buried-in-stardust:

OP: “So it turns out the plucking of the hairpin and the hairstyle falling apart the way it does in novels really is real.”

theconcealedweapon:

paladin-n-cleric:

what are you wearing rn and is it representative of your style

sweetoothgirl:

Chocolate Peanut Butter Macrons

myalgias:

cea-tide:

ladyshinga:

I’m sorry friends, but “just google it” is no longer viable advice. What are we even telling people to do anymore, go try to google useful info and the first three pages are just ads for products that might be the exact opposite of what the person is trying to find but The Algorithm thinks the words are related enough? And if it’s not ads it’s just sponsored websites filled with listicles, just pages and pages of “TOP FIFTEEN [thing you googled] IMAGINED AS DISNEY PRINCESSES” like… what are we even doing anymore, google? I can no longer use you as shorthand for people doing real and actual helpful research on their own.

Time to drop some links again.

– https://searchmysite.net/
Search engine for the indie web, personal websites, digital gardens. You can also find them in websites like Neocities, Indieweb, Blogarama, and write.as. There is also a big list of personal websites.

– https://search.marginalia.nu/
Search engine that focuses on non-commercial content, and promotes websites that aren’t usually at the top of the list.

– https://www.worldcat.org/
Search engine for items in libraries (books, but also maps, articles, sound recordings, theses, etc.)

– https://scholar.google.com/
Search engine for scientific papers, reviews, etc. It’s still google, but a lot better than the normal search engine counterpart.

– https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_search_engines
A list of search engines sorted by subject, area, and more. If you’re searching on a specific area, it might be worth checking if there is one focused on that area.

– https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_academic_databases_and_search_engines
A list of academic databases and search engines.

– https://tineye.com/
Reverse image search alternative to Google’s.

Also, P.S.: Please stop using Google, and start using more privacy focused search engines, like DuckDuckGo or SearchX (opensource; personally haven’t used it yet, but it looks promising for privacy-focused users)

That Google and Meta can get away with this during an era of intense misinformation and disinformation signals that we cannot rely on large tech companies to provide reliable access to information and news:

Google set to remove news links in Canada, Meta ends contract for journalism fellowship as Bill C-18 fallout continues

thequicksilverfox:

daesh-the-mad:

An Alchemical Exalt walks into a bar. An Alchemical Exalt walks out of a bar. The bar is now a worker co-op.

A Sidereal Exalted will walk into a bar.

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A Lunar Exalt walks into a bar. The bartender chuckles and says, “hey fella, why the long face?” The Lunar sighs and says, “Well, I’m actually glad you asked, cause I’ve had a hell of a week.” The bartender responds, “Oh my gods, a talking horse!”

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The Sidereal Exalted would have walked into a bar.

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Four Abyssal Exalted convene in a bar, and each retire to a separate corner. A fifth Abyssal enters the bar. The bar begins to groan as she, too, finds a corner to drink alone in. A sixth Abyssal enters, and the ceiling beams begin to crack and splinter. A seventh, and the foundation quakes. The bartender scowls, and shouts, “Alright, alright, at least three of you had best start being sociable, because I don’t think my four walls can handle having seven corners for very much longer!”

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A Sidereal Exalted is walking into a bar.

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A Getimian Exalted sobs into a drink they made themselves at home, wishing that their favorite bar existed.

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A Sidereal Exalted will have been in the process of walking into a bar. “Stop doing that,” growls a Solar.

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An Alchemical Exalted turns into a bar.

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A Sidereal- RAPTUROUS CRADLE! -enters a chokehold. “I told you to cut it out,” says the Solar.