Hopefully it does what it says on the tin

Hoo: he/they 22: Aotearoa: 'nother tranny

[hughdiligence]

block #delirious encomium

I've only just started filtering, but i feel like I might be drowning the poor wee blog in disco elysium fanart

[makrustic]

Feelings come in waves; they always hit you, whether you expect it or not Prints | Ko-fi | Patreon

[fluentisonus]

various groups of people from this manuscript

[natequarter]

not only are most people completely unaware of the devastation of indigenous languages in the americas, most people are completely unaware of the devastation of indigenous languages in europe. never mind occitan, they don't know about basque! it's wild! bleak! existentially horrifying!!!

[natequarter]

the last few centuries of french history involved, amongst other things, a concerted effort to establish "french" as a legitimate country and cultural identity, and crucially as a language, which sounds like an absurd statement if you know nothing about the languages of france. french is a language, yes; it exists and existed in the late eighteenth century. but it was limited primarily to the north of france and was certainly not spoken or even understood across the country. other languages within france were banned and french was enforced following the french revolution and even to this day other languages indigenous to france have very little legal protection and are not recognised as official languages.

that's just one country in europe. one. and many people straight up have no idea about any of this!

[natequarter]

did you know france has celtic languages? breton is the only celtic language spoken outside of the british isles. did you know france has germanic languages? alsatian, for example, is spoken in the east of france, unsurprisingly in alsace. it's not even the only french germanic language. did you know france has a number of languages and dialects known as langues d'oïl closely related to french? norman and picard, for example, are spoken in the north of france. did you know that france has gallo-romance languages? franco-provençal (which has a number of dialects) is spoken in the east of france, as well as parts of switzerland and italy. did you know that france has a language most closely related to catalan, the langues d'oc? occitan is spoken in the south of france and has a rich literary history. did you know france is home to basque, or rather euskara, a language isolate which predates indo-european languages? romani dialects! corsican! so much more than just french! there are even extinct jewish dialects of occitan! extinct langues d'oïl like angevin! so much linguistic diversity and all anyone talks about is french.

[freakcliff]

seeing edmund in the horse and his boy is so much fun because going off of cs lewis's timeline he's here he's like 24 years old and he's been put in charge of a 12 year old who does NOT want to be put in anyones charge and you first meet him through him scolding what he believes to be said 12 year old for running off and later in the books hes like you're 12 you aren't allowed to fight in battles and its like. what do we think king edmund the just was doing at 12 years old. being king of an entire nation, having already fought in multiple battles. one of four humans in the entire country. no one is allowed to tell him what to do but his older siblings and truly how good is he at listening to them. he has nooo reference for what 12 year old boys Should be doing and now oh no he's lost the child. the child has gone missing in the streets of a foriegn capital

[freakcliff]

many things about the chronicles of Narnia made me irrevocably insane at the small age of six years old but one of the big ones was the bit in prince Caspian where caspian blows susan's horn to try and summon help and it summons the pevensie kids like. that's crazy ok. that's insane. imagine at 12 years old you're given a horn thats purpose is basically summoning divine intervention & then years later someone blows it and summons YOU . I'm crazy !

[foreveriallyzombified]

shouting “DERIVATIVE!” at an art school kid just walking down the street from a moving vehicle, they break down and sob

[foreveriallyzombified]

okay but if i, a guy driving a car, yell that at somebody walking on the sidewalk, that’s not really an insult, that’s just what they are

[farenmaddox]

I have just found. the COOLEST website???

Lost Kitchen Scrolls

It has a huge variety of historical recipes from different regions, taken from manuscripts, transcribed and translated, and a whole section of notes about the context for the recipe. It's really fun and I AM going to try a couple of these recipes.

Look at how this lamb recipe is presented:

This is just such a fun way to learn more about historical foodways and discover traditional cuisine.

Look at all the filters you can use:

Maybe if I can forage some good blackberries this year, I can make a 300 year old recipe for blackberry wine!

Anyway. Check out Lost Kitchen Scrolls.

[daciancatamite]

the romans were obsessed with incest and they kept trying to legally recreate it in ways such as 1. adopting your friend and marrying him to your biological daughter 2. being co-emperors 3. fratricide 4. moms always think their gay emperor son is the messiah 5. civil war

[beardedmrbean]

[charlesoberonn]

Images stolen from this post

There's a reason why these types of stores usually offer a delivery service.

[derinthescarletpescatarian]

The arm in that last one is sending me

[what-even-is-thiss]

The reason your snacks are unsatisfying is that you need both carb and protein.

Carb starts your engine, protein keeps it going.

No carb, engine don’t start. No protein, engine dies out fast.

[what-even-is-thiss]

Easy carb add on:

Cookie

Fruit (canned or fresh)

Chips

Piece of bread

Popcorn

Crackers

Easy protein add on:

Nuts

Spoonful of nut butter

Cheese

Roasted chickpea snacks

Glass of milk (dairy or non dairy)

Small canned sausages or similar

[what-even-is-thiss]

Sugar in there.

[what-even-is-thiss]

I am pleased by people messaging me telling me that after adding a carb or protein to their snacks or meals they feel more satisfied all day. Yes, my plan is working. People are getting through their days with less hangry.

[eymurn]

The older I get, the more I realize being in a hurry is a terrible way to live your life.

[baradragon]

life could be so much easier if i could oscillate between a pussy and a dick at will but im sure many people feel this way

[theprofessional-amateur]

link to bluesky post

[theprofessional-amateur]

In addition to how to turn various things, it includes:

Other useful AI Removal/Detection links

How to spot AI Hallucinations like a Reference Librarian (originally on Substack)

Library Freedom Project has a lot of handouts about AI on their Resources page

[strangegoingson]

[spaceshipsandpurpledrank]

[ardeacinerea]

Not dunking on that person, it is certainly something you can do, it will indeed be better than leaving your emails exclusively online if you are using webmail (not the only kind of system !) and you will avoid the difficulties of digital preservation.

However ! I think it is useful to familiarize oneself with the basics of digital preservation, and I also believe that in an archival process it is usually better to keep digital documents in a digital format...

So what I would recommend instead, if you have an external hard drive or similar and feel ready to do a little bit of digital preservation, would be exporting your important emails* in a format with good interoperability (I would recommend EML, which should be an option in most webmail and clients), storing at least two copies of them (for example on your computer and on your external hard drive ; if you want to be really secure, a third support and copy would be great), checking the state of your copies sometimes (you can do that fast without even opening your files if you get their checksums) and copying them on a new support before the current one reaches its end...

I know this sounds more complicated than just printing your emails out (and it does require material resources not everyone will have), but preserving a bunch of printer paper is not necessarily easy either (and certainly less convenient for access ; you'll be able to search your email exports for what you want)...

(If anyone is interested and needs more explanations or help with any part of this process, I would be happy to try providing that !)

* "But ardeacinerea, what about exporting my entire mailbox, which is also an option in most webmail and clients ?" Mailbox preservation has been my burden for years but I still don't know if any of the solutions we have for that are really good...