Imagination all compact

[fleetwood-mac-andcheese]

[itsbasil]

you put those tags on this post where they belong

[so1987-deactivated20230102]

who’s gonna tell tumblr that executive dysfunction is more than Not Doing Things?

[so1987-deactivated20230102]

okay

these are the executive functions. impairment of these functions is executive dysfunction

[dailypattondoodles]

Oh.

OH

[lurlur]

Girl, help. None of my executives are functioning

[akajustmerry]

In her new series Ride or Die, showrunner Tessa Coates asks the brave, bold, beautiful question: what if the villain plot of Skyfall (2012) was about two hot middle aged women assassins?? Stunning, mind-blowing, showstopping, incredible stuff...Her only fault was not making them gay, but nobody's perfect.

[swiftwyll]

Before I had access to the murderbot diaries audiobooks I had a frankly unhinged setup, which was to get the pdf up on my computer and set text-to-speech to read it out to me so i could have my Bedtime Podcast Hours (integral to my survival as a uni student)

this was enjoyable(?) for several reasons, including a) robot voice is delightfully murderbot b) the jokes were read with absolutely no intonation and c) it would read out everything including the page numbers and the title in the header of every single page

listen. it's so so bad that it loops back around to good trust me you have to try this.

[grapeearrings]

[trattenbach]

Happy Battle Against Richard Nixon's Immortal Soul Saturday

[lingthusiasm]

What's this gesture called? A Lingthusiasm zine 

The same gesture can mean different things, or have different names in different languages. In this Lingthusiasm zine, Lauren Gawne gets enthusiastic about these "emblem gestures." 

Print and fold your own copies

8½ x 11 paper: colour, b&w 

A4 paper: colour, b&w

How to cut and fold a minizine

Learn more

Why do we gesture when we talk? (Lingthusiasm podcast)

Why do we move our hands when we talk? (Tom Scott's Language Files on YouTube)

Gesture: A Slim Guide (book by Lauren Gawne, 2025, on Amazon or Bookshop)

Gestures (book by Morris et al, 1979, borrowable on archive.org)

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[phantomtomes]

I just think we all deserve massive home libraries and a couple swords, as a treat

[shakespearenews]

The Taming of the Stew: Penn State professor cooks from Shakespeare

Penn State Abington professor’s new book, “Shakespeare in the Kitchen,” looks at the playwright’s works with a culinary gaze.

[didanagy]

EMMA THOMPSON as ELINOR DASHWOOD and KATE WINSLET as MARIANNE DASHWOOD

SENSE AND SENSIBILITY (1995) dir. ang lee

[visenyaism]

Marylanders don’t say hi hello how are you my name is they just try to kill you with their car. which is of course a great honor in their culture

[visenyaism]

In Northern Virginia the country of my birth people kill you with their car because you deserve it. sic semper tyrannis

[fabulousworkinprogress]

[apolladay]

Have you ever been to a celebrity's grave?

yes

no

Remaining time: 2 hours 41 minutes

Define celebrity however you'd like.

[oldshrewsburyian]

I have always felt a greater affinity with the sea at night. It is magnificent during the day, the waves strong and loud, slamming onto the beach, propelled by the force of the entire ocean behind it. But when night comes that force is spent, and the waves roll to the shore with the detachment of a monk unfurling a scroll.

The Gift of Rain, Tan Twan Eng

[interpolationz]

the wildlife photographer of the year peoples choice award is always fun

there's a stoat hiding in that last one

source - go check out the rest of the awards too, they're really incredible

[interpolationz]

some personal favorites from various categories

[interpolationz]

the wildlife photographer of the year peoples choice award is always fun

there's a stoat hiding in that last one

source - go check out the rest of the awards too, they're really incredible

[interpolationz]

some personal favorites from various categories

[thisbibliomaniac]

Gatekeeping is so good and important

[msburgundy]

[kirkendauhl-v2]

What's she saying in the photo

[thisbibliomaniac]

[helpmepleaseicantfindaname]

[fiollaigean]

[bigboy-raphie]

[jan-liliten]

[Image ID 1/5: a photo of a woman in a crowd of soldiers, the original image having said “i’m doing my part”, before being edited out. /End ID]

[Image ID 2/5: a photo of a young boy being interviewed by a young man. he originally said “wouldn’t you like to know, weather boy?” before it was edited out. /End ID]

[Image ID 3/5: a photo of an actor in fake woods, the original quote being “alright then, keep your secrets”, once again edited out. /End ID]

[Image ID 4/5: a photo of eggman standing behind two sonic characters. the original text was “what the fuck are you two talking about” /End ID]

[Image ID 5/5: a screenshot of a tumblr post by gaygoyle, the original text having said “i love it when tumblr users play with jpegs like dolls” /End ID]

[thewaffleking720]

How dare you tell them what it used to say