Avani (uhv-nee)
@avaniofthedesert.bsky.social
Third culture kid, Unitarian Universalist, aspiring scientist, zillennial, lover of art and languages, raging feminist, homebody, and cat lady. Chronic reskeeter. Usually sparkles in sunlight.
"Mike's Hard Lemonade." "Mike's Hot Honey." keep Mike away from food. he's an absolute menace
First, you tell me to get a hobby; now it's an “appropriate hobby”.
The first game that made me feel truly powerful.
Roller Coaster Tycoon 2
so in English we call the digits 01234... "Arabic numerals", right except they're not primarily used by Arabic speakers, who use ٠١٢٣٤... well I just discovered that in Arabic *those* numbers are often called الأرقام الهندية, i.e. "Hindi numerals" except Hindi uses ०१२३४...
Sometimes I think about how comforting it would be if the people we love most could leave this world at the same time we do.
btw I don't think the dogs or cats care one way or another about being misgendered but I am bothered that our culture feels SO strongly about cat behavior being girl and dog behavior being boy that we're willing to overlook their actual gender haha. says stuff I don't like about gendered assumptions
Woke up to the epiphany that Day Of the Tentacle is the perfect art style, so I have to share this knowledge with everyone.
Just found this cool infographic illustrating how this works, using one of the more common root examples: ك + ت + ب Add an ١ and you get كتاب (book) Add an م and you get مكتب (office) Add an م AND an ة and you get مكتبة (library or bookstore)
Infographic Fun: Arabic Roots — Arabizi Translations
I decided to depict one the reasons why I like Arabic: its root system! I like patterns and this is an interesting and complex grammar pattern.
arabizitranslations.com
Side note from studying Arabic in college: if your brain is wired for pattern recognition + systems thinking, it's a particularly cool language to learn because of its organized structure. Like Hebrew, it uses a 3-letter consonant root, which you then build off to create related words.
Semitic root - Wikipedia
en.wikipedia.org
Inshallah is one of the first words you learn in Arabic 101, largely because of its prevalence and broad application across just about any conversation in the language.
My YouTube algorithm has blessed me with yet more another oddly catchy foreign language parody of “We are Charlie Kirk” youtu.be/4i2lsE0wIvY?...
We Are Charlie Khan (Traditional Mongolian Folk Song) Бид бол Чарли Хаан
YouTube video by njz nationalist
youtu.be
I’ve found out that if you google Zebedee the AI overview will pull through a description of the biblical Zebedee and an image of Zebedee from The Magic Roundabout.
Someone called the cyclospora outbreak MAHA Blast and I'm cackling like I'm 13 again.
The internet is secreting a toxin more deadly than any tree frog today. Do not lick your phone.
If instant noodles were considered a health food, I’d eat them every day.
Drained, Chester sat down and waited for the police to arrive. Staring at Alan’s still-warm body laying among the empty shells, he felt no remorse. There were two sacred rules. You didn’t touch another man’s wife, or another man’s nuts. His ears perked up as the sound of sirens rose in the distance.
Idk maybe my parents should have been concerned that my favorite character was Eeyore
Apparently, AI companies have started purchasing and pulping rare and antique books en masse to train their models. We are truly getting closer and closer to Fahrenheit 451 by the day.
First image in your camera roll that makes you laugh out loud.
First image in your camera roll that makes you laugh out loud.