#Chrome books

[jaimelwuizard]

I've grown to dislike my school laptops to the point of insulting them.

Me looks at the schools chrome book: your charging station is a cow and your designer smelled of cheeto dust.

[mrsinister64]

The Dirty Secret of Chromebook Churn: How Schools Are Losing Out

The Dirty Secret of Chromebook Churn: How Schools Are Losing Out #education #edtech #sustainability #chromebooks

According to a new report by the US Public Interest Research Group Education Fund, the “Chromebook Churn” phenomenon is causing schools across the United States to overpay for educational technology while losing out on the potential of every student. The report highlights the short lifespan of Chromebooks, revealing that these laptops are designed to last a maximum of a few years. Schools are…

[questionableadvice]

~ The Executive Coloring Book, 1961

[intothestacks]

An extension for library and book lovers

Library Extension allows you to see if your library has a book you're interested in and put a hold on it without having to go to the library site to do it.

They have extensions for Chrome, Firefox, and Edge.

The extension works for several dozen countries, so it's worth checking if your country is included.

You then select which country subdivision you live in and which library systems you want to add the extension to.

Once the library is added in, when you go to shopping sites like Amazon, you should see on the side whether the library has any copies of the book!

[isbergillustration]

Something something becoming a city

[chrometheraptor]

BILLFORD AS ONE OF THE GRAVITY FALLS TAGS TRENDING AUSHDJDBDJD

[zegalba]

Chrome Hearts Postcard Book (1998)

[private-c-miller]

Imagine this is Bill's room in the Theraprism

gift for @nervousyoungmen

[nereisi]

You want a non-cliché male (shounen) protagonist? I got it!

Something that I literally can’t get out of my head recently is how I constantly see discourse about the staleness of male MCs - especially shounen manga protagonists - always so ready and accepting of being the Chosen One. Always so ready to discard their “mundane” life and embark on some dangerous mission. Outspoken, fiery and with unbeatable charisma.

And while we are beginning to see (minimal) change with recent books/manga, do you know who was literally the antithesis of this a lot of years ago?

Tsuna.

Tsuna who was literally the last choice for everything, whose nickname was Loser-Tsuna, constantly bullied and harassed and whom nobody thought he would ever amount to anything. 0 friends, 0 abilities, 0 accomplishments. 

And when some guy to tell him “You can become the head of a mafia family. You’re gonna be respected, sought after.”, when Reborn serves him POWER on a silver platter... Tsuna says “oh hell no, fOck all that”, turns tail and RUNS. 

He won’t manage to escape forever, but that’s beside the point. Tsuna is a coward, a plain nobody, so boringly normal that in any other anime he would be for sure one of the background filler characters. He isn’t cut to be a protagonist. He’s wimpy, weak and whiny, sometimes to the point of being annoying ever for me - and I love KHR.

But what fascinates me is this. A character so weak and bullied, usually would be elated to have that much power offered to him. I knew that he was the protagonist, so the first time I watched the series I was expecting him to accept the power and better himself, become a different person, a hero. (Or, if he was in another manga, a villain.) 

Instead, not only Tsuna refuses - again and again, until the very end - to become who he was destined to be, who everyone around him wants him to be; but the only time he uses the power he was gifted with is strictly to protect himself, his friends and family. And then he quickly steps away immediately after, like when you move a scalding pot without mittens. 

His guardians have become... his guardians, in order, because: 1) he saved his life, so he thinks he’s cool 2) mostly head empty, only vibes (also he saved his life) 3) a literal child bribed with candy 4) somebody else asked him and he just went with the flow 5) one crumb of kindness got them hooked (actually 2 psycopaths in one body and it’s not a metaphor) 6) doesn’t give a shit as long as you give him a good fight. 

Sure, at some point they all recognize his strenght, but apart from Gokudera’s blind idolization, for everybody Tsuna is just A Guy. He might be their “boss”, and they might come to respect him, but he gets treated nothing like a cliché male MC. 

It’s really a shame that Katekyo Hitman Reborn, as a series, was managed badly as it did. Even though it’s one of my favorite shows, it’s weakened by a lot of factors... but an uninteresting MC? It ain’t one!

I smell a reboot in the air. I really hope they will to the series justice.

[yahoo201027]

Day in Fandom History: August 8…

Tulip, One-One, and Atticus come across a car where everything is chrome and can see their reflections on the surface with Tulip’s reflection switching places with her and gaining the attention of the police. “The Chrome Car” premiered on this day, 5 Years Ago.

[official-lucifers-child]

anyone else run into this rather innocuous but fucking annoying issue with google? if you search up “when did france become a country?” or “when did zelenskyy become president?” or something like that, it tries to correct become to became. this is something i have noticed every time i use the word ‘become’. “when did france became a country?” i don’t know, because that isn’t a sentence. google. google my absolutely beloathed enemy. why are you autocorrecting incorrectly? do i go into your house and pour broccoli cheddar soup into your hardwiring? do i sneeze on your “59240000 results in 0.1 seconds”? do i incorrectly search up when france became a country? no, now leave me alone, you absolute strumpet.

[smashpages]

Cable: Love and Chrome #1 (Marvel, January 2025) variant cover by Mike Mignola

[paperw0rmz]

[rowenas-my-fave-child]

Horace and Enoch

[foxgloveinspace]

gooooooood morning. I'm gonna watch Scream today I think.

[rruffian]

omgg Nico Lathouris I owe you my life!!!??

this is why Fury Road!! George + Nico is why we can have good things SOBBB