etc.

[rongzhi]

A choir performing 人世间 (The Secular World), the main them from the TV show of the same name (English title: A Lifelong Journey).

Original version

Chinese & English captions added by me :)

[passumbapper]

it's almost summer do you guys want my stupid hyperoptimized lemonade recipe that takes half a day to make and whips absolute ass

[passumbapper]

Fruited Lemonade That Makes You Reconsider It All

ingredience:

lemons/limes (this needs to make up the bulk of the fruit being used, like at least 80%)

whatever other fruits or fruit scraps you want, plus any herbs/other flavorings you want to try. by fruit scraps I mean things like cherry pits, apple peels, pineapple cores, strawberry ends, things like that.

granulated white sugar, the coarser the better, 50% by weight of total citrus rinds + 100% by weight of any additional fruit. you'll measure this after you prep the fruit.

water as needed

equipment:

a few nonmetallic mixing bowls

a mesh strainer

a chinoise, ricer or some cheesecloth

a kitchen scale

a citrus juicer or reamer (manual or electric)

a potato masher

juice the citrus through a strainer - saving all rinds -  and refrigerate the juice for the time being. dice the rinds and other fruits if any, keeping the rinds separate. make note of weights, and measure your sugar.

 Place sugar in a large nonmetallic bowl. If using non-citrus fruits and/or any other flavorings, mix them in with the sugar and mash with potato masher. add diced citrus rinds, mix thoroughly, and mash again. cover and let stand at room temperature for at least 4 hours. this allows the sugar to draw out flavors that would otherwise get discarded with the rinds, and the rinds' acids should be enough to dissolve the sugar into a syrup.

Afterward, mash one last time, then collect the syrup by pressing the macerated mixture through a strainer/chinoise or ricer, or squeeze it through cheesecloth. if you want, this can be saved as a standalone syrup at this point, for use in cocktails or desserts. if not, slowly pour the reserved juice through the solids to to help get the remaining syrup out, and squeeze/press again. do the same thing one more time with warm water (roughly the same amount of water as juice). discard solids (or try making sangria with them!).

taste the mixture and add more water if necessary. a stronger mix is totally fine if you anticipate serving over ice on a hot day, or adding booze, or if there was a lot of non-sour fruit. keep in mind that it will taste a bit less sweet once it's chilled. pour into a pitcher and refrigerate.

citrus oils will float to the top, so stir/shake before serving. love you. enjoy.

some tried and true flavor combos:

straight lemon or lime, or any combination of the two, is of course an untouchable classic

lemon & strawberries (that's pussy babe!)

lemon & orange with a hint of vanilla (creamsiclemonade...?)

lemon & apples or apple peels with cinnamon/ginger/allspice (for late summer)

some cocktail type combos, booze optional:

lemon or lime & berries with basil + gin

lime & mint + white rum

lime & ginger + dark rum

lime & cucumber + gin

lime & orange (berries optional) + tequila

lemon, orange & cherry + brandy, bourbon, or rye whiskey

[megacarapa]

ok so this is another long shot but a few years ago there was a twitter post (in japanese i think?) that had measurememts for how to make this book stand thing out of cardboard that you could use to double up books and use up more space on shelves

back then i made a bunch of these but by now i lost the pic and dont know how to find the original post anymore

if it comes down to it i can just take one apart and get the measurements from there but i would be very grateful if anyone happens to have the original post or something similar??

[megacarapa]

don't mind how long it's been since i made this post, anyway i realized that i don't even need to take one apart to get the measurements when i can literally just unfold it and refold it /FACEPALM

so anyway here is the diagram for anyone else who is interested!!

this requires pretty big carboard pieces, if you have a really big box or something you can make it from one piece, but if you don't, you can also just make each of the pieces individually and then tape them together

and then in the end you put it together like this!!

and then when you make a bunch you can put them all next to each other and stack your books like crazy

EVERYONE START GETTING MORE USE OUT OF YOUR SPACE NOW!!!!

[julianplum]

🐟🐟🌕🐟🐟🐟🐟 // swallowtail shiners // gouache on hot press paper

[catchymemes]

[anitoonzforever]

When a tiny little frog wants to cheer you up, things will be okay after all 🐸💚💖❤️‍🩹

[pompadourpink]

Oscar-winning French movies

Best international feature film winners

Mon Oncle - Jacques Tati, 1958

Les Parapluies de Cherbourg - Jacques Demy, 1964; also nominated for best original screenplay + best score + best song

Un homme et une femme - Claude Lelouch, 1966; also nominated for best director + original screenplay

Le Charme discret de la bourgeoisie - Luis Buñuel, 1972

Madame Rosa (La Vie devant soi) - Moshé Mizrahi, 1977

Get Out Your Handkerchiefs (Préparez vos mouchoirs) -Bertrand Blier, 1978

Indochine - Régis Wargnier, 1992

The Class (Entre les murs) - Laurent Cantet, 2008

The Artist - Michel Hazanavicius, 2011; won best picture + best director + best actor (Jean Dujardin) + best costume Design + best original score

Amour - Michael Haneke, 2012

Anatomie d'une chute - Justine Triet, 2023; won best international feature film in 2024

Winners - other categories

Le Monde du Silence - Jacques-Yves Cousteau + Louis Malle, 1956; best documentary feature

Le Ballon Rouge - Albert Lamorisse, 1956; best original motion picture story

Z - Costa-Gavras, 1969; best international feature film

Best international feature film nominees (non-winning)

La nuit américaine (Day for Night) - François Truffaut, 1973

Lacombe, Lucien - Louis Malle, 1975

Cousin, cousine - Jean-Charles Tacchella, 1976

Le Dernier Métro - Truffaut, 1981

Au revoir les enfants - Malle, 1987

Trois Couleurs: Bleu - Krzysztof Kieślowski, 1994

La Haine - Mathieu Kassovitz, 1996

Le Fabuleux Destin d'Amélie Poulain - Jean-Pierre Jeunet, 2001; 5 Oscars, including best foreign language film

Les Triplettes de Belleville - Sylvain Chomet, 2003; best animated feature

La Tortue Rouge - Michael Dudok de Wit, 2016; best animated feature

Titane - Julia Ducournau, 2021; best international feature film

La nuit du 12 - Dominik Moll, 2022; best international feature film

[cinemaphobic]

it's unreal how bad german network tv is at advertising their online services. zdf has the great, killing eve and normal people for FREE on their website and no one even knows about it........

[a-totally-reasonable-username]

@namelessennes

[avidreaderffn]

@sandstonesunspear

[polyamorousmisanthrope]

Jesus Tapdancing Christ... THIS is a good welt pocket and the people who designed Simplicity 2895 ought to be blasted well ASHAMED of themselves for the crap way THEY wanted a welt pocket made. *SNARLS*

[makereadgrow]

This is how I learned to do it and a good example of what you want to see in a short form tutorial: pinning, pressing, seam finishing, good fabric handling.

I would mention that you can make the pocket facing with a small panel of your matching fabric that is visible and the rest in a lighter fabric to reduce bulk. That's a lot of denim layers for comfort.

[whatbigotspost]

2021:

Spanking has negative long-term effects, Texas researcher's review of nearly 70 studies finds

Researchers focused on whether kids that are spanked are more likely to share or, conversely, more likely to have anxiety, years down the li

2021:

The Effect of Spanking on the Brain

Spanking found to impact children's brain response, leading to lasting consequences.

2018:

Science Again Says Spanking Hurts Kids Long Term

The American Academy of Pediatrics says new evidence and research not only show that spanking affects a child’s brain development and increa

2016:

Spanking Harms Kids, Doesn't Work And Leads To Long-Term Problems

Kids who are spanked tend to act out more and have more problems later on.

2012:

A study reviewed more than two decades of research on the effects of spanking and found nothing positive to report, only that physical punis

2010:

The Long-Term Effects of Spanking

A multiyear study shows spanking kids makes them more aggressive later on

I haven’t pissed people off lately by reminding them that ALL types of physical punishment of kids has been proven beyond ANY reasonable doubt to have only negative long term outcomes.

So let me scream it from the hilltops:

Stop hitting kids. End of sentence.

If you think, “but I was hit and I turned out just fine” let me pre-reply: NO YOU DID NOT. You think hitting a child is ok, how the fuck does that qualify as “fine”?????? From one abuse survivor to another: please start healing yourself.

[whatbigotspost]

This post needs a "it's been 5 years" update, so here we go:

2022:

Spanking and children's social competence: Evidence from a US kindergarten cohort study

Spanking is a risk factor for children's social competency. However, establishing causality is a challenge, given selection bias in samples

The effects of spanking on psychosocial outcomes: revisiting genetic and environmental covariation - Journal of Experimental Criminology

Background There is a vast literature on the negative associations between spanking in childhood and various psychosocial developmental outc

2023:

Corporal Punishment in Schools - PubMed

The use of corporal punishment in schools is not an effective or ethical method for management of behavior concerns and causes harm to stude

Spanking and executive functioning in US children: A longitudinal analysis on a matched sample

Spanking has been linked to multiple maladaptive child outcomes. However, previous research linking spanking with children's executive funct

2024:

Corporal punishment is believed to precede various forms of violent behavior, yet prior research has yielded inconsistent findings, partly d

2025:

Corporal punishment of children: the public health impact

This technical report describes the prevalence, risk factors for, and consequences of child corporal punishment, which it defines as “any pu

Spanking and other physical discipline lead to exclusively negative outcomes for children in low- and middle-income countries

Physically punishing children in low- and middle-income countries (LMICs) has exclusively negative outcomes -- including poor health, lower

[whatbigotspost]

YOU GOTTA BE FUCKING KIDDING ME TUMBLR

So annoying. So GD annoying.

[homoeroticjunoincident]

people NEED to stop gatekeeping making music like ohhhh i don’t have an instrument ohhhhh i don’t know music theory ohhhhh i’m not gonna pay for some program. SHUT UP. take my hand.

you need NONE of that shit!!!!! there’s a website called beepbox.co. literally all you have to do is press things until it sounds a modicum of nice. it’s easy it’s free and it works on anything which has a browser because it’s a website.

if even ONE person starts making music bc of this post it will be worth it.

making bad music is just as important and okay as it is to write badly or draw badly or sing badly. you AREN’T BEHOLDEN TO MAKE GOOD MUSIC. making music is not utilitarian HAVE FUN. HAVE FUN!!!!!!!!!

[homoeroticjunoincident]

love how people will encourage people to just start making shit and see what happens when it comes to drawing and writing but when it comes to beginner musicians (music makers if you wish to be less formal) it’s just COMPLETE RADIO SILENCE. it feels like no one even knows you MAKE music it just sprouts up from the ground one day and some guy picks it up. am i alone in this dark cave

[godofautism-deactivated20240303]

Fuck it

I'm gonna try and make music

Call me betovan bc I'm deaf as fuck /j

[terri-theslime13]

HELL YEAH!!!

[unhinged-popsocket]

Alternatively if you wanna get into music producing in a more “proper” way, you still don’t need any money.

Ableton has excellent free websites to learn the basics:

Learning Music

Learning Synths

You can learn basically everything you need on YouTube. I recommend:

Mercurial Tones Academy

Dan Worrall

Bthelick

A lot of your favorite artists, mainly in electronic music, likely have done track breakdowns, you can watch those to learn how they do things.

DAWs (Digital Audio Workstations) ultimately all do the same things, and Cakewalk is a great FREE fully fledged one. Sure it has some issues, and doesn’t have many plugins included, but it works just fine. All the music I released so far was made there, before I made the jump to Ableton.

As for VST plugins:

Vital is an excellent free synth

Native Instruments Komplete Start is a good free collection of plugins

TDR Nova is a great free EQ

There’s a lot of others and I don’t wanna name everything I’m aware of here, but feel free to DM me for more (Or if you have any other questions and stuff too).

And as for samples, you can get a bunch of free ones at:

Cymatics

Ghosthack

Having good headphones is nice and what I’d recommend you invest in first once it comes to it, but even your current ones will probably be fine, mainly if you slap AutoEQ onto them to flatten the frequency response. And ultimately, music isn’t all about the mixing, the most important part is conveying an emotion.

I know this goes against the spirit of the original post a little, but I want people to know that getting into music production also no longer costs thousands, you can just do it at home on your computer without no money.

[unhinged-popsocket]

Yeah, there is still quite the learning curve, I get that, though it’s also why it’s managed to hold me as a hobby for so long.

I do however have something of the exact opposite variety too, the most simple way to make music I know of, and a wonderful little semi-social experience, along the lines of the game Journey:

The New PLINK! is the long overdue update of #plink by @DinahmoeSTHLM. Jam with friends and strangers all over the world.

[plaguery]

hi op i think you should know that i did indeed make a song for the first time because of this

Visit Original Link

[zandrapaints]

inspiration is all around us! gouache studies of my neighborhood orange trees!

[areyoudoingthis]

the importance of being earnest gdrive link for anyone who missed it or wants to watch it again ✨

[melanocetuss]

a few days ago i woke up thinking: snails are cute, but what if they had legs?

so i made this, and i was like "aww yeahhh such a funny animal"

and then a second image popped up in my head

what if they acted like dogs?

YEAAAAHHHHH HAPPY PUPPY SNAIL

[psilocybin-possum]

put a cucumber treat in his mouth pls

[melanocetuss]

here you go

sharing is caring

[elodieunderglass]

Thank you @aedifica !

[pankendev]

my human vaporizing machine continues to mistify people

[boywithfish]

tagged by @faeriepollen :o) <3 i love you

rules: answer these questions & tag 9 people you'd like to know better

reading: nothing rn i'm doopit :( but the last book i read was I Who Have Never Known Men and i still think about it a lot!

last series: rewatching arcane >:)

last movie: The Truman Show (there are a lot of really "movieish" movies i haven't seen so i'm trying to catch up)

last song: probably You Lose by Magdalena Bay?? i bought a Mercurial World cd at the cutie music store today and we were listening to it in da car

working on: a diy music benefit show thingy for a local family impacted by ICE, my muscles, i was also working on a lil collage zine that i am hoping to scan and post here Soon

sweet or salty: i am a savory boy through and through

coffee or tea: i need coffee to function but i drink tea just for the love of the game

tagging: i have a lot of new mutuals!! here goes 🌀

@veggiescum @crow-dyke @whiplashtechnician @dirtring @teagan1205 @yeehawfemme @dykeyearning @slovelytoknowu @primetimedyke

[whiplashtechnician]

How cute ! Also hiiiiii I’ll add under this

rules: answer these questions & tag 9 people you'd like to know better

reading: geek feminist revolution, the wild edge of sorrow, and the new lesbian pulp!

last series: I’m rewatching euphoria and I am so bad at watching new things I mostly watch smosh Reddit stories 😭

last movie: twinless! I watched with my lavender boyfriend <3

last song: I listen to the radio a lot but on qobuz it was Bring Wet Cunt (my butch bait playlist)

working on: a self portrait I’m redoing from college! , some bag charms I just like giving to people, trying to sell my art also for people effected by ICE 😭

sweet or salty: I have a huge sweet tooth but I’m also crazy for anything pickled like in a. What im known for way

coffee or tea: i loveeeee tea i have so many teas (my fave is raspberry vanilla mint) but i also have a strange love for banana bread mochas

tagging: @seethersalt <3 @itaintfreeitslike1099 @lesbianismluvr @xo-tragician-xo @moofinjoji @delawarensis @efflaurescence @n0turg1rlfr1end @urvampirebutchboyfriend @violexnce

[efflaurescence]

tagged by the incredible @whiplashtechnician 🖤🛼 (& shoutout to OP for making this🩵)

rules: answer these questions & tag 9 people you'd like to know better

reading: about to start tender is the flesh by agustina bazterrica and/or bury our bones in the midnight soil!

last series: FTWD, trying to get into the pitt!

last movie: interstellar!! finally saw it after meaning to for many years

last song: Did I Say Too Much? by The Beaches

working on: my new coloring books, organizing my house & minecraft lmaooo

sweet or salty: always always always a salty girl, unless there’s an option to have lime flavored anything & then i’m there 🍋‍🟩

coffee or tea: coffee for sure, always icy as heck & a lil bit sweet, just had a cookies n cream cold brew today

tagging:@impertinent-starlight @juliuli @iffoundreturntoabbyanderson @saphicangel @janepinscher @lichenmoose @supersonic-scientist @natiisstillasecretagent @sapphire-to-the-rain (if you’re interested! if not, that’s ok!)

[impertinent-starlight]

tagged by: @efflaurescence (ty bff ❤️❤️)

rules: answer these questions & tag 9 people you'd like to know better

reading: catching fire (for the first time!!!), the death note manga, & this coven won’t burn by isabel sterling

last series: the amazing digital circus (ep 8 crushed me) & i’m currently rewatching euphoria to mentally prepare for season 3

last movie: us directed by jordan peele !! i watched it for the first time recently and i really fucked with it

last song: all my life by the foo fighters, love me my pop punk ❤️

working on: my janka college au & my jackieshauna texting fic (which i promise i will get back to working on college & taking care of my mental health is a pain in the ass)

sweet or salty: sweet 100%!! i love me some ice cream or candy fr

coffee or tea: coffee! i also love me some iced french vanilla half decaf from dunkin (the east coast in me is never leaving)

tagging: @cannibalzsasz @awesomewithoutme @forfearoftrying @austaylian @knightfaetality @essiebitssie @deathofabutch @blackbirdtrills

[forfearoftrying]

tagged by: @impertinent-starlight

rules: answer these questions & tag 9 people you'd like to know better

reading: I have started listening to Game Changer but unfortunately don't like the narration so I haven't been listening much.

last series: I still haven't watched anything new since Heated Rivalry. Just my Buffy rewatch (my friend and I are on season 3 and she hates Faith so much).

last song: I just watched a video a parent sent from the parade my dance school was in, so the song the kids were dancing to which was The Unicorn Song (and it is now stuck in my head).

working on: We have almost finished drywalling the living room and will start mudding soon. I am also still unpacking (slowly). And I did a job application today. Someday soon (now show season is over) I will return to my knitting projects or maybe pick my weaving back up.

sweety or salty: one makes me want the other, but if I have to pick... sweet

coffee or tea: tea, but I really mostly drink water

tagging: @yourallegedgirlfriend @unenlightenedcrashandburn @bewareofthenotsonewphannie @high-concept-thing @hereghostslive @stargazermeadow @quercussy-the-sexy-oak-tree @ditaism @tehagounafabada

[high-concept-thing]

tagged by: @forfearoftrying

rules: answer these questions & tag 9 people you'd like to know better

reading: currently reading The Magicians by Lev Grossman, been on my list for forever

last series: just binged Ted Lasso since my dad got an appletv account I could steal

last song: doctor whomst by origami angel

working on: don't judge me, working on finishing a christmas present for my friend which is a plushie Vash the Stampede from Trigun

sweety or salty: sweet without question

coffee or tea: tea, but genuinely only a tea latte

tagging: @femslashspuffy, @nothoughtsonlytrance, @marbearmarigold, @ze-thoughts-are-stupid, @leosparkflame, @undercoverphandom, @knockoffcheeto, @courageofliving, @icanblognow

[icanblognow]

tagged by @high-concept-thing (thanks for the tag!!!)

rules: answer these questions & tag 9 people you'd like to know better

reading: I'm in between books, but I'm either going to start The Long Game (book 6 in the Game Changers series) or Project Hail Mary (because I want to read it before seeing the movie)

last series: the Paralympics! I know it's not technically a series, but I watched almost all of it and it doesn't get enough love!

last song: Heaven-Piercing Giga Drill by Area 11

working on: finding yarn in Minnesota Frost colors so I can make a hat, scarf, and/or gloves for when I go to their games in the future (I'm legit considering learning how to dye because finding the exact shade of purple I want isn't going well)

sweety or salty: sweet

coffee or tea: coffee but with unholy amounts of sugar, see above about Sweet lmao

tagging: @chickenscratchcabbagepatch, @finlynn21, @playgrim, @maikanto, @canwriteitbetterthanueverfeltit, @passigentilcoquelicot, @alllthequeenshorses, @himbo-half-orc, @snitchesget

[snitchesget]

tagged by @icanblognow thank uu

rules: answer these questions & tag 9 people you'd like to know better

reading: halfway through 平凡的世界！I hope I'll finish it by the end of the month

last series: pluribus

last movie: English Vinglish 🥹

last song: Je ne suis pas un héros (da da da!)

working on: my vocabb every day foreverrrr

sweet or salty: sweet!

coffee or tea: tea, black or with milk and sugar

tagging: @mrs-bingley @omygelphie @utterlymeabookworm @guppiesforsale @soaringsearingphoenix @memento-mariii @livingintheworldofstories @buratinoise @lostlunaticprincess

[zangoonse]

i love the phrase "cruel and unusual." not only is what you're doing mean but it's also quite frankly fucking bizarre

[brattylikestoeat]

[creative-anchorage]

I was going to transcribe this, but looked it up instead after seeing the username. Brown Butter Brownies from Broma Bakery!

[belovedmuerto]

The single serve double chocolate chip cookies that I pretty religiously make like four times a week are from Broma Bakery and they are so decadent and rich and amazing, I def recommend their recipes.