#informed choice

[krumpkin]

Wow I had no idea 🤔😳

[jabberwockypie]

That fucking DIY wheelchair post is going around again, and none of the people reblogging it are reblogging a version that talks about the risks of using homemade mobility aids that don't fit you properly - such as that they can make your pain worse or cause pressure sores that lead to terrible infections.

I did see a couple of additions about how cool and punk it is. I don't know, is getting sepsis punk?

[lgbtlunaverse]

One thing i've run up against when dealing with fandom and characters making less than ideal choices is that people seem to treat a character's decision being sympathetic, the decision being understandable, the decision being reasonable, and it being objectively the best solution for the situation, as synonymous. When those are 4 very different things.

[fonulyn]

since I've seen it talked about in several places recently:

if you are going to do a whump- or kink- or ANY-tober or other similar challenges please please please don't post them as one fic with 31 chapters unless it actually is one coherent fic. if they're 31 completely separate fics or ficlets then please just make a collection for them or just post them as separate fics. it doesn't matter if they're only 100 words or if you think they're too small or insignificant to post alone, they're not.

and why this?

because if you post all 31 of them in one fic the tagging is absolutely useless. if I look for things to read on ao3 I'm gonna look at the tags, and if the tags include something that's a dealbreaker for me, i won't even click on the fic. I might not even SEE the fic because I've filtered out the nope-tag! so I'm gonna lose out on reading 30 perfectly nice fics because of one fic that my nope-tag applied to.

ao3 is about archiving. it's about clear tagging and being informative. there is nothing informative about it if the tags in the fic apply to random chapters while others have nothing to do with it. it makes so much more sense to have each work as an individual fic with its own individual tags and warnings, so readers can make informed choices.

of course, you do you. I can't police what other people decide to do. but personally, I find it incredibly frustrating to weed through 31 chapters to find the ones I actually want to read. so I don't. I automatically scroll past all works posted like that. and I know some others do, too.

there is absolutely no shame in posting short things on ao3. there is no minimum word count. no one is going to look at you funny if you post a small ficlet on its own, I promise. it's just going to make some readers very happy when they can actually find the things they want to read.

so, please. at least consider the upsides of posting each work as their own fic.

signed, one very frustrated fandom grandma.

[doomdoomofdoom]

fyi, Ukraine actually maintains a website with publicly available lists of their financial/material support and expenses.

anyone can also use it to donate to any specific part of Ukraine's war effort directly. in case any nations leaders recently humiliated their country globally, or something.

[keferon]

Did you think I was done? Ahahahaha no, I have more.

Because chapter 70 of MOMU gave me the very dynamic between them that I missed so much, I just blacked out and started drawing uncontrollably lmao

Also. ALSO. I noticed a while ago that Prowl has the habit of..like…constantly frowning. So. I did a bit of research and made this graph.

In 70 chapters, Prowl frowns rougly 104 times. And the intensity of this gesture is very clearly correlated with the development of his relationship with Jazz, as you can see ahahahahah It might be wrong tho don’t take me seriously I’m not good with graphs

[babyspacebatclone]

Let’s have some more examples of Identity First Language you may see in everyday life!

Let’s see how it impacts your reading of what influences an individual’s life!

(these are all theoretical examples; I am using Identities beyond my own to express a variety of identities)

I’m Black.

I’m Jewish.

I’m a doctor.

I’m a mother.

I’m a cancer survivor.

I’m a Gay man.

I’m Trans.

I’m wheelchair bound (and proud of how that improves my life!)

How many of these examples do you think the individual would find Person First Language offensive for the reasons expressed in the comic?

That “[the identity] is an important and inextricable part of [how they experienced the world],” and Person First Language creates the impression that “[the identity] is a separate thing that can be removed [with no negative impact on their life].”

Do you think it’s Racist to ask a Black person to only say, “I’m a person with African heritage”?

Does that remove aspects of their life experience?

Is it “respectful” to tell someone “You are a person with a medical degree,” instead of saying “You’re a Family Doctor.”

How much does a person’s sexual and gender identities impact the way they navigate society?

For the Actually Autistic community, that’s how we feel about our identity.

That if it’s separated from is, we’re no longer ourselves: we’re amputated, changed, worse.

This is never to say that Autism isn’t still a disability in our lives, something that makes many everyday experiences harder.

But it’s also an inextricable part of our positive experiences, the things that give us joy and make us us.

It should be up to the individual which they prefer to emphasis in their Identity.

It’s only a real choice if it’s a fully informed one.

Identity First Language = Autistic person, am/is Autistic

Person First Language = person with Autism, have/has Autism

[trans-axolotl]

saw a post the other day that said that psych survivors were overexaggerating and fearmongering for saying that people should be aware that having diagnoses on your record can be a danger + impede your life. and the more i think about it the more annoyed i am. because i think people need to know that there are exceptions to health privacy laws that can make having psych diagnoses and psych hospitalization history on your record risky depending on your circumstances. diagnoses follow you through your health interactions-you do not have to consent to have your information shared between providers. judicial proceedings are also an exception to the HIPAA privacy rule, so for things like custody battles, guardianship, getting orders of protection--the court can petition for medical records. there's so many other situations where even if they can't legally access your information without your authorization, people will require you to disclose diagnoses, records, previous hospitalizations and refuse to give you services/hire you/whatever unless you share that information with them. for example in many states anyone (a provider, a cop, friends and family) can disclose that you have certain psych diagnoses like bipolar to the DMV which then might require that you undergo drivers license review as frequently as every 3 months. my university is actively trying to kick me out right now because i had to disclose my medical record, psych diagnoses, and hospitalization history to them as a requirement to stay enrolled.

and i don't want to scare people or make people think that having a diagnosis on their records is automatically going to mean that it is weaponized against us. because i do know plenty of people who have never faced issues with their records. but i do expect that the community supports the people speaking out about the ways that we have been harmed by diagnoses creating barriers to accessing necessary parts of our life. instead of attacking us or saying that we're lying about things we are currently experiencing.

[justafewberries]

thinking about how easy it would be to give the districts the illusion of choice in the 25th games.

If the votes were private, the capitol could pick anyone they wanted, so long as it’s remotely believable.

Say d12 agrees on a seam kid, yet when the votes are tallied, the capitol announces they’ve voted in a merchant kid instead. Automatically, the merchants turn on the seam population, thinking they wronged them. The tensions would be high enough. Turn them against each other and watch them point fingers.

It’s an easy way the capitol can cause infighting without suspicion. It’s an easy way to keep the districts divided. To mask the real enemy.

[coquelicoq]

jiang cheng apologism is the easiest level of apologism. this guy is so hard to be mad at.

[sleepnoises]

personal theory of blogging (for me) (not for you) (do what you want)

light on dread

heavy on cats (internet is mainly dread and cats, so they fill space in the dread vacuum)

enjoy colors and textures

i have too many followers to do little diary posts but i love them when everyone else does them. wont learn anything from this

complaining about something (trend, etc) is just free advertising for that thing. complain responsibly & incisively

enjoy silly and strangely-structured words and phrases. the textures of the mouth

i statements <3 specifics and not generalizations <3

no posting Ls unless they're really funny

in this house we love citations

[thatneoncrisis]

the ethical or ecological debate about ai isnt even my thing thats not why im not using it:

i

dont

want

to

thats it. i want to have a thought for myself. I want to read and summarize information for myself. I want to look up information without having it reduced to a bite sized paragraph. I want to write a 200 word response or a 20000 word essay by myself. i want to do things by myself, because i am capable of doing it by myself.

if someone else has difficulty writing or drawing or coming up with an idea or what the fuck ever else, this should not mean an entire curriculum is shifted to the point that i cannot be taught to do something without ai being involved, when they were perfectly capable of giving effective feedback not three years prior before this whole thing reached the public. i do not want ai assisted browers, or ai powered this, or ai supported that, for the simple fact that i didnt ask. and now they will not let me turn it off. THAT is my big issue

[smokestarrules]

it's been literal years since either of these episodes aired so I can't possibly be the only person to notice but like. this is an intentional parallel, right. it has to be.

[stagefoureddiediaz]

Can we just talk about the choice to use calla lilies in this scene please!!!

They are a symbol of love and commitment and red ones specifically mean ‘I am yours’ and courage, boldness and determination. In Roman mythology the calla lily was a symbol of sexuality because of its phallic appearance and the Victorian’s associate the calla lily with magnificence!

[mlobsters]

person of interest s1e18 identity crisis

Everyone's got you wrong. Everyone thinks you're something that you're not and you got no way to change their mind.

first time watch liveblogging via gifs part 19 of ?