Acinom’s blog

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Old unfinished sketches alert:

Reminder that John Brown’s raid failed, but he still managed to leverage his imprisonment into martyrdom.

Reminder that slavery went from being legal in all countries to legal in none.

Reminder that the abolitionist movement suffered many devastating setbacks before succeeding in the end.

Do not let anything discourage you from working for a better world. We have come so far, and we will go further.

Every year I tell the socials to Give Black People Money for Juneteenth. 2026 ain't about to be different. Give a little, give a lot, give directly, give widely.

Black fam: you are invited to reply to this with your info/links!

How to Give

Directly, if you can, to someone's Venmo, Ko-Fi, PayPal, Patreon, & etc.

Buy their art, books, music, jewelry, zine, or whatever else they create. Again, directly if possible.

Don't have money? I gotchu: Promote the heck out of their creations for the next week.

Check the notes for Black people to give money to if you don't know any personally (or if you do! You might find new, cool people).

Boost this post through the holiday weekend. Boost the Black people you know or find here through the weekend.

I can hear some of you saying: But Tempest, isn't asking for money cringe?

Only if you let it be.

Let's not forget why Juneteenth is a thing. Let's not forget that here in the year of our Lort 2026 there are people in white houses saying the racist parts out loud every day. Money can't solve that or make it better.

It can give a person a spark of joy in dark times. Maybe they'll buy a nice dessert, or go out to eat when they normally couldn't, or pay a bill without having to stress. Maybe they will be so freaking excited someone bought that thing they made!

Guides

How to make Crumbl Cookies!

How to bookbind!

How to pirate movies/shows

How to make frog plushies

How to make a Go-bag for emergencies

How to repair clothing

How to make different a03 kudos!

How to download videos/pictures/gifs from a website

How to make various chocolate desserts!

Tips and Tricks!

A03 formatting

Back stretches!

Depression tips

Adult cheat sheet

How to regulate and understand your emotions better

Disabling Windows 11 web search in search bar

Resources

Horror game recs!

Dca fic recs!

Hand references

Free Adobe photoshop

Artist resources

Free spotify

Pirating sites

Artist resources pt 2

Helpful random sites

Homemaking, gardening, sustainability

Free libraries!

Making stuff and doing things (free book pdf)

Healthcare (medicine discount websites, guide on how to pay hospital bills)

Friendly reminder that people with stigmatized personality disorders like Borderline, Narcissistic, and Antisocial are people, too, and they struggle with their disorders more than anyone else. That's why it's called a "disorder;" it impacts their life in a negative way because of, more often than not, childhood trauma. People typically develop personality disorders because of things they went through in childhood that fundamentally changed the way their brains work, and it takes so much therapy and constant hard work to unlearn the behaviors adopted in childhood. (Not to mention that traumatized people are more likely to be re-traumatized later in life.) Vilifying people with these disorders is extremely harmful to them, others they care about, and those who care about them.

We are people, just like you. Please, be kind.

some human starscream sketches + bonus bot sketch for practice