fueled-by-nightcore:

computationalcalculator:

loloftheday:

My college doesn’t want us to make popcorn in their shitty microwaves

look I’ll be the first to agree colleges couldn’t possibly take more money from us without just making Faustian Bargains but if one more freshman trips a fire alarm at 1am and makes the whole building evacuate because they don’t know how to make popcorn I’m gonna fill the whole lobby with sand

Freshman who wants to make popcorn: 

Senior who just wants to sleep:

Solution is obviously to restrict all popcorn-making activity to before sunset

Source: loloftheday

unpretty:

ineedcymbals:

itswalky:

unpretty:

unpretty:

i always thought of a king sized bed as being a bit bigger than a queen, but now that i have one, i can tell you that a king sized bed is an absurdity. i can sprawl out, and my husband can sprawl out, and the cat can sprawl out, and none of us are touching. i reach out in the night, and find only pillows and plush walruses. i reach further and eventually find his elbow. he rolls over the comforters to try and find me. “i have crossed oceans of bed to be with you,” he says. there is a vast expanse of bed untouched, unmapped, unexplored. the cat is still trying to sleep on my face.

lots of folks saying “oh you should see the california king” but

in a california king we would actually be four inches closer

maybe they’re putting their california kings sideways

Consider though: the Alaska King.

i can’t believe i have to buy a new mattress AGAIN

Salivating over the Alaska King. Although… why sold with 3??? Is it supposed to be for love triangles or something?

kaelio:

guy: complains about how women interpret fictional characters, while simultaneously believing w/ the entire force of his being that if female fictional characters were real they would actually date him :v

Guy: complains about how women romanticize or justify fictional villains

Also guy: plays video games where hero confronts attractive female villain and having to decide whether to take her down or not is framed as a moral quandary on account of her being hot

Working Hypothesis:

People are tired, anxious, and depressed, and what’s making this so much worse is the fact that there is so much around the world to care about. We’re being bombarded by bad news all the time. And then we face our own lives and we face rising rent prices and pet illnesses and car malfunctions and… it’s exhausting.

What might make at least the “bad news” problem easier to deal with is if we could somehow form a coalition of people across the web where each person focused on a single issue. Not an issue like a political issue – one incident to research and promote and advocate for or revolt fundraising campaigns for. People under the same umbrella issue – gay rights, transphobia, street harassment – could help one another out with sources or cross-publicize each other’s issues, and once your issue was resolved, for better or worse, you could find another one from a master spreadsheet of catastrophes and work on that, or you could take a break and ignore politics and bad news for a week without feeling guilty. We could have a discord server where we took turns calling representatives about issues and chatted in the meantime.

Not entirely sure where to start – probably a masterlist spreadsheet, and then looking for interested people – but thoughts?

hale-to-the-gay:

thelibrarina:

tsreena:

baby: *incomprehensible babbling*

me: WHAT!? really??? no way :0

This is actually really good for babies’ brain development. You’re laying the groundwork for conversation, teaching them through example that people take turns talking and listening.

Did you know that babies from affluent families hear an average of thirty MILLION more words before age 5 than babies in families below the poverty line? For context, Les Miserables is about 650,000 words and it looks like this:

So it’s like reading this book 46 times.* And that’s not the total number of spoken words, that’s the GAP between affluent and poor babies. And these are the years in which the brain undergoes the most development. It’s mind-boggling.

So what I’m saying is: keep doing the thing. Do it to all babies, all the time. Narrate your day. Ask them for opinions. (“Should we buy the large bag of potatoes or the small bag?” “Gaabooglagje.” “Yes, just as I thought.”) Point out colors and shapes and letters. Let them scribble outside the lines and treat their babble like talk. Sing them nursery rhymes and Raffi songs and songs from the radio. All of these things are going to build their brains to prepare them for kindergarten and beyond.

*Please do not read Les Mis 46 times to an infant. They don’t even care about the Parisian sewer system.

That last part though

songspinner9:

theystudyrainbows:

I shot the Kavanaugh protests this morning for NPR, and this is the photo that will always stick with me. I walked up to her after, needing her name for the photo but knowing it was a terrible time to ask. When I asked, she ignored me and said, “How are we going to find the strength to keep fighting?” I was speechless.
She said, “Are we going to be out here for another 30 years? I don’t have 30 years left.”

– via Mary Marthins

I saw a lot of people reblog or post this with comments about how the woman in the picture shouldn’t feel tired, but angry and energized. How people in the Civil Rights Movement didn’t have hope, but they tried anyway. I don’t know who those people posting are but they freakin’ forgot how privileged they are, apparently, to have the energy to be angry. A lot of survivors and a lot of activists are exhausted right now. And we have a right to be. It doesn’t mean we’re giving up, but acknowledging that this moment feels crappy is valid. When 45 was elected and my community immediately had to deal with hate crimes, my mom called me and said, heartbroken, “I thought that all the fighting we had to do for human rights would protect you, and your kids. I didn’t want you to have to fight like that, too.” She meant that – she was a Freedom Rider and has been active in civil rights movements her whole life. We will find strength, most likely in each other before our own selves, but it’s also okay to Just. Feel. Tired. Rest, reset, and keep going.

Source: theystudyrainbows

donegalh:

adhd culture is rewinding something because you stopped paying attention and missed a bit, then forgetting to pay attention to the bit you missed and having to rewind it again, then forgetting to pay attention to the bit you missed and having to rewind it again, then forget-

😦