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A group of rough looking boys walked past me today and all I heard of their conversation was “he’s got that anxiety disorder bro so I went with him so he’d be more comfortable” and it made me realise the world isn’t all that bad

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DEAR RESEARCHERS OF TUMBLR

You know what’s awesome? Research. You know what’s not awesome? Not being able to get access to research because it’s stuck behind a paywall and you don’t belong to an institution/your institution doesn’t subscribe to that particular journal.

FEAR NOT.

Here is a list of free, open access materials on a variety of subjects. Feel free to add if you like!

GO FORTH AND LEARN SHIT, MY FRIENDS.

Directory of Open Access Journals- A compendium of over 9000 journals from 133 countries, multilingual and multidisciplinary.

Directory of Open Access Books- Like the above, but for ebooks. Also multidisciplinary.

Ubiquity Press- Journals covering archaeology, comics scholarship, museum studies, psychology, history, international development, and more. Also publishes open access ebooks on a wide variety of subjects.

Europeana- Digital library about the history and culture of Europe.

Digital Public Library of America- American history, culture, economics, SO MUCH AMERICA.

Internet Archive- In addition to books, they have music and videos, too. Free! And legal! They also have the Wayback Machine, which lets you see webpages as they looked at a particular time.

College and Research Libraries- Library science and information studies. Because that’s what I do.

Library of Congress Digital Collections- American history and culture, historic newspapers, sound recordings, photographs, and a ton of other neat stuff.

LSE Digital Library- London history, women’s history.

Wiley Open Access- Science things! Neurology, medicine, chemistry, ecology, engineering, food science, biology, psychology, veterinary medicine.

SpringerOpen- Mainly STEM journals, looooong list.

Elsevier Open Access- Elsevier’s kind of the devil but you might as well take advantage of this. Mainly STEM, also a linguistics journal and a medical journal in Spanish.

reinventedexit

I'm about it.

I don't jive with a faith that says God is present "when two or more are gathered." Or one that feels the need to invite the Holy Spirit, or that wants to make sure to claim that "God showed up" after a meeting. I don't jive with "loving ON people," like the people get no say in the matter and must passively accept our aggressive love. But I also don't jive with a faith that is "spiritual but not religious." I need some concrete along with the gray. I need the truth and the nuances and the church and the mess. But it mostly feels like I just don't jive at all. Is there something hanging in the balance? Something for people like me?

several-birds-one-stone

Compliment them: a flawless work of art. Honour them: a human of flaws and scars. Love them: in spite of both. Love them: because of both.

Vacation.

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You know when you clean your face really well and exfoliate and stuff and your face feels ten pounds lighter and clean and kind of raw, that’s how I want my heart to feel

destinedforthewest

You can’t love someone’s mental illness away.

toosmallortootall

#this is one of the hardest things to learn#and one of the most painful things to accept#you can’t love someone’s mental illness away#but you can love them through it and with it#and you can love them on bad days and good days and nothing days and everything days#and that’s more important really

gr8writingtips

writing tip #633:

shock your readers by killing them off after revealing your book was soaked in poison the entire time

culturenlifestyle

Creative Feminine Portraits Composed Of Flowers And Stems

Chicago based online boutique Sister Golden is headed by a mother and daughter, Vicki and Brooke Rawlins duo who create art and decor items for the home. In the latest series, they have featured portraits composed entirely of natural elements, such as flowers, petals, leaves and stems.

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Sin started on a tree, and was defeated on a tree.

(via absolutelyinlovewithjesus)

veganvampires

The real moral goals of the Gospel–loving enemies, caring for the powerless, overlooking personal offenses, living simply, eschewing riches–can only be achieved through surrender and participation.

Fr. Richard Rohr (via veganvampires)

jimzub

SOURCE: http://www.danvojtech.cz/blog/2016/07/amazing-how-focal-length-affect-shape-of-the-face/

When they say “The camera adds 10 pounds” they’re not kidding. Here’s the effect with different camera lenses while keeping the subject the same size.

reinventedexit

Fascinating!

Just... Don't do it? Is it that difficult to not?

I am real tired of people talking over other people. Taking it into my own hands to teach high school students not to do this, so the behavior can hopefully stay nipped as they enter adulthood.