#correspondence courses

[if-you-fan-a-fire]

"EDUCATE WORKERS TO OFFSET REDS," Toronto Globe. October 17, 1933. Page 12. ---- Director of Varsity Extension Department Makes Appeal at Woodstock ---- (Canadian Press Despatch.) Woodstock, Oct. 16.-"We are trying to make a better world, and supply education as one of the best ways to do it," said W. J. Dunlop, Director of the Extension Department of University of Toronto, addressing Woodstock Rotary Club today. In a spirited exposition of the Workers' Educational Association he deprecated objections met with in Woodstock, expressed in refusal to allow use of the collegiate last season.

"In Brantford, Peterboro' and here," he said, "there came up the peculiar idea that if you are educating workingmen you are making Communists of them. I cannot understand it at all. There are some business men so short-sighted they say if the workingmen are getting together to study, then they are planning mischief. How on earth can you think that? We are getting the workingmen together to teach them; Communists among them, probably. I have seen Communists - brought to light by attending these classes. A Communist is not a man who knows something; get him in a e class and teach him something, and before long he ceases to be a Communist.

"Some well-meaning and intelligent gentlemen have had the idea there are Communists in the extension class here. If there are, it is the best place they can be; they learn something - there. They are in the collegiate at Peterboro', in the technical school at London, the university in Toronto, and schools in other places."

[egophiliac]

@enderfore replied to your post “What do you think of Rook's savanaclaw card? <333”:

Chenya pic where???? I can barely see anything in that room there so much going on, rooks such a lil freak (affectionatr)

​he's under the row of flags on Neige's side of the room, next to the big Neige poster with the yellow background (look just to the right of the hand holding the apple)! he's REAL little; once you know he's there you can kind of see him in-game, but I only noticed him in the first place because I took a screenshot and was having fun zooming in on all the details!

I think that's either Hop or Snick and Dominic on either side of Neige, but if the others are meant to be anyone in particular I don't recognize 'em. though I do love all the absolutely terrifying implications of Rook having this. was this some kind of officially-published merchandise (and if so, why) or did Rook like...go hunting through the RSA trash to find this random student lineup just because it included Neige, and has had it hanging proudly on the wall ever since. (I mean, he definitely did do this, I don't know why I'm asking. the real question is why he hasn't cut out little pictures of his own face and stuck them over everyone else's yet.)

there is seriously SO MUCH in this room. how did Rook manage to keep this hidden for three years. also, somebody give this background artist a raise immediately.

[immediatebreakfast]

There are no wolves in England.

Modernity, and its need for land killed their home, and in consequence killed them too.

The people of Transylvania live with their legends at their front door, covering their necks with rosaries, and prayers. Closing windows, and hanging flowers. Less another life gets taken by that Evil Being whose eyes now point beyond their borders. A young english man was the last victim, who knows if his visage now walks in those forests, waiting for an unsuspecting traveler like he was.

There was something Inhuman aboard on the Demeter. It killed the crew, and pushed the captain to the edge of humanity, yet he held his head high, and made himself deserving of honor among the sailors of Whitby in death. All proud of the captain who completed his duty to the end.

"It almost seems as though the captain had been seized with some kind of mania before he had got well into blue water, and that this had developed persistently throughout the voyage."

A huge, unknown dog jumps from the tragedy of the Demeter, and hides in the shadows. Because it couldn't be anything else than a dog, there are no wild canines in England.

The log of the captain doesn't mention a dog. However, it is weirdly filled with superstitions.

Something, a horrible unknown beast is killing the poor dogs. We must do something! What if it gets the poor dog that left the Demeter in such a hurry, it might get hurt!

Even the oldest people in Whitby laugh at their legends. Only constructed to bring in tourists who are curious about them.

They could be true! Says an old sailor, but we don't need those anymore. There is no need to put rosaries on our necks, nor lock our doors.

After all there are no wolves in England.

[corsairspade]

Halenthir scenario where they get married for tax benefits (in a platonic good friends sort of way) and fall in love long distance via sending each other letters with ideas on how to best leverage their marriage for tax evasion.

[kismetconstellations]

@sockdooe, This is the full original image:

According to the Tumblr post I originally snagged it from, it's an early piece of promotional artwork, meant to depict Keith as the series's central character. Shiro is shoved into the background, presumably to illustrate that he was intended to fulfill a Doomed Mentor role.

[metamatar]

getting around academic paywalls for papers, and sometimes books

if you have already found a paper or book you want to read, here's some ways to get behind the paywall. researchers do not get any money from publishers of academic papers so many of them will be very happy to give you a copy of their work if you email the academic in question.

the first method maybe blocked in some countries so you may need a vpn. i rec protonvpn, which has a free plan that does not keep any logs.

1. Using SciHub (reliable, but hasn't got many new papers)

a. On a desktop/laptop device

Install the SciHub X Now extension. Clicking the icon of the extension on most academic paper pages leads to it automatically reloading that page with a pdf version of the paper if it is available.

On Firefox:

On Chrome (please switch to firefox if you can! Chrome is set to block adblockers and extensions like this soon.)

b. If you're on a mobile device

Find the DOI or digital object identifier (a persistent identifier or handle used to uniquely identify various objects, standardized by the ISO.) It looks like a bunch of numbers with dots and slashes separating them a bit like this: 10.1109/5.771073.

Go to https://sci-hub.se/ and paste the DOI in its search bar.

2. Using Nexus (new papers and books! better search but is a little slow and buggy)

Nexus is a newer project that borrows logins from users with institutional access, it also aggregates other shadow libraries like libgen so you can find books as well.

a. Telegram Bot: If you already use telegram, the nexus search bot is very intuitive. Copying the name of the paper will do a decent search.

https://t.me/science_nexus_bot

b. Using the website: Has pretty good search, paste the name, authors, DOI whatever you want.

there are extensions that work similarly to schihub-x-now but they don't have a lot of users and are a bit experimental so I will not be recommending them here.

[nonipunssif]

Yeah, more AU/fanfic drawings

Man I'm already liking drawing them-

Hallucination Steve reference :D! (The silly Who Torments Bill in Dreams)

He has some differences from normal Steve such as:

Its limbs are a little darker blue (like his arms and legs).

Her hat is black with pink/purple.

He has the wound from Ford's gun that he got during the weirdmagedon, but he hides it with his shirt.

Its eye is always small, as well as a darker shade of blue.

It's simply Bill's conscience tormenting him to push away everyone who loves him...

I plan to make it better a type of AU(?) idk, I am enjoying developing it beyond a simple One-short 🕴️

Bonus:

Creator of the idea: @meraki-sunset (also creator of the AU "Steve was there")

[archduchessofnowhere]

I bring you not very good news: Nancy Goldstone wrote a double biography on Elisabeth and Empress Eugenie, to be published on February 6 of next year.

After reading @vivelareine's review of Goldstone's book on Marie Antoinette I simply do not trust this author is a good researcher, and while I won't judge this book until it's out, I can't help but being very wary already. The synopsis alone doesn't give me much hope:

From the acclaimed author of In the Shadow of the Empress comes the thrilling chronicle of two of the most influential and glamorous women in nineteenth-century Europe—Elisabeth, empress of Austria, and Eugénie, empress of France—and their efforts to rule amid the scandal, intrigue, tragedy, and violence of their era.

When they married Emperors Franz Joseph and Napoleon III, respectively, Elisabeth of Austria and Eugénie of France became two of the most famous women on the planet. Not only were they both young and beautiful—becoming cultural and fashion icons of their time—but they played a pivotal role in ruling their realms during a tempestuous era characterized by unprecedented political and technological change.

Fearless, adventurous, and independent, Elisabeth and Eugénie represented a new kind of empress—one who rebelled against tradition and anticipated and embraced modern values. Yet both women endured hardship in their private and public lives. Elisabeth was plagued by a mother-in-law who snatched her infant children away and undermined her authority at court. Eugénie’s husband was an infamous philanderer who could not match the military prowess of his namesake. Between them, Elisabeth and Eugénie were personally involved in every major international confrontation in their turbulent century, which witnessed thrilling technological advances, as well as revolutions, assassinations, and wars.

With her characteristic in-depth research and jump-off-the-page writing, Nancy Goldstone brings to life these two remarkable women, as Europe goes through the convulsions that led up to the international landscape we recognize today.

You see, I don't think it's crazy to pair up Elisabeth and Eugenie in a biography if your focus is going to be their queenship. Because they were very different as empresses, and I'd love a comparative study on why and how was that possible. Yet the synopsis is implying they were similar? How was Elisabeth personally involved in every major international confrontation? She was only personally involved in the Compromise, every other event she only reacted to (if even). Meanwhile Eugenie actively tried to participate in the politics of France and influence her husband (successfully in many cases, I believe).

The "domineering mother-in-law" part also worries me. Unsere liebe Sisi's been out since 2008, there's no excuse to not give Sophie a more nuanced portrayal.

But well, authors usually don't write the synopsis of their books, so I won't read more into it than what I've done already. I truly hope this biography isn't terrible because we don't need to add one more book to the already giant pile of books about Elisabeth that are filled with myths and misinformation.

[dovalore]

new clothes for the new year!

[jamethinks]

on the topic of eyes, one of my headcanons(?) for anya is that she has really big eyes. I mean just massive round pupils. Very much like Donovan and Demetrius but without the strain of exhaustion and soullessness. Her eyes specifically look a bit like Ella Purnell like she's a real starer when she's ready.

and it is very important to her character. One it makes her look young (even as an adult), with a sort of doe like innocence. Keeps her un-intimidating and very trust worthy. But it also makes her look rather creepy, as if she is constantly looking right into your soul. the kind of eyes you cant lie to because one they look so innocent but also so knowing.

i think it would represent her character very well because she is all knowing but people don't know that so it's just kinda creepy. Also think it makes like her fresh out of the 70s giving shelly duval realness.

[maharghaideovate]

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[holdoncallfailed]

Mailer from the first official UK Beatles fan club to an American fan, including the initial club papers and an update from 1965, when her membership was first issued. + unaffiliated US-made Beatles trading cards. (via)

transcript available here.

[andromedasdomain]

Magical Timing

Wednesday

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[theangel-aziraphale]

It seems I have some explaining to do! Well, if you would all recall a certain 🧈 🐁 🎃 ask I got today...

A dramatised version of what I had meant to show dear @janeway-lover this week!

[alexis-royce]

Updated character sheet and design for The Ex-Disgraced Academic, now that they're two years out from finishing their Ambition, and two years into hanging out with some terribly bad influences.