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At the risk of sounding anti-intellectual, I think that college should be free and also not a requirement for employment outside of highly specialized career fields

kineticpenguin

At the risk of sounding like an effete intellectual, I do actually think you should be allowed to just take college courses indefinitely

yourunderwaterskies

technically you can, if you don't care about degrees.

Free Harvard courses. Free Courses from Stanford. Free Courses from MIT. Free courses from Yale. Free courses from Princeton.

Free courses on Coursera.

Free Courses on EDx Free Courses on Alison

For paid, there's The Great Courses+/Wonderium. 20$ a month for unlimited courses.

When searching, the phrases you're looking for are Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs), or you can do a general search of say, "free online college courses." Oh, and so you don't get surprised like I did, have an avoid: Hillsdale College is a conservative Christian site and not a valid MOOC place. Sign up with them and you will get things like THIS IS WHY THE LEFT IS TURNING YOUR KIDS TRANS AND GAY in your inbox.

aloeverawrites

@yourunderwaterskies I wanted to say thank you so much for adding these links, seriously, they've been life-changingly helpful to me-

And I also wanted to mention that humanitarian organisations have free courses too, like the Red Cross on international humanitarian law.

Learn more about the Red Cross International Humanitarian Law (IHL) Program to train policy professionals, government officials, academics,

Kaya is a free humanitarian learning platform which offers hundreds of training opportunities across a range of key topics, including the hu

depsidase

aviewtodeath

Animal Farm, a book criticising totalitarian governments, is getting a visual adaptation where there are silly animals selling their crops to those they're supposed to hate.

The Picture of Dorian Gray, a book written by an author who got imprisoned for sodomy, is getting a visual adaptation where the two characters with clear homoromantic undertones are turned into brothers.

Dracula, a book about a group of friends that explore the themes of antagonism and Victorian anxieties, is getting a visual adaptation where the count falls in love with one of his rape victims.

Wuthering Heights, a book that beats the reader over the head with a bat about how the POC protagonist wants to be privileged and white, is getting a visual adaptation with a white person as the protagonist and a POC as the one he envies.

The Odyssey, a book about a man from Ancient Greece trying to get home from war, is getting a visual adaptation coated in a "Hollywood" aesthetic that rejects accurate armour and casting.

2026 is not a good year for classic literature fans all around.

Adobe is going to spy on your projects. This is insane.

audacityinblack

For general graphics: use GIMP For vector graphics: use Inkscape For drawing and illustration: use Krita For print and web publishing and design: use Penpot For PDF authoring: use LibreOffice For PDF reading and form filling: use Okular

All are free, open source and cross-platform. None use AI.

victoriadallonfan

Reblog for everyone

cpericardium

friends don't let friends use GIMP. use photopea

differentdancesfandom

Gonna pop my favorite reference for Adobe alternatives here, lovingly compiled and updated by xDanielArt since at least 2020:

kimyoonmiauthor

US Book ban on LGBTQIA books

The nationwide book ban bill, HR 7661, has progressed out of committee and into the House. Here's what you need to know to take action.

At least hit the shiny repost button if you're going to do nothing else. This should not stand.

Stop the bill dead in its tracks. LGBTQIA people have a right to be represented in books.

kimyoonmiauthor

This ban would also help ban LGBTQIA books and OTHER books in the classroom as "obscene" if you bother to read the website. If a school posts a book the US does not like, despite the first amendment saying they can't do it, the US government will be able to defund the school entirely.

For those not in the US, private schools are for rich people. The majority of funding for public schools comes from tax dollars and states only make a percentage of federal funding. The poorer schools are PoC schools, this would effectively GUT funding for Black, Latine, and poor white schools, and likely cripple Indigenous School systems.

Do not let this bill go to the Senate. Please. For those in the UK: You remember the laws that banned LGBTQIA books? The proposed ban is worse than yours from what I understand. Please boost this post.

The precedent that says a parent can refuse their child to read a book and also sue the school has also gone through the Supreme court.

And for conservatives out there: The reddest non-educated states and religions doesn't prevent your kid from becoming Queer. Also, it was you straight people who converted me.

Educational freedom is at risk here. Please, please do not let it go through. Do as the post asks you to do and ask them to support the OTHER bill on the docket. This 100% is a fascist move.