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oh this is a life saver

So these are both “Aw Fuck I’m outta real food” meals BUT ALSO: if you’re learning how to cook, these are great “baby steps” meals to learn how to cook basics into something enjoyable without “wasting” anything expensive. Though I maintain that even cooking screw-ups are valuable in terms of lessons learned.

Also they’re great for when you get absorbed in something and you realize your blood sugar is dropping and you need to make something Quick.

petermorwood

Making basic storecupboard or fridge ingredients less basic and more nutritious.

the-supernatural-atheist

if theres one thing that really pissed me off from my 3 years of architecture i took in high school it's learning about how we used to have all these little techniques to maximize or minimize heat or warmth and now we just merrily abandoned all those to have the same copypaste style buildings everywhere that are often INCREDIBLY unoptimized to the local weather and climate so we can just throw more money at our heating and cooling bills

swingsetindecember

i want a spiderman villain to become an antihero when they discover that spiderman is a kid. like woah, no, i don’t fight children. i have to protect this child. and like the villain just now sabotages other villains because jfc the kid just lost their uncle and has midterms.

verybadatwriting

Wait I wrote something kinda like this

Summary: A new villain has recently sprouted up on the Avenger’s radar. They don’t seem like much of a threat so Stark tasks the greenest Av

maeril

Hi everyone! This is an illustrated guide I made as part of my co-admining work at The Middle Eastern Feminist on Facebook! It will be published there shortly. The technique that is displayed here is a genuine one used in psychology - I forgot the name and couldn’t find it again so if you know about it, feel free to tell me! Some could say: “Yes but you can use that technique for instances of harassment other than Islamophobic attacks!”, and my reply is: Sure! Please do so, it also works for other “types” of harassment of a lone person in a public space!! However I’m focusing on protecting Muslims here, as they have been very specific targets lately, and as a French Middle Eastern woman, I wanted to try and do something to raise awareness on how to help when such things happen before our eyes - that way one cannot say they “didn’t know what to do”! I’d like to insist on two things: 1) Do not, in any way, interact with the attacker. You must absolutely ignore them and focus entirely on the person being attacked! 2) Please make sure to always respect the wishes of the person you’re helping: whether they want you to leave quickly afterwards, or not! If you’re in a hurry escort them to a place where someone else can take over - call one of their friends, or one of yours, of if they want to, the police. It all depends on how they feel! For my fellow French-speakers: I will translate it in French and post it on my page as soon as I can :) Please don’t hesitate to share this guide as it could push a lot of people to overcome bystander syndrome!! Lots of love and stay safe! PS: I you repost this cartoon of mine on twitter or instagram, please add me in the post so I can see it, with @itsmaeril :)

cognitiveinequality

An important reminder today, and every day.

cucheallaigh

This is based off of the Non-Complementary technique in psychology - also known as ‘flipping the script’.

It is a legitimate tactic for defusing a situation that could otherwise escalate to become quite nasty.

People instinctively reciprocate anger with anger and kindness with kindness, but what happens when someone breaks this ‘complementary be

verybadatwriting

WMATA has a poster about general harassment.

sztupy

A German regional court has ruled that Google is directly liable for the content of its AI search overviews. According to the court, previou

ayeforscotland

Let’s fucking go

made-in-manetheren

This is HUGE.

1. The court holds Google responsible for statements made by its AI, considering them Google's statements (search engines have limited liability for results in their engine as they're the words of other sites/companies/people), meaning when their AI lies/hallucinates they're liable for the defamation/harm resulting from those statements.

2. Google's defense that customers are generally aware of the lack of reliability and are responsible for fact checking was dismissed. As the court pointed out, that would "significantly diminish" AI Search's stated purpose and it can't be distinguished from Google's business practices/statements as a search tool.

3. Studies have found about 91% of Google's everyday AI responses are accurate, leaving millions of searches per HOUR with potential liability for falsehoods. 56% of correct responses weren't supported by the sources the AI listed. Both of which mean Google is now liable for a LOT more AI "errors."

4. Google was held liable for 80% of court costs in this case and this precedent is expected to reverberate around the world. This is a massive shift from the 3rd-party search provider role Google has previously played and it comes right as they've tied ALL searches to their AI search.

TL;DR Google reeeeeally stepped in it this time.

bowowark

“character who gained weight to show how they are healthy now” trope my beloved

demonadelem

frownyalfred

In that same vein of inhuman-not-human enough Clark, what about a world where the Kents still love their son so much, and they’re not bad people, but Clark isn’t allowed to know, mention, or acknowledge his powers / Kryptonian ancestry at all. It could be for safety, for fear that he’ll be taken away, or maybe just run of the mill “we love you but you can’t be different, not in a town this small” Midwestern sentiment.

Clark doesn’t get to fly in the cornfields of smallville and practice lifting tractors. He’s not even allowed to talk to his parents about being “adopted” unless they bring it up first. They’re trying to protect him, especially when his papers start manifesting and his body changes and all that does is create questions. So many questions, including Clark’s own. Where did I come from? Why won’t you talk about it? Why do I feel so different from everyone else?

And then that Clark Kent still moves on and becomes Superman, even if it’s a little delayed or uncertain. He finds his path away from Smallville, he starts saving people. He starts learning about Krypton, he starts chasing down clues to who he is.

How does he come back to his parents, after that? How does the “Ma, I’m Superman” conversation happen? Does Clark snap one day when Pa has a heart attack and flies him to the nearest hospital, even though his Ma is begging him not to, because they might be found out?

Does he help build the Justice League with Diana and Bruce and still has to come home and push all that he is down into himself for family dinner? His two closest friends and allies, who get him like no one else when it comes to secret identities and masks — they probably think his parents are bigots, but they’re not. They’re good, scared people. They wanted to protect a son. They wanted a son, not an alien. Not a hero, not someone they can’t protect.

frownyalfred

Now with fic!

do-you-have-a-flag

alxor-of-hellsite

@a-crowcats-nonsense that would be the most awesome thing ever.

overbringer

Hire a skald for your local library.

soup-mother

grizzled mercenaries are always being like "I'm sick and tired of being a pawn in someone elses game" like their job isn't literally rent-a-pawn

soup-mother

"I hate being a pawn in someone elses game" yeah sure thing grandpa, I'll give you $50 if you move to D4

centrally-unplanned

That is just the mercenary equivalent of feeling "if I have to send one more email I am going to explode" while doing the email job you knowingly consented to doing and probably worked hard to get; it is probably the most relatable thing they could portray!

bruzum

lastvalyrian

This is literally what people are talking about when they say AI will be used to mainstream widely held bigotry. LLMs are trained on frequency and probability -> straight relationships are more well represented in the dataset -> straight pronouns and terms become the "correct" normal.

This is a form of backdoor bigotry from both normative facts (there are more straight than gay relationships) and well represented bigoted beliefs (men are superior to women).

Combine this with the mass of people inclined to believe (and being encouraged to believe) that if AI says and does something it must be correct

alserm

rosenkranz-isnt-dead

if you're not listening to modern WTNV you're missing out

pusong-mangga

animals-with-fan-art

This counts as fan art

identifying-isopods-in-posts

Happy isopride!

New banner for this month (and maybe forever if it sticks)

Wanted to show off the amazing color diversity of isopods! All of these are cropped images of isopods, with little to no color adjustments. (I can list all the species I used if you’d be interested! And try to find the original image sources again..)