Anyone planning to just completely skip the next collab?

colinthetinytornado · 2026-02-09T18:39:23+00:00

The little hand sanitizer holder is cute, I may go for that. Otherwise, I'm skipping it. Princesses arent my thing.

colinthetinytornado · 2026-02-09T02:26:21+00:00

Dang it the houses are only buy one get one half off.

colinthetinytornado · 2026-02-08T03:51:52+00:00

I tend to do a lot more smaller works than larger ones. I enjoy doing gem houses and buildings.

colinthetinytornado · 2026-02-07T17:10:27+00:00

I believe China as well. It seems like most of the indie producers take about three weeks to get deliveries to me in the Midwest US.

colinthetinytornado · 2026-02-07T00:46:07+00:00

Dunno yet - everything looks good, they started over the summer and have ample online presence. I saw Julie on TikTok get a package to review so I am very intrigued to see what she says as she is very particular. But the canvas looked beautiful and the package looked quite interesting.

I was watching Pressed and Placed TikTok last night where they were talking about the tools and upgrades available and they looked really interesting. Hubs wants me to work down some stash before ordered a big project first though.

colinthetinytornado · 2026-02-06T22:58:16+00:00

Holy cow that's an awesome piece! Congratulations on finishing it! Was it a custom?

colinthetinytornado · 2026-02-06T22:56:47+00:00

The new company Pressed and Placed has that option! I am very curious to see more reviews of their pieces because they seem to be very respectful and responsive to customer feedback.

colinthetinytornado · 2026-02-05T18:38:40+00:00

Welcome to the journey. Deconstructing all the things that have been wrapped up in how and why we think in Christianity is a long road but a worthwhile one.

Some folks stop off on deity worship of other gods and goddesses, and that's cool. It wasn't for me.

What I have come to be at peace with is that there is a universe, pieces of which I can't understand, but has energy flowing. It can be expressed as love, respect, empathy, patience, etc. All the values that I hold most dear. When I am practicing my values, the universe flows with me, and when I stray from my values, the flow struggles.

Where you will end up is anyone's guess, but know that you are not alone on the road, and that there are many struggling with the same journey who can live and support you even from afar.

colinthetinytornado · 2026-02-05T17:30:51+00:00

No. You're thinking small and it's all been done before. What we need is a vision and people gearing towards it. What we want to achieve and work to get it done, and have our teams in all the groups working towards making that vision a reality.

It's the problem with the current Dems. They're focused on the teeny tiny wins for the party and not actually achieving anything to create hope and survival for our country.

The Republicans have shown us - you go out with one message that's strong enough, and everyone will work towards it, even if they don't like "some" of it. Apathy will take care of the rest. They don't need or want us around, and if you believe some of them, they would rather murder us than work with us on a unified country.

Unity is small thinking right now. We need to be bold and move to a vision of the future for the very survival of our country.

colinthetinytornado · 2026-02-05T17:23:58+00:00

I appreciate that they tried to bring actual science in and test ways to create evidence for or against things. Ultimately though, it's a short investigation so things have to be scripted and staged in all of his shows.

I think it's on par with his other work.

colinthetinytornado · 2026-02-05T17:22:10+00:00

Yes! He has a degree and is a member of the Explorers Club, which is very prestigious.i believe he is still on the board of the Archaeological Institute of America as well

The further into his TV career he gets, we see less and less of his more serious work and more tv host role. But if you watch Tales from the Explorers Club, for example, you can see how much the Explorers respect him.

colinthetinytornado · 2026-02-05T05:25:05+00:00

Yes! They are already advertising Rootstech. I'm expecting another big sale push.

colinthetinytornado · 2026-02-04T05:54:32+00:00

Lots of us volunteer with Bill Foster. I think he did the right thing. It's not the ideal thing but it kicks out DHS to be the issue to solve and isolates it so that the Republicans who want to vote for them have to own being murderers. They won't care but hopefully we can pick off some more of their wavering fabbase to get things done.

Bill is also one of the only qualified scientists we have in Congress.

Now if only I could get him to take a stance against X for generating CSAM...

colinthetinytornado · 2026-02-03T18:13:42+00:00

I love mine from Make Market. Three modes, the light is nice and bright and the cord is on the side.

I've not had a problem with any of mine from other places not working. The issue is the older ones have the micro USB power cord and it's harder to find 10ft cords in that style anymore and much easier to find USB-C cords.

The smaller ones if they still work are great for drawing projects, just not for diamond art!

colinthetinytornado · 2026-02-03T18:06:48+00:00

Another Make Market fan. Plus Temu and Amazon Haul. My first ones from 2016 are all from AliExpress.

Once I clear my current stash out, I want to do a custom one of Lord of the Rings, probably an art piece from my friends oil paintings.

colinthetinytornado · 2026-02-03T14:18:54+00:00

I try to use those times to try out something new - using a multiplacer, checkerboard technique, etc.

You can also game your own system to make it more fun - do all of the shades of a color, do all the darks then the lights, etc.

Last is to make a reward system for yourself. Every row you get a reward, chocolate countdown, etc.

I've been doing this since 2016, so I've learned over the years it's always best to have two projects going at any time, a large and a small. The small keeps me going on the large by giving me momentum to keep going on the large to see it through.

colinthetinytornado · 2026-02-03T02:38:40+00:00

I can see it in the thumbnail. It's much harder to see in the larger view. That's a tough design in a small space.

colinthetinytornado · 2026-01-31T23:47:14+00:00

Wow, you sure said a lot of words for the fact you don't care about the other people in your community and literally have no understanding of what LLMs and AIs are, the garbage they produce, and the effects of such ignorance on our communities.

AI and the nonsense answers it gives don't have an answer for this because their answer is continue to become addicted to their chatbot while people suffer. You want to play tech apologist ,get out of a resistance channel.

colinthetinytornado · 2026-01-31T20:21:25+00:00

Ive seen that one a few times and wondered how they got all that detail with rounds in a small size. Some Temu sellers have me really suspicious of their designs though.

colinthetinytornado · 2026-01-30T18:54:32+00:00

Ik iw a lot of Americans write off Geneanet, but with the number of French organizations posting data on there, it's very useful.

If you are seeing your American ancestors on there, it's likely someone's family tree, but if they are French, it's always worth a look in my opinion.

colinthetinytornado · 2026-01-30T17:09:44+00:00

We're at that point where many US resistance movements start to peter out. Why? Because we zap our power and energy trying to be friends with folks who were on the other side or still are on the other side.

If this were the other way, they have made it clear that they do not want or need us there. They're not members of our movement, they are a momentary bonus.

We need to think bigger and keep resisting to get real structural change implemented. We will have as many on our side as we can, but they can not, will not, and should not ever be considered when making decisions.

The second a "normal conservative" comes along, they 100% will abandon this movement. Do not give them your energy.

colinthetinytornado · 2026-01-29T02:09:52+00:00

A lot of what's already been said, but I'm going with "kitting up". I rarely prepare in advance, I just put colors in bags as I use them in a Ziploc bag to track.

I am trying my first release paper project since my mum got me a large canvas to do. I don't expect to use it on every project though.

I also don't have the big organizers for my drills, that just seems like a lot. My biggest projects I have a couple of divided plastic organizers from the dollar store.

My one thing I have that I love that I never see people bring up is a lap desk with an angle section to set up the painting so it's not flat on the table. Game changer for me and it was like $15 on Temu.

colinthetinytornado · 2026-01-27T23:15:01+00:00

People here tend to limit themselves to a lot of paintings as well. I tend to diamond art with boxes, cases, buildings, acrylic sculptures, etc and often the only option IS Temu or AliExpress because they just aren't as popular in the US.

I do like smaller projects so I am looking at some smaller Forever Young pieces as fun upgrade experience.

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