ITS SPAM!

20something. any pronouns. obsessed with baru cormorant. pfpcredit:@itslillyillustrates

[tiktoksthataregood-ish]

[melonymint753]

[estrogenesis-evangelion]

every fucking day brother

[zvaigzdelasas]

the solution to the Mathematician's Lament is to teach calculus in early grade school if not kindergarten & i am being 100% unironic

[zvaigzdelasas]

5-Year-Olds Can Learn Calculus

Why playing with algebraic and calculus concepts—rather than doing arithmetic drills—may be a better way to introduce children t

The familiar, hierarchical sequence of math instruction starts with counting, followed by addition and subtraction, then multiplication and division. The computational set expands to include bigger and bigger numbers, and at some point, fractions enter the picture, too. Then in early adolescence, students are introduced to patterns of numbers and letters, in the entirely new subject of algebra. A minority of students then wend their way through geometry, trigonometry and, finally, calculus, which is considered the pinnacle of high-school-level math.

But this progression actually “has nothing to do with how people think, how children grow and learn, or how mathematics is built,” says pioneering math educator and curriculum designer Maria Droujkova. She echoes a number of voices from around the world that want to revolutionize the way math is taught, bringing it more in line with these principles.

The current sequence is merely an entrenched historical accident that strips much of the fun out of what she describes as the “playful universe” of mathematics, with its more than 60 top-level disciplines, and its manifestations in everything from weaving to building, nature, music and art. Worse, the standard curriculum starts with arithmetic, which Droujkova says is much harder for young children than playful activities based on supposedly more advanced fields of mathematics.

“Calculations kids are forced to do are often so developmentally inappropriate, the experience amounts to torture,” she says. They also miss the essential point—that mathematics is fundamentally about patterns and structures, rather than “little manipulations of numbers,” as she puts it. It’s akin to budding filmmakers learning first about costumes, lighting and other technical aspects, rather than about crafting meaningful stories.

[finalgirlfall]

mathematician's lament pdf on github

[kiwisodaz]

Pepsi dog

[aromanticaardvark]

[image description: image of an Aardvark with grey, yellow and white in the background. Text says “Parents say they just want you to be happy and get married” at the top and “Oxymoron” at the bottom.]

[heartless-aro]

Here’s an old aro meme from 2011, which was before the rise of the “Ace Discourse” around 2015 (which may have started out as backlash in response to The Trevor Project deciding to include asexual people around that time). This meme format uses an aardvark to represent aromantic people. At the time, axolotls were often used in similar memes to represent asexuals, so the aromantic aardvark was chosen as the aromantic equivalent of the asexual axolotl. Aardvarks were considered to be somewhat of a mascot for the aromantic community for some time, though they have become less popular as a symbol in recent years.

[nillthirteen]

This reads like a museum guide showing one of the most prestigious pieces in an exhibit

[eraserheadadult]

heard a gay cop who's into puppy play talk about how it's escapism from the stress of his job that draws upon his "innate qualities of selflessness and protectiveness" and like

[utopians]

Car problems are great bc I can finally get that disgusting $600 that I hated out of my bank account

[hellallamerican]

a ton of people have unexpectedly followed me over the last 2 days so here is my rent-lowering gunshot:

the american south is the most racially diverse and poorest region of the united states, and any political sentiment that treats the south is stupid or expendable is inherently racist and classist. a lot of y'all are racist and classist. the south is also the heart of american culture. argue with a wall. you cannot deny that everybody in the entire world does not emulate artists from atlanta. there is vested interest in keeping the south poor and uneducated BECAUSE this is the most racially diverse region in this country. if you actually give a fuck about progress, you would fight for the south, not mock us.

[goldcrescent]

and not to sound like a conspiracy theorist but another reason I hate the return of 2000’s th*nspo shit is bc starving does make women frail and has longer term consequences like early osteoporosis, brittle bones/teeth, insomnia, ect. Your muscles will start eating themselves. It also makes you extremely emotional and severely lowers your capacity for critical thinking not bc you’re a girl but because your brain isn’t getting any fucking nutrients so idk I just feel like its very convenient that every time there’s an uptick in fascist rhetoric and women’s rights are being stripped suddenly it’s peak fashion for women to be starving, weak, and exhausted

[mealreminders]

Please remember to eat. Your body literally contains you. Please take care of it. Fuel it properly. Like if you're making sure the electronics in your life are charged, then make sure your body is too.

[gouged-doll]

[ivylefay]

genuinely Baru Cormorant is so good because you can spend an hour and an half talking about the first three chapters because this story is entirely contained in these three chapters.

[ttaibhse]

love this can’t believe it only has 1 like

[tgirl-tamag0tchi]

Transfem peter parker

[catraposting]

This...?

(found it here, no idea who the artist is)

[doll-with-an-h]

I’m not entirely certain but I’m pretty sure this might be the artist here

Someone shared a sequel in a discord I was in

[foxgirlmindcrank]

Goonerbait is when there's a women that's not as covered up as a nun, unless she is a nun cuz that's also goonerbait.

[foxgirlmindcrank]

It's crazy how puritan the Internet has gotten about anything remotely approaching sex or nudity. Sailor Moon would be called goonerbait these days for having nude silhouettes s2g.

[foxgirlmindcrank]

Everyone needs to jack off until they get normal about masturbation NOW

[foxgirlmindcrank]

And then go to the public showers or whatever until they are normal about nudity

[foxgirlmindcrank]

We need free the nipple now more than ever

[foxgirlmindcrank]

Like this is in response to people getting uppity about how the women in Gameoverse are drawn and I know it's somewhat different when it's a drawn character I get iiiit she didn't dress herself that was the choice of a dude to draw her like that but I just look at the show and it's all so rated T at worst and it's 98% G rated like there's been more overt shit in every Saturday morning cartoon in the history of cartoons. yeah it'd be great if there were some more diverse designs for the girls but it's literally not doing anything Sailor Moon has done, and it's still far from totally spies (which itself isn't all that awful) but people are tripping over themselves to call it goonerbait and it's making feel genuinely insane.

[brokenheartedcubscout]

every song nowadays is 'the best song ever' and then you listen to it and it's not fast car by tracy chapman

[brokenheartedcubscout]

every song nowadays is 'the best song ever' and then you listen to it and it's not fast car by tracy chapman

[brokenheartedcubscout]

every song nowadays is 'the best song ever' and then you listen to it and it's not fast car by tracy chapman