We’ve been doing some research, and looked at a bunch of glasses on Amazon.
Be VERY cautious when buying eclipse glasses on Amazon. Read the reviews. A lot of people are complaining about fake / knockoff glasses – even from what appear to be legit vendors. If they say they’re from China, DO NOT BUY.
The page also lists brick-and-mortar retailers, but check the manufacturer name before buying.
And apparently there are FREE eclipse glasses being distributed to libraries nationwide and via school science programs.
We ordered ours directly from one of the approved manufacturer sites to be absolutely certain. There are several options, though clearly many of these are already selling out.
If you have any desire to see the eclipse, get your glasses now and get the right kind. You may not go blind, but it can seriously damage your eyes.
[image transcription: the user had to translate the phrase “Deine Antwort ist falsch” which translates to “your answer is wrong”, while giving the right answer]
when crows remember people who wronged them and hold grudges it’s ‘intelligent’ and ‘really cool’ but when i do it i’m ‘petty’ and ‘need to move on?’ what kind of double standard honestly…..
here’s the thing: trump is not mentally ill and his behavior isn’t indicative of mental illness–it’s indicative of white supremacy
so no there’s no point in pop psychologists diagnosing him for clickbait articles and for people to make snappy tweets and posts about his sanity
it’s not funny and it does nothing but reinforce the stigma around mental illness and perpetuate the belief that mentally ill people are inherently dangerous and abusive
He’s not mentally ill, he’s just got a fucked up ideology. It’s not the same.
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The evidence actually suggests both. He’s extremely narcissistic, might be suffering the onset of dementia… and also a white supremacist asshole. They aren’t exclusive.
Exactly. These are very different things. It’s certainly a big problem the way some people prefer to conflate them in extremely ableist ways, and try to put terrible abusive behavior off on someone’s presumed mental health difficulties. But, being largely separate issues doesn’t make them mutually exclusive.
It’s also totally possible for already abusive-acting people to lose some inhibitions with dementia, which can be a very bad situation all around. I’ve seen that happen up close. That also wouldn’t even be a thing if they were not abusive going in.
Dementia doesn’t make a decent person suddenly turn into a horrible jerk, any more than drinking magically turns them aggressive. The loss of inhibitions can unmask some things they were able to cover up better before, and make existing manipulative behavior look much less smooth.
Trump has kept up a public reputation as an impressive level of bigoted jerk at least since the ‘80s. (From the NYT: 1973 | Meet Donald Trump. Involving the first discrimination suit against him.) The style may have changed some, and appallingly so has his level of influence.
But, the man has never come across as anything but a bigoted asshole. Regardless of anything else that might or might not be going on with him now.
I think the most Gemini thing my dad has ever done is one year he threw himself a reverse surprise party for the sheer drama of it. What is a reverse surprise party? you may ask, well let me tell you. So he invites over all his friends and family and then in the middle of dinner he stands up and announces that it’s not a regular dinner, it is in fact, his birthday dinner (his exact words were “Surprise! …. it’s my Birthday”) cue everyone looking panicked, because oh god I don’t have a gift, I don’t even have a card, but my father, wine glass still in hand assures them not to worry and reveals a pile of presents he got for himself and wrapped for everyone to pick one and give it to him as their gift. And honestly? My father is such a legend.
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