I make websites, knit small things, stargaze, play videogames, drink coffee, collect pens, watch kitten and cockatoo videos, and wrangle two tiny velociraptors.
TIRED: using “—“ and everyone thinks you’re a bot
WIRED: never learning the difference between colons and semicolons: dont let it stop you
INSPIRED: assert dominance with the mega-hyphen. it’s not just punctuation ————— it’s a statement.
Person whose daytimes have often sucked, and has only been consistently left alone at nighttime, conditioning them to equate nighttime with freedom: “Whyyyyyy do I keep staying up so late??”
Google is so powerful that it "hides" other search systems from us. We just don't know the existence of most of them.
Meanwhile, there are still a huge number of excellent searchers in the world who specialize in books, science, other smart information.
Here's a list of sites you may have never heard of!
https://t.co/hLHSvB1Joo - Academic Resource Search. More than a billion sources: encyclopedia, monographies, magazines.
https://t.co/tzsXqbrCJD - a search for the contents of 20 thousand worldwide libraries. Find out where lies the nearest rare book you need.
https://t.co/Fm78bG5hyH - access to more than 10 million scientific documents: books, articles, research protocols.
https://t.co/JvTczb6j6o is a library of scientific bioscience journals published in developing countries.
https://t.co/ZtsaKUl9Jy - volunteers from 102 countries have collected almost 4 million publications on economics and related science.
https://t.co/aBLUtUW6a8 is an American state search engine on 2200+ scientific sites. More than 200 million articles are indexed.
https://t.co/IAzkF2ErNt is one of the most powerful researches on academic studies texts. More than 100 million scientific documents, 70% of them are free
https://t.co/6ujFPDG4AQ
Ecosia is a not-for-profit tech company that plants and protects trees. By dedicating 100% of its profits to the planet, Ecosia has planted over 214,229,374 million trees since its founding in December 2009
https://t.co/ZrIBFqf207
Yandex is a technology company that builds intelligent products and services powered by machine learning. Our goal is to help consumers and businesses better navigate the online and offline world. Since 1997, we have delivered world-class, locally relevant search and information services.
https://t.co/Duwc39PTkx
Project Gutenberg is a library of over 75,000 free eBooks
https://t.co/hOuRZFcDao
“Protection. Privacy. Peace of mind. Get our browser on all your devices.
Search and browse with the DuckDuckGo browser for more protection. Unlike Chrome and other browsers, we don't track you.”
https://t.co/hIAOHavGYB
Presearch is a community-powered, decentralized search engine that provides better results while protecting your privacy and rewarding you when you search.
https://t.co/BoWNlciH7N
Reliable information for all kinds of research
https://t.co/tPY4FcMJDR
Startpage is a global privacy technology company built around the principle of always putting privacy first. Our suite of easy-to-use privacy products helps anyone around the world to protect their personal data online.
from Christopher Seymore
The ADHD urge to buy a thing, watch all the videos about the thing, religiously track shipping until it finally arrives, excitedly open the shipping box to get to the thing, and then place the thing somewhere random to forget about it for 3-60 months.
This week on Assembly Required, I broke down how we can fight back against Trump's expected cuts to programs like SNAP and school lunches—and this toolkit shows you how to get started. Listen and take action: https://t.co/MA4nzerv5p
Never underestimate the power of large groups of stupid people.
He was the worst POTUS in history.
Impeached twice.
Convicted felon.
Tried to stage a coup.
Sold state secrets.
But hey …at least he isn’t an intelligent Black woman.
Dems did everything we could to stop him last time. Restrain him. Keep things functioning *as normal.*
I don’t think we should this time. He won. This is what the people voted for. This is what people want. They should get it. It’s the only way people will learn.
in 125,000 simulations of the election, my statistical model foresaw a narrow Harris win with 54.9% probability
however, the model also grouped a number of midwest & sunbelt into a new entity, known as “MEGA ARKANSAS” - an ominous prophecy which i am terrified may come to pass