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This ABSOLUTELY works.

I have used this for many years. Definitely b do it.

#chronic health tag #medical malpractice #long post #health tips #how to get help

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the usa shouldn’t be the political and economic focal point of the entire fucking planet, actually

#hi it's me #I've had to wait weeks to get my vyvanse

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TOMORROW IS HALLOWEEN!!!

#i love getting hit in the face with halloween (in march)

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This digital painting was inspired by a black and white still of Vegas Theerapanyakul from Kinnporsche the Series. I wanted to see how realistically I could recreate it! I'm so proud of how it's come out 💕

Here is the timelapse for anyone who is interested!

#vegas theerapanyakul #kinnporsche the series #digital painting #my art #timelapse #realism #scene recreation #vegaspete #vegas x pete #the coup outfit lives on #Youtube

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Source video

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#us politics #disability rights #disabled #please share and sign!

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Important rules/tips I've learned as an adult that helped with anxiety

If people are mad at you, it's their responsibility to tell you, not your responsibility to guess

If they're mad at you in secret anyways, they're the ones in the wrong, not you

If people don't like what you're doing, it's their responsibility to tell you

If they say it's fine when it's really not, they're the ones in the wrong, not you

People are allowed to be wrong about you

If they are wrong about you, wait for them to bring it up, because if you try to, you will inevitably overcorrect

Some people are committed to misunderstanding you. You will not win arguments against them. Yes, even if you explain your point of view. They do not care. Drop it

The worst thing that will happen from a first-time offense is being told not to do it again. Maybe with a replacement if you broke something

You can improve relationships and gauge willingness to talk to you by giving compliments. It's like a daily log-in bonus and nobody thinks twice about it

Most things are better after you sleep on them

Most things are better after you have a meal

Most things are better after you shower

Your brain makes up consequences that are irrational. If the worst DOES come to pass and someone acts like they do in your head, they are overreacting, and you are entitled to say "what the fuck"

If your chest hurts after you feel like you've made a social error, that's called rejection-sensitive dysphoria. It means your anxiety is so bad that it's causing you physical pain, which is a good indicator that you're overreacting. Tense yourself, hold it for 20 seconds, let it go, then find a distraction

If you're suddenly angry at someone after you feel like you made a social error, that's also rejection-sensitive dysphoria. You are going to feel annoyed about it for awhile, but being genuinely pissed off is your anxiety trying to find something to blame to take the responsibility off your shoulders, and getting scared because it can't justify itself. Deep breaths, ask yourself how much you ACTUALLY want to be angry at that person, then find a distraction

"Sour grapes" is more healthy for you than stewing. Deciding you don't like someone who's perpetually annoyed with you, won't talk to you, etc. makes letting go of anxiety over them easier

If people don't like you, they will find reasons to be annoyed with you when they otherwise wouldn't. If people do like you, they will find reasons NOT to be annoyed with you when they otherwise would. People do not ping-pong between the two

You DO have to make a conscious choice not to think about something. If you're having trouble circling back to it, say out loud that you're done thinking about it and why. Then find a distraction

When you're upset, part of you is going to want to make false bids for attention (suddenly texting differently, heavy sighs, etc. but when someone asks you about it, you tell them it's nothing). Do not listen to it. You gain nothing from it except more misery

People like to help people they care about. It makes them feel good about themselves

If you think you're insufferable for needing help, see above. Yes, really. They get a serotonin kick from it

If you think you're insufferable for mannerisms you have, you either have to consciously choose not to do them, or accept that they're part of the package that comes with you. Being apologetic about existing does nothing except make you more miserable

If you do things you don't like when you feel meh about it, it makes it easier to do them when you hate it

If you avoid things you don't like when you feel meh about it, it reinforces and magnifies how bad it feels when you hate it

Seriously. Read those last two points again. If you can make yourself make a phone call when you've got nothing to lose, you will slowly lose that panic you get when you have to make a phone call you haven't prepared for. You do have to CONSCIOUSLY take that step

Hobbies that make you care for something get rid of that nagging feeling that you're not doing enough. Go grow some rosemary

If you don't engage with your hobbies regularly, you will feel miserable, and anxiety will spike

Hobbies are things that give you a bit of happiness. They do not have to be organized or named to do that. Go be creative in something. Play with coins. Make up lists. Start a new WIP

No one cares what you look like

If people point out things they don't like about how you look unprompted, they are being rude. You are entitled to say "what the fuck"

People who like you will find you pretty to some degree. Minor things about your appearance go completely unnoticed. Literally, scars and dots and blemishes do not register to someone who likes your company

You looking at yourself in the mirror is 10x more closely than anyone is going to look at you

If you're anxious about your body type, and you're creatively inclined, make/write an oc with that same shape. Give them nice things and make other characters love them. Put them on adventures. You'll start to see yourself in the mirror more kindly

You care about wording and perfect lines/colors way more than anyone who views your work ever will

Sometimes when you're upset, you're going to feel like not eating. Do not do that. Not eating makes you more miserable

Same with things you normally enjoy. Denying yourself helps no one. You are punishing yourself for being sad. Stop it

Both of these will take conscious decision to break the habit of. Make yourself do it anyways, and it will slowly get easier

And again, to reiterate: If someone is mad at you, it is THEIR responsibility to tell you, not your responsibility to guess

#mental health #anxiety #good advice

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Silver Fox Steve ✨

#my art #digital painting #steve rogers #silver fox steve #fanart #steve is back from the moon

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Kelpie art in watercolor (digitally retouched from a photograph as the original art was sold!)

#my art #kelpie #cryptid #cryptid art #watercolor #watercolor painting

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The Sandman: Digital painting of Dream of the Endless

#my art #digital painting #the sandman #dream of the endless #morpheus #neil gaiman #the sandman fanart

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A new tool lets artists add invisible changes to the pixels in their art before they upload it online so that if it’s scraped into an AI training set, it can cause the resulting model to break in chaotic and unpredictable ways. 

The tool, called Nightshade, is intended as a way to fight back against AI companies that use artists’ work to train their models without the creator’s permission. Using it to “poison” this training data could damage future iterations of image-generating AI models, such as DALL-E, Midjourney, and Stable Diffusion, by rendering some of their outputs useless—dogs become cats, cars become cows, and so forth. MIT Technology Review got an exclusive preview of the research, which has been submitted for peer review at computer security conference Usenix.   

AI companies such as OpenAI, Meta, Google, and Stability AI are facing a slew of lawsuits from artists who claim that their copyrighted material and personal information was scraped without consent or compensation. Ben Zhao, a professor at the University of Chicago, who led the team that created Nightshade, says the hope is that it will help tip the power balance back from AI companies towards artists, by creating a powerful deterrent against disrespecting artists’ copyright and intellectual property. Meta, Google, Stability AI, and OpenAI did not respond to MIT Technology Review’s request for comment on how they might respond. 

Zhao’s team also developed Glaze, a tool that allows artists to “mask” their own personal style to prevent it from being scraped by AI companies. It works in a similar way to Nightshade: by changing the pixels of images in subtle ways that are invisible to the human eye but manipulate machine-learning models to interpret the image as something different from what it actually shows. 

Continue reading article here

#ARTISTS #use this #glaze #openai #nightshade #fight against ai

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SandRay Digital Art ✨

#only friends the series #sand x ray #sandray #raysand #first kanaphan #khaotung thanawat #my art #digital painting #i love them your honor

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yes & no by Natalie Wee

(inspired by @kissporsche saying these lines reminded them of vegaspete)

#Vegaspete #i love them your honor #these are perfect!

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This looks fun! I'm going to post my writing WIPs and my art WIPs ✨

Writing:

VegasPete: Hitman AU

VP Kinkster AU

Death!Vegas - Vegas POV

VegasPete: Hedgehog in the City

VegasPete: When We Meet Again

VP Ai No Kusabi AU

Art:

Sandman

First/Khao

Silver Fox Steve

Wen Kexing

Goblin King/Jareth

Sarah

Good Omens Hourglass

Naked Guy Art

Yennefer

Snippet from my Hitman AU:

Pete leans forward, straddling Vegas’ hips. He grabs the other man’s wrist and wrenches it behind his back. “Looks like you’ve got me pinned, whatcha going to do now, baby?” Pete can hear the glee in his voice, like he’s immeasurably pleased at this turn of events. Vegas grinds evocatively back into Pete’s crotch and Pete realizes the position they are both in.  Pete twists Vegas’ arm higher, eliciting a soft grunt from the man under him. “Can’t you ever be serious?” “I am being serious.” Vegas’ voice loses all trace of its previously teasing tone. “I’d let you do whatever you wanted to me, you know.”

I don't have anyone to tag, but feel free to play along if you like!

I was tagged by @thepetesimp and @bittercape for two very slightly different things, but with enough of an overlap that I’m going to smush you guys together lovingly into a WIP pile.

Yu’s thing!

Rules: Post the names of all the files in your WIP folder, regardless of how non-descriptive or ridiculous. Let people send you an ask with the title that most intrigues them and then post a little snippet or tell them something about it! Tag as many people as you have WIPs!

This is the WIP list. It looks sadly very similar to the last time I did one of these (although I now see I’ve forgotten to tick off the KimArmChay sequel, whoops! So that’s one off the list), although some progress has been made. Feel free to ask about anything on here I guess?

And for Bits’ thing, a little snippet from the silk tie sequel:

Kim sighed, a soft exhalation that tickled his neck, and then he rolled onto his back, wriggling until he was using Arm’s shoulder as a pillow. “I used to spend hours thinking about being WiK for real. Or, I mean, being a Kim from a normal family, someone who could just be a musician. Someone who could play a show and go home and not have to worry about anything worse than looking after my voice, or whatever.”

“Oh, darling,” Arm said with feeling, squeezing Kim in a one-sided embrace.

“No, it’s fine,” Kim said quietly. “I mean, it used to make me sad, I think. But now… I don’t think you’d have fallen in love with that Kim.”

Tagging some lovely people whose WIPs I’d love to know about (a full list, a snippet from something you’re working on, or both!), although no pressure of course @wyxan @carcrash429 @wisteria-daydreamer @justanothervariant @xpi-x-elx

#mightymightygnomepriest #tag game #wip game #wip wednesday #even though it's not wednesday

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Reblog for larger sample size whatever

#nope #not touching that one #but legit #can i choose rhea?

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Tay/Time art created for @bottomvegas for the Kindergarten Mafia server Secret Santa event ✨ To see the full NSFW version click here!

#my art #digital painting #kinnporsche the series #kinnporsche #taytime #Tae Taechin Lerttravinont #Time Thaweewat Ratanapakorn #collars #leashes #non explicit male nudity #depictions of sex #kmss2023

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hi!!! do you have an ao3 account I can gift this work to? i'm so so so so excited for you to finally be able to read it >U<

Hi! I'm so excited! Yes, my AO3 is xPixelx 🥰✨