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Here's a rundown of the blogs I have and what they're for. If any of these things interest you, feel free to follow. I have these separations for organizational purposes and so nobody gets inundated with everything I'm into if it's not your thing.

@paragons-saga - My main blog and where all of my art, characters, and worldbuilding goes. Ideally, if I can get enough interest and, subsequently, motivation, this will be where I host the original webcomic that I'd like to do.

@vague-vixen - This is my primary blog where I share just about anything that doesn't belong anywhere else. Politics, fandom, interests, and other things I care about. I also do most of my talking here.

@yuri-rave - Despite its name (which I got from one of those personality generator things that's gone around for years and I just liked the name) this is the blog that I reblog all kinds of art. I share everything I like, and I especially like to share my friends' art and underappreciated OC art.

@sorchas-refs - Mostly for my own benefit, it might help others. This is where I reblog artistic tips, tricks, tutorials, and references. This ranges from drawing to writing, worldbuilding to cosplay.

I do have a mental health blog where I've moved all my crazy to. I'm not going to link it here, but if we're mutuals and you'd like to follow what is essentially my diary, feel free to message me.

this is going around twitter and i thought it'd be a fun little thing to bond over

If you have a google account, first go to gemini.google.com/extensions and turn everything off.

Then you need to go to myactivity.google.com/product/gemini and turn off all Gemini activity tracking. You do have to do them in that order to make sure it works.

Honestly, I'm not sure how long this will last, but this should keep Gemini off your projects for a bit.

The Ketamine King Musk has shutdown the IRS's Free Tax Filing system.

Of all the things a government could off, a way to Freely calculate and file your taxes seems like a good one. But the richest man in the world thinks we shouldn't have that.

File your taxes by hand. Fill out the forms with a pen. Overpay by about $50. (You will eventually get that back. It is likely to take several months.)

It will take longer to get any refund you're due. But I promise you the entire federal bureaucracy has been cutting as many corners as they can for as many years as they can, and the current set is going to cut even more corners, and...

they don't have the staff on hand to process a huge number of paper claims anymore. They expect everything that came in digitally last year, to continue to be filed digitally. And they expect more digital filings every year. They've planned for that. They've staffed for that.

One of the only acts of protest we have available is "comply, but slowly."

File on paper if you can.

If you have the software to file digitally because doing the math & forms is such a nightmare for you?

If you're up for it: Print the final form, and then fill out a new blank form by hand. With your lousy handwriting. Send it in the post, by mail.

While Direct File is an IRS-hosted program, there is also Free File, which is government-subsidized and hosted by third parties:

You need to use THESE SPECIFIC LINKS in order to access the Free File programs, fyi - they are hosted by tax preparers who also often order paid services which may have deceptive names like "TurboTax Free" that make them sound like they don't cost anything, so be sure to only use the IRS links. Don't just Google them, you will not find what you're looking for.

Here's an archive link in case they take down the Free File page. (You may have to manually cut out the web.archive.org part of the URL to use the links.)

It is not possible for Elon Musk to access these programs directly because they are not hosted on government servers. You are eligible for Free File for your federal taxes if you make less than $84k, as well as for your state taxes if you make less than $48k, as well as some other situations such as if you are active-duty military or if you live in certain states (for your state return).

If you want to throw sand into the works and file these as paper forms instead of e-filing, you absolutely can do that by printing them out after completing the program, but PLEASE do not pay a tax preparer if you are eligible for Free File!!! It's a ripoff!!!!!!!!

Demonstrating the rope dart (繩標; sheng2biao1)

she now waits in the shadows to run and jump into my lap every single time i sit down and says thank you for all your kind words in the tags

here are some more pictures just from the last month of her being the most cute

Spin the wheel again. That's who's trying to protect you.

spin this wheel to see your pokemon type

spin this one to see how you'll look like

Adventure: I went to a New Smoke Shop for a chance at Better Smokes