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iamthepulta · 3 months

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Here's the thing about geology as a science: 90% of what you learn in school is vocabulary. You aren't learning about things. Chemistry and physics and mathematics theoretically taught you The Tools and how to use them.

Geology is about being able to describe the world around you in shorthand. Chemists look at CuFeS2 and say "copper-iron (III) sulfide" and they'd be correct. I look at CuFeS2 and say Chalcopyrite because "copper-iron (III) sulfide" is a lot to say; but more importantly, Chalcopyrite can also be a copper-iron (II) sulfide. Bornite (Cu5FeS4) is also a "copper-iron (III) sulfide".

However, when you look at Chalcopyrite (Cpy) and Bornite (Bn) in the ground, they look very different and they behave differently too when you try to get the copper out. So geology shorthands their chemical formulas to names.

I really love this cuneiform diagram because it illustrates the fundamental need of geology: that back in 2000BC the Babylonians and Dilmuni had the same challenge creating words that described ore (desired rock coming out of the ground), copper (the element), and copper minerals (what would produce copper).

(Metallurgy in Antiquity, Forbes, 1950)

The same thing happens in structural geology and geomorphology. You can say, for example, that a "fault zone" is where the earth has fractured, but you immediately want to know how. "Normal fault" or "Thrust fault" can describe the direction of movement and relative angle into the earth. But if you say "Graben" to a geologist, they immediately know sense of shear, angle into the earth, and location you're referring to in that system.

#I sometimes find it heartbreaking talking to people who don't know geology when they can't find the words to describe #the world around them. The public system has failed us so badly we're unable to describe our universe outside of calculations #and physical art. THAT'S why geology and biology are such important classes. But of course they get shat on the most.#geophilosophy #geology #to reference

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werewulf-dyke · 2 months

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trying to find good lesbian stickers is so fucking hard like what do you mean there's no good "femme bait" and "butches do it better" stickers??? I'm gonna make my own stickers and prints fuck this

#dykes #bear barks #to reference #tagged with my ref tag so I can come back when I actually do that shit

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two-crabs · 1 year

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one of my most unhinged habits is that i regularly keep a movie open in a tab and watch it in ten minute increments over the course of several days. this is not efficient or enjoyable but i do it all the time

#ALSO the wikipedia for the film is almost always open in an adjacent tab #to reference

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pseuddamntired · 9 months

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So apparently there is a browser extension that can help add some functionality and accessibility to tumblr, called xkit. I've used the tools for editing tags, because my tags were a mess, and I didn't want to have to individually edit them. it helped a lot, I think. so uh. maybe a thing people want to check out if they haven't already learned about it? Do your due diligence to determine if you trust it or not, do not just take my word for it. but like. it's something to check out? ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

#new to tumblr #useful #tumblr tips #¯\_(ツ)_/¯#my post #not reblog #original #tumblr howto #tumblr guide #to reference

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anouri · 2 years

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Masterlist of my tags:

General tags:

— a decomposing dump of my thoughts

— anouri answers asks

— art

— ask game

— fashion

— favorite

— mine

— songs that are so personal to me

— srb

— to read

— to reference

— uquiz

— web weaving

— words

Themes:

— a better knife than a person

— and you run to catch up with the sun but it's sinking

— beauty is terror

— body that can’t love you and will that can’t save you

— burden of consciousness

— burden of knowledge

— burden of physicality

— doomed love

— god must hate me

— gotta love blasphemy

— hands

— how quickly the blade becomes you

— i am because we are and since we are therefore i am

— i resign from humanity

— is to cherish to destroy?

— i take off my hands and give them to you but you don’t want them

— i’ll give you my heart to make a place

— i’m making memories. that’s currency too

— i’m weary of being a man

— love as a risk

— love as consumption

— love as hunger

— love as physical touch

— love as religion

— love as sacrifice

— love as tenderness

— love as violence

— love starved

— now my wishes are down to two: staying alive. and wanting to.

— on death

— on fear of intimacy

— on humanity

— on longing

— on loss

— on love

— on love and death

— on mental illness

— one of the greatest delusions of the average man is to forget that life is death’s prisoner

— perhaps this very holding back is the one suffering you could avoid

— platonic love

— she then embraced sweet death as if she were a ghost

— sorry about the blood in your mouth. i wish it was mine

— space

— the mortifying ordeal of being known

— the very act of my wanting it was an assurance that i would not get it

— things left unsaid

— to be truly seen

— to love despite one’s flaws is to carve away a piece of them and decide that that portion is not worthy

— to remember is to press a bruise

— touch starved

— truth is like a blanket

— violent feelings are good so i have heard for your health

— what is evil but good tortured by its own hunger and thirst?

— who am i

— you blush like an ocean in love wild with blueness

— your absence has gone through me like thread through a needle

My fics:

— fic: l’éphémère

— fic: vermilion dawn (and the touch of an angel)

— fic: working for the knife

Brain rot/misc tags (fandom, favorites, & fixations):

— bones and all

— caravaggio

— cupid and psyche

— if we were villains

— jean paul sartre

— jegulus

— marauders

— monet

— re: a little life annotations

— richard siken’s crush has altered my brain chemistry

— roberto ferri

— taylor russell

— thank u wellbutrin for allowing me to express emotion?

— the secret history

— timothée chalamet

— vincent van gogh

— wolfstar

#why do i have so many #this is for self-reference #will add links one day. today is not that day #to reference

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midwinterhunt · 1 month

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hot artists don't gatekeep

I've been resource gathering for YEARS so now I am going to share my dragons hoard

Floorplanner. Design and furnish a house for you to use for having a consistent background in your comic or anything! Free, you need an account, easy to use, and you can save multiple houses.

Comparing Heights. Input the heights of characters to see what the different is between them. Great for keeping consistency. Free.

Magma. Draw online with friends in real time. Great for practice or hanging out. Free, paid plan available, account preferred.

Smithsonian Open Access. Loads of free images. Free.

SketchDaily. Lots of pose references, massive library, is set on a timer so you can practice quick figure drawing. Free.

SculptGL. A sculpting tool which I am yet to master, but you should be able to make whatever 3d object you like with it. free.

Pexels. Free stock images. And the search engine is actually pretty good at pulling up what you want.

Figurosity. Great pose references, diverse body types, lots of "how to draw" videos directly on the site, the models are 3d and you can rotate the angle, but you can't make custom poses or edit body proportions. Free, account option, paid plans available.

Line of Action. More drawing references, this one also has a focus on expressions, hands/feet, animals, landscapes. Free.

Animal Photo. You pose a 3d skull model and select an animal species, and they give you a bunch of photo references for that animal at that angle. Super handy. Free.

Height Weight Chart. You ever see an OC listed as having a certain weight but then they look Wildly different than the number suggests? Well here's a site to avoid that! It shows real people at different weights and heights to give you a better idea of what these abstract numbers all look like. Free to use.

#art reference #art resources #useful websites

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blueboxbeagle · 27 days

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By LabradoriteKing on Pinterest

#Tutorials & References #Gemstones #Jewels #Art Reference #Writing Reference #Gemstones Reference #If the original marker wants me to take this down I will

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wizardpotions · 4 months

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Christmas as a cultural icon is starting to get really dystopian in a climate sense, december has historically been a time of year in which there would be snow in a significant portion of europe and north america, and the fact that its not even icy this time of year and all the christmas songs and decorations reference a time of year that will likely never exist in the same way again in my life time is so strange.

#for reference i live in scotland so it is weird that there is no ice or snow in december anymore #shitpost #not really but its just how i find my original content #christmas #climate change

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butchfalin · 5 months

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the funniest meltdown ive ever had was in college when i got so overstimulated that i could Not speak, including over text. one of my friends was trying to talk me through it but i was solely using emojis because they were easier than trying to come up with words so he started using primarily emojis as well just to make things feel balanced. this was not the Most effective strategy... until. he tried to ask me "you okay?" but the way he chose to do that was by sending "👉🏼👌🏼❓" and i was so shocked by suddenly being asked if i was dtf that i was like WHAT???? WHAT DID YOU JUST SAY TO ME?????????? and thus was verbal again

#yeehaw #1k #5k #10k #posts that got cursed. blasted. im making these tag updates after... 19 hours?#also i have been told it should say speech loss bc nonverbal specifically refers to the permanent state. did not know that!#unfortunately i fear it is so far past containment that even if i edited it now it would do very little. but noted for future reference #edit 2: nvm enough ppl have come to rb it from me directly that i changed the wording a bit. hopefully this makes sense #also. in case anyone is curious. though i doubt anyone who is commenting these things will check the original tags #1) my friend did not do this on purpose in any way. it was not intended to distract me or to hit on me. im a lesbian hes a gay man. cmon now #he felt very bad about it afterwards. i thought it was hilarious but it was very embarrassed and apologetic #2) “why didn't he use 🫵🏼?” didn't exist yet. “why didn't he use 🆗?” dunno! we'd been using a lot of hand emojis. 👌🏼 is an ok sign #like it makes sense. it was just a silly mixup. also No i did not invent 👉🏼👌🏼 as a gesture meaning sex. do you live under a rock #3) nonspeaking episodes are a recurring thing in my life and have been since i was born. this is not a quirky one-time thing #it is a pervasive issue that is very frustrating to both myself and the people i am trying to communicate with. in which trying to speak is #extremely distressing and causes very genuine anguish. this post is not me making light of it it's just a funny thing that happened once #it's no different than if i post about a funny thing that happened in conjunction w a physical disability. it's just me talking abt my life #i don't mind character tags tho. those can be entertaining. i don't know what any of you are talking about #Except the ppl who have said this is pego/ryu or wang/xian. those people i understand and respect #if you use it as a writing prompt that's fine but send it to me. i want to see it #aaaand i think that's it. everyday im tempted to turn off rbs on it. it hasn't even been a week

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ruhua-langblr · 4 months

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Duolingo Sucks, Now What?: A Guide

Now that the quality of Duolingo has fallen (even more) due to AI and people are more willing to make the jump here are just some alternative apps and what languages they have:

"I just want an identical experience to DL"

Busuu (Languages: Spanish, Japanese, French, English, German, Dutch, Italian, Portuguese, Chinese, Polish, Turkish, Russian, Arabic, Korean)

"I want a good audio-based app"

Language Transfer (Languages: French, Swahili, Italian, Greek, German, Turkish, Arabic, Spanish, English for Spanish Speakers)

"I want a good audio-based app and money's no object"

Pimsleur (Literally so many languages)

Glossika (Also a lot of languages, but minority languages are free)

*anecdote: I borrowed my brother's Japanese Pimsleur CD as a kid and I still remember how to say the weather is nice over a decade later. You can find the CDs at libraries and "other" places I'm sure.

"I have a pretty neat library card"

Mango (Languages: So many and the endangered/Indigenous courses are free even if you don't have a library that has a partnership with Mango)

Transparent Language: (Languages: THE MOST! Also the one that has the widest variety of African languages! Perhaps the most diverse in ESL and learning a foreign language not in English)

"I want SRS flashcards and have an android"

AnkiDroid: (Theoretically all languages, pre-made decks can be found easily)

"I want SRS flashcards and I have an iphone"

AnkiApp: It's almost as good as AnkiDroid and free compared to the official Anki app for iphone

"I don't mind ads and just want to learn Korean"

lingory

"I want an app made for Mandarin that's BETTER than DL and has multiple languages to learn Mandarin in"

ChineseSkill (You can use their older version of the course for free)

"I don't like any of these apps you mentioned already, give me one more"

Bunpo: (Languages: Japanese, Spanish, French, German, Korean, and Mandarin)

#EDIT: Added a great resource for ESL and African languages that weren't found elsewhere #I do NOT recommend memrise and will talk about it another day but #langblr #duolingo #duo #language learning #language learning apps #mandarinblr #resource #reference

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goldensunset · 4 months

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#peach rambles #hall of fame i guess #unreality #apparently i made an unintentional star trek reference?

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laboratoryrats · 2 months

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“Notes on skirts and pants”

Source: miyuli on twitter

#art tutorial #digital art #art reference #tutorial #art tips #drawing tips #drawing clothes #drawing pants #drawing skirts #drawing cloth #clothes #pants #skirts #clothing folds #clothing tutorial

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beaft · 4 months

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i went to get my t-shot yesterday and it took me an hour and a half to get to the clinic and as soon as i got on the bed the nurse dropped my t-shot and it broke and now they're trying to make me pay for the replacement. i think the fuck not lmao

#why should i have to pay money because SOMEONE ELSE dropped my medication!!! make it make sense #also they kept referring to 'the medicine that got broken' please drop that youtuber apology line and lose the passive voice #it did not 'get broken' YOU BROKE IT #madness. utter madness.

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cloud-ya · 16 days

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