#Persuasive Design

[calicojack1718]

The Role of Brainwashing in the Conservatives' Defense of Trump's Espionage

Conservatives are saying all kinds of crazy shit in defense of Trump's obvious espionage and obstruction of justice. It is clear that it is all lies and disinformation. Clearly right-wing media is brainwashing their viewers and constituents.

Mass Psychosis is the End Game of Groupthink, Gaslighting, and Cognitive Dissonance With a federal indicament of one Ol’ Pussy Grabber, the right-wing propaganda machine has come very close to overheating as the excuse making, normalizing, minimizing, double-talking, and spewing outright lies from every orifice of every conservative that can blather into a camera or tap out pitiful messages on…

[fictionadventurer]

I love libraries.

I'm browsing the WWI shelves (as you do) and notice a very old book about the war. I glance at the first pages that talk about how one day the war will be over and we'll look at this place and not see any signs of the battlefield.

Then it hits me. And I check the publishing date.

This book was printed before the war's end. Not written. Printed. The physical object was created in 1918, while the war in question was raging and the end was as yet uncertain.

Now I'm standing on the other side of the apocalypse, with this physical link to that era in my hands. I'm living proof that the war did end and life did go on and we can all look at the end of the world as a long-ago memory.

Reading old books is cool enough, connecting our minds and hearts through the ideas of people who lived long ago, but there's something extra profound about holding a copy of the book that comes from the time that it was written. It's a physical link between the past and the present connecting me to those long-ago people. A piece of the past come into the future that gives me the chance to almost take the hand of some long-ago reader, to hold something they could have held, connecting not just mentally but physically to their era, a moment of connection across more than a century.

Excuse me while I go weep.

[n0ahsferatu]

character sheet for my tav mordred :) a grumpy goth weirdo who secretly has a very sensitive heart but has to act like a pissed off possum at all times to keep up appearances. it’s a harsh world for little guys out there. (his nickname is mort)

[canon-in-too-deep]

Free Persuasion Typeset

So this is a typeset I did for Persuasion by Jane Austen, using the transcript from Project Gutenburg (definitely check them out if you're looking for free/public domain books!). This typeset is for half letter and is free to use for bookbinding purposes (personal use only), I just ask that you please leave credit and consider liking/reblogging if possible! The file can be found here:

https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1S2wl_PuxCupofnDpqGuk7VjMHYFMWC6g?usp=sharing

[xreanimatedcorpse]

Day three for goldmouth, the communist himself!

My wonderful and AMAZING friend Paracosm helped with the gold threads and the colouring she is seriously the best guys <333

[jopzer]

girljamie to go with girlroy ... i'm of two minds when it comes to s3 girljamie , i am both in favor of big chop AND she leaves it long but lightens it still... idk. bangs be upon her either way ig

(more of richmond's women's team can be found here <3)

[gayestcowboy]

outfits for my dark urge rook (he/they)

[lamorchemoveilsoleelaltrestelle]

Dakota Johnson in Persuasion (2022)

[whatislifebesidesrehearsal]

Sound Designer: Guys, I think a wasp got in…

Stage Tech: Should I kill it?

Stage Manager: No. I’ll handle this.

cuts to Stage Manager insulting the wasp heavily, such as…

Stage Manager, to wasp: Nobody likes you! Your family hates you! No one noticed you were gone! Go away!

[thedreadvampy]

GOD I love my career path BUT ok like. I spent today at an academic conference on epistemic injustice and I LOVE ACADEMIC CRITICISM. I LOVE ACADEMIC THEORY. The problem is I don't want to BE an academic, it looks like it sucks and also I like to have work with clear material impact. but today has scratched an itch I rarely TRULY get to hit and I want ittttttt. I love PHILOSOPHY I love SEMIOTICS I love EPISTEMOLOGY I love THE PRODUCTION AND COMMUNICATION OF IDEAS it is 90% of what I am thinking about at any given time and nobody outside academia is nearly as interested in it as I am, or if they are then we're using mutually incomprehensible frameworks/language.

academia is like welding, wrestling or bricklaying. I want the opportunity to learn the skills and do it as a hobby but I ABSOLUTELY DO NOT want a career in it and the only ways to get at these things seem to be as vocational paths 😭

[danielnelsen]

ok so i absolutely think there should be consequences and reactivity for sleeping with other people if you’re romancing someone, but just from a game design perspective, i have come across a bit of an issue

so i slept with the emperor (no reaction), then two nights later i slept with halsin (positive reaction), then two nights later i slept with mizora (possible breakup). and i think that last reaction is completely reasonable, but this series of events, in that order and so close together, definitely sets a precedent

[kytherion]

:: Hey. Incomin'.:: It's a crackly transmission, from a comm that hasn't been in recent contact. But... it's definitely Ricochet. (@sharpclawd )

::Rico? I'll come to the space dock. We haven't had any engagements with Galvatron's forces yet, but make sure you're cloaked if you're coming from inside the asteroid belt. If you're coming from the Kuiper Belt, you're fine--we've driven them back past Ceres. ETA?::

[fatsmyname]

does anyone remember the scooby doo ghoul school special or just me anyway heres a character redesign of elsa (elias here lol), winnie, and sibella from that series plus two of them are butch because i said so

[lunarrolls]

telling myself i can’t just draw ashton and only ashton forever vs the urge to literally just do that. just draw them. just endless ashton doodles. forever. can you imagine such a world

[cleverthylacine]

Chapters: 31/31 Fandom: Transformers - All Media Types, The Transformers (IDW Generation One) Rating: Explicit Warnings: Graphic Depictions Of Violence Relationships: Ravage/Soundwave (Transformers), Marissa Faireborn/Thundercracker, Howlback/Grimlock (Transformers), Rosanna & Glit (Transformers), Miko Nakadai/Rumble (Transformers), Jazz/Soundwave (Transformers), Optimus Prime/Starscream, Ravage/Soundwave/Jazz (Transformers), Buzzsaw & Vortex (Transformers), Cosmos & Soundwave (Transformers) Additional Tags: Alternate Universe - Canon Divergence, Canon-Typical Violence, Canon-Typical Behavior, Substance Abuse, Transformer Sparklings, Human/Transformer Relationships (Transformers), Plug and Play Sexual Interfacing (Transformers), Sticky Sexual Interfacing (Transformers), Spark Sexual Interfacing (Transformers), Energy Field Sexual Interfacing (Transformers), Mood Whiplash, Colonialism, Fix-It, Transformers Spark Bonds, Functionalism (Transformers), Genderfluid Ravage, Hate Crimes, In-Character Poetry, In-Character Political Essays, Primax 1020.27 Iota, Past Sexual Assault, Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder - PTSD, Neuroatypical Characters, Starscream being Starscream, Decepticon cuddle piles, Ridiculous Robot Pig Latin Series: Part 4 of The Voice of Stanix (Primax 1020.27 Iota), Part 12 of All Hail Ravage Summary: Operation: Sanctuary--if you can't go home again, make a better one.

Chapter Summary:  Howlback and Grimlock register their conjuncture. Starscream tells Optimus a secret he’s been keeping from everyone else. Ravage has a nightmare. And where are all these temporally and logically impossible videos people keep finding coming from?

This is the last chapter of Designs and Persuasions.

Soundtrack on YouTube

Notes to my readers:  I can’t believe I finished the 4th VOS fic before the 3rd one.  I’m considering reordering them, but...the 3rd one starts slightly before the 2nd one ends! Anyhow, this is your gentle reminder that Designs and Persuasions and Every Day Is A Winding Road are two halves of a story arc. There are only 2, maybe even 1, chapters left in Winding Road.

The story that follows both Every Day is a Winding Road and Designs and Persuasions will be called Recovered Light.

[my-ears-are-burning]

Minor Complaint: Capitalism took away the story-telling of captions/subtitles.

I mean, there's often incorrect captions. Words that are missing, sentences that are shortened, rewording to make things cheaper.

But where's the descriptive punctuation? The accurate word choice fitted with creative formatting?

I'm reminded of a well-known series that creatively described sounds, and how it was described as a cool and interesting thing.

And I wonder: How many captioners want to tell the story accurately? How many want to enhance the story through creative grammar? And yet, there's no chance to share that because they'll get sacked if they do?

It's not just a deafness issue, but seriously? Why don't we caption-enjoyers get to enjoy the creative direction the vocal-enjoyers get to experience?

It's frankly unfair (and I blame capitalism)