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[handweavers]

having institutional access never stops feeling sort of crazy to me because you can literally type in any country and time period and find at least a handful of peer reviewed articles somewhere that discuss a specific aspect of people's lives in depth and at length like "what was considered pop culture in late imperial russia" or "how did the textile trade work in northern mali in the 1600s" or "children's toys in pre-colonial philippines" and it's just sitting there but the majority of people on planet earth aren't allowed to read any of it

[handweavers]

somebody reblogged this and said something to the effect of "even if they had access they wouldn't read it because most people watch fox news and love conspiracy theories" and you should probably know that most people on planet earth are not republicans from the united states

[wtf-is-hockey]

"Unless he couldn't help it" is one of the realest lines about suicidal ideation no lie but the next realest is that part in one of the deadpool movies where he says the great British bake off stood between him and suicide for years. And like. Yeah :/ Lmao. Sometimes it really is just like ok suicide postponed. And then there's that part from sex and the city where she's like well should we get coffee or should we kill ourselves and idk I do that every day and like fr. Like I think when people picture suicidal ideation they picture someone curled up in a ball in bed in the dark crying or whatever but suicidal ideation looks like staring at your keurig while it fills your coffee mug actually. Also just realizing right now how often the realest depictions of suicidal ideation are used as jokes. I'm sure there's nothing deeper to look into there.

[ceruleanheaven]

honestly given my parents whole [gestures vaguely] i am actually incredibly well adjusted

[iwait4youalexg]

Oh!

[doh007]

Thank you all, i needed further explanation - And i do find it might help me!

[theinternetarchive]

from 'bird by bird: some instructions on writing and life,' anne lamott, pub. 1994.

[toroimage]

truly a spectacular essay for writers

[parkchanwoohoo]

Once you start noticing how the incapacity to handle discomfort affects how people live their lives it's actually pretty shocking how it ruins pretty much every conceivable aspect of existence. Interpersonal relationships, romantic and platonic. Career and education opportunities. Your politics Your willingness to go anywhere. The kind of food you eat. The kind of art you expose yourself to and your ability to read it. It's never just one thing, it touches everything, and once you notice it it's like suddenly being able to see germs or something. Just this horrific catastrophe people look at you askance for screaming about. As I grow older and see what became of my friends and peers who could not learn to handle discomfort, the more I'm like. This is a genuine societal issue

[ijustwannafallunderyrsawteeth]

did you know common viruses are linked to serious health problems?

my new theory: covid had to become 'just a cold' culturally because more research is coming out all the time about how you don't wanna get sick in general, it can absolutely fuck up your life, and people realizing that will inevitably result in people demanding changes to the way things work.

the thing that they don't want you to know is that these acute sicknesses, common viruses and colds, can either cause direct damage or create the circumstances that lead to long term, often complex health problems down the road. by 'they', i mean the people who have a vested interest in putting all our bodies through the meat grinder of late stage capitalism 'business as usual', no matter the circumstances.

i don't have a lot of spoons to write about this today and i'm brain foggy so i'm not gonna be the most eloquent but

think about the implications if your boss making you come in sick can lead to your coworker developing parkinsons or ms or heart damage or cancer. if people knew these things, they would absolutely not take the business as usual shit we're doing right now. people would demand paid time off. people would demand universal healthcare. people would demand so much more.

for example, just saw this recently.

New study suggests severe flu can damage the heart

A new study shows how the body’s response to severe influenza can kill heart muscle cells, a discovery that could pave the way for drugs to

but it's also not just this. conditions like MS and parkinsons, even cancers, among others have been linked to viruses, like for one, epstein barr. (epstein barr is mono, by the way).

‘Harmless’ virus HPgV may actually be Parkinson's trigger: Study

Infection of the brain with HPgV, an otherwise harmless virus, may trigger Parkinson’s, particularly in those with LRRK2 mutations, a study

A common virus may be one contributing cause of multiple sclerosis - Harvard Health

The vast majority of diseases do not have a single cause; rather, multiple factors combine to cause a disease. Growing evidence sugge

Infections like common cold linked to MS progression

cancer, y'all. certain viruses, including covid, increase your likelihood of getting cancer.

Several viruses are linked with cancer in humans. Find out what we know about viruses and cancer risk here.

if we all really understood this, i believe more of us would be masking up. i don't want this for any of us and it's important to know these things.

i don't think that there is necessarily a global conspiracy to keep this from us, obviously donald trump and joe biden have gotten covid a billion times and are suffering because of it, obviously some of it is just plain ignorance but it is true that the powers that be have a vested interest in us not understanding this.

and if you aren't familiar with the long term damage covid causes:

Detailed information and resources on the long-term health consequences of COVID-19 infection and the broad social impacts of the COVID-19 p

[sea-mists]

ways to reclaim your body:

shave your head or cut your hair

go for a run, run as hard as you can

get a new piercing or tattoo

cook a meal from scratch and eat it with no distractions

swim in your nearest body of water, or take a cold shower or bath

stretch, do a yoga routine and feel every muscle

wear clothes that you like, doesnt matter what it looks like

avoid mirrors, your body doesnt need to look a certain way to be valuable

hold someone close, a loved one or a pet or hold yourself tight

lay down on your bed or on grass, close your eyes and feel yourself sink into the surface deeply

turn music on loud and dance however feels good

drink a a big glass of water or as much as you can, feel the discomfort and let it dissipate

try to meditate, do a body scan in whatever position feels comfortable (or uncomfortable) and pay attention to as fine a detail as possible

sing or hum or make noise, hear it reflect back at you, feel the way it vibrates your cheeks, your lips, your bones

drink some hot tea or any other hot beverage, feel its warmth spread down your throat and into your chest

sit outside, no matter the weather and experience it, the wind, the sun, or the rain on your cheeks and your eyelids

[taigacryptid]

decentralize and clean up your life!!!

use overdrive, libby, hoopla, cloudlibrary, and kanopy instead of amazon and audible.

use firefox instead of chrome or opera (both are made with chromium, which blocks functionality for ad-blockers. firefox isn't based on chromium).

use mega or proton drive instead of google drive.

get rid of bloatware

use libreoffice instead of microsoft office suite

use vetted sites on r/FREEMEDIAHECKYEAH for free movies, books, games, etc.

use trakt or letterboxd instead of imdb.

use storygraph instead of goodreads.

use darkpatterns to find mobile game with no ads or microtransactions

use ground news to read unbiased news and find blind spots in news stories.

use mediahuman or cobalt to download music, or support your favorite artists directly through bandcamp

make youtube bearable by using mtube, newpipe, or the unhook extension on chrome, firefox, or microsoft edge

use search for a cause or ecosia to support the environment instead of google

use thriftbooks to buy new or used books (they also have manga, textbooks, home goods, CDs, DVDs, and blurays)

use flashpoint to play archived online flash games

find books, movies, games, etc. on the internet archive! for starters, here's a bunch of David Attenborough documentaries and all of the Animorphs books

burn your music onto cds

use pdf24 (available online or as a desktop app) instead of adobe

use unroll.me to clean your email inboxes

use thunderbird, mailfence, countermail, edison mail, tuta, or proton mail instead of gmail

remove bloatware on windows PC, macOS, and iOS X

remove bloatware on samsung X

use pixelfed instead of instagram or meta

use NCH suite for free software like a file converter, image editor, video editors, pdf editor, etc.

feel free to add more alternatives, resources or advice in the reblogs or replies, and i'll add them to the main post <3

last updated: march 18th 2025

[thekidsfromyestergay]

This was on a post about how it's ignorant and privileged to wear headphones in public and I fear its already become a part of my vocabulary. Must everything harbor a moral failure.

[sforzzz]

[vaporevon]

my advice to young adult artists is if you wanna get serious about art or you’re struggling with the way your art looks to you, you should at least once make something you’re extremely horny about and see how that feels. you don’t even need to show it to anyone, just try it. erotica is like steroids for art skills you have to trust me

[eggofchaos]

casual reminder that you can still spoil your femme without feeding into consumerism <3

write them notes n love letters, cook them their favorite meal, bake them a treat, steal them something from a shitty corporation, spoil them with words of affirmation and gratitude, bring back a pretty rock shell leaf etc. from an outdoor trip you had, proudly show off photos of yourself or photos you took, lend them your favorite book with a note abt why it's your favorite, put the towel in the dryer before they're out of the shower n wrap them in it, pick out outfits from their wardrobe you think they'd be cute in so they can show off for you, give them your undivided attention & ask encouraging questions, etc etc etc

[milkcastro]

And what if rap WAS only about sex, violence, and drugs... what then? Would you be justified in looking down upon it as not being "real" art? What would your justification be? Sex is immoral and taboo? Drugs should never be mentioned outside of D.A.R.E programs? Songs about violence turn children to it? Would you turn that standard to other genres as well? I know you wouldn't, I know you haven't, because it's never really been about the topics explored.

[sluttyquarantinetheory]

The most horrifying thing about being a human is that no matter how intelligent you are or how much customer service training you have, nothing will stop you from being the idiot customer on occasion. At some point you won't read a sign or you'll misread a menu or ask the dumbest question a human has ever formed and there is nothing you can do to prevent this. It will happen. Accept it and continue on your way as one of today's dipshit customers.

[dateamonster]

can we send up a quick thank you to pdf uploaders, torrent seeders, copy sharers, scanlators, fansubbers, digitizers, paywall dodgers, and various other internet archivers for making niche art and information more accessible in a media landscape where all but the most profitable mainstream are often tossed aside and left to rot

[snapcracklepop-myjoints]

tshirt that says "i do not consent to being filmed" on the front and "i am in witness protection and if you film me and post it online you could be directly responsible for my death" on the back

[snapcracklepop-myjoints]

when someone post a picture of me and my shirt online i then deploy my 87 alt accounts posing as various members of the mob to send the uploader messages demanding to know the whereabouts of the person in the image and making it implicitly clear that i plan to harm them