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There are 3 main types, but from my research, this looks to be American Gregg Shorthand.

As you can see, there are set symbols for every letter.

Let’s break one of the words down:

Using the Gregg Alphabet as reference, we can see most of the letters in “atrophied” are present. But why no “o” vowel, and why is “ph” written as “f”?

Simple. In shorthand, you cut out all vowels in a word when writing it down, with the exception of words that BEGIN or END with a vowel (hence the “a” at the start being present), or like in the “i” in “atrophied”, to make it more readable when the sound could be harder to distinguish if it isn’t written. In “atrophied” if the the “i” isn’t written, it could be hard to tell if the writer meant a “fud”, “fad”, “fod” or “fid” sound, for example.

Also, since Shorthand is a phonetic writing system, you are encouraged to write down the phonetic sounds of words rather than the actual letter blends - in this case, write an “f” instead of a “ph”.

So in actuality, these aren’t just meaningless scribbles - it’s Gregg Shorthand, a writing system developed to take down notes more quickly than when written out in full, which is very useful in a medical or journalistic environment.

Some people can even write over 100 words in a minute! And, it’s been in use since John Robert Gregg invented it in 1888! Wow! So old!

Howl and Sophie <3

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WANDAVISION APPRECIATION WEEK ✦

So I know the Ever Given has wiggled out of the news cycle, but I learned something incredible on the radio today and verified it with a written source: there was one guy, Abdullah Abdul-Gawad, driving the excavator for up to 21 hours a day for five days.

He apparently disliked the memes, and per business insider, was driven by the memes and the jokes to prove he could dislodge it. 

“To him, it felt as if ‘everyone was just making fun of it,’ he said. ‘And that was what made me so determined,’ he continued. ‘I was like, you know, you’re making fun of me. So I’m absolutely going to prove that I can do this.’”

One dude moved the dirt for the Ever Given. Driven by spite and three hours of sleep a night, max. And while the lawsuits have started, he hasn’t been paid his overtime yet. 

you have a feeling it's going to be a long day

1. sarah Z drops a two hour long homestuck video, wherein she cites gio’s articles about hiveswap’s development

2. aysha @’s sarah z on twitter to inquire as to why she wasn’t contacted in the making of this video. gio replies with a mildly snippy tweet referencing the fact that whatpumpkin never responded to any of his attempts for contact in writing his own article

3. barely relevant but its literally always funny to me how people who are deep up the homestuck team’s ass think the fact that they are queer means that they are exempt from any criticism. girl. 

4. in a private patreon discord server aysha calls gio a stalker and says ‘go get this bitch’ and links to gio’s twitter. i feel like for reference here it’s really important to note that gio has like, around 500 twitter followers and is not exactly a massive presence.

5. meanwhile on mastodon it seems like kate is also engaging in some really good and functional adult behavior as well

Like, “Homestuck is about a reality altering video game that comes about at the end of every world that, if beaten, allows the players to become gods of the next world. we follow four kids from our world who play it, the aliens from the previous game that made our world, and a ‘reboot’ game that comes about when ours fails.”

THEY ASK A FOLLOW-UP QUESTION: