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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.

Not just for medical either. Ever got smacked with a huge ass fee for "damages" when you move out of an apartment that not just eats your security deposit but tries to take an arm and a leg as well.

Ask for the itemized list, you will be surprised how fast they come back with a "huh, that's weird, I can't seem to find where these damages are coming from" and let that shit go.

Posts of fat people are being marked as "sexual content" even more frequently than they used to, but now we have this fun little addition as brought to my attention by a friend;

That's right. Not just blatant kink-shaming, but now, if you make posts about or with fat people, you can now be flagged as "promoting disordered eating"! Multiple completely innocent posts of fat people literally just existing in their own bodies have already been flagged this way.

Raise hell about it. Reblog and share fat content more than ever. Don't let this shitty website tell you that your bodies are "wrong" or that you aren't allowed to exist publicly.

Tumblr staff, if you care about eating disorders (you fucking don't), stop promoting this sense of shame and fear and disgust towards the idea of weight gain. Stop shaming and censoring people for posting about their own bodies and experiences. Fatphobia kills. Fatphobia causes disordered eating. Fatphobia is the disease you should be worried about.

This has also been disproportionately affecting fat trans people, because of course it has.

May the school funding empire of Tony Evers reign eternal. Unfathomably powerful blackout poetry entity

goodrx is the most well known one, but if i'm trying to find the cheapest price for a patient i compare it to scriptcycle, and use whichever is offering the best price. you just type in the medication (PLEASE make sure you're getting the right drug, dosage, and quantity) and your zip code and they will spit out some offers for you

some pharmacies may have their own discount card to compare to as well!

if you are getting a name brand medication, you can also look at the manufacturer's website to see if they offer any evouchers for you to use too

pillows: this is the most common mistake i see--flimsy pillows. and this sucks. this sucks so bad. it's bad for your neck. they wear out so quickly. you have to constantly readjust the filling. they're so damn uncomfortable. get yourself some decently firm pillows--and enough of them to STACK dammit

btw it is. legal. to buy pillows of more than one firmness. you can own a Firm Pillow and a Less Firm Pillow on purpose. the government isn't cracking down on that yet

sheets: one of my genie wishes would be for every single human being to be gifted a pair of durable non-synethic white sheets that perfectly fit their mattress. these details are important:

durability is important. good sheets that cost a bit more but last longer? will save you money over time. they can last YEARS AND YEARS (durability also means less piling. piling is such bullshit, especially if u don't sleep in long pajamas)

NATURAL FIBERS that's important. it keeps you cooler and cleaner by wicking away sweat. better sensory experience. 100% cotton is bomb but someday I'd love to get my hands on bamboo, linen, silk sets.

white is not the most fun color but it IS the easiest color to clean stains from (important when you're investing in quality sheets meant to last). just make sure you pre-wash the stains before adding bleach, otherwise you get yellow spots. (bleach mixes badly with proteins found in sweat and other bodily...stuff)

seriously I'm all for bold colors and crazy patterns on bedspreads (great way to decorate your room) but white sheets underneath are so practical

find sheets that fit your bed. find sheets that FIT your bed. i don't mean 'this is technically the correct size for my mattress' i mean sheets that don't fucking COME OFF AT THE EDGES WHAT THE HELL. it is evil. it's evil they've evolved the ability to do that.

related: sheets that don't get loose overnight what the heck. still not certain which types of sheets are more prone to this issue (I assume it's a fabric thing, but is it material, weave, thread count what). tumblr given me your teaspoon-worth of collective knowledge

Bedcover/quilt/duvet: make sure it's weather appropriate and that the weight suits your personal preferences. some people sleep better with heavier/lighter/thicker/thinner top covers. some sleep better when tucked in nice and tight (took me a literal decade of adulthood to realize we can just. tuck ourselves in.) find what works for you

(shout out to duvet covers btw, SO much easier to clean. and shout out to duvets bc FEATHERS/SOFTNESS i love u duvets)

BOLSTER PILLOWS EXIST. and yeah body pillows to. noodle-shapped pillows that your can wrap your corporeal form around like an octopus...they are so so valuable.

mattress pads are an easy way to improve a mattress determined to do the bare minimum

conclusion:

after eight years, I finally updated my huge Historical Fashion Reference & Resources Doc! Now in the form of a MUCH more easily updated Google Doc with better organization, refreshed links, and five more pages of books and online resources.

With everything that’s going on and what’s been confirmed about Wilbur, this is just a reminder that introjects/fictives are not their source! Many systems have taken comfort in things like fanfiction, music, and other media, and it’s not surprising that you would split someone based on that.

However, those introjects are not the cc! and his actions do not reflect in any way on them as people. Please don’t go and demonize c! and cc! Wilbur sourced introjects based on the actual content creators actions!

dude.

My personal recommendation in general when looking for a language learning resource is to find something dedicated to just one specific language, as those will have much more in-depth courses.

All that said, Duolingo does have the advantage of being particularly easy to access, and having a pretty varied list of languages available, so yeah it's totally understandable if people want to stick with it.

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You do NOT need to “earn” meals through exercise.

You know why?

Because exercise only accounts for about 20% of your calories. The majority of the calories your body burns, it uses to keep itself alive. It uses them to power your brain and metabolism. In fact, your brain ALONE is responsible for spending about 20% of your calories.

Your BRAIN, just to keep itself going, uses up just as many (or even more!!!) calories than all the exercise you do.

Your RESTING metabolic rate is responsible for burning between 60 and 75% of your calories.

I'm sorry, have you seen NATURE???

and there's so many more species than this that exhibit homosexuality, varying genders, etc. SO! MANY!

it's very much a natural thing. it always has been. unfortunately, while homosexuality is found in many species, homophobia is only found in one