midnights become my afternoons

Meg, 30, she/her, belgium

[raiponces]

[dreamsy990]

i saw someone say nobody needs to know what a .txt file is anymore. what the fuck is the world coming to

[dreamsy990]

unironically i think we need to bring back computer labs because APPARENTLY some people WERENT taught basic computer literacy and internet safety in school

[dreamsy990]

things about computers/the internet i think kids should be formally taught in schools because theyre important to know and the amount of soon to be grown adults i know who know NOTHING about any of these is quite frankly almost all of them (and resources to learn if you dont know these things, because its never to late to get better with computers)

how to troubleshoot by yourself when you have a technical problem

what common file types are

some very basics on how to use ""developer tools"" on your computer (because i cant think of a better way to refer to them) like task manager and command prompt (and their mac equivalents, terminal and activity monitor ofc)

how to read and understand a privacy policy and what your personal data is, as well as what it being collected actually means and steps you can take to keep it private

how to understand terms of service (hey. if you have trouble with reading legalese and worry about being able to understand these policies anyways, here's a site that gives basic summaries of privacy policies and ToS)

what a cookie actually is

internet privacy and your digital footprint!! seriously i dont know why we stopped teaching people that they shouldnt be putting their entire real identity online in a world where your online actions can ruin you irl

basic safety measures like antivirus software (and why you should use it or if the built in one on windows or mac is enough for you) and backing up your computer (also a mac guide)

common keyboard shortcuts (and on mac)

as an additional note: things i think everyone should know on computers and the internet but schools may bit hesitant to teach about for whatever moral/legal standards schools pretend to operate on

vpns and adblockers! (btw for most of these where you can pay for things im purposefully not recommending any specific software but seriously just use ublock origin for an adblocker)

how to not get a virus while pirating something

what a temporary email is and when to use one

red flags that you shouldn't trust a website (and how to quickly check the security of a site)

what javascript on a website does and how to disable it to get around paywalls

[dreamsy990]

ok one last addition! if you want to take it one level higher, i think learning the very basics of at least one programming language is good for people. it makes computers less scary and it makes you feel very cool, and a lot of people get discouraged about it because it seems overly complicated and hard to learn outside a formal classroom setting, so heres some resources for learning the very basics of python (because i consider it the easiest language to learn and knowing one language will make it easier to learn others)

an online compiler so you dont need to download anything or worry about running code directly on your computer if that makes you nervous

a basic video guide to introduce you to python and walk you through beginner steps

a guide to some syntax and commands you should know (this was literally my lifeline in my first CS class)

some performance tasks to give you things to code to practice and assess yourself

[secretgaygentdanvers]

hi everyone im still pissed we never learnt in school that shakespeare was bi and wrote the sonnets about a dude and a woc he was into

[secretgaygentdanvers]

hi everyone im still pissed that we were told emily dickinson was a spinster when she spent her whole life writing love letters to a woman

[secretgaygentdanvers]

hi everyone im still pissed about the fact that we never got taught any of the super super gay Greek myths. it seems impossible to think they managed to pick all the hetero myths when Greece was just THAT gay but guess what? they did.

[secretgaygentdanvers]

hi everyone virginia woolf was also bi im still pissed that so much of literature is queer and has queer coding within it that deserves to be analysed through that lens in the same way that we don’t ignore the gender of an author, but sexuality is never mentioned in highschool literature classes

[renthebarbarian]

hi everyone i’m still pissed that we were never taught that da vinci was gay af and that the ideal the western world has of jesus (white, long straight brown hair) was based on one of his male lovers

[sophsun1]

Mary Poppins (1964) dir. Robert Stevenson

[elena-gilbert]

HARRIET SLATER as Ellen MacKenzie Outlander: Blood of My Blood (2025)

[blondiesrlovely]

OUTLANDER: BLOOD OF MY BLOOD - 1.07: LUCEO NON URO Then hide it well. And we willna speak of it again, for all our sakes.

[blondiesrlovely]

OUTLANDER: BLOOD OF MY BLOOD - 1.05: NEEDFIRE - If we keep goin', I willna be able to stop. - I dinna want you to.

[elena-gilbert]

Ellen MacKenzie + Beltane Festival dress Outlander: Blood of My Blood | S01E05 Costume design by Trisha Biggar

[connorwyndham]

OUTLANDER: BLOOD OF MY BLOOD | 1X07 “ Luceo Non Uro ”

[elena-gilbert]

ELLEN MACKENZIE Outlander: Blood of My Blood 1.05 ― "Needfire"

[elena-gilbert]

ELLEN MACKENZIE Outlander: Blood of My Blood | 1.01 ― "Providence"

[connorwyndham]

OUTLANDER: BLOOD OF MY BLOOD | 1X05 “ Needfire ”

[themusicsweetly]

r u i n e d

Blood of my Blood — 1x05 "Needfire"

[horrorwomensource]

JENNIFER LOVE HEWITT and SARAH MICHELLE GELLAR as JULIE JAMES and HELEN SHIVERS in I Know What You Did Last Summer (1997) dir. Jim Gillespie

[ormundshightower]

Hannah Dodd as Francesca Bridgerton BRIDGERTON — S3E1: Out of the Shadows

[magnus-liber]

[xnda]

My voice without the lies, this is what it sounds like Fearless and undefined, this is what it sounds like Truth after all this time, our voices all combined.