#because my current read is

[blondie-drawings]

can't stop thinking about those skeleton lesbians (pt 1)

#palamedes and camilla my beloveds #pal gets grey hair to match his grey eyes like an anime boy because that's how i first imagined him sorryyyyy #also i think i drew ianthe's skelly arm on the wrong side. im sorry forever #also these only cover the first two books. currently reading nona! dont know wtf is goin on!! #tlt #the locked tomb #harrowhark nonagesimus #harrow nonagesimus #gideon nav #ianthe tridentarius #palamedes sextus #camilla hect #mercymorn the first #augustine the first #griddlehark #harrianthe #harryanthe #gideon the ninth #harrow the ninth #tamsyn muir

[kingofmyborrowedheart]

Not enough people are talking about the fact that Stevie Nicks wrote a poem that opens THE TORTURED POETS DEPARTMENT.

#taylor swift #ttpd #the tortured poets department #like that’s so fucking cool!!! #I wonder how many people have struggled to read it because they don’t know how to read cursive #I think the cd version is a font and not handwriting but I only have my vinyl currently

[themosskid]

post resurrection cuddles?

couldn’t decide on the colours lol

#farcille #farcille fanart #delicious in dungeon #dungeon meshi #falin touden #marcille donato #my art #something about marcille not wanting to sleep because she’s afraid she’ll lose falin again #i am itching to get my hands on the books so i can read past where the anime currently is lol

[panevanbuckley]

i hope fic authors who put songs that inspired the fic in the notes know that i am immediately adding those songs to that ship's playlist

#and will then spend far too long explaining to people why i have a random song in a playlist that isn't connected at all #for example: currently have a song from barbie in my f1 playlist and it gives me oscar piastri vibes #purely because i read a landoscar fic and the author said they listened to this repeatedly whilst writing it #my fandom playlists are a mess basically #ao3 #fanfic

[lizziestudieshistory]

Someone send help, this is my "currently reading" pile and I'm fearful it's going to topple over if I keep going at this rate! Worst part is this isn't a complete picture of how out of control I am because I'm reading two fantasy books on my Kobo!

#books #reading #bookblr #currently reading #nightstand #bedside table #booklr #please ignore my antibiotics on top... #in my defence three of these are history related because I MAY be applying for a PhD for 2025 entry #but the rest are just the product of no self control and poor life choices #Oh and I'm not actually worried it's going to fall onto the lot candle

[nineraeix]

Started listening to tma, I am unwell.

#currently just finished season 3 and holy shit it’s so good #it’s been so long since I’ve had a true fandom obsession #I can feel the artistic improvement arc at my fingertips #making an effort to figure out posting on here because I need to yap about it #my condolences to anyone following me for genshin #and to anyone reading the tags #going on record to state that WolfytheWitch’s Elias animatic is 100% to blame for this obsession #tma #the magnus archives #the magnus archive fanart #the magnus pod #jonathan sims #jon sims #the archivist #my art

[vitasexualiiis]

poor fukuzawa is soooo out of his element with these two???

there's no way between mori, dazai, and ranpo he doesn't feel like a stone cold dumbass like 75% of the time even though he'd otherwise be the smartest person in the room.

#bsd meta #(for organizational purposes) #i love that fukuzawa reads so much! he values education! #he looks so shooketh here because hes like 'I DONT KNOW WHO THOSE PEOPLE ARE AND I AM OUT OF MY DEPTH ABORT ABORT' #his self concept is so shitty that he just jumps to anxiety! ugh! #being reminded that you're the dumb one both in your current relationship and your past one ✌ #fukuzawa...babe...they like you because you're kind AND hot AND smart! please love yourself! #vita.txt #fukuzawa #dazai #mori #fukumori #fukudazai #morizai #(again for organizational purposes)

[jacobglaser]

Well this absolutely sucks.

#vice is responsible for some of the funniest articles ive ever read and also some of the best reporting on far right dingdongs #im currently watching some more news' video about the internet killing journalism that literally came out 2 weeks ago #and its obviously only gonna get worse. unfortunately i reckon rolling stone might be the next to go. some of my fave writers went there #after other sites died but the EOC stepping down a few weeks ago doesnt bode well #anyway everyone go subscribe to the worker owned sites like defector discourse blog and 404 media! #because they're needed more than ever! #vice #vice news

[little-pup-pip]

hii! can you do an autumn-themed agere moldboard. masc or gender-neutral preferred. thank you!

Definitely!!

#Autumn #!!! #but also! #guys please read a l l of my rules #I'm working on a post for my request rules currently #but until then please read them! #I don't want to start telling people no because they didn't read my rules #but i may have to #anyway #i love autumn #it's my favorite season #so i hope you enjoy this! #sfw interaction only #moodboard #sfw agere #age regression #agere #sfw littlespace #agere moodboard #autumn moodboard

[lilidawnonthemoon]

#current hyperfixation is Pyramid Game & all its gayness and especially these two #what do you all know about SUJAEUN #i didn’t read the webtoon and started watching it for my girl Bona a bit reluctantly because of the intense bullying #and I'm enjoying it Bona picks her roles well & truly is a talented actress I can’t be mad even tho I miss her as an idol/ WJSN #didn’t expect so much gayness it’s not just vibes like 25 21 or implied like it’s canon with the idol trainee Yerim & her “bestie” Eunjung #and the bisexual “pervert” who joins them as the end of EP 4 lol #they’re all shippable tho like Doa why you looking at Suji like this (impressed with Seulki's acting btw its natural) #Suji is such an interesting character I love her & her dynamics with Jaeun and how they balance each other out (also CHEMISTRY) #I also really like Jaeun’s actress! #ryu dain #kim jiyeon #kdrama #pyramid game #2024 #photoshoot #bona #sujaeun #sung suji #myeong jaeun

[shadowofaghost5]

Give it up for everybody’s favourite street rat!!!

-

Fanart of Aaron from Fox’s Tounge and Kirin’s Bone, an incredible book by @muffinlance

I worked hard on this an am incredibly proud of how it turned out. If you wanna hear about the process, feel free to check out me rambling in the tags.

#fox’s tongue and kirin’s bone #fanart #i really wasn’t sure how this would work out because i rarely ever draw book characters? But I drew this guy Once and that was it #I went ‘yeah that’s my boy. that works’ #i mostly went with what i envisioned though i did check the first chapter again to see if it said anything contradicting my design #and it did say Aaron had short hair but you know what? I really want him to have a little ponytail #I think he deserves a little ponytail #so i kept the ponytail #i was originally going to draw him with his silly little coat and add a heck ton of details #but the pose didn’t work out #There’s always next time! #with his current clothes his sash i guess is the most important part? #in the first chapter it talks about Aaron’s knife had been clad in black&gold previously #I assume in reference to the Man #Though I might be wrong #i binge-read the book in like three days #the details have escaped me #but yeah I did the sash with those colors because I thought it’d be cool #anyways i believe that’s most of it #i also have a bunch of doodles i made for warmup before this #that i’m also going to share at some point #i hope you like it!

[safety-pin-punk]

Punk 101: A Guide To Critical Thinking

We all know that critical thinking is important, and it's something that any punk will tell you is an essential component of advocacy and pushing for societal changes. But, what exactly is critical thinking? As defined by the dictionary, it's “the objective analysis and evaluation of an issue in order to form a judgment”. And that's a good, short definition! But it can make the act of thinking critically seem a bit hard and over complicated for some people. So lets phrase it in a way that seems more manageable:

Critical Thinking is the act of taking in information, understanding it, and forming or connecting ideas because of it

Sounds easy enough, right! So then what are the steps one has to take in order to be a critical thinker? I’m glad you asked! Here's a list in no particular order:

Learn About Things - In order to fully understand information and evidence, you need to know about the topic! Whether the issue is social justice or environmental protection, you need to have a base knowledge on the topic in order to form opinions on it. Researching topics on your own or taking classes are great ways to get informed!

Recognize Bias From The Source And Prejudices From Yourself - No source of information will ever be without bias. A good example of this is how different new networks discuss the same event. One might praise it, while another says it was bad. When trying to understand the information to form your own opinions, it's important to separate the information from the biases of the source. In general, it's good to remember that a pure fact is just the information without an opinion attached to it. On a similar note, you also need to be aware of your own bias! When you form opinions, ask yourself *why* you have that opinion. Do you have a reason? If you were to have grown up with different life experiences, do you think your opinion would be different?

Go Straight To The Original Source - A good way to try and avoid bias is to go to the original source. Maybe news network A and news network B have differing opinions on a Tumblr post. Instead of trying to navigate those conflicting opinions to find the facts about the post, you can just go straight to the post itself!

How Reliable Is The Source And The Evidence - How much should you trust the source that you got the information from? Do they have a reputation of giving factual information? Can you find the information on any other sources? Or maybe someone is yelling about something online, but they’ve failed to add a link. It might make sense to trust what a well established researcher says without a source for their information, but maybe not some random person on twitter. Even if you have a primary source for where the information came from, it’s good to be cautious of the information itself. Sometimes false information is spread around on purpose or because of misunderstandings. 

What Is Being Excluded - Because biases exist, it is always possible that the source you are getting your information from is excluding more information either by accident or on purpose. To avoid missing information about a topic, it's good to check multiple sources and see if any have information that the others didn’t. A simple example of this would be two children playing on a playground. Child A pushes Child B, who gets hurt. When asked about what happened, Child A would say that Child B got hurt, but exclude the fact that it was their fault to avoid getting in trouble. Meanwhile, Child B and any bystanders would likely provide that information. 

What Is The Other Side Of The Issue And Why Does It Exist - You don’t have to agree with other sides of an argument, but it’s very important to be able to understand what they are, who thinks that way, and why they think that way. This will help you to see other points of view and counter any points they make in a discussion with understanding rather than anger or frustration. This is also important because it can expand your own opinions and judgments on a topic. Maybe the other side has points that you have never considered before, but now thinking about them has developed your own beliefs.

Avoid Black And White Thinking - Remember that the world does not exist in a good/bad duality. Everything will have problems, and the things that have problems might even have benefits. The world and its problems exist on a grayscale. To incorporate this into your thinking, try to understand *why* someone or something is doing something, the impacts it may have on multiple different communities, who it helps, and who it hinders. It's important to understand all facets of something before you form your opinion, otherwise you may be lacking very important details.

Don’t Forget To Fact Check - Never trust just one source, no matter how reliable it is! I usually recommend finding the information from at least 3 different sources before you confirm whether it's true or not!

Be Willing To Change Your Mind - Part of being a critical thinker that is often forgotten about is remembering to keep an open mind. Because critical thinking is based on the practice of learning new information, understanding it, and then forming/linking ideas, it is an opportunity to grow and change. You may start out advocating for one thing, but then through time, experience, and thinking, end up advocating for something slightly (or majorly) different. That is more than okay, and it's a sign of growth and maturity!

Resources to help learn how to think critically:

The Foundation for Critical Thinking https://www.criticalthinking.org/pages/index-of-articles/1021/

The University of Tennessee https://www.utc.edu/academic-affairs/walker-center-for-teaching-and-learning/thinkachieve/critical-thinking-resources

The Element of Thought https://theelementsofthought.org/further-exploration/links/thinking/

The Better Future Program https://www.betterfutureprogram.org/liberation-library.html

My entire masterlist can be found here!!

#punk 101 #add to masterlist #critical thinking #okay so it wasnt out by jan 6 but in my defense my dad is currently radioactive ☢️ #also. i didnt proof read because TIRED and lifes been wack so have fun with that

[markscherz]

do you like tuataras ..

Yeah they're okay I guess

#herpetology #Sphenodon #Sphenodon punctata #natural history museum #CuratorCore #pictures of my face #that thing on the front of my skull #selfie #animals #tuatara #Rhynchocephalia #I currently have perhaps the only stuffed tuatara in Denmark residing in my office #because it is damaged and I had to confiscated it from a teaching collection #this thing is absolutely precious and should not be handled all the time #we are trying to get it fixed now #I know that this guy who is an intern at a coffee company made a whole thing about tuatara in a book he wrote #but I haven't managed to read it yet #so I do not understand nerdfighteria's relationship with tuatara at all #but I know that there is one #and that's beautiful #I am the worst nerdfighter #anyway #tuatara are very cool #but the whole third eye thing REALLY irks me #like #have you SEEN Chalarodon madagascariensis? #Tuatara's third eye ain't shit

[phoenixyfriend]

I try not to make a lot of original posts on topics I don't actually have any expertise on, but I haven't seen a whole lot of posts going around that actually... explain what happened and why? Like, the actual order of events, the history, and so on. I want to reblog reference posts and explanations by people who actually know what they're talking about, but I haven't seen anything that hits the buttons I need to actually get a political situation... but I have seen some stuff on other platforms.

So here are some videos I've personally found useful in understanding Israel-Palestine, because that's the format I've found most useful in processing information of this nature:

Why Israel was Originally Attacked from RealLifeLore (explains the decades of political dynamics, internal demographic tensions, and power shifts leading up to the current conflict; notably the best I've seen at actually explaining what 'Israeli Occupation' actually means)

Israel-Hamas War: Last Week Tonight with John Oliver (HBO) (commentary on the actual current situation in terms of who's getting attacked, why, and what the international ramifications so far are)

What's Happening in Israel and Why with Nathan Thrall from Adam Conover, series Factually (a discussion with an on-the-ground journalist about what life was like on the ground for Palestinian people in the areas under Israeli control during the last few years, just up to the attacks themselves)

I'm not going to claim these are comprehensive or completely unbiased (there are a few moments where I'm not entirely sure of the bias levels myself), but for people like myself who came into all this unsure of what the actual situation even is, I think these are a solid set to build up an basic understanding from which to put together opinions on future information.

I can't tell anyone what to think about how or why any of this is happening. I can only really tell you that what's going on right now is a crime on the level of attempted genocide, and that the years leading up to that have been an absolute mess on almost all fronts.

Again, I have no expertise on this subject. I just know what kind of video essay, political commentary, and interview style makes things understandable to me, personally, and might work for others. Please be courteous and kind in the comments and tags, as I am only sharing this because I haven't seen such a resource making the rounds yet, not actually trying to sway anyone in a particular direction beyond "the mass death needs to stop."

If you know of similar, relatively unbiased* resources, feel free to share.

* By 'relatively unbaised,' I don't mean taking or not taking a side; I just mean that it doesn't try to hide some information or other in favor of pushing a narrative, doesn't try to generalize a population, or doesn't seem to be trying to use emotional gut reactions to get readers or viewers to jump past reason or compassion.

#israel #palestine #israel palestine conflict #palestine israel conflict #not fandom #politics #current events #resources #information #video essays #interviews #political commentary #I'm not even sure how to tag this #I'm not even sure I should be making this post because it's not really my place. But. IDK it feels like 'hour long video essay' etc #is a much better resource to explain things than the usual 2 minute videos I see circulating #and the 2minute videos have a purpose! But. they're not really explaining everything #I didn't know that Israeli Occupation applied to regions outside the original Sykes Picot agreement until I read an article a few weeks ago #and I didn't UNDERSTAND it until the RealLifeLore video

[chiropteracupola]

He’s red and he’s white and he’s green and he’s grey / My bonny young dragon, come hither away...

Keith Windham and Nuntius, out of Luzula's stunning Flight of the Heron/Temeraire crossover fic 'The Flight of Dragons.'

#em draws stuff #em is posting about temeraire #temeraire #the flight of the heron #keith windham #PART ONE of the current massive I Need To Illustrate Other People's Tem Crossover Fic project! #luzula's fic is a really cool exploration of eighteenth century temverse britain and explores a lot of things that I too wished to know #about the history and variation of dragon-human partnership even within the british isles!! #really I think that this fic can and should be read by temeraire enjoyers even if they haven't read foth #(but also. if you read this and then want to read foth about this. More power to you &c &c) #other important thing to note here is how much nuntius's design owes to both the incredible tem fanart cataloguing being done by #esteemed tumblr user travellingdragon!! and their own design for greylings!! #...it was so weird to draw keith in a 1740s approximation of aviator uniform. he looks like just some guy now :] #also. caption lyrics are a modified version of real folk song 'my bonny moorhen' because I think I'm v funny and clever

[laufire]

"batman is first and foremost about rehabilitation and the possibility of redemption for everyone-" is he. is he really, though. when he clearly believes "criminal" is some personality trait divorced from circumstances and goes around calling goons "scum" and acts as if killing once, even under extreme circumstances that are not at all their fault, taints someone forever?

#see: when he finds out cass was made to kill once as a child #he's witnessed cass's current reverence for life and yet he has a fucking meltdown about it because ''she *was* perfect'' #and that's just one example. #like canon is extensive. there are examples for anything and what you cherry pick to read will influence what you believe #the truth of the matter is that the bulk of what *i* have read shows me this lol #like even in comics where he touts this line some of it (his classism and utter disdain regarding criminals for one) still shows #(often in reflection of a writer's values for sure) #and i can reconcile it as... change is something he WANTS to believe is possible. he TRIES to believe it. but he doesn't. #but i can't agree this is his core #there's also the fact that even if it was he'd often display unbelievable carelessness towards rogue's victims due to it #but that's a whole other topic #and this is all something he teaches to those under his tutelage btw. this is something all bats follow to some extent #talking to the void #my thoughts #dc #dc thoughts #dc comics #bruce wayne #i might be opening a can of worms with this one but i needed it off my chest lol