https://vm.tiktok.com/ZMY5t3uh6/

I'm just trying to boost this :>

here is the link to the petition, i think since it is a parliamentary petition it should only be signed by canadian citizens, but if I am wrong please correct me.

Yes, only Canadians can sign.

If you can’t sign, please reblog to spread the word.

I wish people would stop complaining about the lack of digitized records and think about how expensive it is to digitize archives. How much work, planning, time, and MONEY it takes for cultural institutions to make resources accessible by staff who are already overworked and criminally underpaid.

Idk, donate to your local/state archives. Volunteer to transcribe for the LOC (or any other cultural institution!!). Thank an archivist.

The fact that there's an actually functional website for the library of Babel is one of those things that fucks me up more and more the more I think about the implications.

So, if anyone hasn’t encountered the concept of the library of Babel, the idea comes from a story of the same name by Jorge Luis Borges, which is set inside a seemingly infinite library which contains every possible combination of letters, periods, commas and spaces that fits within 410 pages.

So like... It isn’t THAT out there that someone was able to make a digital version of it. Making an algorithm that randomly generates every possible combination of those 29 characters within that space and making a website that lets you explore those combinations are things that are pretty squarely within the scope of things you’d expect someone to be able to make a computer do.

But it begins to get pretty out there when you start thinking about all the things that are technically contained there (and that someone randomly browsing it could THEORETICALLY stumble upon) just by virtue of being one of those possible combinations of letters, spaces, commas, and periods.

Somewhere in that website there IS a book that specifically mentions me by full name before giving an accurate, excruciatingly detailed, 410-page long physical description of me. There’ also many more books that SEEM to be that but are actually factually inaccurate. There’s also versions of all of those containing every possible combination of every possible typo, spelling mistake, and grammatical error.

Somewhere in that website there IS a book that’s a perfectly accurate prediction of how and when I will die narrated in third person over the course of 410 pages. There’s also a book that contains the exact same events narrated in first person. Not only for me, but for every person in the world. There are many more that claim to be that but are actually inaccurate.

Somewhere in that website there IS a book that’s completely blank except for the world’s funniest dick joke written right at the end of the very last page.

But chances are no one browsing that website is EVER going to see any of that because for every book we would consider useful, interesting, or even intelligible there are millions upon millions upon millions more that are just completely full of gibberish from cover to cover.

Every single thing I will ever write (barring punctuation marks that arent periods or commas and the letter ñ) is already contained somewhere on that website.

OP, you forgot to mention one of best parts, that being that you can search the website, and find exactly what book and page i can find, for example, the book containing the text of this tumblr post word for word.

heres the code if you would like to read it yourself:

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[Image ID: Six information panels. Black text on cream background.

Panel 1: Autism and Fruit and Vegetables

Panel 2: Sometimes autistic people struggle with eating fruits and vegetables. This can be because fruit and vegetables often taste different each time. (images of 8 strawberries of different colours and textures, with some sliced and some whole. Each strawberry has a word underneath it: Squishy, Hard, Bitter, Crunchy, Sour, Sweet, Juicy, Dry)

Panel 3: Image of 8 crackers, with one word under each one: has the same taste, smell, colour each time.

Panel 4: Often fruit and vegetables taste different each time and this can be difficult for autistic people. They may have different textures, flavours and colours. Autistic people can be hypersensitive to sensory stimuli, meaning that we are extremely sensitive to sensory stimuli. When the taste, texture and colour of fruit changes, these sensory issues can be amplified. This can mean that we struggle to eat fruit and vegetables.

Panel 5: When the textures, flavours and colours are different each time, this can be difficult as autistic people can really struggle with change. We often thrive on predictability. It can also be hard to know if we like something sensory wise meaning that we may avoid the food altogether.

Panel 6: When we eat something like a cracker or crisps the colour stays the same each time and the colour is not too bright. Sometimes, autistic people might find bright colours overwhelming due to sensory issues. Similarly, with a food like crackers or crisps, the texture and taste stays the same and does not change. This can be reassuring. Sometimes, autistic people stick to only one brand of food too and struggle to eat a different brand.

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[Image ID: Six

information panels. Black

text on cream background.

Beep boop! I look for accidental haiku posts. Sometimes I mess up.

Transphobia is so antithetical to genuine feminism it blows my mind there's such a wide overlap like you either believe in autonomy and self determination or you don't

This shouldn't be hidden in tags!

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#you can't reconcile the feminist idea that men and women are equals with acting like they're different species

#the feminist idea that women are more than their reproductive systems with the one that womanhood is defined by a reproductive system

#the feminist idea that women don't need to adhere to arbitrary standards of femininity with the one that they do or they aren't women

#the feminist idea that women are allowed to have body hair and be tall or muscular with the one that they're to be scrutinized if they are

#the feminist idea that women as equals to men should be allowed to compete with them with the one that both must always be separated

#i can not consider terfism to be feminism in any fucking way

#and don't say 'no true scotsman' that's not it

#i don't consider feminists for the same reason i don't consider the democratic people's republic of korea a democracy #or nazism socialism. having feminist in their name does not mean their ideas are automatically feminist

#i've yet to meet a terf that actually cares about women more than about hating on trans folk

#there is no feminist belief that can come from someone who views women as vaginas with legs that are too frail to do anything men do

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How do we ensure public safety w/o police? Check out this list on alternatives to policing

Reblog this every time it’s on my dash idc

“nonbinary” is not a third gender for which the sole pronoun set is they/them

— Averno by Louise Gluck (via wellconstructedsentences)

I’m sorry friends, but “just google it” is no longer viable advice. What are we even telling people to do anymore, go try to google useful info and the first three pages are just ads for products that might be the exact opposite of what the person is trying to find but The Algorithm thinks the words are related enough? And if it’s not ads it’s just sponsored websites filled with listicles, just pages and pages of “TOP FIFTEEN [thing you googled] IMAGINED AS DISNEY PRINCESSES” like… what are we even doing anymore, google? I can no longer use you as shorthand for people doing real and actual helpful research on their own.

Time to drop some links again.

– https://searchmysite.net/ Search engine for the indie web, personal websites, digital gardens. You can also find them in websites like Neocities, Indieweb, Blogarama, and write.as. There is also a big list of personal websites.

– https://search.marginalia.nu/ Search engine that focuses on non-commercial content, and promotes websites that aren’t usually at the top of the list.

– https://www.worldcat.org/ Search engine for items in libraries (books, but also maps, articles, sound recordings, theses, etc.)

– https://scholar.google.com/ Search engine for scientific papers, reviews, etc. It’s still google, but a lot better than the normal search engine counterpart.

– https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_search_engines A list of search engines sorted by subject, area, and more. If you’re searching on a specific area, it might be worth checking if there is one focused on that area.

– https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_academic_databases_and_search_engines A list of academic databases and search engines.

– https://tineye.com/ Reverse image search alternative to Google’s. Also, P.S.: Please stop using Google, and start using more privacy focused search engines, like DuckDuckGo or SearchX (opensource; personally haven’t used it yet, but it looks promising for privacy-focused users)

reminder that women helping women beadwork (a non-profit ig page selling beadwork made by incarcerated indigenous women) is putting out new pride pieces pretty much everyday so if you'd like some beautiful rainbow jewelry that directly supports these women please check them out ❤️🧡💛💚💙💜🩷🩶🩵🤎🖤

comics that make me cry a little (first comic attributed to lynda barry. second comic attributed to pictures for sad children. third comic attributed to grebcomics.)

My favourite thing about both Nimona and Spiderverse is that when they say a character is PUNK they MEAN IT. The people who wrote this story MEAN IT when they say punk because these characters are loving, kind, selfless and want to help others while also totally ready to do a murder

Anyway I think Nimona and Hobie Brown would be best friends

Hey I'm out of foodstamps and just put the rent check together. Can I get some help getting groceries this week? My cashapp and PayPal are both forwardalways21

For the next 2 months most of my money is gonna be going towards rent because my dad is once again without a car. I'm gonna keep this post up for awhile. Please consider boosting. Thank you

So I've decided to delete this post and just tough it out ig. I feel like I'm using this blog too much for these things

yo we need $48 for food desperately this is semi URGENT as the kids are complaining as we have no money after getting my families meds,thanks to yall, we need enough good for a week at least, as we have nothing. anything is appreciated be it penny or a dollar. thank y'all. hate is blocked.

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We really, as a society, need to stop treating sex like a rite of passage. It hurts me so much to see people (especially high schoolers) embarrassed to say they haven't had sex.

For some people it may take time, for others that time never comes, or they simply aren't interested. Stop pushing your values or expectations on other people, especially those who are developing into adulthood. Stop shaming people over something that's not your business.

Happy Eid ul-Adha(or Bakrid, or Eid Mubarak) to any people of the Muslim faith this year! This is for 6/29/2023

2-Ingredient Baked Cake Donuts with a 1-Ingredient Glaze

Really nice recipes. Every hour.

Show me what you cooked!

EASY STRAWBERRY SHORTCAKE DONUTS

Really nice recipes. Every hour.

Show me what you cooked!

Sub-Radio, the band that did Stacy's Dad, coming out with another banger for Pride.

Asking for Hindi YT resources

Hi, does anyone know a channel to learn Hindi in Youtube, that is not Hindi Pod 101?

Thank you