Ursulina sum

"Vivamus, mea Lesbia, atque amemus!" "Let us live, my Lesbia, and let us Love!" -Catullus 26 | American in Germany | Studying German | Skater | Runner | Weightlifter | Nerd Speaks: English, Latin, German

[saoirseronanswife]

“in this essay i will explore” memes piss me off because it implies y’all still using first person pronouns when writing academically. childish ass

[prismatic-bell]

In this essay, this writer will explore the implications of pretending that one’s own personal view is not part of one’s essay, and the inaccessibility of academia related to established custom of artificial detachment.

[shredsandpatches]

In this essay, I will demonstrate that the blanket ban on first-person pronouns in high-school and some university English classes is poorly understood and hastily adopted as a result. I will further illustrate that it is a mere substitute for explaining to inexperienced writers that excessive use of phrases like “I think” or “I believe” is unnecessary and rhetorically weakens academic writing, and that opinions expressed in an essay are already assumed to be those of the author. Finally, I will address strategies for effectively conveying that information to students, who often find it difficult to grasp.

[thepioden]

In this essay, passive voice will be used throughout in order to distance the work done from any researchers, or, in reality, kind of imply all experiments were done by magical lab gremlins and the results were simply recorded. 

[jumpingjacktrash]

in this essay, enlightenment will descend upon you without the agency of any living being. you will know things, yet know not how you know.

prepare yourself. it begins.

[quousque]

In this essay, I will use the first person pronoun as a bludgeoning weapon

[itszonez]

Watching AOC playing Among Us with other streamers is something i didn't knew i needed. This is wholesome content

[musemesmer]

An Archive of Our Own, a project of the Organization for Transformative Works

Chapters: 5/? Fandom: Harry Potter - J. K. Rowling Rating: Mature Warnings: Major Character Death Relationships: James Potter/Lily Evans Potter, Others TBD Characters: Hermione Granger, Minerva McGonagall, Albus Dumbledore, James Potter, Lily Evans Potter, Sirius Black, Remus Lupin Additional Tags: Time Travel, Time Travel Fix-It, …or does she actually fix it, More tags to come as the story progresses Summary: Hermione explores Hogsmede and meets an unexpected person with red hair and startling green eyes.

After a disastrous battle of Hogwarts, Hermione knowingly launches herself into the past to make things right, but instead of going back two years, she goes back twenty. Her plans change and, with the help of Professor McGonagall, she vows to dismantle the plans of two great wizards: Lord Voldemort and Professor Dumbledore.

[musemesmer]

Writing and editing time! ✒️ Chapter 5 was posted today and chapter 6 is being edited. https://www.instagram.com/p/CECXQ60ltqQ/?igshid=18almhsvgudte

The Traveller: A Hermione Granger and Minerva McGonagall Fanfiction

[fuckyeahdrugpolicy]

[justice4mikebrown]

Download and learn more about the app here.

[imoverallofit]

BOOST THE FUCK OUT OF THIS

[lividlovers]

This is so fucking amazing!

Some solutions may seem so small but this is a greater impact.

[hate-police]

BOOST THE FUCK OUT OF THIS GUYS

[2lf]

REBLOG AND DOWNLOAD APP

[dinah-myles]

@yenneferofvengerbergg Look, Darling, maybe this will help you understand the importance of the matter.

[enbundad]

IMPORTANT NOTE: the app link in the article is for the California one.

There’s one for every state.

(From the looks of it, I haven’t looked to see if there’s 50 apps.)

[Edit: nope. There’s not one for every state.]

States with apps: California, Pennsylvania, Oregon, Michigan, North Carolina, Virginia, Georgia, New Jersey, Colorado, Missouri, Minnesota, Arizona, Maryland, Oklahoma, Mississippi, New Mexico, DC, Nebraska

[purplelittlemermaid]

Reblogging because it’s still a greaaaat idea.

[bn-studies]

Remember: This Will Pass!

[slavery]

[macbethz]

Fuck I’m at a fencing tournament and literally a minute after I reblogged this my dad told me that he talked to the point people and I’m probably going to win a medal.

[seananmcguire]

BURN BAGEL BURN

[gothiccharmschool]

OH WHY NOT?

[harukami]

I need to follow up to say I reblogged this last night, and this morning I got some of the best news of my life, like, a life dream come true news thing.

Bagel what are your powers

[acabosetotal]

FUCK, I though it was just another lucky meme but LISTEN. Since a week ago I was waiting a phone call to confirm me if I got a job or not in my university. I reblogged this yesterday’s night “just for fun and because I don’t want any bagel to be mad with me”, and today’s afternoon, while I was losing my time as always, the professor I was supposed to work with called me and asked me for my personal information to start working with her.

THE BAGEL POWERS ARE WAY TOO MUCH FOR THIS WORLD

[token-white-friend]

I GOT A JOB THE DAY AFTER MY QUEUE POSTED THIS THE FIRST TIME AND I JUST REALIZED IT WHEN I SAW IT AGAIN HOLY GOD

[noodle-dragon]

The bagel hasn’t let me down yet!

[blackcatgodess]

I got a job offer after reblogging the bagel. Believe in the bagel!

[anayely420]

🙏🏼

[sonsfantasies]

Worth a try lol

[theblizzardsix]

i could use some good news or even a good girl 

[pantspooplover]

Go lil bagle! Show me your power!

[itaachiyama-moved]

Okii then!

[blastlight]

THIS IS THE FIRST THING ON MY BLOG

I GOT ASKED OUT FOR THE FIRST TIME AFTER I REBLOGGED IT

[cuappatea-deactivated20200216]

wait but whats happening with the bagel tho

[dukemz]

It’s burning, as is everything I’ve hoped for whenever I’ve reblogged a post like this

[gone-dw-abt-it-deactivated20260]

I just kinda wanna watch something burn?

[dukemz]

Mood

[rip-paramour]

You guys didn’t listen when I said Bagels hold an ancient and wonderous power.

[teathattast]

Bagel time

[castielismyhusband2266]

I need this

[dwintu]

do it

[robinswraith]

I’m at an all time low I need this

[magnus-chase-rights]

ok sure

[sirfrogsworth]

Harm Reduction

160,000 are dead. 

Our nation is descending into full blown fascism. 

Progress takes time. 

I wish we could flip a switch and have an army of AOC and Bernie style progressives running things. But it’s just not realistic to think we can get there overnight. But I do believe we can get there eventually. 

I’m voting for Joe Biden and Kamala Harris. I am done complaining about the things I don’t like about Biden and Harris. I know they are not ideal. So I’m going to advocate to change Biden’s mind and push him towards policies I like. I’m going to advocate for better congressional candidates. I am going to advocate for better local officials. 

This “Kamala is a cop” rhetoric isn’t going to help with anything. This defeatist “they’re all the same” attitude isn’t going to help anything. This isn’t even the “lesser of two evils.” Biden and Harris are worlds away from the evil that is Trump and the GOP. It’s like saying a paper cut and decapitation are basically the same. The paper cut isn’t the lesser of two evils. It’s annoying and you want to get rid of it eventually, but at least you still have a head. 

I don’t want to die. I don’t want my parents to die. I don’t want my chronically ill friends to die. I fear if Trump gets reelected we will descend into even more chaos. Social Security and Medicare could be at risk. Both things I need to live. Things my parents need to live. 

I’m done shitting on Biden. And I’m not going to start shitting on Harris. I am going to support them and advocate everyone vote for them. They are the only viable alternative to Trump. 

I hate that he lost too, but the mourning period for Bernie is over. He supports Biden for president. We all should too. 

And, no, not voting is not an option. Don’t be that person. Perhaps you have good health and would be able to survive more Trump. But there are many who would not. Please think of them. Think of the people suffering in ICUs right now. Think of RBG fighting to stave off death.

Being sick for 20 years I know sometimes harm reduction is the only option. It always feels a bit like giving up and compromising. Because it is. But it keeps you moving forward. It allows for the chance to improve things later on. 

[jabberwockypie]

Look, Trump’s trying to get rid of Social Security.

I’m disabled, and I can’t work, and that’s my sole income. It’s not enough, but I have a place to live and food to eat. I don’t have family, and I don’t have friends who can afford to support me if that goes away. I would be completely fucked.

If Biden wins, he’s not going to attack Social Security, and I can scrape by for a while longer.

Refusing to vote means you are casting a vote for me to be homeless.

Please hold your nose and vote for Biden, and maybe we can start to dig out of this hole we’re in.

[brklynbreed]

You deserve a conscious lover. Someone who will not only know your favorite color or flower, but when to offer words in your rage, or the strongest embrace when no words will do.

You deserve a conscious lover. Someone who will not only work with you but for you. Work for your happiness when you’ve forgotten how to create it.. work for your smile when your lips won’t curve.

You, my dear, deserve a conscious lover that couldn’t imagine being anything else.

[skreamingninja]

[autohaste]

If depression was a musical

[capacity]

This is a bop

[squarecutorpearshape-deactivate]

okay but this person’s comedic timing is insane

[liberalsarecool]

Kamala made Brett cry.

[marvelsmostwanted]

Historic. Progressive. Biden-Harris. Let’s go

[marias-studyblr]

self discipline tips

here are tips I discovered very recently:

something is better than nothing. 5 minutes of work are better than zero. Just because you missed something on your schedule doesn’t mean you can’t still work on it, even for 5 minutes. Grow and build on this.

second drafts / reviews can be done after.

Don’t think you are going to do your very best work on the first try. Take the weight of perfectionism off your shoulders.

don’t think about doing it. just do it as fast as you can.

build on your productivity, not your failures.

If you come from a past of procrastinating and now feel motivated to change and discipline yourself, do NOT try to do everything at once.

if you have a set of different goals to accomplish, begin with the most important one. Wait until the rotine of working for that one settles in (you feel productive and comfortable-ish), and then begin with the next. Repeat.

this way you’ll be building your way up and not juggling everything at the same time, hoping everything works out.

be patient with yourself, you’ll get there!

set smaller deadlines for your goals

have monthly and weekly-ish deadlines

e.g. if you are doing a project, due 22nd Feb, set personal deadlines, like have Introduction written by 2nd Feb, have Methods written by 10th Feb, have project complete by 18th Feb.

take them as seriously as you possibly can, don’t miss out on yourself.

write realistic daily tasks and don’t stop until you finish them. after them you can do whatever you want

on writing realistic daily tasks, the secret is knowing you can only do so much in one day, but trusting you can accomplish everything in the course of any period of time (a week, or 2 weeks or a month, etc.) because you will combine the work from all these different days.

it’s very tempting to write down all the tasks you need to accomplish in one day to just get over with it, but the real deal is you won’t accomplish half of them. You’ll feel very unproductive then, wich leads to demotivation.

spread daily tasks in the time necessary.

have a consistent sleep schedule.

if your mind isn’t ready everything will fall apart.

have one rest day per week where you plan nothing, do whatever you want except studying. this can be harder than you expect!

(don’t forget these are effective only if you actually put them into practice! good luck babes!!)

[musemesmer]

[azulas]

— …This place…is weird.

[charlesoberonn]

All the animals in the Avatar world are hybrids of two real animals.

The only “animals” that aren’t hybrids are the spirits

And Kuei’s pet bear

You draw your own conclusions.

[whitepeopletwitter]

[birble-bobble]

Yeah so the Big Think is literally owned by big oil. They’re making shit up so people feel too exhausted to fight for any change. Ignore this kind of environmental nihilism, all it does it help the rich avoid change.

[midnight-spectrum-again]

The fuck

[astridfromthenorth-deactivated2]

[notentirely]

no idea if this is true, but it feels true

[pleasedontsqueezetheshhh]

I heard an interview, can’t remember the psychologist, but he was explaining this idea and encouraging people to stop and take a deep breath and literally drink in small moments like you’re a dryass plant when something is ever satisfactory, positive, mildly successful, randomly joyful so your brain can code and integrate that experience because our natural lizard brain will quickly tape over it with mostly unnecessary negative survival shit. Sounds dumb and dorky but sometimes I remember this when I’m feeling good about a moment because our cave brains are still catching up with modern life without sabertooths. I like that it’s not just a pollyanna gosh just be more positive thing but more of a legit brain wiring phenomenon can be gradually hacked through small behavioral changes.

[elidyce]

Another super important one: Take the time to tell yourself, when something you did or bought or decided works out “That was a good decision and I’m glad I made it! Go me!” 

Seriously, it can have a huge impact. suddenly you go from remembering nothing but bad decisions to adding in a series of Excellent Choices You Feel Good About, and it makes things so much better. 

[silentwalrus1]

#we’re all running happiness software on survival hardware and we gotta do our own firmware updates   from @galwednesday 

[petshrink]

It is true. This is one of the fundamental tenets of learning theory. That’s why it takes many more positive experiences to outweigh a negative.