Melissa

Spending all day on here made the news feel normal and now that I’m never here it’s so obviously terrible and extreme! That’s actually a benefit given the circumstances.

A not-so-fun way to learn this is by putting on a relaxing 9-hour video to fall asleep to and waking up at 3 a.m. to ads blasting.

Why Women in Tech isn't enough Women in Tech spaces help, but fall short in the long run. Real progress needs systemic change and active involvement from men in positions of power.

I have been back and forth over the span of 5 years about whether to publish this article.

All opinions and experiences in this post are my own, or from people I personally know, backed up with recent reports and statistics.

Sinners studies

I miss going to the box office and paying a whopping $1 fee, which was basically just a fee to have the ticket printed.

The fact that UK homes were literally built to keep as much heat in as possible should be enough to tell people that this kind of heat was not an issue until recently.

Disrespectfully, I need anyone who has not looked for a job within the past year to shut up because shit has changed. Your advice and experience doing this in the past means nothing. You have not job hunted like people are job hunting right now, don’t give people false hope with your outdated ideas

Littler Earthquakes

I love art. I love this craft of visual romanticization. Seeing how people interpret the world around them with their feelings and thoughts poetically laid bare in line and color. Art can ignite the imagination and passion in others and it’s all done by moving a stick around with intent and emotion.

Absolutely cursed

Every once in a while I think about how the best paid jobs are usually the least helpful or most actively harmful to society (medicine being the one big exception), while the worst paid ones are the most helpful to society. Then I stare out the window for a while

It's highly dependent on your skin type. I'm very oily and very sensitive, and love Biore UV Perfect Milk, but it would be drying for skin that isn't very oily. For Asian sunscreens, I highly recommend the r/AsianBeauty subreddit for help. My skin hates US sunscreens, so I don't know about those.

I just had a sudden panic over the idea that toothpaste with fluoride might be on that list at some point.

Asian sunscreens have been the only ones my extremely sensitive and beyond pale skin can tolerate. Canmake changed their packaging to remove UV protection information; even if that works for now, I'm sure it's only a temporary solution.

[worst possible stuff happening everywhere] man why do I feel bad

Not everyone wants to have a conversation. Everyone can choose to use their social media accounts however they want. You want a conversation; she didn't.

Do you consider that someone with a lot of followers doesn't just get one person engaging with them every day? And that many people engage with them not in good faith after assuming a whole lot about what they meant and didn't say? And how tiring that could be?

Please remember this when you say that “genuinely disabled” people don’t have to worry about Medicaid cuts or only “scammers” will lose food assistance.

That’s not how it works. It’s propaganda and you’ve fallen for it.

And Spotify Premium is actually more expensive for users than Tidal or Apple Music, both which pay artists more.

I'm miffed that my love of em dashes and inability to draw hands makes things I draw and write suspect now.

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I've been in need of a fidget toy and just ordered a rainbow one because I'm a sucker for pastels 👀

Now I need to run 😭 I think growing up on fast-paced movies like Goodfellas hurt when I finally saw The Godfather just a few years ago, because my expectations were different.

I'm so sorry 💜

I'll second those and wave a red flag to distract people and say The Godfather. I appreciate that it's well done, but it's not for me. It took me days to get through it in 30 minute increments because I was hellbent on finishing it.

some crucial historical context for the present moment in this perspective-giving thread. I think this is probably mandatory reading for anyone on the verge of surrendering to despair - so, for most of us, really

The way I lunged for my remote 👀

Boycotting is a privilege.

Prepping is a privilege.

Protesting is a privilege.

Leaving the country is a privilege.

Not all solutions are accessible to everyone.

We need robust community care to ensure people aren’t left behind.

some people are gonna need a few days in the fetal position and some people do best when immediately given a task and some people need to immerse themselves in joy and comfort

we have to let everyone grieve and feel this shit however their own nervous system needs. this is gonna be a long fight

I don't! I've actually never heard of that before.