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also i am accepting questions and such about the au/mashup/whatever 👉👈 you can ask about the pilots or the mechs or the plot or the different lines in particular

bakugan

I want to learn more about Polish history and culture, it is so interesting to me from the little bits I learned already. Does anyone have any book, movie, or series recommendations about these topics? Thanks everyone!

I hate talking about stuff like this on my art blog but the first comment I got on this on this topic (which I have since deleted and blocked that user) was “joking” that the Polish identity could be boiled down to being racist and homophobic. I am part of the LGBTQ+ community and I know Poland is not perfect, no nation is, but I genuinely want to learn about this country because I enjoy its story.

You and I both know that it is wrong to assume an entire nation is full of horrible people. I recommend that you take a hard look at yourself and ask why you are comfortable enough not just thinking but repeating those horrible stereotypes to someone who is a complete stranger to you.

I don’t have to be Polish to tell you that the people of Poland are not a bunch of backwards bumpkins. I know enough about history to know how these negative stereotypes take hold. They, like all people, deserve respect regardless of what you have been told by others.

I will continue to learn more about Poland and its culture despite you trying to tell me that they aren’t worth learning about.

Hey guys, just putting out a PSA because now that's THREE people I know of who've got these identical messages on Discord last night alone.

If a friend messages you apologising because someone "with a similar username to you" tried to deceive them so they reported your account as hacked, and sends an image of a discord email, your friend is the one who has been hacked.

It's hard to read in the screenshot (sorry!) but it looks like the "advice" is something like "file a friend request with our CORPORATE HEAD OF SECURITY to open your case. You have 12 hours to do so or we might suspend your account."

I've been told that if you do contact that user, they try to get you to "prove" you own the account by making a "100% refundable transaction" to them. Which is so scummy.

Scammers catch people out by imposing a time limit and dramatic consequences of not acting fast enough. In that moment of panic, you might not figure out it's suspicious, especially when the email looks so real (it will have your screen-name in it to make it seem legit, but the request code will likely be identical to the one in this post, #40557035) and you're worried about both an impersonator AND losing your account.

If you get sent the above message, try to let your friend know through other ways (socials, etc) that they've been hacked. If you are ever worried, your best bet is to check Discord's website and ask for help through their support page, which has a section for hacked accounts.

some people in one of my circles almost got scammed by this No Text To Speech on Youtube has some great information on this and other Discord scams that have been going around exercise caution and if you are getting link from somebody to do something critical and account-related, be very wary

rough draft(?) of a fic cover art

It took a while…but it’s finally here, from that poll waaaay back lolol

A scrapped version and a few other sketches below :3

Oh my god nasa snake robot <3

Its name is EELS (short for Exobiology Extant Life Surveyor)

It’s late but I will post this hehe, something for that rock man 60 min challenge over on Twitter

and here's for you, crashman anon

to the anon who wanted me to draw quickman- the monkey's paw curled. i couldn't do it normally i'm sorry (lol)

also the frill-like thing on his back is to both mess with aerodynamics and to act as a heat-sink for when he's running.

ah! a beast