Mx Verda
Why Europe Never Has BLACKOUTS
I care NOT https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6-tOvNYXtXs
Turmeric says hi :3 đ #cat
David Tennant vs. The Transphobes (The Ally We Deserve)
Europe is CRUSHING IT with Renewables
surprise, surprise.
Psychology / psychiatry, a field whose present incarnation was founded by pale older fellas with societal power, continues with misogyny, femmephobia, and antithetical refusal to introspect.
I went down a DARK rabbit hole into "parental alienation"
oh no. Satoru Gojo is sad. That's why I like him. OH NO
Bed and Bread.
Everyone deserves Bed and Bread.
There we go. Brexit means break shit?
Give mad lads bed and bread.
#BedAndBread #uk #UK_politics #UKpol #UnitedKingdom #UnitedNations #WHO #UN #world #global #GlobalGoals #human #humans #humanity #people #person #politic #politics #policy #politicians #political #EU #active #ActiveListening #Communication #Comms #info #Information #Idea #Ideas #learn #learning #learningEnglish #LearningEveryday #ed #edu #EduTooter #education #EducationForAll #lang #LangDev #lang_en #language #linguist #linguistics #collocation #corpus #attention #PayAttention #focus #AmbientFocus #intent #meditation #mediation #arbitration #conflict #ConflictResolution
What is Hormone Replacement Therapy? (Download and archive this video.)
A hormone is a chemical messenger made by your body to send signals to some or all body cells. Some hormones are made in other bodies or through chemical processes, like other medications.
HRT is a medical treatment for certain conditions, including menopause for some people, or precocious puberty for others.
(Mostly) Older men and women also use it to affirm their gender experiences.
HRT has certain side effects on your body. You may find these desirable or unpleasant.
Any medical intervention can have therapeutic effects and side effects. Different people experience different outcomes.
Do you want or need to biohack your hormone levels to affect your body?
Please learn more from your GP, family doctor, primary care provider, or another trusted clinician with access to your personal medical records.
Some of the waiting lists can be quite long, or involve more steps than you may expect. So ask early, please!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o2Ggwe2j0Gc
from the vid: gender affirming care is suicide prevention. It's also preventative care against diseases of despair.
also on Nebula https://lgbtqia.space/@MxVerda/113870289029546262
DIY HRT: Everything I Can Legally Tell You
We all climb the mountain in our own way.
Be silent when you can, be loud if you must, and be adaptible where possible.
HĂ„kan Geijer (@[email protected])
So you suddenly feel the need to "do something" about the fascism? Step 1: Shut the fuck up. Don't get specific or even "vaguepost-y" / overly suggestive about your intention to do anything. Step 2: Learn about security culture because you're more effective if you don't go to prison, and you need to not get caught before you do your thing. An ordered reading list: "What is Security Culture? A Guide to Staying Safe" A short basic introduction to the topics of security culture. This is a good primer for all subsequent discussions. https://www.sproutdistro.com/catalog/zines/security/what-is-security-culture-a-guide-to-staying-safe/ "Confidence. Courage. Connection. Trust." The best current text on security culture, one that takes an approach that tries to balance openness against much of security's paranoia. https://www.sproutdistro.com/catalog/zines/security/confidence-courage/ "Mobile Phone Security." One of the fastest ways to get caught is with the snitch in your pocket. Learn how to be safe with your phone and why these steps are important. https://opsec.riotmedicine.net/downloads#mobile-phone-security "Why Misogynists Make Great Informants" Like the title says, people's shitty behavior is indicative that you shouldn't organize with them. A large number of snitches, informants, and infiltrators are misogynistic or otherwise problematic. Don't ignore it! https://www.sproutdistro.com/catalog/zines/security/misogynists-make-great-informants/ "Threat Modeling Fundamentals" You need to be able to reason about threats you face and do more than just wear a mask. How/what you do requires concert though, and this is a guide on how to do that reasoning. https://opsec.riotmedicine.net/downloads#threat-modeling-fundamentals "PRISMA: Primer on Radical Information for Secure Militant Actions" You want to do some shit? You want a specific guide on how you might do that shit? Read no further. https://ntpfiles.noblogs.org/prisma-primer-on-radical-information-for-secure-militant-actions/ Want to read even more? Download (yes download) PDFs and get ready to get spicy. https://www.sproutdistro.com/catalog/zines/security/ https://www.notrace.how/resources/
Want to preserve information? Save it!
Store it, back it up, check on it once in a while, and share it (ethically, sustainably, with as little harm as you can reasonably maintain).
Henrik Schönemann (@[email protected])
Attached: 1 image https://zinebakery.com/homemade-zines/bakeshop-2-diywebarchiving by @[email protected], @[email protected] et al. https://bsky.app/profile/quinnanya.me/post/3lge4ivwvuc2c See also: https://archivebox.io/ (thanks @[email protected]!) Very easy setup: https://fedihum.org/@lavaeolus/113882223453058587 Especially for any kind of research data: https://zenodo.org (run by CERN, well-established, you can private uploads) Your personal #OpSec: https://kolektiva.social/@hakan_geijer/113874291700366582 Also: https://fedihum.org/@lavaeolus/113874724067200515 Re #proton: https://fedihum.org/@lavaeolus/113851617265495913 Via @[email protected]: https://juntosseguros.com/ đâ
I too am autist betch, jÀ.
Crystal Mountain Records (@[email protected])
Attached: 1 image These targeted ads are out of control
Be you. That's all anyone has any right to ask.
Lightfighter (@[email protected])
"You don't fight Nazis because you expect to win, you fight Nazis because they're Nazis." -- Chris Hedges #antifa
Jon Henshaw (@[email protected])
Nice to see some @[email protected] coverage on CNET. Not only that, the article provides step-by-step instructions on how to export everything from Instagram and import it into Pixelfed. đ https://www.cnet.com/news/social-media/fed-up-with-instagram-how-to-move-your-photos-to-pixelfed/
ALL information is biased, as are conclusions and instructions.
The 'trick' is prioritising your ideal outcomes, revieiwing sources' validity at each step, and maintaining integrity in your recommendations.
https://mastodon.online/@Pkbwood/113874185412424886
#active #ActiveListening #Communication #Comms #info #Information #Idea #Ideas #learn #learning #learningEnglish #LearningEveryday #ed #edu #EduTooter #education #EducationForAll #lang #LangDev #lang_en #language #linguist #linguistics #collocation #corpus #attention #PayAttention #focus #AmbientFocus #intent #meditation #mediation #arbitration #conflict #ConflictResolution
Tricia Wood (@[email protected])
As a professor, I have found it a fascinating journey to go from telling students "Don't use Wikipedia! It's not a place to do research," to telling students, "Start with Wikipedia! It's a good and reliable source, and an excellent example of collective knowledge-keeping."
Much like b/Black people, disabled people, queer people, and other groups pushed out of everyday life all keep saying in various words and intensities over the years:
shit has hit the fan, will continue to hit the fan, and yes, this is going to be tedious and deadly to fix.
But we do, in fact, need to turn off the fan, remove the faeces, sterilise all surfaces and objects in the room, and LEARN what went wrong.
The time will pass either way. We need to accept our current situation to plan how to fix it.
https://zeppelin.flights/@Shelly/113874819486684236
#active #ActiveListening #Communication #Comms #info #Information #Idea #Ideas #learn #learning #learningEnglish #LearningEveryday #ed #edu #EduTooter #education #EducationForAll #lang #LangDev #lang_en #language #linguist #linguistics #collocation #corpus #attention #PayAttention #focus #AmbientFocus #intent #meditation #mediation #arbitration #conflict #ConflictResolution
Shelly Brisbin (@[email protected])
I don't know exactly the ways and means yet, but I'm planning to cover the impact the new administration's disolving federal DEI in its many forms will have on services and programs for people with disabilities, including accessibility of government information. Send me tips, contacts, stories. #a11y
Baby queers, questioning people, and anyone else, we got you.
This sucks: it's terrifying and unnecessary suffering. This was avoidable, but for powerful people making their selfish fear into our problem.
It's not your fault, never was, and never will be. Your feelings matter, your experiences matter, and even unmet, your needs matter.
You might even say, perhaps -- bizarrely?! -- that b/Black and b/Brown (wait, does that one get the double case slash or) peoples' lives matter.
#active #ActiveListening #Communication #Comms #info #Information #Idea #Ideas #learn #learning #learningEnglish #LearningEveryday #ed #edu #EduTooter #education #EducationForAll #lang #LangDev #lang_en #language #linguist #linguistics #collocation #corpus #attention #PayAttention #focus #AmbientFocus #intent #meditation #mediation #arbitration #conflict #ConflictResolution
Seek community with people who feel safe:
actually warm, stable, secure, NOT upsetting, worrying, or 'wrong'. ("Oh, I want to trust them, but..." then DON'T. "But what about--" NO.
If you *need* something from them to survive or help someone else, take the risks you think you can survive the worst outcomes of sustainably. But otherwise, please value yourself and your wellbeing. If not, please value yourself because I do.)
TRUST YOUR GUT.
Yes, your gut *can* be wrong. Your gut can be racist, sexist, or otherwise shitty. It can keep you from connecting with people who mean well but can't match your expectations while trying to help.
But it's among the best advice I can give.
It's not easy to tell who is safe(r) or not; I'm sorry. I wish it were easy.
It's not your fault if you get it wrong! That's the point of being young and inexperienced: you haven't been alive long enough to experience what you need to know to stay alive and healthy(ish) yet.
You should never have to figure this out alone.
#active #ActiveListening #Communication #Comms #info #Information #Idea #Ideas #learn #learning #learningEnglish #LearningEveryday #ed #edu #EduTooter #education #EducationForAll #lang #LangDev #lang_en #language #linguist #linguistics #collocation #corpus #attention #PayAttention #focus #AmbientFocus #intent #meditation #mediation #arbitration #conflict #ConflictResolution
You may need to question dangerous situations for your own sake. (Ideally BEFORE you get near them, but please: it's not your fault if you don't realise until later.)
If no one else and no other organisation, Samaritans is probably your best bet. Otherwise, you can search online but PLEASE. Fuck, there is no general advice I can even give here.
You want "near you" / local, and f2f / in-person where you can. Unfortunately, people of same demographics are most likely to care, but this is NO guarantee, nor should it be.
If you know tech shit:
VPN is probably helpful, depending where you live and what you need to know.
If you don't know tech shit:
only ask people certain questions face to face / in person. Turn your devices off, batteries out, and in another room.
Make it a game! Like training to be a spy, yeah?
https://www.samaritans.org/how-we-can-help/contact-samaritan/
#active #ActiveListening #Communication #Comms #info #Information #Idea #Ideas #learn #learning #learningEnglish #LearningEveryday #ed #edu #EduTooter #education #EducationForAll #lang #LangDev #lang_en #language #linguist #linguistics #collocation #corpus #attention #PayAttention #focus #AmbientFocus #intent #meditation #mediation #arbitration #conflict #ConflictResolution
Staying alive, you can learn or run. You can help others, even when you don't know wtf you're "meant" to be doing.
If you need to recover in the closet to be who you are later, there's nothing wrong with you.
If you need to kick the door down to breathe, I'll kick with you. ("Together, we have great strength of feet!")
This is so fucking stupid, but fuck it. It's where we're at.
Whatever your journey of processing this and surviving it looks like, you are not weak.
Even fellow chronically ill people: your bodies are not weak.
We are surviving the utmost fuckery -- despite Seymour's directions -- while the arc of history bends to conviviality.
https://www.transtexas.org/get-involved
#active #ActiveListening #Communication #Comms #info #Information #Idea #Ideas #learn #learning #learningEnglish #LearningEveryday #ed #edu #EduTooter #education #EducationForAll #lang #LangDev #lang_en #language #linguist #linguistics #collocation #corpus #attention #PayAttention #focus #AmbientFocus #intent #meditation #mediation #arbitration #conflict #ConflictResolution
Got money?
(e.g. your income or livelihood is stable enough not to affect covering next month's needs, plus some fun for a life worth living)
Now may be good to invest in local organisations.
Time, energy, money, equipment, networking, social media, cleaning, babysitting, etc.
My opinion? Focus on: youth groups, public health education, adult retraining, intercommunity outreach, and mutual aid.
Plus any fallible online orgs you believe in, e.g.
Internet Archive, Wikipedia, Posteo.de, Ecosia, PillowFort, Signal, SonarPen, specific indie devs and artists, Nebula, MakerTube.net, LiberaPay, Artisans Coop, etc.
LINK YOUR FAVES too! đ đ«”đ
Repeated small support is more reliable than big irregular donations, but 'better is always better'.
(also hi If you like how I phrase things and try to help people,
throw me $2 USD, ÂŁ2 GBP, etc. Very thank. Much many.
https://ko-fi.com/mxverda or https://patreon.com/MxVerdaArt or https://mxverda.itch.io/ or https://liberapay.com/MxVerda/ or https://subscribestar.adult/mxverde or https://artistree.io/mxverda or https://twitch.tv/mxverda or https://paypal.me/mxverda
)
#active #ActiveListening #Communication #Comms #info #Information #Idea #Ideas #learn #learning #learningEnglish #LearningEveryday #ed #edu #EduTooter #education #EducationForAll #lang #LangDev #lang_en #language #linguist #linguistics #collocation #corpus #attention #PayAttention #focus #AmbientFocus #intent #meditation #mediation #arbitration #conflict #ConflictResolution #VeRantDa #VeRamble
Mutual Aid? It means "to help other people".
Mutual means something is shared, 'held in common' or by 'multiple parties, toward each other'. To aid someone means to help, support, or assist them.
You do not need to enjoy or 'agree' with other people to want them to not feel pain or discomfort.
You do not need to solve everyone's problems. You do not need to solve anyone's problems.
You're not their therapist, social worker, parent or carer, supervisor, auditor, personal assistant, or authority figure.
You are not responsible for their actions after you offer / give help.
Free yourself from that responsibility.
Be kind; then return to your own life.
https://www.mutualaid.coop/what-is-mutual-aid/
https://www.mutual-aid.co.uk/
https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mutual_aid
https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/769258/Mutual-aid-framework.pdf
https://www.fool.co.uk/personal-finance/your-life/guides/what-is-mutual-aid-and-how-is-it-different-from-charity/
https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/669047/Mutual-aid-briefing.pdf
#active #ActiveListening #Communication #Comms #info #Information #Idea #Ideas #learn #learning #learningEnglish #LearningEveryday #ed #edu #EduTooter #education #EducationForAll #lang #LangDev #lang_en #language #linguist #linguistics #collocation #corpus #attention #PayAttention #focus #AmbientFocus #intent #meditation #mediation #arbitration #conflict #ConflictResolution #VeRantDa #VeRamble
What is Mutual Aid?
Mutual aid is where people in an area, or a community, come together to support one another, collectively meeting each otherâs needs without the help of official bodies like the state or NGOs. It often arrises due to neglect of government provision for certain classes of people. Mutual aid, in s
Learn about Active Listening. It's literally just listening, tbqh.
Pay attention with intent to understand, not to form your reply.
Yes, this is a skill for d/Deaf people, people who are Hard of Hearing (HoH), people with auditory impairments or Auditory Processing Disorder, too.
(APD is like when d/Dyslexic people or other ND people struggle to understand what you say in a café or restaurant.)
To listen can mean "to intake sensory input or search for information" as well as "to hear sound or speech".
https://www.mindtools.com/az4wxv7/active-listening
https://positivepsychology.com/active-listening-techniques/
https://www.bhf.org.uk/informationsupport/heart-matters-magazine/wellbeing/how-to-talk-about-health-problems/active-listening
https://www.coursera.org/articles/active-listening
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Active_listening
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/books/NBK442015/
#active #ActiveListening #Communication #Comms #info #Information #Idea #Ideas #learn #learning #learningEnglish #LearningEveryday #ed #edu #EduTooter #education #EducationForAll #lang #LangDev #lang_en #language #linguist #linguistics #collocation #corpus #attention #PayAttention #focus #AmbientFocus #intent #meditation #mediation #arbitration #conflict #ConflictResolution #VeRantDa #VeRamble
While I'm at it: learn BSL!
(Or the gestural / facial expression language, created by and for d/Deaf people in your region.
ASL can mean American Sign Language or Australian Sign Language.)
Even just enough to say "hello, my name is..., how are you?, goodbye" is a huge step, thank you!
British Sign Language is important for d/Deaf culture across the UK. It's useful in noisy or distance environments too.
Consider pubs, train stations, through windows in a car or building, or communicating near a housemate, child or pet who is sleeping.
(These are examples of 'situational disability'. Anyone can be affected by a situational disability, including otherwise abled people.)
https://rnid.org.uk/information-and-support/deaf-awareness/british-sign-language/
#active #ActiveListening #Communication #Comms #info #Information #Idea #Ideas #learn #learning #learningEnglish #LearningEveryday #ed #edu #EduTooter #education #EducationForAll #lang #LangDev #lang_en #language #linguist #linguistics #collocation #corpus #attention #PayAttention #focus #AmbientFocus #intent #meditation #mediation #arbitration #conflict #ConflictResolution #VeRantDa #VeRamble
No, not everyone else wants to "just learn English".
Should they have to anyway, just because it'd be easier for *you*?
Would you like to learn Portuguese, Swahili, or Hindi? Many people speak those languages too.
Except try learning when you can't hear other speakers very well, and it's tonal, and people assume you're being rude EVERY single time you make an honest mistake.
(d/Deaf people, I'm not trying to overreach here, sorry. I'm more responding to things other hearing people have said to me when I mention how gd useful and interesting BSL is.)
https://www.british-sign.co.uk/
#active #ActiveListening #Communication #Comms #info #Information #Idea #Ideas #learn #learning #learningEnglish #LearningEveryday #ed #edu #EduTooter #education #EducationForAll #lang #LangDev #lang_en #language #linguist #linguistics #collocation #corpus #attention #PayAttention #focus #AmbientFocus #intent #meditation #mediation #arbitration #conflict #ConflictResolution #VeRantDa #VeRamble
No, you're not a bad PERSON for having been rude to a disabled person or people before.
But the BEHAVIOURS can be bad.
Yes, the assumption of "knowing" someone else's intent (often negative, from experience) hurts people.
Disabled people get that a lot. Ask me how I know. Yes, disabled people do it to each other too. Almost like we're also human individuals or something. đ
(d/Deaf people, I'm not trying to overreach here, sorry. I'm more responding to things other hearing people have said to me when I mention how gd useful and interesting BSL is.)
https://www.teachmesign.co.uk/bsl-courses-online/
#active #ActiveListening #Communication #Comms #info #Information #Idea #Ideas #learn #learning #learningEnglish #LearningEveryday #ed #edu #EduTooter #education #EducationForAll #lang #LangDev #lang_en #language #linguist #linguistics #collocation #corpus #attention #PayAttention #focus #AmbientFocus #intent #meditation #mediation #arbitration #conflict #ConflictResolution #VeRantDa #VeRamble
Why mime synth, not travesties?
I don't even know what band this is from. Glycerol and the Three Fatty Acids?
#joke #british #uk #unitedKingdom #funny #haha #humor #humour #indie #punk #emo #goth #music #musical #song #SongInMyHead #SongStuckInMyHead #hashtag #HashtagSpam #hashtags #AccessibleHashtags #VeRamble
oh yeah wait, more advice incoming.
https://zeroes.ca/@broadwaybabyto/113875775986530277
I concur. pls do not. Literally safer asking a random untrained stranger online, afaik.
(hi! I'm nosy! Don't give me your medical records??!)
Broadwaybabyto (@[email protected])
Someone just ârecommendedâ I feed my medical records into ChatGPT and ask it to help parse out the most important information. Just in case anyone needs to hear this⊠do not give your medical records to AI. Donât do it. No good can come from giving all your private & personal info away like that