my condolences to the op of that usamericans dont put their country when writing out their addresses post. the notes are sooooo funny

i think we should start the celsius vs. fahrenheit discourse again

its like performance art. mwah

Emma Dupree, 1898-1996. Photos by Mary Anne McDonald.

“Emma Dupree was an herbalist and traditional healer (sometimes called a “granny woman”) in Falkland, Pitt County, North Carolina”

I was reading an article about it this morning and this really rubbed me the wrong way.

How the hell do they not know how many people were working? All they have to do is look at when people punched in or out for their shift. There’s something very fishy and very callous about the whole thing.

Amazon knows how long it takes each worker to piss but suddenly when they have to be (publicly) responsible for killing their workers they have no idea how to keep track of them 💁

To those of you who aren't in the Portuguese speaking sphere, let me give you a hilarious update. Parents in Portugal are currently HORRIFIED because their children are now only speaking Brazilian Portuguese from watching so many Brazilian YouTubers. They are finding this deeply disturbing and want the Brazilian Portuguese to end IMMEDIATELY

There are NEWS articles about this

Translation:

"Luccas Neto (Brazilian YouTuber) is accused of making Portuguese children talk like Brazilians"

"Luccas Neto, who just celebrated his son Luke's first birthday, is becoming the target of criticism among some Portuguese families. The reason? Luccas Neto has become such a success that Portuguese children are starting to talk like Brazilian people.

That's right: the little ones have lost the characteristics of their local dialect and adopted the speech of the 29 year old YouTuber, who was born in Rio de Janeiro.

'All of his speech is Brazilian. We've reached the point where people ask if one of us parents is Brazilian,' said an interviewed mother, who said her son now frequents speech therapy sessions."

"Other parents who spoke with the Portuguese newspaper revealed they don't leave their children alone with tablets or phones, especially when they watch Luccas Neto.

'At this moment we're in a phase of treatment like it's an addiction. We explain everything to him, that he can't watch this because it's harmful. And we notice that he's much better now. What we're trying to do now is play with him more, and block some content, leaving only Netflix and everything that's in Portuguese from Portugal.'"

@homo-sex-shoe-whale i hadn’t thought of this but you are absolutely right

REVERSE COLONIZE THEM

DESTROY PORTUGAL PORTUGUESE

So basically, they never talked with their kids and expected the internet to raise them.

brazil strong

You're not going to Brazil. Brazil is coming to YOU

western kentucky tornado relief

hi, it would mean a lot to me if yall shared this post. last night (12/10/21) a historically massive and destructive tornado tore through four different states. the hardest hit area was western kentucky. mayfield, a town about 20 minutes from my home town, was completely leveled. a candle factory there collapsed with 110 people inside, only 40 have been rescued and the last live recovery was from 4 am this morning. the death toll in kentucky is expected to be at least 100 people.

here are some places you can donate to relief efforts:

if you know anyone in the area, here is a google doc of community resources, hotlines, safe spaces, etc.

thank you so much, hope everyone is staying safe

what’s your worst sin out of the seven mine is pride. i’m never going to die btw

everyone who answered “sloth” isn’t valid

house of leaves but zampano just writes ‘prev prev prev prev prev prev footnote’ and when you reach the original footnote the op has you blocked

Forbidden candy- Gobi desert agates

These have been tumbled in the desert creating their round shape and strange texture

I don't know what emotions I'm feeling but these are the emojis I need to express them.

this is making me laugh so fucking hard. the funkos..........

A hunter x hunter fan brought the omicron variant to the US

i think it’s finally time… pick some guys & i’ll assign you something from the gas station <3 <3

Fuck this world I'm jopping

— Jeanette Winterson, “The Green Man” | The World and Other Places: Stories

Embossed braille should be standard on computer keyboards. 

It would raise braille literacy more than anything else I could imagine - among both the blind and the sighted. Currently braille is actually vanishing due to an increasing reliance on audiobooks and screen readers. 

I think that braille has a lot of potential use among non-blind groups. As an alternative to traditional writing for dyslexics. As a way to help photosensitive people type with their eyes closed. Or simply as a means to help sighted people find things without needing the lights on all the time!

Accessibility note: It’s important that braille doesn’t vanish because it’s one of the only written language that works for blind and sight-impaired people. It is necessary for them to interact with the real world where screen readers and audio devices are not available to them, such as elevators, most major metro systems, stairwells, doorways, the bumps in the sidewalk at corners are actually developed in conjunction with audio signals so blind people don’t step off the curb into traffic before the correct time. 

Digital technology has made accessibility so much easier for all of us disabled people, but we still *need* the real-world accommodations that we fought and died for

Me on the first day at a job: I have to quit this job

the way stewy hosseini wouldn't be even half as interesting a character that he is now if arian moayed hadn't put his whole heart and pussy into that role like that man is ACTING in every four seconds of screentime they give him

yeah also hes really sexy