@purplepadma - this makes me happy to hear. My partner has been working his way out of a depressive episode with sui ideation as well, and I see how much effort it is for him (and you) to be doing that.
Starting #keto today. Iโm kind of bamboozled by the idea of no bread or granola at breakfast. But I have to give something new a go, I feel I canโt go on being so unstable and thereโs not much wriggle room in my med regimen #bipolar
Pro Tip: Organizing spaces should be intergenerational. There should be children and elders around. Nothing good comes from a bunch of 20 - 40 year old's sitting in a room thinking they know everything. Don't operate in an echo-chamber.
@thepoliticalcat - I mean the post isn't about you hanging out with kids. The post is about not excluding people from organising spaces because of their age.
The idea that youth are inherently dangerous to older folks is harmful. Any of the things you describe can be an issue with being around anyone of any age.
@JamesGleick pay walls are elitist bullshit. The money doesn't go to the authors who put in the work. They just stop people who can't afford paying being able to read the content.
It annoys me so much that the Guardian now forces subscription, in a time when we need free and accessible better journalism to counter how much misinformation is being spread, making it difficult and expensive to access and share their articles pushes people towards worse and worse sources.
oh no, the cops aren't racist. Not even a little bit :(
Kumanjayi Walker inquest: court releases mock certificates awarded by NT police unit | Australia news | The Guardian
"He said the awards had an official name but they were commonly known as the โc**n of the yearโ awards, and the winner was made to wear a toga and carry a wooden club."
@TalktoBeverley - I'm really disappointed with the Guardian tbh.. but they did this a couple of weeks ago as well.
My guess is that they'd claim journalistic integrity because it's a quote, but honestly I think it's just that they don't think of editing it out because anti-Indigeneity in Australia isn't seen as a "real" issue.
I didn't think that Anathema was intending to offend at all (tbh, it's why I felt safe to ask for the edit ๐).
More men need to take active measures to not follow women tbh.
Like, my partner will cross the street and go out of his way if he's walking behind a woman, so that she doesn't feel threatened or bothered by his presence.
Today I was "followed" by a man in a parking lot. I know he wasn't following me, I knew it at the time as well, that he was just walking to his car the same as I was.. but it scared me. A lot.
I would have appreciated it if he crossed away from me. It would have been a great kindness.
Getting flooded and having to evacuate through flood waters a couple of years back has really done a number on me. Now I feel uneasy every time I hear heavy rain...
@ada - I don't think we put enough thought into how things like this create trauma and can potentially be a situation that causes ptsd. Evacuation is a traumatic event, it makes sense that you have this response ๐
The problem with modern politics is you have people whoโd struggle at checkers attempting to play 3D chess in a high-stakes game of โwho lives, who dies?โ at planetary scale.
What terms can stand in for LGBTQIA+? It really is a mouthful (mindful?). I see #gay and #queer used as catch-alls, but I've also seen people take umbrage with that. Can someone help me out with more #words here?
@Trajecient@HumanServitor - I agree with non-straight being problematic, and would add that non-het is the same. They set straight/het as a "norm" by just prefixing "non", and therefore otherises.