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sharing her discoveries……

Sun, 13 Apr 2025 00:36:35 -0400

sharing her discoveries……

“That’s pretty.” He remembered Sansa telling him once that he should say that whenever a lady told…

Sun, 13 Apr 2025 00:35:44 -0400

“That’s pretty.” He remembered Sansa telling him once that he should say that whenever a lady told him her name.
–A Clash of Kings
“Sansa, what do girls like?”
Sansa paused in her sewing to look at Jon Snow. “What do you mean?”
Flushing, Jon tried to keep himself from stuttering. “I mean, if I… if I want to talk to a girl, what should I do?”
A look of delight lit up Sansa’s eyes. “You like someone!” She leaned closer and asked in a conspiratorial whisper, “Who is it? I promise I won’t tell.“
Jon’s face burned and he was sure he was turning as red as Sansa’s hair. “I-I don’t know her name yet.”
“Oh. Then you should ask for her name first.”
Jon nodded, waiting for her to continue.
“And when a lady gives you her name, you must tell her how pretty it is,” she said sagely.
Jon furrowed his brows, taking in her words. “Do girls like that?”
“Yes we do. I know I would like it if someone said something like that to me.
“Well,” said Jon quietly, without thinking. “You do have a very pretty name.”
The radiant smile that Sansa gave him then made the lesson stick to Jon more than anything else.

i genuinely believe that schools need to immediately expel students for using gen AI & blacklist…

Sun, 13 Apr 2025 00:34:45 -0400

broadlybrazen:

broadlybrazen:
broadlybrazen:
i genuinely believe that schools need to immediately expel students for using gen AI & blacklist them from any other program for at least five years, because i don’t want to fucking deal with these useless twerps being credentialed in any field whatsoever. these fucking people are going to be your lawyers. your healthcare professionals. these people who are too fucking dumb to read, who would rather blindly trust a glorified predictive text generator than spend five minutes studying or thinking on their own.
at this point, if you didn’t receive your credentials before 2020, it is infinitely safer for me to assume that your degree is hollow, your work is fake, and your knowledge nonexistent unless & until proven otherwise.
we are genuinely not mean enough about this.
there’s always someone getting huffy because THEIR braindead shortcut is justified, or shamelessly abusing the entire concept of disability accommodation to argue that substituting chatgpt for all independent thought & intellectual labor is a win for “accessibility.” we need to start shunning these people and bullying them out of public life, especially if they hold any position of responsibility.
#i asked a med student to look something up #(a time-honored method of clinical teaching) #and he typed it into chat gpt and turned his phone around to show me the answer
christ almighty. these people are going to be responsible for life or death decisions.
and they don’t have any fucking brains, because they have signed over all intellectual effort to chat gpt, so your life is in the hands of someone who can’t even be fucked to look up information from a verifiable source.

alright i’m finally done with my day. time to like all your posts. form a single file line

Sun, 13 Apr 2025 00:33:56 -0400

musing-and-music:

papayajuan2019:
alright i’m finally done with my day. time to like all your posts. form a single file line

Sun, 13 Apr 2025 00:33:45 -0400

passengerpigeons:

Miner’s Beach, Pictured Rock National Lakeshore, Michigan

I know that a lot of you are banking on having little to do with your nephews/neices as children and…

Sun, 13 Apr 2025 00:26:10 -0400

ramshacklefey:

quasi-normalcy:
I know that a lot of you are banking on having little to do with your nephews/neices as children and then becoming their “cool aunt” once they become teenagers, but I think that you will find, upon analysis, that a random middle-aged woman stepping into a whole-ass teenager’s life and arbitrarily declaring herself to be a “cool aunt” is, in fact, the least cool thing it’s possible to do.
How to Actually Be a Cool Adult for a Kid:
Be a constant part of their life. Show up for birthdays and holidays. Babysit. Go on outings with the family.
Listen to them starting when they’re young. Show an interest in what they have to say, even if it’s incomprehensible toddler ramblings, or a ten minute monologue about Paw Patrol. Let them show you their favorite toys. Get excited if they show you art or crafts, and if they give you one, treat it like a museum piece.
Treat them like a person. Respect their preferences and bodily autonomy (no demanding hugs). Don’t make fun of them or embarrass them. Engage in actual conversation.
Set respectful boundaries, but give them room to explore.
Be willing to intervene if another adult is making their life unnecessarily difficult or if other kids are bothering them.
Respect the rules and boundaries their parents have set. Yeah, it’s easy to win kudos with kids by letting them have fun that their parents won’t, and yeah, the fact that this isn’t actually your kid means you can be more relaxed in some areas, and have different rules at your house than at home. But most of the time, you will be supporting your siblings in raising their kid, so like. Be respectful of that too.
Don’t be a snitch if you don’t have to. If you catch the kids playing a forbidden game, or teasing one of the niblings at Thanksgiving dinner, you don’t need to make it a big production. Be the adult and handle the situation, then let it go.
Keep confidence. Goes along with the previous one, but for older kids. If a kid or teen comes to you with a concern or looking for advice, respect their privacy. Don’t tell your sibling about it unless the kid gives you permission to.
Accept the fact that teenagers are contrary little shits who usually think grown ups are the most embarrassing entities in existence. They may not want to hang out with you. They may find it embarrassing if you share their interests.
Remember that even if you end up being the kid’s friend, you are still also one of their adults. You have responsibilities to a kid if you want to be a big part of their life, in a way you wouldn’t automatically have with another adult.
Don’t try to be the cool adult if you are doing it for your own gratification. Be the kid’s friend because you love them and care about their well-being.

executive dysfunction tips! It gets easier to do a task if you dress appropriately first!! It’s much…

Sun, 13 Apr 2025 00:24:37 -0400

ouroborosorder:

executive dysfunction tips! It gets easier to do a task if you dress appropriately first!! It’s much easier to get started once you’re wearing the right clothes for the headspace. For example if you need to clean your room, try putting on a maid dress! If you need to make dinner, try putting on a maid dress! If you need to accept visitors, try putting on a maid dress! If you need to poison the tea that will be served to your mistress’ esteemed guests in an effort to ensure her suitors never take your mistress’ hand from you, try putting on a-

Sun, 13 Apr 2025 00:22:42 -0400

caats:

Me while writing: oh hell yes this is such a good sentence I’m the master of poetic imagery

Sat, 12 Apr 2025 21:18:11 -0400

unknown-lifeform:

Me while writing: oh hell yes this is such a good sentence I’m the master of poetic imagery
The writing when I go back to edit:

Photo

Sat, 12 Apr 2025 21:14:30 -0400

ok so i think that my favourite fantasy subgenre is The Inherent Tragedy Of Being Born Into Royalty….

Sat, 12 Apr 2025 20:58:26 -0400

bogkeep:

bogkeep:
bogkeep:
bogkeep:
ok so i think that my favourite fantasy subgenre is The Inherent Tragedy Of Being Born Into Royalty. which mostly means that i like to read about gay princes but with some nuance
IT’S VERSATILE!!!!!!
adding my own tags as well
yes… yes……..

Window wings, fragile panes Shield me from the dark Warm me with your spark

Sat, 12 Apr 2025 20:56:31 -0400

yuumei-art:

Window wings, fragile panes
Shield me from the dark
Warm me with your spark

Just a wee bit.

Sat, 12 Apr 2025 20:55:40 -0400

grickle14:

Just a wee bit.

Whale Lamps // Kustceramics

Sat, 12 Apr 2025 20:54:48 -0400

sosuperawesome:

Whale Lamps // Kustceramics

Sat, 12 Apr 2025 20:53:57 -0400

mayskalih:

Sat, 12 Apr 2025 20:53:17 -0400

joeyclaire:

i love being obsessed with awful people characters like omg he is soooo cute when he lies and schemes to get his way 😍😍😍

there’s wip (active development) and wip (stuck in development hell) and wip (oh you’re not even…

Sat, 12 Apr 2025 20:52:47 -0400

quietwingsinthesky:

there’s wip (active development) and wip (stuck in development hell) and wip (oh you’re not even getting funding for this one)

at the risk of sounding like a raving lunatic, i think one of my favorite trekkie memes/posts is…

Sat, 12 Apr 2025 20:52:09 -0400

t00thpasteface:

at the risk of sounding like a raving lunatic, i think one of my favorite trekkie memes/posts is that one where someone comments on a screenshot of tos and asks if sulu is texting, because it PERFECTLY encapsulates star trek’s strange little place at the intersection of pop culture and the tech world:
like listen… 55+ years ago a bunch of actors had to use a mix of existing habits and wild imagination to come up with what they felt would be believable movements and muscle-memory for someone using completely unbelievable tech a few hundred years in the future. like tv had less than ten channels and the screen was a foot across, and they had to go “ok how would someone who’s used to a tiny wireless gadget with a screen hold it and use it? how would they talk to a computer? how would the computer sound when she talked back?”
and over half a century later our own tech has surpassed the clunky retrofuture gizmos in so many ways, no doubt inspired by it, that now someone two decades into the 21st century sees an actor in the 60s holding some tiny rectangular plastic prop in both hands and immediately recognizes it as “oh, sulu’s texting!” now THAT is a called shot. hell, that’s putting your money on a roulette wheel in a casino that hasn’t been built yet. i LOVE it. it’s so star trek. sulu is absolutely texting.

garcavisconde: forsciencejohn: the year is 2025 scientists are still scrambling to figure out what...

Sat, 12 Apr 2025 20:49:18 -0400

garcavisconde:

forsciencejohn:

the year is 2025

scientists are still scrambling to figure out what “zigazig ahh” is so that they can give the spice girls what they really really want

the spice girls are getting impatient

war is upon us

posts that are funnier if u have the dates from posts enabled

Sat, 12 Apr 2025 20:47:54 -0400

auuwmk: