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01 Main Notes

1.1 Magma is molten rock within the Earth's crust

1.1a Lava is magma that has emerged onto the Earth's surface

1.1b The composition of magma ranges from ultramafic to felsic

1.2 There are three types of melting that produce magma - decompression, flux and heat-induced

1.3 A volcano is formed when magma reaches the Earth's surface

1.3a Volcanoes are most often found at plate boundaries

1.3a1 Volcanoes can form away from plate boundaries over hot spots

1.3a2 Most volcanism on earth occurs at mid-ocean ridges

1.4 The Volcanic Explosivity Index is a scale used to measure the size of explosive eruptions.

1.4a A volcano that has had an eruption of VEI 8 is known as a supervolcano

2.1 All power structures can be escaped or overthrown, no matter how daunting the task may seem

3.1 Only adding new words to a document counts as writing

3.2 Writing quotas are impossible for those with chronic illness

3.3 writers frequently ask 'what is the point of writing'

4.1 amino acids are small organic molecules containing an amine and a carbonyl group

4.1a A zwitterion contains both a positive and a negative charge

5 Zettelkasten

5.1a A zettelkasten is tool for thinking and writing that leverages networked thought

5.2 notemaking in a zettelkasten starts with fleeting notes

5.2a keep a sleeping folder for hard to process fleeting notes

5.3 main notes are where your thinking is stored long term

5.3f Empty notes are better than no notes at all

5.3f1 collector's fallacy states that collecting knowledge is not the same as having knowledge

5.3f1a collecting knowledge has merit even if one does not produce anything with that knowledge

5.3f1b tsundoku is the art of acquiring books but not reading them

6.1 ADHD is a neurodevelopmental disorder that involves a deficit of dopamine

6.1a Dyspraxia is a condition affecting physical coordination and spatial awareness

6.1b pharmaceutical treatments are available for ADHD

6.1c Executive Function is a range of mental processes that deal with panning, focus and memory

6.1d time blindness is difficulty judging the passing of time or planning ahead

6.1f the ADHD tax is the extra costs accrued due to having ADHD

6.1f1 Paying the ADHD tax upfront can mitigate the cost

6.3 ADHD coping mechanisms and non-medication treatments

6.3b Use a condiment drawer in your fridge to stop vegetables going off

6.3c use a landing strip to store things you take off when you get home

6.3e use open storage to keep things visible and avoid forgetting them

6.4 If it works it doesn't matter if its normal

6.4a Hairdryer in the Handbag Solution

7.1 the universe peoples in the same way an apple tree apples

7.1a if people are the fruit of the universe then we have the potential to become our own universe

7.1b saying the universe peoples is human-centric view

7.1b1 saying the universe peoples is human-centric if you only consider humans people

9.1 the enshittification of the internet is the process of extracting value for shareholders at the expense of users

9.1a POSSE and PESOS - a better way of publishing on the internet

02 Reference Notes

Doto, B (2024) A System for Writing

Earle, S (2015) Physical Geology

Writing with Chronic Illness - Improve Outlook and Productivity (WMG Writer's Guides)

04 Personal Notes

Commonplace_Book

93 Percent Stardust

A wedding, after all, was just a day. A lovely day, to be sure, but still. And a marriage was built much more on trust and love than on ritual and paperwork.

a world where all human beings are taken care of shouldn’t be called a “revolutionary” way of life

Ad Astra Per Aspera

All we have to decide is what to do with the time given to us

Any sufficiently advanced technology is indistinguishable from magic.

Apophenia

argumentum ad baculum, which means threatening somebody with a stick until they agree with you.

Be ambitious for the work and not for the reward.

Break any of these rules sooner than saying anything outright barbarous.

Characters do shocking things, not because the author wishes to shock, but because it is in the character of humans to misbehave.

Continue to fail better—failure of a kind that might even be better than certain forms of success.

Do Not Go Gentle into That Good Night

Do your best until you know better, then do better

Don't confuse honours with achievement.

Dulce et Decorum Est

Every disabled leader who dies takes a library of knowledge with them that they often didn't have the time to write down.

Every Word You Ever Needed

Ex Astris, Scientia

Failure is an event, not a person

fat - adjective

For the Fallen

Friendship is born at that moment when one person says to another - I thought I was the only one.

He didn’t need priests or lawyers. He just needed the commitment of his own mind and heart, freely given and gladly received. Which he had. Which he did.

i am a tigress who has earned her softer-than-velvet stripes.

I have learned that to be with those I like is enough.

I think life is way harder than anyone ever admits

I think that the most basic thing of ethics is being aware of how your actions affect others, and having an awareness of what they want and how they feel.

If that's being queer, then we could do with a bit more queerness in these parts.

If They Truly Love You

If you don’t know how your story ends, don’t worry. Press on, in faith and hope.

If you took a couple of David Bowies and stuck one of the David Bowies on the top of the other David Bowie

In the beginning the Universe was created. This had made many people very angry and has been widely regarded as a bad move.

In the sweetness of friendship let there be laughter, and sharing of pleasures.

In three words, I can sum up everything I’ve learned about life - It goes on

Inter Arma Enim Silent Leges

It is a truth universally acknowledged, that a single man in possession of a good fortune, must be in want of a wife

It is one of the blessings of old friends that you can afford to be stupid with them.

It is the small everyday deeds of ordinary folk that keep the darkness at bay

It's rotten work. Not to me. Not if its you

It's the friends you can call up at 4 a.m. that matter.

Its a dangerous business, going out your door

labour

Laws are a threat made by the dominant socioeconomic ethnic group in a given nation

Lessons From The Wind

Let us take down one of those old notebooks which we have all, at one time or another, had a passion for beginning.

Litany Against Fear

Love is something you do

My feminism will be instersectional or it will be bullshit

My friends are my estate.

Never attribute to malice that which can be adequately explained by stupidity.

Never attribute to the complex that which can be adequately explained by the simple.

Never open a book with the weather.

Nihil sin labore

No Day But Today

No matter what life throws at you, make good art

Non nobis solum nati

Nothing is more important than an unread library

Now I am become Death, the destroyer of worlds

Now some people will tell you that great writing cannot be learnt. Such people should be hit repeatedly on the nose until they promise not to talk nonsense any more.

Nyx sold her womb somewhere between Punjai and Faleen, on the edge of the desert.

Of all possessions a friend is the most precious.

One loyal friend is worth ten thousand relatives

Pariedolia

Pay heed to the tales of old wives.

People will not forget how you made them feel

Perspectives

Powerful men are the same wherever you go—the rules don’t apply to them.

Put one word after another. Find the right word, put it down.

raid your library. read everything you can get your hands on & then some

Read, observe, listen intensely! — as if your life depended upon it.

Remember that all models are wrong; the practical question is how wrong do they have to be to not be useful.

Remember

Sometimes being a friend means mastering the art of timing.

Stars Shine Brightest

Stay afraid but do it anyway

Suffering can bring one of two things - purification or bitterness

Sufficiently advanced incompetence is indistinguishable from malice.

The better I get to know men, the more I find myself loving dogs.

The greater danger is in setting our aim too low and achieving it

The Green Fields of France

The Healing

the love some girls have for other girls is so gentle & so soft & so fucking beautiful

the only thing required to be a woman is to identify as one.

The Serenity Prayer

The ships hung in the sky in much the same way that bricks don’t.

There are big ships and small ships. But the best ship of all is friendship.

There are things in life that we need to always have plenty of supplies, even if we will only use a small portion.

there came a time when poetry showed me how to bleed without the demand of blood

There is no educational resource in the cosmos greater than a nerd who thinks you’re wrong.

There is nothing better than a friend, unless it is a friend with chocolate

There was a boy called Eustace Clarence Scrubb, and he almost deserved it.

They don’t let you have anything whole if you don't follow the pattern

This whole concept of women being docile and obedient is nothing but wishful thinking. Or why would you put so much effort into lying to us

Treat writing as a job. Be disciplined.

Ursula Le Guin's schedule

War isn't Hell. War is war, and Hell is Hell. And of the two, war is a lot worse.

We Are Made of Stars

What are we holding onto. That there's some good in this world, and it's worth fighting for.

What I Would Tell Eve

When Laurence was old enough to do what he liked, he would be old enough to understand he couldn’t do what he liked.

When we love someone we let them dictate the terms of who they are

When you break through, not everyone close to you will enjoy your success. Accept this.

When you didn’t have the vote, sometimes you had to take what power you could grasp with your own two hands.

Wild Geese

Work on a computer that is disconnected from the internet.

Write the Story

Write what you need to write, not what is currently popular or what you think will sell.

Writing a book is like driving a car at night. You can see only as far as your headlights, but you can make the whole trip that way.

Yes, I’m cynical about history. It’s written by the victors, after all.

You Are The Sun

You can only become truly accomplished at something you love.

You have to be curious about the world in which you live.

You know, no matter what you do, people are going to expect you to be someone you’re not.

You Matter

About Tonks

Blind Guardian, Glasgow

Digital Garden Terms of Service

Gigs I have attended

05 Fandom Notes

01 Fandoms

ATLA & LOK

Benedictions 4

Carmenum di Amatus

Dragon Age

Grey Warden's Motto

The Avatar is the master of all five elements

The Lord of the Rings

Transfigurations 10

Traveler's Prayer

Trials

Was Aang a bad father

06 Reviews

Books

A System for Writing

Romancing the Inventor

The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People

The Book of Phoenix

The Night Masquerade

Wet Nails

Tea

2022 Frankpu mini

2022 Lumberslut mini

941 mini

Alishan Firefly Milk Oolong

Anxi Tie Guan Yin Iron Goddess of Mercy

Apple Strudel Rooibos

Bonfire Toffee

Butter Brew

Darjeeling No. 8 blend

Dark Choc Chili Chai

Dong Ting Bi Lou Chun

Haiwan Mini Brick Ripe Pu-erh

Huang Cha yellow tea

Keemun breakfast tea

Keemun Mao Feng

Kirishima Genmaicha

Long Jing Ming Qian Dragon Well

Lu An Gua Pian

Mei Zhan Black tea

Mengku Ripe Pu-erh Tuocha

Milk Jin Xuan Taiwanese

Milk Oolong Chai

Mojitea

Nearly Nirvana

Orange Blossom Milk Oolong

Pai Mu Tan White Peony

Peach and Elderflower bellini

Peppy Peppermint

Shou Mei Aged 3 Years

Sticky rice shu tuo cha

Tai Ping Hou Kui

Tangerine Pu'erh

White Cui Mei

Wuyi Shui Xian Oolong

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