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i feel like this thing where people are going stir-crazy and want something to do less than a week after being explicitly ordered to stay home under threat of disease and death kind of blows a hole in that “if we give people universal basic income everybody will just be lazy and won’t want to work” talking point
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(Image description: a trans, genderqueer, genderfluid, agender, nonbinary, bigender, demiboy, demigirl, polygender, and maverique pride flags with the words "Visible for me, visible for those who can't yet be." centered in white text. The hashtag #TransDayOfVisibility is below.)
A gay man (played by a gay actor) pointing out to a bisexual woman that a lesbian has a crush on her.
Happy 2020 Trans Day of Visibility
As most pride-related events have been cancelled around the world due to the current pandemic I thought it’d be a cool idea to start a thread of trans people in STEM to show that we are here and we do exist!
I’ll start - Hi I’m Faelan, soon-to-be a 24-year old cognitive bee scientist from Sydney, Australia!
I just recently finished my Masters degree looking into presenting a conditional learning task to honey bees and hope to one day get into a PhD program to continue studying neruoethology in bees. I am also an out and proud gay and transgender man(-ish) and am very vocal in promoting transgender and gay visibility within science having worked closely with 500 Queer Scientists.
Hello hello! I’m Ev (they/them), a 23 year old ecological entomologist from the US Midwest and currently in the Southwest.
I’m in my first year in an entomology PhD program, so I haven’t fully narrowed down my interests, but I get excited about complicated plant-insect interactions related to sticky plant hairs. (If you spend time in the wwc you’ve probably heard me ramble about this many times.) I’m aromantic, asexual, and agender and out as trans (bc pronouns) within my department and lab. Being aroace doesn’t really come up, but I’ve been told that I give off strong “no romance/sex” vibes.
My name is Laura and I’m 25 and a 2nd year queer nonbinary (they/them) PhD student from Minnesota, USA- now studying in CA. I am interested in fish adaptive genetic and epigenetic variation and how environmental variables influence those effects. I currently study Oncorhychus mykiss aka steelhead and rainbow trout! I love studying evolutionary biology- a field dedicated to understanding and appreciating the variation we see in nature- as a queer nonbinary person.
Hello there!
I’m Oliver, and I’m a 24 year old entomologist from the UK. I’ve just received my master’s degree in animal behaviour, and specialise in the inner workings of eusocial insect societies, specifically bumblebee nest activity. I was looking for a phd in a related subject (before this all went down).
I’m a mixed race, bisexual trans man who is in a loving relationship with my nonbinary fiance. Nice to meet you all!
Hi! I’m Connor (He/Him), I’m 22, panromantic, a-spec, and transmasculine. I’m currently in undergrad studying wildlife conservation, and I’m hoping to eventually go to grad school for conservation. I haven’t really narrowed down what I’d like to research, but I really enjoy working with herpetofauna!
This corona virus situation is making everyone including the governments show what they truly care about
There are colleges that are not refunding or discounting room and board. Those colleges care more about money than the students. That will not change.
An Ongoing Daily List of Good Shit Because I'm Tired of All The Corona Talk:
Australia is no longer on fire
U-Haul is offering free 30 day storage for displaced college students and discounted rates on moving services
The second person in the world was just cured of HIV!
There's going to be a new Dr. Seuss book this fall, published from a manuscript he wrote that was discovered 21 years after his death
Student loan payments are being halted with no interest until the pandemic clears
A zoo in Indiana recently announced the birth of two Chacoan Peccaries, an animal that is currently endangered (and also adorable)
On that train, two cheetah cubs were recently born in an Ohio zoo via vitro fertilization, which could seriously boost efforts to help endangered species survive
One more about animals - a komodo dragon in a Tennessee zoo just gave birth without male involvement! Which isn't something new, but it is rare and cool.
The state of Virginia has banned conversion therapy for minors recently, and is the first Southern state to do so
Scotland has created the worlds first Carbon Positive Gin made from peas instead of wheat, which reduces the carbon footprint created by normal gin making. Without wheat....it might also be a gluten free alternative (not certain on that one, you'd have to reach out to the creators). You can buy it here
The worlds first 3D printed houses were just created in Mexico, with the hopes to combat homelessness. They are designed to withstand seismic activity and come with two bedrooms, a living room, kitchen, and bathroom.
Disneyland is donating all acceptable food to food banks in Orange County during their closure
The Olympic Games are hoping to become "climate positive" by the year 2030, and by next year they plan to start planting an "Olympic Forest" in Africa in an effort to combat desertification
Hopefully I can add more day to day, but even the small stuff makes you smile sometimes. Yesterday at my coffee shop, a woman tipped me five dollars because, and I quote, "Just because there's a virus doesn't mean I can't tip you for my coffee."
The small shit matters as much as the big shit. Good luck, try to look at the good and also try and DO some good, and wash your hands.
Today's list (3/15/2020):
Cleveland Clinic has found a way to make the Corona Virus test go from a 5+ day waiting time for results down to 8 hours, which helps speed up treatment and quarantine and slows the spread of the virus
You've definitely heard about this one, but citizens in Italy (including famous opera singers) have been singing with and playing music with each other during their quarantine
Hundreds of local restaurants (and some chain restaurants) are offering free meals for kids who rely on school lunches as their primary source of nutrition.
On this note, hundreds of teachers across the country are pulling from their pantries to make their less fortunate kids care packages (I know, they shouldn't have to, but they are, so let's celebrate the kindness)
Students of a school in Pembroke got together for the 13th year in a row to shave their heads for cancer research, earning more than 100,000 dollars
Feel free to add your own personal ones!
Day 3 (3/16/2020):
Woolworths has dedicated a set period of time for letting only elderly clients shop so they can stock up on supplies with less risk of catching covid19
A customer at a bar in Columbus tipped the staff $2500 on a $30 bill because of the shutdown of in house service for all bars and restaurants in Ohio, which will severely impact servers wages and tips
The last patient with Ebola in the Democratic Republic of the Congo was just released with a full bill of health
Scholastic is offering free courses for kids stuck at home during school closings
Reporters Without Borders have opened an uncensored library.....in MINECRAFT. In countries where a lot of books or articles are banned, Minecraft is still available, and they have made these books and articles readable through the platform. You can download it here
Today is National Panda Day!!!!! Here's a picture of a Floof Panda looking wistfully to their left:
Michael Symon is hosting free online cooking videos during the Corona Virus on Facebook
Ballet Nova Center for Dance is live streaming classes for all levels (beginner adult included!) on Facebook for the next week for anyone who might be interested in learning
Uber Eats is waiving the delivery fee for all local businesses so that you can keep supporting your mom and pop shops without risking getting sick or getting others sick. They're also offering contactless deliveries, giving affected drivers financial aid, and are donating meals to first responders and healthcare workers in the US and Canada
Its a struggle y'all, but there's good shit happening out there. Keep trucking, tip your delivery drivers and servers because they're making nothing now, and stay inside unless you absolutely can't. And please remember to wash your hands.
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i was worried my cat is dehydrated because i never see him drink water so i’ve started leaving a cup of water that’s “mine” (aka he sees me drink out of it once before he does) in my room so he thinks he is being a rebellious naughty by drinking out of it but rlly he is just following my plan & being hydrated .
God in the Garden of Eden
Absolutely obsessed with the implications of this comment
congratulations on getting through the day even if it was really, really hard. you’re doing great.
I spent way too long on this, but I don’t care. :) Here’s a scene from my fic Second Chances, right after Logan first finds Roman.
I’m not going to be able to comment properly on this because I’m going to cry.
But oh my gosh, Logan’s expression is so good. I will never be over your ability to draw folds, and boy is that relevant here! The clothing on Logan vs. the torn, rumpled, ragged, stringy items on Roman. And the couch and pillow, and oh no, the plastic bag!
I’m going back to Logan because he’s clearly so conflicted. He’s wrestling with what he remembers of Roman in high school to who he sees now. Maybe a little apprehensive, but also sad for him. Hnnnnnng, emotions rising, this is so good!
Oh nooo, no crying!
I really wanted to get across the contrast between them. Logan’s put together, clean, and symmetrical look (yes he picked out a shirt with two breast pockets on purpose) vs Roman’s tattered, dirty, rumpled and mis-matched appearance. And the clean lines of the couch (with pillows that probably Pat or Val picked out) that Roman looks very out of place on.
Ahhh, I’m really glad you think I got Logan’s expression right. Thank you so much!!!
OH!
Yes, this is excellent
Wow.
I will have to come back later with more words when my concentration isn’t being pulled in two directions
this picture is really good. and that meta is also really good. and the story is really good. I should reread it and catch up.
and yes. Logan’s expression is perfect. It is soft and caring but also… he doesn’t like dirty. He’s all the way behind the couch because he wants to try to care for this person who very obviously needs it but he can’t make himself get closer because Roman is filthy and Logan is germaphobic.
Please just stay home.
11.19.14
Re-posting this because I finally got to scan it in high-res.
Betty Bates is a goddamn hero.
—“Betty Bates, Lady-at-Law” in Hit Comics #47 (1947)
I… gotta admit, I was waiting for the story to turn on her and make her out to be unreasonable, but damn.
It would be interesting to discover the history of this. Anyone care to wager it was quashed by some macho editor?
Shockingly…. no. I looked it up, and apparently she had her own title for like a decade, and got lost in the shuffle when DC bought Quality comics so they could get Plastic Man. Apparently, she was also a consistent badass.
…and may have been played by a time travelling Drew Barrymore.
I am going to have to look up her creator– Bob Powell, also responsible for Sheena, Queen of the Jungle– because Damn, this is not something I would expect to see from the Golden Age.
Apparently she’s public domain now, so if any of y’all want to write a revival series of her, you can!
Public domain =
Today I learned
Free Audiobooks and Ebooks on OVERDRIVE.
Free Graphic Novels (DC, Marvel, Image, etc), Music, TV shows, and music on HOOPLA.
Free music that you can KEEP on FREEGAL
You are PAYING for all this with your tax money - USE THEM. Most likely systems will have all 3 or 2 out of 3, so if you aren’t sure call your local library’s reference/information desk and how you can get set-up or started.
Hey, highkey from a library worker:
Overdrive has a new mobile app called LIBBY I find it easier to use. It’s the same content as Overdrive just better for mobile. Overdrive and Libby both let you send items to your kindle as well.
why “spanking is harmful” studies will, ultimately, never matter to parents who want to hit their kids:
@fandomsandfeminism wrote a great post recently about the fact that we have, essentially, a scientific consensus on the fact that all forms of hitting children, including those euphemistically referred to as “spanking”, are psychologically harmful. they’ve also done an amazing job responding to a lot of parents self-admitted abusers who think “I hit my child and I’m okay with that” and/or “I was hit as a child and I don’t think there’s anything wrong with me” are more meaningful than 60 years of peer-reviewed research.
unfortunately, I’m here to tell you why all of that makes very little difference.
in 2014, a couple of researchers from UCLA and MIT named Alan Fiske and Tage Rai published a book called Virtuous Violence, the result of a major study of the motivations for interpersonal violence. Rai wrote a shorter piece about it in Quartz, which is a pretty light but still illuminating (hah, I did not see that pun coming but I’m gonna leave it) read.
the upshot of Fiske and Rai’s work is that most violence is fundamentally misunderstood because we think it is inherently outside the norms of a supposedly moral society. we presume that when someone commits a mass shooting or beats their spouse they are somehow intrinsically broken, either incapable of telling right from wrong or too lacking in self-control to prevent themselves from doing the wrong thing.
but what Fiske and Rai found was that, in fact, the opposite is true: most violence is morally motivated. people who commit violent acts aren’t lacking moral compasses - they believe those violent acts are not only morally acceptable, but morally obligatory. usually, these feelings emerge in the context of a relationship which is culturally defined as hierarchical. in other words, parents who commit violence against their children do so because they believe it is necessary that they do so in order to establish or affirm the dominance which they feel they are owed by both tradition and moral right.
when abusive parents say that they are “hitting children for their own good”, they are not speaking in terms of any rational predictions for the child’s future, but rather from a place of believing that the child must learn to be submissive in order to be a “good” child, to fulfill their place in the relationship.
this kind of violence is not the result of calm, intellectually reasoned deliberation about the child’s well-being. for that reason and that reason alone it will never be ended by scientific evidence.
history tells us more than we need to verify this. the slave trade and the institution of racial slavery, and their attendant forms of “corrective” physical violence, for instance, did not end because someone demonstrated they were physically or psychologically harmful to slaves - that was never a question in people’s minds to begin with. for generations, slavery was upheld as right and good not because it was viewed as harmless, but because it was viewed as morally necessary that one category of people should be “kept in their place” below another by any means necessary, because they were lower beings by natural order and god’s law. this violence ended because western society became gradually less convinced of the whole moral framework at play, not because we needed scientists to come along and demonstrate that chain gangs and whippings were psychologically detrimental. this is only one example from a world history filled with many, many forms of violence, both interpersonal and structural, which ultimately were founded on the idea that moral hierarchies must be maintained through someone’s idea of judiciously meted-out suffering.
and this, ultimately, is why we cannot end violence against children by pointing out that it is harmful - because the question of whether or not it is harmful does not enter into parents’ decisions about whether or not to commit violence in the first place. what they care about is not the hypothetical harm done to the child, but the reinforcement of the authority-ranked nature of the relationship itself. the reason these people so often sound like their primary concern is maintaining their “right” to hit their children is because it is. they believe that anyone telling them they can’t hit their children is attempting to undermine the moral structure of that individual relationship and, in a broader sense, the natural order of adult-child relations in society.
and that’s why the movement has to be greater than one against hitting kids. it has to be a movement against treating them as inferior, in general. it has to be a movement that says, children are people, that says children’s rights are human rights, that says the near-absolute authority of parents, coupled with the general social supremacy of adults and the marginalization of youth, have to all be torn down at once as an ideology of injustice and violence. anything less is ultimately pointless.
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ive had a few donation posts in the past few weeks and this one is up bc i had to quit my job bc of harassment lmao. its a typical story, guy asks me if i have a bf i say im gay he says i never had dick that was good enough and that hes turned girls straight (on top of constant flirting through multiple shifts despite me telling him im not interested). this guy ALSO told me he knew my ADDRESS bc he read it off my pay stubs that came in from the mail to the store bc he noticed how cute i was LMAO).
theres more but im deciding to not put it bc yall get the Gist lol
i quit and didnt say anything to the manager besides that im leaving bc the fucking freak knows where i live so im worried he may retaliate.
so rn im waiting to hear back from multiple other jobs im aiming for 250 dollars bc thats the rest i owe on rent. i already paid electric and the first half of my rent. i hate asking for help but im grateful for the community on here willing to aid ppl in misfortune like myself😭
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black history month has ended and sadly i still need get to my goal!😭😭😭 i have 4 days until this is due, please reblog or donate if you can!
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i spoke to my landlord and he's willing to give me a 3 day extension if i dont make it. but as of now i have 2 days to raise the rest! please help if you can
i have a job interview lined up! but i wont be working in time to make the rest of rent!
