I Wanna Hear These Opinions On Steampunk Color Palettes, If You’re Willing.

i’ve been trying to hold back but. i gotta see what bill and ted fanfic is like. i gotta do it

Hey did you know I keep a google drive folder with linguistics and language books  that I try to update regularly 

I was asked to post a favorite apid today and I can’t just choose one so have a Pretty Bee Appreciation Post!

Neon cuckoo bee, Thyreus nitidulus:

Photo by dianneclarke

Indian carpenter bee, Xylocopa tenuiscapa:

Photo by chiefredearth

Dilemma orchid bee, Euglossa dilemma:

Photo by sophiacf619

Checkered cuckoo bee, Thyreus caeruleopunctatus:

Photo by dianneclarke

Male valley carpenter bee, Xylocopa varipuncta:

Photo by dickwood

Sonoran bumble bee, Bombus sonorus:

Photo by kriseth7

Hunt’s bumble bee, Bombus huntii:

Photo by mlodinow

Cerulean carpenter bee, Xylocopa caerulea:

Photo by gancw1

Four-striped digger bee, Amegilla quadrifasciata:

Photo by orlandof

hmmm

Things To Do During A Pandemic

We are all probably bored at this point. Wondering what we can do to keep busy if we are stuck at home. So, here’s a list:

- Learn to play that instrument.

- Start painting.

- Learn to knit.

- Get your family together and learn how to play poker or another card game.

(Only if you all live in the same house obviously! Don’t invite people over. Lock that door! lol)

- Learn to crochet.

- Make a zine or two or three and digitize them.

- Start a cyber study group.

- Learn a new language.

- Take a class or two online.

- Start or tend a garden.

- Learn to cook a new recipe or how to preserve food.

- Get a couple board games.

- Get a new video game or two.

- Start a blog.

- Write that novel.

- Work on fan fiction.

- Get through your TBR list.

- Download Hoopla from your library and take some of “The Great Courses”.

- Watch a symphony livestream.

- Learn the basics of Yoga, Tai Chi, or Qi Gong.

- Start a fitness program at home.

- Walk your dog.

- Go to the park.

- Go for a hike.

- Go for a picnic.

- BBQ anyone?

- Go foraging.

- Watch some livestreams.

- Start a livestream with your friends.

- Spring clean.

- Press flowers.

- Start a diy project you’ve been putting off.

- Write for a digital magazine or two (Brontide Journal and Optopia are accepting submissions).

- Start a journal.

- Practice photography.

- Learn calligraphy.

- Practice self care.

- Learn how to sew or mend.

- Old movie night. I suggest Vincent Price.

- Make a comic.

- Make pixel art.

- Make digital art or learn how to use an art program.

- Make some jewelry.

- Learn how to carve.

- Start a newsletter.

- Subscribe to a newsletter.

- Wood burning stuff.

- Ceramics.

- Write poetry.

- Write an essay.

- Video chat with friends or family.

- Chess.

- Write or act out a play with family or friends you’re staying with.

- Listen to podcasts.

- Curate some new playlists.

I believe in free education, one that’s available to everyone; no matter their race, gender, age, wealth, etc… This masterpost was created for every knowledge hungry individual out there. I hope it will serve you well. Enjoy!

FREE ONLINE COURSES (here are listed websites that provide huge variety of courses)

Alison 

Coursera

FutureLearn

open2study

Khan Academy

edX

P2P U

Academic Earth

iversity

Stanford Online

MIT Open Courseware

Open Yale Courses

BBC Learning

OpenLearn

Carnegie Mellon University OLI

University of Reddit

Saylor

IDEAS, INSPIRATION & NEWS (websites which deliver educational content meant to entertain you and stimulate your brain)

TED

FORA

Big Think 

99u

BBC Future

Seriously Amazing

How Stuff Works

Discovery News

National Geographic

Science News

Popular Science

IFLScience

YouTube Edu

NewScientist

DIY & HOW-TO’S (Don’t know how to do that? Want to learn how to do it yourself? Here are some great websites.)

wikiHow

Wonder How To

instructables

eHow

Howcast

MAKE

Do it yourself

FREE TEXTBOOKS & E-BOOKS

OpenStax CNX

Open Textbooks

Bookboon

Textbook Revolution

E-books Directory

FullBooks

Books Should Be Free

Classic Reader

Read Print

Project Gutenberg

AudioBooks For Free

LibriVox

Poem Hunter

Bartleby

MIT Classics

Many Books

Open Textbooks BCcampus

Open Textbook Library

WikiBooks

SCIENTIFIC ARTICLES & JOURNALS

Directory of Open Access Journals

Scitable

PLOS

Wiley Open Access

Springer Open

Oxford Open

Elsevier Open Access

ArXiv

Open Access Library

LEARN:

1. LANGUAGES

Duolingo

BBC Languages

Learn A Language

101languages

Memrise

Livemocha

Foreign Services Institute

My Languages

Surface Languages

Lingualia

OmniGlot

OpenCulture’s Language links

2. COMPUTER SCIENCE & PROGRAMMING

Codecademy

Programmr

GA Dash

CodeHS

w3schools

Code Avengers

Codelearn

The Code Player

Code School

Code.org

Programming Motherf*?$%#

Bento

Bucky’s room

WiBit

Learn Code the Hard Way

Mozilla Developer Network

Microsoft Virtual Academy

3. YOGA & MEDITATION

Learning Yoga

Learn Meditation

Yome

Free Meditation

Online Meditation

Do Yoga With Me

Yoga Learning Center

4. PHOTOGRAPHY & FILMMAKING

Exposure Guide

The Bastards Book of Photography

Cambridge in Color

Best Photo Lessons

Photography Course

Production Now

nyvs

Learn About Film

Film School Online

5. DRAWING & PAINTING

Enliighten

Ctrl+Paint

ArtGraphica

Google Cultural Institute

Drawspace

DragoArt

WetCanvas

6. INSTRUMENTS & MUSIC THEORY

Music Theory

Teoria

Music Theory Videos

Furmanczyk Academy of Music

Dave Conservatoire

Petrucci Music Library

Justin Guitar

Guitar Lessons

Piano Lessons

Zebra Keys

Play Bass Now

7. OTHER UNCATEGORIZED SKILLS

Investopedia

The Chess Website

Chesscademy

Chess.com

Spreeder

ReadSpeeder

First Aid for Free

First Aid Web

NHS Choices

Wolfram Demonstrations Project

Please feel free to add more learning focused websites. 

*There are a lot more learning websites out there, but I picked the ones that are, as far as I’m aware, completely free and in my opinion the best/ most useful.

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“Captain’s log, supplemental: the Enterprise has encountered an alien life form who has identified himself as ‘Ziggy’”

Boris Karloff and Bela Lugosi resting on the set of Lew Landers’s 1935 film The Raven.

oh good

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