in transit.

just another late 20s-year-old tryna find her way in the world. 💜

[studybl-u-rr-ed]

Just some photo dump. //

Will be going back to being a studyblr + constant updates on study progress now that I have decided to take a licensure exam next yr. Hopefully I get it this time. 🫶🏽

I'll be following new and/or active studyblrs, too, for inspo. So if you're a studyblr, lemme know so I can follow you!

[forest-woman]

✨🌸🍄‍🟫🦋fairy house details 🌷🍄🌼🌾🌻

[studybl-u-rr-ed]

In relation to my 2023 Popsugar Reading Challenge, I finished two books for January:

A book you meant to read in 2022: Breasts and Eggs - Mieko Kawakami; and

A book you bought from an independent bookstore: The Cinderella Murder - Mary Higgins Clark and Alafair Burke

So for February, I'll be finishing two more books for the following categories:

A book by a first-time author: The Silent Patient

A celebrity memoir: Crying in H-Mart

[lottiestudying]

26.1.2023—spent australia/invasion day being grateful to have the privilege of living on this land. if you’re leaving on colonised land, take a moment to appreciate it

[frenchiepal]

8.12.22 🌨️ snow again! snow, scribbles and syntax class during which we finally got our prof to explain the difference between dative shift and applicative in a comprehensible way

🎧 - achilles come down by gang of youth

[primrosesunsets]

Maybe one of your New Year's resolution was to read more books! Or maybe, you've had that one last year but couldn't bring yourself to read more because either you don't enjoy reading or you don't know where to start! Here are the things that what worked for me:

Find a book that suits your genre. There are lots of literary genres that you could choose from. But according to this, there are 14 main literary genres. You could find books on Goodreads and search different books under a specific genre.

Join a bookclub. Bookclubs are fun! It doesn't matter if the bookclub is a virtual one or an in-person one. Once you have people who share the same interests as you do, reading wouldn't be a chore. In fact, most of the bookclub members would be willing to help you choose a book! They could give recommendations on books to read and give you insights on why they recommended that.

Annotate books, set a book tabbing system. I like physical books because I can annotate on them using my pens although some people don't want their books to be annotated (and that's extremely valid!). A book tabbing system helps me go back to certain parts in the story quite easily, especially when it comes to mystery books. I have a certain color I use for what I call mystery easter eggs!

Don't pressure yourself. Sometimes, some stories under a genre just won't work for you and that's totally okay! You're supposed to be enjoying a book, not forcing yourself to enjoy a book. If you think a book is too slow-paced for you, you can drop it and just pick it up some other time; or you can put it on your DNF (did not finish) shelf. You can always choose a new book under the same genre. You don't have to like what everyone's liking, too!

[studybl-u-rr-ed]

SO, WHEN DID TUMBLR ALLOW THIS MANY BOTS / SPAM ACCOUNTS???? (or whatever you call those accounts tbh) @tumblrbot

[elainiisms]

this scene was 10x more emotional and romantic than any scene between them and those boys

[whatthehell---isgoingon]

rain, some statistics notes and comfort food.

[studyingthegrind]

March 22nd, 2020

the best way to start your morning ✨🖋

[studybl-u-rr-ed]

Just some pics I took on this sunny November 22nd, while I'm on my 10-minute study break ✨

[happyheidi]

x - x - x - x - x - x

[studybl-u-rr-ed]

[luxlightly]

Once again, Tumblr manages to succeed via just being honest with their users.

I made a post back around April fool's about the crabs being so popular because the joke was that every other website tries to trick you into clicking things so they can make money from your clicks and what if instead a website just asked "please click this revenue generating crab. It is there to generate revenue. In return you will have clicked on a crab. Nothing more." And the answer to that question was "people will frantically click on that crab. They don't hate the idea of the website getting money, they hate the idea of being profited on against their will".

So Tumblr implemented actual revenue crabs. "For this much money you can fill your or someone else's dash with virtual crabs. This will have the effect of there being crabs on their screen."

And people will buy those crabs. Because yes you're spending money on something stupid and useless but it's being sold to you as "hey you want something stupid and useless?", which is a nice change of pace from every other site trying to make itself out to be something more than what it is.

Twitter is floundering with the checkmark system because it's being sold as "confirm that you are someone important and who you say you are is true", which it isn't at all right now because anyone can buy one. You're buying a useless checkmark that only says that YOU think you're important. Or, more often than not right now, you are intending to trick other people into thinking you're someone you're not.

Meanwhile, Tumblr just said "Consider this double check mark. It does nothing. You will be marking yourself as someone who paid money for a meaningless checkmark and sometimes it will randomly turn into a bunch of crabs, making the site harder to use". And the userbase is like "Well sure, that sounds delightful."

The point is, despite what all the marketing and advertising people have tried to say, painting trash gold and trying to pass it off as something better is almost never as effective as just saying "hey you want this trash?"

Why yes, in fact, I do.

[liesandnights]

To lovely humans who were excluded from invitations, left behind when they tied their shoes, forced to walk in the grass when the sidewalk was full, spoken over when you tried to contribute, whispered about or laughed at, given side-eye when you tried to fit in…. you are so worthy of love.

[optimistic-nihilist]

[ttoffeecake]

Finished all my midterms! 🥳

Ig: bystardustt