best damn dress i own

IF YOU WERE HERE I'D NEVER HAVE A FEAR

[prismimic]

this is the worst thing that has ever happened to me.

[andrew-garfielld]

Milly Alcock as Supergirl SUPERGIRL (2026) Teaser Trailer | dir. Craig Gillespie

[cordspaghetti]

wartime pinup gerard from my sketchbook

[erisolkat]

the humble "like" is oft mocked despite what it does for us. "like, three people" is a vastly different statement from "three people". "and i was like 'what the fuck'" is vastly different from "and i said 'what the fuck'". i love you "like" and anyone who says you make people sound stupid will be killed on sight

[iftadwascool]

[thrashbeatles]

and ever and ever.

[langernameohnebedeutung]

Schism? Schism today?

[langernameohnebedeutung]

🍿

[turuin]

Wow, I didn't have "catholic schism" on my 2026 bingo card

[mygogglesdosomething]

Schism today

[langernameohnebedeutung]

Wondering how long they had this sitting on their computer waiting for the day to send it

[lucian-evander]

Ok here comes my time sooooo this has been going on since the 70s as a reaction to council vatican II and the fraternity st pie x (msr lefevbre ) had then ordain bishops without the pope aproval and he and the 4 bishops ordonained got excommunicated , he died and the 4 bishops got unexcommunicated by pope benoit xvi and since had been ''talking'' with the Vatican for forever (for those not familiar with the problem you need bishops to ordain priests and you need priests for 5/7 sacraments and specially eucharisty and confession and of the 4 bishops ordained in the 70s one died one got fired for antisémitism and went to create his own thing so there are only two left and they are both almost 70 so if they die in one generation there are no priests either and the fraternity is done) now the politics of the fraternity towards the vatican are absurd , someone in the notes say they are sedevacantists and no they aren't, sedevacantists are way more logical and just go ''there's no pope anymore period'' when the fraternity is like ''there's a pope and it's worth talking to him but he's wrong and we're right and we'll do what we want but also we still need to keep communication with the vatican but we are the real church '' so anyway they finally decided to ordain new bishops again which they've been talking about for at least 20 years but this time the vatican excommunicated everyone : bishops, priests and even the faithfull who ''adhere formally '' (whatever that means) which is kinda harsh but it's finally a clear situation i guess at least

[libraford]

Googled something about quick hydration and it suggested big jug of water, couple tbsp pickle juice, dash of lime juice.

Its surprisingly tasty????

[libraford]

Pleased to report that after a day of this i am not longer craving caper brine and my mouth is not dry as usual. There's some good suggestions in the notes too that I want to try.

-ancient roman posca: water, red or white wine vinegar, honey, salt, herbs (coriander, mint, thyme)

-switchel: water, ginger, vinegar, sweetener, lemon, salt

-ayran: yogurt, water, salt, mint

-Agua pepino: water, cucumbers, lime, sugar, optional mint.

[libraford]

I have been reminded of:

-shrub: vinegar, sida water, elderberry (or other berry), sugar.

[libraford]

I have now been informed of

-sekanjabin: honey, vinegar, mint, water.

[libraford]

"Wow, I wonder why this post was popular this week."

-sees the reports of the heatwave in Europe-

"... ah."

[aquareegia]

[inthetags]

Reblog and put in the tags if you can remember where you got the shirt you're currently wearing.

[egonkula]

2005 ray toro. 2022 gerard way. hold on . mildly interesting age gap. rayrard. can anyone hear me hold on. hold on.

[egonkula]

Let’s all consider…. Let’s all consider.

[egonkula]

While im thinking about this again, its a brilliant time for everyone to read office space and it’s sequel crouching tigers. Two fics that make me so crazy i have to lay down and name 5 things i can see.

[cheri-popp]

Desolation Row (Music Video)

My Chemical Romance

[sosaysdean]

his beautiful editing job

[omegasmileyface]

Montana Supreme Court Rules Its Constitution Entirely Protects Trans Citizens In Landmark Ruling

The ruling will have enormous impacts for transgender residents in the state.

HOLY SHIT

[definite-human]

"The Montana court separately declared that transgender people constitute a suspect class under the state's equal protection clause. In legal terms, a suspect class is a group that has historically faced such severe discrimination that any law targeting them must meet the highest level of judicial scrutiny to survive—the same standard applied to laws that discriminate on the basis of race. [...] The practical effect is sweeping: any Montana law that singles out transgender people will now face strict scrutiny, meaning the state must prove the law serves a compelling interest and is narrowly tailored to achieve it—a standard that laws almost never survive.

"Because the decision rests entirely on the Montana Constitution, it is insulated from the U.S. Supreme Court. Under the principle of adequate and independent state grounds, the federal Supreme Court cannot review a state court's interpretation of its own constitution, so long as that constitution provides more protection than the federal one. [...] What this means in practice is that Montana's transgender residents now have a constitutional shield completely independent of the Supreme Court of the United State’s decisions."

(emphases mine)

[powerbottombrucespringsteen]

There was a movie called Juno and the songs featured on that movie were compiled into an official soundtrack. This is generally regarded as major historical event from the 2000’s.

[anti-parent]

people make a lot of flippant jokes about the literacy crisis but like. learning to read isn't an automatic neurodevelopmental process the same way learning to walk or talk is for most people. it takes explicit and systematic instruction for the vast majority of people to be able to do it at all. if someone doesn't know how to read, that is a systemic failure, not their individual fault.

in cognitive science, there are a lot of different ways to think about reading. but the various models for the most part hinge on two specific processes: word recognition and comprehension. word recognition means the way people recognize and break down words, and comprehension means how people understand the words they read. some of the dominant literacy models in cognitive science include

The Simple View of Reading (Gough and Tumner 1986)

Scarborough's Rope (Scarborough 2001)

The Active View of Reading (Duke and Cartwright 2021)

all of these involve some combination/exploration of recognition and comprehension.

unfortunately! in the US starting the 90s, phonics instruction was increasingly abandoned in favor of the three-cueing method. basically, instead of learning how to break down the sound chunks (phonemes) that make up words, kids were encouraged to learn to read by looking at the pictures or guessing via context clues. so the word recognition aspect of reading took a big hit. many kids grew up with functional learning disabilities because of that style of instruction alone.

reading comprehension is also really, really culturally dependent. the way you understand (or whether you can understand) what you're reading relies on the body of background knowledge you have access to, which in turn depends on your socioeconomic position. there's also the matter of what kinds of knowledge and analysis are valued/prioritized by society. critical thinking is a key part of comprehension, and schools are actively invested in not facilitating that skill because their overall objective is to produce a compliant labor force that will ensure the reproduction of capitalism. critical thinking is emphasized in imperial core education only to the extent that it's absolutely necessary: for developing decision-making capacity for postindustrial knowledge workers, managerial types, politicians, lawyers, doctors, and so on.

so. basically. both recognition and comprehension are core to literacy development, and they've both been fucked with heavily in the US (and a lot of other countries). breaking the literacy crisis down this way also helps with figuring out how to fix it. teaching more kids phonics will help them decode words more effectively, but it won't help them comprehend new material. and when we talk about the "media literacy crisis" we're mostly talking about a comprehension problem, which can't be fixed just by having people read more. each issue needs targeted intervention.

so! recommended reading list:

my full essay on the literacy crisis, of course. there's more analysis of structural interventions that would actually work to address children's literacy issues.

Much Ado About Literacy

Let's talk (and read!) about the US literacy crisis - what the real causes are & how to fix them.

the podcast Sold a Story by APM Reports. it has a lot of good information about the shift from phonics to three-cueing. the narrative is a little oversimplified and they weirdly keep praising the bush administration while ignoring how it contributed to the problem, but i still recommend the podcast for understanding the basic facts of the situation

Schooling in Capitalist America (1968) by Bowles and Gintis on how the US school system developed to meet the needs of the capitalist economy

Making Workers (2018) by Katharyne Mitchell for a more recent analysis covering more western countries besides just the US

[zooiboo]

🐌☕️ ☕️🐛

they’re on a coffee date