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Everyone's magical maintenance routines look different and that's okay. Cleanse as often as you feel the need. Ward against whatever you're particularly sensitive to. Find your own comfort zone. Don't follow someone else's advice if it doesn't fit you.
knew from a young age that i was weird and unfixable
Timely reminder that an important part of maintaining morale and hope during conflict or times of crisis is motivational messaging.
There are entire departments dedicated to entertainment and uplifting messages for armed forces, medical personnel, and all kinds of workers in high-stress or high-risk job fields. There's a reason that motivational posters and silly shirts and cute greeting cards and desktop tchotchkes are a thriving industry. It's the same mentality behind passing funny memes around with your squad - Here Is Something To Brighten Your Day.
So the next time somebody puts you down for signal-boosting a charity or posting a news article or reblogging a motivational post about antifascism instead of "getting off your ass," just know that you are in fact doing important work to maintain the morale of the people around you, and the movement needs that positivity propaganda every bit as much as we need to keep calling our legislators and preserving information from data purges.
Maybe we can't all be Boots On The Ground. But we can all be A Call To Action. And ask anyone who's ever run any kind of org or campaign - THAT SHIT MAKES A DIFFERENCE.
If our efforts did not make a difference, if they were truly pointless in the face of inevitabiity, then the Republication Administration would not be trying SO DAMN HARD to convince us that they are.
Keep fighting the good fight, friends and neighbors. Do not comply in advance. Do not give up. Do what you can where you can, when you can, and however you can. Every little bit of resistance helps and anything that helps is NOT a wasted effort.
While we breathe, we have hope.
it can be overwhelming HOW beautiful existence is but dang does it feel nice to resonate in that space when youre lucky enough to catch hold of it. when you randomly touch the current behind everything. you KNOW its back there but all you get is glimpses when you notice the way light shines on water
y'all know that whole left-brained/right-brained thing is fake right? and the "brain fully develops at age 25" thing? and the "we only use 10% of our brains" thing? yeah they're all complete horseshit please yell at anyone who says them
okay people are doing nuance in the notes about the kernels of truth in neuroscience myths but I really really need you to understand that that is not important here. people don't believe there are "right-brained" and "left-brained" people because they've misunderstood lateralisation of the central nervous system, they believe it because that binary framework was deliberately pushed by people who wanted to define who was logical enough to lead, and surprise surprise, white adult heterosexual men are left-brained. people don't believe the brain "finishes developing at 25" because they've misunderstood life stage differences in neuroplasticity, they believe it because the idea that children, teens, and young adults have inferior brains is a convenient rationalisation for a society that marginalises them. people don't believe you "only use 10% of your brain" because they misread an fMRI study, they believe it because it's useful bullshit for everyone from hyperindividualist historical revisionists pushing the great genius concept of scientific progress to hucksters recruiting for cults that will teach you to unlock your latent telekinesis for just $5000 a month. that's why it's fucking important to know that many popular science ideas are false and to push back on them loudly and frequently, because they're not just mildly incorrect, they are often active components of systems of violence.
important home cooking edicts:
you can sit down to do it
you can buy things pre-chopped
frozen is fine
tinned is fine
microwave is fine
the powder version is fine
the box mix is fine
the correct recipe is the one that you like the most
the correct method is the one that you can do
good nutrition is the food you can actually eat and enjoy
do not eat mouldy or rotten food
you do not need to wash the chicken you are going to cook the chicken washing the chicken just spreads raw meat bacteria all over the kitchen please stop washing chicken it is not necessary and it is the opposite of helpful
don't use raw meat knife for raw veggies or cheese unless you've washed it good
authenticity is a lie, make the version that you personally enjoy you are the person who is going to be eating it
i am serious stop giving a fuck about someone's imaginary nonna disapproving of your food she's not the one eating it you are
the correct amount of spice is the amount you are happy with
food that looks a mess can still taste just fine, your stomach isn't instagram
check you turned the stove off after
all condiments go with all things it is your mouth they're going into
unusal flavour combinations can be really effective!
check the plastic/glass is heatsafe before putting boiling water in it
most foods can be frozen
do not put dripping wet thing into hot fat. regret.
salt
set timer. "i'll just remember it's in the oven" that is the devil talking set a fucking timer
the washing machine is not a cooking appliance
if the cat has sat on it or licked it you need to wash it before you eat with/from it.
see also dog
wash hands after handling raw meat and before handling cheese that you're not cooking.
most germs do not survive being cast into the flames
if you like cheese you can and should put cheese on that.
do not eat the off egg. it will not be fine. you will have a bad bathroom time.
different oils have different smoke points. a smoke point is when the pan starts smoking. it makes stuff taste less good and stick to the pan.
sometimes less heat for longer is what you want. you cannot always do big heat for short time. if you want short time because you're in a hurry: microwave.
do not put the wet thing in the toaster
it can be soup. it can always be soup.
non-stick does not mean no oil
skipping preheating is not a good idea and makes things stick to stuff and cook weirdly
the correct texture for the noodles/pasta is the one that you are happy eating
see also egg
if you add incorrect/stupid/moralising/contradictory/irrelevant/culturally insensitive/insulting advice to my post i will block you :) make your own post.
Tales of Times Forgotten articles on ancient polytheism, atheism, witchcraft, Christianity, & other historical topics everyone should read
Misconceptions about the Witch-Trials
Debunking the So-Called “Dark Ages”
Was Giordano Bruno Really a “Martyr for Science”?
Who Was The First God?
Did Ancient “Pagans” Really Worship Nature?
Was the “Green Man” Really an Ancient Pagan Deity?
Misconceptions about the Library of Alexandria
Modern Stereotypes About Ancient Civilizations
Ancient Greek Misogyny
Why Did The Patriarchal Greeks And Romans Worship Such Powerful Goddesses?
Did the Ancient Greeks Really Believe in Their Myths?
Did the Ancient Greeks Ever Climb Mount Olympos?
What Evidence Is There for Atheism in Ancient Greece?
No, the Romans Did Not Just “Steal” All the Greek Deities
What Was the Conversion of the Roman Empire to Christianity Really Like?
Things That Did Not Cause the Fall of the Roman Empire
No, Transgender People Are Not a Sign of Cultural Collapse
Christian Adaptation of Pagan Iconography
Greek Writers Quoted in the New Testament
No, the Christian Cross Is Not Based on the Egyptian Ankh
Just How Pagan Is Christmas Really?
No, Santa Claus Is Not Inspired by Odin
The Long, Strange, Fascinating History of Santa Claus
The Origins of the Christmas Tree
The Not-So-Pagan Origins of Easter
No, Easter Is Not Named After Ishtar
No, Groundhog Day Is Not of Ancient Pagan Origin
Here’s How We Know the Canonical Gospels Were Originally Anonymous
Lucifer Is Not a Name for Satan!
Was Jesus Copied Off the Egyptian God Horus?
Was Jesus a Communist?
What Does the Genesis Creation Story Mean?
Is Everyone Really Born an Atheist?
No, There Isn’t a Conspiracy to “Hide the Truth” about Ancient History
Who Are The Illuminati Really?
The Ancient Astronaut Hypothesis Is Racist and Harmful
The Truth about Atlantis
What Do Conservatives Really Mean When They Talk about “Western Civilization”?
The "Hero's Journey" is Nonsense
Jordan Peterson Does Not Understand Mythology
Jordan Peterson Does Not Understand Ancient Languages
No, Public Universities Aren’t Dominated by Evil Atheist Professors Seeking to Destroy Students’ Faith
I think a lot of witchcraft certainly can be positive, bubbly, pink, sparkly, rainbows and glitters and good vibes.
I adore Glinda from Wicked and her aesthetic. Totally stan.
But much of my witchcraft isn't like that.
Magic coming from me is real and raw. It is messy, chaotic, and feral, just like me. It harnesses my rage, grief, heartbreak, and turmoil. It shows my scars, pains, blood, sweat, and tears. Because I am my magic and my magic is me.
and! you would be surprised what the bubbly sparkly witches are up to when it comes to their practice
september,
please be good to the person reading this
[ID: A list of 11 points titled “Characteristics of Pseudoscience” that are as follows:
Is unfalsifiable (can’t be proven wrong): Makes vague or unobservable claims
Relies heavily on anecdotes, personal experiences and testimonials
Cherry picks confirming evidence while ignoring/minimizing disconfirming evidence
Uses technobabble: Words that sound scientific but don’t make sense
Lacks plausible mechanism: No way to explain it based on existing knowledge
Is unchanging: Doesn’t self-correct or progress
Makes extraordinary/exaggerated claims with insufficient evidence
Professes certainty: Talks of “proof” with great confidence
Commits logical fallacies: Arguments contain errors in reasoning
Lacks peer review: Goes directly to the public, avoiding scientific scrutiny
Claims there’s a conspiracy to suppress their ideas
A logo in the corner shows a smiling cartoon brain lifting a weight and says "Thinking Is Power." /End ID.]
while i was away a 300 dollar autopay bill overdrafted my account and my bank just charged me overdraft fees for a week straight without telling me. then my rent payment bounced. and i got this eviction notice today. i'm 1700 in the hole so i would say i'm not having a good time right now
this is just where i'm at as of writing. my bank is going to charge even more overdraft fees soon & theres also going to be late fees on my other bills this month
my next paycheck is later this week but it's going to be ~400. idk the horrors are neverending. i am doing my best but anything at all helps
Support Ted "corantus" Kaufman
companies make billions from you thinking you're ugly btw. only ugly thing is their bottom line. log out of tiktok right now.
learning to ask 'is this an ad' will save your life
I am a huge fan of retiring to my quarters
Do you want to be politically pure in theory or help your neighbor. Is it fruitless to help your neighbor because there's no Perfect Pure way to do it ?
Honestly I would rather be politically pure. Your neighbors would never help you, so why help them?
Youre who this post is talking about. Individualism and elitism is not going to help the revolution and grassroots activism and mutual aid.
When the pandemic hit this old church lady joined our tattooed queer leftist mutual aid group bc her church soup kitchen closed. We shrugged and told her she was welcome as long as she didn't proselytize.
That woman never gendered me right once, but she shut up about Jesus long enough to feed people next to us bc she cared more about action than ideology. She also had a whole network of other church people who helped contribute $ to ingredients. We provided more and better meals together than in our "correct" silos
That's how any of us get out of any of this
Ok now do NYT columnists
already this has tags in the notes like “#anti ai” but... this is just real life with almost everything. this is like grifter 101 please don’t exceptionalize needing to be critical of chatgpt.
This is literally how job interviews work, by the way, and then everyone is surprised the super-duper confident guy is also an incompetent moron.
It’s also where we get “con artist”, aka “confidence artist”. It’s someone who dazzles you with the assurance that they know what they are talking about because they speak with absolute certainty despite not knowing anything. I dare say it’s gotten worse with the internet because text and careful/exciting editing makes people seem more confident than before - and if you think you’re immune, you aren’t.
Work with moon cycles but don't forget that witchcraft can be just as effective by daylight as well! Nature provides us with many opportunities to work with its tides and cycles; use and explore as many of these opportunities as you can. There are no "right" or "wrong" ways - but I would argue that there are more effective or less effective ways to do things based on your local landscape, natural resources, personal taste, traditions, culture, and disposition. You are the witch, and you are in charge of your own magic and power, so have fun and get your hands dirty making and doing magic.
A Witch's Ally: Building a Magical Relationship with Animal Familiars and Companions (page 158) by Dodie Graham McKay
So based on what I've read so far for primers on chaos magic, I recommend starting with Condensed Chaos: An Introduction To Chaos Magic by Phil Hine, THEN getting the updated and revised and expanded editions of Liber Null and Psychonaut and also Liber Kaos by Peter J Carroll.
Caveats for Condensed Chaos:
misuse of "shaman" and similar terms (none of what is brought up relates to Tungusic peoples)
written by a neurotypical white English bisexual cisgender man, and boy howdy is the neurotypical part obvious in several areas
inconsistent capitalization for concepts, and also inconsistent comma usage
definitely a product of its time and not decolonized, which is a larger problem in chaos magic as a whole
Recommended Audience for Condensed Chaos:
pop culture mages/pagans
those interested in servitors, sigils, or chaos magic more broadly
technology mages
those who want to explore Jungian psychology in magic
As for Peter J Carroll's works... Basically the same as the above, yet also way more difficult to read if you're not used to old grimoire-esque language and writing styles.
I'd still genuinely recommend all three of these, just with the reminder to raise an eyebrow at some of the claims made.
The books I still have to read on chaos magic that I currently own are Hands-On Chaos Magic: Reality Manipulation Through The Ovayki Current by Andrieh Vitimus; Creating Magickal Entities: A Complete Guide to Entity Creation by David Michael Cunningham, Taylor Ellwood, and T Amanda R Wagener; and Magickal Servitors: Create Your Own Spirits To Attract Pleasure, Power and Prosperity by Damon Brand.
Plenty of reading left for me to do on this subject.
