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Statement on NaNoWriMo

Hello Students,

Allow your president to get sentimental for a moment. I first started NaNoWriMo - I failed. I failed every time, but I loved it. It kept me writing. I learned more about myself each time I tried. I saw communities grow on forums. I knew one day I would succeed if I just kept trying. Then today I learned of the plethora of NaNoWriMo's controversies. From allowing AI use to (allegedly) having predators groom minors.

I am heartbroken at the loss of a yearly staple. AI users miss the most obvious reason writers write, for the love of it. We do not create purely for the purpose of creating, in order to have some item to show off as proof that we "did a thing". We write to tell stories, to foster communities, to inspire, to make people laugh or cry, to realize the fantasies in our heads.

And though NaNoWriMo has torpoed in favor of AI, the spirit of it should not die.

@novella-november is starting a writing challenge: write 30K in a month

I will also be looking to see if there's a tag for those looking to do the traditional challenge of 50K words.

Tmblr University will be supporting writing challenges in November by reblogging or posting writing tips and prompts. (As best as a 1 person attending actual school can do)

I wish everyone a successful prepping during September.

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drink some fucking water

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Official Statement from Tumblr University:

Symbolism has a place in art.

AI people: we're just as much artists as you are, you gotta be so observant and go through so many correcting phases for the picture to look good uwu also AI people:

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poor little meow meow

i've died on smaller hills, so i can't judge. but i do think it's funny whenever posts about the proper definition of a poor little meow meow circulate, considering none of them mention that the origin was a kpop fan's absolutely bonkers tweet about not being able to protect a full grown man who was getting backlash for including audio from the jonestown cult leader jim jones in one of his songs

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The greatest tragedy of my life was that I did not attend this con and could not add dashcon to my lore about running this blog

in honor of dashcon's 10 year anniversary i need to remind everyone that the dashcon schedule with panel names and descriptions is still up

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Exactly One year until DashCon! Can we get 2014 notes in honor of the occasion?

Buy Tickets | Book a Room | Schedule |Guest List

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Yes, there is a bouncy castle and a ball pit!

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Tumblr University is a proud Tumblr Gold Member :)

I had an interesting night last night

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Watch out for your backs and necks students!

OK Tumblr Geriatric Ward, let’s talk about your posture-

there are things you should be doing now to prevent yourself from starting to look like 🥀

Why does it matter? Future you would like to avoid the pain, limited motion, and fall risk that goes along with worsening posture.

What’s the focus?

1. Keep the flexibility in your spine

2. Stretch the muscles in the front

3. Strengthen the muscle in the back

Here are some simple things you can do daily while sitting and when you get up to go into the bathroom or the kitchen

Keep the flexibility by doing these repeated movements: 10 repetitions several times a day

The goal is to give yourself a double or triple chin. Keep your nose pointing forward, don’t let it tip up or down

Thoracic extension- use a chair with a seat back that comes up to the level of your shoulder blades. Try to bend back over the top of the chair without arching away from the seat back and without extending your neck. If the pressure from the top of the chair is uncomfortable you can place a towel there

Stretch the muscles in the front by using a door frame. This one will feel good afterwards

If this isn’t enough of a stretch you can do one side at a time. If you have the right arm up step forward with the right foot and turn slightly to the left. Then do it on the other side.

Strengthen the muscles in the back by squeezing your shoulder blades together for a count of 10 and then repeating 10 times. You can do this several times a day Hint: Don’t lift your shoulder blades up

There are lots more exercises for strengthening your back muscles but this is a good starting point and easy to do. I like doing it while driving

Tips:

Do the best you can

If it hurts stop

Envision future you saying thank you each time you do one of the exercises

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This is especially hilarious after taking an inadvertent year long hiatus...

occasional posts from users

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Tumblr University Fundraiser Highlight of the Week UPDATE

One of the links we shared has just reached their goal!

Thank you to everyone who donated!

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TFW when you start a gimmick blog and almost immediately get overwhelmed by your IRL university and stop posting for a year

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When you wake up and all your stuff is gone

Tumblr University's Charity Shoutout of the Week

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I apologize for calling Macklemore cringe

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Tumblr University's Fundraiser Highlight of the Week

In an effort to support Palestine in their time of need, Tumblr University pledges to use it's reach to highlight charities and GoFundMe's to provide aid to the people of Palestine. We have two GoFundMe's to highlight today:

Iyass and Nada are trying to evacuate their family of eight out of Gaza. Due to denial of clean water, food, and accommodations their family is suffering from malnourishment and illness.

They’ve reached 44.9k/70k goal. Any amount helps and small donations add up.

Donate to Save my children :Help us Escape from Gaza, organized by Ahmed Albreem

I am Iyass, 38 years old, the father of three small children, we live togethe… Ahmed Albreem needs your support for Save my children :Help u

GOFUNDME.COM

Nour Ashi is trying to evacuate her family of five from Gaza, they have been dealing with two days of bombardment and unsanitary living conditions. As of posting this letter they are only 500 dollars away from their goal. Any amount helps and this family is so close to being able to evacuate to safety. 24.5/25k of goal.

Donate to Evacuation for my family in Gaza, organized by Abdallah Alashi

Ich bin Abdallah Mohammed Alashi aus Gaza, Palästina. Meine Familie kämpft derzeit se… Abdallah Alashi needs your support for Evacuation for

GOFUNDME.COM

Any amount helps, small donations add up. If you cannot donate, please reblog to increase the reach of this post and help these two families.

Bonus: If you're a fan of the smallestkyle they will do the feels dance to any audio you request if you send proof of donation.