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he wasn't even looking at me and he found me
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Reminder she starved herself to play the role in les mis so she KNOWS
In Netflix’s movie “To the Bone” there’s an exchange between two characters.
Ana: Emma Stone’s a little fat, don’t you think?
Ellen: No, I think she’s just big boned.
I remember thinking how absolutely out of pocket that statement was because Emma Stone (especially when they were talking about her) is far from fat. And now she looks like this. I can’t help but wonder if she heard that line and it got to her.
this should be the most reblogged post on tumblr before it dies
We need to reblog this so much that the post breaks
Do not like
Keep. Reblogging.
If we reblog enough we could save it
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how did this lose over 5k notes
I’m glad we cost Yahoo 2 billion dollars.
it’s like a perfectly preserved body at Pompei
Finding this on my normal dash is like taking a stroll through the Park and suddently stumbeling upon the Codex Hammurabi just lying there.
just saw a tiktok (sorry) saying its gonna be pirate romance summer over clips of will/elizabeth and some other straight couple and then. eleanor/vane. with the caption "watch black sails". and like whatever gets ppl watching but i cant help and imagine whatever straight girlies turning on black sails expecting to see vane be some hopeless romantic to eleanors self insert and instead seeing them immediately punch each other followed by max/eleanor extended lesbian sex scene. pirate romance summer indeed
well apparently I need to watch black sails now
Here's a few things you can do to incorporate slow/mindful tech on a budget
Set yourself a TV schedule. Rather than binging an entire show, give yourself one day to watch it. If you don't finish it, you'll have to wait until next week.
Watch independent journalists on Twitch while doing other tasks. We grew up with our parents watching the news while cleaning or eating breakfast or filling out paperwork. It keeps you mindful of what's happening around you and can help you get work done rather than doomscrolling. And if you have a TV to play it on, even better.
Make mixtapes. This one will take a little bit of money but you may already have the supplies laying around (if you're me). Put your favorite songs onto a CD. Draw on the CD with sharpies. Play them in your car or just in your daily life.
Play music/TV from one spot of the house rather than carrying your phone with you while doing housework. Try not to be attached to your phone (unless for medical reasons). Set it down when you're supposed to be focusing on other things.
Practice making phone calls. Far too many of us have phone anxiety and prefer typing over talking. Practice getting over that fear by calling customer support rather than chatting with an AI agent that won't understand your frustration. Book your doctor's appointments over the phone.
Go to the library. Obvious one, but the library has books, DVDs, video games (and gaming consoles), absolutely whatever you need.
Turn on TV that you don't have ultimate control over. Live TV if you have it, but I really like the hours long videos on YouTube of PBS Kids circa 2006, or Adult Swim, or Nick at Nite, etc. and I really enjoy Dropout 24/7. Taking the control out of my hands.
Pick up a hobby/task to do while watching TV/YouTube. Start by doing something with your hands aside from doomscrolling. Crochet, draw, cook, clean, mend clothing. If you can't just watch things without doing something else, pick a task to do that does not involve tech. Eventually, the more you do it while watching shows you enjoy, the more you'll Pavlov yourself into enjoying the task on its own.
Read a book. Then read another. Then ten. Then fifty. Devour every word you encounter.
Trade DVDs with friends. When I was little, we didn't have TV because my dad snapped the wires before he left, and we couldn't afford to get it fixed, let alone get cable. We would loan DVDs with friends and family. We'd send each other literal baskets of movies and TV shows that we thought the other person would like. It's still a fond memory.
Keep a journal on you for everything. Rather than jotting random things in a notes app, jot them down in your journal. You'll remember things far better.
Volunteer. If you have time, just go volunteer somewhere. Pick up trash on the side of the road. Go to your local shelter and ask if you can just spend time with the dogs and cats so they don't get bored and lonely and depressed. Spend some time at a nursing home and talk with the people there.
Practice memorizing routes. My mom can go nearly anywhere in the city without a map. I can't. Pick a place where you know the route somewhat well and see if you can get there without a GPS. My favorite way to practice this is trying to get home from someplace unfamiliar, especially downtown, by following the signs for the highways I know will get me home.
Only keep games on your phone that grow your brain. Wordle, language learning, whatever you like. Don't just keep games that you can play mindlessly. One game I'm a big fan of for this is Cells to Singularity. It's a tapping game, but it teaches you about history and science. How we came to be, where we'll go from here.
Practice mindfulness with things like Focus Friend. It's free, no ads, and doesn't sell your data. A miracle in this decade.
Stop using generative AI (unless you need to -- things like screen readers, Meta glasses for the visually impaired, etc.)
Meditate. A great habit to pick up, and also helps slow your mind down so you don't feel the need to keep yourself entertained at all times.
Drink more water and less caffeine. You may think this has nothing to do with tech, but think about why you're drinking so many energy drinks. If you find you're relying on caffeine (or any other substance) the same way we rely on tech for everything, try cutting it out. The buzz might be making the feeling to always be busy and to always be on your phone or on the internet worse.
Ownership meant a physical copy. Now you own nothing and can't find what you want across multiple streaming platforms.
Bring back headphones that plug in. Bring back expandable memory. Bring back owning media.
Every time someone comes out as non-monogamous the comments always sound like we’re in the 90’s again. “I didn’t need to know about this.” “You can have this attraction but it doesn’t mean you need to act on it” “I miss when people kept secrets” “you don’t need to satisfy every little urge you have” I’m sorry is this an open panel on Oprah? Literally this sounds like every homophobe from 1992-2006.
Duolingo Sucks, Now What?: A Guide
Now that the quality of Duolingo has fallen (even more) due to AI and people are more willing to make the jump here are just some alternative apps and what languages they have:
"I just want an identical experience to DL"
Busuu (Languages: Spanish, Japanese, French, English, German, Dutch, Italian, Portuguese, Chinese, Polish, Turkish, Russian, Arabic, Korean)
"I want a good audio-based app"
Language Transfer (Languages: French, Swahili, Italian, Greek, German, Turkish, Arabic, Spanish, English for Spanish Speakers)
"I want a good audio-based app and money's no object"
Pimsleur (Literally so many languages)
Glossika (Also a lot of languages, but minority languages are free)
*anecdote: I borrowed my brother's Japanese Pimsleur CD as a kid and I still remember how to say the weather is nice over a decade later. You can find the CDs at libraries and "other" places I'm sure.
"I have a pretty neat library card"
Mango (Languages: So many and all endangered/Indigenous courses are free even if you don't have a library that has a partnership with Mango)
"I want SRS flashcards and have an android"
AnkiDroid: (Theoretically all languages, pre-made decks can be found easily)
"I want SRS flashcards and I have an iphone"
AnkiApp: It's almost as good as AnkiDroid and free compared to the official Anki app for iphone
"I don't mind ads and just want to learn Korean"
lingory
"I want an app made for Mandarin that's BETTER than DL and has multiple languages to learn Mandarin in"
ChineseSkill (You can use their older version of the course for free)
"I don't like any of these apps you mentioned already, give me one more"
Bunpo: (Languages: Japanese, Spanish, French, German, Korean, and Mandarin)
“I just want to learn Spanish/French.”
SpanishDict.com and FrenchDict.com
“I want to learn Chinese for free.”
HelloChinese, and they are currently in the process of removing all AI generated images (that they thought would be a good choice for like two seconds).
“I miss what Duolingo was. I just want it back.”
Lingonaut: currently in beta, but they’re building an app where anyone can make a language course and they’re all free, crowdfunded, without ads, AI free, and actually work at helping you learn a new language.
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Taking her job very seriously
I've been so excited to share this one! This is my full piece for the ourfavoritescene_zine , which was released last month !! This is from chapter 9 of "The Spirit Bares Its Teeth" by Andrew jospeh white, which I highly recommend. Every sale from the zine goes to the campaign for Southern equality
2025 OFS special edition Digital zine in pdf format. 40 pages All about Trans and Enby fictional books. All profits go to Campaign for South
I will reblog this every time I see it because this is absolutely my favorite fanart in the history of fanart
🤲 hands u og butchfemme yuri in these trying times
Not me doing a double take
This a Moonmelon, scientifically knows as asidus. This fruit grows in some parts of Japan, and is known for its vibrant blue color. What you probably don’t know about this fruit is that it can switch flavors after you eat it. Everything sour will taste sweet, everything salty will taste bitter, and it gives water a strong orange-like taste. It’s also very expensive…costing about ￥16000 JPY (which is about 200 dollars).
this is alexandrias melon (wow)
it never grows seeds but it can still produce other melons (its magic)
it is grown deep in the jungles of peru and can prevent you from aging well into the hundreds
it is known by the natives there as k’uhul ajaw cacao shi-jiiy.
its really strange how all of these pictures look exactly the same because everything on the internet is true
This is the Peppermeloni. (seriously gosh just look at that sexy mother fucker) Its scientific name is Tumblrous Pepperonus.
The only known specimen is in a pot in David Karps treasure dungeon. It is a tradition that a single slice is given to every tumblr blog that reaches 500,000 followers.
It has the remarkable property of being as healthy as watermelon but tasting like cheesy pepperoni pizza.
This planet is really just so amazing guys wow.
Patrickmelon
The taste of this melon will always surprise you.
I’m fucking done with this site
This is the evermelon.
If you cut this watermelon a certain way you will find that it has seemingly regenerated. You can do this an infinite number of times and will have a neverending supply of melon.
OH GOD I haven’t seen this post in YEARS and THAT is the fucking additon to it!?
ALRIGHT THATS IT ITS TIME TO STOP
Hi my name is Ebony Dark'ness Dementia Ravenmelon and I’m ebony black (that’s how I got my name) with purple streaks and red tips, and a lot of people tell me I look like watermelons (AN: if u don’t know what dat is get da hell out of here!).
Nothing will ever be better than the last one
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That last one took me out at the god damn kneecaps-
Someone wrote a really interesting article about why people believe these sorts of things so easily.
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i tried to be funny and it backfired miserably
it’s 2014 it’s time we moved on as a nation and stop reblogging this
every person who reblogs this in 2015 is gonna get their ass kicked by yours truly
World Heritage Post
For your entertainment, please check out this 1 Star review of an AAC app.
Mom: my son can’t talk let me get this app so he can
Son: *talks*
Mom: no not like that
Like you don’t put duct tape on your kids mouth if they keep saying “Shut up,” you teach them not to use it. It is the SAME THING.
ALT TEXT FOR SCREEN READERS:
Heading: ratings and reviews
Title: inappropriate language
One star
December 28
Review: Our son is three and nonverbal, we downloaded this app to use as iPad as an AAC device. At first glance, it’s very user-friendly and our son picked up the layout quickly and was able to use this as a form of communication. The reason I would give it one star and quite frankly no stars if that was an option is because there’s no way to hide inappropriate language like “shut up“, which should not be accessible to a three year-old on top of other words that you cannot remove. When I reached out to support their response was they don’t feel like we should limit words to children, which I agree with but having my three-year-old constantly hit the shut up button during school is not appropriate and there’s no way to remove it so don’t waste your money just spend the money on a different app that lets you have access to editing words to make sure that your children don’t get in trouble because while language is extremely important and I don’t wanna limit, I also don’t want to have my child constantly scolded because an app thinks it’s OK for a three-year-old to use the word shut up. We will not be renewing our monthly subscription and will look for a more accessible app that supports positive language reinforcement.
Developer response:
January 6
Thank you for sharing your feedback. Proloquo is designed to provide AAC users access to essential language for real participation and self expression. We include a very small number of age-appropriate swear words because access to language matters, and families can guide how words are used. 
Look, I made a collection of Fandom cakes that I found!
I like cake.
What about Homestuck.
Homestucks aren’t sorry.
Children born when this post was made will be in the sixth grade this year
Children born when this post was made are now allowed to create a tumblr account.
@hellsite-hall-of-fame
i study 2 languages, norwegian and swahili, and the differences between their resources kind of drives me insane.
norwegian has 5 million speakers. it has courses on any language learning platform you can think of. the norwegian learning subreddit has 58k members - a bunch of passionate learners and natives who answer questions. in the last year ive managed to find 12 books in norwegian at thrift stores, book warehouses, etc. never even bothered to get some online because of this! you can watch basically any show you want in it, or at least with subtitles.
what does swahili have? swahili has around 100~ million speakers, making it the most spoken language in africa (excluding colonizer languages like french and arabic). most platforms dont have a course for it, but the few that do are incredibly poorly made and almost impossible to use to learn with. the swahili learning subreddit has only 6.7k members (and most of these people have personal ties like family, as opposed to norwegian where people just learn it randomly for fun). i have never found ANY books IN swahili. ive found two dictionaries, and they were both at speciality stores (unlike norwegian which ive found at my usual medium sized town thrift store). virtually nothing is translated to swahili. not even the fucking Lion King, which uses words from the swahili language (hakuna matata, simba, rafiki, mufasa).
im not expecting tanzania and kenya to translate every western movie ever, they have their own stories to tell (as well as some government censorship), but thats not the whole story. the west has no interest in giving their stories to africa and they have no interest in translating african stories to english.
and like. I understand Why these disparities exist. due to colonization and therefore lower education levels, there are less books in swahili in the first place. people would rather learn a language with grammar and vocabulary similarities to their own, like an indo european language. but the difference is actually fucking absurd. a language with 100 million speakers should not have this few resources. with norwegian, i could always google any niche grammar question i had and find someone online asking the same question. with swahili, i have to search through decades old grammar guides in search of an answer on my own.
swahili is a beautiful language. it has the most consistent grammar of any language ive studied. i wish more people were interested in it, in ANY african language. i cannot imagine what resources are like for literally any other african language! i want people to care to learn these languages the way that people randomly decide to learn lithuanian, estonian, and other smaller european languages. i want their resources to be greater, more courses to be created, more books to be written, more translations to bridge the gaps between cultures.
i’m learning swahili myself and it’s just so disheartening. my mom is a native speaker so i’m often asking her to correct my grammar and fact check the resources. the ones ive linked are consistent with the structure and pronunciation, but changes in pronunciation and new vocabulary varies across newer generations. i have a link that i’ve found to be helpful for english to swahili translations!
💬 0 🔁 17 ❤️ 31 · swahili language learning resources: (books) swahili: a foundation for speaking reading and writing teach yourself swah
Swahili learning fistbump - no family or particular connection but I just find it such a lovely language, and an interesting window into East African and coastal Indian Ocean history with the influences from both Arabic and various Indian languages in addition to its Bantu linguistic neighbours. I ended up shelling out again for classes this year because I’d reached the tiny limit of what I could practice myself and I’m glad I live somewhere where that’s an option because it’s often not the case.
In the UK at least the main textbook seems to be this which comes with audio resources, but the first edition (unsure if the audio was the same so it might not sync up) is available on Internet Archive or a smaller file I found via duckduckgo. Bonus: McGrath teaches online and is just a stupidly nice man.
A Routledge Companion Website
Also MobiTuki is the online dictionary he recommended AND if you add it to your homescreen (at least on iOS) it works offline!
TUKI, kamusi kuu ya Kiswahili-Kiingereza yenye vidahizo 14000+, zikiwemo nahau, misemo, etimolojia na vinyambuo.
Does anyone happen to know of any accessible Igbo resources? My mom is absolutely in love with Igbo culture, learns all she can, but has no idea how to learn the language. She’s also old and bad at tech.
