Who even knows what this blog is anymore

Tumblr is just a community developing a new dialect in record time

The fact that in mere months "I'm bald" became an actual way of saying "None of the above" is insane. It's insane.

A computer science student named Priyanjali Gupta, studying in her third year at Vellore Institute of Technology, has developed an AI-based model that can translate sign language into English.

This is what we need AI for. Not generating pictures using millions of stolen pieces of art, or generating shitty false articles using the stolen work of hundreds of thousands of writers. AI can be good, and it can be used for good things. This is an incredible feat and I hope Priyanjali gets the recognition and support she deserves for this amazing project.

i want ten million trinkets but i also want my death to not be a burden for those I leave behind

they will love your trinkets as if they're you............

A prophecy is a type of echo which originates from the future instead of the past. [1]

pick one you bald genderless idiot

happy pride month to this post specifically

"Don't use Libby because it costs libraries too much, pirate instead" is such a weird, anti-patron, anti-author take that somehow manages to also be anti-library, in my professional librarian-ass opinion.

It's well documented that pirating books negatively affects authors directly* in a way that pirating movies or TV shows doesn't affect actors or writers, so I will likely always be anti-book piracy unless there's absolutely, positively no other option (i.e. the book simply doesn't exist outside of online archives at all, or in a particular language).

Also, yeah, Libby and Hoopla licenses are really expensive, but libraries buy them SO THAT PATRONS CAN USE THEM. If you're gonna be pissed at anybody about this shitty state of affairs, be pissed at publishing companies and continue to use Libby or Hoopla at your library so we can continue to justify having it to our funding bodies.

One of the best ways to support your library having services you like is to USE THOSE SERVICES. Yes, even if they are expensive.

*Yes, this is a blog post, but it's a blog post filled with links to news articles. If you can click one link, you can click another.

Please, PLEASE use Libby. OverDrive. Hoopla. CloudLibrary. Kanopy. Flipster. Freegal. Transparent Language. Mango. Jstor. Your library would not offer it if they could not afford it, and we afford things by reporting the number of people who use that service, so if you don't use the service we can't afford it. It's a cycle. Keep it going, keep using it, and we'll keep providing because we'll be able to justify the cost to the bean counters in government.

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^my greek chorus

on Simon & Garfunkel - Bridge over Troubled Water (Restored - from The Concert in Central Park)

ACROSS THE SPIDERVERSE + memes/text posts (1/?)

so weird how in english some words are really just used in expressions and not otherwise… like has anyone said “havoc” when not using it in the phrase “wreaking havoc”? same goes for “wreaking” actually…

reply with more, i’m fascinated

these are called fossil words! here's a whole list

Also interested in words that originally had opposites but don’t anymore; i.e. how we say ruthless but not ruth.

sort of just retroactively realized that that scene from the beginning of the dark knight happened because they were selling scarecrow fear toxin as some sort of recreational street drug

do NOTTTTT go to a blunt sesh with gotham university students those cunts will have you smoking shit that gives you spider nightmares

do you think they have a subreddit like this for it

here’s a direct link to the site:

here’s his explanation of how it works and ways you can change your browser settings to make the default google search be text only:

NASA: WE KNOW THERE’S A FUCKING HUGE PLANET OUT THERE!

Me: awesome where?

NASA: *points excitedly at space*

What is it about laying on the floor when you're overwhelmed that makes everything feel so much better?

When God has ceased to answer your prayers, it feels good to distance yourself from Heaven.

Adding this to my list of incredibly raw fucking lines gifted from the impossible wonder that is tumblr