Once, There Were Trees Here

another wild HOT MESS survived, this time at the Baltic Anarchist Bookfair!!

it's been a whole year of the Fireman--a look i mixed off kyo/zhar and the blaze in my heart!

i still think there needs to be a kny sequel called The Rage Of The Hairdresser, just for kyo and his impossible bangs... but i'm happy with the wig progress, and the character it gained after the night party trashing. also happy with the face i did this time, esp the stage of just blush/eyeshadow and big black brows--very vivacious!!!

and i'm more than happy with the overall experience!

talked so much my throat died angrily. i gave the hot/manifesto talk--essentially an intro to the social toolbox that i like using--and it's thinking/sharing/connecting but at its core this communication is... an encouragement i'd say.

still baffles me that it's actually so possible to share ideas with a crowd. that it really is possible to make your words reach people, and that people can choose to reach back!

You and Genya are studying math together, going over the segments you both need to fully grasp before the exam. He hears you scribbling down notes in your notebook and looks up for a moment.

His stare lingers on you. He couldn't help but blush as he finds you rather cute seeing you in such deep focus.

I really like how the scientology speedrunning trend is developing, in this clip we see that the participants are

Not deterred by the closed door

Working as a group

Protecting their identities

Inflicting material costs to the institution via property destruction

Getting away at the end

It now turns out that Kickstarter will no longer allow their site to be used to fund anything they consider “adult”, including games or art that includes portrayals of sexual activity, reference to sexual activity or images of bodies intended to promote arousal (the horror).

They are also, apparently, banning the use of Kickstarter to fund anything that can be “inserted” - although I suspect they will end up demonstrating a very sheltered view of that particular category.

The reason given, yet again, is that they are required to change their policies due to the demands of their payment provider (Stripe in this instance).

Banks and Online Payment Systems should have no power to restrict the legal activities of grown adults. This shouldn’t even be in question.

To say nothing of the fact that, whilst this sort of pearl-clutching performance pretends to be simply an exercise in protecting grown adults from seeing a pair of breasts or an erect penis, in reality it inevitably leads to censorship of even non-sexual LGBT content. Every. Single. Time.

There does not appear to be any organised challenge to this puritanical piss-artistry, but you can contact Kickstarter to let them know your views via: [email protected].