my goodness look at the amount of detail on this one. the colors, the shading, everything is just spot on. you can almost make out the individual feathers. truly a marvelous mallard. 10/10
i see they went with one of those brown varieties of duck. while this is a bold move on their part, i feel as though it loses a bit of its personality. i’m just not really feeling this bird. 7/10
this looks like a modern colorization of the famous duck from the hieroglyphs. i am absolutely in awe of their dedication to the medium and commentary on the transformative nature of art. 10/10
look at this good boy! he is patiently awaiting a treat and i wish to reward him with a multitude of gifts. 11/10
yuck. 2/10
ohoho, what a dynamic three quarters angle! the artist’s ability to capture the essence of duck in 3d space is so refreshing to witness. 10/10
this bird’s looking a bit sickly, i think it has to do with the highlights being in weird places. hope he feels better soon. 5/10
a bit more minimalist this time around. the lack of legs makes it seem as though he’s resting on the surface of the water, and i really admire how it sets a scene and makes me feel like i’m really there. 9/10
i’m really digging the positive energy coming from this bird. i can’t explain why, but i feel like that animal’s my friend. 10/10
this is a goose. 0/10
I’m crying at the pure rage I feel from the last one
Wow Michigan might actually pass new work requirements for Medicaid and hurt elderly people and poor people for no reason
anyway everyone, expecially Michigan residents, should call their state house rep but most importantly the governor (517-373-3400) and tell him to veto bill sb897/Medicaid work requirements
I did not know this was happening in my state. Please reblog this.
yes, it’s absolutely awful. i can’t overstate how this bill will make michigan the WORST state for healthcare.
this bill will allow rural (white) GOP districts to keep their healthcare as is (also allowing 12 of the 14 people who wrote the bill to keep it…hmmm) while mostly urban (black) poor districts will lose it. yes, it’s on purpose
the man who wrote the bill says people don’t need healthcare because “The best safety net ever invented by God is family,”
this bill forces people to work 30 hours a week in order to keep their healthcare. but it’s not that simple. what about the people who work minimum wage jobs and aren’t scheduled for a full 30 hours? they could lose their healthcare for up to a year. even states with work requirements (usually these states have the worst number of health issues..hmm i wonder why..maybe because ppl who need healthcare the most usually can’t work) have 20 hours a week requirement. not 29.
michigan’s medicaid program – Healthy Michigan – has 2.5 million users. people will die if this bill gets enacted, specifically poor, minority, elderly, and children. healthcare is a life or death issue. people will die.
please, CALL THE GOVERNOR (517-373-3400) and tell him to veto this bill no matter what. Michigan’s medicaid program is working perfectly fine, and this bill will kill people – especially the most vulnerable.
tip: tell him a personal story about how healthcare helps you or people you know. personal stories MATTER.
i called, and sent a veto request, it’s fairly simple, and even if you aren’t in michigan you can call them and tell them to veto this as it’s not required to leave your name and address.
My disdain for cops is institutional, not individual. Just because you may have a positive personal relationship with someone who is a cop doesn’t change the fact that the law enforcement system in this country is rooted in white supremacy and is used to repress and control the working class while protecting the elite.
All cops have signed up to enforce a system which is oppressing marginalized people in this country on a daily basis. Your personal relationship with an agent of oppression does not change this fact.
Oh please take your bullshit somewhere else. You have police forces in major cities that are run entirely by liberal minorities. Black mayor, black city council, black chief and mostly black officers. Are you gonna tell me that all cops are racist and looking to put the black and minority communities down? Perhaps if you had the ability to understand and comprehend actual crime statistics, you’d understand the single greatest threat to minority communities. Try to educate yourself, before spewing your verbal diaherea next time. #growthefuckup
It’s so funny that you somehow think just because there are minorities in control of the police station or town that suddenly police brutality which has been around since the inception of police in America is no longer a problem.
So like obviously the greatest threat to minorities are there minorities because crime happens inter-racially so really the greatest threat to anybody is other people of the same race because people tend to clump together however that doesn’t suddenly make the problem with police brutality not a problem. If black people are more susceptible to sickle cell anemia than diabetes does that suddenly make diabetes not a bad thing?
How about you grow the fuck up and stop talking about shit you obviously have no comprehension of.
Re: religion and worldbuilding, political influence and the attached moral standards it imposes to the wider culture are also important to consider. A real life example would be how, despite laws about the separation of church and state, politicians advocated by religious leaders are more likely to be elected, and in turn, pass laws that are in line with subjective religious morals (e.g. preventing divorce and homosexual marriage). Multiple religions existing in one area can butt heads for social and political influence too. Depending on the culture, religion can be practically inextricable from the country’s culture or just be treated as a subculture.
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