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idlnmclean:

thejusticethatissocial:

chiribomb:

jaehaerys1:

rtrixie:

hayamika:

anyday-happyday:

moxperidot:

my favorite thing about “fbi/nsa agent monitoring my computer” things is it implies that there is at least one agent for every single person on earth with a computer

not really.

like i know this is a shitpost but just in case folks aren’t aware: the fbi and nsa and whatev gov agencies do monitor all internet traffic. The idea tho is to catalogue and scan for things like keywords and other data analysis and use that info to flag accounts/ip addresses/identities. Basically, building massive databases of information on all people just in case you become a threat to the state.

Think of it like an automatic file being built on every single person in real time. Should you do anything to warrant state suppression, your file may be flagged for further investigation which may lead to being actively tracked or suppressed (as evidenced in the past with COINTELPRO)

so no, there isn’t an agent per person. But you bet your ass there is a profile of you that connects all your electronic activity (including GPS data/metadata and tracking via MAC addresses, user agents and/or unique hardware identifiers) to intelligence agencies.

of course, much of this is intended to specifically instill fear, uncertainty, and doubt as part of a larger culture of fear.

but I figure it is better to know what’s going on so you can understand what’s happening.

so anyway, yeah, shit’s real yo.

hhh this is uh… kinda terrifying.

Hey remember when this was exposed and not a single person in the US government went to jail or even lost their job over it

Remember 10 years ago when you were considered an insane and paranoid conspiracy theorist if you spoke about anything related to mass surveillance

Now everyone has just accepted it like it’s the new normal without a second thought

We’re just happy to have a follower who’s not a porn bot

The Republican party has better access and access to more records than my doctors, social workers, and myself. They’re also apparently terrible at securing those records so a bunch of corporations and hostile nations like Russia have access to that data too.

lauralot89:

Because I remember disinformation being spread around the last election and I’m sure Russia will bring it back:

  • YOU CAN’T VOTE ONLINE.
  • YOU CAN’T VOTE FROM YOUR PHONE.
  • IN MANY STATES THERE ARE LEGAL CONSEQUENCES FOR PHOTOGRAPHING YOUR BALLOT.
  • DO NOT WEAR CAMPAIGN GEAR TO THE POLLS.
  • DO NOT TRY TO PERSUADE PEOPLE TO VOTE FOR A CANDIDATE AT THE POLLS.
  • DO NOT ENGAGE IN ANY KIND OF POLITICAL DISCOURSE AT THE POLLS.
  • NO ELECTION IS EVER A SURE THING, EVEN IF YOU’RE IN THE BLUEST OR REDDEST OF STATES.  IF SOMEONE TRIES TO TELL YOU THAT YOU CAN SIT THIS ONE OUT, THEY ARE EITHER IGNORANT OR MALICIOUS.
  • VOTE.

jumpingjacktrash:

florenceofalabia:

hugealienpie:

sweetschizo:

There’s a fine line between “pushing yourself out of your comfort zone” and “pushing yourself into a mental breakdown” and we need to fucking find it and stop encouraging people to do the second in an attempt at making them do the first.

A German pedagogue named Tom Senninger developed this model called the “Learning Zone Model.” Senninger talks about three zones: comfort, learning (or growth), and panic. I think that’s really important because some people do talk like anything “outside your comfort zone” is automatically good and brings growth.

But Senninger knows that you can only stretch so far before you’ve stretched too far. Both experience, personal work, and therapy can help expand the first two zones and shrink the third, but we’ll always have that place where panic and/or pain sets in, and our goal should be to recognize and respect that in ourselves and others, rather than force ourselves or someone else to “push through it.” There is no “through it.” The only thing on the other side of the panic zone is more panic.

“Edgy” performers take note. Pushing your audience into the learning zone is great. Pushing them into the panic zone is not helpful or entertaining for anyone.

this is a thing for physical therapy and training as well.

you recover by gently leaning on the wall of the comfort zone. don’t even push, just lean a little weight on it. stretch just until it feels stretchy; lift until your muscles feel kinda tired; raise your heart rate until you feel like you’re exercising. that’s as far as you should be going outside your comfort zone when you’re healing – imagine there’s a thin membrane between ‘comfort’ and ‘learning/training’ that is the ‘effort zone’ and it’s not an area you should inhabit, it’s a touchscreen you just make contact with.

for training, whether it’s in sports, martial arts, or just to get stronger in general, you want to go beyond that thin membrane of mere effort into the ‘learning zone’ which in this case is the ‘training zone’. you’re not just putting some muscle into it, you’re finding out how much muscle you can put into it. but still, you need to stop before you hit that red zone, which in cognitive areas is ‘panic’ and in physical areas is ‘pain’. you want the good ache that says “i busted ass today!” but you absolutely do not want the sharp stabbies or the sick throbbing that says “i went too far and now i’m going to lose all my gains.”

shonen manga is not a good guide to training.

deleonism:

thyrell:

deleonism:

thyrell:

i think yall are just pretending to have an excess of black bile so the doctors will give you more leeches

leeches are for treating an excess of blood. an excess of black bile is treated with mercury-based laxatives. smfh

are you questioning my craft

yes, i am. everyone knows imbalances of different humours are solved with different treatments. leeches for blood, laxatives for black bile, emetics for yellow bile, apophlegmatisms for phlegm. it’s simple and honestly i’m ashamed that you’re disseminating misinformation like this