I wanted to get a video of this ghost crab but every time I got close to their hole they scuttled back in, so I tried getting clever with it. I made a little sandcastle and shoved my phone into it, hit record, and walked away. Crab was VERY suspicious of this addition to their environment.

In fact, if you want to get technical, it's not even a picture of a black hole, it's a picture of the hot glow from accreting material around the black hole, *and* it's not the first image of it either, it's the first spatially resolved image of it. So this was wrong in pretty every meaningful way.

Yeah, thanks for that... I have a PhD in astrophysics, I was a professional black hole astronomer, like her, for 13 years and I've been a professional scientist for more than 25 years. I reckon I have a good idea of the effort involved, and what was earned and I'm not minimising her contribution.

No. She's an astronomer, not a computer scientists, and she didn't 'make' the picture of the black hole, it was observed and she analysed the data. Blimey. Come on, this is supposed to be the good place!

Adele shattering a glass in her hand

There were two girls at Wawa just now talking about funny movies and one said, “Have you ever seen the movie Office Space? It’s an old people movie but it’s funny”

Is it too late to give Sacha Baron Cohen an Oscar for this? Not a damn lie told. 🇺🇸

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There have always been dysfunctional families and marriages, but in the past, it wasn't socially acceptable to separate.

People stayed together, were miserable, and argued a lot.

That's why there are so many transgenerational traumas.

This study demonstrated the insidious nature of parental alienation and parental alienating behaviours and provided further evidence of these behaviours as a form of emotional abuse.

Studies indicate that children exposed to parental alienation may experience anxiety, trauma, and emotional pain, with long-term effects persisting into adulthood.

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This photograph captures Sir David Attenborough seated outdoors on the rugged terrain of Skomer Island. Behind him, the ocean and coastal cliffs form a scenic backdrop under a clear sky. Sir David, dressed in a khaki jacket and light trousers, looks towards the camera with a gentle expression, exuding a sense of warmth, calm, and wisdom. Around him, puffins can be seen flying and perched on the rocky ground, illuminated in rays of golden sunlight as the sun sets behind the cliffs.

Happy 99th birthday to the man who gave voice to the wild. 🎉

Sir David Attenborough, thank you for a lifetime dedicated to the natural world, and for sharing its story with wisdom, wonder, and grace.

You've inspired generations to fall in love with nature.

Children of narcissistic parents may benefit from therapy to address self-esteem issues, emotional regulation, and boundary-setting. Family therapy can also help in alienation cases, though it’s challenging if the narcissistic parent refuses to participate.

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The community note

Eliminating red dye in processed foods is not going to do much to improve the health of children.

Why? Food deserts. Poverty. Homelessness. Lack of healthcare. Widespread COVID

A healthy diet is a privilege not afforded to everyone. Tackle inequality first if you want to create a healthy society.

This is one of the best videos I've seen that perfectly describes what it's like to be a targeted, alienated parent.

When was this video, and what was the setting he was talking in?

YouTube video by David K Why Courts Fail to Recognize Parental Alienation

Because of its counterintuitive nature, many false assumptions are made by professionals who are involved in cases of parental alienation.

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Heads-up that Genome Biology is starting a new benchmark collection ("Benchmarks v2.0"):
www.biomedcentral.com/collections/...

A statement akin to "thoughts and prayers".

Tennis Balls xkcd.com/3080

Words to live by.

The emotional distress caused by alienation can impair a child’s focus and performance in school.

Socially, they might withdraw from peers or struggle with conflict resolution, mirroring the dysfunctional dynamics they’ve experienced at home.

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I was asking because I was looking for publications on neurodivergent children and school absenteeism and future life impacts, but I couldn't find any. The papers in the mashed-up google scholar page are all EMDR-based. Do you have any on the former?

Urgh, yes, it is prone to do that in situations like this!

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The world is shit, but yesterday, my nonspeaking autistic son used his AAC device to tell my wife, "I love you, mom" for the first time.

Two photos. In the first, deep in a conifer forest a man in winter clothes holds a reindeer and sprays something from an aerosol can on the antlers. The second photo is of a small town street in the dead of night. Little shops and dim street lights. A deer stands in the middle of the road. It's barely visible, just a feint silhouette. But, its eyes and antlers glow like something ancient and supernatural.

To prevent deer from being hit by cars Finland has tried using reflective paint. (https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/avoid-deer-strikes-finland-painting-deer-antlers-reflective-paint-180949792/)

File this under "solutions to modern problems that summon the old gods."

Enmeshment:

A condition in which two or more people, typically family members, are involved in each other’s activities & personal relationships to an excessive degree, thus limiting or precluding healthy interaction & compromising individual autonomy & identity.

#ParentalAlienation

Parental alienation is a deeply damaging phenomenon, with effects that span emotional, psychological, and relational domains for children, targeted parents, and even alienating parents.

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My husband @onekdog.bsky.social just suggested we show the boys Watership Down as a lovely Easter Sunday film and I can only assume he doesn’t like our children anymore.