[littledigits]

I wanted to create a little simple breathing animation that mimics the 7-11 breathing technique that I use when my anxiety gets too high. The counting is a bit less then a second to make it more natural. The mindful education episode was so great I wanted to draw something related to it that helped me a lot :) 

[shencomix]

[introvertunites]

If you’re an introvert, follow @introvertunites​​​.

[tobeagenius]

❝ Everything we do, every thought we’ve ever had, is produced by the human brain. But exactly how it operates remains one of the biggest unsolved mysteries, and it seems the more we probe its secrets, the more surprises we find. ❞

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Ten of the best Youtube's education channels

Videos are a great way to pass knowledge: they’re fun, interesting and usually not too long (which is good for those who struggle to focus). Hundreds of education channels have been created over the last years, so I thought it would be nice to share my favourite ones.

Thomas Frank

Main topics: study tips to learn faster, college advice, time management…

*This guy is so good I’ll write a whole post just to him, his videos and his blog.

Melissa (Hexane and Heels)

Main topics: study tips, productivity

*She just got back to filming videos, but I think I read on her blog that she will upload a new video once a week (I can be wrong, though).

CrashCourse

Mains topics: world History, biology, literature, ecology, chemistry, psychology

SciShow

Main topic: science

In a Nutshell - Kurzgesagt

Main topic: science

It’s Okay To Be Smart

Main topic: science

MinutePhysics

Main topic: physics, duh

PBS Idea Channel

Main topics: pop culture, technology, arts

Studyign

Main topics: organization, productivity

*It’s a new channel, but the four videos that are up already are very good.

Veritasium

Main topics: science, curiosities

Khan academy

Main topics: basically all school subjects and more

Those are the best learning channels I know. However, if you are interested in learning/reviewing school subjects, I would suggest:

Big Bang Physics (has math videos too)

MIT OpenCourseWare

Professor Leonard (math)

Mathbff

PatrickJMT (math)

PatrickJMTPhysics

Bozeman Science (AP biology, AP chemistry, AP physics)

IB Chemistry

Brian Swarthout (math, chemistry and physics)

If anyone knows any good humanities channels, please let me know. The best one until now is CrashCourse World History.

[thegreenshows]

A new company called Veil is bringing the modern technology of sportswear fabrics to one of the most traditional garments in the world: the hijab. Broadening the choices for Muslim women—whose head wraps are oftentimes made from fabrics like jersey cotton or voile—the company is working with advanced properties of technical fabrics. Now available on Kickstarter, Veil offers waterproof, sweat-wicking, laser-cut hijabs that keep the body cool even during the hottest summer months—all for the per-order price of $17.

Support the company via Kickstarter https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/veil/veil-the-future-of-hijab

[breethev]

Yo, signal boost the fuck out of this. I’m not Muslim at all but best believe I’m getting one too.

[divine-noire]

I wish I had Muslim friends to buy this for like I’d merry christmas the fuck out of this to every Muslim I knew

[lets-raise-alittle-hell]

This is for all my fellow Muslimahs!! I know I’m getting one :D

[valleyofthequeens]

incase of any of you all have this issue!

[blackfairypresident]

it 2015 i cant believe listening to music in a foreign language is still a strange new concept to some ppl like …???? good music is still good music regardless of language what … who only listens to music in one language… why are u depriving yourself…

[everydayjihad-deactivated202206]

Back to school shopping in the U.S.

back to school ad displaying guns

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DIY Lilly Pulitzer/Vineyard Vines Binder Covers

Hi guys! So, I’ve had a ton of asks requesting me to make a post on my DIY Binder Covers that were pictured in my last post.

I will start off by saying that I found this fabulous pin on pinterest that led me to create these adorable little guys! But, for your sake, I’m making this step-by-step post on how you can make and customize your own Lilly Pulitizer/Vineyard Vines binder cover!

Step One: Pick Your Design

Simply search Google for your favorite Lilly Pulitzer pattern! When you’ve found it, copy the image.

Step Two: Open Microsoft Word

Now that you’ve picked out your pattern, switch over to Microsoft Word. Then, right-click and hit paste to transfer your image onto the blank page. Once your pattern is on the screen, hover over the image and right click. Scroll down and hit wrap text, selecting the “tight” option. Now you can move your patten wherever you want and stretch it out to cover the entire page! .

Step Three: Create a Textbox

Now that you have your pattern fit to the entire page (and don’t worry if it looked a little disproportionate- it won’t look like that when it prints!), you can add a textbox so you can enter your course title.

Hit the “insert tab.” Now look to your right and find the “text box” option. Hit that button and select “draw text box.” To save room for the Vineyard Vine whale, draw your box a little pass half way and drag it down. Once you draw your box, a “drawing tools/format” tab will pop up automatically. Here, you can fill in the text box, add a decorative border, or add special effects to the box.

Step Four: Add Your Text

This is pretty self explanatory! There are tons of cute fonts to choose from to match the “Lilly Pulitzer” style. I chose “Lucida Handwriting” for my font; it seemed to be the perfect cursive! Depending on how you want your text positioned you may need to add space on the bottom or top of the box to get the text in the center. You can do this by highlighting your text, right-clicking on the “Normal” style box, and hitting modify. Once the little editing box pops up, click on either the button with both arrows pointing together (to move text up) or the one with arrows pointing away from one another (to move text down).

Step Five: Search for the Vineyard Vines Whale

Now, head back to Google and search for “Vineyard Vines Whale.” Since you only want the whale and not a white background, it may be pretty hard to find just the outline. So, here a link to the perfect whale. :) Once you get your whale, copy and paste it onto your binder cover right above your text box. You will need to change the formatting to tight again. Then you’re done! There are so many variations you can apply! You can change the color of the whale, like I did here:

or just keep its regular color of pink. Now you’re ready to print! Be sure, however, to check the print preview before printing to make sure your text isn’t being cut off.

The Finished Product:

Let me know how your’s turn out! Happy back-to-school season!

High School, M.D.

[wordsnquotes]

I will only let you touch me, if your hands are so full of intention, that every brush of your palms feels like you’re writing a novel on my skin.

Azra T., “Braille” (via wordsnquotes)

[gengbaobei]

Please reblog if you think it's wrong for a 50 year old man to check out a 14 year old

My stepfather thinks it’s okay to sexualize girls my sister’s age and I’m trying to prove a point because he doesn’t seem to think that’s wrong

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why does this have only 1000 notes

[barbellbro-baggins-deactivated2]

Dear lord, as a 52 year old man with a 16 year old daughter it’s painful to even contemplate this scenario.  That guy needs professional help.

[1jiu84]

cute stationery websites!

If you’re obsessed with cute things (like I am) here’s a list of places you can purchase cute stationery. I’m not sponsoring any of these. They are just here for reference if you’re looking for new notebooks/sticky notes/other supplies for the upcoming school year! Most of these websites also cater to bullet journals as well!

Artbox

Daiso (wholesale)

FallnDesign

Janet Store

Jenni Bick Bookbinding (good selection of journals!)

JetPens

The Journal Shop

kikki k

MochiThings

morningglory (a personal favorite)

Muji

ohh deer

oh hello friend

Paperie + Pen

TokyoPenShop

These are the ones I can think of but if you have even more websites to add to the list, please feel free to!

[tastefullyoffensive]

(via h-wood)

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[disc0dracula]

when your life is falling apart and you pretend everything is all good.

[bobbsayshi]

Things They Don't Teach You in School

•Lincoln believed white people were the superior race

“Lincoln initially recognized that slavery was a bad institution but one that was accepted and necessary for the South’s economy. In Bloomington, Illinois, he stated “that southern slaveholders were neither better, nor worse than we of the north, and that we of the north were no better than they. And we never ought to lose sight of this fact in discussing the subject.” Additionally, he appeared to support the belief that blacks did not deserve equal treatment of whites.”

•Gandhi hated black people

“In 1906 Gandhi had participated in a war against Blacks. The Gandhian literature either keeps quiet on the subject or tries to paint him as a great humanitarian who actually helped Blacks by rendering to them urgent medical care. Had he not done so, we are told, many Blacks would have died. While researching the historical documents, however, I found that Gandhi’s participation had nothing to do with “humanitarian concerns” for Black people. He was more concerned with “allying relationships” with the colonial Whites living in Natal colony. Driven by his racial outlook, he went out of his way to enlist Indians to join the army under him to fight for his cause against the Blacks. He also considered Indians living in South Africa to be “fellow colonists” along with the White colonists, over the indigenous Blacks.”

•White people mutated from the Dravidian Albinos 

“The second Out Of Africa (OOA) migration event (The first being Humans to Australia), saw Blacks from Africa with straight hair and “Mongol features” take an “Inland route” through southern Asia and on up to China, where they settled. Included with this group, were straight haired Blacks “without” Mongol features - now called “Dravidians” who stayed close to Africa, and settled in India and other areas of southern Asia. Also included with this second (OOA) group were Albinos, who were probably motivated by a quest for relief from the heat and burning Sunshine of southern Africa - and relief from the torment heaped upon them by normal Africans.”

[pastelpapi]

•9/11 was coordinated by the Bush administration 

[tastelessfashion]

(I can’t find any sources for this that aren’t from a conspiracy theory website)

 •The laws written 15 years ago where pushed and backed by the KKK 

(What laws? I can only find the Klu Klux Act, which was passed so the Ulysses S. Grant could use the military to suppress them.) 

 •Black people explored the world before white people were civilized and whitewashed history

“Of the various people who reached America before Columbus, Black Africans appear to have made the most contacts and to have had the greatest impact. During the 19th and 20th centuries, several scholars wrote books and articles about this subject and urged the academic establishment to change primary and secondary curricula across the country to reflect the great contributions of African people to early America.”

•Christopher Columbus was racist and a liar. 

“They [the Arawak] would make fine servants…With fifty men we could subjugate them all and make them do whatever we want.” (Quote from Columbus) 

[nico-incognito]

*The father of modern gynecology experimented and tortured black women during slavery for his findings.

“Dr Sims was born in South Carolina in 1813, the son of a county sheriff. He received his medical training at Jefferson Medical College in Philadelphia. After graduation, he practised medicine first in Mount Meigs, Alabama, and later moved to Montgomery where he developed an interest in surgery (7). It was in Montgomery that he conducted experiments on slave-women which resulted in the perfection of a surgical technique for the repair of fistula.”

*The government was successfully sued for the murder of Martin Luther King, Jr.

After four weeks of testimony and over 70 witnesses in a civil trial in Memphis, Tennessee, twelve jurors reached a swift unanimous verdict on December 8, 1999 that Dr. King was assassinated as a result of a conspiracy, the NY Times reported at the time. 

*The CIA introduced crack/cocaine into inner-cities across the US

*The US had been sterilizing many WoC 

“Sterilization abuse includes situations in which a woman does not know she is being sterilized as well as when she is coerced or deceived in order to obtain her consent to the procedure. Misinformation is a common tool; women are often told that their status — related to immigration, housing, government benefits, or parenting — will be negatively impacted if they do not consent to the procedure. Many women are told that the procedure is temporary or reversible.”

*In the Tuskegee experiments, the US gave STDs and other diseases, including syphilis to unknowing black men.

“The study is well known, because of the tragedy it caused for many people and also because of the sheer lack of ethical consideration shown by the scientists concerned.The subjects (participants) were mostly illiterate blacks from Tuskegee, Alabama (USA).”

*Japan was already in line to surrender when we bombed Nagasaki and Hiroshima

“Even before the Hiroshima attack, American air force General Curtis LeMay boasted that American bombers were “driving them [Japanese] back to the stone age.” Henry H. (“Hap”) Arnold, commanding General of the Army air forces, declared in his 1949 memoirs: “It always appeared to us, atomic bomb or no atomic bomb, the Japanese were already on the verge of collapse.” This was confirmed by former Japanese prime minister Fumimaro Konoye, who said: “Fundamentally, the thing that brought about the determination to make peace was the prolonged bombing by the B-29s.”

*The US created the Taliban

“Because the United States did not want to see the Soviet Union take control over Central Asia, the U.S. decided to fund troops to fight against the Soviet Union. These troops were called the Mujahedeen. The Mujahedeen were armed and supported by several countries including, the U.S., Pakistan and Saudi Arabia. Under Reagan’s presidency Congress which was led by Democrats, decided to form a partnership with the ISI which would recruit the Mujahideen with the support of the Pakistani military extreme views of Islam, led the Mujahedeen to fight ferociously against the Soviet Union. these extremist succeeded in driving Soviet militants out (1989).”

[bytdwd-deactivated20160724]

Tea sipping shit. I re logged this earlier. But this list got longer

[mightymaple]

added some quotes and links for more information! 

[bobbsayshi]

biphobicerasurer

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PASS THIS ON.

The first transgender suicide hotline is now up and running in the U.S. You can reach Trans Lifeline at 877-565-8860.