My downfall was foretold but I refuse to perish

Hot takes that no one asked for, shamelessly loving on blorbos, and love ◇Garbage Diamond◇

[pangur-and-grim]

my humours have balanced. I have become mentally normal again

[pangur-and-grim]

no, mentally normal people can still write spider sex books

[teaboot]

YOU

[spaceshipsandpurpledrank]

[zigdirty]

We're not leaving this gem to languish in the comments:

[kiramartinauthor]

WHY YOU SHOULD WRITE HORRIBLY:

1. You’ll never write anything if you don’t

[mik-mania]

im so fucking stubborn

[invader-bean]

michael what the fuck.

[mik-mania]

no its one of my fancy pencils :)

the end cap comes off :)

[mik-mania]

oh lard

[mik-mania]

my son he is sick he has every disease

[mik-mania]

we are nearing peak deviancy

[mik-mania]

happy back-to-school day

[mik-mania]

im so clever that its sickening

[mik-mania]

if i breathe wrong i'll lose him

[mik-mania]

it got too small for the clip. luckily i realized this eraser has the perfect holes

[mik-mania]

at what point does this stop being a pencil

[leahelizabeth89]

Tags via @mik-mania

[sometiktoksarevalid]

[dadbot]

Just in case

[sappire-charizard]

I’m actually going to reblog a thing just because this is really important.

As someone who has epilepsy and used to have several grand mal seizures a day, I’d also like to add that “offer help” can range anywhere from keeping the person calm to explaining to them where they are and what they were doing to even just telling them they should sit and rest for a while longer (lack or coordination is common, and it can be hard to walk straight or see clearly).

It’s okay for them to take up to a half hour to fully regain their bearings and sort out what they were doing prior to the seizure. Just answer any questions calmly and be there for support.

If they come around and you start to panic or shake them or ask them what the heck is wrong with them they are going to freak out and panic too.

I cannot stress it enough that this is bad.

If someone has a seizure and they come out of it, please. please stay calm. They are likely disoriented and confused, even if it’s only for a minute or two, and you don’t want them panicking on top of that because they can have another seizure as a result.

[felicityredbarrow-blog]

IMPORTANT

[happylittleblogger]

IMPORTANT because last year a kid in my class had a seizure, none of us even knew he was at risk for them either so just cause you don’t think you know anyone doesn’t mean you don’t 

stay safe

[kyuofcosmic]

I have to stress how important it is to time a seizure. If it lasts more than a few minutes, call an ambulance.

DO NOT CALL THE POLICE. I’m dead fucking serious. I had a grand mal in public once and the POLICE were called and imagine coming out of the seizure, feeling like you got smacked in the head with a sack full of bricks, confused, dazed, in desperate need of some sugar to boost low blood pressure and some DIPSHIT has called the police and I was being threatened with being ‘drunk and disorderly’. It took a phone call to my doctors office to get them to back off. The police cannot properly deal with sick people. 

Offer help can be:

assuring person where they are/what time it is

getting them something to drink if they can; seizure burns so much energy and does cause a blood pressure drop

getting them safely to transport or a carer

getting them some dignity like a blanket/towel [loosing control of your bladder and bowels is fucking horrifying]

ensuring they have a way to get home. Someone who has just had a seizure should NEVER DRIVE straight after

calling emergency services if you notice any of these symptoms because they may have stroked out.

Why you shouldn’t put anything in someone’s mouth: they will choke. Yes, they may bite their tongue but I can assure you it’s less traumatic than cracking your jaw on someone’s greasy wallet or choking on a spoon.

DO NOT HOLD ANYONE DOWN. Example: someone pinned my right shoulder mid-seizure a few years back and how I have a permanently displaced and clicking shoulder. Let the person flail around, those muscles are out of control and restraining them does cause more damage to the patient and you.

[genderkoolaid]

People can also have seizures that look epileptic, but are rather psychogenic. I had a coworker who had PNES (psychogenic non-epileptic seizures) as a result of trauma, and I learned a lot about this from them.

Because PNES seizures aren’t caused by the same thing as epileptic seizures, they can look similar but people can be semi-conscious during them, generally do not lose full control of their bodies (bladder/bowels and other reflexes remain), and importantly, they can last longer than 5 minutes (even hours) without causing long-term damage.

The “do not call the police” point was especially vital for them, because people with PNES are more vulnerable to medical abuse by professionals who think they are “faking” because the seizure isn’t epileptic, and a person with PNES may have medical trauma from being treated cruelly by doctors, family members, etc. while seizing in the past. This study looked at stigma around PNES (also called functional seizures; I’m using PNES because its what my coworker called it):

Literature suggests that it can take years for patients to finally get a diagnosis of FS, but once they receive the diagnosis, it is often met with negative stereotypes and perceptions that lead to stigmatisation and treatment resistance. […] Moreover, with 34 of the 70 included data sources reflecting HCP [healthcare professional] stigma, one of the main themes that arose from this review illustrated the importance of HCPs’ acknowledgement and acceptance of their role in both perpetuating and reducing FS stigma. From our review it became apparent that HCPs’ negative attitudes towards patients with FS persist in the health community, often because of a lack of knowledge, general awareness, understanding and medical training with regards to this disorder

For my coworker, they expressed that one of the most important things for them was to just not be alone, to have someone verbally saying they were with them and it would be alright, and then to be supported according to their needs once the seizure ended. Their seizures were often triggered by stress, or from trauma triggers, so being treated with compassion, having their body respected, and having a calm environment during and after the seizure were very important.

Obviously if you have no other context, its best to assume an epileptic seizure and act accordingly. But to return to the graphic above, check for any kind of ID, whether a tag or medical bracelet or anything else! And do not treat psychogenic / functional seizures as less real or less important, and don’t let anyone around the person who is seizing treat it that way either.

[ratgirl-deluxe]

you can do this thing called hug me a lot and it'll pay off because of my soft

[damianimated]

At Target this lady told her son he couldn’t have a Wonder Woman doll because “that’s for girls” and then bought her daughter the same one. It got me thinking about how often I see people bar young boys from appreciating girls/women as protagonists and heroes, and my own experience with it as a kid.

[biggest-gaudiest-poltergeist]

when fictional creatures are characterized as having superhuman agility (e.g. some versions of vampires) i think they should also canonically have flabby skin. "this species has catlike predator traits" ok now give it catlike baggy skin for flexibility. make its tummy jiggle like a slinky

[biggest-gaudiest-poltergeist]

this website feels like home

[froopa-coopa]

run wolf run

[kosmogrl]

[pinkbeetroot]

[silima]

in loving memory of my favorite shirt

[silima]

turmeric kun update

[awesomepudding]

I don't know who needs to learn this but, the chemical causing the stain in tumeric (Curcumin) is easily destroyed by uv light. You can remove stains by leaving whatever shirt, cooking dish, etc stained by it in full sun for like half a day and it'll be gone.

[dayeadomingo]

We were so enthralled by this leaf on our walk back from dinner last night

[writertobridge-deactivated20230]

Saw this on Twitter and wanted to share.

[compneuropapers]

Interesting Papers for Week 29, 2026

Distinct neuronal populations in the human brain combine content and context. Bausch, M., Niediek, J., Reber, T. P., Mackay, S., Boström, J., Elger, C. E., & Mormann, F. (2026). Nature, 650(8102), 690–700.

Inverted encoding of neural responses to audiovisual stimuli reveals super-additive multisensory enhancement. Buhmann, Z., Robinson, A. K., Mattingley, J. B., & Rideaux, R. (2026). eLife, 13, e97230.

Evidence accumulation from experience and observation in the cingulate cortex. Chen, R., Radkani, S., Valluru, N., Yoo, S. B. M., & Jazayeri, M. (2026). Nature, 650(8102), 681–689.

A Distinct Circuit for Biasing Visual Perceptual Decisions and Modulating Superior Colliculus Activity through the Mouse Posterior Striatum. Cover, K. K., Elliott, K., Preuss, S. M., & Krauzlis, R. J. (2026). Journal of Neuroscience, 46(7), e1626252025.

Causal inference shapes crossmodal postdiction in multisensory integration. Günaydın, G., Moran, J. K., Rohe, T., & Senkowski, D. (2026). Scientific Reports, 16, 7490.

Experience-dependent reconfiguration of thermoreceptors regulates neuronal response plasticity. Harris, N., Dutta, P., Krishnan, N., Nurrish, S., Wilder, E. C., & Sengupta, P. (2026). Current Biology, 36(4), 1076-1085.e4.

Robust input disentanglement through dendritic calcium–mediated action potentials. Hashemi, S., Shafiee, S., & Tetzlaff, C. (2026). Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 123(8), e2515371123.

Vulnerability of short-term memory in a mouse model of Alzheimer’s disease. Li, C., Chia, X. W., Xu, G., Ang, L. F., & Makino, H. (2026). Nature Communications, 17, 2927.

Selective attention to auditory and visual modalities converges onto noncholinergic basal forebrain neurons. Liu, S.-W., & Lin, S.-C. (2026). Science Advances, 12(8).

A voltage-dependent switch underlies efficient yet specific learning and memory. Manoim Wolkovitz, J. E., Tunc, I. A., Tauber, M., Wolkovitz, I., Ahdut-Hacohen, R., Rozenfeld, E., Nawrot, M. P., Ben-Chaim, Y., & Parnas, M. (2026). Current Biology, 36(4), 954-967.e4.

Size tuning of neural response variability in laminar circuits of macaque primary visual cortex. Nurminen, L., Bijanzadeh, M., & Angelucci, A. (2026). eLife, 15, e86334.

Visual experience exerts an instructive role on cortical feedback inputs to the primary visual cortex. Rajan, R., Dias, R. F., Malakasis, N., Baeta, M., Zhang, X., Gjorgjieva, J., & Petreanu, L. (2026). Current Biology, 36(4), 1033-1044.e7.

Disrupted hippocampal replay is associated with reduced offline map stabilization in an Alzheimer’s mouse model. Shipley, S., Abrate, M. P., Hayman, R., Chan, D., & Barry, C. (2026). Current Biology, 36(4), 859-871.e5.

Dopamine Boosts Motivation for Prosocial Effort in Parkinson’s Disease. Talbot, J., Cutler, J., Tamm, M., Little, S. J., Harmer, C. J., Husain, M., Lockwood, P. L., & Apps, M. A. J. (2026). Journal of Neuroscience, 46(8), e1593242024.

Plastic landmark anchoring in zebrafish compass neurons. Tanaka, R., & Portugues, R. (2026). Nature, 650(8102), 673–680.

Global remapping of the sensory homunculus emerges early in childhood development. Tucciarelli, R., Bird, L., Straka, Z., Szymanska, M., Kollamkulam, M., Sonar, H. A., Paik, J., Clode, D., Hoffmann, M., Cowie, D., & Makin, T. R. (2026). Nature Communications, 17, 1591.

Motor biases reflect a misalignment between visual and proprioceptive reference frames. Wang, T., Morehead, J. R., Jiang, A., Ivry, R. B., & Tsay, J. S. (2026). eLife, 13, e100715.

Unravelling the neurocognitive mechanisms underlying counterconditioning in humans. Wirz, L., Houtekamer, M. C., de Vos, J., Dunsmoor, J. E., Homberg, J., Henckens, M. J., & Hermans, E. (2026). eLife, 13, e101518.

Rats replay episodic memories in context. Xiong, S., Sheridan, C. L., Harrison, T., Rosas-Victoriano, E., Meisner, J., Butts, T., Loper, R., Ross, K., & Crystal, J. D. (2026). Current Biology, 36(4), 1060-1066.e5.

Binocular Circuitry as a Model for Understanding Experience-Dependent Circuit Development across the Mammalian Cortex. Zhao, J., Zhou, C., Zhou, N., Wang, Y., Zhang, X., & Tan, L. (2026). Journal of Neuroscience, 46(7), e0326252026.

[elucubrare]

i wish my brain were not full of gludge. i would like to be using it & because of the gludge i cannot do that.

[keatxu]

abandonware should be public domain. force companies to actively support and provide products if they don't wanna lose the rights to them

[omikronsoul]

Game companies hate emulation, but none of them seem to understand that a lot of us would just buy ROMs from them directly if we could. I don't want a fifth remake of Final Fantasy IV, I want to pay five bucks for the 3MB file you already made bank with thirty years ago. Nobody who wants to play something for the purpose of retro gaming is going to consider a $40 remake as the alternative option, and we're certainly not going to let the original dissappear. They're crying about opportunity cost for a product they're not even selling.

[justletmeremember]

op i know you're probably talking about like, video games, etc, but this is also critical for research science - my lab has so much abandonware, either because the company's out of business, or the company decided to not maintain it, and it's a fucking nightmare. we have two windows 95 computers that are CRITICAL for performing experiments/data analysis because the software needed is abandonware. one of the main roles for a guy in my lab is to maintain these little dinosaurs because if they go out, we lose access to ~20 years of raw data for research. part of why is that these companies also make their own file types, and make it difficult-to-impossible to convert those file types without their specific software. by habit, i convert all research files to more generic versions (txt, pdf, tif, etc) so that i minimize risk of losing my shit, but some stuff can't be converted.

for example, we have a microscope that is perfectly functional, good microscope, but its software is abandonware because the company refused to maintain it. the company is still in business, still makes essentially the exact same software, but they made all of the old tech incompatible with new software to force people to buy the new microscope tech. it would cost a quarter million dollars to replace this microscope. this perfectly good microscope.

so like, i know a lot of people look at the original post here and go "well op just wants old video games to play" (which is valid! games companies should not be able to push shit to abandonware and then close it off) but also this is critical for like. biomedical research. if y'all had any idea how much basic infrastructure built on science relies on shit that is technically abandonware, you would probably be horrified.

[jollysunflora]

#there is so much abandonware just...out there being used and carefully maintained#because nothing quite replicates the functionality