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[destiny-islanders]

If there was a way to run SUPER MEGA AD BLOCKER on this website I fucking would

[celtic-pyro-deactivated20230725]

“Please oh please open up your computer to a porn virus! If you don’t you’re evil!”

[history-student-against-antis]

Freeloader Comin’ through!

[moonlight-fox]

We didn’t start this war internet users have with ads - We might have moaned about banner ads, but it was only when they started making noises when we might be listening to music or a podcast or whatever, causing two sound sorces at once, that we started trying to block ads universally rather than just a specific type of ad (pop ups).

And since then ads have gotten worse - Actual malware rather than merely breaking one of the fundamental sins of web design - though shalt not autoplay anything with sound. And the more aggressive a website is with ‘please turn off adblock’ the less I trust it to bother to vet ads and advertisers to make sure they’re not installing malware.

[bramblepatch]

Not to mention that the idea that avoiding ads is “freeloading” is hilariously backward. Advertisement is a transaction between the platform and the advertiser, the user has no obligation to provide the views/clicks the platform has promised. Using an adblocker isn’t freeloading in the same way that leaving the room to get a snack during a commercial break isn’t cheating the tv network.

[pocosun]

Ok y’all, I work as a web developer and I’m here to tell you that you are 100% right and that it’s shit. SO I’m going to tell you how to get around websites that block you from using their website if you’re using an adblocker. 

Every website uses a language called JavaScript; long story short it’s a website language that allows developers to do the crazy shit you see on websites. Now the easiest thing to do is to disable JavaScript to stop them from knowing you have an adblocker:

Oh no! I’m blocked from viewing the website. It would be a terrible shame if I were able to right click and select the “inspect” feature

Click the three dots in the top right and open the “Settings” Menu

And then scrolled down to “Debugger” and checked the “Disable Javascript Option”

And then just refreshed the page

[eggfucker1]

Reblogging to save my life

[doublekaiju]

saving a life

[ycleptkyara]

epic language learning resource

this is ReadLang. it is a cute little website that gives you all kinds of texts to read in your learning language.

when you sign in, you go to a dashboard that shares your progress so far. because i have just joined this website today, i’m still working on the opening progress page.

right now, i’m working on finding cool stuff to read in spanish. ReadLang will give you texts in your target language at the level and word count you want! check it out, it is pretty cool.

don’t know a word? click it! ReadLang will define it for you. free accounts will let you get 10 translations per day, but paid accounts ($5 per month) can get unlimited translations per day. you’ll be able to see your translations here:

lastly, there are flashcards. this is a really useful feature. it even charts the amount of studying you did each day. 

i’m definitely adding this to my favorite list for online language resources. reading is an excellent way of studying a new language, and ReadLang makes it easier to do just that.

[bisexuanal]

I know everyone needs to memorize this

[blackboyjoy]

Folks might be familiar with your “love language” but there’s also an “apology language” too. I believe they’re made by the same people

[adhd-alien]

[yteicosanievilew]

“this makes me personally uncomfortable”, “this seems in poor taste”, “this is somehow harmful but presumably because you’re misinformed” and “this is actively malicious” are all different things. remember that

[onlinecounsellingcollege]

How to Change from being a Toxic Person

Even if you’ve hurt other people in the past, or have been the kind of person that you really don’t respect, you can always make the decision to change. The tips below might be helpful for this.

1. Look for the good in the people that you meet, and try to empathise, and understand others’ viewpoints.

2. Remind yourself of this: “That it’s not all about you” … and the feelings and the wishes of others matter too.

3. Be polite; try saying “thank you”; and don’t take people for granted. What they did took thought and effort, and it’s nice to be acknowledged.

4. Think before you speak. This will save a lot of grief. For once those words are spoken, they cannot be taken back. They may never be forgotten, and can haunt you later on.

5. Check your tone of voice and the words you choose to use. These can cause misunderstandings, or create a bad impression.

6. Don’t gossip about others; look for things to praise instead.

7. Don’t take the bait and be pulled into arguments. Just let the comment go. You don’t need to rise to that.

8. Make the effort to be kind, and offer others your support. And do something that’s special, and which demonstrates some thought.

[chamerionwrites]

@notbecauseofvictories replied to your post:

recipe for the scones?

You’re in luck because scones are just about the only thing I do have a legit recipe for, HOWEVER it’s designed exactly to my liking which means only very mildly sweet compared to a lot of scones you find in bakeries or coffee shops; folks who like them sweeter might have to adjust the sugar.

At some point, possibly soon since a lot of us have suddenly found ourselves with time on our hands, I’m going to science this a little more and get measurements by weight but for now until I do some experiments I only have volume.

3 Tbsp sugar

2 cups AP flour

1 Tbsp baking powder

½ cup (1 stick) frozen salted butter, divided

¾ cup cold buttermilk

Add-ins (in this case, roughly ½ a pint of blackberries and the zest from 1-2 lemons, depending on how much lemon flavor you’re feeling)

Place oven rack on the top shelf and preheat to 400 F. Melt one tablespoon of the butter and set aside. Whisk together dry ingredients, then grate remainder of the butter in with a coarse cheese/vegetable grater (or cut in thin slices with a sharp knife). Add fruit and toss everything in the flour to coat.

Create a well in the center of the mix and pour in buttermilk, leaving a little in reserve to avoid overwetting the dough (you want it very crumbly, just barely holding together). Quickly bring together with fingers or a fork.

Form dough into a round and then slice into eighths, making sure not to overwork it (like I said - really crumbly). Place the scones on a baking sheet, brush the tops with melted butter, then bake ~20 minutes until the tops are golden brown.

[notbecauseofvictories]

This recipe is INCREDIBLE—I made it with a pint of blueberries I had in the fridge, and the result is exactly the kind of scone I like, light and just sweet enough to balance out coffee, without being sickly. 

10/10, would bake again!

[pervocracy]

There’s a little rat inside your head.

This rat doesn’t know anything, but it knows that sometimes snacks fall into its cage, and sometimes the floor shocks its feet.  It likes the snacks, and it hates the shocks.  It will tell you to do things that produce snacks, and it will tell you not to do things that produce shocks.

This little rat is not the only power inside your head, and it might not be the strongest, but it’s there and it has influence.

So pay attention to how you’re treating the little rat.

If every time you learn something new, you say to yourself “ugh, I’m so ignorant for not already knowing this,” you’re shocking the rat.  You’re teaching it to be afraid of learning new things, to associate it with embarrassment and self-criticism.

Remember to feed the rat instead.  Tell it “now I know, and that is good,” and let it eat its snack in peace.

If every time you take care of yourself and your home, you say to yourself “ugh, I never do this enough, and I’ll never get it right,” you’re shocking the rat.  You’re teaching the rat that it was safer when you didn’t try to take care of things.

Feed the rat instead.  Praise what you have done, forgive what you haven’t, so the rat can feel safe.

When the rat takes a step in the right direction, even if the step is too small or slow or not in quite the right direction, feed it.  Don’t shock it for being imperfect; it’ll only learn not to take any steps at all.  Feed it, and let it get bolder, and take bigger steps, and give it bigger rewards for those bigger steps.

Be kind to your little rat.

[yourfonts]

Random fonts Please, like or reblog if you download it

Beastmachine - Paraf - WG below branches - Ematodas

[smolalpacacutie-deactivated2021]

Does anyone else with autism get that brain thing where their mental dictionary just randomly decides to become unavailable? And all you're left with is describing the word or saying close approximations until someone says it for you?

"The big... Cleaner. In that room."

"The washing machine?"

"YES!"

[ileolai]

this is called anomic aphasia, which ironically i had to type various approximations of into google to remember. 

[mad-dyspunktional]

Is... this also a thing in people with ADHD? Because this definitely happens to me.

[thealmightysystem]

Yes!

In fact this is not quite a mental illness thing. Neurotypicals also experience this. However, the difference is that in those with ADHD, or autism, it occurs much more frequently, and the cause has to do with the brain, not just slipping on words from time to time.

This can be caused by different things, as studies have looked into this.

Here is the definition of aphasia, from Mayo Clinic:

"Aphasia gets in the way of a person's ability to use or understand words. Aphasia does not impair the person's intelligence. People who have aphasia may have difficulty speaking and finding the "right" words to complete their thoughts. They may also have problems understanding conversation, reading and comprehending written words, writing words, and using numbers."

Whereas in neurotypicals, an occasional flump in word usage can be associated with the brain's compartmentalization, in aphasia it is caused by the language parts of the brain being affected by an injury or illness, making understanding, speaking, or both more difficult.

Anomic Aphasia is when the brain cannot remember the name of an object. As the wiki page states, "Anomic aphasia (also known as dysnomia, nominal aphasia, and amnesic aphasia) is a mild, fluent type of aphasia where individuals have word retrieval failures and cannot express the words they want to say (particularly nouns and verbs)." Basically this means they know what the object is, they can identify and describe what it looks like and does, and even draw it or point it out, but cannot put the proper name to it.

Aphasia is typically associated with stroke victims, head injuries or brain tumors, but disorders that affect language, such as autism, can also cause symptoms of aphasia.

I would absolutely not be surprised if ADHD can also result in anomic aphasia, since Broca's Area (a location on the left side of the frontal lobe associated with expression through speech) is in the frontal lobe, the part of the brain most affected by ADHD.

[mad-dyspunktional]

Wow, thanks for explaining all of this, it’s super interesting. I have noticed that I seem to get ‘stuck’ and have word finding problems a lot more frequently than your average person. 

[transmxnfenris]

OH this is why I do that

[that-catholic-shinobi]

i wanna cry cause i have adhd and i mess up on my words a lot and it always makes me feel stupid.

[elly-hiddlesherloki]

This reminds me of the "brain fog" that is often associated with fibromyalgia and POTS, I wonder if it's essentially the same.

[brightlotusmoon]

Fibromyalgia by itself has anomic aphasia, and time blindness. I have that alongside everything else.

[bluerats]

“I’ll remember” is the ADHD demon talking. You won’t remember. Write it down.

[septemberbells]

bold of you to assume i’ll remember where i wrote it, or even that i wrote it

[finnglas]

Visual exhaustion is another symptom of ADHD, which means that if we see something enough times (or we see enough instances of something), it fades into background noise and we fail to notice it. This is why a lot of ADHD people can stand living surrounded by mess/clutter, because it’s just visual background noise to us. We don’t even notice it anymore. So if we write something down and see the note stuck up somewhere a lot – or if we write a LOT of somethings down and have a lot of notes hanging around – then we’re even less likely to think of/remember the thing because it’s just part of the scenery now. ADHD is the Catch-22 of brains.

[spoonie-living]

A very good thing to know about ADHD. Don’t fall into the trap.

A lot of folks in the comments are talking about writing on themselves or setting phone/calendar reminders. Your mileage may vary on those. You may also want to consider ways to set a habit of referring back to a planner or similar every day/hour.

To get those brain juices flowing, check out this Buzzfeed article on different ways folks with ADHD stay on top of things.

Readers, let us know if you have specific advice for this situation!

[allthingshyper]

This is why sticky note reminders don’t work??

[hesaidsidhesaid]

SKLJDGBKJEDSBBV

VISUAL BACKGROUND NOISE?!

THERE’S A WORD FOR IT?

[mixingpumpkins]

Always reblog “THAT’S WHAT THAT IS???” posts. Chances are someone hasn’t seen it that needs to.

[thatdisasterauthor]

I’m fond of the “write it on myself” method. It’s why, if you ever see pictures of me on vacation, you’ll probably notice a lot of writing on my left arm.

[melisica]

sara lorusso

[uncutgems]

summer 2019 should be all about women wearing half buttoned shirts

[number6bitch]

What Would A Mediocre White Man Do? (new mantra to live by!)

[sonatine]

this is SO REAL both the specific case and the broad case in the specific case: if you actually met 100% of the requirements they couldn’t afford you I tell this to every woman I talk to job hunting about APPLY ANYWAY THE MEDIOCRE WHITE MEN ARE DOING IT (via @galwednesday)

[eve-made-the-right-choice]

“if you actually met 100% of the requirements they couldn’t afford you”

I really needed to hear this. I had never thought of it this way. This literally never occurred to me, I’ve just spent my whole adult life thinking I was underqualified for everything. Thinking I’m not good enough for anything because the “minimum requirements” are so high.

I need specifics. I wanna know what I can get away with. I wanna know what they really mean by “minimum.” I wanna know how much I’m actually worth.

[hellanahmean]

As someone who worked in hr, this is true.

True to the point that if someone was extremely unqualified, but because of timing we were desperate, we’d bend rules to get them hired. And the only people taking advantage of this were guys.

[needshisbones]

[djsoliloquy]

if you actually met 100% of the requirements they couldn’t afford you

this made so much click in my head. because this was literally it–spend half the time being unqualified for everything and just not applying. and the rest of the time being qualified and not getting hired. because ahahaha fuck you, you’re too expensive now/we’re too worried you’ll jump ship and leave us because of how qualified you are! guess we’ll just hire this shitty dude to do it !? ?

[stagemanagerssaygo]

I debated posting this here but WWAMWMD? He’d post it. #girlgogetyours

[appolsaucy-deactivated20260202]

It’s way more than “if you actually met 100% of the requirements they couldn’t afford you” 

The reason they couldn’t afford you is that if you meet 100% of the requirements, you’re ready for the next position up.

Career strategy 101: The most valuable employees are always learning. Every company wants employees who won’t stagnate, i.e. sit in one role doing the same thing ever year and continue getting annual raises. A company wants to hire you for one thing at one salary, and then move you up through higher positions over the years, i.e. they keep getting new benefits for the additional money they’re spending on you.

A good company will offer you development opportunities, either within your role or in addition to it. So when the company interviews you, they want to see that you can learn what they need, and you want to see that they can teach you new skills. Companies know that the best applicants are interviewing them in return and that if they don’t offer development, they will lose those applicants to better jobs.

Companies structure positions this way intentionally and they assume you know it.

So not only should you apply to jobs you aren’t 100% qualified for, you can use 100% qualification as an indicator that you’re overqualified and should look for the next job up.

[bryntwedge]

This started funny but became really important to know. 

[artjunkpsds]

Masterpost: 100% free fonts

Last time I posted a masterpost it was about free images for commercial use. This time I’m going to list you a bunch of fonts that are 100% free - you can use for your personal projects, and for the commercial ones too! 

Da última vez que eu fiz um masterpot foi sobre imagens gratuitas para uso comercial. Desta vez farei uma lista com um monte de fontes (e, consequentemente, sites) que são 100% gratuitas, ou seja, você pode usar tanto para seus projetos pessoais quanto para os comerciais. Se você não sabe a diferença entre esses dois tipos, eu falei um pouco sobre isso aqui.

Eu fiz uma pesquisa bem grande de fontes que vocês possam usar em edições, banners, headers, etc e também para aqueles que fazem trabalhos gráficos profissionais, como cartão de visita, logotipo, flyer/folder, entre outros. Espero que gostem da seleção! ♥

SANS SERIF

Liquide - Amicale - Arciform - High Voltage - Little Creator - Day Drunk - Gadaj - Zaio - Familiar Pro - Orkney - Fester - Muro - Long Shot - Giorgio - Liquido - Peace Sans - Quango - Qontra - Brig - Amada - Gogoia - Kirvy - Arkhip - Maxwell - Bernier - Simplifica - Sequel - Galano Grotesque Fenton - Attentica - Shirota - Myra - Dewi - Bomb - Roboto - Aaargh - AUdimat - Capsuula - Caviar Dreams - Chivo - Courier Prime Code - Disco - Magna - Nexa - Ostrich - Sinkin - Phenomena - Blogger Sans 

SERIF

Choplin - Venice - Little Cutie - Little Wizzy - Nerea - Fonesia - Bariol Serif - Soria - Libre Baskerville - Foglihten - Chispa - Annabel - Jibril - Furgatorio - Ikra - Arctic - Euphorigenic - Old Style - Bodoni - Covington - Yeseva One - Allejo - Questa - ChunkFive - Elsie - Devroye - Garibaldi - Kameron - Kawoszeh - Luxi - Noto - Otama E.P. - Quattrocento Roman - Volkornn - Abril Fatface - Andada - Geotica 2012 - Arvo - Ansley - Moalang - Musket 

HANDWRITTEN / CURSIVE

Great Vibes - Angeline Vintage - Olesia - Boldy - Sandhya - Saldina - Cavorting - Fait Main - Neaments - Luna - Ruffle Beauty - Pacifico - Grand Hotel - Adefebia - Arkana - Bellico - Rissa - Andrea - Gardenia - Selima - Playlist - Airpena - Modesty - Chocolate Heart - Octomorf - Bemount - Solmet - Abys - Lumberman - Handletter - Cecilia - Bringshoot - Master of Break - Champignon - Exmouth - Nickainley - Alpha Mack - Goudy Bookletter - Kaushan - Yellowtale - WC Mano Negra - Balquis - Ludicrous - Hamster - Ambarella - Westchester - Bellaboo -  Nexa Script - Summer

OTHERS

Lumberjack - Fofer - Black Riders - Tragic Marker - Reckless - Carosello - Haze - Duwhoers - Neptern Harbour - Something Wild - Sweet Sorrow - Brizzush - Slabbo - Shumi - Marske - Measure - Slash - Sitka - Morracle - Badhead - Devious - Star - Belladona - Hamurz - Young Heart - Guerrillha - Metal Blackletter - Moabhoers - Nexa Rust - Monoxyl - TeX Gyre Cursor - Charming - Coder’s Crux 

‘Like’ if you enjoy it and share with your followers so they can know about it too ;) Althought I don’t own any of this fonts or links, I did spent a lot of time seaching for it so please don’t repost. Let me know if I have committed any mistakes with links or creative commons. ♥

[micdotcom]

here’s how to get that raise

1. You have been an achiever, not merely a doer

Building on resume crafting 101 and ace cover letter writing, which you used to land this job, your proposal for a raise should highlight the ways that you have been an achiever for your organization — as opposed to merely a doer.  

A doer is someone who focuses on tasks, while achievers focus on results.

2. You’ve got a “no job too big, no job too small” attitude

Beyond the results of your work, you’ll want to be able to highlight your affable, reliable nature.

Find ways to demonstrate that you have been the embodiment of an easy-to-work-with “no job too big, no job too small” colleague and employee.

Didn’t buckle under the weight of three co-workers works sliding down to you when they all took ill-planned vacation the same week? Terrific.

Point that out in a positive way, by showing how you enhanced and improved the workload you were given.

3. Your collegial corridor behavior is impeccable

Now, it’s not going to floor anyone if your top reasons for a raise are that you’re nice, prompt and prepared. Those are usually assumed in a workplace.

But the lack of those qualities and behaviors could keep you from a raise.

Getting the work done, reliably and on time, you may get outshone by a co-worker who is campaigning for attention. 

But over time, your steady work will be recognized. So don’t get sucked into workplace politics.

4. You’ve demonstrated growth — and you’re still growing

Everyone progressively improves over time, but that doesn’t mean you can’t stop and take measure right now. 

Find examples of ways you have already become an asset to the company — and will doubtlessly become more valuable as you learn and grow further.

5. You’re a creator and innovator

If you’ve created something new — a new product, a new protocol, a new system, even, perhaps a new job for yourself — you’re on track for a raise.

Read more

[hamletthedane]

I can’t BELIEVE I haven’t plugged this yet, because it’s so legit.

@jstor just sealed itself in my heart as the coolest resource ever by combining my two greatest loves - Digital Humanities and Shakespeare - to create an AMAZING site called Understanding Shakespeare.

It works like this (hold on to your seats, this is so cool):

Say you reach a line in a Shakespeare play where there’s a reference or symbol you don’t understand and/or would like to know more about. Usually, it would take a substantial amount of time to figure out the meaning, find the key theme, search through research databases, and maybe hit something that references your line.

But no longer!

Because with Understanding Shakespeare, you can go to the line and look at all the scholarship published on JSTOR that features or references to it! Oh my god!!!

An example:

So I really love Richard II’s “graves, worms, and epitaphs” speech, it’s one of my very favorites, and I’d love to learn more about it and the symbols of death and historical references contained within it. So I go to the line in Richard II:

Click on the first line and voila! There’s a ton of articles that quote this line, and several of them look really interesting and relevant!

So whether you’re looking for more information on a line for research or performance understanding, or you just like being sucked down the addictive rabbit hole of reading JSTOR articles all afternoon (me), Understanding Shakespeare is AWESOME and a resource you should totally take advantage of.