Step one: create convincing “scientific” articles that claim Naruto-running is the most efficient form of movement. Articles should not reference the phrase “Naruto run.” Diagrams showing the Naruto run should be pseudo-confusing, so the victim does not suspect the ruse
Step two: Party 1 Naruto-runs on a mission, in the presence of the victim and Party 2
Step three: Party 2 makes insulting comments about Party 1′s new run. A staged argument ensues while the victim looks on
Step four: Party 1 pulls up fake articles as “proof” that the new run is a valid and useful scientific discovery. Party 1 should hand the article to the victim, calling upon him to back up her claim
Step five: Victim reads article, is convinced
Step six: Profit
Did you know that most 8 year olds are in grades 2-3? They’re, on average, 3 ¾-4 feet tall. They weigh 50-60 pounds, about the same as a bulldog.
This is just a random set of facts, and is in no way connected to the fact that a lot of people think Dick started fighting crime at 8.
Misty, Blaze & Clash in Jem: Dimensions #1
[Five images by Sophie Campbell (I think).
Two are headshots of Misty, showing her red eyes, blue lipstick, blue and white eye makeup, and swirly-blue-other blue-and-yellow hijab.
One shows Blaze and Clash shaking hands while Misty looks excited.
One is a close up of Blaze and Clash kissing.
The final one shows all three of them beside each other, doing a determined walk towards the camera.
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Dick and Tim
Another commission I did in Japan
Marcus To commission featuring Dick and Tim sitting in front of the Bat Signal device smiling at each other!! Dick has his arm on Tim’s shoulder! Tim has a shy little, ‘you mean so much to me,’ smile on his face! Tim is Red Robin!
Good good good.
Upcoming cover art by Arthur Adams
[Cover for X-Men Blue #18, with a banner for Marvel Legacy Cross Time Capers. Art shows the 90s era Generation X lined up on the right side of the image, and the time-displaced Original X-Men (with Jimmy Hudson) on the left. In the background of the left side, what appears to be Mutant X’s Bloodstorm is visible.
Seriously my dudes, if you need medication, you’re no less an artist for taking them. The idea that you need to be depressed, suffering, or otherwise in poor mental health to be an artist of any form is horribly wrong and terrifyingly pervasive. When I was on anti-depressants, I was writing a chapter every three days. Now that I’m off (a complex series of circumstances), I can barely summon the will to write, not to mention the effects it’s had on my life otherwise.
Get help, your health and well-being are far more important than anything else.
I’ve done way more creative things while medicated – I didn’t have the focus or motivation while I was depressed as hell
[Tweet from darcie wilder, @333333333433333 … saying, “but antidepressants will make me lose my spark,” i thought, while unable to eat, leave my apartment, or write just 1 sentence for 6 months
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A lot of the negative things associated with mental health medications stem from early forms. When antidepressants, ADHD meds, etc. were first coming out, everything was guesswork. (It still is, but now it’s much more precise guesswork.) Drugs had more severe side effects, and couldn’t be fine tuned to the extent they can be now. Many people were extremely overdosed.
My mom remembers babysitting a kid when she was a teen. The little boy was wild. Couldn’t control himself. Never stopped moving or listened to her. She gave him his medication after supper, and he turned into a zombie. Just sat in a chair staring blankly.
That doesn’t happen much anymore. But that’s still what’s informing our parents and pop culture.
For accessibility, please do not mix alphabets
Note: the phrase with all the Greek characters says “I love flowers” in English; the Greek letters used look like cuter versions of the Latin alphabet.
Uuuuuugh yes. I hate this. Like I fully understand that people aren’t going to stop doing it altogether but this is seriously not accessible in the slightest. Whenever I see posts that mix up a bunch of different alphabets like that for the #Aesthetic I literally have to skip right past them because I don’t know five alphabets and I’m not going to learn them to make sense of the post. So like just an FYI in case anyone was wondering, yeah, if you’re concerned about accessibility, don’t do that. It actually does sound like gibberish with a screen reader.
How do screen readers handle other languages? Would a word entirely in Greek or Arabic script be read as a word, or would it read out each character to you?
Or words written in IPA (the International Phonetic Alphabet, which precisely shows how each letter should be pronounced)?
My two year old, earlier this morning:
“I have joke for you, mommy.”
“What is it?”
“Batman falls on your head.” (Laughs)
I hope Wikipedia doesnt go bankrupt it will feel like the end times . I think I will literally panic
Encyclopedia Britannica is always there
there’s this place called a library. and they have these things called books. and then there’s this thing called Google Search. where you can find books in PDF form.
Wikipedia is user edited. you can literally put anything you want in an entry almost. I think you know where I’m about to go with this.
You’re condescending and annoying. I am attached to Wikipedia out of sentimentality it’s always been there for as long as I remember and reliable to me for some casual trivia. Wikipedia is iconic and I love her. go write a research paper or something
who let high school teachers find tumblr
me: hm i wonder how many countries drive on the same side as the UK
friend: let’s check wikipedia in 2 seconds on our phones
some asshole on tumblr: um excuse me why don’t you stop what you’re doing to go to the library and look it up in an outdated book that’s edited maybe twice a decade and that definitely doesn’t have a single page article called “list of countries with left-hand traffic”
also “user edited” really doesn’t mean as much as you think it does. there are millions of people displaying accurate information, for every one person displaying inaccurate information. and that inaccurate information is usually changed quickly, and the person who made it can get their ip blocked from wikipedia if it was bad enough. way more accurate than textbooks or a library.
Librarian here! I’ve worked at both academic (college/university) and public libraries, and let me tell you this: most print encyclopedias are useless garbage we can’t get rid of fast enough. With the exception of subject-specific sets which we need to buy again every few years because the information has become outdated, most of the information in any volume of an encyclopedia is far more accessible and far more in-depth on the internet.
Wikipedia as a reference resource is fantastic because, just like print encyclopedias, it serves as a jumping-off point for research… and so do librarians! A librarian isn’t going to just write your paper for you, we’re going to point you to the books, articles, and websites that contain the information. Wikipedia is great for that, too, because any article that gets more than a bit of traffic will wind up with sources and external links. But print encyclopedias don’t go that far in citing their sources, and because they’re static media, the references may not only be outdated, they might be entirely inaccessible due to age, obscurity, or cost of access.
And there’s an interesting thing about all those books we have on the shelves… anyone can write one, and usually they only have a handful of other people checking their work. Academic journals are somewhat notorious for the ease with which a completely falsified paper can see publication (especially in cases of electronic journals), but printed books can also be easily falsified, whether as a result of publishers with an agenda or just fact-checkers slacking off.
As has been pointed out above, wikipedia is really great at getting obscenely specific in terms of the topics of articles. It’s an amazing collection of data, and more importantly, it’s an amazing collection of sources of data.
The role of a reference librarian and a wikipedia editor are basically the same: show you a brief summary of the information you need, and point you to more in-depth, reliable sources.
I was helping a friend clear out their dad’s old stuff from their home recently and we came across encyclopedias from the 90s.
They all went to the dump. They were ASTOUNDINGLY outdated. Totally fucking useless.
High school English teacher here–I regularly get crap from some of my colleagues, but I am completely fine with students using Wikipedia for info. Wikipedia does an excellent job of flagging articles that have been recently edited until someone can verify the changes, so pages with inaccurate info often have giant warnings at the top saying “THIS PAGE MAY CONTAIN IANCCURATE INFO”. Won’t find that in an out-of-date print edition.
Not only that, but Wikipedia cites its sources. It tells you right at the bottom of the page where all its info came from, so if you want to use a fact from Wikipedia but don’t want a teacher annoyed with you, just cite the source in the footnote. Teachers and professors are (a) not likely to check up on this and (b) it’s a real source so even if they do it’s legit?
The biggest problem I have had with letting students use Wikipedia is actually that Wikipedia articles are often written in such academic language that students sometimes struggle to understand them. That part kids have to overcome on their own or with the help of their teacher. But there’s nothing wrong with Wikipedia as a source. Hatred for it is a remnant of academic elitism, thinking that “peer-reviewed” can only mean some handful of crusty white dudes instead of literally anyone with enough knowledge and motivation to review it.
Honestly. My dad is a college professor and he’s told me time and again to always start my research at Wikipedia. You have to go further, obviously, but its such a great jumping off point for information.
Plus, where else can I find an itemized and updated list of every Cryptid known to human kind?
For the impenetrable articles, here’s my tip.
The list of other languages in the sidebar? Look at it and check whether the article has a version in Simple English.
Simple English is a mode for non-native English speakers but is also great if your reading comprehension is not super good, you’re having a slow brain day for any mental health or developmental disorder reason, or the English version is just poorly written.
Librarian here, and this whole post gives me so much joy.
I feel like people think “not a reliable source” means “not true” but it actually means “can’t be quoted because the words might change”
I never knew there was a simple English version? I learned something new!
So yeah, everyone go donate to Wikipedia, they’re having a hard time over there.
Things you can do on Wikipedia, that you can’t in a print reference:
Click on or copy the Japanese kanji of a name to learn what they mean/get other pronunciation options.
Click the translate button if the only available source is in a language you don’t speak. Or copy it section by section into a translation site.
Get incredibly obscure/specific stats.
Get information about something not yet released or really new.
Get information about things only 5 people care about.
Sound files imbedded into the article.
To all my trans and nonbinary siblings on their period right now who are dealing with extra dysphoria or problems with bathrooms because of it – you are doing fantastic! You are so strong! Keep going and I promise you’ll make it through soon!
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