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WARNING!!!!

People, please be careful. There are also people tracking children and people and putting bids on them based on their profile pictures on whatsapp, tracking and kidnapping them. Especially young children, so please be cautious, especially parents who have their children as their profile pictures.

Please pass this on to everyone so that they are aware of the danger. I don’t how it is all around the world but I know it can’t just be here so please please spread the word. Thank you.

Balin: Thorin, we all know you like him.

Thorin: I don’t like Bilbo!

Balin, smirking: Who said anything about Bilbo?

Thorin: [Gay silence]

I am not the best at putting words together but I have to say this. 

It’s painfully obvious when abled (esp abled-bodied) fans do not see a characters disability as an important part of them. Or treat characters disabilities as something that can be written of as “a different version of that character” so it “doesn’t have to be included”. Or even worse see it as a character flaw that must be cured.

You people treat it as something that can be ignored or a choice to include in stuff.  It’s so tiring! Abled people don’t ACTUALLY listen to disabled peoples concerns and how important representation can be to us!

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Justice for Lakeith Smith and A’Donte Washington!

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losing my mind over this thread at r/neverbrokeabone

PLEASE DO NOT THINK FOR EVEN A SECOND THAT YOUR VOICE WILL NOT HAVE AN IMPACT THIS IS LITERALLY THE BARE MINIMUM

I'm sorry for putting this in the BLM and stop Asian hate tag but in the last few days posts tagged with "Palestine" have not been showing up.

IATSE members have voted overwhelmingly to strike

Consumers (ie practically all of us) can help by writing to streaming services and put pressure on them to negotiate in good faith to agree to the IATSE's demands of better benefits and pay (esp for those on the lower end of the pay scale), safer working conditions, shorter working periods.

Support the IATSE.

IMPORTANT!!

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DEMAND EFFECTIVE COVID PROTOCOLS FROM ISU FOR 2021 WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS #STOCKHOLM2021

The International Skating Union and government of Stockholm are planning to host the World Figure Skating Championships with no bubble, close to no safety measures, and with kids as young as 15 attending without parents, who then would be quarantined in a foreign country without support if they get COVID-19.

The “safety measures” : 

Arrival no later than 1- 2 days before the event starts. If participants want to quarantine before or after the event, they HAVE TO pay out of pocket.

Only 2 Covid tests administered. 

A loophole if you happen have a positive PCR test .

Masks suggested not mandated

Only temperature checks after negative pcr tests

Symptoms self reported by athletes, there is no enforcement of this

The ISU has also not been forthcoming or clear with vital details- they say regular testing but have not given a schedule for testing and only detailed the first 2 tests

They have not given any information about if parents or family can accompany minors other than-no chaperones as part of the national team - nothing about if kids will have to be alone. This is because instead of increasing the measures like testing they cut down the number of people allowed (these details were also only given after fans petitioned)

Stockholm’s case count has also just doubled in 3 weeks, and their Crown Princess (Who’s supposed to be at the event) got infected

Sweden is also currently considered a high risk/incidence area by multiple countries- here’s Japan ( where 80% of figure skating’s money come from) and Germany’s classification (most flights to Stockholm also connect through Germany)

Covid-19s effect on athletes include but are not limited to- heart and lung damage, breathlessness, heart defects, asthma, here are just some accounts from figure skaters

Anastasia Shpilevya-  Russian Ice dancer- has had to end her career due to covid complications

Evgenia medvedeva - 2x world champion, 2x olympic silver medalist - has lung damage

Daniel Grassl - 3x Italian national champion- now has a heart defect and lung damage

Many like Nathan Chen(2x world champ), Yuzuru Hanyu( 2x world champion 2x olympic chamiopn) and Jason Brown( Us national chmapion) have spoken about their concern for their own safety and the safety of their friends and fellow athletes.

Yuzuru has been raising his voice for moths now so you can check out his interviews at  https://twitter.com/axelwithwings

These skaters have NO CHOICE but to go, most of the spots for the 2022 olympics are only available through this 1 competition. In speed skating, where the qualification is different, Korea, Japan, Britain and China pulled their teams out of the world championships (despite having 10x the safety precautions).

Please Please please sign this petition and share this post-

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DEMAND EFFECTIVE COVID PROTOCOLS FROM ISU FOR 2021 WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS #STOCKHOLM2021

Here’s a link for twitter and email templates-

for tweeting the national skating federations

 linktree  of templates

More info -  https://twitter.com/NoQuarNoWorlds

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I've been resource gathering for YEARS so now I am going to share my dragons hoard

Floorplanner. Design and furnish a house for you to use for having a consistent background in your comic or anything! Free, you need an account, easy to use, and you can save multiple houses.

Comparing Heights. Input the heights of characters to see what the different is between them. Great for keeping consistency. Free.

Magma. Draw online with friends in real time. Great for practice or hanging out. Free, paid plan available, account preferred.

Smithsonian Open Access. Loads of free images. Free.

SketchDaily. Lots of pose references, massive library, is set on a timer so you can practice quick figure drawing. Free.

SculptGL. A sculpting tool which I am yet to master, but you should be able to make whatever 3d object you like with it. free.

Pexels. Free stock images. And the search engine is actually pretty good at pulling up what you want.

Figurosity. Great pose references, diverse body types, lots of "how to draw" videos directly on the site, the models are 3d and you can rotate the angle, but you can't make custom poses or edit body proportions. Free, account option, paid plans available.

Line of Action. More drawing references, this one also has a focus on expressions, hands/feet, animals, landscapes. Free.

Animal Photo. You pose a 3d skull model and select an animal species, and they give you a bunch of photo references for that animal at that angle. Super handy. Free.

Height Weight Chart. You ever see an OC listed as having a certain weight but then they look Wildly different than the number suggests? Well here's a site to avoid that! It shows real people at different weights and heights to give you a better idea of what these abstract numbers all look like. Free to use.