Tumblr, buddy, listen to me. This is an unprecedented opportunity. You can snap up all of the pie here, and become defacto internet goodguy easy. All you gotta do is... drop the nsfw ban. Unambiguously. Announce that dicks are back on the menu. You want people subscribed the blogs? You want people to actually use your Post+ function? Porn. Let us use it for porn. The youngins aren't joining this site anyway, you're not competing with tiktok. The vaguely horny 20-40 demographic though? You can have that. You can have all of that. Think about it.

Do you know how many pinup artists alone are itching to come back to tumblr, but dont because of the unclear, seemingly arbitrary application of your nsfw policy? These are insanely talented people who are practically begging to give you content. For free. But you gotta change the policy. We can't keep dancing around this. Just think of publicity. The drama. A complete 180. You'd kill it tumblr. You could make it happen. Please.

This is a good thing to keep in mind.

This is so wholesome <3

words of affirmation. there's nothing wrong with me i choose to be like this every day for the bit

every time i see the word peonies without context

I MAY NOT KNOW MY FLOWERS

BUT I KNOW A

This is a marigold:

This is a peony:

And this is a bitch

sorry i didn’t answer your texts. a dove wept and i had to listen

How could you just leave me standing, alone in a world thats so cold?

....folks i regret to inform you that i am adorable. there's nothing we can do, im just too cute and we are all going to have to learn to live with this. we appreciate your patience in this trying time

I HAVE FAINTED FROM THE MERE MENTION OF YOUR CUTENESS.

Aw Jeez my bad wait let me get less cute....

...dammit, still pretty cute

“Aw man! This pie doesn’t taste at all like what grandma use to make! I’m must be a terrible baker:(“

Maybe! Or maybe one of many things might be different from the recipe you’ve been trying to follow

Baking is largely both a science, and bullshit. Anything from the altitude you’re at, or the mosture in the air, or the way you’re measuring ingredients (ie weight vs volume) can effect how your final result of what you’re making will come out. A few examples just in my grandmother’s Apple Pie recipe are

So will I ever make that Apple pie I remember fondly from my childhood? Probably not! Just gotta figure out my own thing that works.

I dunno why I made this post at 6am. Just shit to keep in mind next time you’re struggling with an older recipe I guess!

Needed to see this. Thank you :)

this is very useful information that can help ground people when they do everything right and it still doesn’t come out the way they wanted it.

Another useful thing to remember is that you are different. You are no longer the same person you were when grandma baked a pie, you got taller, and more specifically, your taste buds have changed with you. So foods and drinks will taste different to 6-year-old you compared to 26-year-old you, even if everything else is the same. Things you liked as a kid might be too sweet, or fatty, or sour for you now. Things adult you likes may be too bitter, or smoky, or spicy for kid you. And that’s ok. Things being different does not mean that they are bad.

friendly reminder for the new twitter refugees:

Thelma Todd circa 1930

#here we go again. redditors gather round it’s time to learn about rent-lowering posts ( @nonasuch​)

libby app guide

aka how to support libraries and get books and audiobooks for free without pirating them.

disclaimer: this is so easy. it is also really fun.

one: download the libby app. you'll open it and it'll ask you to add a library.

two: get a library card. don't have one? good news, it's really easy and i am saying this as the laziest person on earth. it varies what you need to have to get a card library to library but almost all libraries will let you get one online. i have a card for my home town and for the town i moved to. sometimes you only need an email address, sometimes you need an area code. to get mine it took me about 5 minutes of lying on the couch aimlessly tapping on my phone. follow your heart. you can get cards for places you don't currently live. i will leave the ethics of that up to you but it's probably better than pirating and either way you're creating traffic for libraries which is what they need to exist.

three: add your card. you can add multiple cards for multiple libraries. you need the number. i have never had libby fail to recognize a valid account.

four: search for your book! some will be ready to borrow right away. others have an estimated delivery time. libby will always pick the one that's the fastest from the options available at all the libraries you have cards at. you can borrow audiobooks and ebooks. libby will send you a notification when you're book is ready to borrow. in my experience it's a lot faster than the estimate. if you aren't ready to read it, you can ask to be skipped over in line so you keep your place at the front but let someone else read it first.

five: read it!!! kindle is the most common way to do this. you can go to your loan and click read with kindle. it'll download it to all your devices where you have kindle. as long as you have the loan, it'll act like your book. when the loan ends, if the device is connected to the internet, it'll automatically be returned. it will save all your notes and highlights. (if you disconnect your device from the internet, it won't return the book. weewoo.)

anyway in case anyone else has been wondering about it, i really love it. is a nice surprise to see what i'm going to get and it's cut my reading costs down big time! it's also neat because i get to synch my books between devices unlike downloading books through cough cough other means. good luck!

Reblogging again to say that you do not need Kindle, the app or the device, to read ebooks on Libby!! You can read any book you borrow WITHIN the Libby app, and you can change the font and dark/light mode for accessibility too.

please be aware the libby app does NOT let you read or listen offline so the app itself is unusable for me for actual reading unfortunately! you guys who have access to the internet steadily can use it but be aware. you can't use it on a plane, for example, but if you download to kindle you can.

You should actually be able to use libby app offline (for those allergic to kindle like I am lmao). You just have to change your download permissions in settings. The web browser version of libby is online only though.

Go to Settings > Change Download Rules > toggle to “Everything” (and recommended to “Download only on Wi-fi” if you are worried about your data)

Then Settings > Read Books With… > Libby, so that it downloads to the correct app. You should be able to change your preferences on the main page by clicking the cloud icon to see where you’ve downloaded it too.

Libby also has a feature called Notify Me--if you search for a book and Libby can find it in their database but it's not available to borrow from your library, hit Notify Me. Not only will you be notified if the book becomes available, but your library will be notified that there is A Reader who is looking for this book, so that they can buy it if that's possible for them--without you having to make a direct request!

You can also change your preferences so you only see results in the medium you want so you only see audiobooks if that is what you use Libby for (like me) or to exclude audio if you only want eBooks

audiobooks are SO expensive, and i listen to them almost every night. libby has saved me thousands of dollars by now, no joke. support your local library. if you’re not american, you can still try to apply for a library card at the brooklyn library!

I hope July is kind to you. And I hope that this July, you are kind to yourself.

yeah sorry i just don't think i can make it out tonight. i have to pick up my wife from her murder trial.

yes of course she did it. why do you think i married her.

gucci is ugly and people who buy it are dumb

Rich people will just buy anything huh?

me at 3am in a 7-eleven about to buy some pringle’s and a big gulp

WHERE ARE YOU SUPPOSED TO SWIM IN THAT SWIMSUIT? JUST LAKES? 

I thought this was an exaggeration but these are also from the website:

The models look so pained

When you hit the Randomize button on the character select screen

Lmao what is this shit?

Gucci baby!

I have every right to harass you if you buy Gucci

Isn’t this just Harry styles closet

Imagine spending thousands of dollars to look like a toddler who got into mom & dads closet to play dress up

They needed captions

#outfits you wind up wearing because they have amazing stats

Venus don’t hide this in the tags lmao

Rule

LET'S FUCKING GOOOOOOO

do note that this will probably mean US phones will follow this standard as well, as manufacturing streams are much easier to maintain as streamlined as possible, and having two separate standards like this makes it more of an expensive hassle for a company

this is also known as the Brussels Effect, where a regulation in one part of the world (usually the EU) results in new global standards.

please let this jump to laptops and tablets and everything else

Source (the one screenshotted at the top of the post):

"For "portable batteries" used in devices such as smartphones, tablets, and cameras, consumers must be able to "easily remove and replace them." This will require a drastic design rethink by manufacturers, as most phone and tablet makers currently seal the battery away and require specialist tools and knowledge to access and replace them safely.

Apple has already been forced by the European Union to change from a Lightning port to a USB-C port on iPhones, with the iPhone 15 expected to be the first to make the switch. Now it seems Apple will need to figure out how to allow access to the battery inside future iPhones, as will every other smartphone manufacturer.

The new rules also stipulate strict targets for collecting waste and recovering materials from old batteries. The percentages for each increase at set intervals between now and 2031, at which point 61% waste collection must be achieved and 95% of materials must be recovered from old portable batteries. There will also be minimum levels of recycled content used in new batteries required, but only "eight years after the entry into force of the regulation.""

-via PCMag, June 16, 2023

Oh hell yeah!!! I can't fucking wait!

ALL my android phones up until like 2018 easily opened up in the back so i could replace the battery myself and the fact that went away has been INFURIATING. i cannot WAIT to be able to change my own battery again.