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@namesonboats

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I made these as a way to compile all the geographical vocabulary that I thought was useful and interesting for writers. Some descriptors share categories, and some are simplified, but for the most part everything is in its proper place. Not all the words are as useable as others, and some might take tricky wording to pull off, but I hope these prove useful to all you writers out there!

(save the images to zoom in on the pics)

You can replace [ACTIVITY YOU ENJOY] with [SCROLLING] but watch out. This sucks bad 👍

Some things about this post since getting quite a few notes:

1. If you see this post, highly recommend taking it as an opportunity to set a timer for 15 minutes and switch over to ACTIVITY YOU ENJOY. if after those 15 minutes, you want to go back to scrolling, that's okay!

2. Huge shout out to this popping up in my notifs often, bc I do go back to activity.

3. I think there are times where scrolling is fine. Right now, for example, I'm being connected to a machine for two hours to donate plasma and platelets. Yes this is a brag but it is also a time where scrolling is one of the few things I can do. (Though I will probably also read or watch something on phone lol)

i will give tiktok one concession and that is that it has spawned a comment that contains a phrase that i think of often at relevant moments: pack it up boys we've made a social blunder

(from a video featuring someone's father/grandfather)

is anyone else reading "pack it up boys we've made a social blunder" in the voice of the lead penguin guy from Madagascar

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Not an invitation to cocoon yourself in a self-care bubble for four years, but a reminder to the 24/7 worriers that you can literally write "To Do on Monday: Worry about ________" on a post-it note and stop worrying about it for one day while you recharge.

It’s wild to me to see transvestigator conspiracy theories online that could be so easily explained by natural human variation. That woman has a deep voice? Yeah, sometimes they do. A woman has broad shoulders?? Maybe she plays rugby or hits the gym a fuckton. There’s a “bulge” in her tight pants?? Maybe her vulva is just fat. All the “markers” of trans woman that transvestigators use to harass any woman aren’t even things unique to trans women.

Transphobes talk about women like they’re Barbies. Have you forgotten the existence of cameltoe? Tiny boobs? Narrow hips? Broad shoulders? Why do you think choirs have altos and not just sopranos? What do you think female athletes look like? Do you think a woman that lifts weights and plays contact sports will look like a 90s supermodel? At what point in history did we collectively forget that human bodies have natural variability???

official anti terf post

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For the record:

  • Finland's title is in German
  • Sweden is represented by Finns
  • Ireland is represented by Norwegian
  • San Marino may choose HAVE PICKED Tutta L'Italia
  • Malta can't say 'singing' in Maltese

wait i found more:

  • Czechia is represented by a Slovakian
  • Germany by Austrian siblings (edit: born in Vienna, family is Hungarian/Romanian)

WAIT THERE'S EVEN MORE:

  • Marko Bošnjak (Croatia) is from Bosnia (and also his surname translates to "Bosnian")
  • Shkodra Elektronike (Albania) grew up in Italy
  • Netherlands is singing in French (also Claude was born in DR Congo)

Transcending continent (and Australia):

  • JJ aka Johannes Pietsch (Austria) is half Filipino
  • Tommy Cash is also known as Kanye East god help us all
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"The attempt by the administration of US President Donald Trump to interfere with the language of science abroad is causing concern.

The Chancellor of the University of Helsinki, Kaarle Hämeri, told Hufvudstadsbladet in February that US authorities have pressured the university to remove certain words from press releases related to Fulbright scholarships.

The words “equal society” and “climate change” were among the words that were sought to be removed from the press releases."

"Arene Executive Director Ida Mielityinen is not aware of any previous attempts to influence Finnish science from abroad in this way. Not even from China, which is known for its censorship, has there been anything similar."

USAMERICA FUCK OFF!!!!!!!!!!!

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