Artists, This Is Ur Reminder To Start Drawing References Or Redesign Your Original Characters Before

you guys should really try talking to older people sometimes. like anyone over the age of forty. it would cure you i swear

IF YOU ARE A SONIC FANARTIST!

Ok, so I WAS going to contact artists individually and privately, but that was before I realized there would be literally hundreds of artists.

The Youtube channel Super Hedgehog Bros is reposting and monetizing art from HUNDREDS of Sonic artists. In 3 videos alone, all posted within the last week, they have used art from over 100 artists. Their channel is monetized, they are making money from views.

100 artists from 3 videos. The channel has over 400 videos posted. They have over 60k subscribers.

If you're a Sonic artist, especially if you make comics, and you don't want your work reposted for someone else's monetary gain then you should probably have a look and consider if you want to do a copyright claim. Maybe let your friends know too, if you know they care about this sort of thing.

It's literally impossible for me to contact everyone about this, I just need to hope this post finds at least some of the people it matters to!

For all of the northerners that stood up for Texas during our freeze and said, "Don't make fun of them, they've never dealt with this before. Their infrastructure isn't made for snow and freezing."

This one is for you.

Where I live 108°F with 80% humidity with no wind is normal.

Pacific North West is dealing historic best waves 35-40°C or 95-105°F.

First of all. Don't make fun of them for bitching about the heat. Just like Texas isn't built for a freeze and our pipes burst, Pacific North West isn't built for heat and a lot of their homes don't have AC.

If you live somewhere with a high humidity like 80+ HUMIDITY IS NOT YOUR FRIEND. The "humidity makes it feel cooler" is a lie once it gets beyond a point.

If you live somewhere with a lower humidity, misters are nice to cool off outside.

Once you get over 90°F (32°C) a fan will not help you. It's just pushing around hot air. (I mean if you can't afford a small AC unit because they're expensive as hell, by all means a fan is better than nothing).

If you have pets, those portable AC units aren't safe. If your pets destroy the outtake thing, it'll leak CO2. Window units are safer.

Window AC units will let mosquitoes or other small bugs in. Sucks, but that's life.

Now is not the time to me modest. If you have to cover for religious reasons, by all means. If you don't, I've seen people wear short shorts and a swim top. It's not trashy if it keeps you from getting heat stroke.

If you do have to cover up for religious reasons, look for elephant pants or something similar. They're made with a breathable material.

Shade is better than no shade, but that shit it just diet sun after some point. Don't think shade will save you from heat stroke.

I know the "drink your water" is a fun meme now, but if you're sweating excessively you need electrolytes. Drink Gatorade, Powerade, or Pedialite PLEASE. I don't care if you're fucking sitting in one spot all day. That shit WILL save you from heat stroke.

Most importantly. RESEARCH THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN HEAT STROKE AND HEAT EXHAUSTION PLEASE!

If you're diabetic and can't drink Gatorade, mix water, fruit juice, and either lite salt or pink salt

If you can afford it, cover windows with thick curtains to insulate the house

If you have tile floors, lay on them with skin to tile contact. If you don't, laying your head on cool counters works too.

If the temperature where you're at is hotter than your body temperature, don't wear heat wicking clothing. Moisture wicking is safe though.

Check your medication labels. Many make you more susceptible to sun and heat

-Room temperature water will get into your body faster. This is something I learned doing marching band in high summer in Georgia, and it saved all of our asses. Sip it, don't gulp it, especially if you're getting into the red; same goes for whatever fluid you're drinking. And just in general drink during the day.

-If you are moving from an air conditioned space to an un-air conditioned space, if at all possible try to make the shift gradual. When my dad and I were working outside and in un-ac houses a few years ago, he'd turn the air down to low in the truck about ten-fifteen minutes before we got where we were going. This way your body doesn't go from low low temps to high temps. S'bad for you.

-If you can, keep your lights off during the day. Light bulbs may not generate a lot of heat, but the difference is noticeable when it gets hot enough. I literally only turn my bedroom light on in the evening when it gets too dark.

Don't be afraid to just like... pour water on yourself if you need to. The evaporation will cool you off.

Put your hand to the cement for 15 seconds. If you can't handle the heat, it'll burn your dog's paws. Don't let them walk on it.

Dogs with flat faces are more prone to heat stroke. Don't leave them out unsupervised.

Frozen fruit is delicious in water.

Wet/Cold hat/handkerchief on your head/neck will help you stay cool.

Pickle juice is great for electrolytes! You can even make pickle juice Popsicles!

Heat exhaustion is more, "drink water and get you cooled off." Heat stroke is more "Oh my god call 911."

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[Image description: an infographic showing the difference between heat exhaustion and heat stroke. The graphic is labeled "Heat Dangers: First Warning." Signs of heat exhaustion: faint or dizzy, excessive sweating, cool, pale, clammy skin, rapid, weak pulse, muscle cramps. If you think you or someone else may be experiencing heat exhaustion, get to a cool, air-conditioned place, drink water if conscious, and take a cool shower or use cold compress. Signs of heat stroke: throbbing headache, no sweating, red, hot, dry skin, rapid, strong pulse, may lose consciousness. If you think you or someone else may be experiencing heat stroke, call 911. End description]

Be safe.

-fae

Thank you for all the interaction and kindness on my last post!

My name is Margaux and I am also known as Retrophiliac. I am Autistic, OCD, ADHD - I have Anxiety as well. I am self employed and an activist and advocate based out of western Canada. One of my pins is even in the Museum of Vancouver's openMOV!

I design pins, patches, stickers, keychains, magnets and so much more.

The items have a disability, neurodiversity, autistic focus - as well as really cute retro inspired designs.

I am on Etsy and I also have my own shop Shop best for USA & Canada.

Etsy will handle VAT, VOSS and IOSS for international orders.

But it's entirely up to you. My shopretrophiliac site has a larger selection including fidgets.

I also post frequently on instagram, facebook and tiktok.

P.S:

I run a few awesome facebook groups:

Made by Autistics Marketplace and Community

Autistic inclusive dating and friends

Neurodivergent Skills Connect

Disabled Entrepreneurs/Self Employed in British Columbia

Thank you <3

Here's uBlock Origin's official guide to bypassing youtube's anti-adblock popups, updated weekly. Please share widely. Don't reward google for their predatory anti-consumer bullshit

updated a few things

DNI | Rules + Request Status

Haven't done an introduction post yet but here goes nothing, very sorry about that...

☆ Introduction & About Me ☆

Hi I'm Jackal, pleasure to meet you. I'm an hobbyist artist who in multiple fandoms that writes fanfictions on the side at times

♤Nicknames: Moon, Jackal, Alex, Ali, Ale♤

♤Pronouns: She/her & They/Them♤

♤Gender: female♤

♤B-day: 12/10♤

♤Adult♤

♤Sexual Orientation: Demiomnisexual♤

☆ Navigation/Dictionary ☆

#JackalGirl/Moonlight art (all my art post)

#ominousrebellion (anything ocs, story, and lore related)

☆ Tumblr blogs that I run/own ☆

》 @jackalgirl-01 (main art blog for fanarts for fandoms I'm in and original for time to time, also share fanfiction on my AO3 account basically the blog that you're read this post on rn)

》 @wolfie-evening-studies (a side Studyblr blog for my education journey + journaling along with some bookblr and languageblr stuff)

》 @questioningcultureis (an LGBTQ+ culture is side blog to represent those who are Questioning their sexual orientation and/ or gender identity sadly inactive)

》 @pmdexplorersofthelostcrystal (a Pokémon Mystery Dungeon fan comic that take place in first two games in the series with gen 1-6 Pokémon, on Hiatus)

☆ Other Social media ☆

》 They all are in this one carrd here 《

One dates anime by purchasing a body pillow with a favorite anime character and taking it to IHOP at two thirty in the morning.

Alright Anon, you're asking for this I'm honestly happy that it isn't anything weird also I never been to an IHOP before but I can only guess it's like a Denny's but bit more affordable(?) Idk, anyway here you go Anon hope I don't disappoint

Wholesome + Comfort Reader Insert fic

Read rating: General (Everyone can read it)

Word count: 360

Fandom: anime (unspecified)

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It's early in the morning not even past seven o' clock. the morning chips of the birds fill the quite morning commute outside the open window of an dimmed lit room. slowly opening and rubbing the tiredness from your eyes. feeling your body protesting not wanting to leave the warm embrace of the bed keeping you warm during your 6 hour slumber. you slowly force yourself to sit up on the bedside for a bit to grain your surroundings. the alarm clock on the nightstand is the only thing that illuminate in the dark room.

The clock flashing the numbers 2:15am even tho it's your day off the night shift at your job at the local brewery. your body become custom with the 9 to 5 routine for two years now. and it's too late to change it ow especially on this day that you earn fairly by how hard you worked these past few weeks. with tiredness still linger in your eyes you started to get dressed, brush your teeth, and trying your best to make yourself presentable for public standards. after everyday was done you decided to work on some house chores that you were neglecting for awhile now.

It taken an while to get some of them done but you feel reviled to get them over and done with. and it's was now time to go grab some breakfast with at new anime pillow you brought from an anime convention with your friends few months back. the pillow was mostly use as a form of protection in a sense to avoid creepy conversations with people that make you uncomfortable, along with being an cosplay prop for friends for the next con. in all honestly the pillow get you an sense of comfort and some wreids looks are better then creepy conversation. you drive to the nearest IHOP location to be the first one to eat breakfast together and avoid the morning rush of the work day.

nothing is going to ruin your attempt to have one of the most comfortable and wholesome day off that you can give yourself and the pillow as you possible can

Twitter is about to be banned in Brazil, why?

Have you seen the news about Twitter (now X, but I refuse to call it that) being banned in Brazil? Have you been wondering why that is? I’m Brazilian, and here I am to explain things to you.

You’ve likely noticed that since Elon Musk took over the social media network, hate speech on the platform has skyrocketed. White supremacist and Neo-Nazi groups have been using Twitter to disseminate racist propaganda and hate speech. And although the United States might not be doing anything about this, other countries are not so indulgent. Brazil being one of them.

Racism and incitement of hate (including speech) are crimes in Brazil. So is political disinformation, sexism, homophobia, transphobia, and ableism. Hate speech of any kind is a CRIME in Brazil.

The Brazilian Supreme Court ordered Elon Musk to do something about the political fake news and hate speech on his platform, and Elon responded by shutting down all offices in Brazil.

The Brazilian Supreme Court (STF) then ordered Elon Musk to appoint a legal representative in Brazil, as NO BUSINESS can operate in the country without a legal representative that can be held responsible to crimes and answer to them in a court of law. The STF gave Elon 24 hours to appoint this legal representative, and now that the deadline has passed and Elon has not complied, it seems that Twitter will be shut down in Brazil.

TL;DR: Elon is salty that he’s not above Brazilian law.

➡️ Content warnings on fiction are a courtesy. 

➡️ Not every medium of fiction and storytelling has or is expected to have content warnings or extensive tagging.

➡️ Print novels do not traditionally warn for content in any way.

➡️ Until AO3 came along, fanfiction did not traditionally warn for content in any significant way.

➡️ An author is only obligated to warn for content to the degree mandated by the format they publish their fiction on.

➡️ Content warnings beyond the minimum are a courtesy, not an obligation.

➡️ 'Creator chose not to warn' is a valid tag that authors are allowed to use on AO3. It means there could be anything in there and you have accepted the risk. 'May contain peanuts!'

➡️ Writers are allowed to use 'Creator chose not to warn' for any reason, including to maintain surprise and avoid spoilers.

➡️ 'Creator chose not to warn' is not the same thing as 'no archive warnings apply'.

➡️ It is your responsibility to protect yourself and close a book, or hit the back button if you find something in fiction that you're reading that upsets you.

➡️ You are responsible for protecting yourself from fiction that causes you discomfort.

people are still reporting illnesses from lucky charms and cheerios. the FDA could not find the cause and dropped the 2022 investigation, but illnesses are still actively being reported from various flavors of lucky charms and cheerios.

if you know someone who eats these cereals and has been getting sick, please let them know they might want to stop eating them for a while and see if they improve.

iwaspoisoned.com

Cheerios Make You sick? What you need to know

After eating Cheerios cereal from GM, I had a severe bout of diarrhea on two occasions. I could not believe that a box of dry cereal could

iwaspoisoned.com

Lucky Charms Make You sick? What you need to know

Ate a to go cup of Lucky Charms cereal with a Best By date of April 10, 2024 five hours ago and now my stomach is cramping, and I have brigh

the illness reports are ongoing. there has been no recall. illnesses have been reported from these products for a few years now, from people who had eaten them fine for years or decades prior to whatever is currently happening.