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With Just A Few Lines, This Artist Creates Captivating Animal Portraits Full Of Emotion (25 Pics)
[Shared]ShouXin (手訫) is a contemporary artist from Henan, China, known for his minimalist animal sketches. His drawings, mostly of cats and dogs, use simple lines and empty space to create expressive, lifelike images. Instead of focusing on small details, he plays with contrast—bold lines, soft shading, and sharp edges—to bring out movement and personality.
The image is a pencil sketch of a cat, rendered in grayscale. The cat is depicted in profile, facing to the right, with its head and part of its body visible. The cat's fur is represented by a series of horizontal lines, creating a sense of texture and depth. The lines vary in density and shading, with darker areas suggesting shadows and lighter areas indicating highlights. The cat's eyes are open and alert, with a focused gaze. The background is plain and unadorned, emphasizing the cat as the central subject. The overall composition is simple, with the cat occupying the right side of the frame, leaving ample negative space on the left. The drawing style is realistic, with attention to detail in the cat's features, such as the ears, eyes, and whiskers. The artist has skillfully used shading techniques to convey the cat's form and the play of light on its fur.
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Creators of adult content face difficulties like even finding a platform that will allow adult content. These resources are first and foremost for other creators but enjoyers wondering where to even find the hot indie smut might find the info useful as well 🤗
Does your dog have itchy skin? I know my dog, Henry, often experiences itchy skin. Thus, it’s made me wonder why and what I can do for dog itchy skin …
Tesla changes lease policy, didn’t use old cars as robotaxis From 2019–2024, Tesla would not offer a buyout to lease customers. arstechnica.com/cars/2025/05/t…
…my informed (and slightly exasperated) internet opinion on this… Jesus…just drop the lease and run away like it was on fire. Go lease any other brand and count yourself lucky…
“We’re the Phantom Thieves, and we’re here to steal your heart!” The beloved RPG series with over 22 million copies sold finally arrives on PC and mobile!
Laura Verrecchia, mezzo-soprano, Marco Ciaponi, tenor, Pablo Ruiz, bass, and the Rai National Symphony Orchestra conducted by Andrés Orozco-Estrada perform:
STRAVINSKY: Pulcinella.
RAVEL: Daphnis et Chloé.
Live....
In my eyes, the whole thing with calling those whites "refugees" is rediculous. First time I heard it i thought it's joke. For South Africa, those guys aren't a loss.
Frankly, if I were the South African government I'd deport all whites to the US, seeing how keen the Trump admin is to welcome them, also because they don't belong there anyway. Win-win.
Trump is a perfect representation of the complete pieces of shit many Americans are. They are sexist, racist, homophobic, and hate anyone that is not like them. We have made little progress in America.
Sembra proprio che avremo un'altra applicazione su cui poter guardare le mappe e che si chiamerà CoMaps. Il sito esiste già: comaps.app/ ma l'applicazione non è ancora disponibile.
Una parte della comunità si è "ribellata" e ha scritto una lettera aperta indirizzata agli sviluppatori di Organic Maps dove chiedevano maggiore trasparenza e criticavano la possibile svolta "for-profit" di Organic Maps.
Eh diciamo che non è facile mantenere un progetto aperto e di comunità in un contesto in cui le alternative a venture chiusi e aziendali sono poche 🤷 Spero che riescano bene a sviluppare l'alternativa o che proprio la questione faccia rientrare dalla deviazione OM e con più garanzie tangibili (perché è un'app efficiente che sarebbe un peccato perdere...)
Is jou school inclusief? Te "WOKE" in de ogen van de regering Trump?
Dan zijn sancties tegen jou school of 🏳️🌈-leerlingen niet ondenkbaar 🤔, diverse EU gemeenten ontvangen al anti-WOKE-blaf brieven: france24.com/en/europe/2025050…
Hoe veilig zijn LHBIQ+ kinderen bij jou op school als de regering Trump toegang heeft tot alle leerlinggegevens?
The Stockholm City Council has rejected the US embassy's demand that it adopt the Trump administration's anti-diversity policies, with Stockholm’s vice-mayor for planning calling the request "bizarre".
Here’s how we found the identity of a key figure behind MrDeepfakes —one of the largest providers of non-consensual deepfake pornography in the world. Our latest investigation in partnership with TjekDet , Politiken and the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation is out on YouTube now: youtube.com/watch?v=dTMaXVTtOd…
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Riconosciuta una nuova forma distinta di diabete, un grande progresso e passo in avanti che potrebbe cambiare la diagnosi e anche il trattamento della patologia.
School districts across the United States were woefully unprepared for ChatGPT's impact on education, according to thousands of pages of public records obtained by 404 Media.
Trump imposed strict sanctions on the ICC, the highest criminal court in the world, after a panel of judges issued arrest warrants for Israeli prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu and his former defence minister Yoav Gallant in November. Judges found there was reason to believe that the pair may have committed war crimes by restricting humanitarian aid and intentionally targeting civilians in Israel's campaign against Hamas in Gaza - charges Israeli officials deny.
One reason the court has been hamstrung is that it relies heavily on contractors and non-governmental organisations. These businesses and groups have curtailed work on behalf of the court because they are concerned about being targeted by US authorities, according to current and former ICC staffers.
Microsoft, for example, cancelled Mr Khan's email address, forcing the prosecutor to move to Proton Mail, a Swiss email provider, ICC staffers said. His bank accounts in the UK have been blocked.
The International Criminal Court's chief prosecutor, British barrister Karim Khan, has lost access to his email and his bank accounts have been frozen since Donald Trump slapped sanctions on him in February.
The clear goal is to suffocate what remains of Hungary’s critical civil society and to intimidate independent media ahead of the highly contested 2026 elections — elections that the incumbent Fidesz party would lose if held today, writes Daniel Heged…
Se non dai lo stesso valore ad ogni vita umana, prega che a qualcuno non venga in mente un giorno di negare il valore della tua, con la stessa arbitraria ipocrisia con cui tu giustifichi l'omicidio dei bambini poveri di Palestina.
L'immagine presenta un poster con due bambini, uno con un foulard a quadri bianchi e neri e l'altro con una giacca blu e gialla. Il testo in alto dice: "CHARITY FOR UKRAINE IS CALLED HUMANITY" (La carità per l'Ucraina si chiama umanità). Il testo in basso dice: "CHARITY FOR PALESTINE IS CALLED POLITICS WHY THE DOUBLE STANDARD?" (La carità per la Palestina si chiama politica. Perché il doppio standard?). Lo sfondo è di un colore beige chiaro, e il testo è in caratteri neri e in grassetto.
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Washington (Quds News Network)- Georgetown University researcher Badar Khan Suri has been released from a Texas detention centre after he was arrested as part of the Trump administration's crackdown o
Poor Landscape 21mm May 2025 Many landscapes are becoming poorer and poorer, more and more shelterbelts of trees and shrubs as well as more small groves and small forests are disappearing!
Trump imposed strict sanctions on the ICC, the highest criminal court in the world, after a panel of judges issued arrest warrants for Israeli prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu and his former defence minister Yoav Gallant in November. Judges found there was reason to believe that the pair may have committed war crimes by restricting humanitarian aid and intentionally targeting civilians in Israel's campaign against Hamas in Gaza - charges Israeli officials deny.
One reason the the court has been hamstrung is that it relies heavily on contractors and non-governmental organisations. These businesses and groups have curtailed work on behalf of the court because they are concerned about being targeted by US authorities, according to current and former ICC staffers.
Microsoft, for example, cancelled Mr Khan's email address, forcing the prosecutor to move to Proton Mail, a Swiss email provider, ICC staffers said. His bank accounts in the UK have been blocked.
The International Criminal Court's chief prosecutor, British barrister Karim Khan, has lost access to his email and his bank accounts have been frozen since Donald Trump slapped sanctions on him in February.
Oh, good news, kids: I thought there couldn't be a worse nugget of revelatory information in Careless People than the Jackson thing, but apparently another of Zuckerberg's heroes is Augustus Caesar, the guy who made the destruction of the Roman Republic permanent. #tech #bookstodon #amreading
[To be scrupulously fair, Augustus was a brilliant leader; he just used that brilliance in the service of consolidating his personal power on an unprecedented scale].
Caution Mastodon / Fediverse. KOSA would probably impact you as well.
Once it becomes law, any post that could be considered "harm" to minors would be in play. This could be used by both political parties to go after content they do not like. Remember the hacking == harm arguments of the 1990s?
The Kids Online Safety Act (KOSA) is back in the Senate. Sponsors are claiming—again—that the latest version won’t censor online content. It isn’t true.
In diesem Jahr sind es 600 Millionen und bis 2029 mehr als 30 Milliarden Euro weniger Steuerreinnahmen für den Bund. Finanzminister Klingbeil hat jetzt eine Grundlage für seine Haushaltsplanung, die schwierig werden dürfte. Von A.-K. Mellmann.
In diesem Jahr sind es 600 Millionen Euro und bis 2029 mehr als 30 Milliarden Euro weniger Steuerreinnahmen für den Bund. Finanzminister Klingbeil hat jetzt eine Grundlage für seine Haushaltsplanung, die schwierig werden dürfte.
Überflüssige Maßnahmen: * überteuerte Grenzkontrollen * Wiedereinführung der Agrardiesel-Subvention (stattdessen Steuererleichterungen für kleinere Betriebe ... und nicht for Agrar-Konzerne)
Dieses "Defizit" kann man doch locker ausgleichen: 1. Bürgergeld kürzen 2. Einzelhandelspreise hochtreiben (siehe Kaffee etc) 3. Co² Steuer erhöhen (nicht für die Industrie !)
Was ist eigentlich mit der Weinsteuer ? Ich schätze mal, dass trifft dann die Falschen (die Oben), also geht das nicht.
Wie wäre es, die Verteidigungsausgaben nur um 4 % zu erhöhen, ganz egal was dieses #TRUMPeltier fordert. Ist schon traurig genug, dass wir viertgrößter Waffenexporteur der Welt sind !!!
Le concept de souveraineté numérique produit un cadrage nationaliste voire militariste qui peut-être tout aussi préjudiciable à l’intérêt général que l’autonomie technologique pourrait souhaiter porter. Nous n’avons pas besoin de cloner les services en nuage américains, mais « de développer une vision alternative du rôle de l’informatique dans la société, qui privilégie l’humain sur la maximisation du profit ». @C__CS : danslesalgorithmes.net/stream/…
Im Handelskonflikt mit den USA dringen Wirtschaftsexperten auf ein entschlossenes Vorgehen der EU. Der Staatenverbund soll zügig neue Handelsabkommen mit anderen Staaten vorantreiben.
📣 « Ce n’est pas au Président de la République de dire s’il y a un génocide, c’est aux historiens », a déclaré hier le Président 🇫🇷Emmanuel Macron.
🧵Voici brièvement pourquoi cette affirmation est juridiquement - et moralement - erronée.
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Today is teacher's day here in Mexico and for me, it is one of the most beautiful professions that exists. Teaching carries a responsibility but it also teaches us to question and evolve because knowledge is power. I would never have imagined that nudism would have allowed me to continue teaching, I feel not only fortunate but also privileged. When they close a door on you, remember that a thousand opportunities open up. 🍎👩🏾🏫
in de ogen van de regering Trump?
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in reply to Douglas E. Welch • • •The image is a pencil sketch of a cat, rendered in grayscale. The cat is depicted in profile, facing to the right, with its head and part of its body visible. The cat's fur is represented by a series of horizontal lines, creating a sense of texture and depth. The lines vary in density and shading, with darker areas suggesting shadows and lighter areas indicating highlights. The cat's eyes are open and alert, with a focused gaze. The background is plain and unadorned, emphasizing the cat as the central subject. The overall composition is simple, with the cat occupying the right side of the frame, leaving ample negative space on the left. The drawing style is realistic, with attention to detail in the cat's features, such as the ears, eyes, and whiskers. The artist has skillfully used shading techniques to convey the cat's form and the play of light on its fur.
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