#chalkdust

[myimaginaryradio]

Chalkdust Torture - Phish - 1994

I'm pretty sure I was at that sold out MSG show.

[plakatierenverboten]

Phish: Chalkdust Torture (Late Show with David Letterman, 12/30/94)

[catgirlkirigiri]

I need a new favorite font I think

[seventytwoowls]

nothing is worse than getting excited to try a new tea based on smell, ingredient list or flavor description only to take that first sip and realize it tastes like absolute shit

[sexypinkon]

Sexypink - Calypso Icon, Chalkdust honoured with a wax figure by the Caribbean Wax Museum in Barbados. 

Trinidad and Tobago Miss Universe winner Wendy Fitzwilliams also honored with a wax figure.

[incorrectbatfam]

Help I'm writing a fic and I need ideas for a Z-list Rogue. Smth bad but gimmicky

Chalkduster, the Crime Alley nuisance who runs around pounding erasers in people's faces

Sparklewolf, the person who got stuck in their fursuit and turned to a life of crime to survive

Captain Gender Essentialism, the Republican who thinks men will grow ovaries if they use toilet paper

Stickytoes, the thief with sticky toes

Dr. Needler, a mad acupuncturist

The Arborist, a Poison Ivy copycat who plants trees in potholes

Mother Crunchy, the woman who uses her unvaccinated kids as bioweapons

Chewer, a guy who chews with his mouth open

Four-Eyes, a kid with indestructible glasses and appetite for burning anthills

The Radium Girls, an all-female gang of radium dealers

Light Yagami, a teenager who's weirdly obsessed with his notebook

Gerbil, the street racer in a giant plastic ball

Redditor, the dude whose opinion no one asked for

[fivepointpalettes]

Chalkdust

#f8e8d4 | #e5fdfa | #fdf3e7 | #efcca0 | #c6aec6

[trickengf]

New Gravity Falls Fonts Found!

Using the same method as for J3, I was able to find the main fonts used for Dipper and Mabel's handwriting in the Gravity Falls Dipper's and Mabel's Guide to Mystery and Nonstop Fun!

Kidwriting Pro, designed by Manuel Corradine, published by Corradine Fonts and used for Dipper's handwriting, & DK Crayonista by Hanoded, published by Hanoded Fonts and used for Mabel's handwriting.

ChalkDust by SWFTE International is also used in some parts for Mabel.

And as a bonus, the font used for page numbering is Adam Warren Pro Regular by Press Gang Studios.

*Comparisons made with demos of the fonts for demonstration purposes only*

At this point I'm considering making a separate blog called Gravity fonts to exclusively publish everything related to the fonts used in the GF books lol

[forgedfromlove]

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From @nationalarchivestt:

“#DidYouKnow This month is African History Month in Trinidad and Tobago? Since 1976, November has been dedicated to the celebration of the people of African descent who have shaped our nation.

It is fitting that African History Month follows Calypso History Month because calypso is in itself, rooted in our African heritage.

While research on the roots of calypso is ongoing, many sources point to Kalinda/Calinda (stickfighting) bands during the era of slavery as the origin of the genre in T&T.

The well-known calypsonian & anthropologist Hollis "Chalkdust" Liverpool has written about the function of the chantwell/chantuelle in Kalinda, describing them as persons who sang songs to inspire stickfighters into action. They also provided melodies for carnival masqueraders during Canboulay.

These songs, called cariso songs, were usually about protest against the ruling upper class. The power of the chantwell & their songs is reflected in the names that were chosen by them.

Tobagonian anthropologist & folklorist J. D. Elder wrote that "chantuelles identified themselves with the heroes of war and named themselves The Iron Duke, Pharoah, the Duke of Marlborough, Black Prince, etc." This culture of naming among chantwells, and later, calypsonians, continued into the 20th century.

Known as a sobriquet, these names were calypsonians' stage names. From the early 1900s, we see the continuation of sobriquets inspired by war and conflict like "Atilla the Hun," "Black Stalin," "Sir Lancelot," "Dictator," "Lord Invader," and "The Mighty Bomber."

Some calypsonians adopted ironic and witty sobriquets like "The Mighty Sparrow," "Tiny Terror," and "Bitterbush." Others chose to retain part of their birth names in their sobriquets, like "Lady Baldwin," "Singing Sandra," "Singing Francine," "Lord Nelson," "Singing Sonia," and "Marvellous Marva."

This photo shows some of "The Great Calypsonians" from "120 Years of Calypsoes to Remember" by the Mighty Sparrow, c. 1963, which is part of the National Archives of Trinidad and Tobago Calypso Booklet Collection. At the time, the calypso music industry was still male-dominated, as is reflected in this photo.”

[mathhombre]

Top Ten Math Norms

New issue of Chalkdust is out. Full of goodness as usual. The norms are great. Dear Dirichlet has some really torturous puns. But other real math content, too. (Polygonal numbers, quantum mechanics, Kovalevskaya...)

[arkynwolf]

Picture yourself in a hostage situation. I am threatening you with a weapon (your choice, imagine wisely) and I ask you your opinion on Black Forest cake. Your wife Constanza and your four children— Clarkson (the oldest and most gifted; has won awards for his soccer performance since he could toddle, his path is leaning towards a scholarship for the sport and you couldn’t be prouder… but he’s said some things in the past that make you question his likelihood to fall down the rabbit hole of toxic masculinity. He’s only 6 so it’s hard to tell but you can see early warning signs), Nina (a lizard you you adopted when she was 236 days old but it feels like she’s been yours forever, she’s getting so tall now, she almost doesn’t fit in the attic anymore and she won’t stop eating the insulation, but she’s so special to your family that you’ll do anything to accommodate her. She is helpful for disposing of the vermin around your house but she is also dumb as rocks and Clarkson teases her so. If only there was something you could do to help her catch up with her peers), Chalkdust (the dust in your bathroom catches the light a funny way and your wife had promptly named it after slipping and falling in the shower. Chalkdust doesn’t like the paint you put up in the study a few months back and you two have been quarrelling about it ever since), and GoltchSCRUM-NedexCus the Unstoppable Behemouth (the rat that loves you)— are all tied up with barbed wire! Constanza screams at me to stop tormenting your family so, but I must know the answer to the question and will stop at nothing to get my results. So what’ll it be lad? Black Forest cake?

You have 24 hours to issue a response to my demands, before I will use my weapon (again, your choice) to attack you and your lovely little family!!!!!!!!!

i've never really had black forest cake before sorry anon, please don't hurt the family you created for me

[newtlesbian]

dirty old man hermann. i mean like physically dirty just covered in chalkdust and sweat and whatever. also hes a huge whore

[palmer]

[woalis]

tumblr Themes

Computer"

Win98

windows9800

Terminal - Linux terminal.

Terminal Flashback

neoTerminal

macOS Sierra Theme

Maccy - Mac OS 8 like.

Minimal Desktop Theme

General"

Edwin - Polaroid.

Iconic

Stereo

Jonas Brothers The Album - Like a Field Notes notebook.

Chirp - Twitter like.

Chalkdust v.3.0

chromosphere

One Dream 3.0

tumblr like:

Vision

Ocular

Wide:

Archetype Theme

Cutout

[silvies-dumb-thoughts-blog]

i should have a PINNED POST explaining myself!!!!!! ourself!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

we are a median system of... about six or so right now!

you've got the host, who probably won't show her face here. doesn't wanna be outed or associated with sloop LMAO. buuuut if she does ever post, she'll make herself known with a little "- host" at the end of the post!

then you've got me~! the one that actually matters! a protector maybe idk lmaoooo but i exist! they/them obvs and the most active of the non-hosts! and the most swag!

then there's nova (xey/xem), some space girl who is made of space probably!

nothing (it/it's), an adorably polite shadow demon!

alex (he/him), a cool skater femboy who is never not wearing a pretty pink outfit and roller skates. and sometimes skates on a skateboard while wearing roller skates i DON'T understand LMAO!

and nicole (she/her) who i'm pretty sure is just ms. host's worksona!!!

together, we make up the CHALKDUST SYSTEM! us chalkdusters exist to cause SHITPOSTING CHAOS!!!!!!! among other things!