Bluewren

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here is my brand new challenge! i’m so excited for this one because i’ve never done an autumn challenge before but it is one of my favourite seasons! i hope lots of you will take part and i can’t wait to get to know you guys! <3

🍂 Info 🍂

If you do the challenge, use the tag #autumn studying challenge so i (and others) can see your posts. I will try to reblog as many posts in the tag as possible. 

This challenge will run for 40 days - from the 1st October to the 9th November

There are daily prompts for every day of the challenge

But, as always, I don’t expect everyone to be able to post every day so you can always do catch-up posts!

If you have any questions, feel free to send me an ask!

🍂 Rules 🍂

If you want to do the challenge, please reblog this post

If you do it on any other social media platform (ie. Instagram), please give credit! (my instagram | my tiktok | my pinterest)

The challenge will officially start on the 1st October, but if you come across this later, you can definitely start anytime during these two months!

🍂 Prompts 🍂

1st October - What is your favourite thing about autumn?

2nd October - Do you have any autumn traditions?

3rd October - What is a good memory that you have from autumn? 

4th October - Is there anything special happening for you this autumn?

5th October - Do you have any goals for this autumn? 

6th October - What is the weather like where you live during autumn?

7th October - What’s the first thing you think of when you hear the word ‘autumn’?

8th October - If autumn were a colour, what would it be?

9th October - What are three things that you associate with autumn?

10th October - What is your favourite autumn food?

11th October - What is your favourite autumn drink?

12th October - What is your favourite autumn scent?

13th October - What is your favourite autumn movie?

14th October - What are your favourite songs to listen to in autumn?

15th October - If you could magically get rid of anything about autumn, what would it be?

16th October - What is would your perfect autumn day be like?

17th October - Outside or inside?

18th October - Sunny autumn days or rainy autumn days?

19th October - Pumpkin spice lattes or hot chocolate?

20th October - What is your usual autumn outfit?

21st October - Falling rain or a crackling fireplace?

22nd October - Pumpkin pie or apple pie?

23rd October - Walk in the woods or read a book in front of the fire?

24th October - Fluffy socks or slippers?

25th October - Fireplace or bonfire?

26th October - Spooky mood or cozy mood?

27th October - Trick or treat?

28th October - Haunted house or Halloween party?

29th October - Buy a Halloween costume or make a Halloween costume?

30th October - If you could dress up as anything for Halloween, what would it be?

31st October - Are you doing anything for Halloween?

1st November - Fairy lights or candles?

2nd November - Vanilla or cinnamon?

3rd November - Splash in mud puddles or walk on crunchy leaves?

4th November - Bake cookies or make bread?

5th November - Sweater or cardigan?

6th November - Scarves or hats?

7th November - What do you prefer: winter or autumn?

8th November - How are you preparing for winter?

9th November - What was your favourite thing about autumn this year?

🍂 So this is the challenge! I hope that you will join in and enjoy doing it this autumn! Please message me or send me an ask if you have any questions about it or just want to have a chat <3 🍂

[Taglist under the cut:]

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[myhoneststudyblr]

🚨 STARTS TODAY 🚨

[anxietyproblem]

Drink some water if you see this message.

[polyglotplatypus]

im very grateful for the lessons in photography i was taught in stop motion class because just now they made it possible to photograph the stars with my phone in spite of the camera usually not detecting the light of stars because theyre so dim,,,, enjoy these shiny motherfuckers

[polyglotplatypus]

ok so if everythings normal, your phone camera should have a manual mode (sometimes called pro mode). in it, change the settings of the shutter lag to 20 seconds, then put the phone down on some stable, plane surface and press the photo button (usually when using your camera, the volume buttons can be used as photo button) and let the phone still for the whole 20 seconds. 

(basically the problem with most cameras is that they dont have a very good light sensitivity in the dark, however that doesnt mean they cant detect it at all. the longer the shutter is open, the more light your camera takes in and the more burnt/light your pic will be, so in (literally) dark situations, make the shutter lag longer to get all that light you need! also i said 20 seconds but really you can make it shorter or longer depending on what kinda stuff you want for your stars)

[nobodybetterhavethisoneoriswear]

Yes this!

Additionally, adjust your ISO to the highest number (mimics the film used for very low light and low speed images)

And set your shutter speed to the longest time possible (on my phone it’s 10 seconds).

Leave your focus settings on Auto, and if your phone camera has a timer option, turn that on (five seconds is generally enough).

Plan your shot first, then find a place to set your phone down so you can get the image you want. The less light pollution, the better; you’ll pick up FAR more stars in your picture.

Once you know what you want to shoot, tap your screen to “focus” it, then hit the button to take the picture, set your phone down, and back away from the “tripod”. Don’t touch your phone for a good 15 seconds, just to be sure.

You will not be disappointed in the results, let me assure you.

Not even a little bit.

[angeredthoughts]

@tamberland

[zetarays]

THIS IS THE MOST IMPORTANT THING I’VE EVER LEARNED

[queenmolina]

take whatever messages you need today

i love you

i’m proud of you

don’t forget your meds

drink some water

don’t forget to eat

you can do it

i believe in you

you are ready to face the day

take a moment for yourself

have a nap, you deserve it

it’s okay to dislike things everyone else seems to like

it’s okay to like things everyone else seems to dislike

your opinion is valid

you are loved

you are appreciated

you are capable of doing so many amazing things

you are not defined by things that have happened to you

your smile makes other people smile

you are beautiful

you deserve to feel confident

here’s a sticker for all the little things you’ve achieved

here’s a sticker for all the big things you’ve achieved

the world is a better place because you’re around

if all you can do today is love yourself then that’s okay

if all you can do today is love someone else then that’s okay

you are enough

[bookclub4m]

30 books by Indigenous authors published in the past 5 years

Since 2020, we’ve been sharing lists of books by authors of colour for every new genre we read - and with our non-genre episodes, sharing lists for the genres we covered in our early episodes. The early episode we’re creating a booklist for this month is Episode 009: Aboriginal / Indigenous / First Nations. Our booklist for this episode features works by Indigenous authors that have been published since that episode came out in 2016. All of the lists can be found here.

Fiction

Bawaajigan: Stories of Power edited by Nathan Niigan Noodin Adler

Indians on Vacation by Thomas King

There There by Tommy Orange

Black Sun by Rebecca Roanhorse

Jonny Appleseed by Joshua Whitehead

Non-Fiction

A Mind Spread Out on the Ground by Alicia Elliott

21 Things You May Not Know About the Indian Act: Helping Canadians Make Reconciliation with Indigenous Peoples a Reality by Bob Joseph

In My Own Moccasins: A Memoir of Resilience by Helen Knott

Indigenous Writes: A Guide to First Nations, Métis & Inuit Issues in Canada by Chelsea Vowel

From Where I Stand: Rebuilding Indigenous Nations for A Stronger Canada by Jody Wilson-Raybould

Young Adult

The Marrow Thieves by Cherie Dimaline

Fire Song by Adam Garnet Jones

Son of a Trickster by Eden Robinson

Strangers by David Alexander Robertson

Hearts Unbroken by Cynthia Leitich Smith

Picture Books

Bowwow Powwow : Bagosenjige-niimi'idim by Brenda J. Child, Jonathan Thunder, and Gordon Jourdain

You Hold Me Up by Monique Gray Smith and Danielle Daniel

Awâsis and the World-Famous Bannock by Dallas Hunt and Amanda Strong

We Are Water Protectors by Carole Lindstrom and Michaela Goade

Fry Bread: A Native American Family Story by Kevin Noble Maillard and Juana Martinez-Neal

Poetry

NDN Coping Mechanisms: Notes from the Field by Billy-Ray Belcourt

Holy Wild by Gwen Benaway

From Turtle Island to Gaza by David Groulx

it was never going to be okay by jaye simpson

Split Tooth by Tanya Tagaq

Comics

This Place: 150 Years Retold

Dakwäkãda Warriors by Cole Pauls

Surviving the City by Tasha Spillett and Natasha Donovan

Pemmican Wars by Katherena Vermette and Scott B. Henderson

Carpe Fin: A Haida Manga by Michael Nicoll Yahgulanaas

[bookgeekconfessions]

99 legal sites to download literature

The Classics

Browse works by Mark Twain, Joseph Conrad and other famous authors here.

Classic Bookshelf: This site has put classic novels online, from Charles Dickens to Charlotte Bronte.

The Online Books Page: The University of Pennsylvania hosts this book search and database.

Project Gutenberg: This famous site has over 27,000 free books online.

Page by Page Books: Find books by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle and H.G. Wells, as well as speeches from George W. Bush on this site.

Classic Book Library: Genres here include historical fiction, history, science fiction, mystery, romance and children’s literature, but they’re all classics.

Classic Reader: Here you can read Shakespeare, young adult fiction and more.

Read Print: From George Orwell to Alexandre Dumas to George Eliot to Charles Darwin, this online library is stocked with the best classics.

Planet eBook: Download free classic literature titles here, from Dostoevsky to D.H. Lawrence to Joseph Conrad.

The Spectator Project: Montclair State University’s project features full-text, online versions of The Spectator and The Tatler.

Bibliomania: This site has more than 2,000 classic texts, plus study guides and reference books.

Online Library of Literature: Find full and unabridged texts of classic literature, including the Bronte sisters, Mark Twain and more.

Bartleby: Bartleby has much more than just the classics, but its collection of anthologies and other important novels made it famous.

Fiction.us: Fiction.us has a huge selection of novels, including works by Lewis Carroll, Willa Cather, Sherwood Anderson, Flaubert, George Eliot, F. Scott Fitzgerald and others.

Free Classic Literature: Find British authors like Shakespeare and Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, plus other authors like Jules Verne, Mark Twain, and more.

Textbooks

If you don’t absolutely need to pay for your textbooks, save yourself a few hundred dollars by reviewing these sites.

Textbook Revolution: Find biology, business, engineering, mathematics and world history textbooks here.

Wikibooks: From cookbooks to the computing department, find instructional and educational materials here.

KnowThis Free Online Textbooks: Get directed to stats textbooks and more.

Online Medical Textbooks: Find books about plastic surgery, anatomy and more here.

Online Science and Math Textbooks: Access biochemistry, chemistry, aeronautics, medical manuals and other textbooks here.

MIT Open Courseware Supplemental Resources: Find free videos, textbooks and more on the subjects of mechanical engineering, mathematics, chemistry and more.

Flat World Knowledge: This innovative site has created an open college textbooks platform that will launch in January 2009.

Free Business Textbooks: Find free books to go along with accounting, economics and other business classes.

Light and Matter: Here you can access open source physics textbooks.

eMedicine: This project from WebMD is continuously updated and has articles and references on surgery, pediatrics and more.

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[meanautisticenbian]

Hi, if you care about us Autistic folks then please boost this

[bluewren24]

The frog king :)

[draculasdaughter]

This is about Sci-Hub. yeah we get it.. gatekeep knowledge and protect the interests of capital…

[three-blogs-in-a-trenchcoat]

Listen, this is serious.

Do not use the website called Sci-Hub!

It lets people access scientific articles for free. This is dangerous. It helps the free flow of knowledge and reduces the competitive edge of all the people who worked really hard to have been born into a wealth.

Like, it’s literally a website where you can type in the DOI of an article and read it, without ever having to pay the publisher who exploited the author.

So, again, do not, under any circumstance, use Sci-Hub. I mean, can you imagine a world where knowledge is free and easily accessible to everyone? Even, y'know, poor people?

[whateverthebeeswant]

Libgen also has many books online, including textbooks, searchable by name, author, and ISBN. Can you imagine textbook companies not getting their hard-earned income from poor college students? Here is the link just so you make sure that you never accidentally stumble across this horrible, unethical website.

[three-blogs-in-a-trenchcoat]

Oh, and while we’re talking about books, if you’ve managed to stay clear from Libgen, definitely don’t go to zlibrary, where you can also find a lot of textbooks, but unfortunately they’re completely free.

[trzpiotka]

nooo don’t use sites that make academic papers accessible to everyone, why would you do such a terrible thing

[kyidyl]

If you really want to avoid knowledge, don’t use researchgate. It allows the dangerous practice of allowing you to ask the writer directly for a paper behind a paywall, if perchance the communist author hasn’t already posted it themselves. Definitely stay away from academia.edu, they are of a similar ilk.

[bluewren24]

Me, in a test: aight time to remember some stuff

My last brain cell:

[ithelpstodream]

[feliciaderosa-deactivated202502]

Reblogged because truth. ❤

[princesserica84]

The world deserves more girl superhero films.

Reblog if you agree

[madeleinejubileesaito]

Good morning to everyone who is going to troll an oil company today 😇

[madeleinejubileesaito]

The goal of bullying Big Oil companies over their climate tweets isn’t just to educate people about corporate hypocrisy. It’s to unite activists around the goal of taking away their social license to operate.

Oil majors have admitted to investors that their business would be in deep trouble without broad public support. They’ve also admitted the biggest threat to maintaining social license is public anger over climate change.

Oil companies could remedy this threat by winding down their fossil fuel operations, and investing heavily in renewable energy. But for the most part, they’ve chosen to combat public anger over climate change by investing in strategic communication.This consistent choice of empty climate words over meaningful climate action is why several Shell executives quit the company this week—and it’s why Heglar says social media call-outs are increasingly powerful.

– from this excellent article about why greentrolling is fun but also actually very effective: Drag them.The climate case for calling out fossil fuel companies online

[roach-works]

2010: harassing content creators over your stupid fucking ships

2020: harassing oil companies for destroying our fucking planet

[worldcircus]

[primitivetreasure-deactivated20]

Oscar-worthy.

[destinyknowz]

‘‘Tis peak my lord 😂😂😂

[stoicdaydreamer]

Straight up ANKLE in this establishment!

[quietstorm-thundathighs]

I’m weak

[chiaraav]

THE ELMO MEME IS A REALITY IN MY COUNTRY

NOW THAT I HAVE YOUR ATTENTION

My country (Perú) is in danger, our democracy is in grave danger, our last president was ousted for allegations of corruption and while we agree that he should be investigated, we were against the vacancy.

The congress is hiding behind our constitution to make it seem that what they did was legal. They ousted the president for ‘moral incapacity’, the problem is that nothing was proved so it shouldn’t be possible, not only that, but last month they tried to do the same.

Before they voted for the vacancy, there were only 60 congressmen in favor but suddenly there were 105 who voted on favor, now they’re starting to talk, there were deals made and also threats against some of them, telling them that there wouldn’t be votes in favor their projects if they didn’t vote like them.

Our new “president”, who from now on I will call the usurper, was also the president of the congress who tried before to get the armed forces on his side, doesn’t have studies, and has open processes against him. He was not chosen by us to lead the country, only 5,000 people voted for him on the congress elections, the peruvian population is of 30 millions

Not only that, but 68 out of 130 congressmen have open processes that go from money laundering to straight up murder. The new president of the congress has 52 criminal charges.

This exactly is why the congress ousted our last president, he was doing reforms to the congress so there wouldn’t be impunity, he also called for elections on April.

We’re only 5 months away from the elections.

The congress talks that they did what they did because it was their moral obligation. We know this isn’t true, they did it because the president was against their populist laws that in the end would only damage the population and now that he’s out, they can do it freely.

In the 3 days since they ousted our president, they already are trying to modify the university education reform and the SUNEDU an institution that makes sure that our education is of quality and has been closing universities that didn’t make the cut, most of them were just taking money from their students or were just money laundering, two of this “universities” are owned by two congressmen.

Other thing that one party wants to do is to free their leader Antauro Humala from prison. This man was the brother of a former president who didn’t pardon him in his term and has tried to get free for years now, but our justice system and our national assembly has not let him. Why is he dangerous? Well he’s been sentences for insurrection, homicide, aggravated kidnapping, and other including a case called ‘Andahuaylazo’ where 4 policemen were killed. And since his party voted for the ousting, they are going to ask the usurper for a pardon.

The usurper has now elected his cabinet, the premier is a man who has called our people vicuñas and llamas, has said that femicides shouldn’t be apart from a homicide because it usually happens when they are trying to mug them or it’s their fault for cheating, he also has conflict of interests. He was a minister before, but he had to step down because of a conflict he was involve in enden up with the death of 24 indigenous people.

This brings us to yesterday 12/11/2020 (11/12/2020 for you USA). MILLIONS of peruvians took the streets in different parts of the country and in other countries too, we did this since day 1 but the one from yesterday was massive.  

It was a pacific protest, we were chanting and protesting against the usurper and the congress, nobody was violent until the police started attacking us.

There are more photos and videos but some of them are too strong, the police not only repressed us, they attacked journalists and paramedics, they didn’t let the firemen help our the wounded 

There were undercover cops trying to stir the protestors but got mad when we realized who they were so they shot us.

Let me make this very clear

THEY

SHOT US

Not with rubber bullets, with actual bullets

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And now the minister of the interios, who leads our police, is saying that there were not undercover cops, that they didn’t attack us, that they didn’t use tear gas against us and our media is talking about the damage we’ve done to our city WHILE THERE’S A GUY IN COMA BECAUSE THE POLICE SHOT HIM IN THE ABDOMEN TWO OR THREE TIMES, THEY SHOY PEOPLE POINT BLACK, WE STILL DON’T KNOW WHERE SOME PEOPLE IS, THEY DISAPPEARED.

WHAT CAN YOU DO?

Share this, and share the different posts in the Peru tag, let us be heard, we need the eyes of the world on us, we need people to know that our democracy is in danger, we need you to look at us and let the usurper and the congress know that we’re not alone and that everything they do is being monitored by the international community, let them know that they don’t have power over us.

Here’s a carrd (here’s another) that explains some things, I’m sure I’m missing a lot of things so fellow peruavians please add to this post.

[snazzy-sausage-dog-deactivated2]

A summary and background, if it helps;

The democratically elected president, Vizcarra, was accused of “moral incapacity” relating to alleged bribes. He was impeached on Mon 9 Nov 2020

Nearly every ex-president has been implicated in the Odebrecht (construction company) corruption charges of 2018. It’s huge scandal across multiple countries, check it out on Wikipedia

Even if the charges against Vizcarra were true, they are not the true motivation for impeaching him; people realise this and are protesting for democracy, not because they think Vizcarra is amazing

There are right-wing parties with links to Odebrecht corruption and the nationalist coup of 2005 who have been trying to get into power. The current president, Merino, is from this background. He also has military links, which is worrying

The supposedly left-wing party, UPP, was the main party promoting the impeachment. UPP was co-founded by a guy who was secretary-general of the United Nations. Its other co-founder, Vega, is the current leader, and the current party is basically top union bureaucracy merged with a nationalist party

The left coalition party, Frente Amplio, also supported the impeachment. These guys represent left reforms under capitalism, so sort of the equivalent of Greece’s Syriza party

One thing that OP left out is Peru’s incredibly high mortality rate. Official figures do not represent the full extent of the situation. It is therefore important to all parties that the public don’t get too angry and take matters into their own hands. People fear army intervention

Protests are taking place in Lima, but also across the country, especially in industrial cities, where mortality has been high and conditions bad

As OP said, 68 of the 130 politicians who voted to impeach Vizcarra have themselves been accused of corruption and are banned from running for office again!

The US State Department issued a statement, including, “As a region of democracy and prosperity, we call on Peruvians to continue to pursue their political ends via a peaceful, lawful, democratic process.” Hilariously, the US Secretary of State said, on the same day, that the US would have a “smooth transition to a second Trump administration.”

[chiaraav]

Totally forgot about the mortality rate, thank you!

[hemingsways-deactivated20230712]

I don’t study genocides war crimes and human rights for fun. I study it bc my people have been at the foot from the very first genocide of the 20th century and previous attempts to exterminate my entire race. The fact that no one is speaking up when another genocide is at the brink of occurring to the ethnic Armenians living in Artsakh (Nagorno Karabakh) is mind blowing. I have to say I’m not surprised by the lack of effort - Americans, especially, are the most self interested humans I’ve met. This isn’t about narrative, this is about rapid belligerent individualism. We can philosophize all day about it but at the end - people don’t give a shit about anyone but themselves. There is rarely any altruism left in this world. As Monte said, no ones gonna fight for us, we will have to fight on our own to survive. The alternative is not an option.

@sarinezeitlian on IG for the photos

[harringtonlovebot]

here is a link to a carrd with sources, petitions, and places to donate!

[queergirlslit]

Winner gets to pick any book (or sequel) from the list above!

FOLLOW & REBLOG to enter

Reblog as many times as you like but try not to spam your followers

No giveaway blogs please

Open internationally

Ends December 5th, 2020

(If this post exceeds 3,000 notes, we’ll do 3 winners instead of 1)