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Challenge #00819-B088: True Words

Beware the happy person with power tools.

There was a sign over the door to the maker-space. Warning: Happy people with power tools inside.

Shayde thought it was a joke until she stepped in. Sure, it had been a few years since she got together with fellow nerds and a bunch of tools to create something. At least, in subjective terms.

In real-time terms it had been closer to five hundred years.

The very concept of maker-spaces had changed while she was

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12 Questions to Ask Yourself About Your Magic System

barbaricyip:

metteivieharrison:

  1. How is it learned and executed?

  2. How is it accessed?

  3. Does it have a will of its own?


  4. Is it restricted in space and time?


  5. What does available magic do?


  6. How does it relate to the character, plot and theme of the book?


  7. What is the cost of magic?


  8. What can it not do?


  9. How long does it last?


  10. Who can use it?


  11. How do others react to it?


  12. Why haven’t people with this power taken over the world?

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notactuallycute: REGARDING THE "FLOW HIVE" Now, I'm sorry this is different content than what is normal, but this desperately has to be...

notactuallycute:

REGARDING THE “FLOW HIVE” 

Now, I’m sorry this is different content than what is normal, but this desperately has to be said and it has to be spread. 

  • The Flow Hive advertises being a more hands-off approach than regular beekeeping, but in the long run, that may very well not be the case. The plastic frames that make the hive, well, flow, are not only unnatural (no good beekeeper wants plastic in their hive), but also aren’t the natural

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profeminist: SHE DID IT THANKS FOR THE INSPIRATION MARY DOYLE KEEFE, AKA "ROSIE THE RIVETER" Model for Norman Rockwell's 'Rosie the...

profeminist:

SHE DID IT 

THANKS  FOR THE INSPIRATION MARY DOYLE KEEFE, AKA “ROSIE THE RIVETER”

Model for Norman Rockwell’s ‘Rosie the Riveter’ dies at 92


“You know Mary Doyle Keefe, but maybe not by that name. In 1943, the then-19-year-old telephone operator had been called upon to provide a unique kind of service during the war effort: Become the face of dedicated patriotism from the home front.

Norman Rockwell painted Keefe as “Rosie the Riveter,” an image that graced an iconic

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The Shepherd's Crown by Terry Pratchett | Waterstones.com

The Shepherd's Crown by Terry Pratchett | Waterstones.com

sirterrypratchett:

So the final Discworld title has been announced; it is going to be The Shepherd's Crown and will be the fifth installment in the Tiffany Aching series.

While I am delighted at another foray into Tiffany's life, I am also heartbroken that this will be the last new words we will get to read.

GNU Terry Pratchett

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lifelovebookssex: cloningmycat: kiokushitaka: shrineart: caitatonic: sunflower-b-pondicus: flutterjedi: mixedy: my parents aren't...

lifelovebookssex:

cloningmycat:

kiokushitaka:

shrineart:

caitatonic:

sunflower-b-pondicus:

flutterjedi:

mixedy:

my parents aren’t teaching me life lessons.

#i need some adults to TEACH ME SHIT ABOUT LIFE

I’m an adult.

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Some shit about life, from a bonafide adult:

  • even if you get along great with your family you will get along even better with them after moving out 
  • generic is almost always just as good as name brand. But there are some things you never buy generic, including: peanut butter, ketchup, liquid
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Potentially kindasorta NSFW prompt...

Humans are encountered by a race who has cyclical breeding seasons rather than humanlike sex-at-anytime urges. Both are baffled by the other’s views on sexuality.

I imagine the human idea of sex being something that is always a possibility, a low level cultural background radiation, would be insane for a race that had naturally-regimented behavior where such urges are only really a noteworthy thing for a few weeks a year (though during that time, it’s a BIG deal).

It’d

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thickthighing:

pomme-poire-peche:

fromtheeyesofastargazer:

unholy-majesty:

oxblood:

fattyforever:

madehimsaycomfychairs:

skyremains:

nezua:

queennubian:

boston:

FDA approves pill to prevent HIV infections

The drug, Truvada, is the first medication intended to prevent HIV infections in people having sex with infected individuals.

(JEFF CHIU/AP)

IT JUST GOT REAL

What good news for the world.

Remember when this made the news weeks ago and US news outlets didn’t find it worth reporting?

BLESS THIS

This should have like, 1,000% more notes.

This is amazing.

Are

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