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simonwimon · 11 months

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and btw this guy.

#mine #original #artists on tumblr #realized after i uploaded them to my artfight that i havent actually posted ANYTHING about them here #My older followers may be thinking. ''hey. simon. isn't this just your WOL but a little bit to the left''#AND YOU ARE RIGHT! I just made them emo-er than they already were #i ended up deviating so much from my wol's lore that i made them into their own blorbo (TENTATIVELY)#BUT anyways. a lot of this is old art. though only by a year. and i still like it #So it gets uploaded....... for fun......#you can tell how old this is because HOW LONG HAS IT BEEN SINCE I MADE A COLLAGE AND ACTUALLY UPLOADED IT #btw the poem in that 5th pic is origins of violence by jenny george

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unpretty · 7 months

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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

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blackkatdraws2 · 2 months

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There are more things in the Parable than Stanley knows about. [Blank Scripts AU]

#hoh boy i was going to make a comic to introduce these monsters but #i couldnt help myself and made an animation instead #because i just think they're so neat and cool okay #listen i cant for the life of me just infofump about my AU and OCs #because i just think that making actual content about my lore and stuff will not only raise the chances of people being interested #but also it will also raise my motivation to actually produce more content other than the same old recycled front-facing-profile drawings #i need to get creative with my stuff or I'll also loose interest and I DONT want that #in order to be happy with what i have i cant just think about it and expect to be given something new NOOOO i need to MAKE it ughh #i cant believe in order to get more content out of my own au i would need to draw it and feed myself ugh ugh ugh unbelievable (kidding)#but also #i wanna make a little music video or animation again for youtube #its been a hot while since ive uploaded anything in there at all #maybe an animation reel will do for now?#i hope so :(#because ive been working on expanding the Black Scripts AU #and honestly i dont regret it #i had a lot of fun making up scenarios and comics for Stanley and the Narrator (Black)#but yeah!#apart from this little video #you wont be getting an explanation on what these things are supposed to be #and why theyre there #actually i was originally gonna make this into a full fledge animation with sound effect/music/frame-by-frame movement/etc.#but i got lazy HAHA #tsp blank scripts au #tsp au #the stanley parable #the stanley parable ultra deluxe #tsp

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moregraceful · 14 days

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Vancouver Canucks mixed media animation process vid by rapruesign!! I love this guy's work, he usually does basketball (mostly NBA but he's done a couple women's college basketball animations too) and it's sick as hell, this is his first hockey animation. Reel without animating process here if you want to see it, but since this is my blog, I'm posting the process video bc I love watching how artists create 🫡

#he did an animation of just wemby that was SOOOOO fun maybe i will upload that later #idk i just think it's cool to see how artists create art!! i know a ton of these videos are like for the algorithm and exposure #and like how they get eyes on their art #but sadly i am a sucker craft of all kinds #if i could watch a craft video of someone editing poetry by hand #i would lol #anyway this is sick as hell and please check out his other videos bc they are SO fun #vancouver canucks #hockey for ts

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poorly-drawn-mdzs · 6 months

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MDZS Height Poll: Who is (technically) the tallest character. Please remember that these polls are for fun!

#mdzs #poll #Please remember that I WILL see notes and comments and reblogs. Let's have fun with this clearly very silly poll!#I am begging everyone to be nice. We can get icecream afterwards if we all behave.#Propaganda is welcome if you dare take up the bat to swing at the hornet's nest.#As always - I will have a little comic at the end of this poll based on the results!!!#I'm so tempted to sway votes but the beauty is in the community response. You guys always surprise me!#Will the winner be based on technicality? WHO'S technicality? So many choices!#NHS and JGY are a big mood for being 'tall' but labeled short due to being surrounded by 'very tall' people.#Shout out to my little cousin who's a natural 6'1"and STILL wears the 6 inch heels. That's feminism.#I wanted to have the next poll be 'who's in the middle of the bed in the 3zun relationship' but I need to draw for that one.#it's been a rough week for me. Comic resumes tomorrow though - I just have not been home to upload anything via scanner.#I'm alright I promise B'*) Just a chaotic lifestyle. Hope you have all been well <3

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martuzzio · 5 months

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https://vaulthunters.gg/how-to-play

Go play Vault Hunters. It's free and very fun [waves bamboo-shaped sword in your direction menacingly]

#hermitcraft #my art #iskall85 #impulsesv #ethoslab #more of a suggestion of impulse and etho than anything but whatever #I couldn't decide between these two colorways so I just uploaded both #This isn't associated with Vault Hunters at all btw #I feel like most of you wouldn't even assume that but I don't want to get sued lmao #Fun fact I had to brawl with Tumblr to upload this #This is the THIRD TIME I'm typing these notes because Tumblr KEEPS EATING MY DRAFTS #Also turns out that the images I was trying to upload were roughly the size of the continental US without me knowing but is that my fault?#No. Of course not. It's never my fault and always Tumblr's fault #Don't worry though I hit Tumblr in the back of the neck with a steel chair and knocked it out. I saved us

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dimmeddown · 9 months

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An Opinionated Guide to Cybertronian Sweets (commonly found in vending machines)

This was written from the POV of a pre-war mech, who’s really into sweets, has both the mouth and proboscis to experience them with, and the strength of opinion to write this guide.

The guide itself was distributed by them to little public sharing libraries, or other nooks and crannies where one might find politically-unpopular writing.

Cybertronian sweets are honestly such a fun concept to explore. The idea of having a mouth and/or proboscis (from battle mask or empurata or other), and how that affects one’s enjoyment of different sweets in regards to taste and texture, or if it’s even consumable by one’s method of consumption. And then the politics and history of certain sweets! Ahh! It’s all so much fun :D

This was originally created for the August 2022 #TFZineJam You can see the full pdf on my itchio page here.

All the ideas and headcanons here are free-to-use. Actually, please do use them - it'd be an honor to see them in other people's art and fic! (if you do, link it here - I’d love to see!)

#cybertronian #sweets #empurata #functionism #maccadam #headcanon #zine #long post #longpost #was giving away physical copies to folks who were at TFcon toronto 2023 #if you met me in person then :D hi!! hope the staples are holding up!#eventually I'll get a text-only version uploaded to my AO3 >.<#(side note: it's SO fun thinking that vosians would be up in arms about 'seekers' as a sweet)#my posts

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achillean-knight · 3 days

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Mettaton May

Day 21 - Soul

#OUUG I just realised I upload these wayyy before anyone else UHHHH #timezones :') I hope thats ok KJHSDGDS #ANYWAYS #This one was def a fun one >:33 I'm loving this style of rendering I've been doing #also if I can squeeze just a little bit of Ghost MTT in my drawings you know I'm doing so #I was literally gonna originally just do a heart but then that'd be WAYY too similar to my Love drawing #so yayaya!#mettaton #mettaton ex #mettatonmay #ghost mettaton #my art #undertale #this month is getting me through my goddamn art block its pretty neat as bc I miss drawing :')#mettamay

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ahappyphjl · 5 days

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vote phil!! it’s working!!

#this is so fun lol #i hope it gets to 50-50 before they upload #dan and phil #dnp #phan #dan howell #daniel howell #amazingphil #phil lester #my posts

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canisalbus · 9 months

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I had a scrap piece of paper and drew the little freakish dog 👍 I have been silently enjoying your art for like a couple months now? I found it randomly on uploaded Pinterest and was like “oh huh that’s rad” and yeah he’s such a lovely sad little beast

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#oooh another tiny machete sighting!#I don't know but I find it just so endearing that people are out there doodling his weird little face #on post it notes corners of scrap paper and at work #I do that too but then again I'm rotating him in my head at least fifteen times a day so I kind of have to #the WHISKERS ah #scruffy little animal #putting him in my pocket and taking him to the grocery shop as we speak #thank you! and I'm glad you've been enjoying my art!#I've always had a little difficult relationship with pinterest because a lot of art gets uploaded there without proper sources or credit #and whenever a piece of yours gets reposted sourcelessly often enough you kind of end up losing ownership to it which isn't fun #it gets used without artist's consent as bootleg prints and shirts and tattoos and such #but lately a lot of people have come to me saying they discovered my stuff through pinterest #or had seen my character there and recognized it later when they came across one of my own posts #and it's always very nice to hear that I'm glad you've found me here #but I'm getting very off topic didn't mean to ramble like that #gift art #answered #wwildcatt #own characters #Machete

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thesimquarter · 9 months

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Mostly a continuation of this post, Sims 2 DS Edition. An approximate height line-up based off of each model's Z-dimension.

+ Closer pictures because the lineup is a HUGE image and Tumblr destroyed the quality of it.

#sims 2 ds #some of these models look SO goofy #there's also some fun details that i don't think i would have noticed without looking at the models like this #now TBF i've had a decent amount of the models saved already from a few months ago #i just had to re-rip some of them to ensure a neutral standing position #i used melon ripper to get these so i can't like #formally extract the models w/ rigs to upload them to modeler's resource or whatever #it's nice to see the models with a good resolution #and i'm willing to take more angles of the models + share the blend files if anyone wants to see more of what the models look like #the random two sims there is my protag + a random female protag for Size Reference w/ the player

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babymorte · 1 month

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my shirt is tetris 😀

#fun fact #i am a tetris god #tetris ms pacman and digdug are the only retro games im baller at #i had a girl come up to me at an arcade a few years ago while I was dominating ms pacman trying to get no1 on the leaderboard #so I could get free drinks for my group #and she asked me if I was actually playing because of how good I was 😂#apparently her boyfriend was watching me for a while but didn’t wanna ask me to not seem like a creep or mess me up #I had a small crowd form after a while to watch #I was 200pts away from getting 1st on the board and im still angry about it 😤#that was a fun night though #first time driving by myself cuz our dd got drunk and I don’t really drink #so much wild shit happened that night it seems like a fever dream #it was good though #kiki #snap uploads

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sequids · 3 months

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i know very little about mlp actually but i still love the pony posting going on in this tag, so i felt obligated to turn my favorite guy into a horse as well :] experts feel free to weigh in with what his pony name would be (logo was made by @crismakesstuff 🧡)

#cris told me there are changelings as well so he could possibly be that i suppose? i am not deep enough in the pony lore to judge #anyways this was still very fun to do. he is like a little creature to me and i WILL brush his mane #invincible #shapesmith #art tag #<- first thing i have drawn in forever that i actually feel comfortable uploading #but i hope i can get some more drawings of him done in the future!!

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rililith · 2 months

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