utterly baffling human behavior

big fan of crows, yelling into the void, and also trans people. If you see me blogging about early 2000s drama tv don't worry about it. blog title is from Justin McElroy in mbmbam 347 he/him if you care

[victusinveritas]

There's worse to come, folks. Strap in and stay strapped.

[just7frogsinapeoplesuit]

Texas anti-ICE protesters convicted of terrorism charges sentenced to at least 50 years in prison

Activists accused of being part of antifa get long prison terms in case seen as test of Trump’s crackdown on dissent

[frankendykes-monster]

This is what I was alluding to when I discussed that the volume of name changes you have to make as a trans person highlights the ridiculous amount of documentation attached to you.

[thatchedrooftavern]

shout out to my mom who was surprised that Alexander Hamilton died at the end of the musical

[thatchedrooftavern]

Hadestown proshot goes hard btw

[kropotkindersurprise]

On April 8 we celebrate the death of Margaret Thatcher, and remember all the lives she destroyed.

[kropotkindersurprise]

July 25, 2024 - This week we celebrate the life of Cathy Rutherford, the amazingly fierce lady with the umbrella in the video above. Your hatred for Thatcher and refusal to be nice about it genuinely remains an inspiration 🫡 [link]

[parkchanwoohoo]

I subscribed to UNNAMED STREAMING SERVICE a few days ago and gave the login info to all my friends, as one does, but one of them went in and turned on 2-factor authentication and set the phone number to her own cell phone, locking me out of the account

It was an accident and we got it fixed but for a brief moment the betrayal and fury was so great I blacked out and was possessed by the spirit of like a 19th century naval officer, I was pacing around my room like "TO THINK THAT JUDAS HIMSELF NUMBERS HIMSELF AMONG MY COMPATRIOTS"

[human-pet-they]

DUDE GRINDR IS AWESOME

[polartss]

Suddenly I'm holding the world in my arms

[jadeandquartzes]

[id: art of orpheus and eurydice from hadestown. eurydice sits on the stage, crumpled back into orpheus and holding onto his arms. orpheus sits on his knees and holds her.]

[purple--starrrs]

By the way it's like. Really fucked how society's thoughts on epilepsy is just "get over it." Seizures can cause permanent brain damage. Seizures can kill people. Seizures hurt like hell. Allow me to reiterate that seizures can kill people. And you're just gonna casually put flashing lights, a common trigger for seizures in your advertisement, in your animation meme, in your edit, on your billboards, without even thinking about putting a simple disclaimer? That's unbelievable. Your little anime edit could deadass cost a life and you're not gonna put a warning because it's "inconvenient" or "people like that shouldn't be on the internet" (ableist) (the problem exists outside the internet also). Or you'll give insufficient ones like putting it in the captions or only giving like one second before the flashing lights appear, meaning that the trigger's already in motion before anyone who needs the warning can read it and save themselves from literal physical danger.

We need to start commenting under other people's posts about how to properly warn for flashing lights and eyestrain. We need to be emailing and calling companies about their possibly triggering advertisements that could induce seizures. We need to stop tolerating ableism and start speaking up for the more vulnerable.

Also, stop putting epilepsy warnings. That's like saying "warning: schizophrenia" on a post including unreality or "warning: dyslexia" on a post with a typing quirk. First off, the disability mentioned isn't the only group of people that this could trigger. Second, it doesn't truly get the message across and instead makes it worse for those with the disability-- scrolling through the epilepsy tag on Tumblr should get you to view the content of other epileptic people, but no, you just get a bunch of flashing lights and eyestrain, even though you could instead tag for, oh I dunno, flashing lights and eyestrain.

Anyways this Disability Pride, and for every month that comes after, think about epileptic people and others who are triggered by flashing lights/eyestrain. Happy pride to those who experience seizures too frequently due to the unaccommodating and ableist societies we live in!

[selene1311-f]

All of this is worth the read, so reblogging for visibility.

Just to try and help out and spread the word, there are two chrome extensions I've found that might be able to help.

Seizafe: This extension scans youtube videos and warns you if they contain things like flashing lights that could cause a seizure.

CogniShield: This extension (supposedly, it has like no reviews) dims the screen to a safe level if flashing lights are detected; it can also be used to limit volume. It might help.

If anybody else knows of any accessibility tools, please share them.

[jubjubbird]

Hi! While some might try to counter with the fact that seizures don't usually kill people themselves (the name for that happening is SUDEP because seizures on their own are generally not lethal), our medical care is expensive enough that a lot of us can die anyways due to complications and the prevalence of misinformation about our first aid... so this message absolutely still stands!

Photosensitive epilepsy makes up only 3% of cases for those of us with epilepsy, with the rest being a variety of other triggers from dehydration to exhaustion to medication complications. Somehow, people still think "TW: Epilepsy" makes sense when less than a twentieth of us have it. Tagging "#epilepsy" on posts that have flashing prevents us from forming our own community on here, which is necessary considering how misinformation about this condition is so prevalent that we are more likely to die from "first aid" given by people who don't know shit about this condition than we are to from our own seizures.

All this to say, OP is completely correct for saying this and I am extremely thankful for it. I also have some resources for you.

Photosensitive Epilepsy Analysis Tool (PEAT) by the Trace Research Center of the University of Maryland: This source allows you to upload videos or even select elements in your browser to determine if they would pose a risk to those of us with photosensitive epilepsy, and even indicates which parts of the video would be the most dangerous. Additionally, the software is free and has a guide on how to use the software and how to interpret the data output. This is the only free and medically certified tool I know about myself.

Information on Photosensitivity and Seizures by the Epilepsy Foundation and the Epilepsy Society: These sources are an explanation of photosensitive epilepsy and its common triggers, which is useful as a general guide on how to identify potentially dangerous content. If you are suggesting media to a person with photosensitive epilepsy, please do a more thorough confirmation of the safety of the media in question for the person you are recommending it to, and remember that everyone's photosensitivity triggers are different.

Seizure First Aid by the CDC and the Epilepsy Foundation: There is so much misinformation about seizure first aid that sometimes guides will say what not to do more than they will say what to do. We are more likely to be recorded during a seizure than helped, and we are more likely to be killed by misinformed first aid than die of our own accord. Seizure aid is not difficult, and you should learn it.

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[hartsnkises]

Alan Turing and Ada of Lovelace did not invent computer science for the girls and the gays to claim they can't do math

[t4timekeeper]

yeah i just love it when a character is in an inescapable torment nexus for a huge portion of their life and it defines every aspect of their existence forever. also whats cptsd

[drizzledrawings]

Im so used to my queer echochamber that when a woman doesnt have armpit hair its like a jumpscare

[segamascott]

you're not potentially mature content to me you are my friend

[rorywonder]

hey so filming people without their consent is weird. you know that right? filming people you don't know and they aren't aware of what you're doing is creepy. posting strangers online is fucking weird. we're too comfortable with doing it now for shits and giggles, chasing some sort of viral hit instead of reckoning with the fact that you posted someone who did not consent to their body and face being publically used.

we're being pushed these Meta Glasses as if mass surveillance of strangers is fun and normal! it's weird!!! there are already reports that people are using these to film women without them knowing and sharing it to communities who get off on this shit. who else knows who people are filming. these glasses with cameras are not obvious and that is dangerous.

[tpwrtrmnky]

they don't know about my precious, treasured friend Wikipedia, a website i can use to obtain a basic yet serviceable overview of any given topic while responsibly critical of the fact that it, like most sources, has biases and flaws at times

[tpwrtrmnky]

your teacher who said not to use wikipedia as your only source for assignments was completely right and wikipedia is a good starting point for getting a basic overview on many subjects for people who know how to use sources critically. these are compatible statements. they are distinct from "you are wrong because wikipedia says so," as well.

[tpwrtrmnky]

like yeah the wikipedia article on any given subject may turn out to be shallow, reductive and in some cases very biased

these are all features you also find in introductory textbooks on any given subject. because get this. introductory textbooks have to prioritize bringing the reader up to speed over being perfectly comprehensive, and may be written to serve a political agenda. you're not getting away from having to think critically about the stuff you read anywhere.

[parkchanwoohoo]