ada ! @whispering-ghost-society - Tumblr Blog

Hi!

this blog is a big mess, i am still figuring everything out on tumblr, so please excuse the chaos!

i'm ada, 21, university freshman majoring in chinese

if you want to see my art feel free to pop on over to @eternally-wild (although that blog is also a mess)!!

my interests are learning mandarin, reading, knitting, crafts, art (traditional/digital), stardew valley etc!!

i'm also queer, mostly identify as a lesbian. terfs and transphobes etc are not welcome here!!

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i shouldn't learn swedish i shouldn't learn swedish i shouldn't learn swedish

finally used the bird id app! for the two most common birdd ever but oh well

#ada yaps #birds #bird id #eurasian blue tit #great tit (bird)

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“First season of LEVERAGE - so he's 21 years old - he shows me his watch designs. I'm expecting, y' know, celebrity strap branding or faces. No, it's engineering schematics of GEARS and shit. Pages of them. Even then, there were none so cool.” - John Rogers

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he is so Cool

i have downloaded the merlin bird id app, birdwatching here i come

#ada yaps #merlin bird id #birdwatching

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normalize being dogshit amateur at your special interests and hyperfocuses. no more autistic savants. yes i am very into that topic no i am not good at it. we exist <3

saw someone on campus with a pink nokia flip phone and i was so jealous ;_; i need one too so bad

#dumb phone

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Summer without a smartphone!

aka: how I kept myself busy without school or an algorithm to take up my extensive free time! + a continued reflection on my 8+ months with a flip-phone.

School has begun again, and summer has finally come to its humid close so I thought now would be a good time to reflect with y'all. A small math update for those who might be moved by some concrete numbers. Average of 7.25hrs of screen time with a smartphone * 274 days without a smartphone = 1834.25 hours total/24hrs EIGHTY THREE!!! FULL DAYS I GOT BACK ALMOST 12 FULL WEEKS OF LIFE I WOULD HAVE MISSED IF I HAD A SMARTPHONE

The math always sort of scares me, can you imagine being on your phone for twelve full weeks straight? Is it not insane that the algorithm and our society has normalized functioning like this?

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So! Summer with a flip phone...

This was my first summer with no smartphone since I first got one at 13-14. It's been years since I've had a summer where I didn't pass the days away with social media and scrolling. It has been magically normal and so fulfilling to return to a state of continuous living and engagement with the real world. Summer really cemented the ease of having a flip-phone; I was able to travel and fly safely, navigate a foreign city, and engage with my every day with only a few problems! If I ran into a situation that required a smartphone, I was able to ask for help from strangers, and GOD does that remind you of the good of humanity and how dramatized social media can be about the everyday person/society.

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A recovering attention span has re-introduced my old reading habits and preferences, in my adolescence I always preferred reading a book in one fell swoop of a day. I lost that ability to lay in bed and read all day when I lost my attention span. It feels so good to be back. I read the first and second books of the empyrean series in two separate days: 10am to 8pm fueled by black tea and ripe summer peaches.

Traveling and flying (domestically at least) was easier than I expected, printing out boarding passes and asking receptionists takes up so little time I don't even realize to miss the convenience of a smartphone. The only issue I ran into was parking in Seattle, I was visiting my sister so she was able to handle it, but I imagine navigating parking garages in a big city would need a lot of pre-planning without one.

Staying motivated and productive without school to take up my days has always been a hurdle for me, I really enjoy being busy but struggle giving myself personal tasks like cleaning and exercising. With nothing else to do but socialize or enjoy my hobbies, it brought me a lot of joy to realize that personal care became a consistent and enjoyable routine because it wasn't subconsciously taking away my time to scroll. Moving my body really helps my mood, sleep, and menstrual cycle.

I also have a job (blegh) but its a nice part-time job that I've had for a few years now (even grandfathered into a retirement account like a true adult) so during the summer when I up my availability I am working about 20 hours a week. I also took two summer classes which helped my mind stay sharp and take up some evenings. Being employed gives me the means to pursue my hobbies (ceramics aint cheap) and help me plan for the future. Another pro of having a flip-phone is that my employer can't force me to download unnecessary apps, and if they need to contact me, they have to put in the effort to text me.

More time for my hobbies! I finished my first journal!! After years of starting a journal only to abandon it a few days later it is one of my proudest accomplishments to have a full journal. I dont have a reliable photo album or 'snapchat memories' so it was important to me to have something physical to look back on. I'm obsessed with keeping memory boxes and photo albums knowing in a few years or even in decades I will have things to look back on. Having time for my ceramics and sculpting has been rewarding as well, although I wish I had done more this summer.

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Do not lead a toothless life! Bite down on your reality and do not anything shake you from it! The best time to plant a fruit tree was 10 years ago, the second-best time is right now!

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after every post op makes i want to get a flip phone even more

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i feel totally normal about this and the scope of my desire is completely average

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Smol corki

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A hero without a cape

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Her name is Theresa Kachindamoto, and she is a senior chief - political leader of a region with a population of about 900,000 people.

She didn’t run for election; she was appointed, without her knowledge, while she was living and working in a completely different part of the country. She just received a call one day telling her to come back to her childhood home, because she was in charge now.

So she did; and when she arrived, she discovered widespread sexual abuse of children. She browbeat 50 uncooperative local leaders into accepting her decision to annul all the marriages. She then fired four of them when they continued to allow children to be married off in their areas. She still faces widespread opposition from parents who consider it their right to sexually abuse their daughters if they want to; but Kachindamoto very evidently does not give a fuck, and is continuing to use political and legal means to protect children in the region.

She’s not just an anonymous do-gooder; she’s an effective political leader despite incredibly difficult circumstances. Theresa Kachindamoto.

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[Image Description: a twitter post from user Al Jazeera English @ AJEnglish that reads “This woman has broken up 850 child marriages and banned sexual initiation camps in Malawi”

Below the text is a picture of Theresa Kachindamoto. She is a dark skinned woman with short hair. She is outside and smiling. End ID]

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got worried checking the dates on this post and seeing 2016, knowing how risky this kind of political activism is

good news: Kachindamoto is still in office, and last year (2024) she received honorary doctorates from 2 universities and was given the African Genius Award 🙏