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These pescatarian birds are directly exposed to PFAS contamination due to the island's position near the St. Lawrence Seaway.
Over fifty years of data show a peak in PFAS (also known as "forever chemicals") content in seabird eggs in the 90s, followed by a decrease as regulations went into effect. The most recent findings show a 70% decrease of most common PFAS.
While continued vigilance a regulation is needed, this data indicates that regulations are working to reduce PFAS concentrations in marine ecosystems.
Yes!!!! I did a review of literature on PFASs in human drinking water about half a year ago, and there is a lot of really good progress! Please celebrate this, please don't let this solution be forgotten (at least so quickly) as the ozone layer or acid rain.
We are making genuine progress! Producers are dramatically altering how much they use PFAS and how much gets released in effluent, but also there's a lot better understanding of how to remove PFAS from the environment!
Environmental problems CAN BE SOLVED.
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hedwig and hedwig？
the mysterious lighting was a mistake and i don't think i'll be experimenting with that again anytime soon...
I'm curious when Flora's birthday is. There's two bits of evidence that make me think different dates. Adela states that Flora is "almost 20" in Volume Two, which makes me think that her birthday is coming up, placing it sometime in December, January, maybe even February and debatably March. You wouldn't really say someone is almost 20 if their birthday just happened, at least I personally don't think you would.
But it's said by Flora in Volume One that the Superior hasn't allowed her to drink any wine, and the batch in the Misericord will be the first one she's been allowed to drink. Which implies that Flora wasn't allowed to drink until she turned 19. But if that's the case, why hadn't she drank any since she turned 19 earlier in the year, unless her birthday is in October or early November (potentially even a few days before Hedwig is let out, as Hedwig is let out November 10th).
But I feel like Adela wouldn't say that Flora is almost 20 if she turned 19 the same month as her saying that though, but the time difference between Flora turning 19 and the Superior allowing her to drink doesn't really make sense, unless the Superior just decided a different arbitrary condition had to be met for her to drink. I also feel like this would have been brought up at some point. It seems like it's something one of the other nuns would have brought up to poke fun at her or something, especially someone like Marta probably.
Though Flora's birthday being near the end of the year does coincide with my theory that Flora might have tried to come onto Catherine when she turned 18 and was then rejected by Catherine, then Catherine started duelling with Adela, as the sword fighting thing happened around December of 1481, tho that's only my own theory.
I could be missing something, as I sadly don't remember every line of dialogue said about and by Flora, but I'm personally more inclined to believe that Flora's birthday is at the start of the year, and the Soup is just weird.
Soup also incorrectly says Flora is only 17 when introducing her by name to Hedwig; it's quite possible she misjudged her youngest oblate's age
“It is troubling to see that attitudes towards gender equality are not more positive," said Julia Gillard of King’s College London.
>Particularly among Gen Z, our data shows an interesting duality: they are both the group most likely to agree that women who have a successful career are more attractive to men but are simultaneously most likely to agree that a wife should always obey her husband and that a woman should never appear too self-sufficient or independent.
Incredibly stupid things are happening
I know these two things seem contradictory, but there’s nothing a conservative man loves more than to tear off an angel’s wings. There are plenty of women that would willingly choose the obedient SAHM lifestyle, but these kinds of men always seem to go for the opposite. Why? Because it’s a power play. There’s no need to break a horse that’s already broken, and that would do nothing to validate that man, his ego, and his place in a world he sees as designed for him.
Another factor is that these men avoid dating conservative women who already want the lives they want them to have because those women's standards are too high. Specifically, such women expect to be the obedient stay at home mum, but they also expect their men to be the masculine ideal from the other half of the equation -- they tend to look down on their men if they cry, they expect them to be able to financially provide for the household, they want them to uphold their end of the bargain. You see this again and again in groups of conservative men who go out of their way to date liberal women; there is a power play, to tame someone untamed and bring her into line with his expectations, but there's also her lack of expectations of him. They want a woman who will do all the household and keep the home but ALSO will not reject him for not being able to afford to finance the family alone. They want a woman who'll respect and obey him but ALSO be fun and relaxed and let him show whatever emotions he wants. They want the Perfect Trad Wife who won't expect him to be the Perfect Trad Husband.
You see the same thing in conservatives who complain that all their leftie friends are abandoning them, but who won't just hang out with right wing friends instead. They don't want to hang out with other righties because a group of righties quickly becomes judgy and hateful and socially competitive, and is only fun to hang out with when they want to vent, whereas their leftie friends were more relaxed and fun. They want license to be unpleasant and expect unreasonable things of others, but want the people around them to be pleasant and not expect unreasonable things of them.
We have some excellent commentary here, but I want you to keep in mind an adage that will serve you well on the modern internet.
"If something immediately makes me feel anger, repulsion, or joy, with even a simple blurb, it's probably manipulating me."
First off, Newsweek is hardly an unbiased source these days. The majority shareholder is Dev Pagrad, is exceptionally wealthy, and has been repeatedly pushing newsweek to be an arm of the right wing's propaganda machine. It is HARD LINE far-right, Anti-trans, anti-woman, anti-immigrant, anti-science To cite the Southern Poverty Law Center (by way of Wikipedia)
In November 2022, the Southern Poverty Law Center reported that Newsweek had "taken a marked radical right turn by buoying extremists and promoting authoritarian leaders" since it hired conservative political activist Josh Hammer as editor-at-large. It noted the magazine's elevation of conspiracy theorists, publication of conspiracy theories about COVID-19, views such as support for a ban on all legal immigration to the United States and denying adults access to trans-affirming medical care, and failure to disclose potential conflicts of interest in the content published on Hammer's opinion section and podcast. https://web.archive.org/web/20221106005834/https://www.splcenter.org/hatewatch/2022/11/04/newsweek-embraces-anti-democracy-hard-right
Newsweek, when even linking to the study it cites, doesn't... actually link to the study. It just links to newsweek's "study" tab. It does MENTION the study, which allowed me to track it down. https://www.ipsos.com/en-uk/almost-third-gen-z-men-globally-agree-wife-should-obey-her-husband IPSOS is a MARKETING FIRM, whose CEO Jean Laurent Poitou, was the former head of Accenture, under whose leadership, sure did a lot of fraud, engaging in tax avoidance, and other such conservative-leaning behaviors, and who generally is affiliated with the traditional right. Let's add another one. The group "Global Institute for Women’s Leadership at King’s Business School, King’s College London" just so happens to be at the school that the Current CEO of newsweek is not just an alum of, but is a major contributor to the funding for. It's always weird when something extremely polarizing comes from, a group that's directly funded by the CEO or owner of the conservative newspaper that's publishing it, as well as from research done by a Marketing firm in the pockets of wealthy conservatives! Funny how that always seems to happen! But if we actually look at IPSOS's study, you'll see that a lot of the numbers have been gently massaged and their methodology is EXTREMELY opaque. After all, they're not a scientific institution. They're a MARKETING FIRM. The biggest conclusion if you read their own paper, is ACTUALLY, that MOST PEOPLE seem to hold progressive views on women's autonomy, but think that THEIR COUNTRY still majority holds draconian views on women's autonomy. Things their own study says:
A Majority of Gen Z believes that women shouldn't "always obey" their husbands.
A Majority of Gen Z has concerns that their society holds draconian beliefs about women.
What the results of the SPIN on this facts, as well as how many in the comments are reacting, is actually perpetuating the Traditional Right's views on Gender and Marriage. I need you to understand that it actively benefits the traditional right when you lean into gender essentialism and believe that Men Are Evil. That Men Are Monsters. It makes the default assumption of men be that they will always be predators, meaning that when they DO do something predator, nobody's surprised; well that's just how men are; when he finds the RIGHT woman who can Tame Him, then he'll behave; that's the duty of a woman after all; to put up with men abusing her until she finds one who is the Right One, who she can handle. What this article ALSO does, is scare progressive women, scares queerfolk, scares young folk, and makes conservatives feel emboldened and empowered. You need to ALWAYS, ALWAYS, remind yourself: "If something immediately makes me feel anger, repulsion, or Joy, with even a simple blurb, it's probably manipulating me." And more than that, you need to remember the follow up:
WHO BENEFITS FROM MAKING ME FEEL THIS WAY?
Reblog for OUT-FUCKING-STANDING follow through and critical examination!
This is what we need so much more of. Thank you @sunspotpony for taking the time to do this.
It’s easy to fall for this shit. I fall for it all the time. I was lucky enough to remember the highlighted advice, given to me by many loved ones, and hammered home to me by one of my wonderful partners.
So i would emphasize — if you fell for this, if you let it lead you to despair or anger, do not feel shame. It’s designed to take advantage of very basic human impulses. It’s a weapon designed to target us when we are already scared and tired and hurting. We’re the target. It’s difficult to dodge a trap specifically tailor-made to catch us.
Just remember — if it makes you feel strongly, positive or negative, if your first instinct is a strong emotion, you’re probably walking into a trap. And one of the fastest ways to inoculate yourself against that trap is to ask yourself “who benefits from making me feel this way?”
Eventually, like it did with me above, you’ll get lucky, you’ll “remember your training” (lol), and one of us will manage to recognize a trap for what it is so that we can tell others “hey, it’s not what it seems.”
World be spooky. We’re all in this shit together. I love you, neighbors. 💪✨
The majority is pro-equality, but that majority is not organised or activated enough. The rich are mostly anti-egalitarian because this allows them to play divide-and-rule and because it flatters hteir self-image to think of themselves as a superior kind of person. But unfortunately their money lets them set the agenda. The counterweight that is needed is mass politics, collective articulation of the majority's egalitarian leanings; but this is more easily said than done.
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Made good progress in my reading + watching and still have the comparatively rare Ranma opinion that all three versions (the manga, the 1989 anime adaptation + its spinoffs, and the 2024 remake) are all flawed but good, with the manga and the 1989 anime having most of the same issues wrt their depictions of gender+racial minorities aging badly (honestly, Akane's treatment is a lot more similar between them both than manga only fans will admit lmao), while the 2024 remake avoids some of their mistakes but runs into the aesthetic limitations of modern anime.
If I had to describe the quality standard of each...
Manga: Starts off a bit flat, with an art style that's still a bit too Maison Ikkoku to truly fit the series' vibe. Always felt that the pacing is a bit off, especially the transition from the ice skating duel arc to the Shampoo arc, like things just kinda start and stop without feeling properly fleshed out? Hard to explain. QUICKLY improves, however, and has a consistently high level of quality afterwards. Averages out to a 7 or 8 out of 10.
1989 anime: Starts off the strongest, no question. The first 18 episodes (corresponding to bit through the first Shampoo arc) are without question the best way to view that part of the story, with gorgeous animation and lots of fun character bits that flesh out the jokes and the cast. After that, it's much more inconsistent, especially visually. Averages out to a 7 or 8 out of 10.
2024 remake: About a 7 or 8 out of 10 from start to finish.
This may of course change and I make no claims of omniscience...
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Literally the definition of imperialism and classism. Doesn’t matter how many peasants you sacrifice as long as the most powerful piece is left standing
Proximity of bishops to the rulers promotes theocratic oppression
the horse is so fuckable
One of my best friends ( @acesoddity ) actually started watching the Ranma 1/2 remake a while ago, and online we started joking about how Ranma 1/2 would translate to 2026 if you preserved the cocktail of queerness and homophobia that is pervasive in the series' characterization and gag style humor. We decided that the characters could use modern terms for gender and sexuality but we couldn’t change the fact that everyone is severely repressed and in denial and toxic nor the fact that it’s a comedy series, so our solution was to have them all like, fling buzzwords that they don't understand around. And that the characters could use modern technology but within their own tech skills. Full disclosure a few of these are references but here are some of the ideas we came up with:
Ryoga doesn't fight women because he's a feminist
Ranma tries to remind him of this during a fight to escape and he responds “I believe in equality I’ll hit anyone even a woman” and doesn’t pause for a beat
Shampoo uses the hashtag #lovewins because she sees romance as a competition
The girls at furinkan get in a debate over whether Ukyo can call herself a lesbian while using he/him pronouns and when Ukyo hears about this she says “but I’m just a straight cis woman”
Mousse gets cancelled online because Ranma calls him a misogynist. Not for any of the valid reasons but because he got hugged one too many times and asks him “Do all women look the same to you?” And he replied “Yes” on camera
Kuno is the only member of the main cast to actively identify as queer and it’s because he learns extremely cursory information about polyamory
Akane calls herself part of the queer community because she thinks the A in LGBTQIA stands for ally and she is a #ally who supports the gay men in her life whole-heartedly and wants them to be accepted (She's talking about Ryoga)
Nabiki made insane amounts of money off of NFTs before that market disappeared
Akane calls Ranma a misogynist and Ranma responds "I can’t be a misogynist I’m a woman" and Akane's genuine reaction is like "Oh no wait that’s so true…"
Genma and Soun find out they have a common law marriage
Ranma loooves to talk about how he is serving cunt and Akane hates it
As in, he'll borrow a dress from Shampoo and be all “I’m serving. This fit is so cunty” and shampoo is like “Yes! Ranma so cunt!” And Akane is like "Can both of u shut the fuck up"
Love these idiots
nun yuri
ALSO! is Hedwig a toe walker... this is important
Habitually when nervous, yes (so a lot of the time lol)
I drew a few nun characters based on Misericorde to play in TTRPG games, including shameless recreations of Darcy, Angela, and Hedwig. Hedwig, naturally, lives in a tiny cell on the big guy's torso. Roleplaying as a pious super-prude and chronicling what the party did was a wonderful, silly experience!
I also ran a murder mystery one-shot (heavily) inspired by Misericorde, just with more fantasy nonsense. I found out that one of my players was reading the vn, and another one made some neat chalk art during the game! Eventually the players figured out who killed not-Eustace and the day was saved, with only moderate nun-on-nun violence.
Lastly, Flora was an owl:
