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“Many people seem to think it foolish, even superstitious, to believe that the world could still change for the better. And it is true that in winter it is sometimes so bitingly cold that one is tempted to say, ‘What do I care if there is a summer; its warmth is no help to me now.’ Yes, evil often seems to surpass good. But then, in spite of us, and without our permission, there comes at last an end to the bitter frosts. One morning the wind turns, and there is a thaw. And so I must still have hope.”

— Vincent Van Gogh

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Okay, don't get me wrong here. I LOVE Jurassic Park. I love seeing their dinosaurs. But after watching Prehistoric Planet, and going back to look at this...

And then looking at this...

Notice how much healthier the second set looks? Their lips cover their teeth, they actually have fat on their bodies, their skin doesn't wrinkle like they're dehydrated. You can't see every single tendon and muscle move because you aren't supposed to. Dinosaurs are animals, not reptilian body-builders.

THIS is the kind of change I want to see in how we create realistic depictions of not only dinosaurs, but all prehistoric creatures. Paleoart has always had a huge issue with shrink-wrapping and making these animals look terrifying instead of making them look like, well, animals.

Well done, BBC.

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the most annoying stage of burnout is when i want to write, and i have the urge to write, and somewhere in my skull are the words that want to be written, but they have to get through the cursed minotaur maze first and nobody remembered to bring string

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Barbara Gordon and Cassandra Cain: Swan Song to a Dream 

To all my freinds and the athelets whose careeres changed course due to injury. To everyone who has ever watched their dreams set sail for the promised land without them. And to everyone who put thier own pain aside to make a difference for someone else.

I just want to encourage you not to give up. If you can’t be Batgirl, be Oracle. Your dreams, your passion, and your skills matter. Please, share them with this world because we need YOU. You are irreplacable. So invent. Dance. Teach. Direct. Currate. Produce. Keep going my Luvs. I belive in you. 

‘Ravel, Peices for the Left Hand’

https://www.laphil.com/musicdb/pieces/1357/concerto-for-the-left-hand

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where is that cat with the kind and reassuring face

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the orb continues to perplex mouse

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I'm certain this is on Tumblr somewhere, but I haven't seen it around, so I'm sharing it myself

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"do it scared" ok but I would like to do something some other way occasionally. Like at least once. For a change.

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i thought my laptop was on its last leg because it was running at six billion degrees and using 100% disk space at all times and then i turned off shadows and some other windows effects and it was immediately cured. i just did the same to my roommate's computer and its performance issues were also immediately cured. okay. i guess.

so i guess if you have creaky freezy windows 10/11 try searching "advanced system settings", go to performance settings, and uncheck "show shadows under windows" and anything else you don't want. hope that helps someone else.

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about to go slay the minotaur of cretes haha lol catch me celebrating like crazy on the ship after this

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