Thomas Benner

They look complex and fascinating, and they all involve the sequence of a calculation of certain numbers.

Create a Full Spectrum Spirograph in Adobe Illustrator | A Step-by-Step Tutorial by Veerle Pieters
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There is a lot of beauty we can achieve in design using a bit of math and geometry. Think about the creation of spirographs.

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As promised, here is a follow-up tutorial on how to create a spirograph, only this time it's a different kind of spirograph than the one we've created before.

Create a Line Spirograph in Adobe Illustrator | A Step-by-Step Tutorial by Veerle Pieters
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Spirographs look complex, but most of them aren't that hard to create. We'll create a line spirograph. The one I created for this fictional fruit energy drink label.

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As promised, here is another follow-up tutorial on how to create such spirograph. This time we're going to focus on using the Blend tool to create one.

Create a Circle Spirograph in Adobe Illustrator | A Step-by-Step Tutorial by Veerle Pieters
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Complex looking graphics like spirographs look like they're difficult to create, but as I mentioned before, this can be a bit deceiving.

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CPAC chairman Matt Schlapp said on Piers Morgan Uncensored that Iranian schoolgirls killed in the Minab school airstrike would have lived "in a burqa" under "a barbaric society."

When journalist Peter Beinart said the roughly 175 victims would be alive without the strikes, Schlapp responded: "They'd be alive in a burqa." Cenk Uygur asked: "So just kill them?" Schlapp: "That's not what I'm saying."

He doubled down: "It's hypocritical to say these attacks harmed women and children when those girls would live behind a burqa with no ability to make career choices."

Critics pointed out women in Iran do not wear burqas — that is Afghanistan. Iran requires hijabs. Women make up the majority of university graduates in the country.

Journalist Yashar Ali responded: "Confusing Iran with Taliban-ruled Afghanistan shows a basic ignorance about the country Matt claims to be lecturing the world about."

A girls' school was bombed. 175 people died, mostly children. A political leader went on TV and said they're better off dead than living under Iran's government. Who gave him the authority to decide that?

To all those wild dreamers who speculate that Trump is ending the threats from Iran: keep it real!
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The new supreme leader of Irannis even more a hard-liner than his father was. The USA and Israel just killed both his father and his wife! He will try to get his “pound of flesh.”

That would be really good! Clean the swamp!

You people lose your minds if someone doesn’t remove their hat during the playing of the National Anthem but will of course accept this. NO ONE should be wearing a hat except members of the military. Trump supporting veterans and active service members are looking like absolute fools.

Wow, you Trumpers threw a hissy fit when Biden glanced at his watch during dignified returns. This POS is wearing a hideous baseball cap with 47 on the side as the coffins are passing by.

If you are happy and healthy the way you are, don't let anyone manipulate you into thinking you are not good enough.

Don't destroy your self-worth, dignity and confidence by adjusting your appearance in order to fit some else's standards. In the endless pursuit to satisfy their every whim, you will completely lose your true self.

Never let fear, worry, doubt or anxiety about an uncertain future prevent you from being and doing your best today. The best way I know to prepare for the future is to give and do your best today.

"Our main business is not to worry about what lies dimly in the distance but to do what lies clearly at hand."
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~ Thomas Carlisle

Never let fear, worry, doubt or anxiety about an uncertain future prevent you from being and doing your best today. The best way I know to prepare for the future is to give and do your best today.

The Wit and Wisdom of Albert Einstein

The Wit and Wisdom of Albert Einstein

This is Boulder Opal stone from Australia.
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A type of gemstone that combines a host rock, usually ironstone or sandstone, and a precious opal. As the rock is forming, a silica compound containing water penetrates the rock, and deposits opal in the cracks.

Steampunk Ironman

In Jeopardy

A classified report by the National Intelligence Council, representing the collective wisdom of America's 18 intelligence agencies, found that even a large-scale assault on Iran would be unlikely to oust its entrenched military and clerical establishment. Trump's excuses about regime change, WRONG.

Multiple reports on the true state of Iran's nuclear program prove Trump's claims about imminent attacks on the U.S. to be WRONG. Yet Trump's regime claims this war is vitally necessary, and they're not wrong. This war is vitally necessary for Trump to distract from the Epstein files.

Trump is FAILING at this like he does everything else. Pam Bondi has been subpoenaed by Congress to testify about those same files. The truth is catching up to Trump, and not even a war can outrun it.