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sighs and thinks about odile and siffrin's disconnected experiences of diaspora and ostracization from their cultures. odile being mixed and having vaugardian features that make her standout to ka buans, but also being a native ka buan who was not raised with vaugardian norms. siffrin being white-passing but described as having ties to caribbean culture and an afro-caribbean nose. bearing no memory of the language and holidays and slang he grow up with but remnants of expertise with coily, tight curl patterns and recognizing foods he's loved when he smells them, even if he doesnt cook them himself. sighs aloud. diaspora experiences can be so hard man

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when yo turret kills the enemies for u

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Hi! The links for purchasing Sacred Bodies aren't working. Is it not available anymore? I was really hoping to purchase a copy.

Hello,

Sacred Bodies was a digital release for the duration of SBCF'24. The fair has concluded and all the listings were taken down, so the links are all now dead.

I've been busy with personal life most of November and haven't had the time to make the comic available again. As per my pinned post, it will be available as a PDF and a physical copy later this month from my online store. I've been getting proofs from the printer to make sure the book is the quality I want it to be, so the process is taking a few weeks to sort out. Because it's taking longer than I intended, I'll make the PDF available sometime in the next few days, and the physical book will probably be available in the last week of November.

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saw an absolutely hilarious animal crossing theory that i now 100% accept and it’s that in the animal crossing world, humans are going extinct, and so all the animals have locked you in an elaborate zoo enclosure and are trying to give you enrichment. and that’s why they give you infinite pointless tasks, hide money in trees and rocks, invented debt that doesnt matter etc. it’s why they always act so happy to see you even after you raze the entire island, relocate their houses twice, and always act so pleased about your choices no matter what. it’s all to keep their little endangered human healthy and enriched. and thinking of it this way has genuinely improved my experience of the game

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"Trapped Dreams"

.help me family🍉🍉

https://gofund.me/409f63bb

In a small corner of Gaza, where the lights fade and darkness falls, Mahmoud sat alone, thinking. He was a young man like any other, dreaming of a better future, a safe home, and a job that would provide him and his family with a decent life. But the dream turned into a nightmare, and life into a daily struggle for survival.

Mahmoud's family, which includes 43 members, lived under the burden of siege and war. They lost their homes, and watched their dreams fade before their eyes. Every day was a new challenge, searching for a living amidst the lack of water and electricity, and the fear of bombing that could come at any moment.

"I saw hope in the eyes of my children, but the siege was taking it away from them little by little," Mahmoud says sadly. "They wanted to play in the streets, and go to school, but all that surrounded them was destruction and fear."

Mahmoud's dream now is simple, to get his family out of this hell, and to start a new life in a safe place. But the costs of migration are high, and far beyond their means.

Noha is a story of courage and determination. She reminds us that disability is not a barrier, and that anything is possible if you are determined enough.

“We need your help,” Mahmoud says, his voice trembling. “We need a chance to build a better future for our children.”

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I'm about to lose my housing. I don't have a plan B.

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if you’re not someone who picks up dead marine mammals you might be surprised how hands-on random citizens are about trying to assist the picking up of dead marine mammals.

every time I go on a call to a dead seal to collect it for a necropsy, god forbid a passerby sees me because they will walk up to me no hesitation

while i’m dressed like hannibal about to commit a murder and also in an N95 mask and they’ll be like “here let me help” and just reach for this dead animal and when I have to shout “STOP” they look so shocked and even offended every time.

like they think my outfit is just for fun

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Remember kids! NEVER save left-over antibiotics! You should never have leftover antibiotics, because you have to finish the whole course! Not doing so, or giving your antibiotics to someone else who hasn’t been prescribed them is how we got superbugs, that are resistant to antibiotics! 

ALWAYS finish your antibiotics, even if you don’t think you’re sick anymore! NEVER give your antibiotics to other people, there is no guaruntee they will have any effect, or the same effect, and without a full course, will not help them even if it is the right medicine for the job. 

BOTH cases result in resistant superbugs, which are dangerous to everyone, and hurt everyone. You might think you’re helping your poorer friends who cannot afford an antibiotic/to be seen by a doctor, but you’re not. You’re just hurting everyone. 

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Remind me later.

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Rebecca Sugar cooked with "Character whose entire existence is devoted to the service of another character who's now dead and now they have no idea what to do with themselves except live." I love that shit. I forged myself into a tool for you and now you're gone. I'm sniffing this like a bloodhound

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THSI CANT KEEP HAPPENING

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Kind of a silly thing to spend a question on, but... Do you still use onenote? Sometimes I look back on your pre-release devlogs and long to have used the version with the colourful sidebar. I just wondered if you'd moved onto something different for your note-taking or if onenote's still old reliable even with the newer UI

i am still using my beloved onenote. the one you want is onenote 2016 and not the shitty new onenote

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this clip makes me so emotional. i feel like this sometimes, at night especially. That the whole wide world may swallow me whole. That i’m wide-eyed in the face of god. that I’m not a victim of smallness but rather its loving disciple.

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i couldn’t think of a better way to communicate this so its this . my struggle

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various heavypaint odiles

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my goal for 2025 is small simple and clear: change my whole entire life

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If you have achieved something, please remember to observe a mandatory period of basking in the warm glow of your achievement like a lizard on a stone, lest you teach your brain that effort is futile, actually, because it didn't get to enjoy its happy chemicals, so, naturally, nothing good ever comes of trying. (And no, avoiding punishment is not a reward!)

I recommend, like, 5% of basking time in relation to whatever time you invested into achieving the thing minimum. And if you can't make your own bask, friend-brought is fine (= tell your friends!).