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Okay I’m currently furious that migraines are often so blindly easy to treat and I had to find this out myself at the age of 26 when I’ve been to a neurologist since I was 11 lol so I’m about to teach you two neat and fast little tricks to deal with pain!

The first is the sternocleidomastoid muscle, or the SCM muscle.

This big red section is responsible for pain around the eye, cheekbone, and jaw, as well as some temple pain. Literally all you have to do is angle your head down a little, angle it away from the side that hurts, and then you can gently pinch and rub that muscle. I find it best to start at the bottom and travel upwards. The relief is so immediate! You can increase pressure as you feel comfortable doing so.

Here is a short and easy video showing this in action

The second is a fast and easy stretch that soothes your vagus nerve, which is the nerve responsible for calming you down. The vagus nerve, for those unfamiliar, is stimulated by deep breathing such as yawning, sighing, singing, or taking a deep breath to calm your anger in a tense situation.

You can stretch this out by sitting up as straight as possible (this does not have to be perfect to work) and interlacing your fingers. Put your hands on the back of your head with your thumbs going down the sides of your neck and, while keeping your face forward, look all the way to one side with just your eyes. Hold that until you feel the urge to breathe deeply or yawn, or until you can tell there’s a change. Then do the same thing on the other side. When you put your arms down, you should clearly be able to turn your head farther in both directions. If the first session doesn’t get rid of your migraine, rest and repeat as many times as necessary. I even get a little fancy with it and roll my eyes up and down along the outer edge sometimes to stretch as much as I can.

If you need a visual here’s a good video on it. I know some of the language they use seems questionable but this is real and simple science and should not be discarded because it’s been adopted by the trendy wellness crowd!

I seriously cannot believe I didn’t hear a word of this from any doctor in my life. Additionally, if you get frequent recurring migraines, you may want to see a dietician. Migraines can be caused by foods containing histamines, lectin, etc. and can also be caused by high blood pressure in specific situations such as exercise, stress, and even sex.

If any of this information helps you I’d love to hear it btw! It’s so so fast and easy to do. Good luck!

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You’re not depressed. You just need $250,000 in your bank account.

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I just made the best cake ever from a box. Here's how:

1) go to the store

2) buy any box mix (I used white because I already had it at home)

3) make the mix like normal BUT

3.5) before putting in your eggs, separate them

4) put the whites in the mixer until soft peaks form

5) fold 'em in with the rest of the mix (it might be weird and lumpyish but that's ok)

6) bake it (it will not take the same time as the box says, so chuck it) until lightly golden brown on the top

7) Take any frosting you want (i used fudge frosting because, again, I already had it, and it goes well with white)

8) Get some softened SALTED butter (if it isn't soft, you can put it in the microwave for 5 sec intervals until soft)

9) Throw both the butter and the frosting in the mixer until smooth (don't overmix but don't under mix. You don't want it to fall off the mixer whisk. Instead, you want more like soft peaks)

10) Take yer cakes out and let them cool completely

11) slap that buttercream frosting onto your fluffy cakes and BOOM

12) you just made the best cake ever. Go brag to your colleague who likes to bring in her fancy desserts all the time.

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Stick with Trigger and you'll make it!

My 4th Mucha ace combat print, I return to the lighthouse. AC7 is actually the first Ace Combat game I got into for the series...and then I got a crash course binge in the rest of them lolol. This will be debuting this weekend at carriercon2025 with a special in person variant!

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I thought some planes would look good in Art Noveau so here’s Ace Combat 5 fanart inspired by Alphonse Mucha.

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You probably get asked this a lot, but how do you draw hands? Even when I'm tracing, they look so weird 🙃

I could probably go on and on and on about hands, but here are some key points I compiled! I LOVE drawing hands, and I never hesitate to use my own as a reference

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I made these as a way to compile all the geographical vocabulary that I thought was useful and interesting for writers. Some descriptors share categories, and some are simplified, but for the most part everything is in its proper place. Not all the words are as useable as others, and some might take tricky wording to pull off, but I hope these prove useful to all you writers out there!

(save the images to zoom in on the pics)

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Művészet

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My fellow American hobby bakers, demoralized by egg prices and scarcity and how you will make the American apple pie or the chocolate chip cookie, fear not. I have spent many years turning regular baking recipes vegan for my corrupt and traitorous sister who last week ate a salmon cream cheesed roll. There are many, many substitutes for eggs including but not limited to:

Mashed banana: best added to compliment flavors of whatever it is you're baking (peanut butter, chocolate) make sure it's MUSHY and ripe

Apple sauce: again, best with complimentary flavors (cinnamon, brown sugar) use unsweetened and have the rest as a snack

The big boy champ, ground flaxseed: flavorless, though it does darken your batter/ dough a bit. Bags found next to cornstarch and almond meal, etc. Instructions on how to use right on the bag! Make sure to let the flaxseed water combo sit in a separate bowl until it has the consistency of mucus 👍

Now with all of these you MUST add a bit more leavener, they don't have the lil bit of lift eggs give, so make sure you add a touch more baking powder. Sort of ok for brownies and cookies if you want them a bit more dense but KEY for cakes, quick breads, muffins and other things like that or she is gonna be SQUIDGY 🫡

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✧✦✧ "Fragments" - episode 58 ✧✦✧

Stress-induced banter and slivers of sincerity.

New reader? episode list on tumblr | webtoon Read 4 more episodes: patreon | kofi

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Some guy on Reddit drew this

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“Though my soul may set in darkness, it will rise in perfect light; I have loved the stars too fondly to be fearful of the night.”

A little doodle for one the most beautiful lines from any poem, The Old Astronomer.

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