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[upside-down-uni]

PSA

h*rry p*tter themed URLs or blogs with the house in their bio are a block on sight. my blog is small and I am nosy enough atm to check most blogs that follow me, and for personal reasons I keep this piece of media very far away from me.

[watchagonnado]

[miezkind]

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anyway everyone go donate to Lambda e.V.

[holespoles]

"Shimmering night" by Inaslind.

[fuckyeahchinesefashion]

OP: Why couldn’t traditional Chinese Yinpiao银票/silver drafts be forged if they were merely slips of paper? (cr大明宝钞，渐越)

Traditional Chinese yinpiao/silver drafts were paper vouchers issued by private banks starting from the Song Dynasty(960–1279). People could exchange these slips for physical silver at bank branches across the country.

Silver drafts were made in multiple copies with matching serrated seal edges. One copy went to the customer and others stayed at the bank. All edges had to fit perfectly together to withdraw silver. The unique split edge marks were almost impossible to copy.

This mechanism is known as qifeng骑缝 (split-joint seal) in China. It first originated in the Western Zhou Dynasty (1046–771 BC). The Rites of Zhou records that contracts were written on bamboo or wooden slips in duplicate. Notches and marks were carved in the middle before splitting the slips, with each party keeping one half. The two halves would be matched by their notches for verification.

During the Spring and Autumn and Warring States periods (770–221 BC), this idea evolved into hufu虎符/tiger tally tokens. A military tally was split into two pieces with identical inscriptions carved along the split edge. Troops could only be deployed if the patterns and characters on both halves perfectly aligned, serving as a metal version of the split-joint anti-counterfeiting system.

The technology matured in the Tang Dynasty (618–907). Government documents and private contracts commonly used split-joint seals stamped across the dividing line. The Chinese character "hetong合同" (contract) was written across the middle before the paper was torn apart, so the complete characters would only appear when the two halves were put together. This split-coupon system was later adopted for Song Dynasty (960–1279) jiaozi paper money and yinpiao/silver drafts of the Ming and Qing dynasties (1368–1912).

Official Song dynasty paper money (Jiaozi交子) was abolished in 1107. Private silver drafts issued by Qing-era piaohao票行 (ancient exchange banks) vanished completely in 1951, hit hard by modern banks and currency reforms. Nowadays silver drafts no longer circulate as currency. Their collectible value depends on their rarity and physical condition.

Split-joint seals (骑缝章qifengzhang)are still widely used on important paper documents in modern China, an anti-tampering technique passed down from ancient times. They are applied across the edge of multi-page contracts, bidding documents and official archives. If any page is removed or replaced, the broken seal pattern can prove the file has been altered.

[ariaste]

OMG I got so excited about this because they used a really similar (though far less refined) version of this for contracts in the European medieval period!

First they were called "chirographs", but later the word "indenture" (in its earliest meaning as just a legal document of any kind between two people) came to be used, originating from the practice of a contract being written twice on a single piece of parchment and then cut in half with serrated edges (as in dent, "teeth" -> indents -> indenture) in order for each party to take one half, so they could later piece them together and verify that there had been no forgery -- same as the Chinese silver drafts!

(Charter of the Clerecía de Ledesma, 1252, showing the serrated indents at the top -- presumably they are cutting rather than tearing because they're using parchment, which I expect is much harder to tear than wood-pulp paper like the Chinese were using)

Delights me when human beings find similar ways to solve the same problem at two different ends of the world. <3

[the---hermit]

15|07|2026

master thesis adventures #36 1/2

First daily update on how my thesis writing is going. This morning session was slightly less productive since I only wrote a new paragraph (a little less than a page). But I did do a big reread of what I wrote yesterday, fixed up a few sentences and typos and also checked the notes. I also went through the big list I made last week of things I need to include in this chapter, I crossed off everything I have mentioned already, and finally I reorganized the other informations I still have to include in an order that makes sense. So in my afternoon writing session I can just go for it since I already have the order in which to write things in. I imagine I will do a rough draft of that and then clean it up in the next session. Overall these one hour writing sprints seem to work well which is giving me a lot of hope. I will now go for a walk to wind down and I'll be back in the afternoon with an update after my second daily writing session.

[the---hermit]

master thesis adventures #36 2/2

I have just finished my second daily writing session. I have now 5 full pages of writing that I consider to be decent, and I know what else I will be adding to that to finish the chapter up. Tomorrow I will not be able to have writing sessions as I will be out for most of the day, but depending on my energy levels I might do a general round of editing of what I have wrote so far, once I get home. I am starting to feel a bit calmer about this whole writing process. I think it will still take me a bit to be fully in the flow, but once again compared to last week things are going great, so I am happy to continue this way. I also really hope to be able to send a first draft to my supervisor in order to get some feedback, to know if what I am doing is good, but that will still require a bit of work.

[geryone]

150-200 page books my beloved

[geryone]

Here are a few recommendations for short books that I loved!!

Autobiography of Red by Anne Carson (149 pages)

Brokeback Mountain by Annie Proulx (58 pages)

Box Hill by Adam Mars-Jones (112 pages)

It Lasts Forever and Then It's Over by Anne de Marcken (128 pages)

Minor Detail by Adania Shibli (105 pages)

Grief Is the Thing with Feathers by Max Porter (128 pages)

Cain by José Saramago (159 pages)

Kitchen by Banana Yoshimoto (160 pages)

Rien ne va plus by Margarita Karapanou (192 pages)

Giovanni's Room by James Baldwin (169 pages)

Bluets by Maggie Nelson (99 pages)

The Words That Remain by Stênio Gardel (160 pages)

At Night All Blood Is Black by David Diop (145 pages)

A History of My Brief Body by Billy-Ray Belcourt (142 pages)

The White Book by Han Kang (157 pages)

The Dumb House by John Burnside ( 204 pages)

[ben-learns-smth]

july days of productivity, day 13

gym ✅️

work

drive by lidl for cat food & joghurt

read before bed, lights out by 10

currently reading: wayfarer 1 (reread) & a year without a name (3.75☆ so far) & in the end it was all about love (3.75☆ so far)

[rosechata]

rojoalto

[rosechata]

rojoalto

[destiel-news-channel]

[Image ID: The Destiel confession meme edited so that Dean answers 'EU Chat Control passed despite of a majority (314-276) vote AGAINST it.' to Cas 'I love you'. /End ID]

EU Chat Control 1.0 Passed: The Majority Vote That Lost | byteiota

[godzilla-reads]

Jackie Morris is one of my favorite artists and I was so thrilled to see a new book by her and Robert Macfarlane.

“The Book of Birds: A Field Guide to Wonder and Loss” is calling to me.

[upside-down-uni]

feeling very resentful about the inscrutablility of company decisionmaking today. the book might look worse after one read than other hardcovers because the manufacturing process has actually been adapted to be more sustainable and use less resources and materials hazardous to the environment. it might also look worse after one read than other hardcovers because production quality has gone down significantly. or it might be both! and i have no way to tell!

[asyastudieskorean]

7.9.2026 — Last day of Intermediate B Korean. I’m literally going to miss so many faces from this class, especially my professor. What’ll be my little slice of comfort and fun on Thursdays now? 🥹

🎧 deadmau5 — Moar Ghosts ‘n’ Stuff (not me having a 9 PM rager while being sad lol)

[forustothinkistobealive]

Quelle: Aktionsbündnis Psychotherapie via Instagram

Die Bundesregierung plant ganz tolle Dinge mit der psychotherapeutischen Versorgung, also schreibt bitte eure Abgeordneten an!

Hier eine Mail-Vorlage:

Sehr geehrter [Name],

bitte setzen Sie sich dafür ein, dass Ihr Bundesland im Bundesrat den Vermittlungsausschuss anruft und das GKV-Beitragssatzstabilisierungsgesetz in dieser Form stoppt. Psychotherapeutinnen und Betroffene klaren seit Monaten darüber auf, dass die geplante Budgetierung psychotherapeutischer Leistungen bereits eine Katastrophe für die Versorgung ist. Sie gefährdet Therapieplätze, verlängert Wartezeiten und trifft Menschen, die dringend Hilfe brauchen. Doch jetzt wird es durch einen kurzfristig eingebrachten Anderungsantrag noch schlimmer: Die Mindestvergütung für psychotherapeutische Leistungen soll abgeschafft werden - also genau der Schutz, den das Bundessozialgericht seit 1999 entwickelt hat, damit Psychotherapie verlässlich und kostendeckend angeboten werden kann. Das darf nicht passieren. Wenn psychotherapeutische Leistungen schlechter vergütet werden, können Praxen weniger Behandlungen anbieten. Therapieplätze fallen weg, Wartezeiten werden länger und psychisch erkrankte Menschen bleiben ohne rechtzeitige Hilfe. Psychotherapie ist keine Luxusleistung. Sie ist medizinische Grundversorgung. Bitte verhindern Sie, dass dieser Schutz abgeschafft wird.

Mit freundlichen Grüßen [Name]

Hier eure Abgeordneten:

Deutscher Bundestag - Abgeordnete

Eine Übersicht über die gewählten Abgeordneten des Deutschen Bundestages, die Wahlkreise und Informationen über Tätigkeiten sowie Einkünfte,

Hier ein paar Quellen:

https://www.psychotherapieverbund.de/todesstoss

Bitte teilen!

[garlicandfish]

ACHTUNG!

Das Aktionsbündnis ruft explizit auf, (auch) die **Landes**abgeordneten anzuschreiben, weil die im Bundes**rat** sitzen: Der Bundesrat wird das Gesetz ratifizieren müssen, und entsprechend haben diese Menschen, die Macht, das Gesetz zu blockieren.

Also: Nicht (nur) die Bundestagsabgeordneten anschreiben, bitte! Es geht ja wirklich schnell, mit Copy und Paste diese Mails rauszuhauen. Bitte, bitte nimm Dir diese 10 Minuten!

Außerdem: Nimm dir vllt die Zeit, in den vorgeschriebenen Text einzufügen dass langfristig Einsparungen in der psychotherapeutischen Versorgung in der akuten und stationären Versorgung dieser Erkrankten mündet, was um ein Vielfaches teurer ist. Der Test argumentiert sonst vor allem moralisch, aber glaube auf wirtschaftliche Argumente achten Abgeordnete eher.

"Langfristig werden Einsparungen in der ambulanten psychotherapie darin münden, dass dieselben Erkranken akut und stationär behandelt werden müssen und teils arbeitsunfähig werden, was den Sozialstaat langfristig ein Vielfaches mehr kosten wird als die aktuellen Einsparungen in der Vergütung der Psychotherapeut:innen."

[stories-by-rie]

Email inklusive oben genannten wirtschaftlichen Argument zum einfacheren copy-pasten und tippfehler verbessert:

Betreff: Bitte setzen Sie sich für den Schutz von Psychotherapie ein

Sehr geehrter [Name],

bitte setzen Sie sich dafür ein, dass Ihr Bundesland im Bundesrat den Vermittlungsausschuss anruft und das GKV-Beitragssatzstabilisierungsgesetz in dieser Form stoppt. Psychotherapeutinnen und Betroffene klären seit Monaten darüber auf, dass die geplante Budgetierung psychotherapeutischer Leistungen bereits eine Katastrophe für die Versorgung ist. Sie gefährdet Therapieplätze, verlängert Wartezeiten und trifft Menschen, die dringend Hilfe brauchen. 

Doch jetzt wird es durch einen kurzfristig eingebrachten Änderungsantrag noch schlimmer: Die Mindestvergütung für psychotherapeutische Leistungen soll abgeschafft werden. Also genau der Schutz, den das Bundessozialgericht seit 1999 entwickelt hat, damit Psychotherapie verlässlich und kostendeckend angeboten werden kann. Das darf nicht passieren. Wenn psychotherapeutische Leistungen schlechter vergütet werden, können Praxen weniger Behandlungen anbieten. Therapieplätze fallen weg, Wartezeiten werden länger und psychisch erkrankte Menschen bleiben ohne rechtzeitige Hilfe. Psychotherapie ist keine Luxusleistung. Sie ist medizinische Grundversorgung. 

Langfristig werden Einsparungen in der ambulanten Psychotherapie darin münden, dass dieselben Erkrankten akut und stationär behandelt werden müssen und teils arbeitsunfähig werden, was den Sozialstaat langfristig ein Vielfaches mehr kosten wird als die aktuellen Einsparungen in der Vergütung der Psychotherapeut:innen.

Bitte verhindern Sie, dass dieser Schutz abgeschafft wird.

Mit freundlichen Grüßen

[goldengirlschildhood]

i can not and i mean i can not stress this enough… make a bibliography as you do your research. i mean, make a fully formed, correctly cited bibliography as you work. just do it. i know i know you’re being lazy or you hate making citations or you’ll just get to it later or you don’t want to get distracted etc etc etc

whatever your reasons just make the fuckin bibliography

and while im at it… put the footnotes in properly as you are writing. just… do it. for future you. please. for your sanity. do it.

[jimtheviking]

Jo’s commentary is, as ever, spot on:

[64mpg]

IF YOU NEED ME I WILL BE PUTTING OFF IMPORTANT TASKS AND LETTING THEM HAUNT ME

[ben-learns-smth]

july days of productivity - tasks, events & other things

I really enjoyed making these lists in the past months and i definitely got more done than I would've otherwise. so here we go for july, sorted into 2 categories!

wrap up queer festival orga & then enjoy the event (hopefully)

help out with dyke march skate group orga

do your best man tasks

do the vinted thing !!

get your insole prescription renewed [] & get the insoles []

bedtime 22-23 istg [/], [2], [3], [4], [5]

gym 1-2x week [✅️], [2], [3], [4], [5]

skate 1x week [X], [2], [3], [4], [5]

endurance workout 1x week [✅️], [2], [3], [4], [5]

knee & foot stability exercises every 2nd day fr this time (alternating) [X], [2], [3], [4], [5]

read 30min before bed [/], [2], [3], [4], [5]

do something that isn't bedrotting and scrolling before work (late shifts) and after work (early shifts) [✅️], [2], [3], [4], [5]

keeping it short with actual tasks this month, mostly focused on wellbeing goals. mixed results for week 1 and week 2 is only going medium well, too