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thank god i'll never be 15 again

#i might have hissed at someone...

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Some FFXIV shitposts between comms

#uri is getting eyeliner in his hair #sombody get him a mirror pls

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Murder wabbit would bring strip searches into practice on pure suspicion alone.

/And he'd be proud of it/

what if adventurer plates were used as identification cards

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Surprise! *whack*

Looks like the current OGL discourse has been settled by Final Fantasy XIV with a steel chair.

#momma methcrystal does enjoy shenanigans #ffxiv

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Love how tumblr has its own folk stories. Yeah the God of Arepo we’ve all heard the story and we all still cry about it. Yeah that one about the woman locked up for centuries finally getting free. That one about the witch who would marry anyone who could get her house key from her cat and it’s revealed she IS the cat after the narrator befriends the cat.

#... I wana read the ones I haven't yet

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My adaptation of the God of Arepo short story, which was originally up at ShortBox Comics Fair for charity. You can get a copy of the DRM-free ebook here for free - and I'd encourage you to donate to Mighty Writers or The Ministry of Stories in exchange.

Again it's an honour to be drawing one of my favourite short stories ever. Thank you so much for the original authors for creating this story; and for everyone who bought a copy and donated to the above non-profits.

#i love this very much #i loved the short story

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#Seen in NE USA

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Useful to my research project if I could stop getting distracted already.

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Adding to this line of questioning, would adding "Authentic Australian" before Ugg dodge coppy right laws? It's true and lets legit craftsmen reclaim the term by a lil.

Hey, friendly PSA from an Australian: please for the love of fuck do not buy UGG™ boots.

Ugg boots (generic term, not trademarked) are a traditional sheepskin slipper and are usually made by small family owned businesses using local artisans and Australian sheepskin. They are not a fashion item. They are the warmest and comfiest slippers you'll own, and the sort of thing so daggy I'd get embarrassed if my parents wore them out further than the driveway.

Then Deckers, an American footwear brand, decided to step in and trademark the term ugg. There was a protracted legal battle, and they lost the trademark in Australia but kept it everywhere else in the world. This means that Australian bootmakers can only use the word "ugg" in Australian markets. You'd better believe Deckers are suing any small business that dares try to sell ugg boots outside Australia, for copyright infringement and some bullshit about "damaging their brand".

On top of which, instead of high quality locally made boots where workers are getting paid fairly, they've outsourced production to China.

So fuck UGG™, fuck Deckers, and please support small businesses (if you can do so without getting them sued).

#Dunno about anyone else but I would rather buy the legit if i were to wear any maner of ugg #I have never owned uggs because of how disgustingly over marketed they seemed #they did set a president for soft lining in winter boots for a time #we need an ethical alternative to etsy

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Skip Google for Research

As Google has worked to overtake the internet, its search algorithm has not just gotten worse.  It has been designed to prioritize advertisers and popular pages often times excluding pages and content that better matches your search terms 

As a writer in need of information for my stories, I find this unacceptable.  As a proponent of availability of information so the populace can actually educate itself, it is unforgivable.

Below is a concise list of useful research sites compiled by Edward Clark over on Facebook. I was familiar with some, but not all of these.

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Google is so powerful that it “hides” other search systems from us. We just don’t know the existence of most of them. Meanwhile, there are still a huge number of excellent searchers in the world who specialize in books, science, other smart information. Keep a list of sites you never heard of.

www.refseek.com - Academic Resource Search. More than a billion sources: encyclopedia, monographies, magazines.

www.worldcat.org - a search for the contents of 20 thousand worldwide libraries. Find out where lies the nearest rare book you need.

https://link.springer.com - access to more than 10 million scientific documents: books, articles, research protocols.

www.bioline.org.br is a library of scientific bioscience journals published in developing countries.

http://repec.org - volunteers from 102 countries have collected almost 4 million publications on economics and related science.

www.science.gov is an American state search engine on 2200+ scientific sites. More than 200 million articles are indexed.

www.pdfdrive.com is the largest website for free download of books in PDF format. Claiming over 225 million names.

www.base-search.net is one of the most powerful researches on academic studies texts. More than 100 million scientific documents, 70% of them are free

#for personal use #Because instead of an internship i get to do my ridiculously broad research project

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... the following is the plot of a fan fiction. This is not advice, it's an example of something possibly worse. This is an outline of 3 chapters.

In response to my existence, I have decided to drag the world into a less ugly stage.

- No, identifying as a problem doesn't impact this

The art of bullshit

-As a self-proclaimed fae childe^™…

-Chanel the Lovegoods

-Plant the seeds on insanity in the root of madness.

- Refuse the constructs. All is relative.

- Names are nonsensical and pointless to remember.

- Bright smiles and even brighter colors 

- Everything is fallible, poke all the holes

How to win a war as a pacifist

- Spar everything, don't forget to heal!

- Innovate subtle portable energy sources

- Respect the third party: mother nature

-Origami is much more important than Intel

-Have shit allies who are not on the same page

- Bewilder the opposition. On both sides.

- The entire experience is a learning opportunity 

Thank God friends are optional

- Too bad they didn't get the memo

- In which a poet and a knight become fascinated by a fae-childe

-Befriend the fairy of creation

- Tease at the internal affairs of the shadows

- Collect a errant professor and his Ill gotten quarry

- An elf is unneeded in the demand of a daughter

- Become the sparkly pink problem.

To Carve a bureaucracy; the politics of the oppressed 

It's called "I promise I'm sane"

why can't i do a plot beforehand :(

#guess the fandom #i dare you #chew up cannon if you're stuck on plot

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... so I had an hour in-between classes for lunch, enough to eat and chill, but not enough to game or drown in a fic. The solution; wip writing pieces, like five of the guys to fit every mood. I'm no longer in school so I dunno is I'll get anywhere with them now.

Sharing this from my twitter because I think a good amount of artists can probably relate to this, ADHD or not ö

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Other Important Survival Skills & Information

For whatever reason you’re here, knowing survival skills can save your life or your character’s life (especially for those writers out there that are researching this topic).

Basic Rules If You Are Lost And Alone In The Wilderness

Basic Wilderness Survival Skills

Celestial Navigation & Land Navigation - Navigation without a Compass

Finding True North Without a Compass

Telling Time Without A Clock: Scandinavian Daymarks

Wilderness Survival - Field-Expedient Direction Finding

Wilderness Survival - Contact With People

Wilderness Survival - Clouds: Foretellers Of Weather

Wilderness Survival - Camouflage

Wilderness Survival - Sea Survival

Wilderness Survival - Cold Weather Survival

Wilderness Survival - Tropical Survival

Wilderness Survival - Desert Survival

Wilderness Survival - Field-Expedient Weapons, Tools, And Equipment

Wilderness Survival - Psychology of Survival

Wilderness Survival - Signaling Techniques

Morse Code

The Survivalist - Survival Gear: Make Your Own Signal Whistle

The Survivalist - Survival Skills: Signal Whistle Codes

The Survivalist - Survival Gear: How To Make A Compass

The Survivalist - Survival Skills: Folk Wisdom Weather Predictors

The Survivalist - How To Make Rope From Natural Fibers

The Survivalist - Tying Knots That Work

The Survivalist - More Knots That Work

The Survivalist - How To Make Your Own Tick And Bug Repellent

The Survivalist - How To Make A Toothbrush In The Field

The Survivalist - Insulate You Clothes To Survive The Cold

The Survivalist - Survival Skills: Find Natural Toilet Paper

Going To The Bathroom In The Woods 101

How To Go In The Woods

Plants That Repel Mosquitoes

One Green Planet - DIY Natural Insect Repellent

Preventing Bug Bites In The Woods

Homemade Natural Bug Spray Recipes

Bushcraft Camp Hygiene

Wilderness Hygiene

Preparing For Your First Year Trip — Wilderness Living

Camping and Cramping: How To Handle Your Period While You Enjoy The Great Outdoors

Hiking While Menstruating?

What Did Women Use For Menstruation In Europe and America From 1700 - 1900, And Probably Earlier?

Menstruation, Menstrual Hygiene and Woman’s Health in Ancient Egypt

Survival: Animal Attacks

How to Survive Wild Animal Attacks

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Entering the job market be like...

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hey I wonder what happens if I put powdered milk into carbonated water

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Doctor: $140,000 a year

Furry artist on Patreon: $160,000 a year