a rare sighting!

Have you ever seen a violinist going APESHIT?!

Obviously there are black string players. We just don’t see them because they “don’t look like” string players.

I’m so pissed that Adobe is hiking the Creative Cloud price (AGAIN) that I did a round-up of FREE ALTERNATIVES to all the major CC programs. Because FUCK Adobe:

IF YOU DRAW OR DESIGN

Instead of PHOTOSHOP, try GIMP

Instead of LIGHTROOM, try PAINT DOT NET

Instead of ILLUSTRATOR, try INKSCAPE

Instead of INDESIGN try CANVA or SCRIBUS

IF YOU MAKE PICTURES MOVE

Instead of PREMIER, try DAVINCI RESOLVE

Instead of ANIMATE/FLASH, try OPENTOONS or BLENDER

Instead of AFTER EFFECTS, try WAX, BLENDER, or FUSION

IF YOU BUILD WEBSITES OR SOFTWARE

Instead of DREAMWEAVER, SPARK, or XD, try WIX, WEEBLY, or WORDPRESS.COM, or WORDPRESS.ORG

IF YOU DO STUFF THAT REQUIRES THESE OTHER PROGRAMS

Instead of AUDITION, try AUDACITY

Instead of ACROBAT PRO try FOXIT READER or PDF ESCAPE

Instead of INCOPY try LOVING YOURSELF AND USING LITERALLY ANYTHING ELSE (WHO USES THIS??)

IF YOU NEED STOCK PHOTOS OR FONTS

Instead of ADOBE STOCK, try PEXELS, UNSPLASH, or PIXABAY

Instead of ADOBE FONTS try GOOGLE FONTS or DAFONT

@almareda those are some really good questions!

first off, here’s a link to a larger version of the image since the original link i included didn’t work. if you look closely, you’ll see that a lot of details on amator are actually painted on- possibly restorations of what the mosaic might have looked like? it’s hard to say without actually knowing the background of the mosaic (which sadly i have not found). the missing chunks of the mosaic are probably the result of damage over time, and the people who’ve worked on those mosaics just don’t have enough information to fill in the blanks on the missing tunics

as for the focus on the name of the horse- these are chariot horses! if you look at their tunics of the people leading the horse, we see red and white on the bottom too, and the juuuust a little trace of blue and green on the top. so, they represent the chariot teams! these are probably the charioteers based on the whips that they’re holding (there aren’t any amphorae around, so they’re not sparsores). these horses are likely the leading horse of each chariot team- it’s pretty common to see mosaics with the leading horse named.

Pay model for delivery apps:

Excluding bonuses, DoorDash decides how much a delivery is worth based on distance. Let’s say DD has decided a delivery is worth $8.

If you tip $2 in the app, the driver gets $6 from DD and $2 from you. So they still get $8 total. 

If you tip $10 in the app, the driver gets $10 from you and nothing from DD. Congrats. You played yourself. You just saved DD $8 and the driver barely got a tip, even though you were generous!!

If you tip $10 CASH, the driver gets $8 from DoorDash in the app and $10 CASH from you, so they get $18 total. 

If you don’t have cash on hand, ask the driver for their CashApp or Venmo when they get to your door.