#giving everyone homework

[sweetfirebird]

More Things You Can Do

aside from protesting

There are a lot of boycotts going on right now. I have seen calls for an official day (February 28) of no shopping and others that are extended avoidance or limitation of using: Target, Walmart, Whole Foods, Amazon, Airbnb, Tesla, Meta, CNN, Fox News.

I've also seen boycotts, individual and collective, of businesses like Sephora or CVS, which voluntarily rolled back their DEI. (So did Disney, btw) But while boycott is a power you can flex (and save yourself money in the process), I think it's easier to list some places that have NOT caved on their DEI and/or who are even actively supporting it: Costco, Walgreens, Ulta, Lush, Penzey's, King Arthur Flour, Bob's Red Mill, Albertson's grocery stores (includes Safeway), Apple and more

Delete any Meta apps you aren't using/don't need. This includes Threads, Instagram, Facebook, Messenger, and whatever stupid VR thing they try next that will fail. If you do need to keep using them (small businesses, unfortunately, still often do), you can still keep Meta from profiting from you by going into your Privacy Settings and turning off any function that allows them to collect your information for ads. Meta does not make this easy to find, btw. And you are going to end up with weird ads, but just ignore them.

Go into all of the Meta apps you use, find the Privacy Center, under Settings, I think, find Ad Preferences or Common Privacy Settings. It's then going to make you click on more things, like Manage Settings. And then you can turn off settings like "Use your information to show our ad partners"

Then you have to find the other settings to turn off other companies sharing your information with Meta jfc

Here, John Oliver explains it better

Switch from Chrome. (I have to use Chrome to pay my electric bill, they won't let me use another browser. Dicks. But for everything else, I use Firefox or Ecosia) Firefox isn't Google but also Firefox lets you add extensions to block tracking or ads and I have one up to help limit Meta's information scraping anyway. And it's free! Switching only takes minutes!

Use Mapquest --Mapquest is not referring to the Gulf of Mexico as anything but the Gulf of Mexico.

If you are into these sort of podcasts, The Meidas Touch is openly critical of Trump and Musk, and just ousted Joe Rogan from Spotify's top spot.

This one is difficult for trans people right now but everyone, yes everyone in America, get your IDs in order and up to date. They are going to try to push some Voter ID shit too (where they haven't already) so take the time NOW to get your paperwork in order. Go request (or order through the mail) a certified copy of your birth certificates from the county where you were born. Going in means you only pay the County Clerk fees. Through the mail usually means you will have to have something notarized as well. (Hell, anyone who changed your surnames when you got married, maybe get a certified copy of your marriage license too.) Get a Real ID. Get a passport if you can afford it. Passports also require a certified copy of a birth certificate. If you have a valid passport, it will work in place of a Real ID but get both if you can. American passports are good for ten years (for adults).

Also, and this sucks, get your affairs in order. You could get hit by a bus or something, and you want to make sure your death is handled *how you want* and your loved ones get what you feel they should, regardless of your gender and how many roadblocks the govt is going to try to throw up in your way. Protecting Trans Bodies in Death and Making Your Death Plan (videos from Caitlin Doughty). Also and I know I keep harping on this, MAKE A WILL. MAKE IT LEGALLY. Look up your state's requirements for such a document or hire someone to do it for you. (Sometimes credit unions or regular unions will offer this as a service. LegalZoom also exists if that is more your jam.)

Fun stuff (cuz sorry about the death stuff!)

Got Spotify or Tidal or even Youtube? Start making playlists of POC and queer artists, and make them public. Search for BIPOC and/or queer podcasts and video essayists.

Personally, I've been putting on all the booktuber videos about ditching Kindle and just letting them play in the background while I do tasks. Someone is out there on Youtube speaking the truth? Like and Subscribe! (It helps them get visibility and shows Youtube there is an audience, and if it worries you... it's not permanent. You can unsubscribe later if you want.)

Like books by BIPOC and/or queer people?? Recommend that shit. Check it out from libraries even if you've read it before!

Be Kind. Be kind to people and to yourselves. Participate in boycotts and remember they can mean *totally avoiding* a store, or, if there is no alternative for what you need, then *spending far less* there than you normally would. Shop local. Shop small. Spread correct information as best as you can. Remember that Black lives matter, that trans lives matter, and that way more people on our side than they want us to realize.

[calware]

right when i think ive finally found a new good fic to read... boom. out of character jumpscare

[antiquepearlss]

Together Kiera, Catalina, and Varian have a body count.

[lightblueminecraftorchid]

Thank u God. Today is a better day so far.

Also please pray for me. I got laid off from my job, and my old boss is trying to recommend me to a new one, but I don’t know the new people or have their contact info. Please pray someone gets back to me soon and I don’t stay out of work for too long, and that my new job won’t burn me out too badly.

[mysicksecrets]

sometimes i think about my professor that used to like lowkey have a crush on me (he was at least 55.) last semester and every time i tell my friends about the stuff he did towards me i realize how u incredibly not normal that was

[lighthouseas]

attempting to do a powerpoint night with a friend group where almost everyone is a chronic procrastinator is like hell on earth

[hrokkall]

Howdy it has been a while and I hope you are doing well with life and college :D

If you don't mind Pokémon requests how about a Sableye?

- 🥊

Love this animal. The stable

[soapkaars]

Sorry I’m just obsessing a bit over your hazbin comics.

IM LOVING THE RADIOAPPLE DYNAMIC. Two crazy bastards who are cynical in a witty way. If that makes any sense.

I also love that they look like they have actual organs instead of being stick figures. And I love that Lucifer actually looks like a dad

And the world building is making my insides just so happy. I love it so much.

What led you to discover your unique art style?

What platform do you use to make the art look otherworldly?

How long does it take you to finish a 20-30 page comic? THEY ARE SO GOOD! I cannot believe you have the time and energy to do all that.

-yippee

Thank you so much! I can't help myself - the obsession with this show is so strong with me! Every time I think of all the possible ways Alastor and Lucifer could interact with each other I go feral. They've got such a classic Looney Tunes dynamic to me.

It's hard to pinpoint where exactly I got my art style from - I feel it kind of evolved directly from an older obsession of mine: when I was in my late teens/early 20s I discovered the films of Peter Lorre, and I felt a strong urge to draw him in a way that did him justice. Combine that with a love I have for dramatic lighting, black and white, and several comic artists and cartoonists who inspired/traumatised me (Lat, Yrrah, Hideshi Hino, Jacques Tardi, Giles, and Hergé), and you'll probably come close to what I came with. All that, and a huge helping of cartoons like Tom and Jerry and the old Looney Tunes for my sense of humour.

Not sure I know what you mean with platform - do you mean software or the medium I usually work in? I always liked to draw with fineliners and paint with Chinese Ink and that's set the basis for how I work digitally - I mostly use the blackburn brush in Procreate and draw like I draw in real life - extremely rough sketches and very few corrections if I can help it. When you draw with pen and ink irl (and no sketching with pencil) you learn to try and get the image right in one go, and I try to do that digitally too.

God when it comes to my comics it depends so much - this last Adam comic took me quite a while: I started it in September, got about 20 very rough sketches down, and then abandoned it. I came back to it about two or three weeks ago and had to update the Sin's designs (I'd originally drawn Leviathan as John Waters!) as well as completely rewrite parts of the dialogue and story. So this was a long one to make. But the first Adam comic I made - where Lucifer and Alastor resurrect Adam - was made in the span of a few days, right after the last episode of Hazbin Hotel. I can't describe it as anything other than entering a state of fugue and coming out of it covered in blood and this comic on my ipad. That's usually how I write my stories - I get hit by a scenario that's so interesting that I get obsessed with it and i can't do anything else but give in to the demons and draw it. Usually in the span of a week, sometimes two. Do I have time for it? No, not really, but the demons are stronger hahaha

[the-sky-queen]

So I have a silly little idea for you

Sonic and Silver end up getting fused together and it's just pure chaos for the duo

Ooooo another fusion AU! I think this time we'll do a merged consciousness one because I like those.

Boy's got two conflicting sets of memories and ideals and it gives him a headache. Very different ways of viewing the world. Save the future of live in the moment? Keep moving or take it slow?

Plus he's got speed AND psychokinesis and get keeps forgetting one of the powers.

[doseofarabic]

Homework # 3 amended!

I amended the homework, since more people were encouraged/motivated with the google forms exercice, I made the homework into a similar exercice and the writing/voice recording activity is a bonus.

The lesson was updated, here is the link of the homework # 3

On another note, I was told that the font of the phrase in the homework is not clear, so I amended it to make it more legible in the homework. I appreciate all forms of feedback, thank you so much ♡(◕ᗜ◕✿)

[schoolchaos]

Guys, guys, Im going to fail all of my classes this year ohmygod.

Literally have not done half of my homework yet??? Already fucking up my goal of "do my hw." Didn't think it'd happen this soon!!

Also, I don't even know what the english homework was????? Like, I have no clue???? What the fuck??? She said it in class and I understood it then but now that I have to do it, all of the instructions were hella confusing??? And all of my friends are giving conflicting responses???? And either my teacher is strict on people who don't do homework or the panic I created when she was checking yesterday's hw was completely self-made and had no basis in reality and I genuinely can not tell???

Also also, I don't get the difference between sampling error and coverage error so I'm gonna suffer in silence with that for the year instead of asking my teacher for help because she feels like a "I'll explain this once and only once" kind of person and someone already had her explain it a lot.

Also also also, none of my friends have responded to my questions about literally any of my hw except english??? Like where'd they go???? Why do people sleep??

Anyways, *yells into void*

[transmechanicus]

“I’ll be fine i just need to uhhhhhhh idk kill” but like…what if i did haha

[technicalknockout]

im so sad i missed almost half of art fight there were so many cool characters i wanted to draw and now i have to wait an entire year again ;-;

[nessvn]

i just need to make it to shabbat i just need to make it to shabbat i just need

[certified-anakinfucker]

ok this is unprompted but if you pride yourself on being the reason people leave a space for something they genuinely love and have done no objective wrong - youre a piece of shit btw. like full send youre horrible.

[kellystar321]

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