#Online resources

[ashs-nerd-den]

Gearrscannán ar YouTube

Short films on YouTube

(Don't worry, everything has English subtitles in the videos themselves)

Fán https://youtu.be/e3xnvkMp_1Q?si=i-4pmljDbzA8bRtu

Created by the incredible @nibmoss, an absolute queen (Bánríon). It is a short sapphic story about 2 best friends who end up together and it is my favourite short story ever!!! It is also my favourite piece of Irish media in existence!!! I love it!!! It is incredible!!! BEYOND AMAZING!!!

Yu Ming is ainm dom https://youtu.be/JqYtG9BNhfM?si=jnZjP4LozqOhNxkI

This is a classic. Ive had 4 different teachers show me this over the years, and my first year Irish class studied it exam style. It was the first piece that we studied and everyone LOVED it, people were quoting it all the time. Every second conversation had someone using a line from it. It's a crows pleaser and simple to listen to even without the subtitles provided. It also has a great storyline about a man who is fed up with his life in China and learns Irish to move over here, and well (bhuel) , I won't spoil the plot twist for you

Lipservice https://youtu.be/4QP0eEhhTSo?si=1DLvo_ECRhwGI5s8

It's the day of the oral exams and everyone is terrified (bhí imní an domhain ar gach duine), people are rehearsing in the bathrooms and speaking French instead of English, the stuff that half of them come out with is absolutely gas, this one is such a bit of craic, I was in stitches. And the bit at the end is so sweet. Is breá liom an gearrscannán seo agus beidh mé mo scrúdú béil i dhá bhliain 🙈🙈🙈 (I loved this short film and I've my speaking test in 2 years🙈🙈🙈

Filleann ar feall https://youtu.be/Tay7eMxas2k?si=q3ksVJVYJ7E_xxoa

IT'S CILLIAN MURPHY AG CAINT AS GAEILGE!!! You can't beat a bit of Cillian, he's a national treasure. And this is 2000 Cillian, he's so young (this was before I was born) he's in the Gaeltacht for his holidays with a grumpy friend, on a job to sell some Putchín, and he is everyone's favourite sweetgeart, a bit of a himbo, and a respecter of old ladies. Agus deir duine sa sna tuairimí (a person in the comments said that it's like Breaking bad, but with an Irish teacher that instead of a chemistry one (I've never seen Breaking Bad, so I don't know how true that is, but I do know that this was AR FHEABHAS!!!

Rúbaí https://youtu.be/jjYx5v2BUWo?si=tFu1ektBvHNkoQFB

This is a short story about a little girl (cailín beag) who's class is about to make their 1st Holy Communion, but she doesn't believe in God (ní creideann sí i nDia). She's everyone is trying to convince her that god is real and she's just like "nope, read a bit of Darwin, he's great, I'm off to collect worms", even to the priests face and towards the end there's a bitter sweet twist which gives a LOT of background. This was a nice, easy watch, the little girls was so cute, there were a couple of laughs (cúpla gáire) and the vocab was nice and simple

Gaiste https://youtu.be/Xr-V7vg_Y2Q?si=cMMNqPLkmtugbg8t

Very simple vocab, good message, kind of like a fable, big "One of us is Lying" vibes. Nice short film overall

Fíorghael https://youtu.be/t3Kv4fZ2SOE?si=bHibiFJyRUcvZ-TZ

This ones a bit older, but it's still a good bit of craic. You need to wait a couple of minutes to get into it, but the end is brilliant (Caithfidh tú cúpla nóiméad a fanacht chun dul isteach ar, ach tá an chríoch go hiontach)

Sylvia https://youtu.be/fi_4aweOP4w?si=ZCfUAfYaD73IVn8r

There are plot twists, and then there plot backflips, this was the later. This is so weird, but I really enjoyed it at the same time

Ciúnas https://youtu.be/cGfuQ-HeTmk?si=WRPGmo-UNQ0bw9mA

There's not much dialogue, but all of it is very casual, so you still get to pick up a few words that you wouldn't find in a textbook. The storyline is quite sweet, but please be careful watching because it although it centres around her family's love for her, it is set on the way home from the hospital after she tried to end her own life

[victusinveritas]

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.

Keep a list of sites you never heard of.

www.refseek.com - Academic Resource Search. More than a billion sources: encyclopedia, monographies, magazines.

www.worldcat.org - a search for the contents of 20 thousand worldwide libraries. Find out where lies the nearest rare book you need.

https://link.springer.com - access to more than 10 million scientific documents: books, articles, research protocols.

www.bioline.org.br is a library of scientific bioscience journals published in developing countries.

http://repec.org - volunteers from 102 countries have collected almost 4 million publications on economics and related science.

www.science.gov is an American state search engine on 2200+ scientific sites. More than 200 million articles are indexed.

www.base-search.net is one of the most powerful researches on academic studies texts. More than 100 million scientific documents, 70% of them are free.

Source here.

[intermittentstitcher]

List of Online Embroidery/ Sewing / Needlework Resources

Hello my name is Cleo and this is my masterpost full of resources and information that will help you in your stitching journey.

Taglist Form

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Intermittent Stitcher Poll

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Cats of Craftblr

My Perchance Generators

Random Things to Stitch

Needle Type generator

Random Textile Craft and Technique generator

Random Thread Colour Generator - DMC .

Random Thread Colour Generator - DMC Colour Variations

Embroidery Website randomiser

Embroidery Hoop Size randomiser - in inches

Embroidery pattern Design Prompts

Random Embroidery stitch Generator

Aida Fabric Count generator

Embroidery Styles

Embroidery Project Generator

Other resources that I have made

My Goodreads book recs

Needle Organisation System

Embroidery Organisation Bingo Card

My Embroidery Pinterest board

Songs to Stitch To - my Spotify playlist for when I’m crafting

Orchestral Crafting Music - for when you really want to focus on your projects.

Crafting Acronyms - a list of acronyms used in the crafting community.

Videos to embroider to - videos that I like to put on in the background whilst I’m stitching.

Other Resources that I have found

Threadcolors.com - colour matching for DMC threads

Thread - Bare Stitching - tools and calculators

Flossmaxx - colour conversion for major floss brands

Needle N’ Thread - blog with useful tricks and tips.

Royal School of Needlework Stitchbank - has a wide variety of modern and historical stitches.

Sarah’s hand Embroidery Tutorials - a visual dictionary of embroidery stitches

StitchLifeStudio - an Etsy store that sells custom frames for embroidery hoops

Colour Scheme - good for helping you to select fabric/ thread colour palettes for your projects.

Color Designer - a website that has a wide variety of tools that can help you develop colour palettes for your projects.

List of colours ( alphabetical)

List of colours by shade

List of Crayola crayon colors

The symbolism of flowers

Sew What Podcast - A podcast where the host Isabella Rosner talks about historical embroidery and interviews a wide range of guests

Sarah Homfray Embroidery - YouTube channel

Antique Pattern Library

Bernadette Banner - Historical recreation YouTube channel

Sewstine - a historical recreation YouTuber that specialises in machine embroidery

Danielle Clough - A South African embroidery artist who produces beautiful pieces with bright colours. I have linked her Instagram.

Quilter’s Paradise - free online quilting calculators

ImageColorPicker - allows you to pick colours from photos

Loose Ends Project - This allows crafters to sign up to finish the craft projects of those who have passed away or have become disabled.

DMC - A well known embroidery supply brand. They produce high quality stranded cotton as well as a litany of kits and free patterns.

The DMC Youtube channel- has lots of tutorials and information. 

Sylko thread colour inventory list - for those who have inherited their grandmother’s thread stash

Omni calculator - allows you to convert various lengths

Thread colour palette generator - allows you to generate colour palettes to use in your projects

Stitchpoint - allows you to write phrases in 7 different cross stitch fonts

FlossCross - a free online cross stitch pattern maker

Hours Tracker - the app I use to keep track of the hours I spend stitching

r/Embroidery - the embroidery subreddit is a really good source of information, encouragement and inspiration

r/CrossStitch - the cross stitch subreddit is a really good source of information, encouragement and inspiration

Code Crafters Quilt Generator - allows you to generate a random quilt design

Freebloss - a Amazon store that produces kits for many crafts including embroidery and they are affordable and high quality

prettycolors - a Tumblr blog that posts random colours along with the hex code and this can be a helpful resource for fibrecrafters when they are trying to pick a colour for their project(s).

colour-palettes - a blog that posts user submitted colour palettes and I think that this blog can also be used as inspiration for fibrecrafters when selecting colours to use in their project(s).

Swatches - this app allows you to swatch colours from photos as well as being able to swatch colours in real time.

John James Needle Guide - a guide to different types of needle and their uses.

Cable Patterns - allows you to make your own cable patterns for knitting

RSN collection and archive- photographs of objects in the Royal School of needle work collection. The first 100 objects have just been digitised and put online.

Hand exercises for knitters- these can also be used by other crafters in general

Things that I suggest you buy

I have not received anything in exchange for recommending these products

A colour wheel - this will enable you to choose the best colours for your projects

Multicoloured cases - this box filled with multicoloured cases will help you to organise your threads ant to easily take them on the go.

Plastic embroidery hoops- I find that plastic hoops are able to maintain tension and keep your projects drum tight.

Embroidery Floss Organisers- these help you to keep all of the various colours that you are using in your projects in one convenient place.

Pellon Stick-N-Washaway Embroidery Stabilizer - allows you to trace or print out your design and stick it onto your fabric, stitch over it and then wash it off once you’re done.

[archivlia]

Pink dividers:

credits to whom it belongs

[dnschmidt]

Research Sites for Writers

Just updated my resources page for writers. I primarily write science fiction, so there is a heavy focus on science fiction research. This post will be regularly updated, so add it to your bookmarks!

[soulsuckingrat]

[nycbarbie4]

Free course for specific subjects including Computer Programming, Economics, Engineering, Law, Medicine, Finance, Mathematics Majors, Language Training, Psychology, etc.

If you are looking for a specific website for all of these subjects, you have came to the right place:

[queriesntheories]

Wondering if anyone would like a dedicated website (like a neocities/Carrd type deal) for my Internet Trinkets tag?

It’s mainly just internet tools, games, guides, resources, books and all kinds of links I’ve found to make the internet experience much more useful and fun, i.e, away from the nightmares of subscriptions, paywalls, hate and fear, as much as possible!

I’d want it to be like a little cornershop with the stuff you’d need, like milk and eggs and bread! Except in this context, it’s internet essentials and some stuff you didn’t think you needed, but do!

@good-morning-czernobog ‘s carrd as well as the likes of masterposts and websites like FrogLand have contributed to this idea, but I’d like some definite input from where this all started.

TLDR:

Want a website full of internet tools to make your life nicer?

Reblog are appreciated but no pressure ^^

[radioaktiv]

gode hjelpere

DL: display language

Ordbøkene.no < Norwegian dictionary for bokmål and nynorsk. DL in Norwegian, English and Ucranian

NAOB < The Norwegian Academy's dictionary, great for older words (better for bokmål and riksmål). DL only in Norwegian bokmål

NDLA < Norwegian Digital Learning Arena; has lots of pages and resources on various High School subjects. (For most theoretical subjects pick "Specialization in general studies".) DL in Norwegian, English and Northern Sámi

Norsksidene < Grammar, structure and everything related to writing in Norwegian. DL only in Norwegian

[spirouadventures]

The font i use is not available for free because maybe you too want to write in a font similar to André Franquin's handwriting?

unfold the post for more details, but also that same info is on the drive so you don't have to.

[honesty-my-policy]

[05/25/24] Ancient History Resources Dump

An attempt at documenting the resources I’ve discovered while educating myself on Ancient History during this entire Israel vs Palestine tragedy. I will put the title of the website with the link embed and a short summary of the content I found. If there is any misinformation, etc, I'm not like stanning these websites. I'm still learning. I just wanted to share some things I found.

The Oracc Project List - Website that lists various projects run by Professors/Researchers to present/offer online editions of discovered Ancient Documents, Objects, Pantheons, etc.

State Archives of Assyria Online - Provides editions of texts from the Neo-Assyrian period, organized by genre. Has links to other websites they are affiliated/working with for other Assyrian resources I’ll link below. Knowledge and Power

Ancient History Sourcebook - this entire website is filled with links to resources, some are dead but a lot are not. It also has links to Medieval Sourcebook, Modern History and Byzantine Studies Page. As well as Other History Sourcebooks like African, East Asian, Indian, Islamic, Jewish, etc. Just check it out. Notable pages: Hellenes & Phoenicians, c. 430 BCE

The Proceedings of the Friesian School, Fourth Series - Non-peer-reviewed electronic journal and archive of philosophy. Tbh, I just thought this website was cool. I haven’t looked at everything in it. So take it with a grain or two of salt. Notable pages: Index of Egyptian History, Languages with more than 30,000,000 Speakers as of 2005, classified by Civilization

Factsanddetails - just a place of links for facts and details. I’m linking directly to Mesopotamian History and Religion but you can find all kinds of links for other things.

HyperHistory - dope ass website of over 3,000 files covering 3,000 years of world history that is in a timeline. Very early 2000s.

The World Chronology Project (Then again…) - World History section of a chronology website.

Assyria Online - Website dedicated to Assyrian culture, people, etc.

Livius.org - Articles on Ancient History, currently at 4,381 pages. 10,700 original illustrations.

Phoenicia.org - Worlds largest compilation of Phoenician resources & studies. The owner has a lot of hot takes on Phoenicians and ancient history but there are alot of good resources and you can decide if you agree with his hot takes or not.

YouTube Videos/Channels

Study of Antiquity and the Middle Ages The Real Origins of the Philistines and Palestinians The Phoenicians and the Formation of the Western World ~ Dr. Scott Epimetheus Who were the Philistines? (History of the Philistines explained) Who were the Canaanites? (The Land of Canaan, Geography, People and History)

History with Cy Who were the Phoenicians? A Quick Look at Phoenician History Introduction to Ancient Canaan and the Canaanites

edit: put the wrong date in the title

[ashs-nerd-den]

Habitica

An ADHD saviour

You gain points for finishing tasks and building habits.

You can get eggs and potions to hatch pets and earn food to grow your pets.

DOPAMINE!!!

You can enter challenges to get gems to join special challenges

You can join parties to work together on quests and have group accountability

You can log achievements and convince yourself to do the things you need to do (this is also great for spoonies, without it I would just never get out of bed with exhaustion)

[boldlybloggingon]

I have a friend who's currently building a Discord server that could act as a safe place for solarpunk, hopepunk enthusiasts and more generally people who'd like to do more for the planet and society.

They'd need Administrators (who'd help with event planning and the inner workings of the tech behind the server) and Moderators (to ensure that this place remains a safe space).

Anyone who's interested in this, just dm me your Discord username and I'll send it to them! :)

[intermittentstitcher]

Random Textile Craft and Technique generator

I have made this generator in Perchance and every time you press the button , the generator will give you the name of a random textile craft or technique along with a link to the Wikipedia article on that craft so that you would have a jumping off point to research the technique further.

@subarux99

[classicalsqueak]

If you ever wondered what books are used in music schools, this is a list of music theory, music history, and music research books and online resources from beginner to Doctorate.

This covers books from RCM (Royal Conservatory of Music) from beginner to ARCT, Bachelor of Music, Master of Music, Artist Diploma, and Doctorate in Music.

There are physical books in the first half and online resources in the second half, along with study tips, where to find chapter outlines and quizzes, and full list of links to everything mentioned.

There will also be a part 2 that covers piano practical materials.

For more videos: YouTube (classicalsqueak) / Video Index

For sheet music: Ko-fi (classicalsqueak) or SMP* (published by Ylan Chu)

[rhythmicreverie]

Upon the midnight's dark embrace, A wizard made his final peace. With whispered words and arcane might, He cast a spell to end the blight. For all would live in harmony, His sacrifice, a gift to see. The magic surged, echoing through, And darkness fled, forever new. In rich text, the tale is spun, Of sacrifice, of love begun.