same as it ever was

peter | 199X | he/him minors don't follow pls

[konoko]

[thanksiloveyou]

2014 average url: tumblring-in-the-tardis

2026 average url: weemp

[cerenade]

AF attack for @phantomseptember :)

[kissycat]

Has anyone noticed that translating poetry is not easy

[kissycat]

It's kind of like if you were in unrequited love with the crossword puzzle

[closet-keys]

features I would love on tumblr

button that makes all of my posts over 5 years old unrebloggable

setting that makes a post unrebloggable to anyone except me

setting that makes a post unrebloggable to anyone except mutuals

"bridge burner" button that blocks a user and every single person who follows them all at once

feature allowing me to set a little note next to someone's username when I block them so I can remember why I blocked them & what year I blocked them. (if you were annoying 8 years ago that's very different from actively harassing someone 3 months ago, but I don't remember names, so I have no way of knowing)

if someone adds alt-text to an image in an edit, all versions of the post should include the alt-text

"spoiler" text formatting option that requires someone to opt-in to reading it each time they refresh the feed. right now I use the 'read more' cutoff, but it often disappears in reblogs, and even if it worked perfectly, it'd be nice to be able to have a section in the middle of a post 'hidden'

[phoenixyfriend]

Game show called "What's Wrong With You" where a bunch of doctors compete to see who can diagnose a mystery illness (chronically ill patient whose lab results keep coming back normal despite obvious symptoms) first and most accurately.

Pros:

Doctors paying off their medical loans with prize money

Chronically ill people getting free testing (MRIs, CAT scans, X-Rays, bloodwork, etc) and possibly a diagnosis

You can ding points for 'anxiety' and 'you just need to lose some weight'

Doctors are incentivized to find an answer, not just find something billable

Cons:

HIPAA

Wrong Diagnoses made because they were rushing

[madderhatter]

[acekoral]

wawawawawawa. Very nice noises

[innerchildabortionclinic]

wish online communities discussing autism in women weren't like, doing their best to contribute to the false perception there's a distinct Autism For Boys and Autism For Girls, when the whole time it's just social enforcement of gender roles influencing behavior

[inthejunipergrove]

Worship the hand that beats you or whatever

[prokopetz]

Problems in computationally efficient fluid simulation which have stymied game designers for decades are being solved right now by artists on Patreon whose ability to afford groceries this month depends on whether they can render a video involving several gallons of jizz on a laptop from 2017.

[quackels]

this sure is a sentence

[prokopetz]

I've got more.

[targetedknowledge]

[muffinlance]

Calico out there putting tuxedo on the mats

[do-you-have-a-flag]

[allonsybadwolf]

"crochet can't be made by machines" went from being a cool fun fact to being a call to action of "so if you see mass manufactured crochet in Target, that was made by a person and they were underpaid and you should boycott it" which is true, it was made by a person, but EVERY item of clothing you own (that you did not purchase from a company using ethical labor) was made by a person being underpaid (at *best*.)

Sewing machines are operated by *people*. Knitting machines are operated by *people*. Yes lots of the process is automated but you cannot tell a machine "make me a t-shirt" or "make me a knit cardigan".

Higher awareness of fast fashion, and the true human labor and abuse behind it, is GREAT, but let's not pretend that the crochet hat in target is THE problem. Every article of clothing in target is the problem. "All clothes are made by people" is the jumping off point here into understanding this issue it's not just crochet it's the whole thing ahhhhHHHHHHHHHH

[enerdsout]

[marzipanandminutiae]

If you've ever seen images of sweatshops in the early 20th century, in New York or the UK or other developed countries

Guess what

Your clothing is still made in a place that looks like that. The only thing that's different is the tech level of the sewing machines and the race of the workers 

[anarchistmemedistro]

all your clothes are already handmade

[kaylmao]

this strategically placed landmine will allow me to easily dominate the dance dance revolution competition

[azure-alter]

You have to separate the art from the Garfunkel

[junestrings]

a lot of people dont care about insect biomass collapse bc when they hear we are losing 2.5% of the insect biomass per year they just imagine the cockroach and housefly population decreasing by that much. they dont realize those are among the only ones that will remain unbothered

[junestrings]

you can make a little oasis right where you are, and it matters

[headspace-hotel]

every year of restoring native plants I see a great increase in the insect populations, and loads of new insects i never saw before (all of them harmless--the insects that are harmful or parasitic on humans are the main ones being unaffected by the decrease in insect populations)

(a large part of) the problem is Plant Sameness. we must restore plant diversity

[but-the-desserts-were-okay]

[t4t4tclethian]

something niceys this way comes