ailurinae:

reputayswift:

reputayswift:

Is there a word for that like, “bright darkness” you get in winter?? When it’s been snowing or it’s supposed to snow past sunset and the sky isn’t Dark Enough. One of my favorite things

Thanks to @raindropwindow and a handful of articles, it’s called snow albedo, skyglow, snowglow, or just light scattering! It’s the result of moon- or artificial light reflecting off ground snow, low clouds, or ice crystals.

that nsfw snow…

iliketoseeeverythinginneon:

“Built in 1891, over time, everyone makes their house a home- hanging art, framing family photos, filling in the nooks and crannies with keepsakes and memories. Some homeowners go even further, turning their spaces into works of art, inside and out. 1525 W. Pratt is one of these homes. Known to the neighborhood as the “Candyland House” this home is one of a kind with lots of vintage details. Owned by a family for 47 years.”

Instagram: iliketoseeeverythinginneon

kieropal:

is it just me or um does anyone else act completely normal about movies and television shows set in the mid to late 1800’s

animentality:

copperbadge:

OoooOOOOOHHH one of my colleagues just got an email that looks sketchy as hell. It was awkwardly worded, vague on detail, and wanted our wire transfer information and tax ID so that he could make a donation in honor of a deceased family member. Colleague passed it on to one of my gift officers who passed it on to me like “Can you confirm this improbably named dead person existed?” and I could not confirm the existence of either the deceased or the supposed family member who contacted us. 

You can’t actually do much scamming with a wire transfer number and tax ID (the latter is publicly posted on our website) so I sent him my research with a note that I thought this was a “refund scam”: the scammer acts as a legit donor but immediately after making a wire transfer, he contacts the nonprofit to say he entered the wrong amount and asks to be refunded the overage – crucially, to a different bank account. After sending the refund, the nonprofit discovers that the wire transfer was drawn on an empty bank account – basically a bounced check – but by then the scammer has also cleaned out the “refund” and bailed. (This is also pulled on individuals; never send the refund until the check has cleared, kids.) 

I suggested we ignore him, but if we want to test him we could ask for something a scammer couldn’t or wouldn’t want to provide, like a legit working phone number. My gift officer replied, “Sounds good. Do you want to take point?”

I messaged back, “By take point do you mean talk to this guy as a fundraiser?”

“You could be his gift officer!” he responded, and it’s at this point that I need you guys to understand I really like my gift officer but he is also the driest human I’ve ever met and it’s hard to tell when he’s joking. He knows that I have good customer service chops but I’m also quite shy and nervous about dealing with donors directly, so I thought he might be messing with me a little. 

But no! He continued, “If he’s a fraud you’ll catch it. If he’s legit, you know enough not to ruin a new donor relationship.”

I said, “Well, your faith in me is admirable,” and he’s not entirely wrong, so I accepted the challenge.  

And now I get to write the potential scammer an email about how we’re thrilled with the offer of a donation, we just need a few small pieces of information first, like a phone number and if possible a link to the obituary. If he plays along the next step is to inform him that we place a two-week hold on wire transfer donations and see if he still bites.

charlottegeorgesheart:

Dearest gentle readers, it’s a big day for the Bridgerton-verse! Queen Charlotte: A Bridgerton Story has officially been crowned one of Netflix’s most popular English-language TV series of all time. With 80.3M views to date, the series now sits at No. 10

memewhore:

lochneassamonster:

I’m going to get into Drawtectives …  but god I would give my left arm to have another season of Drawga … Caldwell I miss you. 

comradekatara:

the thing about toph is that she is so disturbed by katara’s femininity that she doesn’t realize that if she really wanted to piss katara off she’d echo the things her mother would always tell her. e.g. criticizing her posture, the way she eats, how she sits, generally implying that her behavior is unbefitting of a Lady. comments like “i can’t believe you of all people would slouch like that. like a man.” that would anger katara way more than toph calling her a prissy little goody two shoes or whatever (although of course that claim is also deeply untrue).

and then the reverse is also the case. katara is too busy chastising toph for her disgusting, unfeminine ways that she doesn’t even realize that if she really wanted to get to her she would insult her masculinity, not her lack of femininity. instead of criticizing toph for not putting enough effort into her appearance or her hygiene, if katara only implied that she has a low pain tolerance, or that aang could beat her in an arm wrestle, she would really hit toph where it hurts.

both of them are too mired in their own hangups to realize that they could piss the other off way better through empathizing with the other’s point of view, but unfortunately their rejection of the other’s point of view is the source of their conflict in the first place, so neither of them realizes that they both have the perfect weapon with which to annoy the other forever. they are simply too myopic to use it.

enki2:

copepods:

dont get me wrong i love my earth toned brown and white and grey common birds, mourning doves and red-tailed hawks are my lovely little guys, but something about seeing a Brightly Colored Guy is so exciting to me even when i logically know theyre very common species. maybe its the west coaster in me but every time i see a jay or an oriole i lose my fucking shit it improves my mood for the entire week…. if popsicle flavors were a bird literally <33333

jenny-jinya:

WOAH!

tw: death/souls

WEBCOMIC - INSTAGRAM

ms-demeanor:

ms-demeanor:

krakenartificer:

thebiballerina:

silverzeze:

*kicks down door and wheezes heavily*

GUYS.

MATHBLR.

HELP ME.

I’ve been HOMESCHOOLED all my life which has been the only option really for my family for a number of reasons. As a consequence I have only really learned bare bones basic math that I need to survive.

My mom thinks I could have been a math genius if my dad wasn’t a ~deadbeat father~ and gave up on me so help me and her out a little? Jus a wee bit??

I’m going to College. And by that I mean I am finishing up a gap year because I. Uh. I got really sick. And I’m still really sick but Yknow how it is. ANYWAYS I might not pass the Basic Math Classes so that I can. Yknow. Get my degree. Help me. Is there any like, video series or website or place online that explains math and helps you learn math but isn’t annoying because it feels like someone is talking down to you?? Because I’m tired of feeling like I’m stupid for not knowing this,,,, I also am broke so I can’t purchase a two hundred dollar textbook,, please I’m stuck I dunno what to dooooo

Please note I have dyscalcula

Oh boy, my time has come. These are all resources which I recommend to college students who need some assistance or review to help with their required math classes.

Paul’s Online Notes: Comprehensive notes for algebra, calculus I-III, and differential equations courses. Also includes some additional cheat sheets and review sheets. These are very accessible and won’t assume much prior knowledge beyond the typical prerequisite classes for each course. https://tutorial.math.lamar.edu/

S.O.S. Mathematics: Review material for topics from algebra on through differential equations. These are great if you have a specific topic you need to refresh your memory on. http://www.sosmath.com/

PhET Interactive Simulations: These aren’t usually ideal for beginning with a concept, but they are fantastic tools for better understanding how various concepts work, especially if you prefer visual or interactive learning methods. They are also useful for improving your intuitive sense of a concept that doesn’t come naturally to you. I definitely recommend at least looking at what they have available, so you can come back to them if you are having trouble with a specific concept. The trig tour and the various graphing ones are particularly helpful, in my opinion. The site also includes physics, chemistry, and biology simulations, if those are of interest. https://phet.colorado.edu/en/simulations/category/math/mathconcepts

OpenStax: A catalogue of free, open-source textbooks. Includes books for pre-algebra, algebra, trigonometry, pre-calculus, calculus I-III, and various statistics courses. Some of those books are also available in Spanish. https://openstax.org/subjects/math

KhanAcademy: This has already been mentioned multiple times by other people on this post, and for good reason. KhanAcademy is great if you prefer video material (although it should be noted they don’t only offer videos). Of the resources on this list, KhanAcademy will give you an experience closest to a traditional class progression (albeit not in a traditional format), but many of their lessons and articles will also work standalone if you only need to cover a particular topic. They have material on everything from elementary school mathematics through calculus, multivariate calculus, differential equations, and linear algebra. https://www.khanacademy.org/

Honorable Mention

Desmos Online Graphing Calculator: This isn’t a review website, but it is a great resource. Desmos’ calculator has an easy-to-understand interface and neat visuals. You can use it to graph various equations and compare the graphs of various equations. The tool which lets you adjust the value of a constant by dragging a slider is particularly useful for visualization. There is also a good set of example graphs which you can view and play around with. https://www.desmos.com/calculator

Reblogging in case @ms-demeanor has recommendations for dyscalculia specifically

I unfortunately was not able to find good resources for adults with dyscalculia however I have to recommend The Organic Chemistry Tutor on YouTube - every time I was having trouble with a concept I searched and one of his videos came up and explained things in a way that made a lot of sense.

In terms of dyscalculia: get a documented diagnosis of your learning disability and contact your school’s disability office. Inform your professors. Ask for resources and accommodations. You may be able to ask for an aide who can read equations to you or for extra time in tests or questions with the numbers written or marked differently - there are tools that your school will have to help you, but only if you have documentation of the disability, so ensuring that you have that documentation adults should be a part of your gap year plan.

If you can’t get that documentation then see if you can have classmates or tutors check over any homework you turn in for transcription errors before you turn in the assignment, or check them very very carefully yourself. What you’re looking for is to make sure that the numbers in the assignment were correctly written on your scratch paper and then that the results on your scratch paper are correctly written in the assignment. This is the single biggest problem that I have had with my math classes and unfortunately it’s not a problem with an easy fix.

One thing that has helped me with that slightly is working out equations by hand whenever possible because I’m much more likely to mess up putting a number in a calculator and writing it down than I am to mess up working by hand.

OH HEY by the way about the expensive textbook thing - a huge number of textbooks are available on archive.org and you can check them out for free for an hour at a time with an account. All you have to do is sign up for an account and it costs nothing to borrow a book and read a chapter. I’ve gotten through entire classes without buying a textbook because there was an older edition on archive.org.

So, for example, someone in the notes mentioned “Math for Dummies” - and here’s part of that series on archive.org:

I have used books in the For Dummies series before and I find that they are a useful primer on a subject that manages to be approachable without feeling patronizing.

And what type of math class you have to pass is going to depend on your major. When I was an English Lit major the most I needed was Math for Liberal Arts Majors which was basic stuff like probability and money management and interest. As a Nutrition major I need to take college algebra, statistics, trigonometry, and pre-calc. If I were to switch my major to Computer Science I’d need to take Calculus with Analytic Geometry I and II.

At a bare minimum you will need to pass some type of Math 100/Basic Math/Daily Math class; here is an open-source textbook for Math in Society. I’d strongly recommend going through the textbook and seeing what your level of understanding of each subject is and working from there.

There are free and open source textbooks for hundreds of classes and dozens of math classes. Here’s one on elementary algebra, here’s one on Multivariable Calculus. If you know what level of math you will need for your major, check out some free textbooks on the subject to get an idea of what direction to point your learning.

Now, you say that you’re going to college but you don’t say that you’ve been admitted to college; if you haven’t been accepted to a specific college with a particular matriculation plan I cannot recommend community colleges enough. In most states in the US community colleges are much more affordable even than state colleges and they will have smaller class sizes, a better tutor-to-student ratio than larger schools, and failing a math class at a community college is not the same level of expensive disaster as failing a math class at a university.