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[whyenn-reader]

you are not immune to inventing an arbitrary set of rules that only you have to adhere to

[fnordseer5]

me when my 6am alarm goes off

[blckgirlacid]

I need my weird alone time or I will explode

[mizuthe-cat]

it’s always “I understand why you have an autism diagnosis now” and not “thank you for explaining the entirety of the Chernobyl nuclear disaster to me, I really enjoyed hearing about the Chernobyl nuclear disaster”

[joelpersels]

[petersolarz]

Drop off wave © Peter Solarz

[mollybeenoel]

[ursulakats]

Happy Moon Day!

[storyweavingspider]

2026 TUMBLR WHITENESS CENSUS

There are SIX questions total in reblogs, the end will be marked by large green text. If you don’t see all six, check reblogs and grab the version with the ending note.

1/6 - Do you identify as some flavor of white?

White

Non-white

Only considered white outside of imperial core

Insecure Mixed Person externalizing my family racial issues here

Voting ended onJul 22

Answers amended from the 2025 census based on feedback. If you’re mixed, choose what feels right to you I’m not here to do phrenology or paper bag test you but don’t make it my problem either. When in doubt, ask yourself: would the whites kill you too in the race war?

This census is US-centric because so is tumblr, unfortunately. This poll is also starting with a heavy Black/racialized bias due to my personal followers. The main point of this census is to see how white-dominant the site is currently compared to prior years, as well

For the purpose of this census, Imperial Core will be defined as the following: United States, Canada, Australia, Aotearoa, basically all of Western Europe, Japan, and Israel. If you want to argue about any of these designations, too bad maybe they should stop colonizing.

Reblog from question 6/6 below!

[storyweavingspider]

2/6 So is you Black or nah?

Ye

Nah

Insecure Mixed Person externalizing my family racial issues here

Not considered Black in my country, but considered Black elsewhere

Voting ended onJul 22

[storyweavingspider]

3/6 How about trans?

Transfemme

Transmasc

Non-binary/Genderfluid/related but TMA*

Non-binary/Genderfluid/related but TME*

Non-binary but don’t consider yourself trans

Agender

Two-Spirit

Otherwise cultural gender (please share I wanna know!!)

Other not listed

Cisgender

Voting ended onJul 22

Note for clarification:

*For those who don’t know, TMA means transmisogyny affected (such as trans women, some non-binary people, etc.) whereas TME means transmisogyny exempt (Cis men, cis women, transmasculine individuals, etc). If you want to ask for clarification for which applies to you for the purposes of this poll, feel free to ask and I’ll try to reply, but if you try to argue or quibble about the terms themselves, I’ll block you.

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4/6 Are you currently inside or outside the imperial core? (Defined in first post)

Imperial core

Semiperiphery

Periphery

Immigrated to imperial core from outside of it

Other/Complicated

Voting ended onJul 22

[storyweavingspider]

5/6 How many Black people would *actually* call YOU their friend? Online counts.

I’m non-Black, 0

I’m non-Black, 1-2

I’m non-Black, 1-2 but I have <8 friends

I’m non-Black, 3-6

I’m non-Black, 7+

I’m Black, 0

I’m Black, 1-2

I’m Black, 1-2 but I have <8 friends

I’m Black, 3-6

I’m Black, 7+

I have less than 3 friends total.

Voting ended onJul 22

[storyweavingspider]

6/6! How many TMA* (Transfemme, some non-binary, etc.) people would *actually* call YOU their friend?

I’m TME, 0

I’m TME, 1-2

I’m TME, 1-2 but I have <8 friends

I’m TME, 3-6

I’m TME, 7+

I’m TMA, 0

I’m TMA, 1-2

I’m TMA, 1-2 but I have <8 friends

I’m TMA, 3-6

I’m TMA, 7+

I have less than 3 friends total

Voting ended onJul 22

*For those who don’t know, TMA means transmisogyny affected (such as trans women, some non-binary people, etc.) whereas TME means transmisogyny exempt (Cis men, cis women, transmasculine individuals, etc). If you want to ask for clarification for which applies to you for the purposes of this poll, feel free to ask and I’ll try to reply, but if you try to argue or quibble about the terms themselves, I’ll block you.

THIS IS THE END! Please reblog for bigger sample pool 💖🙏🏽

[kingpin-of-steel-act3]

[ihatenearlyeverything]

its ok theyre Gods lil helpers

[oatmealbrain]

And boy are they clumsy

[hydrangeafae]

Hi, these bees are babies! They’re not clumsy at all, this is what is called orientation flights. After birth and before beginning their careers as foragers (as all Honey bees cycle through all the jobs in the Hive throughout their lifespan), Honey bees take short flights back and forth, to and from the Hive, to orient themselves with their wings and their home so they can learn its location and how to get back home after foraging! Everyone has to learn, these are just smol little baby turkeys. Bees use the angle of the sun for location so adults have a better and more direct sense of location than any human

[polar-solstice]

IM SO PLEASED TO LEARN THIS!!!

They are just!!! Student drivers!!! 😭

[sindri42]

BONK!

[fuskida]

"Bowl of Water with Night Sky" 2023 oil painting by David Stanger

[sunderwight]

The problem with studying the deep ocean is that humans need light to look at things, the depths of the ocean are extremely dark, and what lives there is accustomed to spending most of its time in that darkness. So when we go down there with submersibles and turn on Big Lights to see, we invariably and dramatically alter what's going on, in the same way that it's generally difficult to observe the natural behaviors of terrestrial animals if you whip out a megaphone and shout HEY GUYS WHAT ARE YOU DOING at them first.

[adizzyninja]

A humble snubnose eelpout on its way to the whale fall buffet when some nearby humans give it a quick, unintrusive study:

[julianova44]

I put this in the comments but feel it needs a reblog- Check out some of Dr Edith Widder’s work on light in the deep sea! Among other things, she used the bioluminescence of stoplight fish to deduce wavelengths which most deep sea animals can’t perceive and used that to create light filters to be able to film with minimal disturbance! And that’s how we got 25 minutes of giant squid footage!!!!

[picsthatmakeyougohmm]

hmmm

[toast-potent]

i don’t need to say it

[bingomann]

don’t say anything. just reblog this if you’re thinking of exactly that thing when you see this picture

[petersolarz]

Untitled © Peter Solarz

[robinade]

In conversation with multiple posts going around discussing technical literacy and typing skills…

I HAD typing classes: my typing speed is less than 35 Words Per Minute

I did NOT have typing classes: my typing speed is less than 35 WPM

I HAD typing classes: my typing speed is 36-45 WPM

I did NOT have typing classes: my typing speed is 36-45 WPM

I HAD typing classes: my typing speed is 46-55 WPM

I did NOT have typing classes: my typing speed is 46-55 WPM

I HAD typing classes: my typing speed is 56-69 WPM

I did NOT have typing classes: my typing speed is 56-69 WPM

I HAD typing classes: my typing speed is faster than 70 WPM

I did NOT have typing classes: my typing speed is faster than 70 WPM

I'm on mobile/ vanilla extract option

Voting ended onJul 20

➡️ Take a typing test here (and you need an actual, physical keyboard for this):

1-Minute Typing Test — TypingTest.now

The industry-standard benchmark used by employers and typing certifications worldwide.

➡️ 'Typing classes' refers to computer skills classes you might have had in school; you can also count games or other related typing training your parents might have had you do.

➡️ Across 3 different typing test websites*, the (english language) world average typing speed is 40 WPM.

*typingtest.now, typingtestgo.com, typerworld.com

[petersolarz]

Untitled © Peter Solarz

[not-your-average-url]

I miss when ads were a single click and then they’re gone. Now every ad has a minimum of three phases where you watch a video, exit the still frame of fake gameplay, and then exit the app download. That doesn’t even touch on the ones that forcibly take you to another app after opening a tab in safari without you ever touching the screen.

I hate advertising. I hate that you can’t do anything without companies jumping down your throat with mostly bullshit ads. I hate that billboards exist. I hate that every company unanimously decided to make their ads longer and longer. I hate that ad blockers try to charge you money and there are in app purchases to remove ads. I hate that my attention has become commodified. I hate that there’s nothing I can do about it.

[thememedaddy]

[satorugojowidow]

Which of the three remaining european countries in the World Cup colonized your country?

Spain

France

England

Voting ended onJul 20