#charts

[windb3ll]

The Brain—is wider than the Sky—

For—put them side by side—

The one the other will contain

With ease—and you—beside—

— Emily Dickinson

An ode to em

One of the reasons that I love Jane Austen's work is that she loves an em dash. Just how much does she love an em dash? Behold:

That's right, baby—Emma has 3102 em dashes in it! Not hyphens—this is just the count of true em dashes alone. It's glorious.

Let's all bask in the em dashes in this famous Emma passage:

“The best fruit in England—every body’s favourite—always wholesome.—These the finest beds and finest sorts.—Delightful to gather for one’s self—the only way of really enjoying them.—Morning decidedly the best time—never tired—every sort good—hautboy infinitely superior—no comparison—the others hardly eatable—hautboys very scarce—Chili preferred—white wood finest flavour of all—price of strawberries in London—abundance about Bristol—Maple Grove—cultivation—beds when to be renewed—gardeners thinking exactly different—no general rule—gardeners never to be put out of their way—delicious fruit—only too rich to be eaten much of—inferior to cherries—currants more refreshing—only objection to gathering strawberries the stooping—glaring sun—tired to death—could bear it no longer—must go and sit in the shade.”

31 em dashes in that sequence alone! And that's not even the whole paragraph—there are 9 more em dashes in the rest of the paragraph before that quotation! Iconic.

[coolnessgraphed]

[blondebrainpowered]

Rick Astley's father Horace Astley celebrating "Never Gonna Give You Up" making it to #1 on the UK charts in 1987.

what-pride-had-wrought

I hate to be that guy but this has been doing the rounds all over the internet and needs some context. First: his name was Horace Astley. Not Ossie?? I don't know where that came from. Second: He was abusive to his wife Cynthia, and Rick said he was really messed up by him. Never let his daughter meet him. Third: this was a publicity stunt by Horace for attention.

[tswiftupdatess]

Taylor Swift becomes the first female artist in history to surpass 100 BILLION total streams on Spotify!

(February 25, 2025)

[courtingwonder]

Visual Comparison Of Bird Beaks And Their Uses

[folklorefearlessts]

I can do it with a broken heart 🌚❤️

[nemfrog]

Geologic Time Chart. Guide for beginning fossil hunters. 1959.

Internet Archive

[vforvalensa]

I have been working on a schema for understanding vampires

[hometoursandotherstuff]

[evermoredeluxe]

we love to see it 🫶🥹

[coolnessgraphed]

[project-sekai-facts]

On the Master chart for Just Be Friends, there is a section of hold notes shaped like tear drops and flowing tears that appears during the lyric "I mumbled as somebody's tears flow down the dried cheeks".

The dual hold notes designed to look like streaming tears also sync up with Luka's face in the 2DMV for a few frames.

[tswiftupdatess]

"All Too Well (10 Minute Version)" has now surpassed 1 BILLION streams on Spotify. It becomes the longest song in history to reach this milestone! (March 28, 2025)

[courtingwonder]

Guide For The Geological Time Periods In Order