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Soviet dogs Strelka, Chernushka, Zvyozdochka and Belka who travelled to space. Moscow, 1961. Photo by Vera Zhikharenko/TASS.

Stuck at home? Here’s an isolation survival post:

(Everything here is free to use! Feel free to add on. Links were purposefully broken to avoid Tumblr’s spam prevention.)

Social:

discordapp.com/ - Like Skype but better, more accessible, smoother, and with more features. Call, play games, and chat with friends.

twitch.tv/ - Watch and chat with people doing everything from gaming to cooking to teaching.

Reading:

whichbook.net/ - helps you find what book to read

overdrive.com/ - Free audiobooks through your public library

standardebooks.org/ebooks/ - Free ebooks

rbdigital.com/ - Free audiobooks and ebooks through your public library

Movies:

www.kanopy.com/ - Free movies through your public library

www.ted.com/ - Watch lots of educational and inspiring talks

Hobbies:

join.skillshare.com/ - Learn how to do virtually anything with 2 free months of premium

scratch.mit.edu/ - Make a game or movie, super easy to use, good introductory programming “language”

gimp.org/downloads/ - Free photoshop-like program.

twinery.org/ - Make a text-based game

pixologic.com/sculptris/ - make 3D models

unity.com/ - Make a 3D game

yoyogames.com/gamemaker - make a 2D game

spotify.com/us/ - Listen to music

travelandleisure.com/attractions/museums-galleries/museums-with-virtual-tours - Museums with virtual tours

Dungeons and Dragons: (play over Discord!) (DM me if you want PDFs of the Handbooks)

probablybadrpgideas.tumblr.com/post/612459866001391616/basic-rules-for-dungeons-dragons-dungeons - The Basics

entertainment.howstuffworks.com/leisure/brain-games/beginners-guide-dungeons-and-dragons.htm - Learn to play

roll20.net/ - Make maps/play online

Video Games:

itch.io/ - play hundreds of games

freegameplanet.com/ - Even more free games!

dolphin-emu.org/ - Play Gamecube and Wii games

Phone Apps:

sourceforge.net/projects/gameboid/ - Play gameboy games

smartphones.gadgethacks.com/how-to/10-must-play-free-puzzle-games-for-iphone-android-0178848/ - list of puzzle games

Cooking:

fridgetotable.com/ - Input ingredients you have and get recipes you can make.

youtube.com/user/DepressionCooking - Learn how to cook with limited ingredients from a lovely old woman who lived during the Great Depression

butterwithasideofbread.com/homemade-bread/ - Make bread with yeast

letsdishrecipes.com/traditional-irish-soda-bread/ - Make bread without yeast

Other tips:

Take care of yourself (eat well, shower often, wear clean clothes, exercise, clean your space)

Talk with people

Do what makes you happy

Take time away from screens

Play – with your pets, your kids, your friends. Keep yourself active and busy and happy.

Oh my...

😳🇮🇳🏳️‍🌈

Soviet cosmonauts Andriyan Nikolayev, Gherman Titov and Yuri Gagarin (1964)

Oh god

Thats sounds really wholesome....oh andreaa💕

I HOPE....YOU WILL...😤💕

Y’all I just found this newspaper article about a 16 year old girl who somehow snuck into an invite-only event in NYC just to meet Gus in 1965:

“For five years Andrea Kline has been an ardent fan of astronaut Gus Grissom… and yesterday she finally got to meet him. Grissom exclaimed, ‘You finally made it, Andrea!’ when she popped in front of him and introduced herself at an invitation-only affair in a New York hotel last night. Grissom told his wife, ‘This is my Number One fan.’ … [She] has been writing to Grissom and sending him gifts for five years… Andrea, 16, did not explain how she crashed the affair.”

If that ain’t the most ME thing I’ve ever read… I’m so proud of Andrea, she is so valid 😭

LOVEEEEE😤😤😤💕💕💕🌟🌟🌟🇷🇺🚀🚀

(1) Sergei Krikalev prepares to don a training spacesuit at the Yuri Gagarin Cosmonaut Training Center

(2) Krikalev smiling smugly proudly in front of a photo of the Discovery shuttle

IM SCREaM FOR A HOURS FCK HELP

Cosmonauts Yuri Gagarin and Andrian Nikolayev, 1960s

Muzan, Douma, I believe in you, fucking dumbasses.

Heheh, yes!

Fyi There's two chuvashian cosmonaut, Nikolayev and Budarin (actually manarov can also included in here but he is an azerbaijani too soooo)

The awesome Flag of Chuvashia (Russia)

from /r/vexillology Top comment: Russians are pretty good at making flags.