[wroughtindirt]

I stop talking to people because they’re friends with israel defenders and for being performative dummies in general and then we never speak again.

now theyre typical American ignorants in my mind forever

[m3dieval]

dequitem

[mserpentiart]

little art from work

[pyritetears-deactivated20260218]

Carrie Mae Weems, Portrait of a Woman Who Has Fallen From Grace. (1987)

[jehuty]

[vitabreva]

The Kusanagi-Valentine-Katsuragi (KVK) scale measures how well you are handling life as a badass purple-haired single woman in a dystopian future.

[spacebeyonce]

The Rise of AI Is Making Life Even Harder for Real People in Gaza

Gizmodo spoke with desperate Palestinians who were accused of being AI creations.

a great article that I know some people on here definitely need to read 😌

[dragunsblood]

twilight tries weed for the first time

[cherryfleischer-deactivated2026]

[sacredwhores]

Jean-Luc Godard - Notre Musique (2004)

[loveridden1999]

is shaving defiance? is promoting plastic surgery girl's girl behaviour? is makeup self care? are heels empowering? is reading apolitical? is voting feminist? is giving up on your career freeing? is starting a traditional family with 5 kids my own choice? is having rights feminist?

[wroughtindirt]

it sucks knowing how many stupid people there are in the world (this country especially) walking around the world acting like they are better than republicans when they are just soulless husks who only care about their own selves and how to retain their own comfort while disregarding everyone who they owe their very comfort to. and it’s sad none of them have me to remind them just how selfish and awful they really are. You have to pity them.

[wroughtindirt]

in retrospect I was being too kind

[pinkmoondoll9shihtzu]

Spectral Bijou

[op-isopoly]

"rings"

[bpd-dylan-hall-deactivated20190]

I’ve said this before and I’ll say it again but it is absolutely an example of civilizational inadequacy that only deaf people know ASL

“oh we shouldn’t teach children this language, it will only come in handy if they [checks notes] ever have to talk in a situation where it’s noisy or they need to be quiet”

[raginrayguns]

My mom learned it because she figured she’ll go deaf when she gets old

[manyblinkinglights]

My family went holiday SCUBA diving once, and a couple of Deaf guys were in the group. I was really little and I spent most of the briefing overcome with the realization that while the rest of us were going to have regulators in our mouths and be underwater fairly soon, they were going to be able to do all the same stuff and keep talking.

[tell-the-stars-hello]

The only reason some form of sign language is not a standard skill is ableism, as far as I can tell.

[emoracreations]

For anyone interested in learning, Bill Vicars has full lessons of ASL on youtube that were used in my college level classes. 

https://www.youtube.com/user/billvicars

and here’s the link to the website he puts in his videos:

https://www.lifeprint.com/

[naurielrochnur]

Update: you guys this is an amazing resource for learning asl. Bill Vicars is an incredible teacher. His videos are of him teaching a student in a classroom, using the learned vocabulary to have conversations.

Not only is the conversation format immersive and helpful for learning the grammar, but the students make common mistakes which he corrects, mistakes I wouldn’t have otherwise know I was making.

He also emphasizes learning ASL in the way it’s actually used by the Deaf community and not the rigid structure that some ASL teachers impose in their classrooms

His lesson plans include learning about the Deaf community, which is an important aspect of learning ASL. Knowing how to communicate in ASL without the knowledge of the culture behind it leaves out a lot of nuances and explanations for the way ASL is.

Lastly, his lessons are just a lot of fun to watch. He is patient, entertaining, and funny. This good natured enthusiasm is contagious and learning feels like a privilege and not a chore

And it’s all FREE. Seriously. If you’ve ever wanted to learn ASL

[tedrakitty]

@official-linguistics-post

[monster2001]

[cervine-arctophile]

cleared so hard