hate it when people call ada lovelace the first female programmer, when in reality she was the first programmer ever. she wrote programs for a machine before it was ever constructed
Ada Lovelace was the first programmer and Charles Babbage was the first male programmer.
One of my aunts doesn’t want to put solar panels on her house because she’s worried about people will think and we all started teasing her relentlessly for it.
Oh, you’re worried about your neighbors thinking you’re helping save the earth? Scared of saving money on your electric bill? Get a load of this lady she’s scared of people knowing that she’s saving money.
Some woodpeckers make dainty little holes that barely damage the tree.
On the other hand, pileated woodpeckers
Your tree has been visited by the Flying Tree Doctor and diagnosed with Infested. He has removed the Unauthorized Fucking Thing. Praise be to Flying Tree Doctor.
We live in a system that makes money off of your misery and ambivalence. It relies on people thinking that they are inherently bad for the planet and that the world is ending so why change? Why try? --This is untrue! We belong here, on this one beautiful green earth and we have to work together to protect it. You have the power to do more than you know. You have a role to play in your ecosystem!
some of my favourite additions/examples in tags
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we are not either above, below or separate from the natural world. we did not just appear out of nowhere completely outside of the natural order, we are the product of the natural order, just like everything else.
yes, there is a minority of humans who are destructive and violent, but just like how a couple "man-eating" sharks shouldnt make you hate the whole species, neither should the minority group of billionaires and capitalists and warmongers taint *our* entire species. keep your hate targeted at those who deserve it (those at the top, those in power doing nothing, those corrupted by greed), and keep your hope plentiful!
The thing about character design theory is I really think we shouldn’t just keep reinforcing our “this is what a sneaky and untrustworthy character looks like, this is what a threatening and intimidating character looks like, this is what an innocent character worth protecting looks like, this is what a smart and competent character looks like, this is what a man looks like vs what a woman looks like” conventions like they’re innate human wiring that we tap into scientifically and not like, heavily societal
NOT staying in the tags on my watch
one thing i noticed about american sitcoms is that they make it seem like YOU HAVE TO attend these high school reunions and relive your trauma again and again
...I want to refute this but no, I....yeah
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Person on screen: needs a couple pats of butter, a splash of olive oil, simmered on low with a bay leaf and a cinnamon stick. What?! You never seen a boy who knows his way around the kitchen?
Yeah my mom always wanted a little girl but she got stuck with me instead. That wasn’t gonna stop her though so all my friends were opening up nerf guns and bmx bikes on their birthday, I was getting crockpots.
(scene changes to the person dressed in a nice black suit jacket, bright pink dress shirt, and black tie) Yeah laugh it up! Take a picture while you’re at it 'cause this is the last time you’ll ever see me in a suit! How do boys wear these things??
(scene changes to the person dressed in the same shirt and tie with no jacket and the shirt cuffs unbuttoned and rolled up, with purple nail polish on their nails) No, I don’t know how to fight. I was only ever taught how to deescalate situations with healthy communication and emotional validation.
