[maleshawty]

legitimately choosing to take slightly better care of myself out of like. respect to my chemical romance idk

[reallyreallyreallytrying]

has anyone seen my sharp rock? i left it in the river for 100 years for safe keeping and now i can't find it. its many uneven edges have sentimental significance

[salmon-n-hazel]

Dandelions

[radicalgraff]

"It doesn't have to be like this. We could have it so much better"

Calligraffiti in Chicago, Illinois

[milkandvoid]

[ltwilliammowett]

US Navy mourning brooch- worn by a widow as a sign for her deceased husband. Late 18th or early 19th century

The auctioneer says 19th century. But it is possible that this piece also dates from the late 18th century, because that was when the trend of brooches like this emerged. Another indication are the 13 stars which were used for the flag at the beginning of the American Revolutionary War. 

[amity-candylust]

[1oose-grasp]

I relate to this way too heavily

[katestewartt]

"Any specials?"

[ianthewife]

free my girl she did all that and should’ve fucking done even more

[sitting-on-me-bum]

“Forest Walker”

Charlie Wemyss-Dunn, United States

BigPicture Natural World Photography Competition

[mahgnib]

Robert Delaunay, “Portuguese Woman”, 1916

[abandonedandurbex]

Decayed and abandoned typewriter. I don’t think it’s salvageable [740 x 566]

[fatalities]

[polychaete-of-the-day]

Today's worm is this incredible Nereiphylla paretti.

Photo by Sylvain Le Bris

[polychaete-of-the-day]

reposting this as today's worm too. I mean just look at it.

[weirdtranssexual]

genuinely, from the bottom of my heart:

if you can’t read or write 500-1000 words with relative ease you have a serious problem

[weirdtranssexual]

how are all the teenagers who complain about writing 500 words for homework going to get through college without AI

how are you going to function in society if you can’t read 1000 words at a time

[prof-grace-aspen]

This is a FIXABLE problem, by the way!

Pick a topic you like, and that's what you're going to read about. Set a minimum word count, and read until you get to it. Start small. Smart easy. First try, it might actually be agonizing.

That's it for the day. Just hit the word count.

Next day, read to the word count again. Read something new! It will be easier today.

And easier the next.

And you will naturally find yourself extending how much you read per day.

[weirdtranssexual]

yes! the brain must be exercised like any other part of the body to get stronger! no matter what place you’re at you can do stimulating activities to exercise your brain!

[mageofthemarsh]

The answer to 'how are they going to function' is, and I say this as someone whose mom was a social worker in Appalachia for 20 years: they're going to get scammed. They're going to be victims of fraud, scams, and exploitation, due to their low literacy making them easier targets for others. And then they're going to be unable to read and write well enough to advocate for themselves in a court of law or fight back in any meaningful way.

"I ain't reading that" becomes "I can't read that" which becomes "I didn't read before I signed it because the guy telling me to was convincing and now I don't have anything".

[important-cat-pics]

[angelicdewdrop]