Victorious Stranger

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See, that’s what the app is perfect for.

Sounds perfect Wahhhh, I don’t wanna
curliestofcrowns
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geobrarian

Yes BUT. This specific desk is in a library so a parent that needs to use a library computer can do their work and have a little ease in managing their kiddo. In a library environment this is less productivity culture bullshit and more 'oh this is a fantastic solution to a difficult situation library staff see 8 times a day'. Is it still productivity culture bullshit because this parent may not have affordable childcare or internet available to them? Yes. Am I glad it exists in a library environment to fill a demonstrated need? Hell yeah.

‘Revolutionary’ desk for working parents at Virginia library goes viral
The setup allows a parent to work while their child plays in an adjoining area.
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kittensforbrowncoats

and keeps library staff from having to act as babysitters...

impling

dear GOD we could use a couple of these. we keep crayons and coloring books on hand for the ones old enough for that, but the wee ones squirming and fussing in laps while the parents are fighting with job applications or convincing gmail’s current 2-step verification to let them in so they can print off a return label (both of which i have seen)? this would be SO NICE.

curliestofcrowns

library groups have been loving this & are spreading the word & actively trying to purchase/create similar things in different systems

cyle

acluelessfangirl asked:

Hey, I saw you're talking to users about this dash change, and thanks for that. I am admittedly part of the big no reaction going on, and for me, part of the problem is that as an autistic user of this site having this change forced on me suddenly, while I was in the middle of using it, actually sent me into a panic because I could not process what had happened. So I've got two questions that you may or may not be able to answer.

First, the saving grace of the new text editor was making it so I could opt in at first and it wasn't forced. I could use it at my pace and adjust to it, why not do something like that with this? Or even give a better warning for it than 1 tiny little paragraph on a blog that not everyone follows?

Second, if I have suggestions that would make this layout more comfortable for me to use where can I send them and is it even worth it?

cyle answered:

hey, i’m really really sorry that we elicited that reaction.

it’s bad how we roll out changes like this, and how every platform rolls out changes in an experiment: suddenly and without warning. the nature of A/B testing is to introduce shock, in a way, and see what happens. that’s so, so, so bad for tumblr, because our audience does skew towards people who won’t respond well to that shock. we really pride ourselves in being a home for people who don’t want that from other platforms, and in situations like this, we’re totally failing you.

the unfortunate counter-point, though, is that providing opt-in choice creates selection bias when we want to understand how a change would truly (statistically) change behavior across hundreds of thousands or millions of people. that’s a huge, bad, glaring problem with how the internet operates at scale today: we try to solve for the many instead of the few, in the name of growth or profit. nobody is comfortable with that fact.

as for suggestions, please please send them to Support as feedback. we want your feedback, and it’s worth it. we read all of it.

there’s probably somebody out there who is working in statistics who can solve the problem of selection bias and experimenting at scale… i can’t wait for that day to come. it’ll make the world better for all of us.

kaldurcalm

This explains things a bit, but users do NOT have to be so mean about it. It’s circlejerk bullying at this point.

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magicmooshka

Hi artists if you’re reading this I need you to know that it’s EXTREMELY necessary to have a folder on your phone called “bragging” where you save the screenshots of your favorite comments and sweet messages and shares and artist follow backs. So when you feel like your art sucks and you’ve only ever received praise out of pity, you can look back and realize that that feeling is wrong. The best way to combat imposter syndrome is to record your accomplishments. Keep reminders of your hard work and its reward. Actively try to be self-obsessed. Ok that’s all, go eat some fruit while you’re at it!

magicmooshka

oh yeah this applies to writers too

elizmanderson
dikanamai

Ok, I need to watch Encanto 2957950281 times more to absorb every bit of it, but in the meantime here’s a list with some little details I loved:

—That habit Mirabel has of wiping her hands before touching a doorknob. We see little Mirabel do it before her magic door, excited about the upcoming gift; but 10 years later she keeps doing it, as if she had developed a subtle anxiety about closed doors. Or perhaps she just sweats a lot, lol; Bruno’s “you’re very sweaty” seems to back up that. It was something so mundane that I loved it.

—The GLASSES. As a short-sighted woman who’s been wearing glasses for more than 25 years, I really really really appreciated Mirabel’s glasses and all the unconscious movements associated to them. Every time she had to readjusted her glasses because they fell or slipped over her nose, I was like 8D (that scene in Bruno’s room with her glasses full of sand, omg)

—Actually, Mirabel herself is just amazing. I was afraid they could give us the dorky-girl-with-glasses archetype, but thank God they didn’t. She’s unique and so tree-dimensional: her expressions, her body language, her energy, her optimistic but not childish behavior. The latter is very important, tbh, because optimistic female characters are often infantilized and portrayed as too innocent and easy to fool. Mirabel’s actually pretty mature (emotionally mature, at least), and brave and strong and soft and loving, and she seems just real, not fitting any defining archetype/trope that constrains her personality. How awesome is that, folks.

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tlatollotl

Why West Mexico?

tlatollotl

Online, offline, word of mouth. People know me because of my passion for West Mexican archaeology. It’s a running joke, but a joke rooted in the truth. A friend of mine that does research in Oaxaca once teased me and said he felt like he could easily switch focus to West Mexico from all the things that I’ve told him (while pointing out that I have failed to learn relatively little about Oaxaca from him).

“So, why West Mexico?”

I get asked that often by fellow students, colleagues, and other researchers that work in other parts of Mesoamerica. I don’t have a simple answer. I have a long, winding story of how I ended up focusing my research on West Mexico. Originally, I contemplated doing something with Aztec warfare but it was nothing very specific. I then considered the Maya, but honed in on the Postclassic Maya rather than the more researched Classic Maya. And I think that’s the start of an answer.

There’s something about the neglected, the forgotten, the cast aside that I am drawn to. That might stem from my own life of feeling those very same things. Of never fitting in or being accepted. There’s safety and comfort among the outcasts. You don’t need to elbow your way in or fight to be heard like you would amongst other groups. You’re allowed to be who you are and are accepted for that.

The competition among other research groups in Mesoamerica is fierce. It is a constant struggle of having the right people in your network, schmoozing with particular people to join their project or work on their paper, of just trying to fit in with everyone else and not rock the boat. It’s exhausting, demoralizing, and completely unappealing.

“So, why West Mexico?”

Because I see value in the region where none do. Because it offers perspective and understanding that others ignore. Because I can be me. And there’s very few people to tell me otherwise.