I am an atheist, & I believe religion has a net negative impact on humans. I also think supernatural beliefs are ultimately harmful, & can prevent ppl from making healthy choices, so I speak against them if it suits me.
If you may be offended by my occasional vitriol about #Religion, #Christianity, #Witchcraft, or other forms of magical thinking/ superstition, you may want to filter tags like I use in this post, mute me, or block me entirely (so I can't comment on your posts).
#PSA
Since #Google is rather dedicated to ad revenue, and they tend to hide certain options from you (ever tried to find alternate #search engines?), it can pay to have some alternatives bookmarked.
This is especially true if you are looking for proper #Research info. I often find myself fact checking claims & assumptions. For example:
https://www.worldcat.org/ Search 20k libraries worldwide, find the rare reference work you need.
https://www.pdfdrive.com/ Huge resource of free PDFs.
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TEN THINGS MEN CAN DO TO PREVENT GENDER VIOLENCE
๐ The list I am about to thread is not my work, but I think may be valued by some people in this community. It's originally from https://jacksonkatz.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/10-Things-Flyer.pdf
โ๏ธ Although this post is public, I will post the 10 items as individual replies Unpublished to avoid spamming the hose. Each reply will also be tagged #10ThingsMenCanDo if you want to set up filers before it gets under way.
#Feminism #GenderViolence #Prevention #Sexism #Activism
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Update time.
Hey, I'm Fern. This is my Nov 2022 updated #MeetTheNauts
โง Feminamoric/Trixic
Neurodivergent
โ๏ธ #Feminist
BLM supporter
โ๏ธ Agnostic #Atheist
โบ Egalitarian
๐ฟ Plant-based life form
๐ข Guinness drinker
๐ Trekkie
๐ค Nerd/Geek
๐ฒ #TTRPG-er (#P1E, #GURPS)
๐ Reader & autodidact
๐ Ex-con/revenant
๐ฎ Discord: (@)FernLovebond#1748
๐ Cats & guinea pig ๐
๐ง Ponderous, man. Really ponderous.
๐ถ #CoSoMusic addict
๐ญ #Comedy lover
๐ #Halloween nut
๐ฌ Verbose
That's most of it.
#Maleness #AntiSexism #Responsibility #feminism
It's surprising how much this advice on violence prevention needs to be restated nine years after it was given. One of his key points it that bystanders need to speak up when we see victimization, bigotry & sexism. He says that this is not about "sensitivity" but leadership.
โIn the end, we will remember not the words of our enemies, but the silence of our friends.โ
โ Martin Luther King Jr.
There are times, occasionally, when I'll stop the alarm, and let myself laze about a little longer, try to ease into my day. The traffic is a pleasant background noise on the street below, the coffee self-brews and fills the air with its invigorating aroma, birds warble and chirp outside my window, and I think to myself...
"I'm gonna poison those fucking birds."
Okay, doors: saweeng.
The Art of Noise with Max Headroom - Paranoimia
20 albums that greatly influenced your taste in music.
One album per day, for 20 consecutive days. No explanations, no reviews, just covers. Not in any order
Day 3
Vibe of the moment:
Ummet Ozcan & Otyken -- Altay
TikTok creator lennnie has been offering continuously positive & compassionate messages for several years now, so I really like the little blob.
And recently lennnie featured a short sing-along with the person I consider to have been the most decent & wonderful human being I've ever seen: Fred Rogers.
This moment kind of chokes me up.
Scarlett Johansson was tremendous on #SNL's cold open. Spot on Scary Mom audition.
So, because I'm a citizen of the U.S., I find myself torn between following #USPolitics and maintaining my #MentalHealth. Often I'll pace myself by getting summaries on the weekends, & otherwise avoiding it.
I just now watched the #GOP response to the #SOTU from Sen. Katie Britt (R, AL).
Um... what? She is disturbing. This is not doing much for my mental health. I want a restraining order.
Unknown -- Like the Wind (The Most Mysterious Song On the Internet)
This shit is fire af. It's stuck in my head, bumping around in my brain, making me move.
Connor Price & Haviah Mighty - Trendsetter
"But here is the problem, the very processes that make you intelligently adaptable, make you perpetually prone to self deception. A reinterpretation of the first noble truth."
"Ask yourself, where do you go for information, most will answer the net. Where do you go for knowledge, most will answer science. Where do you go for wisdom, most have no clue."
~ John Vervaeke
Interested in textual criticism of the #Bible texts? #DanMcClellan is offering a class for a "pay as you may" fee.
A 1-hr class w/ 30-min Q&A titled "Is Jesus God? The Christologies of the New Testament"
He'll cover how ideas about the divinity of #Jesus & his relationship to Israelite #god, how the idea of the trinity was developed out of a broad variety of perspectives.
Signing up for the live allows access to the recording for as little as $1. Or post-live for $25
Do note that Proton's paid VPN plans are a little on the expensive side ($5/mo) with no live chat if you need it; NordVPN is probably the best if you're willing to pay for a service, but if you're a broke bish like me, the Proton VPN is the best package around, generally. Even has an audited, certified policy that is strictly no-logs, even though it allows streaming access and torrents.
They use OpenVPN protocols with AES-256 cipher encryption, if you're a little #Nerdy & wondered.
To be clear, here's why you should care about the 5/9/14 Eyes Alliance:
https://veepn.com/blog/5-9-14-eyes-alliance/
And Proton VPN's free plan offers unlimited data (for reals), but might provide slower connections. Still, it is one of the absolute best free VPNs out there. It has apps/clients for Windows, Mac and many breeds of Linux. Top shelf.
I don't know how many of you already know it, but https://proton.me has email, storage, calendar, password management and a free VPN, all in one place.
They are also based in Switzerland, allowing them to bypass the privacy-defeating 5/9/14 Eyes alliance, so the VPN actually allows you serious privacy, as recognized by CERN scientists who founded the service.
#Atheist; ๐๐ป โง๏ธโ#GSRM / #LGBTQIA+ / #Trans; #TTRPG nerd; #HumanRights; #Feminist;
I ain't no follow-back gurrl