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are they willing to talk about it / can you talk to them about what you’ve been going through?

it might feel like something you’re burdening/guilting them with, or “making it about you” or something, but speaking as someone who’s lost others to suicide & made some attempts myself, it’s all too easy when in that SI headspace to forget or dismiss the knock-on effects that happen to everyone else after someone kills themselves.

it might be useful for them to know that they would be missed, that people care deeply about them, that the world’s not better off without them, and to hear about the ways that that near miss is affecting you.

idk, i think we tend to be very afraid to talk about mental health & we want to leave it up to the mental health professionals etc, but healing happens in community first & foremost, imo

i agree that people can call themselves whatever they want, they know themselves best!

these researchers don’t have the right to make that decision for others, though.

french sign language is one that a lot of other sign languages drew from, so it might be a good starting point for finding similarities / etymologies of signs.

that said, you’ll still need to learn those different sign languages from different places, in order to communicate with people there, just like with any spoken languages.

sign languages are typically very localised, due to Deaf communities often being fairly isolated. (Deaf people here in ireland have historically had difficulties communicating with one another, because signs would end up evolving differently between the girls’ schools & boys’ schools, for example)

yeah, it’s v weird & ill-informed of them to not count nonbinary people as trans. even the way they shove these two sentences into one paragraph, as though being nonbinary is somehow detransitioning:

One thing to consider is that this study began almost a decade ago, in 2013, and the way we frame transitioning and “detransitioning” has been evolving. When the researchers started the study, no one they interviewed identified as nonbinary or used they/them pronouns, Olson told NBC News.

i’m pretty sure nonbinary people were trans before 2013, but those researchers also had plenty of time to, y’know, do research on it in the meantime 😬

i’m sorry to hear that ❤️‍🩹

i hope you can get your hands on some paxlovid, and that you can rest as much as possible. if you think you’re resting enough, rest some more for good measure!

even occasionally masking is better than nothing, it’s breaking those chains of transmission! 💪

unfortunately, the covid vaccine only really prevents the worst outcomes (hospitalisation & death) for about 4-6 months, it doesn’t prevent transmission or long covid.

i’ve got my fingers crossed for a vaccine that does prevent transmission or long covid, but in the meantime, wearing a well-fitted mask really does work!

between measles and covid, there are a lot of people walking around who are immuno-compromised now & don’t even know it yet, beyond a vague idea that they don’t remember being sick so often before a few years ago.

i really hope that the us swings away from fascism & eugenics and moves towards things like free healthcare asap, because it really doesn’t have to be like this.

the huge cheers from all sides for the death of a healthcare ceo really shows that there are basic needs like healthcare & housing & UBI that have broad support, far beyond what culture war BS would have people believe, imo.

use photo editing software to copy & paste the character onto whatever backgrounds you want.

shitposts made with ai are generally downvoted into oblivion, btw. meanwhile, people appreciate the effort of diy shitposts. with human-made artisanal shitposts, the time & effort taken to make them is visible! 😚👌

i don’t skip terms and conditions, which is why i end up getting rid of a lot of programmes before i’ve even finished the install 😅

in case anyone isn’t sure what this is for, it’s going to be used to train ai.

the contract they want you to sign also has some waivers (pasted below), which i assume are to pre-empt lawsuits about using your likeness to train ai, and all without really explaining that’s what the photos & videos are for.

excerpt from their linked contract/agreement:

10.2 Class Action Waiver. Independent Contractor and Company mutually agree that by agreeing to arbitrate any dispute, each waives its right to have any dispute or claim brought, heard or arbitrated as a class action or collective action and that the arbitrator will not have any authority to hear or arbitrate any class or collective action (“Class Action Waiver”). 10.3 Representative Action Waiver. Independent Contractor and Company mutually agree that by agreeing to arbitrate, each waives its right to have any dispute or claim brought, heard or arbitrated as a representative action and that the arbitrator will not have any authority to arbitrate a representative action (“Representative Action Waiver”).

in case anyone isn’t sure what this is for, it’s going to be used to train ai.

the contract they want you to sign also has some waivers (pasted below), which i assume are to pre-empt lawsuits about using your likeness to train ai, and all without really explaining that’s what the photos & videos are for.

excerpt from their linked contract/agreement:

10.2 Class Action Waiver. Independent Contractor and Company mutually agree that by agreeing to arbitrate any dispute, each waives its right to have any dispute or claim brought, heard or arbitrated as a class action or collective action and that the arbitrator will not have any authority to hear or arbitrate any class or collective action (“Class Action Waiver”). 10.3 Representative Action Waiver. Independent Contractor and Company mutually agree that by agreeing to arbitrate, each waives its right to have any dispute or claim brought, heard or arbitrated as a representative action and that the arbitrator will not have any authority to arbitrate a representative action (“Representative Action Waiver”).

housecats sometimes crouch down instinctively the same way! as if they’re trying to somehow hide in long grass, despite being indoors🤭

“The simplest thing is to send an F-16 to put out the fire,” Kreuzer added.

All three justified the idea of summary killings on the grounds that burning waste “constitutes terrorism”.

According to Israel, dropping 2000lb “bunker busters” on people in tents isn’t terrorism, but people burning rubbish in order to cook food & generate heat is.

hell yeah, i love this. a gun’s sole purpose is to end lives, but now that metal’s being used to sustain lives & enrich them 🙌

his best, that’s what he’s doing! 😅

the legends say that toby’s still napping now, and on a quiet night like tonight, you can hear him snoring contentedly 😌💚

that’s the film logo from this year, saying “he mr gay”

the stars on the title of the 2007 game “super mario galaxy” are what spell out “u r mr gay” / “you are mr gay”

then the stars on the title of the sequel game in 2010, “super mario galaxy 2” spell out “u r m i a y”, which spelled backwards supposedly says “ya i m, r u?” / “yeah i am, are you?”

so idk, i think he might in fact be mr gay. we might need a film sequel to be sure, though.

https://gaming-urban-legends.fandom.com/wiki/U_R_MR_GAY

right! broombas should always be operated while sitting, for witchy flight safety :D

yeah! there are plenty of single-use plastics that are unavoidable at present (like all the plastic packaging keeping things sealed & sterile in hospitals); it’d be so great to be able to swap those out for something that can then biodegrade once they’re done with it! 🥳