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It's the unwavering solidarity with your comrades. The trust that you will genuinely have each other's back through thick and thin, through time and space, through lives lived and lost and reborn.

It's this sad, broken, suicidal girl finding love and community and solidarity and when it's ripped away from her she doesn't give in to despair, she doubles down on the faith she has in those around her.

It's her being given a fucking abysmal, life ruining power and turning it into her STRENGTH.

Its her staring God in the face as the world crumbles around her and everyone she's ever loved is ripped from her grasp and all it does is harden her resolve to make things even better than they were before.

It's her becoming so sure of herself that she can turn this curse into a blessing and take down God himself with the power He cursed her with just to spite Him.

Nobody in weekly shonen jump is doing it like Fuuko Izumo

la-hannya

Y'all sleeping if you haven't noticed already that she's the best female mc this era and how she will eventually blow your minds. Period

molagboop

"Where Can I Read the Manga That Details Samus' Backstory?"

It's come to my attention that some people might not know where to actually find the obscure manga whose release corresponded with hit early 2000s remake Metroid: Zero Mission and was never officially translated from Japanese.

An unofficial translation (as well as the original Japanese) is hosted on the Metroid Database: here's a link to Volume I (ENG), and a conveniently spaced out link to Volume II for ease of clicking.

For those who can read it, here's a raw scan of Volume I in Japanese, + Volume II.

I think many thoughts related to this work, and perhaps you will too, once you've had the opportunity to give it a look.

scienceyoucanlove-deactivated20

As a 19-year-old sophomore at Stanford, Elizabeth Holmes decided to transform diagnostic medicine so she dropped out of college and used her tuition money to start her own company, Theranos. Ten years later, Holmes, pictured here holding a micro-vial, is on the cutting edge of medical technology — her new blood testing method allows hundreds of tests to be run using only a few drops of blood. And, Holmes’ methods are cheaper, faster, more accurate, and less invasive than conventional methods which often require a separate vial of blood for every test. As Holmes told Wired.com earlier this year, “I started this company because I wanted to spend my life changing our health care system. When someone you love gets really sick, most of the time when you find out, it’s too late to be able to do something about it. It’s heartbreaking… We wanted to make actionable health information accessible to people everywhere at the time it matters most. That means two things: being able to detect conditions in time to do something about them and providing access to information that can empower people to improve their lives.”

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thejunglenook

Reasons you should adore Elizabeth Holmes:

She is featured as Forbes’ youngest self-made woman billionaire.

Her tests will revolutionize the public health world as we know it; Making diagnostic testing accessible and affordable for more people (and potentially saving Medicare and Medicaid ~$100 billion each over the next decade). (x)

She is a coauthor on 82 US and 189 foreign patent applications. (x)

Her fear of needles served as a motivator for launching Theranos. (x)

allonym

I’m not always the best at spotting irony/sarcasm in blog posts, so just in case others aren’t aware, the whole blood testing technique was a total sham and Elizabeth Holmes was convicted of fraud and sentenced to over eleven years in prison.

bedbugbiting

My face is having uncontrollable spasms. Great. It hurts really, really, really bad.

I think part of why I have trouble explaining pain to the doctor is when they ask about the pain scale I always think “Well, if someone threw me down a flight of stairs right now or punched me a few times, it would definitely hurt a lot more” so I end up saying a low number. I was reading an article that said that “10” is the most commonly reported number and that is baffling to me. When I woke up from surgery with an 8" incision in my body and I could hardly even speak, I was in the most horrific pain of my life but I said “6” because I thought “Well, if you hit me in the stomach, it would be worse.”

bomberqueen17

I searched and searched for the post this graphic was from, and the OP deactivated, but I kept the graphic, because my BFF does the same thing, uses her imagination to come up with the worst pain she can imagine and pegs her “10″ there, and so is like, well, I’m conscious, so this must be a 5, and then the doctors don’t take her seriously. (And she then does things like driving herself to the hospital while in the process of giving birth. Probably should have called an ambulance for that one!)

So I found this and sent it to her. Because this is what they want to know: how badly is this pain affecting you? Not on a scale of “nothing” to “how I’d imagine it’d feel if bears were eating my still-living guts while I was on fire”.

I hate reposting stuff, but I’ll never find that post again and OP is deactivated, so, here’s a repost. I can delete this later, i just wanted to get it to you and I can’t embed images in a chat or an ask.

derryderrydown

This is possibly why it took several weeks to diagnose my fractured spine.

petralemaitre

Pain Scale transcription:

10 - I am in bed and I can’t move due to my pain. I need someone to take me to the emergency room because of my pain.

9 - My pain is all that I can think about. I can barely move or talk because of my pain.

8 - My pain is so severe that it is difficult to think of anything else. Talking and listening are difficult.

7 - I am in pain all the time. It keeps me from doing most activities.

6 - I think about my pain all of the time. I give up many activities because of my pain.

5 - I think about my pain most of the time. I cannot do some of the activities I need to do each day because of the pain.

4 - I am constantly aware of my pain but can continue most activities.

3 - My pain bothers me but I can ignore it most of the time.

2 - I have a low level of pain. I am aware of my pain only when I pay attention to it.

1 - My pain is hardly noticeable.

0 - I have no pain.

airagorncharda

It’s also really important to get this kind of scale to people who have chronic pain, because chronic pain drastically lowers your perception of how “bad” any kind of pain actually is, and yet something like this pain scale is extremely user friendly.

For example, if someone asked me how much pain I’m in at any given time, I’d say hardly any, and yet I’m apparently at a chronic 2.5, and it only goes up from there depending on the day.

There’s also a similarly useful “Fatigue Scale”

jedijenkins

I haven’t been below a 5 on this scale for 4 years

nerdgasrnz

Here’s the fatigue scale

sunny-day-sky

Fatigue scale image desc:

10: can barely move; can’t talk

9: can barely move; can talk

8: can move, but can’t do much more than watch TV

7: can watch TV and play a game on my phone simultaneously

6: can do work on my computer lying in bed

5: can get around the house, but definitely couldn’t go out

4: can run a light errand

3: can get in my 10,000 steps, making my fitbit happy

2: can do three or more activities in a single day

1: going clubbing!

eruvadhril

See also the Mental Health Pain Scale by Graceful Patient:

Mental Health Pain Scale transcription:

MILD

1 - Everything is a-okay! There is absolutely nothing wrong. You’re probably cuddling a fluffy kitten right now. Enjoy!

2 - You’re a bit frustrated or disappointed, but you’re easily distracted and cheered up with a little effort.

3 - Things are bothering you, but you’re coping. You might be overtired or hungry. The emotional equivalent of a headache.

MODERATE

4 - Today is a bad day (or a few bad days). You still have the skills to get through it, but be gentle with yourself. Use self-care strategies.

5 - Your mental health is starting to impact on your everyday life. Easy things are becoming difficult. You should talk to your doctor.

6 - You can’t do things the way you usually do them due to your mental health. Impulsive and compulsive thoughts may be hard to cope with.

SEVERE

7 - You’re avoiding things that make you more distressed, but that will make it worse. You should definitely seek help. This is serious.

8 - You can’t hide your struggles any more. You may have issues sleeping, eating, having fun, socialising, and work/study. Your mental health is affecting almost all parts of your life.

9 - You’re at a critical point. You aren’t functioning any more. You need urgent help. You may be a risk to yourself or others if left untreated.

10 - The worst mental and emotional distress possible. You can no longer care for yourself. You can’t imagine things getting any worse. Contact a crisis line immediately.

kingspadedying

These are so important! SO SO IMPORTANT SHARE THIS AND SAVE IT TO SHOW YOUR DOCTORS!

mrswhozeewhatsis

This is the first time I’ve seen the fatigue scale, and HOLY MOLY that’s a revelation!!! These should be on all hospital and doctor office walls.

thesaltofcarthage

I’ve never seen the mental health one! or the fatigue one! I printed out the pain one and gave it to my GP.

girls-can-get-married

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babe-are-you-okay

Babe are you okay? You reblogged mｋ's Lovebirds (おしどり百合夫婦)

heroineimages

This is still so charming!

yekkes

Some of you are too comfortable calling people who happen to be bad pedophiles without any evidence and I think people need to be more discerning about what could motivate such an accusation. This happens to trans women all the time and has also happened to Jewish people (literally just saw it the other day) and if this post gets notes please be aware that even self-identified leftists regularly perpetuate this. And if you don't understand where the idea of Jews being linked to pedophilia or sexual degeneracy comes from, here are some links:

It’s safe to say your favorite OnlyFans is not a sinister plot to neuter and desexualize white men and ultimately doom the white race. Still

How the ancient, antisemitic nocturnal ritual fantasy expresses itself through the ages—and explains the right’s fascination with fringe con

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Download Citation | “Oppression by Orgasm”: Pornography and Antisemitism in Far-Right Discourses in the United States Since the 1970s | This

And "The Jew's Body" by Sander Gilman

jvlianbashir

"haha these alpha trad men really just have dom/sub kinks!" i know misogyny isn't real to a lot of you guys but did you know that some people just actually do genuinely think women are inferior creatures

jvlianbashir

like if you actually threw one of these trad men into the dom/sub community, he would just be a danger to a female sub because the problem isn't really with him wanting to dominate but with the the fact that he has internalized the idea that women as a whole are not deserving of respect as equals and exist to be dominated

massacre-girlypop

Gods, this needs to be said louder.

Why do you think women (and honestly a lot of genderqueer and gender nonconforming homies and even other guys) get dick pics so regularly and without consent so often? I know it sounds like it’s JUST “men not knowing how to flirt”, but have you ever asked a dude why? They will attempt to chalk it up as an “it’s in our nature” or “I was just taught this” or “I didn’t know” or a “people do this all the time” and I have never nor will ever accept these answers. What you were “taught” (absorbed through toxic masculinity) is deeply ingrained misogyny masked as “the thing we just do”.

Guys, please. I am bisexual, however, it is so fucking hard to trust any kind of guy when 90% of you just act like that, and 75% of those guys act like that right out the gate. Like literal MILLISECONDS into a conversation.

We are not your toys. We are not your action figures. We are not your objects. Treat us like fucking people or the only people you will see at the end of your life are the the echoes of regret you hear as you drift into the void.

We’re beyond “do better”.

transmechanicus

i wish all trans girls a very kissed on the face by someone they love

transmechanicus

While i absolutely appreciate and value the other shades of the trans flag and queer community getting shoutouts of support, i do gotta say it irks me a little that ppl feel compelled to add onto this post instead of just reblogging as is. I made it while i was feeling deeply reviled and unloved as a result of specifically being a trans woman and getting harassed about it on this site. Was it not enough on its own for trans girls to want to be loved? Is reblogging the original post so hard when it’s not diluted by every facet of the queer community getting their own special shout out? Do you even really see who the original post was for, or are you just reblogging for the person 10 comments down who remixed it with your specific label? Do better! Transfems deserve love, deserve kisses, deserve the world, and are glorious beyond measure.

theprofessional-amateur

I am really enjoying reading about the University of Wisconsin chancellor fired after the university discovered all the pornos he and his wife were making.

Generally when someone has a public sex scandal (or “scandal”) you get the standard “I am sorry. I regret it. It was a misjudgment on my part” but this guy is like “fuck you I didn’t do anything wrong. I didn’t violate conflict of interest clauses, you are violating my first amendment rights”

theprofessional-amateur

SEXY HEALTHY COOKING

theprofessional-amateur

I want to see this legal battle

We can’t do anything about hate speech but if there is consensual sexual activity involved!

theprofessional-amateur

I want the details about how this was discovered because it has a real “I saw the professor at the devil’s sacrament” “girl what were YOU doing at the devil’s sacrament 👀" vibe

dabwax-deactivated20250410

I know this is funny haha to a lot of people but I need yall to really internalize that this is a gentle example of what happens to sex workers. This is a white man in his 50s who turned to sex work for fun and lost his professional career. Now imagine how fucked it is for disabled impoverished sex workers to advertise themselves in a way that separates their identities and lives from their real ones because if they can't they're barred from most other jobs if ANYONE happens to find out. Aside from jobs, imagine how this affects custody battles and abuse cases and housing availability. Maybe it seems like everyone and their dog has an onlyfans and a pornhub channel and things are cool now, but we live under a christofash oligarchy and sex workers will always be trampled and spat on by most of society. This story is absurd but this isn't funny at all.

theprofessional-amateur

I am really enjoying reading about the University of Wisconsin chancellor fired after the university discovered all the pornos he and his wife were making.

Generally when someone has a public sex scandal (or “scandal”) you get the standard “I am sorry. I regret it. It was a misjudgment on my part” but this guy is like “fuck you I didn’t do anything wrong. I didn’t violate conflict of interest clauses, you are violating my first amendment rights”

theprofessional-amateur

SEXY HEALTHY COOKING

theprofessional-amateur

I want to see this legal battle

We can’t do anything about hate speech but if there is consensual sexual activity involved!

theprofessional-amateur

I want the details about how this was discovered because it has a real “I saw the professor at the devil’s sacrament” “girl what were YOU doing at the devil’s sacrament 👀" vibe

dabwax-deactivated20250410

I know this is funny haha to a lot of people but I need yall to really internalize that this is a gentle example of what happens to sex workers. This is a white man in his 50s who turned to sex work for fun and lost his professional career. Now imagine how fucked it is for disabled impoverished sex workers to advertise themselves in a way that separates their identities and lives from their real ones because if they can't they're barred from most other jobs if ANYONE happens to find out. Aside from jobs, imagine how this affects custody battles and abuse cases and housing availability. Maybe it seems like everyone and their dog has an onlyfans and a pornhub channel and things are cool now, but we live under a christofash oligarchy and sex workers will always be trampled and spat on by most of society. This story is absurd but this isn't funny at all.

hoshizoralone

i finished halo ce

spontaneouscollapse

Hello! I come with some good news! In the EU, a law has been passed restricting generative AIs (particularly ones that pose a high risk). I hope other areas in the world follow suit, but this is huge! It'll take a while to be applied as well, though this is still a major win for everyone.

The newly endorsed act aims to ban "unacceptable AI practices" in the EU. Finally.

demonicae

What this new law means...

AI will be banned from being used for the following purposes:

'Biometric categorisation systems' using sensitive information scraped from images on the internet and CCTV footage.' This means people can't use AI/scraping to create a catalogue for;

facial recognition databases.

'Emotion recognition' in schools and workplaces

Social scoring systems

Predictive Policing

Being designed to manipulate human behaviour

People will gain the right to file complaints regarding AI systems.

AI developers must minimize risk to people, maintain usage logs, ensure transparency, and implement human oversight.

AI models will have to comply with EU copyright law

This means AI devs will HAVE to provide a comprehensive and detailed summary of the data used to train their AI's.

Any AI generated video, image, or audio (including deepfakes) MUST be labelled as such.

This is not in force for at LEAST two years. However it *is* going to become law (with an overwhelming majority of the European Parliament voting in favour, 523 in favour, 46 against, 49 absent.)

This is the first what is likely to be a slew of laws and regulations regarding the usage of AI.

walugus-grudenburg

Any AI generated video, image, or audio (including deepfakes) MUST be labelled as such.

Slight note that this is not "including deepfakes" but rather only deepfakes. However, the definition of deepfake stated by the act* would seemingly include anything AI generated that makes it look like someone did or said something they didn't, which seems like it would include things such as fake twitter screenshots.

It's a pretty broad clause, but it doesn't in any way seem to include AI art, except probably in the case that it's being used to claim someone else made the art when they didn't. (IMO this is a good thing. I don't think legally forced disclosure is necessary for non-deceptive content but that's just my opinion, feel free to disagree)

This is a very good piece of legislature regardless, though, and is most (but definitely not all) of what I'd like to see from regulations on the subject.

*("deep fake" means manipulated or synthetic audio, image or video content that would falsely appear to be authentic or truthful, and which features depictions of persons appearing to say or do things they did not say or do, produced using AI techniques, including machine learning and deep learning;" -quote from the PDF)

spontaneouscollapse

Hello! I come with some good news! In the EU, a law has been passed restricting generative AIs (particularly ones that pose a high risk). I hope other areas in the world follow suit, but this is huge! It'll take a while to be applied as well, though this is still a major win for everyone.

The newly endorsed act aims to ban "unacceptable AI practices" in the EU. Finally.

demonicae

What this new law means...

AI will be banned from being used for the following purposes:

'Biometric categorisation systems' using sensitive information scraped from images on the internet and CCTV footage.' This means people can't use AI/scraping to create a catalogue for;

facial recognition databases.

'Emotion recognition' in schools and workplaces

Social scoring systems

Predictive Policing

Being designed to manipulate human behaviour

People will gain the right to file complaints regarding AI systems.

AI developers must minimize risk to people, maintain usage logs, ensure transparency, and implement human oversight.

AI models will have to comply with EU copyright law

This means AI devs will HAVE to provide a comprehensive and detailed summary of the data used to train their AI's.

Any AI generated video, image, or audio (including deepfakes) MUST be labelled as such.

This is not in force for at LEAST two years. However it *is* going to become law (with an overwhelming majority of the European Parliament voting in favour, 523 in favour, 46 against, 49 absent.)

This is the first what is likely to be a slew of laws and regulations regarding the usage of AI.

walugus-grudenburg

Any AI generated video, image, or audio (including deepfakes) MUST be labelled as such.

Slight note that this is not "including deepfakes" but rather only deepfakes. However, the definition of deepfake stated by the act* would seemingly include anything AI generated that makes it look like someone did or said something they didn't, which seems like it would include things such as fake twitter screenshots.

It's a pretty broad clause, but it doesn't in any way seem to include AI art, except probably in the case that it's being used to claim someone else made the art when they didn't. (IMO this is a good thing. I don't think legally forced disclosure is necessary for non-deceptive content but that's just my opinion, feel free to disagree)

This is a very good piece of legislature regardless, though, and is most (but definitely not all) of what I'd like to see from regulations on the subject.

*("deep fake" means manipulated or synthetic audio, image or video content that would falsely appear to be authentic or truthful, and which features depictions of persons appearing to say or do things they did not say or do, produced using AI techniques, including machine learning and deep learning;" -quote from the PDF)

assiraphales

so the house of representatives just passed a bill that will now move to the senate to BAN tik tok completely in the united states and they are expected to argue that “national security risks” outweigh the freedom of speech and first amendment rights. biden has already said that if it gets to him, he will sign it. whether or not you use the app…….this is something to be worried about

assiraphales

before u have the kneejerk reaction of “good I hate tt anyways” or “maybe ppl will go outside” that’s not what this is about! the government wants to remove an entire app with over 170 million american users (who in large have used it as a platform to build community, consume and spread world news, advocate, organize), and try to force people back to us based apps like meta and google. please think about the implications. please think about what else they could potentially do if they get away with this. this could very well set a precedent for free speech & constitutional rights as well know it, and it is imperative we are on the right side of it

commiegoth

By the way, the actual language of the bill would allow them to ban any website or internet hosted app from a "foreign adversary", as described in the vaguest possible terms. This isn't about tiktok and will not stop at tiktok.