#And that’s my fun facts for tonight

[wanderfan2000]

@clover-the-awesomest 

To answer your question on this GIF you reblogged from me, the scene is from the original Japanese opening of the JAP version of the Pokémon films, Pokemon 4Ever and Pokémon Heroes.  In fact, a little bit of this Japanese opening was seen in the English dub of the 8th movie, Lucario and the Mystery of Mew, as a flashback scene. 

#And that’s my fun facts for tonight

[unpretty]

How To RSS: 2023 Edition

An updated version of the guide I keep rewriting even though no one asked.

What is RSS?

Really Simple Syndication. Websites generate feeds, you plug the feeds into your feed reader of choice, you get updates as they happen instead of manually checking bookmarks. If you are using an actual podcasting app instead of spotify, you're already using RSS, because that's how podcasts work. In the same way that you can follow someone's blog and have everything they post appear on your dash instead of manually checking their blogs, RSS lets you build a dash for the entire rest of the internet. Assuming they have an RSS feed. You'd be surprised how many of them do and will learn to be annoyed at any that don't.

Picking an RSS Reader

For the purposes of this post I'm assuming you'll be using inoreader.com, because it's what I use and it has a free option and I'm lazy. Inoreader also has Android and iOS apps, so if you interact with the internet entirely through your phone you can still do all this. The only limitations of a free Inoreader account is that there are ads, and you're limited to 150 feeds. That's still a lot of feeds imho. There are a ton of alternatives and you can look into them if you want but I'm not worrying about that here.

It is unbelievably easy to change your mind later and switch to a different RSS reader without losing anything. Do not get hung up with decision paralysis trying to pick The Perfect App like it's a commitment. You can port everything you do in Inoreader to any other app or website in minutes. It's fine.

Subscribing to the Internet

If I weren't lazy I'd go make a new Inoreader account to walk you through that process but here we are, with me not doing that. Once you make an account, it's probably going to suggest some things for you to follow. You can do that if you want, but the real things you care about are the search bar at the top left and the 'add new' button at the bottom of where all your feeds will go.

For most websites, Inoreader can actually automatically detect any RSS feeds, so you don't have to go hunting them down. I'm going to use my own website for this because fuck you that's why.

If you're using the Android or iOS apps, search is hidden under the 'discover' menu item. When you click on the feed, you'll be subscribed! You can also click the 'add new' button, which will give you a bunch of options, but the one you want is 'Feed'.

A lot of the options listed there are locked behind a pro account, I don't know if they even show up if you're on free and I'm not checking. Once you click 'feed' it just takes you to another search bar, so you honestly might as well just use the search bar up top tbqh. 'Add new' is more useful for creating folders to organize all your stuff.

Mastodon, Cohost, and Tumblr accounts all generate RSS feeds automatically, just enter the URL of whoever you want to follow and the feed will get detected. But on Tumblr specifically, username.tumblr.com/rss will give you a feed of everything, while username.tumblr.com/tagged/fanfic/rss (for instance) will get you a feed of nothing but posts tagged 'fanfic'. This is actually a very useful way of following blogs that post way too goddamn much about things you don't care about.

If Inoreader is having trouble detecting a feed, try searching the website for an icon that looks like this:

That's usually where the feed is hiding. Just copy the URL and paste it into Inoreader to subscribe.

Okay But Now What

NOW YOU WAIT

Or don't, there's probably already recent articles your reader has now been populated with.

I don't remember what the default settings are, mine are currently set to only ever show me unread posts in 'magazine view' which is like a list with a little preview I can scroll through, sorted by oldest first. Clicking on an article opens it up in a reader view.

Personally I'm partial to scrolling through and only opening up things that look interesting to me. If I realize it's actually too long for me to read right that minute, I'll hit the 'read later button' to save it. Once I've scrolled through the whole list, I hit the 'mark all as read' button. But that's just how I do things, I'm an inbox zero kinda bitch.

If you really want to make it feel like Tumblr, you'll have to set it to expanded view and newest first.

In this mode scrolling past articles will mark them as read, but if you set it to still show you articles you've already read that probably doesn't matter as much.

By default most RSS feeds will contain previews of articles rather than the full thing in order to prevent scraping, but here's a fun thing: Inoreader has a 'full article' button that will automatically pull through the article text, and which bypasses a surprising number of paywalls.

A major use case for my RSS reader is webcomics. While a lot of them don't actually display the full image inline, and the full article button doesn't really work with these, it's still nice to get the update notification and opening a new tab to read a comic is not that big a deal imho. Keeping up with webcomics this way is so much easier I can't imagine going back to bookmarks.

There are certain YouTube channels I subscribe to via RSS because I don't want to miss any episodes. You can subscribe to podcasts in Inoreader if you want to. Substack has RSS options for every newsletter that's hosted there. Most news websites have had RSS since forever and every Twitter account you ever followed for news was probably actually just reposting from their RSS reader.

Import and Export

Once you have one RSS reader set up, it becomes super easy to try out every RSS reader you can possibly think of because they all use .OPML files. Except maybe Feedly? Seems like they have a special import option for Feedly. Just another reason to not use Feedly, The RSS Reader For Bootlickers. Anyway Inoreader keeps all that under preferences, in Import, Export, Backup.

The full archive is nice to have, but the OPML file is what you want for quick and easy trying out of different readers. Export the file, import it in whatever alternate reader you want to try, and you will automatically be subscribed to all your feeds. It takes, like. Five minutes. I try out new RSS readers all the time to see if I'll like them. Once you switch to RSS you will marvel that you ever used the internet any other way, and also that everyone else has been putting up with websites and apps that use stupid bullshit to keep them from leaving.

#original #how to rss #Fun Fact: because i live in a swamp i get my internet through t-mobile #who has been fucking up profoundly for weeks #and tonight for every one minute it has been up it has been down for five minutes #except not actually that consistent so there is no way of knowing when it will throw an error #and as a consequence this post has taken me Two Hours #not to write bc i wrote it in typora. just to upload the images. one at a time. failing multiple times per image. #please appreciate all i have done for you i am Suffering #greatest hits

[chalkrub]

challenging myself by engaging in the ancient art known as "dynamic poses", but making it harder on myself by ignoring the noble practice of "using references"

featuring belvedere and florawell

#my art #oc #florawell #belvedere #goblin #dragon #i prefer the wips i posted to my sketch blog tbh they look better than the finished thing. but nevertheless. #i also accidentally gave belvedere furry hands this time instead of his usual bald goblin hands #i think it makes him look sleeker but i prefer his ratty hands. we live and learn #fun fact i have around 20 ongoing projects which i have been workin on simultaneously which has resulted in me not getting much done #but now they're all nearing completion at once so you'll see a bunch of art from me soon maybe #when i open comms (VERY SOON.....big things coming....) i'm considering tacking on an extra option for sketches like these #cause i can do them for relatively cheap without spending hours working for peanuts #anyway. i'm seeing a horror movie yet again tonight. immaculate was surprisingly good so let's see if this one is good

[tomboxed]

the world would be perfect if there was 300x more butchie in it

#the boys #the boys tv #the boys fanart #the boys series #the boys amazon #hughie #hughie campbell #the boys hughie #butcher #william butcher #billy butcher #hughie x butcher #butcher x hughie #butchie #fun fact #this is the first time i've ever drawn people kissing #and its these two knobheads #i was going to work on my fic tonight #unsurprisingly also about these two #but y'know #i got a tad bit distracted #what can you do about it

[cowboyshit]

#hangman adam page #hangman page #aew #all elite wrestling #aewedit #mine: gifs #my gifs: hangman adam page #fun fact! one of these two men on screen slept on my couch two weeks ago! unfun fact! it wasn't hangman! #lol no but seriously thats my friend jordan? who I did NOT know was getting extra work tonight!!!!!!!!! #i was so focused on hangman i didnt realize he was in this segment dshfk #i only noticed him later when he got between matt and kenny

[muppet-facts]

Heyyy!! How are you???

I think you havent covered this fact that Clifford isnt actually a catfish, he is actually a humanoid muppet with catfish features =^v^=

Muppet Fact #986

Much like Scooter or Janet, Clifford is actually a humanoid Muppet, despite his catfish-like appearance.

Other humanoid Muppets include, but are not limited to: Walter, Dr. Teeth, Crazy Harry, Chip, Bert, and Ernie.

Source:

Muppets Tonight. Episode 102: Garth Brooks. March 15, 1996.

#im good! thanks for asking! #but so so busy LOL #i looked thru my blog bc i thought i did this one already #turns out i haven't! #thanks for the ask! #muppet facts oc #jim henson #the muppets #muppets #muppet facts #fun facts #emishows123 #muppets tonight #Clifford

[hydn-jpg]

redraw of this piece!! i mentioned in that post that i would redraw it at some point and ig that time is now! (i meant to post this before id2 came out but i got really busy so y'know lol better late than never)

i like to think i've improved! still can't draw chairs though haha

side by side comparison under the cut + rambly artist commentary(?):

i still have a long way to go in learning proper anatomy but i think the new pose looks a lot more natural and comfortable! also ~sexier~ perhaps

i tried to make the bg look closer to the actual cg they used in the book, i am arguably better at doing backgrounds now i think! i used to not put a lot of thought into it and just blocked out random shapes and called it a day (okay, i still do that now lol but i put more care into it now !! i try to make the shapes a bit more distinct and actually plan and sketch it out rather than draw some blobs and hope for the best ldkfkhsl). also more colour range(?) to give it a bit more depth!!)

i'd also like to add that i think i'm also better at figuring out compositions now, idk how it is for y'all but when i look at the original my eyes can't help but just fall to the centre, bc there's no focal point(?) or anything that's visually interesting for the eyes to land on. plus with the way it's structured, my eyes just naturally fall to center (+ bottom half bc the skin showing through the rips are bright in contrast to the black) >_> in contrast, in the redraw your eyes are automatically drawn to the face bc it's arguably the most interesting thing on the canvas and thus acts as the visual anchor of sorts (plus there is enough contrast with the background to make cas stand out instead of blend in)

even though i cringe looking at the og i can't help but to also feel endeared bc this was one of the first immortal desires fanart i ever did and also one the first of my posts to do really well! i never expected to get that much attention since i was only posting casually but it really warmed my heart reading all the lovely comments and motivated to draw more :D

it's also really fun seeing how much my art style and techniques have evolved! i don't think i use any of the same brushes i used to use for my old pieces anymore now haha. i also watched the timelapse for the old one and am honestly kind of in awe at how my different my drawing process used to be!!

i still have a lot to learn (esp in terms of anatomy, lighting, shading etc.) but i'm happy with where i am rn! the great thing about being a hobbyist is that there isn't really any pressure for me to improve quickly so i can just take my time haha (except maybe from imposter syndrome but that's neither here nor there)

i think i could've drawn his face and expression a bit better but i think this is a satisfying enough redraw for now!

btw, these are just my thoughts! i am not an art student so the things i said might not be technically correct but this is how i make sense of things in my brain

#once again i didn't draw gabe and jade but i did that on purpose this time lol #love them but cas is the focus of this piece so i want him to shine!! #fun fact i was at my late grandma's place when i drew the original; and she had these big ass dining chairs right #i took photos of me sitting on one of those chairs for reference so the chair in the og drawing ended up being big too lmao #anw i haven't read book 2 yet so no spoilers pls !!!!! #i will read it tonight #i bought the 24hr vip pack just for this lol #playchoices #choices id #choices immortal desires #immortal desires #choices fanart #fanart #cas harlow #my art #hydn.jpg #forgive me if this is extra rambly it's midnight and the adhd is adhding

[tyrramint]

In lieu of a full piece, have some impulsively drawn Lucy sketches~

#fun fact I’m terrified of sketching as well as using new brushes so that was tonight’s sleep-deprived activity #lockwood & co #lockwood and co #lucy carlyle #save lockwood and co #bring back lockwood and co #lockwood & co fanart #lockwood and co fanart #sketch #my art

[mihai-florescu]

Only the cat he saved remained there, meowing for help.

#i hope i convince someone to read chekmate tonight #enstars #ensemble stars #leo tsukinaga #should i tw this? #tw blood #my art #fun fact i made most of this at work cuz i wanted to experiment with textures while waiting for actual work to render

[itsbrucey]

Alright gayboy. You ready for the championship?

#if another. very similar post to this appears on my dash. ignore it. Brucey is having difficulties tonight #anyway the rough color made him slay. im quite happy with this #sorry that thisnis the only fuckinf wip im posting IT ALL. I HAVE. #You followed me. you read the sign. Brucey posts random bullshit over and over. #its 3 am so anything goes im a free man #working on his thighs and i dont want yall to see my shameful anatomy. im drawing FEET and im bad at FEET #might give him socks. to hide my shame. #mayhaps ill add fishnets. lets see whats sexier #also i made this 300 dpi in the unlikely scenario i make this a print you can buy but idk. watch out #fun fact. he doesn't have ears!! if i made him bald his head would be capital S Smooth. no point bc his hair covered them.

[hawnks]

dabi considers it a privilege to walk your drunk ass home. literally has to fight down a smile the whole way there.

#he’s so happy abt it #like he doesn’t understand it himself but the fact that you trust him….. #makes him feel feelings #helps you get out of your dirty clothes and cleaned up and ready for bed too #makes you a hot pocket or something #let’s you play with his hair and press messy kisses against his cheek #tw alcohol #in the tags: #hi I’m dwunk #tonight was so fun!! #i went to a party at a friends house and then I went to see another friends group play at a local dive bar #i fink I have a wittle crush on him tbh #he’s an IT head for my school and he’s been helping out in my program specifically lately #he’s also a professional DM #and he plays the fiddle in a bluegrass group #i have such a weakness for weirdos idk idk #anyway akskdkdkd #it was so fun to just hang out and be silly #missed it lately #silliness is so essential to life #silliness and the strongest margaritas I have ever experienced sjjsjdjd

[fictionadventurer]

Imagine what it must have been like for Mark Twain to see Ulysses S. Grant write his memoirs. Twain's a successful career author, who, like all writers, knows firsthand the struggle of getting words on a page, knows how painstakingly slow and frustrating the writing process can be. And here's Grant, with no literary training whatsoever, dying of cancer, barely sleeping or eating because of the excruciating pain, regularly writing 10,000 words a day. And it's good.

I'd be tempted to give up writing right there. How do you compete with that? You can't be jealous of the guy, because of the whole "dying of cancer" thing, and yet...it's gotta just about drive you nuts. It just about drives me nuts. In good health, I can work for hours to get a few sentences on a page. And then this guy's showing us all up. It's maddening.

#random thought of the day #adventures in writing #presidential talk #feeling this strongly tonight #as i look at how pathetically little i've written in the last few months #despite a lot of time commitment #with almost nothing written that's actually going to be used #it's crushing #and then our buddy ulys came to mind because i finally finished the presidential letters book #and he got a couple at the end #written during the mexican war and his california years #and i was struck by his eye for detail even then #his clear-eyed perception of a place and the clear way he lays out a landscape #exactly the kind of thing that filled his book thirty-odd years later #and when writing comes so hard it's a combination of awe and frustration to see someone for whom it comes so easily #what a fun post you get presidential facts and my own insecurities at the same time! #an absolute bargain!

[michaeldrawrrett]

Star Stomach

#illustration #sketchbook #pen drawings #abstract #space #Gettin' a lil' Jack Kirby with it tonight Lads #FUN FACT: Shading in those starry bits reactivated my RSI for Precisely two weeks

[hella1975]

wondering why old ladies aren’t smiling at me around town as much this morning then remember im wearing hoops and a puffer jacket and generally look like a bitchy year 9 girl who’s about to punch someone

#state school fit jumped out today I must say #smiling first at the old ladies like IM NICE I SWEARRRRR. SMILE BACK #anyway i made it to my coffee shop that’s what matters 🫶🏼 im doing the plot outline for dog teeth part 3 #bc FUN FACT I’ve approached the writing of that super different to how i normally do #like normally as we know I’ll plan out EVERY STUPID DETAIL of each chapter before i even start writing #whereas this time around I’ve written the whole of part 1 and some of 2 #with NO set plot outline for part 3 like all I’ve got is bullet points of where i need to take it and Key Events #but nothing in between and im just gonna let myself figure that out as i go #WHICH IS SO SCARYYY I DONT /DO/ THISSSS #and im sat here now like ‘i WONT make an outline im just gonna hash it out more…’ #who wants to bet i make an outline 😐 #it’s not MY fault the plot got away from me (it’s entirely my fault) #like part 3 is getting INTENSE i have so many insane ideas for it it’s rlly looking to be a banger fic icl #SO SURELY I NEED A DETAILED OBSESSIVE PLAN FOR EVERY SINGLE PART OF IT. RIGHT #fuck sake 😭 oh well it’s my staff party tonight 😋 #hella goes home

[mintjeru]

happy lunar new year!! may you stay happy and healthy this year 🐰

open for better quality | no reposts

#beidou #yun jin #yelan #yaoyao #genshin impact #genshin #fanart #myart #doodle #listed the dishes in the description and all of them are typical except maybe the seaweed soup which is a thing for a certain group of ppl #it's a specific type of seaweed and i don't think it has a name in english so you guys have to trust me on this one #but it's also another dish with symbolic meaning and i love it sm #unfortunately for me i'm not going home to celebrate the new year ;;; #but i'm planning on calling my friends to watch the mhy new year's program vod tonight- #and i'll call my parents tmrw so hopefully that will make it easier #fun fact i was deciding whether to draw a classic new year's dinner or whether to draw them with new year's desserts lol #if i had gone with desserts you know i would've put the white rabbit candy in there. iykyk #and the strawberry flavored new year's candy. again iykyk #lunar new year

[carnivalcarriondiscarded]

one thing about me w/ creative freedom is that in all of my Personal Lore i will make dragons so People. they are a People. yeah yeah animalistic dragons dragons that are beasts we've all seen it. what about the very intelligent dragons. dragons with their own cultures and societies and languages. dragons who belong to a higher form of existence too. what about them

#i simply Cannot do the 'dragons are tameable animals' thing i cant #its fun to Observe and Enjoy in other medias #but my own headworlds? My lore? nahhhhhh fuck that they are People <3 #like i have an offshoot that is basically 'animal dragons EXCEPT! theyre not actually dragons at all <3 humans just call em dragons- #-cause its the closest word they have for what the big rideable winged critters look like' #ough sorry headworld posting on main. kinda. vaguely #vague headworld posting.... #balancing the various facets of Dragon is so so fun #my headworld docs are full to bursting and i aint done yet babeyyyyyy #absolutely unprompted #as an apology for this i will be posting some misc. laughingstock in a bit #BUT this is still this tags and i have a reputation for rambling #anyway i just. im feeling indulgent affection for my dragons tonight. their lore. their history. how it ties into others' #theyre out there making music and art and Mistakes #dragons: we'll do better than the humans. we will be better. we Are better. #narrator: they are not. in fact. better. #dragons and humans being more similar than either would ever admit. except for a select few <3 #and then My Boy coming in clutch and irreversibly tying the two together #ough. thoughts thoughts Thoughts #i need to come up with more casual lore. games and common phrases and stories and how their learning system works #veran dragons my beloved <3<3<3<3<3 #ah i love posting about things that only make sense to Me