Study Resource Masterpost, By Findx

Study Resource Masterpost, by findx

Hi everyone! Here’s a masterpost on study resources; lots of these helped me during my freshman year at MIT. Happy studying, may you all get the results you deserve :) 

HOW TO:

study efficiently

succeed in college

take notes from a textbook

be productive

take visual notes

create flashcards

memorize content

study well

organize your desk

do well in math class

study math outside of school

get A+ in math

study for math exams

write an academic essay

write an essay like a pro

structure an essay

find that word you just can’t seem to remember

do well in physics

ace your foreign language class

learn biology

study geography

cram economics

find items at libraries near you

survive the end of the semester

survive finals

reduce stress during finals

FREE WEBSITES:

quizlet for flashcard creation

cram.com for pre-made flashcard sets

slader for textbook solutions

easybib for citation making

grammarly for proofreading

duolingo for language learning

conjuguemos for foreign language conjugations

codeacademy for simple computer programming

sparknotes for study guides and modern English translations of Shakespeare’s plays

cliffsnotes for literature study guides

wolframalpha for math and science calculations

khan academy for well-explained lectures about anything

edx for online courses from universities

idk im really tired of 15-17 year olds who have never interacted with the gay community irl and spend too much time on tiktok trying to act like the authority on all that is lgbt+ 

For people who haven’t heard: this month, the DSM (diagnostic and statistical manual of mental disorders) are planning on updating the criteria for getting an autism diagnosis. On paper, this sounds like a good thing. It’s not.

The DSM is the handbook used by healthcare workers worldwide, for diagnosing mental disorders and the like. You may have read that the autistic diagnosis criteria is getting updated and, like many in the autistic community, hoped that this meant that it would be expanded, to make it easier for AFAB, transgender, and non-white people to be diagnosed (as it is notoriously hard for anyone except for white, cisgender men to obtain an autism diagnosis). However, they recently released a statement saying that they were not expanding the criteria, but were instead making it more ‘conservative’, as they feel autism is being ‘over-diagnosed’. (Which is, of course, bullshit for a whole plethora of reasons which I’m sure you’ve heard before.)

As-of my posting this, they have not released the official, updated criteria yet, so there is not much we can do right now. But there is one thing that we must agree upon: DO NOT SHAME PEOPLE FOR SELF-DIAGNOSING WITH AUTISM. Because obtaining an autism diagnosis is, quite literally, only getting harder.

ok hanging out on reddit is actually a great idea. someone said they didnt like henry cavill as geralt because witchers move "10x faster than a human", but cavill only moves at human speeds, and someone replied they were "fascinated by what actor they would suggest instead" given the limitation that all actors are human.

As an autistic person, I am fucking terrified of what's gonna happen around December.

A few months ago it was announced that Amber Heard is gonna be in a movie about an autistic boy in an El Salvadorian town in the 1800s who is accused of being possessed, and Amber Heard's character is an American psychiatrist who is going to cure the boy.

If you don't see the problem with this premise, you either live under a rock or you hate autistic people. The fact that one article about the film was written by a Heard supporter who described the boy as having "special abilities" is proof of the kind of ableism that is rampant in "leftist" circles.

Autism is a DISABILITY, it's not a disease, it's not a superpower, it's a DISABILITY!!!!!!

Does it make life harder for us, sure! But we don't need to be cured, and disabled people have been saying that for years!

During the Sia situation, so many non-autistic people were attacking the autistic community because how dare we want a say on how we want to be represented, not to mention just recently disabled people were attacked for asking Lizzo to remove an ableist slur from a recent song. I am worried that this situation will be much worse cause it's happening close to the Depp vs Heard case.

I don't give a fuck what your stance is on the Depp vs Heard trial, Amber Heard is profiting on the dehumanization of autistic people and if you support her, you are an ableist piece of shit!

Dildo Generator

Online 3D experiment by Ikaros Kappler which is described as a “Extrusion/Revolution Generator” ….

Created with three.js, you can alter the bezier curves and angle of the form, and is designed with 3D printing in mind (models can be exported and saved, as well as calculated weight in silicone).

Try it out for yourself (if you wish) here