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dessertgeek · 2 months

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Something I wish someone had told me sooner: if a recipe you're reading is confusing or weird or anything you don't like, try reading another for the same dish.

Because even if you hate the second one more, it gets you in the practice of both looking for a version you like instead of sticking to the top/first search, and reading the recipes to look over the techniques. The second version might have clearer instructions, or be horrible but one photo is enlightening, or maybe you really grok what's going on best with recipe #4, and taken all together you can likely cobble yourself enough understanding to Do The Thing.

This is how I went from 'cream puffs are the scariest recipe of my life' to making cream puffs all the dang time because they are actually pretty easy once you understand what they need - and what you need to make them. And what I needed was an overly complex version going over every last detail and then it clicked, and now I no longer need that version.

#food #recipes #I feel like there's this desire to stick to One True Recipe or recipe writer #when sometimes you just need a different explanation #and that's okay!#in the queue of things

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rainbowpopeworld · 5 months

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This is a big thing that I continue to work on unlearning/relearning

#care tasks #self care #cleaning is a process #a never ending cycle #judgement makes it harder #morally neutral #spoons #spoonie #disabled #nd things #neurodivergent #cleaning #oh no it's queue

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unforth · 9 months

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Gentle reminder that very little fandom labor is automated, because I think people forget that a lot.

That blog with a tagging system you love? A person curates those tags by hand.

That rec blog with a great organization scheme and pretty graphics? Someone designed and implemented that organization scheme and made those graphics.

That network that posts a cool variety of stuff? People track down all that variety and queue it by hand, and other people made all the individual pieces.

That post with umpteen links to helpful resources, and information about them? Someone gathered those links, researched the sources, wrote up the information about them.

That graphic about fandom statistics? Someone compiled those statistics, analyzed them, organized them, figured out a useful way to convey the information to others, and made the post.

That event that you think looks neat? Someone wrote the rules, created the blogs and Discords, designed the graphics, did their best to promo the event so it'd succeed.

None of this was done automatically. None of it just appears whole out of the internet ether.

I think everyone realizes that fic writing and fanart creation are work, and at least some folks have got it through their heads that gif creation and graphics and moodboards take effort, and meta is usually respected for the effort that goes into it, at least as far as I've seen, but I feel like a lot of people don't really get how much labor goes into curation, too.

If people are creating resources, curating content, organizing the creations of others, gathering information, and doing other fandom activities that aren't necessarily the direct action of creation, they're doing a lot of fandom labor, and it's often largely unrecognized.

Celebrate fan work!

To folks doing this kind of labor: I see you, and I thank you. You are the backbones of our fandoms and I love you.

#unforth rambles #this wasn't really prompted by anything #I'm just sick and tired and distractable #or i should say it wasn't prompted by anything recent or that happened now #like no one has disrespected me #but as i hit the point that it's regularly taking me an hour plus every single day to queue things for the danmei art blogs #i just think of all the times people go WAIT YOU RUN ALL OF THOSE??? BY YOURSELF???#like i just don't think a lot of people realize how much work it is to really do background fandom labor long term #and i appreciate places like rec blogs and networks and events and just everyone #y'all are awesome #thank you so much

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aeide-thea · 1 year

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on principle opposed to describing art i dislike as 'masturbatory' because even though it's an alluringly contemptuous word to sneer it's impossible to reconcile with my pro-masturbation stance

#it's such an ugly word but like. self-pleasure is good‚ actually #it's good to know yourself and what you like and lovingly treat yourself to it!#like similarly 'meretricious' is extremely tempting if you ignore the underlying metaphor #but. hard to.#language #and quite frankly i think people who whip out 'masturbatory' in this sneering sort of way #are leveraging‚ if we're honest with ourselves‚ a particular framing of it as a gross thing that boys do #because like. when have you ever heard a *woman's* self-indulgent art described as masturbatory #like don't get me wrong we absolutely still dismiss it! but we dismiss it in other ways #that are usually about how embarrassing her *yearning* is #and so even our sneering is reinforcing an idea that men Act whereas women Feel #anyway this was prompted by some things but i shoved it in the queue so now i forget what lol #so here you are getting some contextless thoughts on the use of 'masturbatory' as sneering dismissive assessment!#just what you were hoping for i'm sure :)

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typewriter-worries · 1 month

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It's world poetry day so here are some (more) of my favorite poems:

What You Missed That Day You Were Absent from Fourth Grade by Brad Aaron Modlin

All Trains Are Going Local by Timothy Liu

Rural Boys Watch the Apocalypse by Keaton St. James (@boykeats)

HOPE YOU’RE WELL. PLEASE DON’T READ THIS. by Lev St. Valentine (@dogrotpdf)

Time of Love by Claribel Alegría

Every Job Has a First Day by Rebecca Gayle Howell

ALL THAT WANTING, RIGHT? by Devin Kelly

Reading by A.R. Ammons

things i want to ask you by Helga Floros

Night Bird by Danusha Laméris

Prayer for Werewolves by Stephanie Burt

The Two Times I Loved You the Most In a Car by Dorothea Grossman

The Yearner by Rachel Long

If I Had Three Lives by Sarah Russell

I Dream on a Crowded Subway Train with My Eyes Open But My Body Swaying by Chen Chen

We Have Not Long to Love by Tennessee Williams

Jesus at the Gay Bar by Jay Hulme

Cracks by Dieu Dinh

and here's part one <3

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hikukastel · 2 years

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#color #sketchy things #bakaroido #初音ミク #art queue

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imactuallyreallycool · 1 month

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What a lovely dream

But that what it’ll always be. A dream.

Close ups and stuff lmao

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starrywangxian · 6 months

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spanish jackie has the best lines, including:

"my noses!" (i quote this on the daily)

calling stede the genital pirate

her flirting with any person she finds remotely attractive

"so you're spanish jackie?" "yeah" "are you spanish?" "no" "then why do they call you spanish jackie?" "i don't know!"

"why are you dressed like a dirty ass orphan?"

"he fucks like a jackhammer"

and many many more

#she has the best lines AND the best delivery #i always look forward to spanish jackie scenes <33 #ofmd #ofmd s2 #ofmd spoilers #ofmd s2 spoilers #ofmd season 2 #ofmd 2 #our flag means death spoilers #ofmd season 2 spoilers #spanish jackie #ofmd spanish jackie #spanish jackie ofmd #starrywangxian #you queue fine things well #1k #2k #first time i'm tagging these let's gooo #glad to know everyone shares my love for jackie <333

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kuradex · 2 months

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day 260 Swampert

buy stickers, commission a pokemon, or support me on kofi!

#swampert #pokemon #pkmnart #pokemon fanart #pokemon art #pokemonart #i'll post the compilation post for the prev generation and sticker (pre)orders soon! im just busy this week 🙇‍♂️#(would people want me to put up sticker preorders for stuff i haven't posted yet here--i've been working on some evo lines together #even if its not part of the current gen)#also my queue does run out monday so i might take another break starting then to focus working on some other things #also sorry for not responding to individual asks but unless they're inquiries related to comms i like hoarding them (thank you everyone 🥺!)

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l3viat8an · 5 months

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MC: Asmo, how did you convince Mephisto to help us?…….did you bribe him?

Asmo: Bribe?! Sweetheart, you know I would never lower myself to bribery!! I blackmailed him~

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solarpunkani · 1 year

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You know what, while I'm doing hot takes. And this one may be obvious considering I'm actively contributing to hosting the Solarpunk Aesthetic Week event but like.

Dear everyone who's constantly deriding the aesthetic portions of the solarpunk movement/genre; do you just not understand that being able to visualize the future you want is immensely important to being able to work towards it? Being able to get other people on board with it?

When I first got interested in Solarpunk, it wasn't for the hot leftist takes about the top ways to dismantle the government for the people, or top tips on how to build your own solar panel apparatuses. What brought me in? Visions of a hopeful future. I learned and began to love the rest as I dove deeper into solarpunk circles, but there is no denying that my first intro to it--and likely many people's first intro to it--was via the art and aesthetic spheres. The term 'solarpunk' was literally coined to refer to the aesthetic movement, and we've been building up from there ever since.

'When are people going to realize the aesthetic parts don't matter and what really matters is praxis--' dude, the aesthetic parts do matter. Inspiring people does matter. Showing people visions of a hopeful future is immensely important, it's why so many people join this movement. We see glimpses of what a hopeful future could look like, through beautiful art or riveting stories, we're inspired by things like stained glass and organic designs and statues and fashion concepts--and then we think to ourselves 'how can we help make this future happen?' And we learn the praxis and we work towards the goals and we share it with others because that's just how we work.

Seeing isn't always believing, but sometimes in order to believe in something with your whole heart, it helps to be able to visualize what you want. For yourself and for others.

So yes. The aesthetic parts of solarpunk do matter. Thank you for coming to my TEDTalk.

#solarpunk #out of queue #ani rambles #honestly in my opinion if the younger me saw posts saying shit like 'the aesthetic part of solarpunk is stupid and unimportant'#that would have chased me away more than anything.#A movement like this? the last thing we want is to chase people away! We want people to get excited!#We want people to get on board eagerly and wholeheartedly!#Yes I'm sure some people got into solarpunk praxis-first aesthetic-later (or maybe even aesthetic-never)#But that's no reason to deride the people who got in here aesthetic-first praxis-later #solarpunk is beautiful BECAUSE there's so many ways to learn about it and visualize it #anyways everyone get hype about solarpunk aesthetic week a month from now!!!#honestly might delete later who knows

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dessertgeek · 3 months

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All I want to do on here is eat and talk about chocolate, but we've got elections to crash and hope to rebuild dangit

#food #politics #it's true though we need more hope #even when it seems so horrible and tough right now #you find hope and you fight for it #in the queue of things

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squuote · 1 month

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