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Some typos are just superior to others. =)

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A list of identical ink tests, on cold press watercolor paper. For each test, I let the fountain pen ink dry for roughly 24 hours before applying watercolor paint. I painted over the words "ink test" with plain water, and then applied identical paint to everything else. Platinum's Chou Kuro is by far the blackest black (even more so in person) but it also sheds a lot of pigment when you apply water to it. It made a very visible grey blur from the water. Platinum's Carbon Black is much more waterproof, but the black ink is not as dark. Pentel's black fountain pen ink was completely unaffected by water or watercolors, but it's only available in Pentel cartridges as far as I'm aware, so it's more expensive and would be a pain to use in any non-Pentel pen. Diamine Forever Raven ink was also completely waterproof. It's not as dark as the Chou Kuro ink but it's darker than the Platinum Carbon Black. I have experimented with this ink elsewhere and found that it also dries to a waterproof state faster than any of these other inks - in my experience, it only needs around 20 minutes. The last test was Diamine Forever Butterscotch, a warm sienna brown. It also performed really well. The Diamine Forever inks are mixable, so this could be mixed with the Raven to make a brown-black. Overall I think the best option is the Diamine Raven. It's darker than Carbon Black and dries faster, and it comes in a bottle so you can more easily use it in any pen.

I've been experimenting with various fountain pen inks recently, looking for the best one to use with watercolors. Here are my results! I let them all dry for about 24 hours before painting over them with watercolor. My personal overall choice for standing up to watercolor is the Diamine Raven ink.

It's wordle. I got the word in the very last row and the word is none other than FLUKE. I'll say... =)

this was a little on the nose

I'm so so so sooo happy you're back!! 🎉 😘

A white tabby cat is lying smack dab in the middle of a jigsaw puzzle. Legs tucked in. Looking straight into the camera.

my cat is quite happy with her new 500 piece bed, thank you very much #Caturday

the literal ending of weapons...

Groundhog Day | noun | a situation in which the same usually negative or monotonous experiences occur repeatedly or are felt to occur repeatedly with no change or correction

i made a version of wikipedia you can doomscroll
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WORD FACT (February 1st)

“Tragedy” means “goat song” and nobody really knows why.

“Tragedy” comes from Ancient Greek τραγῳδία (tragōidía) = τράγος (trágos) [goat] + ᾠδή (ōidḗ) [song or ode].

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A female pine grosbeak spreads her wings as she drops from her perch in a bare polar. Her golden head feathers shine in the morning light as she aims down and out of the image.

I took this photo this morning, and I'm so in love with it - the timing, the focus, the colour. I can't quite believe it worked so well. The new camera definitely helped.
Also, she's so cute and chubby! #birds 🌿

a white tuxedo cat is lying on top of a jigsaw puzzle of a bunch of flowers, looking like she's staring right at one particular petal

staring contest with a flower is proving unexpectedly challenging #Caturday

First time?

A white tabby cat resting one elbow on a desk. Her eyes overflowing with so much judgement.

Judging me so hard she can barely look at me.

my favorite part of Mark Carney's speech www.cbc.ca/news/politic...

my cat lying down, looking backwards, her head upside down, giving us a full view of her whiskers

showing off those magnificent, plentiful whiskers #Caturday

nice

my 2026 resolution is to stop talking about climate in terms of global mean temperature (will rise a couple degrees, sounds manageable, nobody cares) and start talking in terms of H bomb equivalents (holy shit, seems bad, WTF)

I'm so very sorry you have to deal with crap like this and that it has come to this. 🙁 Love and will miss your posts and I hope you'll be back in time.

On the other hand, that's a verrry cool tissue box!! 📚

the word "silhouette" comes from the name of a French finance minister called Étienne de Silhouette who was super stingy - and yes I don't understand it either.... HOW??!!!

TIL 🤯

music is on POINT!! 😂 10/10, no notes - except to say Chester is the handsomest little pupper 🤩

Ty, ty, had to do quite a bit of scrolling through *gestures widely* but found the cat! Super adorable in his I'm assuming Halloween shirt? 🦇🐈‍⬛🎃

Please please direct me to this cat ('s account) ASAP! I'm in dire need of some shirt wearing kittens. Please and thank you.

Wishing you a speedy recovery!🧑‍⚕️💊

So if I buy a postcard in Denmark.... how do I mail it?

sweet 🥂

Love the cat as always, hate how one corner of the shelf is just HOVERING above the little support peg on the right. Are you here to drive OCD peeps absolutely mad?? 🥺

Spanish woman who found fame for botching fresco restoration dies Cecilia Giménez's effort to restore the painting Ecce Homo earned the artwork the nickname

pour one out to an icon

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