#1000 hours outside

[cozyhestia]

My partner and I are going to be attempting 1000 hours outside next year! While it's a movement that mainly focuses on making sure children get outside, I think it would be beneficial for us to get more outside time this upcoming year. Over the summer, we would go hiking almost every weekend and it really made my brain and body feel great! Even just walks in our neighborhood or eating outside when the weather is nice would be good for us.

(Some of my favorite silly outdoor pictures from the past year below!)

[wideeyedlittlechild]

It's the beginning of September and we have 400 hours. Not bad, but also still not enough.

[kayandthegoldendays]

I am doing 1000 hours outside this year and when I say it feels like unusual punishment at the start of a NYC winter, I’m not exaggerating.

I’ve also started reading all about love by bell hooks so I’ll be walking myself to Central Park to read. I can’t wait for the warmth to return.

[bryonyashaw]

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📌 𝗟𝗲𝗴𝗯𝗼𝘂𝗿𝗻𝗲 & 𝗟𝗶𝘁𝘁𝗹𝗲 𝗖𝗮𝘄𝘁𝗵𝗼𝗿𝗽𝗲 𝗖𝗼𝗺𝗺𝘂𝗻𝗶𝘁𝘆 𝗖𝗲𝗻𝘁𝗿𝗲 & 𝗥𝗲𝗰𝗿𝗲𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗚𝗿𝗼𝘂𝗻𝗱.

𝙁𝙚𝙖𝙩𝙪𝙧𝙚𝙙 𝙤𝙣 𝙩𝙝𝙞𝙨 𝙥𝙤𝙨𝙩 𝙞𝙨 𝙒𝙞𝙣𝙣𝙞𝙚 𝙥𝙡𝙖𝙮𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙞𝙣 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙥𝙖𝙧𝙠 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙖𝙡𝙨𝙤 𝙥𝙡𝙖𝙮𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙤𝙣 𝙖 𝙗𝙤𝙪𝙣𝙘𝙮 𝙘𝙖𝙨𝙩𝙡𝙚 𝙞𝙣 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙝𝙖𝙡𝙡 - 𝙞𝙩 𝙘𝙖𝙣 𝙗𝙚 𝙝𝙞𝙧𝙚𝙙 𝙛𝙤𝙧 𝙗𝙞𝙧𝙩𝙝𝙙𝙖𝙮𝙨!

𝙁𝙪𝙣 𝙛𝙖𝙘𝙩 - 𝙄 𝙖𝙘𝙩𝙪𝙖𝙡𝙡𝙮 𝙬𝙚𝙣𝙩 𝙩𝙤 𝘽𝙚𝙖𝙫𝙚𝙧𝙨, 𝘾𝙪𝙗𝙨 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙎𝙘𝙤𝙪𝙩𝙨 𝙩𝙝𝙚𝙧𝙚!

The Community Centre was built in 1990 as a sports/function hall and is used for many different activities through out the week.

Both the hall and committee room are popular locations for private functions as they have a fully equipped kitchen plus a fully licensed bar located in the committee room. The hall can cater for up to 100 people at one time plus all is wheel chair friendly.

It hosts Archery Club, Playgroup, Yoga & Friendship Club as well as hosting regular football.

Outside the centre has a large car-park, a kiddies play-area, a table tennis table plus a football and cricket pitch with pavilion. There is also a purpose built tennis wall and basket ball practise area.

Also outside is a BBQ that anyone can use. You will have to provide fuel and tools - leave the BBQ as you would wish to find it.

The field is hired out for many car-boot sales throughout the year. They are extremely well supported as there are so many facilities on site.

Legbourne is a village and civil parish in the East Lindsey district of Lincolnshire, England, about 3 miles south-east of the town of Louth.

[awawun]

Will, rejecting Hannibal: I miss my dogs, I’m not going to miss you. I’m not going to find you. I’m not going to look for you. I don’t want to know where you are, or what you do. I don’t want to think about you anymore.

Hannibal: you HATE Hannibal? you hate Hannibal like your capacity for violence? oh! oh! jail for Hannibal! jail for Hannibal for One Thousand Years!!!!

[rigelmejo]

Something that always annoys me is the idea only 1 language learning method works. Which is not true. While it may be possible that, for a particular individual, only a few out of many study methods may work well enough for That Individual to make progress and stay motivated... that doesn't mean all the other study methods won't work for anyone else out there, or that those few methods will work for every other given person.

Obviously if you've been studying a while, then you already figured out what kinds of things work for you and don't. If you're a beginner, just wading into studying?

I would suggest you simply look for study methods that: 1. Teach you new things regularly, 2. Review and practice things you've learned, 3. Include studying things you need for your particular goals (for example if your goal is to read X book then the study materials at some point should involve reading practice and some words the book contains, if your goal is to talk about Y then the study materials should include some information about pronunciation and words you'll need to be able to say).

As you can imagine, a TON of study materials will meet these requirements. And you can study a given skill in a LOT of ways.

(Reading is my focus lol so just for reading, a beginner might: do vocabulary study with lists or conversations with native speakers or watching shows and looking words up or listening to dialogues with a transcript like in a textbook or graded readers or a picture book with word labels in the target language or a video game with labelled objects in target language, all of those things as long as your vocabulary is improving or reading practice is happening would help you make progress). So to improve reading skill as a beginner: you could study with a textbook, a podcast with transcript, a classroom or tutor with words written down in target language (like TPRS), a video game, a TV show and a translate app on your phone, a friend you talk with (who either writes words down or you look up words you hear with a translate app), a friend you text with, srs flashcards like anki (provided there's text) etc. As long as there's new words, and/or you're practicing reading, the study method may work. If it works will come down to if you can stay motivated doing it regularly, and make sure you regularly learn some new things and review/practice things you've already studied.

So consider those things when you see people selling a study method as a product (especially when it's costing you money). Consider if it teaches you NEW things, and are those new things related to your goals, and how MUCH new stuff will it teach you before you finish it? Consider if it provides review or practice, or if you can use it's materials to review on your own making up your own method, or if you'll need to do separate review/practice.

So examples:

LingQ. Can it teach you many new words? Yes, thousands, since you can import any texts you want when you get done with their provided material (I have no idea how much their beginner material covers though in terms of words... I would hope 1000-3000 words but that can be researched). Is your goal reading? It's suited to reading, so you will practice and review often with it. Cost? I think it was $12 a month when I last had it, and the price may have increased. Is it worth it? Depends on a learner's needs. I found it was wasting my money, so I chose to use free tools like Pleco and Readibu apps - since those apps are suited for Chinese learners and have better translations, Pleco has better paid graded reader material if I was going to spend money, and both Pleco and Readibu let me import texts so I can learn thousands of new words just like LingQ but free. Now that I'm not a beginner, I often use Microsoft Edge to read chinese... since I can still click-translate words easily (all my web browsers have that tool free), and Edge's TTS voice is helpful for pronunciation and sounds quite good. I read webnovels online so Edge works well. But it's translations aren't as good as Pleco or Readibu, so if I still needed translations more I would use them. So... is LingQ a good study method? Its certainly a study method marketed to buy. Well... the method is suited to improving reading skill, at least. It costs money, which is a negative, but it does offer a lot. However: everything it does regarding reading can be done free with other apps or sites or web browsers on their own. So if paying money motivates you to read... sure. LingQ does have a few word tracking features a learner may find worth the money, keeping in mind the actual read-to-learn method can be done free without lingq. (Also... while LingQ is a valid option for improving reading, if the learners goal is speaking then it would be important to think of what study activities the learner will do OUTSIDE of LingQ to improve speaking... because I've seen how LingQ is marketed as "how to learn a language" but it's only focused on some skills. It has vocabulary and grammar in some sense, since you'll read a lot and encounter new words and structures. But it doesnt have speaking or writing practice at least last time I was on it. Those activities would need to be worked on, on your own).

You can do that kind of cost/benefit contemplating with any study method material you see being sold. Amother example: there's a beginner Mandarin course called Mandarin Blueprint. It teaches like 800 words. Thats all. It may be worthwhile for a beginner... who still needs to learn 800 common words. But if you already know a few hundred words, the benefit of the course is less, you'll need to find a new material to teach you more new stuff soon. And the price was like a few hundred for the course... which for me personally was too much to spend, when I had already learned 800 hanzi from a book that cost me 12 dollars and 2000 words from a free user made memrise deck. The course claimed to get a person speaking, competent, but anyone not a beginner would say speaking basically with 800 words is nowhere near the level of working in Chinese or just doing a lot of daily life stuff, or reading/listening to media. (Although for the motivated beginner if you're learning 800 words on your own like I was, its definitely close to the point of jumping to learn more words and start reading kids and teenager books, and watching easier shows if you're willing to look new words up). So to me... Mandarin Blueprint felt like overselling some basic beginner materials. (Again when I know several other things that teach beginner stuff either more in depth so HSK test prep classes, and college courses, or that teach beginner stuff to the same depth as Mandarin Blueprint but free).

Some study materials aren't going to act like they teach everything. I've seen chinese courses just for learning to speak tones better and general pronunciation - probably worthwhile if your goal is to improve speaking and a teacher could help improve the issues your having. But a learner needs to be aware for that course that they'll need to study vocabulary on their own, its JUST a pronunciation improvement course.

[girlishwhimsies]

ballerina cherry valance.

[lulu2992]

1,000 followers?!

Wow, this feels like a huge milestone! I don’t really know what to do except say...

THANK YOU!

1,000 followers is a big number, especially since I don’t follow anyone and therefore don’t have mutuals, and I still have a hard time daring to interact with people sometimes... Yet, there are 1,000 humans here who enjoy what I post, so thank you all for your support and appreciation; that means a lot to me ♥

[chaoticeddie]

someone tried to scam me out of $1000 today

[wideeyedlittlechild]

Much belated final 1000 hours outside update

We spent 541 hours and 22 minutes in total outside in 2023. That's like... half the challenge, but I still think we did okay. It was a good reason to get my butt off the couch and establish a routine were we spent at least a little bit of time in the outdoors every day. But I got to say: I am still no outdoors person. I don't know how some people do this. I can't deal with the cold and the bad weather. 😅 Just not my thing.

I will litely track this year too, but we will see...

[stlangels]

Im not a nutritionist or dietitian but my mom had to go to a dietitian recently and they said she should be doing 90 minutes of exercise and eating 1200 calories a day ??? That cannot be healthy. After she complained they upped the limit to 1500 but that still seems too little ?

[bryonyashaw]

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𝘾𝙤𝙖𝙘𝙝 𝙩𝙧𝙞𝙥 𝙛𝙤𝙧 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙙𝙖𝙮 𝙩𝙤 𝘽𝙧𝙞𝙙𝙡𝙞𝙣𝙜𝙩𝙤𝙣! 🏖

The kids and I plus people from my Voluntary work spent the day in Bridlington - organised by @lighthousecommunityhub 'Lighthouse Outreach Project.'

Each week it has great community activities on, they provide food parcels, a baby bank and offer cooked meals too. I took my youngest to toddler group there and when she started school I just wanted to pay it forward and offer any help I could.

Which brings me to what did we do at Bridlington?! Well, we spent the day in a lovely seaside town where my children frolicked on the beach (Winnie stripped off and was having a mermaid moment in the sea, but discovered after that bathing in that particular part of the sea isn't advised but hey, building immunity) we have fish and chips and of course checked out the arcades.

Bridlington, on the Yorkshire coast, is a tradition seaside resort with golden sands, a promenade and attractive gardens. There is a working harbour located between the two main beaches to the north and south of the town - a dynamic business hub, crucial to the town and its residents. At the helm are the Bridlington Harbour Commissioners, a group of individuals, supported by an administrative team, who manage, protect and develop all aspects of the harbour and its activities.

It's a place with a rich history, stunning scenery, and a range of attractions and activities to suit all ages and interests - plus a popular destination for birdwatchers, with the nearby Bempton Cliffs nature reserve being home to thousands of seabirds. The town has a range of accommodation options, including hotels, guest houses, and self-catering cottages too!

Situated in the region East Riding of Yorkshire in England! It is on the Holderness part (Flamborough Head to the Humber estuary) of the Yorkshire Coast by the North Sea. The town is about 28 miles (45 km) north of Hull and 34 miles (55 km) east of York. The stream called Gypsey Race flows through the town and enters the North Sea at the harbour.

[wizardlyghost]

fuckin. i thought i was done with the "agonizing over career choices" part of job hunting when i submitted a resume, but out of goddamn nowhere another apprenticeship opportunity has fallen right into my lap. with applications closing tomorrow. so now on this day when i am so very exhausted i have been launched straight into the incredibly stressful business of asking myself what i want. aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa

[sir-arlieosaurus-lung-struggler]

You know when u get a random trama thing lol, for me its songs that become intrinsically tied to specific events :D then I just kinda stop in my tracks when I hear some of them lol

Anyway random fun tidbit about me: I listened to Teenage Dirtbag by Wheatus on loop for like an hour+ as I sobbed at 2 am the night of a bomb threat at my school, that was fun 💀 (it was like- 2ish years ago) (don't ask by Teenage Dirtbag idk why I think it had just been stuck in my head & my brain attaches to songs for like a dayish then drops them)

Tldr; fuck no I ain't putting my phone in a calculator caddy that shit stays in my purse 🖕

[stupiterjupiter]

Evidence of Spotify bullying me

I’ve literally gotten this email every week. I WAS THERE DURING THE PRESALE!!!! I WENT TO THE PHYSICAL VENUE!!!!! IM BEING TORTURED FOR BEING POOR!!!!!!!

[redgoldsparks]

My very last comic for The Nib! End of an era! Transcription below the cut. instagram / patreon / portfolio / etsy / my book / redbubble

The first event I went to with GENDER QUEER was in NYC in 2019 at the Javits Center.

So many of the people who came to my signing were librarians, and so many of them said the same thing: "I know exactly who I want to give this to!" Maia: "Thank you for helping readers find my book!" While working on the book, I was genuinely unsure if anyone outside of my family and close friends would read it. But the early support of librarians and two American Library Association awards helped sell two print runs in first year.

Since then, GENDER QUEER been published in 8 languages, with more on the way: Spanish, Czech, Polish, French, Italian, Norwegian, Portugese and Dutch.

It has also been the most banned book in the United States for the past two years. The American Library Association has tracked an astronomical increase in book challenges over the past few years. Most of these challenges are to books with diverse characters and LGBTQ themes. These challenges are coming unevenly across the US, in a pattern that mirrors the legislative attacks on LGBTQ people. The Brooklyn Public Library offered free eCards to anyone in the US aged 13-21, in an effort to make banned books more available to young readers. A teacher in Norman, Oklahoma gave her students the QR code for the free eCard and lost her job. Summer Boismeir is now working for the Brooklyn Public Library. Hoopla and Libby/Overdrive, apps used to access digital library books, are now banned in Mississippi to anyone under 18. Some libraries won’t allow anyone under 18 to get any kind of library card without parental permission. When librarians in Jamestown, Michigan refused to remove GENDER QUEER and several other books, the citizens of the town voted down the library’s funding in the fall 2022 election. Without funding, the library is due to close in mid-2024. My first event since covid hit was the American Library Association conference in June 2022 in Washington, DC. Once again, the librarians in my signing line all had similar stories for me: “Your book was challenged in our district" "It was returned to the shelf!" "It was removed from the shelf..." "It was moved to the adult section."

Over and over I said: "Thank you. Thank you for working so hard to keep my book in your library. I’m sorry you had to defend it, but thank you for trying, even if it didn't work." We are at a crossroads of freedom of speech and censorship. The future of libraries, both publicly funded and in schools, are at stake. This is massively impacting the daily lives of librarians, teachers, students, booksellers, and authors around the country. In May 2023, I read an article from the Washington Post analyzing nearly 1000 of the book challenges from the 2021-2022 school year. I was literally on route to a festival to talk about book bans when I read a startling statistic. 60% of the 1000 book challenges were submitted by just 11 people. One man alone was responsible for 92 challenges. These 11 people seem to have made submitting copy-cat book challenges their full-time hobby and their opinions are having an outsized ripple effect across the nation. WE NEED TO MAKE THE VOICES SUPPORTING DIVERSE BOOKS AND OPPOSING BOOK BANS EVEN LOUDER. If you are able too, show up for your library and school board meetings when book challenges are debated. Send supportive comments and emails about the Pride book display and Drag Queen story hours. If you see a display you like– for Banned Book Week, AAPI Month, Black History Month, Disability Awareness Month, Jewish holidays, Trans Day of Remembrance– compliment a librarian! Make sure they feel the love stronger than the hate <3

Maia Kobabe, 2023

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