animenostalgia:

Gunbuster (1988)

pasteboard:

hey netizens! i’m not sure how many people are aware, but youtube’s been slowly rolling out a new anti-adblock policy that can’t be bypassed with the usual software like uBlock Origin and Pi-Hole out of the gate

BUT, if you’re a uBlock Origin user (or use an adblocker with a similar cosmetics modifier), you can add these commands in the uBlock dashboard (under My Filters) to get rid of it!

youtube.com##+js(set, yt.config_.openPopupConfig.supportedPopups.adBlockMessageViewModel, false)

youtube.com##+js(set, Object.prototype.adBlocksFound, 0)

youtube.com##+js(set, ytplayer.config.args.raw_player_response.adPlacements, [])

youtube.com##+js(set, Object.prototype.hasAllowedInstreamAd, true)

reblog to help keep the internet less annoying and to tell corporations that try shit like this to go fuck themselves <3

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metalheadsforblacklivesmatter:

socialistexan:

Wait… Wait wait wait, let me understand something.

So for this cisgender woman with naturally high testosterone (and/or an intersex condition, I do not know her specific condition and it’s honestly none of my business) has to be be forced to take the same testosterone suppressing medications that these same competitive regulatory committee said wasn’t good enough to suppress trans women’s testosterone to allow them to compete in women’s sports.

If she has naturally high testosterone, similar to that that trans women experience in their lives pre-transition then wouldn’t she have the same advantages that a trans woman supposedly inherently has and can not be corrected with said testosterone suppression?

Like, no one should have to undergo forced medical treatment to be able to compete or to make it “fair” for their competition. Other athletes have all kinds of natural advantages, like Michael Phelps having an abnormal wingspan and larger lungs and heart. In fact, every high level athlete has some kind of physical advantage, that’s how they’re such high level athletes. You think the people they beat out for their spots just, what, didn’t work as hard? Didn’t grab those bootstraps tight enough? Fuck no.

Racism, intersexism, and transphobia are all linked, and this case is maybe the most glaringly obvious one.

This is what I’m talking about transphobia harms intersex people. It’s not “dragging intersex people into my trans narrative”. It’s she’s perfectly healthy even with her intersex condition, and she’s being forced to take hormone therapy which has health risks just to be allowed to compete.

(Idk if she identifies as intersex, she may not even have known she had hormone variations until these tests happened. But the intersex community does allow people with hormone variations to consider themselves intersex given that they experience intersex-based discrimination like this woman is experiencing. So whether or not this woman is intersex, she is still experiencing discrimination based on intersex characteristics.)

Also it’s always women of color that are challenged in these rules because their body types don’t meet eurocentric white women’s beauty standards. Primarily Black women.

-fae

I don’t think you get it. This is what the terfs want. They want to eliminate all gender variance. They say they support GNC people, but they don’t. They just have to say that to sound reasonable.

They’re coming for everyone who doesn’t perfectly fit into male or female, and they WILL forcefully make people conform, because in the end, they’re fascists, and that’s what fascists do

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lucyaudley:

betweentimeand42:

catastrophe-jones:

roane72:

iamstartraveller776:

Best trick I ever picked up. Seriously.

I have also learned this is great for [PICK A COOL NAME FOR A SHIP] and [LOOK UP THE FACTS ABOUT OXYGEN LEVELS] and [WHAT’S THE WORD] and [DOUBLECHECK CHARACTER’S EYE COLOR] and ALL KINDS OF THINGS.

Anything that isn’t critical in the moment, and could be filled in later while I’m currently trying to burn through writing pages that will be lost if I don’t get them out right now? Brackets.

This is seriously the best advice, and it really helps put it into perspective that the first draft is just that- a draft. There’s no reason to agonize over a particularly tricky bit of writing when you could just leave it in brackets and skip to the good parts, the parts you’ve visualized. I also use brackets for [fact-check this], [use a stronger verb], [is this in character?] and other notes as I write, just so I don’t forget what I want to work on when I go back and edit. 

This works for academic writing too. If you know where you’re going just leave yourself notes to fill in later. I do this all the time,

[ID: Tweet by C. Robert Cargill @ Massawyrm

“Stuck in a scene and don’t know where to go next? Do what pros do:

Put what happens in brackets.

[Our hero escapes death by doing something clever.]

Then write what happens after that.

Keeping your writing momentum is key. Often later you’ll find the answers later in your work.” /END ID]

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wastelesscrafts:

How to sew buttons

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[ID: a threaded needle sits through a hole of a big red button.]

Let’s start off with something easy: how to sew a button!

You don’t need to throw out a garment just because a button fell off. Sewing on a button is an easy fix that only takes a few minutes. You can also use buttons to decorate garments that need sprucing up.

Where to find buttons:

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[ID: two white buttons sewn onto a garment’s label.]

If you still have the button that fell off your item, you can just reuse that one. A lot of garments also have spare buttons sewn into the clothing tag, so check if your item has this.

If you don’t have any spare buttons, you can always buy some. You could buy new buttons from the craft store, but an even better option is to buy second-hand buttons.

A lot of thrift stores have a sewing corner, including buttons, and you’d be surprised what you can find on Facebook Marketplace or in Freecycle groups. Second-hand buttons are usually cheaper than new ones. This way, you’ll also save an existing resource from being thrown away.

You can also reuse buttons from items you don’t wear any more, or look around thrift stores for items with pretty buttons. Keep the rest of the garment as spare fabric for future projects.

Different types of buttons:

There are different types of buttons. Check out this guide on 12 different types of buttons for more information.

The two most common types of buttons are flat buttons and shank buttons.

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[ID: four flat buttons, each with four holes.]

Flat buttons are flat discs with 2 or 4 holes in them. The button is fastened to fabric by sewing through these holes.

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[ID: five metallic shank buttons with a floral imprint.]

Shank buttons don’t have holes. They have a shank in the back instead. Shank buttons are fastened to fabric by sewing through the shank’s hole.

How to sew on a button:

Let’s start off with functional buttons:

Written guide on how to sew on both flat and shank buttons by Chicken Scratch NY.

Video guide on how to sew on flat buttons by Melly Sews.

Infographic on how to sew on a flat button (source):

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[ID: Instructions on how to sew on a flat button by RealMenRealStyle.com.]

You can also use buttons in a decorative way to add some new life to garments you’ve grown bored of. Note that this will often render your button incompatible with button holes, so don’t do this to functional buttons.

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(Image source) [ID: twelve buttons sewn onto a pink piece of fabric in a decorative way.]

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(Image source) [ID: various decorative ways to sew on a button.]

Need more inspiration? Pinterest has plenty! Also check out this video by Break n Remake on basic sewing techniques for more fun ideas.

Have fun and be creative! Remember, it’s your item and you get to choose what to do with it. And feel free to show me your creations!

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eskiworks:

loubatas:

vagoonabeach:

iiamart:

it wasn’t “some reason”, it was 2D animators being unionized and 3D not being unionized. and the simple truth that capitalism kills art.

I remember when 2D faded out, the reason studios kept giving was “it’s because 2D is a lot more expensive to produce”. I was a child back then so I didn’t think too much about it, assuming it was about the process itself, but as I grew up and learned more about art as an artist, and gained friends who were professional 3D artists themselves, I started to question it. Because 3D is very different from 2D, but it’s definitely not easier or faster to make. Also, both European and Asian studios kept producing 2D animated movies

The answer was unions. The answer wasn’t “this kind of art is cheaper because it’s easier to make”, it was “this kind of art is cheaper because these artists can’t force us to pay them correctly”

I was just entering art school around this time, with a dream to be a 2D animator. The entire curriculum of 2D animation at that school was wiped out the semester after I enrolled. I remember feeling betrayed and insanely depressed that if I wanted to have a career in animation, I would HAVE to do 3D. I hated every single moment at that school that wasn’t a traditional drawing class. I used to leave class to cry in the bathroom, feeling like my lifelong dream was being completely shattered.

I ultimately transferred to a school that ran an illustration degree. To be fair, I didn’t even know illustration was something I could do for a living at the time. I just wanted to draw with my hands and bring the things in my head to life.

Also to be fair, that first “school” was the Art Institute of Colorado, one of the many Art Institute scam schools that have since closed down.

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