phosphenes

~ (n) the light and colors produced by rubbing your eyes

[scorpionlafemme]

[c-11-22]

[2productive]

[balkanrose]

Octavia Butler's "Essentials of Success", listed in one of her notebooks.

[elumish]

It is incredibly important to train yourself to have your first instinct be to look something up.

Don't know how to do something? Look it up.

See a piece of news mentioned on social media? Look it up.

Not sure if something is making it to the broader public consciousness, either because you don't see it much or you see people saying nobody is talking about it? Look it up.

Don't know what a word means? Look it up.

It will make you a better reader and a better writer, but it will also just make you more equipped to cope with the world.

So often, I see people talking about something as though it is the first time anyone has ever acknowledged it, when I've been reading reports about it on the news for months or years. Or I see someone totally misinterpreting an argument because they clearly don't know what a word means--or, on the other hand, making an argument that doesn't make sense because they aren't using words the right way.

Look things up! Check the news (the real news, not random people on social media)! Do your research! You (and the world) will be better for it.

[marzipanandminutiae]

look it up FROM A REAL SOURCE

Not AI

do not trust the overview at the top of the search window. confirm it with a real source by a human before you decide you have all the info you need

[conservethis]

I got the Wikipedia app on my phone because ironically, I have a library degree. We used to talk about Wikipedia the same way we talk about AI now. Except I trust Wikipedia a lot more these days.

[9710144]

[dreamgirlvibes]

[briarwoodtree]

i don't know who needs to hear this but sometimes you don't need a partner you just need more friends who aren't complete pieces of shit

[andthe15th]

[tropic-havens]

Bora Bora Rainbow, French Polynesia

[expressions-of-nature]

Kola Pennisula, Russia by Mikhail Konarev

[wholesome-suggestion]

it’s not going to be easy. nothing will ever be easy, in fact it’s going to be really insanely hard. but you’re going to make it through and you’re going to receive every good thing that you deserve. the waiting will be worth it, it will all be worth it.

[maureen2musings]

Frosty friends

gammsystrar

[realspoiled]

gentle cleansers, green tea, at home workouts, fruit bowls, face masks, spf 50, pink nails, jewelry always, hair masks, body milks, late night runs, sparkly claw clips, hair massages, lip serums, balanced salads, night routine, vitamins and supplements, sunglasses sun hat combo, princess treatment, floral bouquets, vogue videos.

[expressions-of-nature]

Southern Ural Mountains, Russia by Sergey Garifullin

[scorpionlafemme]

[kunosoura]

I think it’s normal for people to be mad at each other sometimes even if they’re close friends or family or intimate with each other. Like I think that’s a normal and healthy part of relationships that can happen sometimes

[kunosoura]

“Why were you on Mad At Me island” because at the time I was mad at you and yet our friendship has weathered that without trouble