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Young Christian obsessed with Star Wars, history, and law

[bethanydelleman]

Maybe it's naive of me, but whenever I see portraits like this, with just a father and daughter, it restores my faith in humanity a little. Because people seem to love this idea that fathers never loved their daughters in the past and only saw them as bargaining chips for marriage or whatever, but look at the guy in the first portrait on the left, he loves that little girl! And the dad trying to do his work while his daughter bothers him with an Old Timey Barbie. The man teaching his daughter geography, his expression is so soft! The way the man in the last portrait holds the little girl's hand! And none of these are incidental, these aren't photographs, someone (probably the father) paid good money and sat down for hours so that they could have a painting of themselves and their daughter. Probably because they loved their daughter.

From left to right: 1795 Michał Jerzy Mniszech with his daughter Elżbieta - Marcello Bacciarelli; Christopher Anstey and his daughter Mary Ann by William Hoare 1776; A Musician and His Daughter by Thomas de Keyser 1629; The Geography Lesson (Portrait of Monsieur G. and His Daughter), 1812; Jean-baptiste Isabey And His Daughter; Portrait of a Young Girl and Older Man by William Harrison Scarborough

(this is probably somewhat related to my other favourite genre of painting, Husband With Multiple Kids Making Come Hither Eyes At His Wife)

[janeeyreofmanderley]

oh I love those! People being people is one of my favourite kinds of paintings and an important reminder that people in past times were not all that different. There were dads who loved their daughters fiercely. There were fathers who happily looked after their babies too. The German reformer Philip Melanchton for example had a cradle in his office. His wife was busy organising a household for 20 people- she was out and about, he mostly worked in his office, it made sense for him to look after their babies too babies while she dropped by at snack time.

in fact often if it was kind of safe dads had the babies in their workshops for just that reason as we can see in these paintings:

The left is “the busy father” by Theodore Weber, the right one is “At the china repairer’s “ by Wenzel Tornoe. All dads who are actively involved in childcare and a painter who thought it was a cute topic rather than anything ridiculous.

[obi-troll-kenobi]

I raise you:

First Lesson by Akseli Gallen-Kallela (1865 - 1931)

Un Coup De Main (The Helping Hand) by Émile Renouf (1845 – 1894)

Italian Winegrower And His Daughter by Francesco Baratta (1590-1666)

[heedra]

not to oversimplify an extremely complex discipline but if i had to pick one tip to give people on how to have more productive interactions with children, especially in an instructive sense, its that teaching a kid well is a lot more like improv than it is like error correction and you should always work on minimizing the amount of ‘no, wrong’ and maximizing the amount of ‘yes, and?’ for example: we have a species of fish at the aquarium that looks a lot like a tiny pufferfish. children are constantly either asking us if that’s what they are, or confidently telling us that’s what they are. if you rush to correct them, you risk completely severing their interest in the situation, because 1. kids don’t like to engage with adults who make them feel bad and 2. they were excited because pufferfish are interesting, and you have not given them any reason to be invested in non-pufferfish. Instead, if you say something like “It looks a LOT like a tiny pufferfish, you’re right. But these guys are even funnier. Wanna know what they’re called?” you have primed them perfectly for the delightful truth of the Pacific Spiny Lumpsucker

[akiragatr]

I was in martial arts for years, and in particular I kinda specialized in working with the younger kids.

The two Big Rules when instructing younger students was- 1. Compliment before Critique 2. Don’t say ‘but’, say ‘now’

Praise kids on what they get right first, especially if they are struggling. Like OP said, kids don’t like to engage with people who make them feel bad. They need encouragement when learning new things.

Number two boils down to this. If you tell a kid a compliment, then say “but you need to fix this”, that ‘but’ completely negates your compliment. It’s gone. It was canceled out like adding a negative to a positive. Using “hey, that punch is looking great, now let’s focus on your stance” doesn’t verbally cancel out the progress they’ve made. It’s like they’ve checked off something on their list of stuff to work on.

Wording can absolutely make or break a child’s motivation and interest.

[problemedic]

Rebloggling as it’s relevant in a Medical Education context

[lizziedoesvetpath]

Honestly I use all of these to teach vet students too. I think people in general respond better to positivity in teaching. Not coddling, but acknowledging when a student got part way to the right answer, or had a good thought process, is something I’ve found keeps students engaged and builds confidence, which encourages them to keep going instead of shutting down and just “getting through” a lab or a rotation

[anachrosims]

just in case anyone forgot how wildly colorful Georgian interiors could be, even among the working class to the wealthy:

[anachrosims]

and EVEN WHEN things were more muted/neutral, the neutrality was OFFSET by ACCENT COLORS and HIGH CONTRAST between the wood tones and everything ELSE

ALSO AMERICAN COLONIAL INTERIORS POPPED OFF, Y'ALL (IN TERMS OF COLOR/COZINESS)

PEOPLE USED WHITEWASH AND COLORFUL TRIM OR EVEN JUST COLORFUL FURNITURE IF THEY COULD AFFORD TO DO SO

AND DON'T GET ME STARTED ON FRENCH AND BRITISH AND AMERICAN WALLPAPERS

"ELIZABETH" YOU CRY, "WHY ARE YOU BEING SO EXTRA THIS MORNING?! IT'S MONDAY"

Because, my friend, my war on GREIGE will NEVER end.

Historic interiors were filled with LIFE and LIGHT and COLOR. ALWAYS HAVE BEEN.

Part of the reason we don't see a lot of textile art is because, frankly, textiles tend to degrade over time - especially ones that had utility! And yes, pigments and weaving and dying all boosted the expense of things, when we were finally reliably block-printing fabrics and broad reams of paper, it was no longer just the wealthy who could afford pretty patterns!

In the Americas, a far wider variety of pigments also became available because of the abundance of... well, a shitton of flora and minerals, some of which weren't as common in Europe.

WHY THE HIGHLIGHTER COLORS? you ask.

CANDLES.

Those colors reflect candlelight and natural sunlight REALLY WELL.

Humans LOVE bright colors, it's NOT just a thing for kids. We live in a brilliant, vibrant, multifaceted world. We ALWAYS have.

(STOP MAKING YOUR HISTORIC SIMS 4 BUILDS BE BLAND. STOP IT.)

[hydrachea]

> turns on my computer

> disables a new AI feature that was turned on by default

> opens my email

> disables a new AI feature that was turned on by default

> launches a software

> disables a new AI fea

[swinging-stars-from-satellites]

[chernobog13]

Dennis, you old rabble-rouser you!

[vbartilucci]

[okayyoureacab]

Hexagon Quilt

[rumade]

This is the second time I've seen a video of this technique and this explanation is so clear! It does use more fabric than English paper piecing (EPP) but you end up with a double sided hexagon so don't have to source fabric for the backing.

I'm doing EPP at the moment but I have a hole punch to make the papers and just use leaflets and junk mail, so it doesn't feel wasteful. I don't think it's difficult either- in the video she mentions it's not for beginners, but I don't have that much experience with hand sewing or EPP and I've been finding it pretty easy so YMMV

[lindstromm]

I saw this video yesterday and was seized with the need to try it out immediately. Lookit my cute lil' hexagon baby!!

Here is what the backside looks like. OP notes this takes more fabric than paper piecing, but that excess fabric makes it already triple-layered. Besides not needing backing fabric, I don't think you'd need batting for this quilt at all. It's already thick and soft just from folding all that fabric into a hexagon.

[lannamichaels]

Hexagon quilt tutorial video by tiktok user camelscrafts. Method:

Each hexagon begins as a 6" circle. camelscrafts does this by creating a paper template using a compass. According to the video, a 6" circle will create a hexagon that is 2.5 inches tall.

These hexagons are hand-sewn. Thread the needle.

With the fabric right side facing, find the center of the circle by folding it in half right sides together, then folding it in half again (wrong sides are facing). The top of the triangle shape is the center of the fabric circle.

Make a small stitch into the center of the fabric. The wrong side is still facing.

Unfold the circle. There will be a small stitch in the center.

Now the hexagon is created by folding the circle into itself: Take the needle to one of the edges of the fabric (it doesn't matter which one). Pull the needle through and pull the thread tight. This will fold down the fabric and create an edge of the hexagon. Crease the fold with your finger.

This fold has two corners, one at the top and one at the bottom. Put the needle into one of the corners and pull the thread taut. This will create another fold.

Continue this going around the circle until all of it is folded down, creating the hexagon. camelscrafts notes that the last corner pulled in may be a little bit "wonky" (no precise point in the corner) if the corners were not done precisely. However, that corner is pulled into the back, so is not visible from the front.

The hexagon is now formed. Sew around the folds in the middle of the circle to hold the folds in place. Tie off and cut the thread.

Attach hexagons to each other along the sides. With right sides together, whip stitch the sides together.

[onlytiktoks]

[aniseandspearmint]

Asdfghjkl her perfectly straight face and even tone throughout should win an AWARD

[catchymemes]

[pikaglove]

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[husborth-deactivated20241109]

Okay, some people seem to have this theory that because Anakin is naturally good at things, and can be impatient, he doesn’t try to pursue things that he finds hard, and just dismisses them as useless. I’m not sure though. He still pursued pod-racing, despite the fact that he never won and always crashed (though he mostly didn’t have a choice about competing). He still loved it, and never stooped to cheat either.

i think there's one major flaw in that theory, which is that anakin isn't naturally good at anything other than the same basic skillset that all jedi have; preternatural reflexes, psychic abilities and premonitions. anakin's skillset - a good mechanic, a good duelist, a good pilot, bilingual - are not things we have any reason to believe he had a natural knack for, and he is regularly described in the EU as working hard at each of these skills.

because, you know, if your boss could blow you up for not being useful, it's self-preservation to make yourself useful. in several legends novels, anakin as a kid is described as actively seeking to observe and learn mechanical skills because it makes him less disposable, which, yeah, you fucking would! if capital punishment was a ramification of Existing Wrong, you would work very hard to Exist Right. if anakin doesn't make himself a passable pilot fast, the podraces will turn him into a smear of marinara sauce in the desert. anakin's not a natural at any of these skills - weirdly gifted, yes, but a) he's psychic, and b) corporal punishment ensues if he isn't. if you were enslaved in a junk shop you would also learn your way around real fucking fast. i'm sure anakin is also a "natural" at scrubbing floors and organizing parts. i'm sure he's also a "natural" at stopping nosebleeds and picking his tiny carcass out of smoking podracer wrecks, and considering obi-wan is supposed to be one of the best duelists in the order, why are we surprised anakin turned out similarly? he was personally mentored to! that's not being a natural, that's having a good teacher who would not put up with your shit.

we don't really see anakin dismiss anything as too hard for him because that would fly in the face of his mile-wide desire to prove himself and his equally large, desperate ego; the nineteen year old who gets electrocuted into unconsciousness by a sith lord and then gets up to duel again isn't uninterested when shit gets rough. "laziness" is not a character flaw at play when the character in question is darth vader, who has a narrative arc rooted entirely in His Eternal Self-Enforced Servitude. there is so much that is wrong with him. i just need people to pinpoint the correct flaws.

[husborth-deactivated20241109]

@aces-to-apples no, you're 100% right, anakin does literally call himself a slow learner:

this is either anakin's idea of a witty comeback (really funny possibility) or he's just being literal. either way, we literally have no reason to disbelieve the idea that anakin maybe genuinely considered himself a slow learner, and regardless of whether that's actually applicable, that would indicate that he found his studies difficult and tried to succeed in spite of that. emphasis on tried, it is canon in my heart that he failed several space literature classes, to obi-wan's endless despair. anakin's literary analysis skills begin and end with, "i can summarize the plot." that bubble opera palpatine took anakin to was, like, space phantom of the opera, and anakin never caught palpatine's deft metatextual reference there. the space phantom sings "ONLY THEN CAN YOU BELONG TO ME" and palpatine's like, does he even realize the broader point i'm making? the depth of my ironic genius? and anakin's just like, wrow.... neat suit..... wrow

[maeve-on-mustafar]

@queenmorganlafay

Okay, some people seem to have this theory that because Anakin is naturally good at things, and can be impatient, he doesn’t try to pursue things that he finds hard, and just dismisses them as useless.

I think where I struggle with this theory and would disagree with it is that Anakin isn't naturally good at most things.

Like, he's gifted with mechanics? But that doesn't extend to racing/flying. The point is specifically made in TPM that he's never even finished a podrace before winning the Boonta Eve. He's mainly a racing prodigy in that 1) he's a human, and 2) he's been able to survive as long as he has. But he's hardly the best racer out there.

As for Jedi stuff, he comes to the Temple way later than usual, so he's already at a huge disadvantage. We see kids around six years old practicing with lightsabers in AOTC, so that's something Anakin is going to be several years behind on when he enters the scene at age nine. Even as a nineteen-year-old, he's still not that great of a duelist and gets owned by Dooku no problem. But a few years later? He's able to take on Obi-Wan and Kit Fisto at once in a practice duel, and then is actually able to kill Dooku in ROTS. You know what I think he did? Recognized his own weaknesses and then practiced until he got better.

One aspect of Jedi life that Anakin seems talented at/okay with, and that he presumably had to learn, is meditation. It seems kind of weird when you consider the fandom take on him is that he never meditates when he needs to and avoids it at all costs. But in AOTC, when he's with Padme on Naboo and has nightmares about his mom? He meditates. In ROTS, when he's having nightmares about Padme dying? He meditates. No one makes him do this, no one forces meditation on him. When Anakin is struggling, he uses a tool that the Jedi provided him to help cope with the situation.

Also, I just want to leave this panel here:

You know, this panel. Where Anakin is vowing to stay and concentrate on honing a skill that he's not naturally gifted with.

And eventually, we get to see the outcome of that, when he's able to ride the reek in the arena at Geonosis during AOTC.

[husborth-deactivated20241109]

reblogging specifically for the panel wherein anakin is at hilarious levels of tweenaged stubbornness. obi-wan advises anakin that this skill will take time to master and that’s okay, and anakin responds with I WON’T MOVE FROM THIS SPOT UNTIL I’VE MASTERED IT I SWEAR ON MY LIFE, which is much more in line with the anakin we see on the screen than any idea of him simply being too lazy to apply himself to anything the jedi are trying to teach him. the anakin onscreen in the saga is dedicated to an absolute fault. he lacks in its entirety the ability to half-ass anything; he falls in love, he’s getting married in three weeks, tops. he swears himself to the sith, he’s murdering small children in half an hour, tops. he finds out he has a son, and he stops at nothing until he can give luke his evil elevator pitch. he’s a sith, so the jedi have to be evil, or he’s a jedi, so the sith have to be evil - when your worldview is so impossibly intense to begin with, it’s impossible to imagine that he’s a guy capable of any degree of chilling the fuck out.

in that panel, obi-wan has to act as a voice of reason between anakin’s impulse to obsess - in this case, on doing well at Jedi Things - and mediate, because anakin has a personality that doesn’t self-govern whatsoever. we see what he’s like, in brutal fashion, when he can fixate, obsess, and work with no interruption and no recourse, and that movie has a title, it’s The Empire Strikes Back (TM), and a lot of people die simply because vader flies off the handle when his carefully laid plans get fucked up, and luke loses a hand for that same reason. stuff like this, where anakin is a kid who desperately wants to be successful as a jedi, is just a smaller, innocent reflection of the same behavioral pattern; a complete inability to not be Doing The Most At All Times, Especially Right Now.

and it’s also why i still completely don’t understand the idea that anakin doesn’t pursue things that are hard, because, in an enormous way, that is actually one of the things that drives him batshit up the belfry, his complete inability to ever stop. his mom dies and he immediately swears he is going to try to rewrite the laws of life and death on the spot, and what’s worse is that, if you buy into the EU, on many, many, many occasions, he tries so hard to do just that. his arc is literally about trying to do the impossible. like, i get it, anakin is the villain and talking about his flaws is sort of the point of the story, but we have to begin with correctly identifying them.

[drafthorsemath]

Reblog to trample Pong Krell with an AT-RT.

[g4yr4t]

I love Doris and she is so cute but also she looks so much like Teddy Roosevelt sometimes that I can't help but laugh

[g4yr4t]

all I'm saying is that no one has ever seen them in the same room together

[critter-of-habit]

They're just silly

[odyver]

alright I've got to do some quick math to explain attitudes towards AI to my boss.

we're looking to create an AI policy, and when we were talking about this, my boss (older millennial) was genuinely shocked to hear that younger people do not (seem) to view AI positively (a la the recent commencement speakers being booed)

please rb for larger sample size!

Question 1/3

What is your age, and do you feel AI is a net positive or net negative in our lives today?

under 18, AI is a net positive

under 18, AI is a net negative

18-29, AI is a net positive

18-29, AI is a net negative

30-45, AI is a net positive

30-45, AI is a net negative

46-60, AI is a net positive

46-60, AI is a net negative

over 60, AI is a net postive

over 60, AI is a net negative

Voting ended onJun 11

[odyver]

Question 2/3

How often do you visit or interact with museums/archives (whether in person or online)?

Frequently (multiple times per month)

Often (multiple times per year)

Occasionally (a couple times per year)

Rarely (once every couple of years)

Never :(

Voting ended onJun 11

[odyver]

Question 3/3

If you saw a museum was using AI in exhibits, marketing, research, etc., would you be more or less inclined to visit that museum?

under 18, more inclined

under 18, less inclined

18-29, more inclined

18-29, less inclined

30-45, more inclined

30-45, less inclined

46-60, more inclined

46-60, less inclined

over 60, more inclined

over 60, less inclined

Voting ended onJun 11

Thank you for helping with this data collection. Please rb for as big a sample as possible!

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[amazonsarkany]

The power of a hug.

[softieskywalker]

i think the key difference between george lucas’s star wars and disney’s star wars is that lucas is a man with an ideology. someone with a point of view, and all that entails. which comes with ideas of revolution, anti-imperialism, challenging the status quo, cultural appropriation and racist stereotypes. complex and contradictory ideas because that’s how artists are: complex and complicated people. disney is not. disney is a corporation. a corporation can’t have ideology, because ideology defeats the purpose of profit. and when the only thing you do is to turn on the movie manufacturing machine before you sit down and plan what ideas are you trying to convey to the audience, then your results are going to be washed out corporate garbage. and because when you’re a giant corporation who only cares about selling to the widest audience possible, you can’t take sides. you can’t decide on an idea. because you want to sell your product to people who are on the entire political spectrum. which results in movies without ideology, without purpose, without soul.

[david-talks-sw]

I have been looking for this post for years after I came across it and it’s finally here and I need to reblog this because it is absolutely and entirely accurate.

[comebackali]

#as I always say: lucas was making a samurai film and a ww2 flying ace film and a western film and adding laser swords#because he fundamentally LIKED samurai films and dambusters films and westerns and 40’s adventure serials#but disney are making a ‘star wars film’ and adding nothing because it already had laser swords and they have nothing else to say#xerox of a xerox baybeeeee (via harrietvane)

[sometiktoksarevalid]

[fluffy-critter]

I first started watching it without sound and I had a little internal monologue going like "shit, where'd I leave the remote, god damnit, okay no not in there, argh the commercial just WON'T END, where's the fuckin..."

but the actual sound is even better.

[wizardshark]

Pov you are Leon Kennedy in the raccoon city police department