Month: July 2018

robotsandfrippary:

instantbanana:

my-mental-pile:

itsme98z:

YES. Make things clearer and more specific

Especially the first one! I have a really hard time knowing if somebody actually wants me to do something unless they are specific about the task and direct it towards me completely. 

This is some adhd/autism solidarity Mood™️

Not to derail or take away, but when someone says, “What’s the secret to a long marriage?”

This.  This is the secret.  be clear and specific about things.  I mean, yes, my husband has ADD and i probably fall on the autism spectrum somewhere, but I learned from watching my parents that most of the misunderstandings that led to their divorce was not being clear.  And what got them back together and remarried is being more clear and kind.  And always saying thank you, even if it’s a simple task.

So yeah, 19 years for my husband and I this year. And this is a big part of why. 

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lenyberry:

walpurgisak:

lenyberry:

wilwheaton:

I mean…

I’ve literally never seen the people who are mad about Russian interference being like “no but it’s totally ok that WE meddle with OTHER countries’ elections”. 

That’s different people. There’s probably a few actual hypocrites but really, like, most of us are of the opinion that we should also mind our own damn business and butt out of other countries’ internal affairs. 

the russia interference mavins may not be pro meddling, but theyve never protested particularly hard in the past. by and large, the left has lead the charge against american meddling in other countries elections, and by and large the left is more concerned now with voter suppression by the GOP, broken promises and primary rigging by the democrats, and the new prominence of american nazis, and less so with russian meddling.

“never protested particularly hard” 

Yes, it’s difficult to protest particularly hard about things that one is not aware are happening. I don’t know if you know this, but, the American education system is not particularly good and also the American media doesn’t tend to report much on things like “hey our government is secretly meddling in another country’s shit”. They’d rather run sensationalized clickbait about “could your front door KILL YOU? Stay tuned for our special report!” (spoilers: technically yes, your front door could kill you, but it’s really unlikely and you probably should not actually be very concerned).
And while being thoroughly informed about world current events is an admirable goal, lots of us have too many personal problems taking up our brainpower to do a very good job at keeping up on that. 

Yeah, I’m also more concerned about those things you listed than with “Russia interfered”. However, proving that there was deliberate collusion with Russian bullshit to get Trump elected might end up being the thing that gets him and his cabinet thrown out FASTEST, in which case that would be a net good against at least voter suppression by the GOP and the nazi resurgence – they’re emboldened because “their guy” won; it makes sense that it would be a demoralizing blow to them to get him impeached and removed. Doesn’t mean the problems would all magically be solved, but it’d sure be a solid step towards a less shitty future.

Source: wilwheaton

littledeconstruction:

clatterbane:

ripplingmirrors:

nickjetset:

xenopheles:

dandyads:

Trojan Condoms, 1993

BRING THIS BACK, TROJAN.

Good advertising is good. Promotes safe sex and their own product!

i love that it promotes safe sex without saying that getting pregnant is the only thing you should be worried about

Some important context: That was near the worst of the epidemic in the US, without effective combination treatments available yet.

(1993 was actually the year I started college. And yeah, latex barriers were getting pushed hard in the late ‘80s-early ‘90s as a basic responsibility if you wanted to stay alive very long. To the point of fearmongering among fairly low risk populations. Some of the changes in the meantime still surprise me, tbh.)

i cannot overemphasize how scary it was to have sex was in the 90′s. HIV/AIDS had no effective treatments, no easy/cheap testing, and it takes about 10 years to show symptoms – your partners could very well have it and not know.

Nowadays? Free testing at the clinic, takes five minutes and a fingerstick, and while it is still a very serious disease, it’s highly manageable.

Trojan ads were everywhere back then, btw. They told us there wasn’t any such thing as a “low-risk” population, which pissed a lot of people off because “BUT MY PARTNER WOULD NEVER LIE TO ME” 

but frankly I would like to see a lot more of that nowadays.

Source: dandyads

Europe’s Life-Long Nazi Hunters Horrified By Rise In Anti-Semitism

littlegoythings:

Serge and Beate Klarsfeld, two of Europe’s most famous Nazi hunters, are preparing to publish a memoir as they confront Europe’s rising anti-Semitism and xenophobia, the Washington Post reported.

Over five decades the Klarsfelds, who are married, have tracked Nazis from Paris, their home, to as far away as Syria and Bolivia. Their most famous catch, Klaus Barbie, called the Butcher of Lyon, was extradited to France after their extensive lobbying of the French government and convicted of crimes against humanity in 1991.

“All my troubles in the past started when Madame Klarsfeld came to Bolivia,” Barbie said when his trial began.

But now the couple fears that Europe is forgetting the memory of the Holocaust.

“The young today don’t know hunger. They don’t know war,” said Serge Klarsfeld, who is Jewish and whose father died in Auschwitz. “They don’t know that the European Union brought to Europe so much, and they don’t know that the generation that came before them worked so hard for what there is.”

They hope an English translation of their memoir, “Hunting the Truth,” will help change that. The story covers Serge’s memories of watching his father be taken away by the Gestapo, and Beate’s memories of her German Protestant upbringing, and her parents who she says “sleepwalked” through World War II.

The couple has been behind seminal moments in Holocaust awareness history, such as when Beate slapped the West German Chancellor Kurt Keieinger in 1968 for being a member of the Nazi party.

“We fight for values that we will defend the rest of our lives,” Serge said. “After we die, we can’t say what will happen.”

Europe’s Life-Long Nazi Hunters Horrified By Rise In Anti-Semitism

lostindaydreams-gemz:

*PLEASE READ/SIGNAL BOOST*

Monday, July 16th.

My previous, benefit sanction post (please click to read about my situation)  

Hi everyone, I’m Gemma and I desperately need your help. I know that you are all tired of seeing these posts as I am of making them, but I honestly have no other choice. 

Above, is a photo of my bank acct today in the negative due to overdue bills and charges from previous months and I have tried very hard to try and pay it off without success due to my welfare benefits being revoked under the UK’s controversial changes to how benefits are assessed and assigned and due to my mental illnesses. My appeal against this decision was recently denied and with no idea of when my sanction will be lifted it has caused me to struggle with my bill payments and to get groceries/household supplies with absolutely no income and I’ve been drowning in debt because of it, I can’t even afford to to eat. 

Not being able to eat is now a constant thing for me, as I have regularly skipped on eating for the past few weeks in a row now to try and somehow make ends meet and it has taken such a toll on me that a few days ago I was diagnosed with a folic acid deficiency, due to lack of nutrition. I have been prescribed medication to help but with this overdrawn balance I can’t afford anything, all including my rent due at the end of the month and a missed payment could result in eviction. 

If anyone could spare any amount to help me, even if it’s just £1/$1/€1, it would literally save my life and, sharing definitely helps just as much as donations. Nobody has to donate if they can’t or don’t want to, I know we’re all struggling. Thank you for your help 💖

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Source: lostindaydreams-gemz

wecanalldobetter:

spiroandthelacktones:

paper-mario-wiki:

wouldnt it be nice if more news articles were like this

https://www.cbsnews.com/amp/news/walter-carr-walks-to-first-day-of-work-ceo-gifts-him-car/

This is what we mean when we say that rich people have the ability to immediately and directly help people’s lives but most of them actively choose not to

How do you twist a man having to walk 14 miles to provide for himself as a positive? 

Source: paper-mario-wiki