pisses me off when i see people on other platforms talk about “everyone” abandoning tumblr after the sex ban and what a big impact that had. THE WEAK LEFT THE STRONG SURVIVED. REAL TUMBLR USERS WILL NEVER STOP. they could make a new update where you can only post 3 words at a time and id still be on here like “hey guys whats”
The Picts were actually Really Really Good at engraving fish. And dogs. And birds. And cattle. Which makes the Pictish Beast all the more delightful. I’ve seen it be referred to as the Pictish dragon and the Pictish elephant but I don’t think it’s supposed to be those things either. It’s just a whimsical critter fr.
Sometimes an art meme is an art meme
nah, THIS is a Pictish boar. put some respect on the Pictish boar.
i know it’s hard. but i so firmly believe the strongest antidote to loneliness is reaching out first. and continuing to reach out. again and again and again. excise any scrap of shame you hold about being the person who texts first or pitches the plan or asks to get lunch. everyone is tired and busy and struggling. and afraid of feeling unwanted and unimportant. don’t let the people you love feel that way. reach out first. don’t be a ghost in your own life.
(okay no, but put in the tags something youre the unofficial influencer of. Like something youve purchased enough, used enough, bragged about and endorsed enough to others that you should be an influencer for)
the thing is that for all its supposed faults, i would take this brand of 90s utopian globalism over whatever the fuck we’ve been doing for the last 10 years in a heartbeat
(makes me think of a song from Sesame Street-
My hair is black and red, my hair is yellow My eyes are brown and green and blue
My name is Jack and Fred, my name’s Amanda Sue I’m called Kareem Abdul, my name is you
I live in southern France, I’m from a Texas ranch I come from Mecca and Peru I live across the street, in the mountains, on a beach I come from everywhere, and my name is you)
Here’s the Sesame Street song…
My kiddo was born in 2013 and we got the Dolly Parton Imagination Library books delivered for about three years before our local library was unable to keep participating due to funding cuts.
Many of the early board books were photo books that showed diverse babies/toddlers and families.
I’m certain it was meant to normalize young kids seeing a variety of people, even if they lived in communities that aren’t super diverse, and to be sure every kid that got the books saw themselves and their family represented.
There were also bilingual books in English and Spanish.
Idk if this graphic is just the DPIL books, but I know we had many of these and got some from our local library too. That Global Babies series is just gorgeous!
There’s so much good lit out there for kids! If you have kids in your life (your own or friends/family), make sure they have access to good books! I always had a running wishlist for kiddo for books and was lucky to have relatives who liked to give books for birthdays and holidays.
