Time, Truth & Hearts

23. Honduran. A UF Grad living in DC. Ask Me My Gifs Twitter

[bohemiansugar]

Poking back around here after 5+ years now that twitter’s gone to shit.

[bohemiansugar]

Wowsers my anxiety has been out of control lately.

[filmgifs]

I’m not much on rear window ethics. Rear Window (1954) dir. Alfred Hitchcock

[dangerouslyaddictivethings]

Hands down the best commercial of this year’s Super Bowl

[skyloreyn]

SNL really did that. 

[alexielapril]

she is back

[halalchorizo]

[memestashhash]

[gunvolt]

im going to have a stroke

[prideling]

Instead try… Person A: You know… the thing Person B: The “thing”? Person A: Yeah, the thing with the little-! *mutters under their breath* Como es que se llama esa mierda… THE FISHING ROD

[artykyn]

As someone with multiple bilingual friends where English is not the first language, may I present to you a list of actual incidents I have witnessed:

Forgot a word in Spanish, while speaking Spanish to me, but remembered it in English. Became weirdly quiet as they seemed to lose their entire sense of identity.

Used a literal translation of a Russian idiomatic expression while speaking English. He actually does this quite regularly, because he somehow genuinely forgets which idioms belong to which language. It usually takes a minute of everyone staring at him in confused silence before he says “….Ah….. that must be a Russian one then….”

Had to count backwards for something. Could not count backwards in English. Counted backwards in French under her breath until she got to the number she needed, and then translated it into English.

Meant to inform her (French) parents that bread in America is baked with a lot of preservatives. Her brain was still halfway in English Mode so she used the word “préservatifes.” Ended up shocking her parents with the knowledge that apparently, bread in America is full of condoms.

Defined a slang term for me……. with another slang term. In the same language. Which I do not speak.

Was talking to both me and his mother in English when his mother had to revert to Russian to ask him a question about a word. He said “I don’t know” and turned to me and asked “Is there an English equivalent for Нумизматический?” and it took him a solid minute to realize there was no way I would be able to answer that. Meanwhile his mom quietly chuckled behind his back.

Said an expression in English but with Spanish grammar, which turned “How stressful!” into “What stressing!”

Bilingual characters are great but if you’re going to use a linguistic blunder, you have to really understand what they actually blunder over. And it’s usually 10x funnier than “Ooops it’s hard to switch back.”

[writscrib]

Trump's FCC Is About to Destroy Net Neutrality, and a Democratic Commissioner Is Calling Foul

A commissioner tells Slate that the FCC needs to hold public hearings.

This is something that is very important to pay attention to, and if you are an American I implore you to do everything that you can! Contact your representatives, research your ISPs, and keep a vigilant eye on this! The FCC is likely to make this ruling close to Thanksgiving in an attempt to squeak it by without anyone noticing.

Net neutrality is the reason why you can visit any website confidently. It’s why you don’t have to pay a premium to be able to access YouTube. It’s why you don’t have the internet bundled into different packages like TV is.

If they remove net neutrality protections, then there is no benefit to the consumer. Put simply, your ISP could choose to charge you more in order to visit specific sites, and not every town in the United States has the option to switch to a new ISP because some ISPs hold a monopoly in some areas.

This is what the internet looks like without net neutrality:

[bbs-butt]

@nunyabizni. Could you spread this?

[nunyabizni]

Yikes, yeah.

[princessbubblegumandjustice]

They’re trying to fatigue public resistance by trying to repeal net neutrality as often as possible. We have to stay vigilant. Motivate yourself by assuming no one else is calling/writing. Don’t assume other people will do it.

[mikkeneko]

You can find the FCC chairman’s number here.

Leave a public comment here.

[geekynerfherder]

‘Stranger Things 2’ episode posters by Butcher Billy

[weavemama]

I made the ugliest shriek 

[nataliesssch]

[softenergy-deactivated20220212]

i lov this show so much zfdhfsAKHKJ

[boredpanda]

Artist Uses 100,000 Banned Books To Build A Full-Size Parthenon At Historic Nazi Book Burning Site

[snugbugbooknook]

Further cool fact that the linked article doesn’t mention: the books will be given away to visitors at the end of the installation, so this is not only displaying works that were banned, but also spreading them among a new audience.

[weavemama]

Malala really is a class act for standing up against the horrors many women and girls face around the world. She needs to be protected at all costs, bc the world needs more people like her.

[twinkest12]

A Hero.

[bohemiansugar]

Boys and their stupid fantasy football draft are ruining my anniversary night

[sheikah]

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