Ceruleanbucket - Little Bits Of Stars

🖤💜 Happy international asexuality day! 🖤💜🐀

Asexuality is the lack of sexual attraction to others, or low or absent interest in or desire for sexual activity 🖤💜

me when I wake up at six am for my five hour shift and my boss begs me to stay for nine hours instead

+40 Pixel Art Tutorials

A growing collection of animated Pixel Art Tutorials by Pedro Medeiros (@saint11) of Studio Miniboss (they previously worked on TowerFall and are currently working on Celeste and Skytorn)

All +40 Pixel Art Tutorials can be found on blog.studiominiboss.com/pixelart (10 Pixel Art Tutorials are posted below)

Satellite hermits AU | Etho

Etho [ engineer ] Etho is... A quirky guy. And a very elusive one, at that. He occupies one of the most distant stations west from the main valley and was among the very first settlers, although nobody can really recall seeing him when he first started showing up in radio comms. Even nowadays he's barely seen in person by anyone (except occasional meetings with his immediate neighbors). He knows a lot of seemingly random and obscure stuff, but is often confused by common knowledge

Even though he sometimes says or does weird things, everyone loves Etho :)

: > search: "Etho"

LOG 01520: ...Joel brought to attention of some expedition members that <Etho> [REDACTED]. He thinks he was sent by ISC (the "Watchers"), although both Scar and I argue there is a mistake. Because there is. We agreed on looking into it later this week...

LOG 02821: ...On the third night of the search operation for [REDACTED], <Etho> confessed (under pressure of a gunpoint) [REDACTED] [YOU'RE NOT SUPPOSED TO KNOW THIS] [WE AGREED ON KEEPING IT A SECRET] resolved peacefully. 5 [UPDATED:7?] people know about it. No reports mentioning this were sent to Earth, except for the report about the first accident and [REDACTED] along with it to finally be put at rest at homeland...

: > back: 01520

LOG 01520 not found.

: > back: 02821

LOG 02821 not found.

Pride Month is upon us again and so it is time to repost my little guy, Hue! I’m wishing everyone a safe, supportive, positive, and enlightening Pride, whether you’re all the way “out” or not!

Olympic Chocolate Muffins! (since the recipe is paywalled on WaPo)

Cool the muffins and ganache completely before assembly, about 30-40 minutes

Makes 12 muffins

Muffin Ingredients:

¾ cup (180 ml) whole or reduced fat milk

¼ cup (60 ml) water

2 teaspoons instant coffee powder

½ cup (50 grams) unsweetened cocoa powder

4 tablespoons (56 grams) unsalted butter, cut into pieces

½ cup + 1/3 cup (145 total grams) bittersweet or semisweet chocolate chunks

2 cups (250 grams) AP flour

1 tablespoon baking powser

¼ teaspoon fine salt

½ cup (110 grams) packed dark brown sugar

½ cup (100 grams) granulated sugar

¼ cup (60 ml) neutral oil

2 large eggs, room temp

1 teaspoon vanilla extract

1/3 cup (60 grams) chopped milk chocolate, plus more for topping

Ganache Ingredients:

2/3 cup (115 grams) bittersweet or semisweet chocolate chunks

½ cup (120 ml) heavy cream

1/8 teaspoon fine salt

Directions

Position rack in the middle of the oven, preheat 400 degrees Fahrenheit. Line a regular sized muffin pan with liners.

In a small saucepan over medium heat, combine milk, water, and instant coffee. Bring to a simmer, whisking occasionally.

Add cocoa powder and whisk.

Decrease heat to low, add ½ cup (85 grams) of the chocolate chunks and butter, whisk until melted and smooth.

Transfer to a large bowl and cool slightly

In a medium bowl, whisk flour, baking powder, and salt.

To chocolate mixture, whisk in brown sugar, granulated sugar, oil, eggs, and vanilla.

Add about 1/3 of the flour mixture, whisk until incorporated

Add remaining flour, folding with a spatula until no streaks remain.

Fold in remaining 1/3 cup (60 grams) chocolate chunks and chopped milk chocolate, until just combined. Do not overmix.

Using a ¼ cup scoop or measuring cup, divide batter among 12 muffin cups, filling to the top of the pan.

Sprinkle additional chocolate chunks on top.

Transfer pan to oven, and immediately reduce oven temperature to 375 degrees Fahrenheit.

Bake for 22-24 minutes, or until a toothpick comes out clean. Start on ganache now

Let muffins cool in pan for 10 minutes, then use a knife or piping tip to cut an approximately ¾ inch wide hole in the center of each muffin. (use the centers as ice cream topping or eat now!)

Let muffins cool completely.

GANACHE: in a small saucepan over medium-low heat, combine chocolate chunks, heavy cream, and salt. Cook, stirring frequently, until melted and smooth. Remove from heat and let cool completely.

Once muffins and ganache are completely cool, spoon or pipe ganache into the center of the muffin, until slightly overflowed. Serve immediately.

Wishing upon my enemies downfall,as I can barely make a phone call to the doctors alakakakakakaksk

Huntsman

just because someone can articulate their point better doesn’t make them right, it makes them articulated. 

Quick drawings inspired by a fanfic on ao3 called "Double Feature" by demonfox38

shdkad squealed at how wholesome it could be and it has the right amount of angst to be mm 👌I've read a couple of their Miss Pauling-centric fics and damn it fulfilled my craving for stories featuring her