Lyla

AHHH! I finally got a like on one of my drawings!! :)))))))

@BielReality I don't see the issue. She isn't doing it for vanity or to enforce some beauty standard, just for the dancing that requires it. On stage I wear heavy makeup, big wigs, and tan because it is one of the requirements of being an Irish dancer, no other reason.

Qual a opinião de vocês em relação a isso?? prefiro não comentar

@_DigiPon It was a little rushed. I like it, tho

😭My commission request keep getting declined by every artist I ordered from lately...I dont understand.. is it my OC? Im trying to buy art. Im tired of drawing them myself.. I want to see them in other styles. Should I try X/Twitter instead of VGen/Discord? Is it my OC?🥲

@Dexerto Is the pizza in the room with us? All I see is cheese.

Domino's Japan has announced a massive "Ultra Cheese" pizza that uses 2 pounds of mozzarella

@tokloud @Michaeach3 You can love your kids without getting that close to them. I get culture varies, but I am going to hold my ideas that child-abuse/sexualization is bad (I'm not saying that that is what this is). Having immense love for a kid and showing that affection looks different than this.

@evolved_octopus @Michaeach3 You can keep your American thoughts to yourself. Indians are family oriented and the love is real between members!

This is Islamic child abuse Where is UN women? Why are they silent? x.com/InesBetancur1/…

@tokloud @Michaeach3 For the record, I don't believe this is from Muslims. I don't know the culture or religion, but it is still disturbing.

@tokloud @Michaeach3 Even if it was just a wedding with a niece of the groom (I am not definitively stating either one), the way the man acts around her is not okay. Of course, it could just be cultural, but as an American, I don't think anyone should behave like this around a child.

I’m not gonna get worked up over ants, but I think cruelty to creatures for no reason is unnecessary & immoral. If it’s not in your house & if it’s not a threat to you, there’s no reason to kill it.

@cecegkh I saw the initial sketch and had serious doubts, but he really turned that around! That is some talent, nice job

Meet Viktor, a 15 year old artist. Despite being semi-verbal and autistic, Viktor had mastered the art of oil pastels through self-teaching. After 20 years working with autistic children, here are some things most people still don’t know: 1/ Many autistic kids have amazing strengths: exceptional memory, early advanced reading, pattern recognition, intense focus on special interests, and strong logical/creative thinking. 2/ They feel emotions deeply — including empathy — but express them differently. They love, care, and build strong bonds in their own way. 3/ Sensory differences affect up to 96%. Sounds, lights, textures, or smells can easily overwhelm them. Routines, quiet spaces, and stimming help a lot. 4/ Nonverbal at age 4 doesn’t mean never speaking. With support, most learn to communicate — through words, signs, or AAC devices. 5/ Autism is unique in every child. It affects all races, genders (girls often mask & get missed), and abilities. Many have average or above-average intelligence. Autism is a spectrum of beautiful diversity, not just a list of challenges. 💙 What do you think of Viktor’s artwork? I’ll post more down below.

@ValeElPatetico_ A student and I were working on what was supposed to be a 20 minute project. We spent 2 hours “photoshopping” (just overlaying other images) the most random stock photos rather than using AI garbage.

cualquier foto random de stock siempre será un cuadrillon de veces más graciosa que cualquier cosa generada con IA

Felt appropriate

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@Nnamdiwaytoobig @bellaLovesanim @LEPER_KlNG It's the bear

@bellaLovesanim @LEPER_KlNG I'm yet to see the second mother here

one of those rare instances where the title is what gets you

@Rainmaker1973 I would never touch a saw (I'm sorry, I don't know what to call it) ever again

This is why safety glasses and protective gear are important

Anti-A.I. stamps! For illustrations, comics, photos and all your creative works, printed and digital! You can download the transparent file in the ⛓️below:

Circumcision is wrong, but it’s not in any way equivalent to FGM, and it’s deeply harmful to compare the two. Circumcision impedes sensitivity, but the danger and the damage - both physical and psychological - aren’t even remotely close. To make it equivalent, a 5 or 6 year old boy would be held down by his family members, the people he trusts the most. Then his glans would be cut off by a community elder with scissors or a razor blade without any anesthesia or sanitation, followed by slicing open the shaft, cutting all the meat out, and sewing the skin into a tiny tube — again, using an unsanitized razor blade or knife, with no pain management. And that would just be the beginning. FGM is the total removal of the clitoris and prepuce, followed by the excision of the labia minora. Then they flay the inside of the labia majora and sew everything shut, leaving a tiny hole for urination and menstruation. I’ve seen the results; the victims often look like Barbie dolls down there; flat, with just a swath of scar tissue. It’s usually done in the home, too - with no pain management, using old razor blades. Sometimes they use scissors to cut off the clitoris. There is no sanitation. No one wears gloves or washes their hands. The person doing the cutting is usually a community elder, and the victim is held down by her mother, grandmother, aunts etc. The instruments are not sterilized either; many girls die from infection or blood loss. After the procedure their legs are tied together for several weeks so it heals “properly.” Once it’s healed, the victim’s female relatives check to make sure the hole is small enough and that enough of the external genitalia has been cut away. If they decide it isn’t good enough, the procedure is repeated. Imagine the scene. The screaming child. The blood. The cutter, slicing away with an old razor blade, holding up pieces of flesh with bloody hands for the watching family’s approval. The agony of being flayed internally. Of being sewn shut, sometimes using thorns from the acacia tree if no needle is available. After the procedure, she faces a lifetime of medical consequences: UTIs, the inability to urinate or menstruate properly, and so on. On her wedding night, it gets even worse. First, her husband forces his penis into that tiny hole. Sometimes — it’s said usually — he resorts to the “little knife” to cut her open again before penetrating the bleeding wound. Then there’s childbirth, for which she’s cut open wider (it still drastically increases fetal and maternal mortality). Afterwards, she’s cut and sewn up again….and cut open again when sex resumes. Then there’s the next pregnancy…and the next….and the next. But yeah, let’s compare a mutilation done by an amateur in a hut somewhere that vastly increases your risk of death to a procedure that’s done by a doctor using pain management and sterile instruments in a hospital. Let’s draw parallels between an act that causes a lifetime of shame and blood and agony, and one that leaves the patient/victim fully capable of both having and enjoying sex, and of procreating normally — and let’s do it with an appalling image, so people REALLY think they’re the same thing. 🙄

@Rainmaker1973 Do people eat thin bagels like they would pretzels?

Baking classic bagels infused with deep molasses flavour