A matcha latte, a pink MacBook Air, the word “tuberculosis” scrolled in gel pen cursive. This is what studying looks like if you’re part of an ever-growing group of young women who run “studyblrs” — a portmanteau of study and Tumblr.
Is your coordinated washi tape functional, or just a highly aesthetic form of procrastination? @theverge answers your most pointed #studyblr questions.
Not every -blr on Tumblr, but the 20 that did the the most talking this year. From Artblr to the Simblr, Petblr to Applying-for-college-blr, welcome home.
1. artists on tumblr
2. studyblr
3. photographers on tumblr
4. poets on tumblr
5. fitblr
6. simblr
7. booklr
8. writers on tumblr
9. langblr
10. black tumblr
11. reptiblr
12. medblr
13. gunblr
14. birblr
15. cats of tumblr
16. mumblr
17. pregblr
18. lawblr
19. freeblr
20. appblr
Special shout out to reptiblr for grabbing #11, despite of going dormant at night.
Whether you’re into studying, building a perfect tank for your betta, casting spells, or tuning cars, there’s a community on Tumblr for you. This year, we’ve expanded this list to a whopping 50 communities that connect you to what you love and make Tumblr what it is.
The number in italics indicates how many spots a community moved up or down from the previous year. Bolded communities weren’t on the list last year.
Did you see the news? Tumblr’s Year in Review is out! It’s 12 months of data analyzed from posts and tags and blogs to find the most popular stuff you folks like to rhapsodize about here on Tumblr. This post above shows the top 50 communities. It appears that frogs are having an incredible year. Kudos to the frogs and the frogblr community.
Oh, and it turns out the most popular ship is the Ineffable Husbands. You can see the other 99 that made the cut over on the 2019′s Top Ships list.
And have you ever wondered what was talked about more between Detective Pikachu’s mere existence and Sonic’s old weird human teeth? That’s an answer you can find only in the 2019′s Top Movies list.
With 38 other lists waiting for you over on @fandom, you’re sure to find one that brings a little bit of joy into your day.
Over the past 2 years, we've granted over $1 million to students across the U.S. through our 50 States, 50 Grants, 5,000 voices initiative to help make their schools more welcoming for LGBTQ+ students.
And yup - we're doing it again.
Do you have an idea that would help make your school better for LGBTQ+ students? Maybe like building...
🟣 A gender-affirming closet
🟣 Your school's first Pride parade
🟣 An LGBTQ+ mural on campus
🟣 A safe space or community garden, or
🟣 Resources for your GSA club?
See some past projects from other students here for inspo.
We know that students know what they need most at their own schools - so middle and high school students across the U.S., DC, and territories can apply now through April 1 for one of our school grants to win up to $10,000 to actually make your project a reality!
The application, FAQs, and more are all available at 50states50grants.org.
Apply now through April 1 - can't wait to see what you all come up with.
We are so proud to be supporting @itgetsbetterproject‘s 50 States 50 Grants initiative this year—an initiative that seeks to uplift and empower LGBTQIA+ youth in high schools and middle schools in the US, Washington DC, and US territories. If that’s you, you can apply now!
Join the 50 States 50 Grants newsletter for info on webinars they’re running to help with the application process!
Hello to you on this vertically oriented igneous Tuesday. Today, we bring you some of the best rock-related content here on Tumblr. Whether you like your stones small and shiny or huge and hurtling through space, here are some good places to go for your lithic fix. Think of this as a small yet charming troll sharing with you their favorite treasures.
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“Giant woman of the woods,” @honeyhemlocked, lives in a cabin in the woods (yeah, it looks as charming as it sounds). Here’s a selection of some of the stones she’s gathered:
@geologicaltravels shares original photos relating to geology, astronomy, meteorology, and biology—from 40 years of traveling the earth!
Zürich-based artist Alexis Desjardins shares (often hauntingly) serene impressions of places in Europe on @docileeffects, while displaying an impressive rock-to-not-rock ratio:
@thesilicontribesman is a multi-media artist and educator working in the northwest of England who shares images of local lithic materials and the stories they tell:
@mineralsandsomerocks is kind of a pro when it comes to geological matter, having collected stones of some sort since the very beginning:
A self-confessed fan of “museums of bones and stones,” @twofacedgods has formally studied geology and is an aspiring volcanologist, astrobiologist, and space scientist.
Also #studyspo, #bullet journaling, and these straight-A studyblrs:
And don’t forget to thank your librarian.
Dearest gentle readers, whether you’re team Polin or team Creloise, there is certainly enough drama to go around in the most recent installment of Bridgerton. And so, without further ado and with much wistful pining, swooning, and sighing, please enjoy these hand-picked artworks brought to you by your esteemed artists on Tumblr.
Oh, look, it’s everyone’s favorite disaster and his exes. You’ve all got it bad for these undead artistes, and the art is stunning. Please enjoy this collection of Interview with the Vampire fanart.
Hello, Tumblr. June is here, and you’re all arting hard. This Tuesday would like to cordially wish you all a very good and community-fuelled Pride month. Please enjoy this roundup of delightful fanart and OC art, celebrating the beginning of this month of more gay art than usual on tumblr dot com.
(And here are some Pride art/writing challenges running this month: an identities-themed drawing challenge; a Baldur’s Gate 3 art challenge; a pride color pallette art challenge; a fandom art challenge; and finally, some Destiel pride creative prompts)
People on Tumblr come from all walks of life and all areas of expertise to grace our dashboards with paragraphs and photographs of the things they want to share with the world. Whether it’s an artist uploading their speed art, a fanfic writer posting their WIPs, a language expert expounding on the origin of a specific word, or a historian ready to lay down the secrets of Ea-nasir, the hallways of Tumblr are filled with specialists sharing their knowledge with the world. We Asked an Expert is a deep dive into those expert brains on tumblr dot com. Today, we’re talking to Dr. Mark D. Scherz (@markscherz), an expert in Herpetology. Read on for some ribbeting frog facts, including what kind of frog the viral frog bread may be based on.
In a battle for my heart, I think amphibians beat out the reptiles. There is just something incredibly good about beholding a nice plump frog.
In a battle to the death, I have to give it to the reptiles—the number of reptiles that eat amphibians far, far outstrips the number of amphibians that eat reptiles.
In terms of ecological importance, I would give it to the amphibians again, though. Okay, reptiles may keep some insects and rodents in check, but many amphibians live a dual life, starting as herbivores and graduating to carnivory after metamorphosis, and as adults they are critical for keeping mosquitos and other pest insects in check.
This doesn’t really answer your question, but did you know that tadpole arms usually develop inside the body and later burst through the body wall fully formed? I learned about this as a Master’s student many years ago, but it still blows my mind. What’s curious is that this apparently does not happen in some of the species of frogs that don’t have tadpoles—oh yeah, like a third of all frogs or something don’t have free-living tadpoles; crazy, right? They just develop forelimbs on the outside of the body like all other four-legged beasties. But this has only really been examined in a couple species, so there is just so much we don’t know about development, especially in direct-developing frogs. Like, how the hell does it just… swap from chest-burster to ‘normal’ limb development? Is that the recovery of the ancestral programming, or is it newly generated? When in frog evolution did the chest-burster mode even evolve?
You can get involved with your local herpetological societies if they exist—and they probably do, as herpetologists are everywhere. You can upload observations of animals to iNaturalist, where you can get them identified while also contributing to datasets on species distribution and annual activity used by research scientists.
You can see if there are local conservation organizations that are doing any work locally, and if you find they are not, then you can get involved to try to get them started. For example, if you notice areas of particularly frequent roadkill, talking to your local council or national or local conservation organizations can get things like rescue programs or road protectors set up. You should also make sure you travel carefully and responsibly. Carefully wash and disinfect your hiking boots, especially between locations, as you do not want to be carrying chytrid or other nasty infectious diseases across the world, where they can cause population collapses and extinctions.
Click through for Mark’s response to these absolutely wild headlines, more about his day-to-day job, his opinion on frog bread, and his favorite Tumblr.
