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I can't keep having the same conversations about love languages, mbti, iq, bmi, "brain fully formed at 25" and shit over and over again...

vamptits

these things exist on a spectrum from untrue to straightforwardly racist btw. so if we could retire them forever that'd be nice.

hareofhrair

“Love Languages” are just common couples therapy techniques mangled and repackaged by an unqualified homophobe. Relationships generally need all 5 love languages to be fulfilled, which is to say, everybody needs to communicate with, spend time with, and do things for their partners, and that’s got nothing to do with any special way you communicate affection.

MBTI has been proven completely ineffective at predicting anyone’s success at a particular job, and half the people who take it twice will get different results. Reputable psychologists do not recognize it, and the company that owns the rights to it uses it to scam people. People don’t adhere to strict binaries in basically anything. Very few people are going to be exclusively introverted or extroverted. It’s just astrology repackaged as pseudoscience. Shockingly enough, you can’t boil the complexity of the human experience down to a dozen Types of Guy.

The concept of IQ is flawed from the start— “intelligence” is an abstract concept that encompasses many different skills, from social intelligence to emotional intelligence to the very narrow kind of problem solving intelligence IQ tests generally measure for. It cannot predict how fast you learn, how much you know, or how logical and well read you are. It mostly measures how good you are at solving puzzles. Coincidentally, it’s also a pretty good predictor of income and education level, take a guess why. Most people’s IQ will change throughout their lives, because it’s inconsistent bullshit we’ve only held onto this long because we’re still kinda hoping we can breed the ubermensch. IQ tests and the way they attempt to categorize people are explicitly eugenicist and racist.

BMI was developed by a man known as the grandfather of eugenics, who first of all was a mathematician, not a doctor, and second never intended the formula to be used to categorize individuals. It’s intended to give a rough estimate of obesity in populations, and it’s not even good at that. It hangs around because of fatphobia and insurance companies who want it as an excuse to charge fat people more.

The study which determined people’s prefrontal cortex was still developing at 25… stopped measuring at 25. Evidence suggests your brain probably never stops developing. Stop infantilizing grown adults. This is a branch off from the larger mess of misinformation surrounding fMRIs.

If you haven’t put together what all these things have in common yet, here’s the moral of the story: STOP TRYING TO CATEGORIZE PEOPLE. STOP TRYING TO PUT PEOPLE IN A GODDAMN BIOLOGICAL HIERARCHY. EUGENICS IS BAD, AND WILL ALWAYS BE BAD, NO MATTER WHO’S DOING IT.

sygni

also a work for @/tim3breaker

kaldurcalms

I love every fucking part of this.

naamahdarling

Please audio on at the end it's so unexpected.

cryingbreaskfastfriends

Yeah that is definatly the child of people who decided to do this.

adhd-alien

I’ll never forget how frustrating it was trying to learn to draw without meds

respectissexy

My absolute least favorite type of "neurodivergence" (used colloquially to only ever mean "Autism and ADHD") misinformation is the type that posits that being neurodivergent makes you a better person.

"Justice sensitivity" does not mean "neurologically I am a good person who stands up for what's right." It means you have a strong reaction to perceived injustice. But it does not mean your moral compass is calibrated well. The white dudes who are most obsessed with taking away Affirmative Action likely also have "justice sensitivity" -- their sense of injustice is just triggered by something different from what triggers mine, because we have different values. Some people's sense of injustice is triggered by pretty much any situation ever not working out in their favor. Those people can still be "justice sensitive" even if you wouldn't think of them as good people.

Also, there is no neurodivergent condition that makes you automatically capital-H Honest. Some Autistic people aren't good at intentionally lying or find it very uncomfortable to intentionally lie, but others lie just fine and I've met some who did it all the time. "Intentionally lie" is also doing a lot of work here, as you can be very dishonest without intentionally lying if you are prone to lying to yourself, which neurodivergent people are no less likely to do.

There is no neurotype that confers superior moral reasoning or instincts.

saveaboudfamily

I will die. The doctor told me that even after waking up from my coma, I’m still in the danger zone. My blood level is too low because of severe malnutrition in Gaza.

saveaboudfamily

Death follows me everywhere. It sits beside my bed at night, and when I wake up I’m terrified all over again. How long can a person live like this? I’m exhausted from begging strangers to save my life. Please, don’t leave me alone.

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patrochilles-or-bust

I hate the idea of even having to share someone's last pleas. It don't feel right for someone to have to beg even on the way to the grave. Nonetheless, imma share it because Aboud's family will need our help, and Aboud is still here. Let's offer him some peace during this time.

joeyclaire

please guys anything you can do helps!

inky-duchess

Fantasy Guide to Writing Believable Politics

In most fantasy settings, politics is a large part of worldbuilding and a chunk of the plot, as how the world and culture runs from top down, will effect your characters, certain events and often effect the run of your story. In writing politics, you are shaping both the opportunities and limits, the impacts of morality and power on your world which will always come back to bite your characters on the ass.

What is Politics?

Lasswell defined politics as the who gets what, where, when and how. It is the string of protocols and events that dictate the rules and structures of society, framing the values and core ideals of the nation - or at least, the values of the ruling class. Poltics is not the government, politics is the process of argument, discussion, choice and question of how the government is run. Think of government like a football player and politics as the ball and the goal and the field.

Political Factions

It would be foolish to think that poltics is an agreed, unilateral process. No government can exist on one idea, one thought process. Even in a totalitarian regime, there will be those that disagree or lobby for change, even in a totalitarian”utopia”, there will be those that disagree. It is human nature to argue. Left, right or central political factions exist because there is no system on any earth where any decision is made without pushback. And it would be a mistake to think that only the ruling class can effect politics, other and even marginalised classes have a pull on politics especially if they are in the majority. Poltics is often deterimined or at least influenced by popular opinion even in dictatorships, playing to the crowd either by distraction in the form or reward and entertainment or giving into some of their needs. Even powerful parties must work to convince factions from the workers who can be with or without vote - even voteless masses can influence politics, through violence or threat or strike action -or even the head of state who makes final decisions, it is all one performance to win popular opinion to their side and way of thinking. The use of political factions in your story can allow you to frame the what is and what could be in your world or limit the opportunities of characters creating more conflicts or barriers for characters to butt against. Political figures themselves will either be lauded or despised in turnk with the media and the people weighing in.

What Politicians, Heads of State and the Common Man/Woman could discuss when talking about Politics

Enter any bar, restaurant, family home, school or any sphere of conversation, politics is a common subject. Even if heavy topics aren’t tackled, most people operate on a “no politics at the dinner table” way of thinking, politics related topics will arise. There aren’t enough job opportunities, some items are hard to find or expensive, the healthcare and education system is lacking and too general, that politician broke their word, that head of state can’t seem to control the government, the government did this, said that and can you believe that? Politics effects life: healthcare, education, housing, freedom, the economy, justice and ways of thinking about foreign relations and the nation’s sense of pride. Politicans would run on platforms dedicated to change how one of these things or protect them, they would debate these things in government either successfully or unsuccessfully. They would discuss it with one another even in private, for example if they back a stance with all they got, would the other faction or their ally make it worth their while. A head of state would be counselled on the matters of housing, food, healthcare etc by the government and would often instruct the government to focus on a certain point causing potential breaking points with the population and would cause greater issues. There will also be those that struggle against the status quo and current politics due to ideas that the current politics either ignores them or backs them into a corner, protests, demonstrations and strikes would be apart of even the most peaceful of places. It is human nature to struggle and insist to be heard. Even amongst families and friendgroups will squabble or disagree over politics or how things are run or the success of the government.

No One Else Was in The Room Where it Happened

Not all politics is discussed in the grand halls of government, deals and agreements are made in the houses of the powerful, or in restaurants or even seedy nightclubs and bars. It is all about exchange of support for one thing for another favour another day, the head of state might ask the government to focus on one issue due to strain on one issue over other pressing issues. A law might be passed that protects the hands that grease the wheels of government, a wealthy tycoon is more likely to get off a tax charge than the man on the street. A politician might agree to support a political rival if they back a policy they are planning to implement. Politics is underhanded, because there are so many cogs working behind the scenes and it is doubtful that even the government fully knows what was going on which can lead to the public seeing their government and its politics as shady figures.

How your Head of State would handle state affairs

I’m often asked how kings/queens/ruling figures handle politics. Depending on what system your monarch has to work within, either absolute or bound by a constitution, they will either have the right to make choices without government or be advised, informed by the head of government and have an advisory role rather than an active one but at the end of the day it is in the monarch’s power to sign a law or an order or bill into effect. The head of state has to be informed of all situations and decisions, underhanded politics may not be mentioned but the outcomes certainly will be. A head of state might attend government sittings or they may have private condensed discussions with a council made of politicians or nobles assigned to cover certain issues. The head of state may get involved in the nitty gritty of politics or they may chose to act as an adviser or referee but they have to be informed of what is going on at all times. This means they will often get dispatches of state papers to read and then sign off on, such as proposals, transcripts and minutes of meetings, letters from ambassadors and reports from the borders, or abroad or within the cities or countryside or literally everything that happens in the country at any given time. No monarch will take kindly to being left out of decision making or discussions as it is a challenge to their power or an attempt a coup.

taigacryptid

decentralize and clean up your life!!!

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

use firefox or librewolf (open-source fork of 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 instead of google drive

get rid of bloatware

use libreoffice instead of microsoft office suite

get free stuff with the help of r/FREEMEDIAHECKYEAH, r/piracy and r/roms

use trakt (for shows and movies), letterboxd (just movies), or TMB instead of IMDB (owned by amazon).

use storygraph instead of goodreads (owned by amazon).

use darkpatterns to find mobile game with no ads or microtransactions

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, ecosia, or ocean hero 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 thunderbird, mailfence, countermail, edison mail, or tuta 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 project gutenberg for free public domain books, and librivox for public domain books and audiobooks

use the seal app (android only) to download video and audio

use ellipsus instead of microsoft word or google docs

use mastodon instead of twitter

use peertube to create a network of small video hosting providers (disclaimer: not a 1:1 alternative to youtube)

use threema and signal for encrypted communication, on mobile and desktop

use qwant and startpage for secure internet browsers

use syncthing to securely transfer files between devices

learn how to jailbreak your kindle/ereader if you have one (wiki and video walkthrough)

use riseup’s email and VPN for secure communication (aimed towards activists)

use cryptpad and collabora instead of the microsoft office suite

use google takeout to export the data on your google account

use library extension to look for books on online stores and find them at your library

remove paywalls with removepaywalls

install the open-source adblocker ublock origin

install sponsorblock to skip sponsored segments on youtube videos

use bookfinder to look for the cheapest available listings of books, including textbooks

learn a language through mango (duolingo laid off some of its employees and now relies on AI translations) for free with a library card or through your school

edit photos with photopea

edit pdfs with foxit and sumatrapdf

download music with doubledouble

take notes offline and collaborate securely with obsidian

for android tv, use smarttube and cloudstream (ad-free, open-source)

change your OS to linux

beardedmrbean

theman

I GOT A FUCKING RAISE THE POTATO WORKED WTF

tattooedzombigirl

This potato works. Every. Fucking. Time.

beezelblub

Bless me with thy potato luck my lord

aceofheartsssss

pleaseee help meeee potato lmao everything feels like shittt latelyyy

catloveuse

Please donate to

Help Save Noah The Cat From Cancer

by Noah The Cat

Please donate and share this fundraiser. https://giveahand.com/fundraiser/help-save-noah-the-cat

Help Save Baby Noah - Our 6-Month-Old Kitten Fighting for His LifeNoah’s Story:Six months ago, Noah came into our lives as a tiny ball of or

This little orange fellow is fighting cancer and there's something you can do to help! Sharing is the first and most important one. Don't hesitate to reblog, share on all your platforms, share the link with anyone who could give this campaign visibility or donate to help cover his vet bills. The second thing you can do is donate, even just a small amount. Every little goes a long way. This little furbaby is suffering and fighting for his life, anything you can donate will help him get the treatments he needs to survive and stary with his humans. We still have a few days before the end of this fundraiser where we can make a difference for a life that shouldn't end there. Let's help Noah thecat together!

neverenoughmarauders

I've not been able to stop crying for two hours, but it is tears of joy. I've waited so many years to see this news. 23 years I've waited. I cannot begin to describe what this means to the Huntington's community.

One day I'll write about what it's like to grow up knowing you might have a terminal, incurable illness, and not be allowed to test yourself because "it's such a serious decision" they don't want it hanging over you until you're an adult (as if it doesn't hang over you as you witness a parent die, and know you've got 50% chance of inheriting the same illness--as do your siblings). One day, I will talk about how, in the fear of traumatising children with the knowledge they might be incurably, terminally ill, they also took away their right to decide over their bodies to a degree that is traumatising. One day.

But today I am going to cry. Because it's over. Because no child will ever have to go through the same uncertainty, because at least they will know there is a treatment option available. A treatment option that one of my siblings might come to rely on. With all the shit things happening around us, my childhood hope and dream have been realised. That's got to count for something.

One of the most devastating diseases finally has a treatment that can slow its progression and transform lives, tearful doctors tell BBC.

naamahdarling

This is incredible. Just absolutely incredible good news, and shocking considering how hard progressive neurological diseases are to treat at all.

It's such a terrible disease. This procedure is technically difficult and the surgery/infusion takes a long time but it is EFFECTIVE and reduced progression by 75% with surprisingly few side effects, and it's expected to be permanent.

They're looking at making it available very soon. I hope it is made affordable enough to treat everyone who has it.

strike-another-match

heartbreaking: well intentioned person who needs detailed instructions to function is giving extremely detailed instructions to person who gets overwhelmed with large volumes of information

strike-another-match

heartbreaking: well intentioned person who gets overwhelmed with large volumes of information is telling person who needs detailed instructions to function to just wing it

tlbodine

This is literally my boss and the other coworker in my department and I am soooo tired from running emotional and logistical interference for their ADHD asses lmao.

herb-on-a-stick

Greek Mythology Sources

Interest in greek mythology rises anew with the new number of retellings and adaptions...and misconceptions all around...

Claims like "that never happened" or "that's the roman version" are around a lot...but even if you wanted to learn more, where would you even start looking? Where do you begin your research for your next fic, or next discussion? Well...That's for you!

Here's a list of source names, links to access them, maps, family trees & more

Where to access the texts:

ToposText

Database, interlinks all names and places, has almost all sources translated, can find all name mentions of place or character in the sources, has a map with the places

Perseus Collection Greek and Roman Materials (and Scaife Viewer)

Digital Library, nearly all main greek and roman sources, including OG language text and dictionary for those languages (is instable at times, try coming back a few hours/days later and it should be up again)

Theoi Greek Mythology

Database, has summary posts for individual heroes, creatures, gods and events, as well as many translations, has a search function

List of Ancient Sources

Homer's Iliad (8th BC)

Homer's Odyssey (8th BC)

Epic Cycle (and Theban Cycle) fragments (8-6th BC)

Homeric Hymns (7th BC)

Orphic Hymns (2nd BC/2nd AD)

Quintus Smyrnaeus’s Posthomerica (3rd AD)

Tryphiodorus’s Taking of Ilium (3rd AD)

Apollonius Rhodius’ Argonautica (3rd BC)

Nonnus’ Dionysiaca (5th AD)

Hesiod’s Theogony, Works and Days, Catalogue of Women (8th BC)

Statius’s Thebaid, Achilleid (1st AD)

(More under cut)

daysleftofsecondterm

Fun sources on 1,220 days left!

doodlebugdpj

This is cool!

Please donate to

Help Save Noah The Cat From Cancer

by Noah The Cat

Please donate and share this fundraiser. https://giveahand.com/fundraiser/help-save-noah-the-cat

Help Save Baby Noah - Our 6-Month-Old Kitten Fighting for His LifeNoah’s Story:Six months ago, Noah came into our lives as a tiny ball of or

This little orange fellow is fighting cancer and there's something you can do to help! Sharing is the first and most important one. Don't hesitate to reblog, share on all your platforms, share the link with anyone who could give this campaign visibility or donate to help cover his vet bills. The second thing you can do is donate, even just a small amount. Every little goes a long way. This little furbaby is suffering and fighting for his life, anything you can donate will help him get the treatments he needs to survive and stary with his humans. We still have a few days before the end of this fundraiser where we can make a difference for a life that shouldn't end there. Let's help Noah thecat together!

#cat #help #donate if you can #cat fundraiser #noah the cat #cancer #please donate and share if you can #orange cat #kitten #rescue kitten #vet bills #important #trending #viral #tiktok #youtube #furrball #fur baby #emergency

I don't remember what you said but for the rest of my life I will remember the car window was rolled down when you said it.

thebibliosphere

Oh my god, food extract is not the same as an essential oil.

Food extract is the flavoring of something cooked down into a carrier oil or alcohol that is safe for human ingestion.

Essential oil is the pure extract of the plant refined down and distilled for concentrated medicinal purposes to a significantly higher strength than simply adding ground up mint leaves to your water. The two are not comparable in any way.

Cinnamon extract and cinnamon essential oil are not the same thing.

One is about 100 times the strength of the other and can also cause acute organ failure. I’ll give you a hint, it’s not the food extract.

Sweet gods I’m not trying to be mean, I want you to be aware and safe and stop putting yourselves and others at risk. Please.

thebibliosphere

Like maybe my tone is hard to read, maybe it just comes off as really angry but it’s not, it’s fear and worry. I read posts and clutch my head in alarm going “no! No! That’s how people die!” And then I get exasperated because a bunch of people not formally qualified chime in with “um actually this is a lie” and it’s not, it’s really, really not.

I’m not some big pharma advocate. I’m a crunchy witch hippy just like you with salt rock lamps and rose quartz all over my house. I just happen to have spent the last 15 years of my life studying the actual science of holistic medicines and I’m trying to help you not get hurt (or worse) becuase you trusted a sales person with no idea what the ever loving hell they were talking about beyond a sales pitch designed to maximize profit. Gah.

thewoonderkabinett

I see this so often in the Mommy world. There was a lady not long ago in one of the mom groups who was really worried about her toddler. He’d had a persistent cough for weeks and the doctor couldn’t figure out why. Someone asked, well what have to tried to treat it with, so far? She said she was using a humidifier, honey, and eucalyptus EO in the shower every night.

Yeah.

In case you were wondering, eucalyptus can cause respiratory distress in young children.

thebibliosphere

Sadly I don’t wonder. I have a friend whose daughter died from a home made menthol oil chest rub. She wasn’t even ten yet, but her mom– a qualified aromatherapist– thought she’d be old enough to handle it. She went into respitory distress and died seizing in her mother’s arms on route to the hospital. It was one of the most harrowing stories I had to listen to during my holistic training. She stood up there, on this podium next to a bunch of ponzy scheme essential oil sellers who looked like they wanted the floor to swallow them, and said “I killed my child with good intentions”.

I’ll never forget the look on her face.

So to reiterate, children under the age of ten should not be directly exposed to things like eucalyptus oil, peppermint or wintergreen. If you are using such things in your house and your child starts to complain of headaches, lethargy and general “feel worse”, don’t just assume it’s the cold/flu. Those are all signs of menthol sensitivity and they only get worse with increased exposure. Ventilate the room, take them outside if you can until the air clears. Do not apply again.

Rapid onset wheezing may be a sign of allergic reaction or possible asthma attack triggered by the menthol too. If they tell you their chest is warm or fuzzy when you use it, that’s another sign it’s not going down well with them. Again, ventilate the area or remove anything you applied to them. Administer inhalers if necessary. Watch for any more labored breathing or if they suddenly go limp or you can’t wake them up. If they do call 911.

This can also apply to people with allergies and asthma who are otherwise healthy.

One of the safest, natural ways to alleviate congestion is with just pure good old fashioned warm steam. Keep the air moist, drink plenty of warm fluids. Menthol can help relieve the feeling of congestion, but there’s limited evidence to suggest it actually clears the airways. And for the love of god don’t inhale mustard or horseradish (I’ve seen that suggestion on posts too, though how you’d get those oils I don’t know). That’s literally what tear gas is made of.

thebibliosphere

I apologize sincerely for bringing this long post back into your lives, fam, but I’m getting inundated with questions about what can the possible harm be if you dab a little neat peppermint oil on your child’s skin to help them with a little head cold, and this is the most succinct way I can put it.

The harm you may do, is in fact death. I am not telling you these things to be a kill joy, I’m telling you so you won’t accidentally kill yours.

katiaswift

I have almost no followers and so am probably screaming into the void here, but! An important addition to this:

Respiratory distress is the number one cause of cardiac arrest in children.

This isn’t the case with adults (I believe the main cause is arrhythmia? but don’t quote me) but kids? Absolutely. It’s not a terribly intuitive thing - I think we usually expect people to stop breathing because their heart has stopped, but in children it’s very much the other way around.

So this kind of thing is VITALLY IMPORTANT to remember when you’re using things like essential oils and cleaning products that a child could be sensitive to! Their little bodies are fragile, and they really, REALLY need to breathe. Keep an eye out for respiratory issues in children, especially if there’s something new that has been introduced into their environment.

copperplatebeech

This is also relevant to pet owners who may have some idea that essential oils have any role in “holistic pet health.” Just. DO. NOT. Cats, especially, have delicate little livers and lick their coats extensively, so tea tree oil and other terpenes can kill them if applied to their fur.

I am a massage therapist and I use essential oils in drop amounts per jar of lubricant or pot of hot water (for compresses) when I use them at all, and I keep them carefully isolated on a shelf and handle them as if they were caustic in undiluted form. Not all of them, obviously, are highly toxic or will burn your skin, but some will (cinnamon, oh boy), but it’s a good habit to form. Also, they are sold and stored in those cute little glass jars for a reason. Some can melt plastic. Don’t ask how I found out.

dduane

Your only occasional reminder:

Do your homework on ingredients. :/

#essential oils #use them carefuly #caution can save you #so can learning about things you thought you knew #better be humble and alive than not #be careful and stay safe y #food extract #food extract isn't the same as essential oil #be careful and stay safe y'all

luidilovins

tbh i wish that tumblr took germaphobia more seriously as far as tw tags goes. Every so often (and i mean on nearly a weekly basis) theres some post with a "fun fact" about how a toilet flush covers every square inch of your bathroom with toilet water and these facts are in no way productive to a recovering germaphobe. Im talking years of intesive therapy threatening to go down the drain because I'm afraid of breathing in or brushing my teeth with ecoli. There are some aspects of germs that i can control and some that i cannot. I can't control that 1% of germs that doesn't die on contact with hand sanitizer. What i can control is the ritualistic way i go about my day to avoid germs that probably won't harm me. I don't touch doorknobs. I rub my phone down with an alcohol wipe regularly. I hold my breath when i flush the toilet and i don't touch my belt after washing my hands. It makes doing basic household chores like doing the dishes nearly impossible Before therapy i used to wash my hands until they cracked and bled. I couldn't go anywhere without constant dread of contact with the outside world. Germaphobia is a big deal that i see virtually no one on this site talk about and it can be taxing on my every day life trying to remind myself that I'm safe and try to stay calm because i brush my teeth in the bathroom instead of my bedroom or the kitchen.

luidilovins

Hey maybe instead of liking this post can you maybe reblog? This problem is more prevalent than you might think on this site and I'm sure I'm not the only person who's struggling here.

#germaphobia #luidilovins

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