Headlines AfricaMali Eid celebrations dimmed by insecurity, shortages and surging costs http://newsfeed.facilit8.network/TSgK86 #MaliEid #Insecurity #Bamako #EidCelebration #Sahel
Richard Michael Blaberhttps://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2026/may/20/death-of-accountability-nigel-farage-no-10-brexit. "Austerity plus #Brexit enabled the rise of Farage’s #ReformUK. Further #decline & #insecurity are a boon for those who can channel our rage towards #scapegoats: #immigrants, #asylumseekers, #Muslims, woke 'elites'. If #Farage becomes prime minister in 2029, his Brexit disaster will be a major reason why." The #Nazis blamed the #Jews for people's ills - & THEY were believed, too! Simple answers aren't always the right ones.
alnitakFTA: “Australia and the #EU are putting in robust protective factors to manage kids' use of the internet, whereas our government has chosen to prioritise business and AI,” he says. “It’s a ‘wait and see’ mentality… Are we harming our kids more with this approach? Probably.” | Lydia Spencer-Elliott
https://www.the-independent.com/life-style/stacey-stacy-becky-looksmaxxing-for-women-b2972911.html?utm_source=firefox-newtab-en-gb #insecurity #vulnerability #exploitation #fashion #industry
The rise of ‘Stacey face’: How AI enhancements are warping our beauty standards
As manosphere trends spread across the internet, a strict vision of the ideal woman is making its way from AI makeover apps to surgeons’ offices. Lydia Spencer-Elliott speaks to experts about ‘Stacey face’, which is seen as the highest tier of female beauty
Zsolt Zsemba
Zsolt ZsembaLost
Lost in Love and Fear
It’s been so long that I am not sure how to love.
I only know I have love to give and I am dying trying.
I cry out for that warmth and connection.
I suffer in silence with my insecure thoughts.
I dread each night when it’s time to sleep.
The thoughts echo in my head and run wild.
I want to yell, “I love you.”
Yet I am terrified of the reply or the deafening silence.
Will I need to run and hide, or will my love be welcomed?
I have given my mind and soul.
To give all of me is dark and overwhelming.
Starting over is even scarier, and I fear the thought.
Will you welcome me with open arms?
Or will I need to start over again?
This burning love of my hurts often
Will you help me cure my pain?
#anxiety #insecurity #loveAndBreakup #mentalHealth #overthinking #pain #puisi #relationships #Words #ZsoltZsemba
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Spilled Ink from the Vaultnot mine
There it is, that little voice I haven’t missed.She seeps in uninvited, like rain through a cracked window.
You’re not enough.
I fold the feelings back up again,
return them to the drawer labeled
things not mine
I didn’t want them anyway.
You’ve crossed no boundaries,
but the Savage in me trespasses.
She paces the room
counting what you give away to others,
tally marks on the walls of a prison she built herself.
Why does she always insist on competition where there is none?
Especially when she knows I’ll lose.
I hate her for taking your searching
as evidence.
She wields this as a cruel blade
and I indulge her like a masochist.
I ask the questions to hear the answers
I do not want
and then pick at the wounds to watch the blood.
One certainty settles, and I cannot like it.
I cannot stay here. This is unsafe for me.
How do I find the words to tell you
I have found a new boundary.
See! This is why I do not sub. The answer
is simple. Of course. I safeword.
I merely delineate new lines. Consent
is fluid, and I am allowed
to change my mind.
Except that little voice finds fault over and again. #nsfw #poetry #mine #bdsm #safeword #dominance #submission #boundaries #consent #selfEsteem #insecurity #polyamory #enm
Inkstain the batt (mostly inactive)I don't think I'm going to keep posting on Mastodon. Maybe I just haven't made enough of an effort and I'm giving up too easily but to be honest, I just don't feel like I have strong enough of a personality right now to ever do what I hoped to come here to: make friends and cheer people up.
When I posted here, replied, liked, interacted here, I didn't feel like I was connecting with someone, I felt like I was trying to infiltrate a community I have no place in. Everyone's already made their friends, everyone's already got their tight-knit groups, and I don't have anything I can offer that would make anyone care in the slightest; I might as well just upkeep my regular blog, since the only extra Mastodon seems to be giving me is insecurity by seeing everyone else just... Being someone worth being.
This note is just to sate anyone's curiosity on why I'm not posting here, if that ever happens.
Wisdom in SpaceIt is a sign of great inner insecurity to be hostile to the unfamiliar.
-- Anais Nin
⬆ #Wisdom #Quotes #AnaisNin #Insecurity #TheUnknown
⬇ #Photography #Panorama #TheMaze #Dollhouse #Canyonlands #Utah
RDNA series of studies, covering five countries and several thousand people, found a link between attachment anxiety and same-sex status-seeking. Intrasexual competition manifested through aggression and status displays rather than pursuit of prestige.
Original paper: https://psycnet.apa.org/fulltext/2027-20783-001.html
#Science #Psychology #Insecurity #Status #Attachment #Anxiety
New psychology study links relationship insecurity to the pursuit of wealth and status
People with attachment anxiety constantly worry about being unloved. According to a new study, they often cope with this relationship insecurity by aggressively striving for social status and wealth to intimidate same-sex rivals.