on Israel's government, but y'all continue to do it anyway. You continue to call Gal Gadot a murderer for serving mandatory military service as a fitness instructor who never once saw battle but excuse Russian troops on the front lines for killing Ukrainians because it's a mandatory draft. You feel sympathy for average Russians losing money due to sanctions but support BDS, which generally boycotts private businesses and therefore takes money from average citizens and not the Israeli government itself. Hell, y'all even seem to understand how propaganda and western sanctions may turn some Russians away from the west and cause them to support Putin but you don't see how deeply pushed state propaganda on both sides is fueling the conflict in the Levant?

I'm so fucking over the double standard. So over it. Your antisemitism is showing and you better fucking pull your heads out of your asses and work on it when international attention inevitably turns back to I/P. Because now I have receipts that y'all understand exactly how this shit works and you just decide to ignore it to punish Jewish people.

So, you and Cristobal are an item now? BARRY - S03E01 - Forgiving Jeff

i was trying to collect more shitty ms paint doodles we all use and vibe with and then i realize i also have ms paint and can just MAKE some 

This...this game isnt even trying to be subtle about its antisemitism. its a whole dogwhistle concert

studies at the Musée D’Orsay

so wild to me how wylan has been fanonized as this sweet little uwu soft baby. like im sorry but wylan?? wylan “we could wake them up” van eck?? wylan who threatened to drown someone for flirting with his boyfriend?? wylan who got beat up and broke like 3 of his ribs just so he could make his father look bad?? wylan who created a device that will literally disintegrate your blood sugar if you lick it?? wylan who managed to get several Complete Lies past a heartrender?? that wylan?? did we read the same book??

when worlds collide

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