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in case folk outside the UK aren't abreast of our news, the British press just hounded a black academic to death
a rough timeline of events (from memory, there may be inaccuracies, feel free to correct me if I'm wrong)
Cambridge professor of sociology Jason Arday is accused of plagiarism by another academic
the accuser is a "race realist" who believes that in a true meritocracy all university professors would be white. this is somehow not acknowledged much during the entire ordeal
this leads to several days of media coverage demanding an investigation, or that Arday is expelled from his post immediately
somehow this accusation that has no effect on the lives of 99.99% of the population becomes FRONT PAGE NEWS in all the newspapers for multiple days, above anything else happening in the UK or the world at large
following intense media scrutiny, Arday resigns his post as a Cambridge professor
today, august 14th, days after resigning, Arday is found dead at his home in Battersea
the British tabloid press remains, and will always be, fucking evil
"Learn the fundamentals first" seems like really sound universal advice, and as a former classical musician, I can vouch for it. You will have a more solid foundation for increasing complexity if you put in the time to study in a structured way. If you don't, you'll have a lot of shit to fix later.
As a former music teacher, I can also say that "learn the fundamentals first" is the death knell for a vast percentage of beginners, especially adult learners.
I've run into this with drawing several times, where some well-meaning artist has lectured me on needing to study anatomy properly or not use shortcuts like CSP brushes. And oh, believe me, I know. I know exactly how to learn an artistic discipline in a structured way. I just...don't want to!
The thing is, I'm not aiming to be a professional artist. I want to draw my gay little anime guys. I would undoubtedly improve at art much faster if I approached every gay little anime guy drawing as a study exercise. But I would also have quit drawing a decade ago if I couldn't just let myself enjoy drawing imperfect fucked-up little guys with whatever shortcuts I needed to body myself across the finish line.
With my adult piano students, my approach was always "What's your goal?" If their goal was to learn exactly one Elton John songbook to play at parties, then...that's what we did. We'd put tape on the keys to label the notes, and just fuckin go for it. Learning exactly one Elton John songbook is a good and noble musical goal, full stop.
Some of my students needed and enjoyed a more structured approach to learning; if they wanted to be able to play classical music, then yes, scales were going to have to enter the equation at some point. And yet others would learn the Elton John songbook, catch their white whale, and realize they wanted to explore more of the ocean. The scales were still there for them to learn!
Often the choice isn't between "learn art well" and "learn art imperfectly" - the choice is between "learn art imperfectly" and "don't do art at all." To which I say, learn imperfectly! Or, what the hell, don't 'learn' art. Just do, and enjoy the doing of it.
You have official permission from your local pretentious classical music snob: fuck the fundamentals. You can always unfuck them later (but only if you want to).
for real tho it feels exhausting that ive seen this whole "woman should be allowed to abstain from X beauty standard" -> "i perform X beauty standard, am i evil? do you think im evil? please forgive me i came up with a dozen excuses đĽş" since like 2015 (and i know its been going on longer than that) like girl thats not the poiiiiint
look me in the eyes. repeat after me. "i face societal pressure to perform this beauty standard. i should not face that pressure. i conform to this standard. i am rewarded for performing to this standard. i need to respect women who do not perform this standard. this is not about whether or not i am a sinner for wearing makeup."
Like OP said, the notes of these kind of posts are full of people doing exactly what they said.
I especially hate "we should allow people to do what they want with their bodies and not judge them" because it ignores the whole issue of it being a societal issue and pressure on women to perform these beauty standards.
If you wear make up/shave your legs/wear a bra for whatever personal reason then thats fine! But it's ignoring the fact that those who dont perform those standards are the ones who face more pressure than you lot who do all of the above.
I was pressured by the women in my family to start shaving my legs when I was young and started growing leg hair, when I reached high school I just stopped because shaving was obnoxious, but still wore long pants 90% ofnthe tine because of how my family and school mates acted. I don't shave my armpits either and still have to force myself to not feel embarrassed or strange when I wear a tanktop.
When I started my second job at Panda Express, my female coworkers and supervisors tried to pressure me into wearing make-up, even after I said absolutely not THEY STILL tried to subtly pressure me by gifting me make-up products in our yearly christmas goodie bags.
Hell I'm over 30 now and just today I got scolded by my mother when out grocery shopping because I didn't put on a bra, despite the fact I'm out and about just for personal reasons.
No one's calling the other evil because they do the set beauty standard for whatever reason, but understand its pretty annoying when people come in and try to excuse themselves for practicing said beauty standards, when the conversation should push towards making it normal to not have these beauty standards.
This is part of a wider issue where people who've been raised in a culturally Christian environment (which is like... most white Canadians, USAmericans, and Europeans) can only conceptualise critical analysis of behaviours and systems through the idea of them personally being good or bad because of it, and as such being praised or judged for it. They might not use the word 'sin' but that is the concept we're dealing with here that's deeply ingrained in our culture.
It is absolutely essential if you are committed to anti-colonial, anti-racist and feminist work, that you unlearn this and are able to hear criticism and analysis as something other than "I'm a terrible person for doing xyz" or "I'm a great person for not doing xyz". It's not about you, or what kind of person you are. Nobody needs your judgement or your justifications. It's about understanding the mechanisms and systems we live under and how they work.
You can wrestle with the ethics of your own actions and participation in that system in your own time.
protect em dashes.
protect ânot x, not y, but zâ format.
protect short sentence stacking as a stylistic choice.
protect fanfic writersâwho are kind enough to share their works with people to read for freeâfrom ai witch hunts, speculations and accusations.
âdonât like donât readâ also applies to any fic that is ai-generated and any fic you think is ai-generated by the way. if you donât like what youâre reading for any reason, you can always stop reading and exit the fic at any point. but harassment is never ever justified. no matter if you think youâve found a noble excuse to do it. and alsoâŚ
witch hunts, speculations and accusations harm the writing community as much as ai does. if not more. I donât want to see another innocent writer get driven away from the community because someone decides to harass and accuse them for using ai just because their fic happens to have âai telltalesâ â the same telltales ai got from having been trained on millions of human-made works to mimic how real humans actually write.
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every time i start to feel cringe for being too deep in the hyperfixation i remember the intense depression i have waded through and have to remind myself that enjoyment is fleeting (so grab it with both hands), and life is for loving (so hold that love close), and if anyone thinks iâm cringe they must not be having a very good time (and i hope they can find a good time soon).
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fucking your friends is honestly so great. you get all the excitement and novelty and nervousness of being with someone new, but you are doing it with someone who you already know so there's a level of comfort and safety and trust that just can't really exist with a virtual stranger
For @creatingblackcharacters Melanin Beam Challenge, I did Kira Nerys and Jadzia Dax from Star Trek Deep Space Nine!
There should have been a Black woman on the main cast of DS9 and I will die on that hill.
Perhaps a controversial opinion, but I really hate how the terms 'bi-curious' and 'heteroflexible' are seen as inherently biphobic or problematic and have largely been retired from public lexicon.
There has to be room for curiosity and questioning and fluidity without needing people to know for sure who they are. And I understand the concept of labels being applied based on what your intrinsic sexuality is rather than your experience, but a lot of people genuinely don't know what their 'intrinsic' sexuality is without having experiences to help them figure it out.
I think it's also perfectly valid for people to essentially say "sure, in theory I could maybe see myself being with someone of the same gender, but I don't think it's likely (or I am actively making a choice not to pursue that) and so for all intents and purposes I am living a heterosexual life and don't want to lay claim to an experience of marginalisation I simply don't have"
Likewise, a lot of lesbians and gay people have chosen to actively pursue and prioritise their relationships with people of the same gender over some potential, hypothetical future possibility of attraction to men/women and that's also perfectly valid.
I get why bi people insist that sexuality is about attraction, I really do. Compulsory heterosexuality, normative culture and many other factors often mean that people are likely to have had far more experiences of relationships with people of different genders to them. And your sexuality doesn't just disappear because you settle down with someone.
But I also think labels are only helpful insofar as they enable us to understand and explain ourselves, and shouldn't be prescriptive. And it's perfectly reasonable for people to understand or explain their sexuality through their experience and choices.
Movement nudge!
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I LOVE THIS GUY.
All those "spend just 35 minutes doing a bunch of really hard exercises and you'll feel great forever!" videos are really discouraging. I usually end up doing like, 2 minutes of some of his while waiting for my shower to heat up, and ykw?
That's 2 minutes more than I would have done otherwise.
oh hey I have a thing like that last one that I like to do sometimes, but I do it lying down in bed. it's a very satisfying pop/shift in my hips/lower back, but doesn't always work. maybe I will try his version and see if it is more effective for me
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it is a little bit absurd what effect getting a good dicking has had on my mood tbqh.
im so sick of unnecessary dinner scenes in movies đĄ every fucking movie they just want to titillate you with some food because they think youâre a dumb animal who just wants to see mashed potatoes bouncing. if its an IMPORTANT dinner scene where they explain lore then whatever i understand. but they shove useless meals into every movie these days and its disgusting
really? you donât say
its true though sex scenes are bad and you only are defending them cuz you wont question that men put their fetishes into everything. movies by women literally just dont have sex scenes and if rhey do its not gratuitous and lasts two seconds or its played for comedy . Fuck you and your dinners idc bro
movies by women literally just dont have sex scenes
Hey. If people aren't aware, Microsoft admitted they know who you and where you are at all times and will give your info to the police.
They have a Global Device Identifier (GDID) Tracker that functions as a fingerprint for your PC that can surpass VPNs, proxy servers and countries. Although it can't survive a clean reinstall of Windows (it can survive updates), because Microsoft forces you to go to the internet and log in into a Microsoft account, they will be able to get to you.
Microsoft kept it secret and it was only found out when the FBI tracked a hacker thanks to the information Microsoft gave them.
You should be paying attention to this, and possibly consider moving away from Windows. If a government, especially the US government, doesn't like you for some reason, this could be seriously concerning.
This article specifically notes:
For journalism, activism, or domestic abuse situations, skip Windows and use Linux routed through Tor instead of a commercial VPN. A GDID doesnât care which VPN you use, only that itâs still the same Windows installation.
GDID is the persistent Windows ID that helped FBI trace a Scattered Spider hacker despite VPNs. Here's how it works and how to limit it.
Other important quotes:
What has researchers uneasy is everything else the case reveals. Costin Raiu, a well-known malware researcher, asked on the Three Buddy Problem podcast how much of this exists on other platforms, and whether it is linked more permanently to hardware. Matthew Hickey, another security researcher, called Windows âsurveillance softwareâ.
Two things back that up:
Thereâs no consent screen. A GDID gets assigned when you sign into a Microsoft Account. Appleâs advertising identifier needs an App Tracking Transparency prompt and a visible reset; Androidâs works the same way. GDID has neither, and a Windows reinstall only gets you a new number Microsoft can still get back to the same account.
Then thereâs activation. Massgrave, the group behind Microsoft Activation Scripts, notes that Windows setup sends hardware info to Microsoft and gets identifiers back, the same tokens later used for Store access and licensing: âItâs impossible to prevent Windows from getting a GDID without breaking activation and UWP app[s].â Anyone who lost a license after swapping a motherboard has already met a smaller version of this.
i think the fundamental problem with bbc merlin is that the writers had a great starting concept, but didn't actually know where they wanted to take it, or have any idea of how to develop it beyond the initial concept.
like... prequel to the arthurian legend, but all the characters we know are in very different positions / are very different people to the characters from that story - great! we're excited to see how they get there. the show they set up should have ended with the beginning of the Arthurian Legend we're all familiar with. instead they just ended up doing the whole thing and doing it badly.
so many pretty foundational things about the show were unclear or contradictory. like they couldn't even make up their minds about how magic worked. in the first episode, merlin's use of magic being instinctual sets him apart from everyone else. gaius speaks about magic as though it's something you learn through practice and book-reading, and merlin being born with magic is what makes him unique. but then morgana, mordred, and even that kid who comes to joust all seem to have been born with it and use it instinctually too.
it feels like the writers couldn't make up their mind about whether kilgarrah was a reliable narrator or not, or whether nimueh was actually responsible for who dies or not. and at every opportunity, they chickend out of all the parts of the authurian legend that make the characters complicated and morally-grey, like guinevere's affair and morgana's relationship with arthur and mordred.
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Things that work in fiction but not real life
torture getting reliable information out of people
knocking someone out to harmlessly incapacitate them for like an hour
jumping into water from staggering heights and surviving the fall completely intact
calling the police to deescalate a situation
rafting your way off a desert island
correctly profiling total strangers based on vibes
effectively operating every computer by typing and nothing else
ripping an IV out of your arm without consequences
heterosexual cowboy
This post breaching containment has taught me that a lot of people seem to think they can accurately profile complete strangers. For the record, no the fuck you can't.
All the rest of it is legitimate bullshit, but I assure you: I can operate a computer 100% by typing.
As someone who was in the hospital a lot as a kid and ripped out IVâs by accident, that is so true and itâs no fun.
Also yeah I donât know all the keystrokes but I know itâs possible for mouseless computer use.
Mythbusters did a lot of movie myths and I miss that show so much. One I remember is that cars donât easily explode when falling off a cliff as movies make it out to be.
I donât wanna live in a world where I need money to live and I cannot work and the powers that be donât give a shit if I have my basic needs met
fuuuuuckk same. i need to start a band. or a revolution. it both. or something.
