Skip Google for Research

As Google has worked to overtake the internet, its search algorithm has not just gotten worse.  It has been designed to prioritize advertisers and popular pages often times excluding pages and content that better matches your search terms 

As a writer in need of information for my stories, I find this unacceptable.  As a proponent of availability of information so the populace can actually educate itself, it is unforgivable.

Below is a concise list of useful research sites compiled by Edward Clark over on Facebook. I was familiar with some, but not all of these.

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Google is so powerful that it “hides” other search systems from us. We just don’t know the existence of most of them. Meanwhile, there are still a huge number of excellent searchers in the world who specialize in books, science, other smart information. Keep a list of sites you never heard of.

www.refseek.com - Academic Resource Search. More than a billion sources: encyclopedia, monographies, magazines.

www.worldcat.org - a search for the contents of 20 thousand worldwide libraries. Find out where lies the nearest rare book you need.

https://link.springer.com - access to more than 10 million scientific documents: books, articles, research protocols.

www.bioline.org.br is a library of scientific bioscience journals published in developing countries.

http://repec.org - volunteers from 102 countries have collected almost 4 million publications on economics and related science.

www.science.gov is an American state search engine on 2200+ scientific sites. More than 200 million articles are indexed.

www.pdfdrive.com is the largest website for free download of books in PDF format. Claiming over 225 million names.

www.base-search.net is one of the most powerful researches on academic studies texts. More than 100 million scientific documents, 70% of them are free

will’s happy ending isn’t just “being free from his connection the vecna/upside down” + “being accepted”. he is getting requited love. and yes, it’s definitely going to be him and mike in the end.

at the end of the day, he is getting the romantic love he deserves. they’re quite literally hinted it with this line.

storytelling wise, byler makes sense. there has been so much clear build up and they saved mike finding out about will’s feelings and the truth behind his painting for the FINALE SEASON. also i promise y’all if he was gonna get rejected, they wouldn’t be cruel+have it in season 5 when his character has gone through ENOUGH and they’ve shown how will’s love for mike has only grown 10x STRONGER throughout the seasons.

saying “will’s storyline is mostly JUST about finally being accepted “ is absolute bullshit because yes, that’s 1000% part of it but that’s not his happy ending. he’s going to find out his love for mike is requited.

he’s getting what his heart desires. the show is going to send a message that queer people don’t just have to accept the “bare minimum”

you need to remember that they’re continuously showing will in love with mike for a reason. if he was gonna be rejected. he would have done that by now. they had multiple chances to do that in the past already.

stranger things is all about plot twists. the fact that mike had feelings for will all along+never fully accepted it+ shoved those feelings down is something that can be a plot twist. mike didn’t find out yet about will lying about el “commissioning” the painting yet for a reason.

Now, having watched season two, I wouldn't be at all surprised if season three has Aziraphale apologising for breaking Crowley's heart, just like that:

💫You were right💫

⭐️You were right⭐️

⚡️I was wrong⚡️

🌟You were right🌟

same old married couple, another adopted child

oh i am absolutely obsessed with the way crowley assumes everyone falls in love exactly the way he did. what if a sudden rainstorm forces them beneath a canopy indeed, like oh, did you get caught in the rain once and fall head over heels in love with the angel giving you shelter, crowley? is that what happened? i love this show

oh i am absolutely obsessed with the way crowley assumes everyone falls in love exactly the way he did. what if a sudden rainstorm forces them beneath a canopy indeed, like oh, did you get caught in the rain once and fall head over heels in love with the angel giving you shelter, crowley? is that what happened? i love this show

something about this illustration from playboy september 1965

Zira having Crowley put the gun down in s1 is much funnier to me after s2

"Yes, yes, let's not do that again"

Men vacuum in the same way that they have sex

They just put it in and make some noise for 3 or 4 minutes before they collapse on the couch, thinking that their wife should be really happy.

Bring it back, bring it back, don't take it away from me

Because you don't know what it means to me💔

Maybe it's better this way

We'd hurt each other with the things we'd want to say

We could have been so good together

We could have lived this dance forever

But now, who's gonna dance with me?

Please stay.

Crowley: Do you want to play 20 Questions?

Aziraphale: Sure!

Aziraphale: Whats your favorite color?

Crowley, laser fucking focused: Triangle. Do you love me?

Good Omens 2 + Text Posts

Hey, please don't take this the wrong way, but. . .

Obsessing with making sure that everyone you interact with online is "good" and shares in all your beliefs and ideals, that you only have "good" hobbies and interests, that you condemn anything and everything even slightly dubious both internally and externally, that you stay away from all "bad" things in case they taint you, and similar behaviors are actually seriously unhealthy and may be a sign that you're developing or living with moral scrupulosity OCD or a similar condition.

I'm saying this as someone with OCD. It's not healthy to see everyone around you as corrupt filth and a threat to your own morals. That's an extremely dangerous mindset to have and to encourage in other people and if you're falling into those kinds of cycles, please get help from someone.

Just saying that like. If you are cis and you want transitional care. If you want vaginoplasty while still being a cis man or phalloplasty while still being a cis woman or feminizing or masculinizing hormones or top surgery or lazer hair removal or anything, anything, anything whatsoever, if there's a part of your body that you want to change but you do not feel compelled to change your gender itself. That's actually super cool and fine. You're not taking anything away from trans people and in fact are contributing to normalizing the blurring of distinct gendered lines. Cis men who look like our idea of women because that's how they want to look. Cis women who look like our idea of men because that's how they want to look. And they're all cis. That's super cool and sexy and awesome and if you are that person and you feel like you need permission from trans people to be that person this is me as a trans person giving you that permission. You don't need it because you can do whatever you want forever but if you feel like you do, this is your permission slip signed by an actual trans person.

By the way this goes for cisallohet people too you don't have to be queer in any way at all to want this you can just be this. And if you change your mind later and decide you do want to change your gender that's your business and nothing means you have to if that's not what will make you happy. When it comes to your gender and gender presentation you should do what will make you happy and figure out the labels as you go, even if those labels are cisallohet.

#I need bloopers reels

Because you and Mr. Fell don't ever talk to each other. We talk all the time. We've been talking for millions of years. Bla-bla-bla-bla-bla-bla-bla-bla-bla. I say something brilliant, and he says something unintentionally funny back. It's great. You never say what you're really thinking.