It Is Time To.... Annoy The Boy

REMINDER THAT LAIKA’S FIRST FILM SOLELY PRODUCED BY THEIR STUDIO HAD TWO FEMALE CHARACTERS AS THEIR ANTAGONIST AND PROTAGONIST WHO, BY SOME FORM OF DEVIL MAGIC, HAVE COMPLETELY DIFFERENT FACES

REMINDER THAT LAIKA’S SECOND FILM NOT ONLY CONSISTED OF A CAST WITH FOUR CENTRAL FEMALE CHARACTERS BUT INCLUDED AN ENTIRE TOWN OF DIVERSE CITIZENS OF VARYING RACE, GENDER, AND AGE. LIKE A NORMAL TOWN HAS.

REMINDER THAT LAIKA’S THIRD FILM FEATURED SAME SEX COUPLES IN THEIR TEASER TRAILER

REMINDER THAT THIS IS ALL STOP-MOTION SO EVERY CHARACTER WAS DESIGNED, MODELED, SCULPTED, RIGGED, AND EVEN HAD TINY CLOTHES SEWED FOR THEM.

also reminder that they make chump change compared to disney who whines and cries that in all their years of experience they can’t handle the prospect of animating a girl with a face different than the rest and that it’s “too hard” because only females can express such a wide range of emotions that it makes them difficult to animate

if a studio with 20-30 years of experience can manage this then SURELY an established studio with NEAR 100 YEARS of experience can maybe, just maybe, include a female that ISN’T a part of their formula

Hey guys! Australia is still on fire! It's getting worse every day! Our country is burning and nobody seems to care!!!!

Every single one of those symbols is a fire. Every single one could take a life. This is what our country looks like.

These record breaking fires are worse than the Amazon rainforest fires, yet there is little to no coverage on it!!! Don't believe me? Look it up for yourself!!

Our koalas are now functionally extinct!!!!

(Edit: that has been debunked but koalas are still in very real threat of this becoming true.)

Scott Morrisson cut the funding to the rfs (royal firefighter service) by 50% and refuses aid.

(Edit. Link to a post about where you can donate)

i really love that the warrior cats community took down a terf from her platform that technically wasn’t even related to warriors, but we will not allow ourselves to even be adjacently connected to a terf, we already have enough of our own problems lol

redraw of this because I wanted to use my own designs for pride month!

reblogs are very much appreciated!

Have cats ever been drawn better? American author/illustrator, Clare Turlay Newberry (1903-1970).

Callout post for @archeologistlion

@archeologistlion​ eats RAW FUCKING BUTTER AND SEES NOTHING WRONG WITH THAT

no one's ever going to treat you right you're attracting the wrong kind and you're always left with nothing but anger and lord knows that it hurts when coming to terms with the lessons you're learning

Pov a little emo guts you

Warrior cats inktober prompts from 2018, updated for this year! Text-only under the read more.

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How to Make a Face Mask for Hospitals and Medical Centers

Hospitals and medical centers across the country are asking sewers to make face masks to protect out health workers. You can google “how to sew face masks for hospitals” to find out where fabric masks are being requested.

Stillwater Medical Center is asking sewers to follow the face mask pattern from buttoncounter.com here.

From Deaconess Health System:

EVANSVILLE, Ind. — Citing shortages, Deaconess Health System, including Henderson’s Methodist Health, has asked the public to sew face masks for staff fighting coronavirus.

“This does follow CDC protocols that you can find on their website that if all other supplies are not available, that handmade masks that meet certain criteria are acceptable,” Deaconess spokeswoman Becca Scott said.

The release with the video, pattern and instructions was posted to the Deaconess Facebook page Thursday morning and is available at www.deaconess.com/masks. A PDF of the pattern is available here and embedded at the bottom of this article.  

Deaconess has “a sample video” about how to make the masks, which Scott said will be sterilized when they come in.

From Forbes here:

Additional Resources for Open Source or Volunteer COVID-19 Projects:

One of my favorite how-to sites is Instructables. The DIY Cloth Face Mask has almost 100,000 views. It is a step-by-step instruction for those who need it. Kudos to ashevillejm.

In 2006, CDC released a Simple Respiratory Mask design using heavyweight t-shirts in its Emerging Infectious Diseases journal. More of an academic post, but some ideas in it.

A Facebook group was formed last week: Open Source COVID19 Medical Supplies. It is worth a visit — in just a few short days there are 20,000-plus members and volunteers.

If you are looking for some research and street-level testing of various materials for DIY mask-making, this post from Smart Air Filters is exceptional: What Are The Best Materials for Making DIY Masks? It also includes a few great links at the end of it.