The Garden

Welcome to my little corner of the internet. I have no set rules about what I do and do not post, so you will likely get some of everything. If you don't like what you're getting here, feel free to move along. If you ask me for money I will block and report you as spam.

[calvinandhobbes-rss]

[sunflowergardens-world]

Is it odd that I find this comforting? At the end of the day, I'm just a speck of dust, loved by God. And nothing else seems to matter much in light of that.

[iamthelowercase]

Hello, tumblr! I saw something on here the other day that worried me, so I decided to Do Science about it. But I can't do it alone: I need your help to build the dataset!

Here's what I need you to do:

If you see a post with a "mature content" label, and it's 2026, DM me a link to the post.

Yes, that's really it.

I am hoping to collect several thousand such posts, so that I have a decent sized dataset. I do not care what the post is about; if it's labeled as "mature content", I want to add it to my dataset.

If I get 10,000 posts in my dataset before August 31st 2026, I will post my preliminary findings then. I won't feel comfortable calling my findings "settled" before 2027, unless I get over 50,000 posts.

[prokopetz]

You know, when I've remarked that a lot of the responses to my posts feel like people are just plucking out keywords they think they recognise based on the shape of them and replying to what they imagine the post says based on that, the possibility never occurred to me that this is actually how many American schools are currently teaching kids to read.

[prokopetz]

Like, my assumption this whole time has been that when folks go "I misunderstood this post that says [thing] as saying [unrelated thing] because I mistook [word] for [completely different word that happens to start with the same letter]", that was a bit. What do you mean they're teaching kids a reading method that's tailored to produce this exact error?

[buggyhuman]

Three cueing. Once you learn about it, a whole lot of very frustrating online discourse with US Americans makes so much sense 😭

How a flawed idea is teaching millions of kids to be poor readers

For decades, schools have taught children the strategies of struggling readers, using a theory about reading that cognitive scientists have

[youngestthunderbird]

It’s also huge in Australia, New Zealand (where it was invented), England, and Canada. This is not a USA problem, this is a problem spread across the entire English Speaking world. USA was not the one who made the inventor of this system a Dame.

[aflhjsdfghsdgflaf]

reblog if you would never make a tumblr

[yffresbeard]

i think it is important to recognize the ways in which your favorite thing sucks. i think it keeps u normal

[rabbithaver]

prev im so sorry to put you on blast like this but please know this had me in hysterics

[hellenhighwater]

Well those are allllmost done

[codebreakerblue]

question. why do you have 7 featureless grey monoliths in your driveway

[hellenhighwater]

There's eight actually but the last one is still in the garage

[jackfromthefairytale]

question. why do you have eight featureless grey monoliths

[hellenhighwater]

They're actually a really dark purple

[fishofthewoods]

question. why do you have seven featureless really dark purple monoliths in your driveway and an eighth in the garage

[hellenhighwater]

Some of them do have features though. There's holes and hinges and stuff, so I can put secrets in em

[nobodywasneverhere]

question. why do you have 8 really dark purple occasionally featureful monoliths

[hellenhighwater]

The heart wants what the heart wants

[fred-the-dinosaur]

this reads like a muppet sketch

[fred-the-dinosaur]

see? See!??!

[hellenhighwater]

You're not wrong

[hellenhighwater]

This post is less than six months old.

[worldheritagepostorganization]

World Heritage Post

[hellenhighwater]

...ah.

[unlaww]

Plo Koon 🧡

But with a yellow lightsaber ✨

I returned with this offering.

[itwashotwestayedinthewater]

bungus

[itwashotwestayedinthewater]

welcome to ‘no note bungus’. reblog and you will feel a sense of accomplishment and goodwill wash over you

[whyenn-reader]

you are not immune to inventing an arbitrary set of rules that only you have to adhere to

[sunflowergardens-world]

Revanasi is Sound of Music but Maria used to be a Nazi before the nuns got hold of her

[lovesodeepandwideandwell]

Do I have a headache? Have I had a headache? Will I have a headache? When will I have a headache?

[micromontage]

Wait I just discovered an ancient truth. Come over

[andwhatexcellentboiledpotatoes]

This is me when you "prev tags" me, btw

[parkchanwoohoo]

Got off a video call with my grandma. Asked her what sort of American foods she was enjoying (my dad flew her in from Korea and she's staying with him in Phoenix rn). She said most of the food isn't too impressive but she's addicted to a specific candy, and when she held up a bag of Werther's Originals I started howling

[so-i-did-this-thing]

sir do you listen to classical music? If yes do you have any recs?

I am, in fact, a classically trained oboist!

Classical music is an enormous genre, spanning centuries and cultures. Because of my training, I focus on the Western tradition. I enjoy the baroque and romantic periods the most, with some 20th century.

Usually when asked for recommendations (assuming you are new to classical), I lean towards music that feels like a movie soundtrack or otherwise has memorable themes non-musicians easily remember:

Ma Vlast - Moldau: Smetana

Danse Macabre: Saint-Saens

Night on Bald Mountain: Mussorgsky

New World Symphony: Dvorak

Scheherazade: Rimsky-Korsakov

The Planets: Holst

Symphony No. 4: Tchaikovsky (5 is also a banger)

Fantasia on a Theme by Thomas Tallis: Vaughan Williams (Lark Ascending is also great)

My personal favorites, however, are what I enjoy playing:

Summer Music: Barber

Trio and Sextuor: Poulenc

Serenade for Winds: Dvorak

Double concerto: J.S. Bach

Sinfonische Metamorphosen: Hindemith

Concerto for Orchestra: Bartok

I do have one exception, and it's that I fucking love the Beethoven Violin Concerto.

[greater-than-the-sword]

Hear me out but if boys need to learn how to wash dishes and do laundry then girls need to be able to mow the lawn and use a weed whacker

[greater-than-the-sword]

Women only: Have you ever mowed a lawn?

Yes

No

Remaining time: 5 days 51 minutes

[wecanbepirates]

Btw a psa for all of my mutuals: I love you. I love knowing your lore. I love knowing your favorite songs and shows and artists and books and movies and poems. I love knowing your favorite time of year. I love when you blog about your day at work or school, your crush or your partner, your random experiences throughout the day. I love your lyrical analysis and hearing about your favorite characters. I love knowing about your favorite foods and the places you love. I love hearing about your family and your pets and your lives. I love you and I am rooting for you and I love seeing your posts.