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here it is, the most relatable onion article

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Loggia dei Lanzi (by Dave & Margie Hill)

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Notetaking

Sound Note - take notes while you record audio

Evernote - notetaking that syncs across platforms

Paper 53 - minimal notetaking that syncs

Microsoft OneNote - collaboration and syncing, best for Office users

Google Keep - jot things down, best for Google suite users

Notability - take notes and annotate PDFs

Mindly - create mind maps

Day One - a digital journal

Flash Cards

Quizlet - the quintessential flash card app

StudyBlue - another commonly used app

Cram - best for its “cram mode”

Eidetic - uses spaced repetition for effective memorization

Planner 

My Study Life - schedules, tasks, reminders, and more

StudyCal - keeps track of tasks, exams, and grades

24me - automated reminders and event planning

iStudiez - schedule and prioritized task list

Google Calendar - a calendar, best for Google users

Glass Planner - a calendar and to do list with incredible functionality

To Do List

Clear - organized to-do and reminders

MinimaList - simple to-do and focus timer

Trello - collaborative project organizer

Todoist - clean and functional task manager

Default notes app on your phone

Time Management

Forest - plant trees by staying focused

Pomotodo - pomodoro timer with to-do list

Timeglass - custom timers

Tide - pomodoro with white noise

Alarmy - forces you out of bed 

Pillow - smart alarm that tracks sleep cycles

Productivity

Workflow - automate tasks

Habitica - turn your habits into an RPG

Continuo - simple, colorful activity tracking

Freedom - block distracting apps

Free Learning

Coursera - free MOOCs

TED - listen to Ted Talks

Duolingo - language learning

Memrise - spaced repetition language vocabulary

Khan Academy - free video lessons

Ambient Noise

8tracks - curated playlists

Spotify - online music streaming

Coffitivity - cafe ambience

Noisli - background sound generator

Rain Rain - rain sounds

Binaural - binaural beats

Health

Rockin Ramen - recipes based on ramen

MealBoard - meal planning

Lifesum - healthy eating

Stop Breath And Think - mindfulness meditation

Pacifica - mental health management

Sworkit - personalized video workouts

Waterlogged - hydration tracker

Reference

WolframAlpha - Google on steroids

Oxford Dictionary - all of English at your fingertips

RefMe - citation generator

PhotoMath - solve math problems by taking a photo

Mathway - step by step math help

Desmos - free graphing calculator

Wikipedia - not the best source, but it’s handy

Miscellaneous 

Companion - stay safe when walking alone

Mint - money management

Toshl - finance manager

Tiny Scanner - scan documents

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Listen up langblr

i’m aboutta knock ur heckin socks off

There are these two choral/symphony albums

Calling All Dawns and The Drop that Contained the Sea

both by Christopher Tin (The composer of Baba Yetu)

Every song is in a different language

All the text is sourced from classical texts/poetry/proverbs from those cultures

Calling All Dawns features songs in

Swahili

Japanese

Chinese

Portuguese

French

Latin

Irish

Polish

Hebrew

Persian/Farsi

Sanskrit

Maori

And The Drop that Contained the Sea features songs in

Proto-Indo European

Turkish

Bulgarian

Xhosa

Mongolian

Portuguese

Sanskrit

Ancient Greek

Old Norse

Lango

All of these songs are so beautiful you’ll want to cry. All of them. (Although my favorites are Baba Yetu, Se é Pra Vir Que Venha, Sukla-Krsne, Iza Ngomso, and Waloyo Yamoni)

AND

Somebody on youtube took the time to add captions and English translations, along with notes on the source materials to a video by the Angel City Chorale of the full performance of both albums. Also from the comments you can skip to certain songs. You can find those videos here and here

ur heckin welcome my dudes

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Eyes of Michelangelo’s David.

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B.A.G.S.

All adjectives go after the noun, except for BAGS eg. The white house - Le maison blanc

Beauty

Beau/Belle, Joli/Jolie

Beautiful, Pretty

Age

Nouveau/Nouvelle, Jeune, Vieua/Vieille

New, Young, Old

Goodness

Bon/Bonne, Mauvais/Mauvaise

Good, Bad

Size

Petit/Petite, Grand/Grande, Gros/Grosse

Small, Large, Fat

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this passage describing sexual cannibalism in praying mantises contains the only use of an exclamation point in a wikipedia article i have ever seen

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Damnnnn emperor nero's neck be thicccc

please do me a favor and never say this to me again

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Photos That look Like Renaissance Paintings

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 Fun fact: 

The word ‘ostrich’ is actually an Anglicisation of a Frenchification of a Latinisation of a Greek word, which means ‘sparrow-camel.’

Eng. Ostrich < Old French ostruce < Late Latin avis (’bird’) + struthio (’camel’)

struthio < shortened form of Ancient Greek στρουθιοκαμηλος < στρουθιων (’sparrow’, cf. cognates English ‘thrush’, Latin turdus) + καμηλος (’camel’)

So really, the English word ostrich means ‘bird-sparrow-camel’.

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Augustus. From Pergamum. I century AD. Augustan time. Marble. İstanbul Arkeoloji Müzeleri. Inv. 2165 T

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things you can do to celebrate rome’s birthday

host a toga party. make sure to serve such delicious delicacies as flamingo tongue and rotten fish gut sauce

discard any pants you own, as only barbaric celts and easterners wear them

find a she-wolf. she is your mother now. make sure you send her cards at mother’s day and on her birthday, or she will eat your face off

go into somebody else’s house. claim that it is now your house. tell them they can keep their possessions and culture as long as they pay tribute to your house-empire and worship you as a god

end everyone conversation you have with an exhortation that your enemies must be destroyed

speaking of which

carthage must be destroyed

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quotes from my linguistics teacher today

“I’m not that cruel and unusual”

“Oh my god, what if the ground isn’t really here right now?”

“That’s pretty good,” muttered about the hot chocolate he was drinking

“We’re not squashing cats in our houses”

“Roadside zoos, which are kind of these shitholes”

He also said the word “doge” for the fifth time this semester

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you (barbar anglo saxon peasant) : yes me (intellectual roman patrician) : ita vero

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He smiled, and his face was like the sun. | |