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Can you expand a bit what you tell people about not liking Meta’s business model? I got some people to follow me to Signal, but only for messaging with my husband and me. They don’t really care for the privacy aspect, so I’m curious about your other arguments!
11·8 months agoOne that always stayed with me is from a coming-of-age story:
If truth was a crayon and it was up to me to put a wrapper around it and name its color, I know just what I would call it—dinosaur skin.
- Sarah Weeks - So B. It
If you’re curious, here’s the rest of the first chapter which really ties the first sentence together nicely:
I used to think, without really thinking about it, that I knew what color that was. But that was a long time ago, before I knew what I know now about both dinosaur skin and the truth.
The fact is, you can’t tell squat about the color of an animal just from looking at its bones, so nobody knows for sure what color dinosaurs really were. For years I looked at pictures of them, trusting that whoever was in charge of coloring them in was doing it based on scientific fact, but the truth is they were only guessing. I realized that one afternoon, sitting in the front seat of Sheriff Roy Franklin’s squad car, the fall before I turned thirteen.
Another thing I found out right around that same time is that not knowing something doesn’t mean you’re stupid. All it means is that there’s still room left to wonder. For instance about dinosaurs—were they the same color as the sky the morning I set off for Liberty? Or were they maybe the same shade of brown as the dust my shoes kicked up on the driveway at Hilltop Home?
I’d be lying if I said that given a choice, I wouldn’t rather know than not know. But there are some things you can just know for no good reason other than that you do, and then there are other things that no matter how badly you want to know them, you just can’t.
The truth is, whether you know something or not doesn’t change what was. If dinosaurs were blue, they were blue; if they were brown, they were brown whether anybody ever knows it for a fact or not.
That looks delicious! Could you tell me how this works? Just chuck everything in for a certain amount of time or cook the rice first or…?
Still fun to see in different languages! In Dutch the literal translation is:
♙ Pawn
♖ Tower
♔ King
♕ Lady
♗ Walker (as in: slow runner)
♘ HorsePion, toren, koning, dame, loper, paard.
3·1 year agoFirst I thought of: The Bitterbynde Trilogy from Celia Dart - Thornton. She created an amazing world and I loved her way of storytelling and the characters she created. I’ve read them in Dutch, but the original books are English so that shouldn’t be a problem. Highly recommended!
2·2 years agoHallooo!
Hi! Ik vind het heel leuk dat je dit initiatief neemt. Een tip van iemand waarvan de examens inmiddels al een hele lange tijd geleden zijn: als je merkt dat je alles lijkt te zijn vergeten, weet dan dat de kennis nog steeds in je hoofd zit. Je kan er alleen op dat moment even niet bij. Stop met het kijken naar je opgave en pak een punt voorbij je tafel om naar te kijken. Zet je beide voeten stevig op de grond en focus op het punt waar ze contact maken met de grond. Adem rustig in en uit door je neus. Drie tellen in en vijf a zes tellen uit (het tellen helpt je hersenen afleiden). Richt je ademhaling op je buik en voel hoe je buik uitzet en weer intrekt bij het in- en uitademen.
Als je merkt dat je weer tot rust bent gekomen, kijk dan opnieuw naar de opgave alsof je die weer voor het eerst ziet. Volg de stappen die je misschien al hebt gezet wanneer je 'm al een gedeelte hebt opgelost. Waarschijnlijk zul je merken dat je brein het vanaf dat moment weer oppakt!
Het lijkt soms zonde van de tijd om zo’n ademhalingsoefening te gaan doen, terwijl je een test hebt, maar de tijdswinst die je uiteindelijk maakt door je hersenen uit die paniekstand te halen, weegt er bijna altijd tegenop. Alvast heel veel succes!
It’s possible that she hasn’t got aphantasia, but something called face blindness (prosopagnosia). The Wikipedia might be an interesting read for you guys!
Former (Dutch) teacher here! Diary of a wimpy kid is easy reading for a lot of kids and I always found that the really engrossing books could help them move on to their actual reading level. For my students who liked comic mischief in class, I could always get them hooked to reading with The Saga of Darren Shan.
Don’t let the ‘horror’ genre fool you: the story is dark and funny. Based on the books you named I think your kid might love it!
Mijn collega vertelde over ‘Alle geschiedenis ooit’: een podcast over de beste verhalen uit de wereldgeschiedenis. Ik heb 'm zelf nog niet geluisterd.
Een die ik zelf erg leuk vind, is ‘De Grote Vriendelijke Podcast’ voor volwassenen over jeugdliteratuur. Ze interviewen schrijvers op een hele prettige en toegankelijke manier. Ook leuk om te luisteren wanneer je zelf al een tijd geen jeugdboeken hebt gelezen!
Nog een niche waar je van moet houden: ‘Beyond the Game’: meestal interviews met escaperoomeigenaren, maar ook over escapegerelateerde onderwerpen. Als je fan bent van escaperooms is het zeker een aanrader!
Same for me!
I found it! Pretty proud of myself, didn’t even have to use reverse image search haha!
It’s a Coffee shop in the USA on the border of Kansas and Missouri. It’s called Hi Hat Coffee: https://hihatcoffee.com/
So happy that this got implemented, thanks!
That was fun, thanks! I made it till rule 24 on my phone. I give up haha
Thee recommendations from the Netherlands:
Casanova kept extensive memoirs and only briefly mentions Lucia, his first love. He names her as one of the few women he wronged, but offers no explanation. In Lucia’s eyes by Arthur Japin tells the (fictional) story of Lucia and offers a story that fits into the gap that Casanova left in his memoires. It’s one of my favorites to recommend as an introduction into literature. The Dutch title is Een schitterend gebrek.
A true Dutch classic is The Assault by Harry Mulisch. It covers 35 years in the life of the lone survivor of a night in Haarlem during World War II when the Nazi occupation forces, finding a Dutch collaborator murdered, retaliate by killing most of the family in front of whose home the body was found.
And if you really feel like sinking your teeth in some literature you would have to read The Discovery of Heaven, the magnum opus of Harry Mulisch. I can’t really manage to give a summary, I think it would be best if you just start reading without any spoilers about the story. Maybe read the other books first and then decide if you trust me ;)
If you end up reading one of those, I would love to hear your thoughts!
3·3 years agoThank you, I think you are right. The comments on my comment have been nothing but helpfull and kind. It’s really encouraging for a new Lemmy-user like me!
Definitely agree with your last sentence, but I still think the artist is mixing some phases of the menstrual cycle here. English is not my native language, so I hope I will get all my terms correct for the people who would like to learn about this.
The menstrual cycle has four phases. The cycle starts with the menstruation. Due to a drop on eustrogen and progesterone levels, the uterine lining sheds. It will leave the body along with some blood. The number of days this last and the amount of blood varies per person.
Right up from the start is also the start of the second phase: the follicular phase. This one matches the left side of the comic and the description of your partners. It last till about half of the cycle. The hypothalamus in the brain stimulates the production of the hormone FSH through the hypofyse. During this time, people can feel great. They can feel prettier, better and smarter in performing and even stronger when they are doing a workout for example. No more worries about money, relationships, the world can be a great place in this phase.
Around day 14 of the cycle is the ovulation. This happens around 24 hours after the LH (luteinizing hormone) causes a crack or tear in the follicle of the ovary. Some people can feel it happening, for some people it hurts, others can’t feel anything.
Then it’s time for phase four: the luteal phase. In this phase some people will want to turn their life around. Others feel like they have all the luck in the world. Others will want to cancel their subscriptions, give away their valuables and delete their socials because nothing matters anymore. To prep the uterus for a possible fertilization, the hormone progesterone makes sure an egg could implant in the uterine lining. Progesterone could give people in the luteal phase huge Netflix-, eating-, snarling- or sleeping urges. It can also cause endo belly if you have endometriosis.
And then you have PMS. It’s not one of the phases, but up to 80% of the people menstruating experiences PMS in a mild or severe variant. It peaks around the ovulation and the luteal phase. It’s not around in the first week of the cycle. Progesterone is the most influential hormone during PMS. There are up to 150 identified symptoms according to the British association for PMS. Most people are familiar with tiredness, feeling lethargic, hunger, aggression, gloom and mood swings. This matches the right side of the comic.
Well, this was my presentation. Hope some people read this and learn something! My source is the book ‘Je mag je weer aankleden - alles over endometriose’ from Maartje van Hoek. It translates to ‘You may get dressed again - everything about endometriosis’.