[frogadir]

[deadgenerations]

as someone who remembers the patriot act and all the conversation surrounding it, it's a bit... of an experience being able to remember how many people pointed out that Terrorist was a politically convenient term which could be used to dehumanise and legally strip the rights from someone and that eventually all this would be used internally. and the response was 'nuh uh only browns with funny headgear are terrorists'. and then two decades of 'fighting age males' being blown to pieces at weddings because they might have, maybe, looked at a terrorist once. A week ago a head of state is black bagged in the middle of the night by the US for being a 'narcoterrorist'. And now an unarmed, random woman - white, citizen - is gunned down by jackboot thugs and before her body is cold she is, of course, a domestic terrorist.

If you are reading this, you need to know that the moment the US state needs to kidnap you, the moment a drone pilot decides you're in the wrong place, the moment you are bleeding to death on the sidewalk, you will be a Terrorist. Because anything can be done to a Terrorist.

[basileater]

ive always been willing to die on the hill of cis women being able to beat cis men in sports so nobody will ever ever make me concerned about trans women in womens sports even if i was delusional enough to believe that was a comparable situation. do i think a cis woman could beat a trans woman in fucking pickleball or whatever? Buddy I think a cis woman could beat a cis male bodybuilder in sports. You will not get me

[domsdickey]

this feels too important (and correct!!) to leave in the notes

[catboybiologist]

Why Women Have Beaten Men in Marathon Swimming?

Research has shown that women, due to specific reasons, have regularly produced faster times than men in marathon swimming.

Women often outperform men in Olympic shooting. Is it time for open events?

The sport’s governing body says there is little difference in performance between genders. Should men and women compete head-to-head as indi

Men’s and Women’s Gymnastics: Exploring Differences in Olympic Events

Uncover the unique differences between men’s and women's gymnastics at the Olympics. Explore how these events contrast in style and rules.

Women outperform men in many sports, and in many instances, the men's versions of these sports are rewritten into completely different versions so that they can't be compared.

And if your reaction to this is "well women don't outperform men in skills that we typically find impressive" I would implore you to think about why things women tend to be better at than men are valued less by society.

If your reaction is "well that's cherrypicking examples, its such a small handful of formalized sports" I'd implore you to think of why so many popular sports are structured around the specific set of skills men are better at.

Because the answer starts with m and ends with isogyny.

[m4gethecat]

Worth noting with olympic shooting specifically it was a mixed event, until a woman started beating them, at which point it became gendered. Gendered shooting is like gendered chess, it's not even a game of strength.

[duckbunny]

"historically people had servants" incorrect. historically people WERE servants, and many of us still are.

[seongpinkhwa]

never thought i’d be saying this as a nepali person but the rest of the world has a lot to learn from nepal when it comes to revolution lol

[seongpinkhwa]

young people literally spent two days showing the full force of their wrath against a horrific, corrupt system run by politicians that embezzled away every single cent of citizen money. they protested, and when the cops turned to violence, they did too. many of the biggest and most corrupt politicians (including the prime minister) were forced to resign, had their houses swarmed by crowds of furious people, were beat within an inch of their lives, and had their money thrown out onto the streets.

real, actual change is on the way in a country plagued by exploitation and poverty and corruption for DECADES because the population rallied together behind the sheer force of the young population and their anger - so much so that it’s being called the gen z revolution. THIS is how revolutions come about when every attempt to use peaceful means is met with bullets and suppression and social media bans in an effort to shut people up. and i think the west has a lot to learn about what true revolution and true progression is, because the way that our political discourse is so weak and watered down and pushed to be ‘friendly’ and ‘understanding’ is so pathetic at times. THERE IS NO NEGOTIATING WITH YOUR OPPRESSORS.

[seongpinkhwa]

'all forms of political violence is bad' read it and weep losers

[marzipanandminutiae]

you put an Apparently Reasonable Amount of dried pasta in boiling water and it turns into Much More Pasta than Anticipated

[thecollectibles]

Art by Denis Istomin

[simplydoomed]

"yes we're a french gaming studio, how could you tell?"

[simplydoomed]

the year is 2020 and i still haven’t finished darling in the franxx because in my head the show ended directly after that wedding episode and nobody is convincing me otherwise

[simplydoomed]

the year is 2025 and i still haven’t finished darling in the franxx because in my head the show ended directly after that wedding episode and nobody is convincing me otherwise

[baelonthebrave]

biologists will be like this is a very simplified diagram of a mammalian cell

chemists will be like this is a molecule

okay but this is what the best render of a human cell looks like

They are not kidding

[normal-horoscopes]

We are full of so many fuckign guys

[lurking-kitty]

This is actually a full on interactive map! You can put your cursor over any structure to focus on it and see its name, you can focus on all the structures that are part of a specific pathway and, when you click on proteins, you open it up on PhosphoSitePlus, which is a curated database of proteins and their post-translational modifications. It has a helpful description and summary for each protein!

This is a HUGE complementary resource for learning molecular biology! It really helps to make sense of each individual pathway and it puts everything into perspective. It only focuses on human, rat and certain other animal cells, so it won’t have all the pathways one would wish to see… But for the pathways it does include, consider opening the image and accompanying it as you learn or revise them!

[the-real-seebs]

oh wow, thank you for the additional information, i had no idea, that’s so much cooler than just the flat picture.

[simplydoomed]

live view of my emotional state this past month as an avid fan of Pricefield/Life Is Strange, Vox Machina, Agatha All Along/Marvel, and Arcane/League

[simplydoomed]

literally happens every single time without fail

[simplydoomed]

"AJ looks to you for guidance in this world.

You just tortured a man in front of him."

okay but, counterpoint, the man deserved it

[simplydoomed]

finally decided to play through (most of) the telltale walking dead definitive series

s1 thoughts - the strongest (so far) that I've played through, buggy/finicky at a handful of parts but had a good narrative, storytelling flow & enjoyable characters despite their flaws

400 days - underwhelming in the grand scheme, was definitely cool to have individual episodes dedicated to new characters but none of them mattered aside from bonnie, who still didn't matter depending in your s2 choices

s2 - a slight step down from s1, as the ending felt extremely rushed. enjoyed being able to mold and craft clem's personality depending on what decisions you do/don't make, but was annoyed at how the majority of the season was filled with full functioning (for the most part) adults making the 11 year old girl do everything

s3/the new frontier - mixed bag on this one, as this season very clearly is split amongst itself between family drama and survival drama. it was entertaining nonetheless, and while i do absolutely adore Kate/David's characters conceptually, the shock value of killing mariana and then wasting the potential of the side cast was rough. the flashbacks for jane/kenny didn't honor the characters as well as i would have liked imo, but the flashbacks we got of clem trying her absolute hardest to survive with AJ were some of the best in the series (so far)

playing through the final season then michonne afterwards probably

[leave-her-a-tome]

(source)

Unsplash -  photography, illustration, & art

Pixabay - same as unsplash

Pexels - stock photos and videos

Getty Images - photography & illustration

Veceezy - vectors and clipart

Gumroad - photoshop brushes (and more)

StockSnap.io - stock photos

Canva - needs login but has lots of templates

Library of Congress - historical posters and photos

NASA - you guessed it

Creative Commons - all kinds of stuff, homie

Even Adobe has some free images

There are so many ways to make moodboards, bookcovers, and icons without plagiarizing! As artists, authors, and other creatives, we need to be especially careful not to use someone else’s work and pass it off as our own. 

Please add on if you know any more resources for free images <3

[debtdeath]

recently found out about openverse which i think aggregates a bunch of creative commons images from flickr, wikimedia, nasa etc… pretty handy

[traegorn]

I’m shocked so many people don’t know about my go to – Morgue File.

It’s full of searchable, rights free images uploaded by photographers.

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[simplydoomed]

my 5(?) year not-crying-at-anime streak has been completely shattered by To Your Eternity

I've cried at like 2/4 episodes so far and I don't think it'll be stopping any time soon