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"a vague disclaimer is nobody's friend"

4x07 The Initiative

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It’s been a while! Merry Christmas everyone!

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one good thing about december on this hellsite is that this gif will be making its rounds again

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Kringle's Conundrum 🎅

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they can't die god won't let them

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Exercises for all the homies who want to have a long career drawing.

The true problem with being an artist and drawing all day (as I wanted my whole life) is that human backs are not designed to hold that position, so it is very common for artists and designers to have really stiff shoulder blades, creating a chain of muscle strain towards the arm AND the back… and a lot of pain.

These are some physical exercises for artists and honestly anyone who works at a desk.

(all credit to my physiotherapist)

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Hold their feet to the fire

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As a heads up, there is an individual going through posts in the #art or possibly #illustration tag commenting "Dm if you’re available for commission?"

Even if you are accepting commissions, do not DM this person, or anyone who approaches you in this manner. If they are a real client, they will do the work to reach out through the channels you have already made available (comm form, email, etc.). What is more likely is they are a scammer attempting either a variant of the "fake check" scam (tl;dr they overpay you, ask you to send back the difference, and then the first payment bounces leaving you negative in the difference), or some other phishing or "pay to activate an account" activity.

This is a very common scam on Instagram but I do not see it as often on tumblr, so I want people to be aware of this. Artists are not the only target, but the freelance nature of social media commission work combined with a frequent willingness to do any job makes them a very easy one.

If a scammer like this does contact you through proper channels, this type of scam can always be prevented by conducting your business exclusively through invoices. There is no reason not to use invoices if your payment platform has them available. You are not being pushy or entitled or "too formal" for using them. Stay safe.

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Readers, make sure you have all your favourite Ao3 fics downloaded.

Writers, make sure you have copies of all the fics you have posted on Ao3.

I don’t want to be alarming, but things could get really bad really fast. OTW shared this today on Twitter, and I'm a bit worried about it 😅

Ao3 is a non-profit organisation. If they have to start paying taxes, I have no idea what will happen.

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This Thanksgiving…

- Save your pet the stomachache…

- Save your vet the headache…

- Save yourself the heartache…

Sharing isn’t caring!!! Fatty Thanksgiving foods lead to pancreatitis, which can be life-threatening. I know they’re cute when they beg, but it’s for their own good.

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Grieve AND organize.

Good article by David Hunter on how to survive the Trump presidency, both on the personal and on the political plane.

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Check your ballots and tell your people to check theirs. There is a process to fix errors (usually signatures not matching; common with younger voters who tend to sign their ballots nicer than their driver’s license or whatever form they signed to register)

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Election Day is November 5, 2024.

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🧍🏽‍♂️🧍🏼‍♀️🧍🏽If you are in line before polls close, stay in line. You will be allowed to vote. Your vote will be counted.

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don't forget to boop today!