.evalyn✧⁠*⁠。

☆ she/her/any ☆ 20 ☆

probably painting or writing

[.evalyn✧⁠*⁠。 @evevalyn]

"don't make me waste my love it's everything I've got" oh fuck you Tyler Joseph you got me crying on my way to chuck e cheese

[Jill Filipovic @JillFilipovic]

“And what I think is important to know is a lot of the increase in rape also comes from an expanded definition of what counts as rape, as well as survivors coming forward for acts that took place years prior,” Mamdani said. “And we are thankful for them coming forward, the courage and the bravery it takes, but just to provide New Yorkers with that context.”

In 2024 New York instituted a new law that, per the NYPost, "classifies rape as nonconsensual or forcibly compelled sexual intercourse, oral sexual conduct or anal sexual conduct after previously defining rape as only nonconsensual or forcibly compelled vaginal penetration by a penis."

So... New York (rightly!) expanded the definition of what counts as rape. More survivors (thankfully!) came forward. As a result, official rates of rape increased. So Mamdani was... right and everyone is just yelling about this in bad faith?

[matt @emotionalpilot]

there’ll never be a “we’re back” moment like experiencing that opening guitar riff for the first time at 7am

[autist @litteralyme0]

Growing up hearing “Wikipedia isn't a valid source” and then entering a workplace where people say “just ask ChatGPT” is a surprisingly strange timeline

[Fav ⛧ @Favwontmiss]

FRIENDLY REMINDER THAT WE LITERALLY DEPEND ON TREES, CLEAN WATER, HEALTHY SOIL, AND STABLE ECOSYSTEMS TO EXIST. THAT'S NOT AN OPINION, IT IS HOW LIFE WORKS. STOP TREATING OUR FORESTS, RIVERS, OCEANS, AND WILDLIFE LIKE THEY'RE REPLACEABLE

[Maryam @hell_line0]

It’s 250 years of freedom for white men only.
It’s 106 years of voting freedom for white women.
It’s 72 years of voting freedom for Asian immigrants.
It’s 61 years of voting freedom for Black people.
It’s 51 years of voting rights for Native Peoples, but we all know that’s a farce when their lands were stripped from them and their ways of life were classified illegal.
It’s 10 years of marriage freedom for queer couples.
It’s 0 years of voting freedom for Puerto Ricans.

[madiiiii ⋆.˚⟡ ࣪ ˖ @madsdanae]

I would say happy birthday, America, but unfortunately I love abortions and immigrants and public education and universal healthcare and Black people and the environment and not bombing children with my tax dollars.

[Duckie Louise 🌦️🦝🌸🍓🎨☕️ @DuckieLouise]

Being mean doesn’t work on my kids btw, they will just assume something is wrong with you.

My friend’s grandmother once told my daughter she was “the most selfish child she’s ever met” because when asked to give up the marker she was doodling with, my girlie said, “one moment please, I’m almost done!”

And my girl just blinked and said, “maybe check that cup of markers for another one? Are you okay?” 🤣🤣

[​𝐥𝐲𝐫𝐚 @sunnkssdseraph]

I used to buy those cheap sunglasses from the roadside all the time and always thought, "What's the point of buying expensive ones? I'm going to loose them anyway." Then one day, I gathered the courage and bought an expensive sunglasses. And guess what? I still have them. I've taken care of them ever since.
That's when I realized those cheap sunglasses weren't getting lost because they were cheap? They were getting lost because I didn't value them enough to care. It's hard to accept, but sometimes in someone else's story, you are that cheap pair of sunglasses.

[Autistic Lauren 🏳️‍⚧️ 🏳️‍🌈 @Autistic_Lauren]

Remember that SpongeBob episode where King Neptune made thousands of patties at once using magic and they tasted like slop, whilst SpongeBob’s single patty tasted amazing because it was made with love and dedication?

This is a post about AI

[femiiiiii. @femiiiszn]

pretending you didn't see something so the other person doesn't feel uncomfortable is a level of empathy not everyone will understand.

[Maryam @hell_line0]

I had a taste for McDonald’s so I went,and a young girl is behind the register. The person before me was SO rude to her. When she got to me she started with “I’m sorry I’m new I’m learning” to which I dramatically said “I love it. I’m not in a rush, get your practice in girlie & take your time”. She giggled & said ok. This is somebody’s baby. Probably working her first job. I’m a mom and I would want someone to be patient & gentle with my baby. Yall we gotta be kinder to the kids fr.

[.evalyn✧⁠*⁠。 @evevalyn]

@nathanharrold45 2016, I was 10 years old. my grandma told us to listen to a song that her old friend from church's son released. it was stressed out. my friends were over and they recognized it and started singing along. i was drawn in instantly. I've loved them ever since!

[.evalyn✧⁠*⁠。 @evevalyn]

ALEX READS TAROT IS A CHRISTIAN NOW???? WTF IS HAPPENING.

[.evalyn✧⁠*⁠。 @evevalyn]

the transition between I'm not okay by mcr and trapdoor by tøp is.. holy fuck

[🐝 @beha_hun]

Who would’ve thought that forcing ads every 15 minutes would make young people look for ad-free alternatives?

[.evalyn✧⁠*⁠。 @evevalyn]

i wish I always had someone to bother but I'm scared of bothering people 🧍🏻‍♀️

[Anish Moonka @anishmoonka]

Fred Rogers met with a child psychologist every week for 22 years to build his show. She shaped everything: every script, prop, and song. The whole point was to give a child's nervous system time to slow down. In 1984, a single regulatory decision ended all of it.

The psychologist was Dr. Margaret McFarland, who co-founded the Arsenal Family and Children's Center alongside Benjamin Spock and Erik Erikson. She and Rogers understood that the prefrontal cortex in children, the part of the brain that controls impulse, emotion, and attention, takes decades to fully develop. At the start of every episode, Rogers tied his sneakers and changed his sweater while children settled in. Those pauses were intentional, designed to help a child's nervous system shift into a calmer, more focused state.

What ended it had nothing to do with child development science. In 1984, Reagan's FCC chairman Mark Fowler abolished the advertising limits that had protected children's programming from commercial pressure. Toy companies moved within months. Between 1984 and 1985, cartoons tied to toy lines increased by 300%, from a handful of shows to more than 40 animated series. In almost every case, the toy was designed first. The cartoon was built to sell it.

Researchers later put numbers to what parents were already noticing. A 2011 study in Pediatrics from the University of Virginia tested 60 four-year-olds across three groups: one watching SpongeBob, which cuts scene every 11 seconds; one watching a slow PBS show, which cuts scene every 34 seconds; and one drawing. Nine minutes later, all three took tests on attention, impulse control, short-term memory, and problem-solving. The SpongeBob group scored significantly worse across every measure.

In the 1970s, children began watching television around age 4. Research from pediatrician Dimitri Christakis found that by 2009, the average age of first screen exposure had dropped to 4 months, as the content got faster and the audience got younger. Researchers separately found that each additional hour of daily screen time at ages 1 or 3 raised the risk of attention problems at age 7 by 9%.

[˖ Ritz 𓂀 ݁˖ @ridhima_z]

GIRL please get addicted to thinking everything will always work out for you.

[.evalyn✧⁠*⁠。 @evevalyn]

showed implicit demand for proof to my mom (who is a deconstructed christian) for the first time. she had to take deep breaths, and said no one else's lyrics have ever moved her emotionally as much as Tyler's have. if that doesn't describe self titled perfectly, idk what does