Oddities of a Historical Variety

A little bit of everything odd - WARNING; follow at your own risk! Will include daily infusions of whatever I am currently obsessed with, sprinkled with YYH for good measure, too much Pokemon and Animal Crossing, odd humor, and historical interests! Education/Exhibits Coordinator for a small historical society.

[skibbybota]

In wine there is truth - part 3

[part 1] [part 2]

[skibbybota]

In wine there is truth - part 1

[skibbybota]

Part 2

[genkais-arcade]

幽☆遊☆白書 // yu yu hakusho dark tournament saga

[refillart]

[meilutheinu]

My first proper offering for mer-may and ofc, its Bettsuke pissing the ever loving lights out of Koiwabara

Thats day one and two! (yes im counting by characters, no im not planing on doing a drawing every day, ive got finals soon ;w;)

[bisexualgoth]

"when will they add cars to paralives" NEVER i hope. there's a train and a bus free yrself from the americanized prison of car centrism!!!!!!!!!!!! IT'S A WALKABLE CITY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[historioddity]

Fuck cars, give me bikes. Walkable and bikeable!

[hometoursandotherstuff]

Neighborhood poll, b/c they can't decide.

[tzikeh]

See, now if this was how an HOA behaved, I wouldn't be so against their existence.

[odyver]

alright I've got to do some quick math to explain attitudes towards AI to my boss.

we're looking to create an AI policy, and when we were talking about this, my boss (older millennial) was genuinely shocked to hear that younger people do not (seem) to view AI positively (a la the recent commencement speakers being booed)

please rb for larger sample size!

Question 1/3

What is your age, and do you feel AI is a net positive or net negative in our lives today?

under 18, AI is a net positive

under 18, AI is a net negative

18-29, AI is a net positive

18-29, AI is a net negative

30-45, AI is a net positive

30-45, AI is a net negative

46-60, AI is a net positive

46-60, AI is a net negative

over 60, AI is a net postive

over 60, AI is a net negative

Remaining time: 4 days 10 hours

[odyver]

Question 2/3

How often do you visit or interact with museums/archives (whether in person or online)?

Frequently (multiple times per month)

Often (multiple times per year)

Occasionally (a couple times per year)

Rarely (once every couple of years)

Never :(

Remaining time: 4 days 10 hours

[odyver]

Question 3/3

If you saw a museum was using AI in exhibits, marketing, research, etc., would you be more or less inclined to visit that museum?

under 18, more inclined

under 18, less inclined

18-29, more inclined

18-29, less inclined

30-45, more inclined

30-45, less inclined

46-60, more inclined

46-60, less inclined

over 60, more inclined

over 60, less inclined

Remaining time: 4 days 10 hours

Thank you for helping with this data collection. Please rb for as big a sample as possible!

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[evilauthor]

I love that all the age groups agree

[forgetful-nerd]

“Kill him on sight” was probably not the answer tottmnt Leo was expecting.

[brightlotusmoon]

[sibmakesart]

victory :3

[luulapants]

If we wanted to engage in nuance (lol, lmao) on the "are audiobooks reading" debate, we really do need to bring literacy, and especially blind literacy, into the conversation.

Because, yes, listening to a story and reading a story use mostly the same parts of the brain. Yes, listening to the audiobook counts as "having read" a book. Yes, oral storytelling has a long, glorious tradition and many cultures maintained their histories through oral history or oral + art history, having never developed a true written language, and their oral stories and histories are just as valid and rich as written literature.

We still can't call listening in the absence of reading "literacy."

The term literacy needs to stay restricted to the written word, to the ability to access and engage with written texts, because we need to be able to talk about illiteracy. We need to be able to identify when a society is failing to teach children to read, and if we start saying that listening to stories is literacy, we lose the ability to describe those systemic failures.

Blind folks have been knee-deep in this debate for a long time. Schools struggle to provide resources to teach students Braille and enforcing the teaching of Braille to low-vision and blind children is a constant uphill battle. A school tried to argue that one girl didn't need to learn Braille because she could read 96-point font. Go check what that is. The new prevalence of audiobooks and TTS is a huge threat to Braille literacy because it provides institutions with another excuse to not provide Braille education or Braille texts.

That matters. Braille-literate blind and low-vision people have a 90% employment rate. For those who don't know Braille, it's 30%. Braille literacy is linked to higher academic success in all fields.

Moving outside the world of Braille, literacy of any kind matters. Being able to read text has a massive impact on a person's ability to access information, education, and employment. Being able to talk about the inability to read text matters, because that's how we're able to hold systems accountable.

So, yes, audiobooks should count as reading. But, no, they should not count as literacy.

[naamahdarling]

Finally, a good fucking take.

[brightlotusmoon]

[brightlotusmoon]

[infinityvalkariel]

lotus spirit ✦ dye: 7bZy0TE15N4#

[importantdestinydefender]

Spoiler for the 2.5 storyline in Infinity Nikki

THIS WAS SUCH A COOL SHOT WHAT

[sinmenon]

Infinity Nikki ★ 2.5 Where All Souls Return Papergames / Infold

[abdalsalam-2000]

It seems that the Tumblr team has no other purpose than to delete, close, and attack the accounts of transgender people and Palestinians trying to survive genocide and ethnic cleansing in Gaza.

[abdalsalam-2000]

Two days ago, I was shocked to find that my blog, abdalsalam2000, had been deleted without warning and without me having done anything wrong, simply because I was asking for help from the Tumblr community. That blog was our only source of income that kept us alive in Gaza, and unfortunately, it was deleted by Tumblr employees.

[abdalsalam-2000]

In Gaza, we need at least $300 a day just to survive. After Tumblr deleted our account, this blog is all I have left. I hope you will help me by sharing this post, donating, and following this blog. Please, please help us and donate now.

[sporesgalaxy]

Please help Nader regain his followers and the momentum he had before his previous blog was deleted. Please donate to him now and follow his blog.

[abdalsalam-2000]

Friends, please donate now! Your help is our only hope for survival. Please share this post widely and donate here now, please!

[sillysymbol]

please donate to and share naders campaign!!

[charl0ttan]

please help nader survive!

[punkitt-is-here]

If you can give anything it helps a ton!

[abdalsalam-2000]

Hey everyone, the last donation was two days ago, and this post has been shared by almost 400 people, yet not a single person has donated. I'm begging you to share this post and donate now. Please don't leave us alone, and don't hesitate to donate. Please!

[treecitysessions]

Please donate if you have the means to. Anything you can spare counts a lot more than you think to Nader and his family right now!

[abdalsalam-2000]

Please donate now! Please, please keep sharing and donating. This post has been shared by nearly 1300 people, but only 10 have donated. Please donate now!

[abdalsalam-2000]

Unfortunately, despite this large number of shares and reposts, very few have donated to help us. Please, friends, share this post and donate to us. Please.

[hey-nikki-youre-so-fine]

I love the sketch rewards for quests.

You've just gone through the most emotional journey and the music is still swelling around you

*the most random fucking sketch pops up on screen*

[hey-nikki-youre-so-fine]

*characters having dialogue*

The soundtrack: