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guess who is insane again

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okay tumblr I think it’s time I tell you all about rocks chonch, I have given this talk three times and it has given everyone present Much To Think About, I am all about accessible education

very long transcript and photo sources under the cut

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50 WORDS TO USE INSTEAD OF “SAID”

Do you ever find yourself over-using the word “said” in your writing? Try using these words/phrases instead:

stated

commented

declared

spoke

responded

voiced

noted

uttered

iterated

explained

remarked

acknowledged

mentioned

announced

shouted

expressed

articulated

exclaimed

proclaimed

whispered

babbled

observed

deadpanned

joked

hinted

informed

coaxed

offered

cried

affirmed

vocalized

laughed

ordered

suggested

admitted

verbalized

indicated

confirmed

apologized

muttered

proposed

chatted

lied

rambled

talked

pointed out

blurted out

chimed in

brought up

wondered aloud

(NOTE: Keep in mind that all of these words have slightly different meanings and are associated with different emotions/scenarios.)

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a reward well earned

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So how about that movie huh? There'll be plenty of opportunity to process all of THAT later, but for now I think a couple of hours under the basking lamp is more than deserved.

Tmnt is one of my absolute favourite series, ever since I used to watch old re-runs of the renamed '87 version 'teenage mutant HERO turtles' since the uk decided 'ninja' was too violent. And out of every version, right next to 2018, 2003 was my JAM, their terrible civvies never failed to impress

I'd give my front teeth for a new 'Turtles forever' starring the all the new boys

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WIP - A small sketch of Solas, The Iron Bull & my elf Inquisitor: Cillindis! They are AdoraBULL

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RIP Cool Guy Bonnie, what a lad.

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“You are my real Superstar. Please, don’t forget that.”

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For real this game is giving me hella ANGST

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My first official piece/try at the Clip Studio Paint Program - and so far I absolutely love this app! - I had to draw one of my favorite couples. For sure. ------- - Time Taken: Approx. ~05 Hours Drawing: Clip Studio Paint Pro. Characters: Arrgh & Blinky- Trollhunters

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kirara, inuyasha ♡

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I made a Minecraft mod where Hooty follows you at an uncomfortable distance.

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first kiss~

Happy Valentines Day! ♥

I keyframed this back in like September or October and decided to finish it up for the season! It’s the first thing I’ve really animated in years, so a little rusty. But I do love making things move. I’ll probably be doing more of it.

(sorry I had to lower the resolution; tumblr on browser just wasn’t having it.)

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not to be excessive but Bulbasaur in the new detective pikachu trailer is the most beautiful creature i’ve ever witnessed ??

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This episode hit me like a dump truck

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Le Screem

Starting at midnight on January 1, tens of thousands of books (as well as movies, songs, and cartoons) entered the public domain, meaning that people can download, share, or repurpose these works for free and without retribution under US copyright law.

Per the Sonny Bono Copyright Term Extension Act of 1998, “corporate” creations (like Mickey Mouse) can be restricted under copyright law for 120 years.  But per an amendment to the act, works published between 1923 and 1977 can enter the public domain 95 years after their creation.  This means that this is the first year since 1998 that a large number of works have entered the public domain.

Basically, 2019 marks the first time a huge quantity of books published in 1923 — including works by Virginia Woolf, Agatha Christie, and Robert Frost — have become legally downloadable since digital books became a thing.  It’s a big deal — the Internet Archive had a party in San Francisco to celebrate.  Next year, works from 1924 will enter the public domain, and so-on.

So, how do you actually download these books?

It largely depends on what site you go to, and if you can’t find a book on one site, you can probably find it on another.  For instance, ReadPrint.com, as well as The Literature Network (mostly major authors), and Librivox (audio books), Authorama (all in the public domain), and over a dozen other sites all have vast selections of free ebooks.

There’s also a handful of archiving projects that are doing extensive work to digitize books, journals, music, and other forms of media.  A blog post from Duke University’s Center for the Study of the Public Domain listed some of the most recognizable works published in 1923, as well as links to download these books on digital archiving projects Internet Archive, HathiTrust, and the Gutenberg Project.  The books include:

Edgar Rice Burroughs, Tarzan and the Golden Lion

Agatha Christie, The Murder on the Links

Winston S. Churchill, The World Crisis

Robert Frost, New Hampshire

Kahlil Gibran, The Prophet

Aldous Huxley, Antic Hay

D.H. Lawrence, Kangaroo

Bertrand and Dora Russell, The Prospects of Industrial Civilization

Carl Sandburg, Rootabaga Pigeons

Edith Wharton, A Son at the Front

P.G. Wodehouse, The Inimitable Jeeves and Leave it to Psmith

Virginia Woolf, Jacob’s Room

E.E. Cummings, Tulips and Chimneys

In total HathiTrust, a massive digital archiving project, has also uploaded more than 53,000 works published in 1923 that just entered the public domain.  Over 17,650 of them are books written in English.  Similarly, Internet Archive has already uploaded over 15,000 works written in English that year.

Project Gutenberg, which has over 58,000 free downloadable books, has digitized five works that entered the public domain in the new year: The Meredith Mystery by Natalie Sumner Lincoln, The Golden Boys Rescued by Radio L. P. Wyman, White Lightning Edwin by Herbert Lewis, The Garden of God by H. De Vere Stacpoole, and The Prophet by Kahlil Gibran.  I’m going to be perfectly honest: I recognize exactly zero of those books.  But like most if not all digital archives, Project Gutenberg had some books from 1923 available for download before January 1, 2019 (like Jacob’s Room by Virginia Woolf.)

If you’re interested in academic papers, Reddit user nemobis also uploaded over 1.5 million PDF files of works published in academic journals before 1923.  Your best bet for actually finding something you want to read in there is to know which academic paper you’re looking for beforehand and check the paper’s DOI number.  Then, search for the DOI in one of nemobis’s lists of works — one list includes works published until 1909, the other includes works published until 1923.

It’s worth noting that projects like Internet Archive and Project Gutenberg rely on volunteer efforts, so there’s going to be disparities in the number of books available for download depending on where you go.  But over the next several days and weeks, it’s safe to expect many more books will become available legally and for free across the web.

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this is really pretty, don’t know why