to my fellow black folk: we lost an actual superhero, and it feels like it. It’s perfectly okay to feel distraught, sadness, emotional at that loss. I know being black is hard when it comes to what feels like consistent, communal trauma. it’s okay to take a breather and feel- you don’t have to always feel “strong”. We’re all here. ✊🏾❤️
(you can, and please, share if you’re not black, but don’t dare start no discourse in my comments)
Update: The castle as of April 2015 is actually only around $1,300,000 USD now due to the currency exchange rates! :D
this goes even further, some European countries will give you a castle for free if you submit a plan stating how you intend to restore or preserve it. Italy alone for example has somewhere between 100 and 300 castles they intend to give away to anyone with intent to be a caretaker, they literally cant keep track of how many discount castles are up for grabs
it doesn’t even have to be an ambitious plan, even if it says you just intend to keep it from becoming more shitty and will occasionally add a few bricks when you can afford it. given that most of them come with land you could convert the grounds to actually produce enough income to pay for the repairs- like setting up apple trees and brewing cider you sell with your castle name on the bottle, or raising some goats for cheese, a hobby farm could turn this into an actual income opportunity. hell, throwing parties at the castle could make it an income opportunity
they will literally -GIVE- you a castle to make sure someone is taking care of it rather then let them all sit empty
if you organize events, do everyone a massive favor and specify what accessibility features are or are not available. even if all you say is ‘we are up two flights of stairs with no alternative access,’ that’s information i now don’t have to go hunting for. i don’t have to try to contact you just to find out if i can get in your door.
think about this for a second. imagine, if it is not already your situation, that every. single. time you want to leave the house, you have to do often a half hour or more of homework just to know if you can attend.
stating accessibility parameters in your invitations saves disabled people thousands of cumulative hours of our lives and shows you remember we exist. stating that your event is inaccessible in whatever way is also extremely helpful, because then people who can’t attend don’t have to waste their time establishing that.
there are many guides on how to do this but some basics: stairs? how many? accessible bathroom y/n (step free access + room for wheelchair + grab bars)? how’s the lighting? hearing loop? is there a quiet room people can retreat to? etc.
This is something I should really try to do must start doing.
Oh, no. Oh, dear. We have awful news. We accidentally added group chats to Tumblr.
Group chats are a place for you to connect with other people on Tumblr to discuss things that are important to you—like long Furby, or your favorite fandom.
It’s terribly upsetting, but this is going to make it even easier to connect with like-minded people and find new communities you might not know existed.
We have no idea how this came to be
Each group chat can hold up to 100 members. To make matters worse, you can create and join as many group chats as your beating heart desires.
The only good news we can give at this time
Group chats must be a friendly and welcoming space for everyone. When you create a group chat, you become the sole owner and are responsible for how it is run. You alone can invite new members and accept or deny incoming requests to join. Just remember: group chats are publicly viewable, and while only members may participate, anyone on Tumblr can see its contents.
As the owner of a group chat, you possess the power to remove any member or message you feel needs to be removed. However, you do not need to be the owner or even a member to report a violation of our hate speech policy or other aspects of our Community Guidelines. Reports will be properly dealt with by our Trust & Safety team.
Phew
We hesitate to tell you this, but to learn more about how to use group chats, head on over to our Help Center. It’s full of tips, tricks, and helpful information. Disgusting. We’re so sorry.
You’ve been warned. We can’t protect you from the truth any longer.
To find existing group chats, just search for them in the app like you would any ol’ topic. If you don’t see what you want, consider being your own hero and making your own. Just tap the new group chat icon in the upper right-hand corner of your dashboard or simply swipe left from the dashboard. There you will see all of the group chats you own or use, as well as the option to make a brand new one by tapping the “+” in the right-hand corner. Make sure you’re using version 14.5.1 or you’ll be spared the horrors of good conversation and finding new friends.
Too bad that group chats are publicly viewable, even to people you’ve blocked
I used to look up at space with hope and wonder in my eyes. Until space looked back. Invader Zim, evil alien soldier of the Irken Empire, sent by his diabolical masters the Almighty Tallest, to infiltrate Earth and prepare it for the coming invasion. Disguised as one of us, he moved into my neighborhood, he went to my school, and with the help of his vile mechanic servants, plotted to destroy everything we have, everything we are. And then… he vanished. My name is Dib Membrane. I’m 12 years old. And I’m all that stands between Zim and the annihilation of the world. Invader Zim: Enter the Florpus (2019)
This is really quite a big deal. A tremendous amount of modern research ends up being sold to journals which require unreasonable payments to access it and only pay the original authors a pittance. It’s nice to see an agency like NASA deliberately widebanding its findings.
Not sure if people fully realize just how big of a deal this is.
THIS is how science is advanced. Not through biased corporate research, business secrets, marketing, paywalls and patent wars. But through open, uncensored and unrestricted public access to knowledge.
