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In the US this October, Filipinos celebrate Filipino-American History Month. I always think about my dad around this time, Albert Balbutin Sr, who rode a steamship from the Philippines to San Francisco Bay in April of 1929. I was told it took about a month, and it was only until a few years later that the Golden Gate Bridge was finally built. As you can imagine he was quite old by the time I was born, but I remember stories of him climbing coconut trees back in Camiguin where he grew up. Life was simpler for him back then, as he would later work various jobs in America from farms, steam ships, and factories.

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I'm curious--how do you guys go about creating your OCs?

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The solar eclipse picture is sadly AI generated. From snopes >>> Finally, the photograph was not available on NASA's website or social media accounts, and it had various features suggesting it was artificially generated, such as an improbably large sun positioned unusually close to the horizon.

In April 2024, several other fact-checking organizations, such as LeadStories, Fact Crescendo from Sri Lanka, and Rumor Scanner from Bangladesh, also concluded the image was AI-generated.

Oh dang that one didn't even have the features id usually examine for AI

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something genuinely insane about going somewhere and getting to feel “i had some of the worst years of my life here” and “i was loved here, once” simultaneously.

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northern hemisphere babes we made it to the longest night of the year. we made it. for the next 6 months, every day will give us a little more daylight than the last. let's go. take my hand. climb out of the darkness with me

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[COVERED IN BLOOD, EYES LARGE] i have been working. On my resume

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Revising Daughters of Flood and Fury with my favorite writing buddy, Marmalade. Stay a while and relax

Remember it's the solstice, after this the sun comes back

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✨️📸 Ready to book your Filipino cultural photoshoot?

I am currently accepting bookings for early 2025! I've also included new dates for Chicago and Boston! Chicago dates are still being determined, but it will be in one of the weekends in April.

I am still planning out the rest of the year. But, I've listed the future places I'm planning on heading to in the later part of 2025 to 2026.

If you want to do a photoshoot with me next year, visit my website and fill out my contact form. ✨️

Website Link: https://thepinayphotographer.mypixieset.com/contact/

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With Winnie-the-Pooh and The Battle of Hastings sharing an anniversary today, did you know that E. H. Shepard once drew this amazing scene for an exclusive book bag?

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Bastille was right. How am I gonna be an optimist about this. Also right about eh eho eho.

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We're working really hard on Daughters of Flood and Fury edits, we promise. But it is a very nice sunbeam ☀️

Is DoFaF on your Goodreads shelf yet?

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i have such a love for characters who descend into madness or villainy out of deep, deep empathy. characters who fundamentally cannot cope with the cruel realities they find themselves in and blow up about it in spectacular fashion. fallen angel type characters with tears of outrage in their eyes. characters who break before they bend, and break so badly they splatter blood all over their noble ideals. every variation on it gets me so good

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There was a reviewer or commenter who said "I always keep track of how many mistakes the protagonist makes and after three, I stop reading the story and never look back".

I think about that person pretty frequently. We read for our own enjoyment, and therefore there's no wrong way to read a book so long as you're enjoying yourself, but ... maybe I don't actually believe that. Maybe there are wrong ways to read a book, and this guy found one.

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