SoundVsVision

my YouTube algorithm has been showing me a lot of horse racing recently and since the Kentucky derby is today, the last few days all my recommendations have been filled with every middle-ages dudebros podcast about gambling and betting strategies and How To Pick The Real Winner and how to min-max your bet and bla bla bla. Buddy I’ve already got my favorite horsie picked out and it’s because he’s Silly.

reasons i like the horsie Great White:

he's about 6 inches taller and 200lbs heavier than any other horse in the field. big ol honse.

his record kind of sucks and when an interviewer asked his trainer "what do you think [the horse] will need to do to win the derby?' the trainer just said "get a lot better."

the horse was deadset on eating the landscaping shrubbery during the interview

thats all i need, absolutely sold, go get em Great White.

this couldn't have ended any more perfectly

#this is so funny #congrats to the winner and his female trainer tho #sad that we're still having to make these kinds of historical firsts

guess which one is great white

myboredjunk

I went to see Project Hail Mary and was absolutely APPALLED at the improper centrifuging technique. You put the two samples on opposite sides! Even if the machine says it's going to be fine, no self respecting scientist wouldn't follow that procedure.

#for me it was the change from the book to make both ships rotate together while connected #and suddenly there was gravity in the airlock tunnel #that's not #that's not how centrifugal gravity works guys #the artificial gravity is at the ENDS of the ships not the MIDDLE oh my god #project hail mary

saucefunk

spin

#this could've been played for such humor in the movie and I'm kinda sad they didn't #project hail mary

smuganimebitch

You are suddenly placed into the body of a professional in a high-risk field. Everyone around you fully believes you are qualified, and no one will question your decisions.

You must act immediately. You cannot delay or ask for help. You cannot do nothing and you cannot delegate to other people.

In both scenarios, you are the sole point of failure. Any safeguards, assistants, automated systems, or review processes will automatically accept your decisions as correct and will not catch or correct any mistakes.

You retain your own real-world knowledge, judgment, and skills. You do not gain the training or muscle memory of the professional whose body you are in.

You will not be blamed for the outcome, but you will be fully aware of whatever happens.

Option 1: Brain Surgery

You are in the middle of a complex, high-risk brain surgery. A patient is open on the table, and you must complete the procedure. A small mistake will likely result in their death or severe permanent damage.

Option 2: Rocket Science

You must calculate and finalize the launch and reentry trajectory for a spacecraft carrying five astronauts into orbit. A small error will result in their deaths.

Brain Surgery Or Rocket Science

Brain Surgery

Rocket Science

Voting ended onApr 29

#I know a lot more about rocket science than brain surgery #also like #I can Google the equations #I can't Google the very specific nuanced parts of the brain on the fly #also agree with prev I think astronauts are more aware of their accepted risk than surgery patients

the hubble telescope is so iconic u don't understand. i love her so much.... she's like a pop star to me

her birthday is today btw. everybody say happy birthday to her right fucking now

this isn't a joke, to clarify. the anniversary of the hubble telescope's launch is 4/25. she turns 35 today. go appreciate her

you know what hubble has done for us?? hubble has given us so much. hubble is the telescope that took All of these pictures. she is so iconic and so powerful and so good at her job <3 <3 <3 we love women in stem!!!!!

she is the moment she is the everything she is the love and light of my life!!! happy birthday hubble!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

#my nuanced take would be that my stepdad has always said if he could change gender whenever he wanted he absolutely would #but he doesn't identify as trans

IT'S HER BIRTHDAY AGAIN!!! EVERYBODY SAY HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO HER 🔭🔭🔭🌌🌌🌌 HAPPY 36TH BIRTHDAY HUBBLE!!!!!!!

uhhhhmanda

Just came home from a dinner party with the friendgroup at which several people kept saying "Ask Pedro" or "Pedro will know" and I was terrified that they were referring to an AI like Claude but no, thank fuck, they were referring to a cardboard cutout of Pedro Pascal that someone left upstairs and who has been designated a kind of patron saint status in the household.

midnights-dragon

In case anyone is having a bad night

(The best of this post and its reblogs, but with links that work)

Here is a website where you can scroll down to all the different levels of the ocean

Here is a website where you can see the future of the universe

Here is a website where you can press a ‘make everything okay’ button, over and over, until things really are okay

Here is a website that you can read if you feel like a burden

Here is a website where you can look at strobe illusions (TW strobe/flashing)

Here is a website where you can cut stuff up (TW blood/sh)

Here and here are websites where you can play with sand

Here is a website where you can draw with macaroni and other fun foods

Here is a website where you can paint someone’s nails

Here is a website where you can grow a garden with emojis

Here is a website with hundreds of videos of people hugging you (rightfully dubbed ‘the nicest place on the internet’ because it really is, y’all, it made me cry)

Here is a website that will take you to other useless websites

Here is a website where you can make a tiny cat play bongo drums (and other instruments!)

Here is a website to help give you gentle reminders <3

Here is a website where you can grow a tiny farm

Here is a website where you can take a bunch of scientific personality tests

Here is a website of calm rain noise

Take a breath. It’s going to be okay, I promise.

#resource #fun #calming

pixelartpeach

ryukiki

phantomrose96

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thefragman

moon's haunted

#the sacred texts

yesornopolls

Are you the only trans person in your family?

Yes

See results

Voting ended onApr 4

r0zeclawz

its important to have a game on your wishlist that keeps going on sale every couple of months and you still never buy it

photomatt

Tumblr Advisor Board

I think it could be cool to put together a board of the top Tumblristas in the world, that could see previews of what's coming up and advise on strategic direction. Who should be on it?

Okay, look. We're gonna do it like this, Matt. I used to work in market research. This one is free, next time I expect a month of free premium and if there's a third time I expect a job.

TO EVERYONE ELSE:

A series of ten reblogs is about to follow, since you can only have one poll per reblog. Please answer all ten polls. If you don't see them all, check the notes (this shouldn't take me long so if it's more than like, fifteen minutes since I posted this one they should all be there.)

1) What is the PRIMARY thing you do on Tumblr?

I mostly reblog others' posts

I write original posts

I make/post memes

I make/post images or gifs

I make/post videos

I run a poll blog

I run a gimmick blog

Voting ended onMar 27

2) how long have you been here?

Under twelve months

1-2 years

3-4 years

5-6 years

7-8 years

9-10 years

More than ten years

I don't remember

Voting ended onMar 27

3) how old are you?

Under 18

19-28

29-38

39-48

49-58

59-68

I'm one of the Tumblr grandparents

Voting ended onMar 27

4) thinking about the recent Tumblr feature release/rollback, what did you find most frustrating?

There was no communication before the fact

I felt like the feature didn't take Tumblr users' wants and needs into account

I felt like the feature showed a lack of understanding of Tumblr culture

I felt the feature would hurt Tumblr culture

I felt the feature would hurt Tumblr artists and small makers specifically

I wasn't bothered by the change

It happened so fast I didn't even know until it was all over

Voting ended onMar 27

5) thinking about the recent Tumblr feature release/rollback, what satisfied you most about the response?

Tumblr staff responded quickly

I felt like we were heard and listened to

It was nice to see our concerns were understood

I wasn't bothered by the change

It happened so fast I didn't even know until it was all over

Other

Voting ended onMar 27

6) thinking about features you use on Tumblr, what would you like to see improved?

The recent UI changes to reblogging are too confusing

I'd like tagging to be easier

I'd like to see the tagging system overhauled

I'd like to see the reporting/adult tagging system improved

I'd like a separate page for my communities

I'd like to be able to mark posts as for my followers only

I'd like to see the blocking system improved

I'm happy with Tumblr as it is

Other

Voting ended onMar 27

7) with the understanding that Tumblr needs to attract new users or convert more current free users to paying users in order to stay online, what do you think of Matt's "top tumblrista" idea?

Absolutely not--this is very famously the influencer-hating site

Absolutely not--this site is too diverse for that to work

Absolutely not, for other reasons

I'm actually liking this poll method

The poll method is clunky but something similar would be great

I think the panel of "top users" would be great

I have no opinion on this

Voting ended onMar 27

8) if you don't currently pay for use of a Tumblr feature, why not?

I have paid Tumblr features

The price point is too high for my wallet

The price point is too high for what's offered

There's nothing offered that I want

I wouldn't pay even if something I wanted was offered

Other

Voting ended onMar 27

In the following question, "pre-social media" refers to platforms like LiveJournal, forums, alt.net boards, early MySpace, and similar spaces.

9) thinking about the given definition of "pre-social media," how much do you agree with the statement "I think most tumblr users I know would prefer pre-social media to modern platforms like Facebook and X"?

"Strongly agree" is not strong enough

Strongly agree

Agree

Kind of maybe agree?

Neutral/I don't know enough about pre-social media to say

Kind of maybe disagree?

Disagree

Strongly disagree

"Strongly disagree" is not strong enough

Voting ended onMar 27