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Also in the New York Times and the Guardian. Article with no paywall here: https://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/mar/14/anti-inflammatory-drugs-may-aggravate-coronavirus-infection.

French minister says patients should take paracetamol rather than ibuprofen or cortisone

#covid19 #coronavirus #the guardian

world-wide-what

The internet can be a really wonderful place

It’s changed the way we learn and research, the way we connect with others, and the way we express ourselves in positive, powerful ways. But it’s no secret that these improvements also present us with unique challenges. We can learn new things faster, but sometimes we have to sort through piles of misinformation while we do—and it’s not always easy to detect. We’re able to connect with people we never would have met otherwise thanks to social media, but it can encourage addictive behavior in the apps that keep us connected. We’re able to express ourselves more easily, but we sometimes overshare in ways detrimental to our careers, reputation, and mental health.

We—as in Tumblr the company—are not immune to these challenges. You know it. We know it. And we hear you. We recognize that toxicity and negativity happen everywhere online, even on Tumblr. We are constantly striving to learn and utilize new ways to create a safe place for our communities. Opening up this dialogue to anyone who wants to join is the first step we’re taking in 2020 to foster a more positive, collaborative experience. Over the next year, we’ll be rolling out improvements and updates to our platform that improves your experience.

We can all agree that these challenges exist, but let’s look out for each other; Teach other people and ourselves how to keep the wonderful parts of the internet in view while working through the troublesome bits. These issues are best addressed through honest, open dialogue.

That’s why we’ve partnered with the UK non-profit, Ditch the Label (@ditchthelabel), to help spread some internet safety awareness as well as facilitate some much-needed conversation between yourselves—the community on Tumblr.

We’re calling it World Wide What

At the heart of this campaign is, well, you. We want to hear from you. Over the next month we’ll focus on six different topics with accompanying videos for discussion. Each one will feature a different real-world problem you’ve most likely faced as an Extremely Online Person (yeah, we see you) and what you can do to mitigate those issues. They’re live right now:

“Fake News, Skewed Views”

“Don’t @ Me” (Cyberbullying)

“Authenticity Online”

“Pull Down to Refresh”

“Felt Cute Might Delete Later”

“A Safer Internet: Moderation”

Some posts will be accompanied by Answer Times with guests that can speak knowledgeably about one or more of the topics we’re focusing on. We’re looking at:

1/8 – @medialiteracyed taking questions about fake news

1/15 – @ditchthelabel opening up their ask box to discuss cyberbullying

1/22 – Jameela Jamil, founder of I Weigh, to answer questions about the effects of inauthentic social media personalities

TBD – Someone from the leadership team here at Tumblr to talk about user safety

One of the more beautiful qualities of the Tumblr community is that so many of you spare the time and space to look out for others. If you have someone in your life that you think could use a little guiding light to use social media in a safer way for their mental or physical health, this might be a good resource to send them.

You can stay tuned for more updates on World Wide What, including when our Answer Times go live, by following this blog. If you want to be notified the moment a post from us goes live, tap or click the silhouette at the top of our page and select “Get notifications.”

In the meantime, we want to hear from you. What kind of impact has social media had on your mental health? If you want to start a conversation with the community, reblog this post or make a new one and tag it so others can easily find it.

#WorldWideWhat

#WorldWideWhat #DigitalLiteracy

stark-strange-love

Peter: You have a face

MJ: Yes I do.

Peter: No I mean like a nice face. You have a nice face.

MJ, totally in love: Thank you

Peter, also completely in love: please accept my attempt at flirting. I don't know what I'm doing.

MJ, kissing his cheek: Attempt accepted.

#mj #spider man #spideychelle #peter parker

galacticidiots

The first thing we learn about Rey is that she’s parched and starving and you’re telling me the trilogy doesn’t end with her finally having a delicious meal of organic, free-range, tall, dark & handsome Chandrilan beef? Unacceptable.

marcipian

Sw, rey, reylo

unswerving-dysfunctional-loyalty

Every time Mando meets someone new

mamonna

Grandpa Palpatine wants to know how have you met.

poppycroscs-deactivated20230902

‪Baby yoda doing his little toddley waddle. ‬

He has very important business to attend to. Places to go, people to see.

thothoes

this is the funniest twitter thread i’ve ever seen in my goddamn life

heartbeatemoji

“Wait but don’t ask another guy I’ll do it” is making me laugh

myhollywoodending

ojalla

I appreciate those people who are just genuinely nice. Like their mindset is instead of making others miserable, they give people tools to better themselves because why not. Thanks for putting that good energy out into the universe.

lassoway

stranger things + john mulaney quotes

#john mulaney #stranger things

therestofyourstory

This chapter was awesome yet for some reason all I think about is Kylo being informed by Rey, that he (as well as his entourage) cannot wear black too the masquerade and that he cannot force choke the tailor. P.S. Do you have any tips about how describe clothing?

That is, like, the best headcanon, @thebrightest-starfell. I’ll have to see if I can write that in!

To answer your question, describing clothing is a continuous learning process for me and can sometimes be a bit of a stumbling block. The following links have helped me greatly:

Types of skirts

Types of sleeves

Types of dress silhouettes

Types of necklines

Types of waistlines

Types of fabric (and more specifically, types of silk)

In a Star Wars context, here’s a list of in-universe materials and textiles. As you can imagine, I make heavy use of the silk subcategory.

If you don’t have one already, I suggest getting a Pinterest account. There’s loads of easily searchable visual inspiration for nearly every kind of look you can think of.

When describing clothing on someone, I also try to answer at least one of the following questions:

Does the color of the outfit bring out their eyes or complement/contrast their skin tone?

How does the cut of the outfit interact with their figure? What parts of their body are flattered or emphasized?

How does the person wear the attire? Do they seem comfortable or are they fidgeting? Does the outfit give them confidence or do they feel too conspicuous?

What is the clothing reminiscent of? Like, could the hem of the skirt float delicately around her ankles like seafoam, is his coat the color of an autumn forest? Little things like that. It might veer into purple prose-y territory sometimes but that’s what editing is for.

Is there a particular aspect of the outfit that you want to emphasize to the readers? Perhaps its color or its texture or the distinctive ornamentations?

I feel a bit like a sham dispensing this advice because I’m definitely not an expert on fashion lmao but this is what has worked for me in my writing so far, and I hope it can be of some help to you, too!

marcipian

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luvbey

a cool date would be laying in bed while u show me your favorite songs

#why is everyone suddenly posting about relarilnships????#date #dates #dating #music #chill #lying #laying #boyfriend #girlfriend

just-call-me-ella

A post about romantic relationships

so I’ve been in a relationship for 5 years now. And I see a lot of posts about how people think relationships mean having butterflies forever, your heart beating faster when they walk into a room, about cuddling together every night, legs intertwined, that you’d be so happy to live together you’d sleep on a double bed with each other every night.

And its not really like that, at least not to me.

You stop getting the butterflies when you live together. Your heart no longer speeds up when you see them, but instead, everything calms down. When youre in the room with them, you feel calm, and secure. When you cuddle them you feel your heart beat slow, and the sound of their breathing carry you towards comfort. It doesnt feel like a roller coaster anymore, it feels like home.

You don’t sleep curled up with each other every night, legs twisted between theirs so tight its hard to tell where yours begin and theirs end.

Instead, you sleep comfortably, side by side, sometimes facing different directions. But every night, you find yourself scooting backwards on the bed so you bump into them. You snuggle against their arm, or stroke their hair as they fall asleep. There are nights when my boyfriend, in his sleep, reaches around me and pulls me to him, like a child with his teddybear, like I am his comfort.

In the wee hours of the morning before the dawn breaks, when the world is blue and you see through cracked eyes, you curl into their chest and inhale their scent before drifting back to sleep.

Kisses aren’t always romantic and firey anymore. But there are so much more of them now. There are cold kisses when you’re eating ice cream in the summer, and sticky kisses over breakfast pancakes. There’s “im leaving now” kisses, and “one more kiss before you go” kisses. There’s sleepy morning kisses before work, when you don’t remember the alarm going off but instead the press of their lips against yours is what brings you into the day.

There’s kisses before sleep, and, you are so sweet with the things you do kisses. There’s kisses because you treat animals so tenderly, and I’m so glad i’m with you and not someone else kisses. There’s quick kisses in the aisles of the grocery store, when its loud and you gravitate together, when instead of having your own personal space and their own personal space, its both of yours together, and you step into their chest to take up less area together.

You don’t always text each other with confessions of love and care like you used to, because that’s a given now, and you’ve moved on to quirky inside jokes about the life youve built together. You share looks of exasperation and amusement in public, your own little world against the outside one.

Relationships aren’t always a fairy tale. They’re not always fireworks and sparks, at least, after the start.

But they are a quiet rhythm and hum of love and care. It’s not a fire in your soul, but one in your hearth, keeping you warm and comfortable, comforting you as you drowsily drift into sleep.

And I love that.

chazzfox

*SLAMS REBLOG BUTTON!!!*

#relationships #goals #this #this right here

madqueensarah

If you’re an adult, do the stuff you couldn’t as a kid.

Like, me and my sister went to a museum, and they had an extra exhibit of butterflies. But it cost £3. So we sighed, walked past, then stopped. We each had £3. We could see the butterflies. And we did it was great. We followed it up with an ice-cream as well because Mum and Dad weren’t there to say no.

I was driving back from a work trip with 2 other people in their early 20s, and we drove past a MacDonalds. One of the others went “Aww man, I’d love a McFlurry.” And the guy driving pulled in to the drive through. It was wild. But it was great.

I went to a park over the weekend and I was thinking “Man, I’d love to hire one of those bikes and cycle round the park.” It took me a few minutes to go “Wait, I can hire one of those bikes!”

I guess what I’m saying is, those impulsive things you wanted to do as a kid - see the dinosaur exhibit, play in the fountains with the other kids, lie in the shade for 2 hours - you can do when you’re an adult. You have to deal with a whole lot of other bull, but at least you can indulge your inner 8 year-old.

#yup #adulthood #inner child