I will be calm, I will be mistress of myself!

Christian | ISFP | Bookmaster | Currently Reading: The Giver

[inmygardenofeden]

The difference between bravery and cowardice is action. Do not dance on the knife’s edge between the two, wield the blade and push through.

[rosalierowan]

The art of noticing.

[louisegluckpdf]

me when one of my girlmutuals posts about how they got a little coffee beverage or took a nice walk or started a book they've been meaning to read for a while or otherwise found meaning and joy in simple pleasures

[aurorepeuffier]

Painting from photographs I took during my travel in Scotland

[quiet-but-not-blind]

Sister’s boyfriend is dog approved…she doesn’t approve of ANYBODY

[urgetocreate]

Chris Cyprus (British), Shivelight, 2026, Oil on canvas

[thisbibliomaniac]

[uptownthots]

“it isnt something you have to read critically” well 😭

[oysters-aint-for-me]

there’s a used bookstore in rural western massachusetts (the montague book mill) whose motto is “books you don’t need in a place you can’t find” and i just feel like that summarizes tumblr too

[oysters-aint-for-me]

posts you don’t need on a site you can’t search

[srsfunny]

Finally, a win

[saintofpride201]

This dumbass stigma that "hick" states are somehow dumber than the more urban ones because they're from poorer areas has to cease...

[animenutcase]

Hicks are the ones who put us in space.

[delicatefury]

You know what they changed? What Alabama is doing so different from California and New York?

They’re teaching the kids phonics.

It is legally required.

Turns out, actually learning to read improves students’ skills across the board. Who woulda guessed?

[ohifonlyx33]

They also started holding kids back at 3rd grade because the foundations of education are important.

What's a highschool teacher supposed to do with a 16 year old who can't do 12x15 without a calculator and can't spell mischief without autocorrect?

Oh, and they've also heavily restricted the gender and DEI insanity... baseball, huh?

[sugar-petals]

since ai companies are now scanning and shredding any literature they can seize, our collective 'hoard all the books even if you don't have enough space for them' instinct has paid off

[unusual-suspects]

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[2productive]

I always loved how back in the day before cellphones, people were unreachable if they weren’t at home. You can call but I won’t be there to answer. You can leave a message but you don’t know how long it’ll be until I hear it. You don’t know if I’m home, but you will have to make the trip to come to my house and knock on the door, hoping I’ll be there. And if I’m not…you can’t reach me!! Now that everyone has a cellphone the expectation of being reachable 24/7 is so disastrous. And let’s not even get into read receipts. I think one of the worst times of my inner peace is when I had an apple watch and suddenly every text and phone call and notification was on my freaking wrist, even if my phone was giving the illusion of distance by being in my pocket or bag or charging in another room. I stopped using it in 2022 and I’d rather eat a jean jacket with no water than ever be so connected again. “oh you can just turn off notifications!” not the point.

[quiet-but-not-blind]

Classroom theme

Light academia

Dark academia

Voting ended onAug 14

[replicated-archive]

I do in fact have that summertime sadness

[urgetocreate]

Haidee-Jo Summers (British b.1971), Walking with Maisie, Cornwall, 2025, Oil on panel

[winedark]

i do think there is something so exceptional that something as rare and beautiful as an eclipse is something you should not look at directly because it might permanently damage your vision. a partial eclipse is so bright it hurts to look at, a total eclipse breaks and the light overwhelms your vision.... at the risk of sounding trite it does feel like that element of cosmic horror that is too much for a human to behold without losing something of yourself. i luv space