pinkpawkitty @lara@mond-basis.eu

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[alphabet committee]

boss: okay what comes after V

designer: two Vs kissing

boss: what

designer: then two Vs doing it

boss: wait

designer: then a V with a huge dildo

boss:

designer: two Vs 69ing

Everyone lives in their own inner world that has little to do with the "real" world. While you can send "invitations" to them to invite them to experience new patterns, there is never a guarantee. You cannnot change other people. You cannot force others to change. You can only invite. Keep being inviting, keep building the wanted patterns - and be careful what invitations and patterns of others YOU let into your life.

Hey, check this out!

It's called "Pronoun Dressing Room", and you can use it to try any pronouns, names, or genders you want! I recommend this to anyone who's still having trouble figuring themself out. ^^

Boost in case someone needs it!!

http://www.pronouns.failedslacker.com/

Most absurd bug I've reported in some time:
https://github.com/jellyfin/jellyfin/issues/9406

Thanks to everyone who's stepping up to write alt text for their images. It's making my social media experience a so much richer way of being happily unproductive.

From the homepage of a localish medieval/ren fair: One of these is not like the others:

"If people work from home, how will I socialize?" You will have to go into the forest, bribe an old witch & have her summon new friends for you like the rest of us have to

I've been waiting for weeks to post this picture.

“A sugar replacement called erythritol has been linked to blood clotting, stroke, heart attack and death, according to a new study. ‘The degree of risk was not modest,’ said lead author Dr. Stanley Hazen”

Wow. This is important news if you use sweeteners that may contain erythritol. Or regularly have drinks/other products possibly sweetened with it. Check your ingredients list carefully.

https://www.cnn.com/2023/02/27/health/zero-calorie-sweetener-heart-attack-stroke-wellness/index.html

It’s called EDGE because your phone insists that you have data service but never gives you the satisfaction of anything loading.

ADHD people should be funded to do their silly daydreamy megaprojects

Imagine what we could build

This is a public service announcement.

I have impostor syndrome. The people I look up to have impostor syndrome. The people I'm friends with have impostor syndrome. People you look up to have impostor syndrome.

The most insidious thing about impostor syndrome is that it makes it mindblowingly unbelievable when you find out that your heroes have it as well--because why would they? They've made it, they're at the pinnacle, what excuse could they possibly have for thinking they don't belong, and it's nearly self-indulgent of them to have impostor syndrome.

But of course YOU have impostor syndrome. You've still got everyone convinced that you belong here. </sad trombone>

Just remember - impostor syndrome isn't about whether you belong. It's about whether you're ALONE with your impostor syndrome...and you're not. Hugs. Right there with you, buddy.

What an amazing study: "Parachute use to prevent death and major trauma when jumping from aircraft: randomized controlled trial"

"Results Parachute use did not significantly reduce death or major injury"

a) definitely read this, it's hilarious
b) it's poking pretty hard at the stance that medical trials require a stance of equipoise -- genuine uncertainty about which option is better

https://www.bmj.com/content/363/bmj.k5094

h/t to @riana

If you drag an emoji family with a string size of 11 into an input with maxlength=10, one of the children will disappear.

The Paradox of Tolerance disappears if you look at tolerance, not as a moral standard, but as a social contract.

If someone does not abide by the terms of the contract, then they are not covered by it.

In other words: The intolerant are not following the rules of the social contract of mutual tolerance.

Since they have broken the terms of the contract, they are no longer covered by the contract, and their intolerance should NOT be tolerated.

[inspired by “Tolerance is not a moral precept”]