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reducing prayer to some sort of stress reduction intervention has to qualify as a form of idolatry, right
Prayer is one of the oldest and most research-supported interventions for trauma and mood disorder symptoms across cultures and faith, but y’all aren’t ready for that conversation yet. The human brain likely adapted to mindfulness and biofeedback since we worshipped the sun.
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pray because you wanna talk to god but you're afraid cuz you ain't spoke in so long, not whatever this bullshit is
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there's a specific house in china i dream about maybe once a year that i'm fairly sure is not real. there's a family that lives there and i'm not related to them, i just somehow keep finding myself in their house, accidentally falling asleep in their living room, or accidentally babysitting their kids, or other strange adventures in this dream house i don't remember
i often have the experience of going somewhere in a dream that i’ve been to many times before, but only while dreaming. i have the strong sensation that i have dreamed of each of these places many times, but it seems more likely to me that somehow the experience of intense familiarity is just baked into the current dream.
i’m not a big dream journal believer (i think forgetting dreams is a useful feature we should allow our brains to engage) but i’m considering starting one just to figure this out. seems like that could itself bias my dreams tho.
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a walpurgisnacht festival is exactly the kind of sick disgusting behavior i would expect from germans
i am the same height as the average Victoria’s Secret model. a couple years ago i was at a Walpurgisnacht festival in Germany and bought a hat and broom from some vendors and then people thought i was part of the event possibly bc i’m gigantic so kept asking to take pictures with bunch of tourist’s vacation photos lol.
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recs from a friend who works in cybersecurity:
> keeping all your devices on the latest update is the single most important step. It's never mattered more.
> Password managers are great, including the built in iOS one. Doesn't have to be fancy!
> do a periodic offline backup of can't-reps.
> keeping all your devices on the latest update is the single most important step. It's never mattered more.
> Password managers are great, including the built in iOS one. Doesn't have to be fancy!
> do a periodic offline backup of can't-reps.
What are people's favorite summaries of the current security situation, with easy punchlists for what security actions everyday people should be taking right now?
(afaict I'm ahead of the curve on this stuff and while I'm sure I can use reminders about which vulnerabilities to patch, I'm mainly asking for easy summaries to share with loved ones)
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everyone on chinese twitter is my brother and i love them. feeling proud to come from this great nation of cracked horny degenerate vicious posters
稍微给外国朋友们解释一下，你在推特上见到大量来自中国的色情内容以及中国网民关于骂人方面的攻击力，是因为中国网民普遍具有“性压抑”，还有“辱骂压抑”。
性压抑是因为中国没有任何一个被官方允许的色情网站与色情产业，并且在你上幼儿园到高中毕业的这段时间里，你作为青少年的任何恋爱行为都被老师和家长严厉制止。
因为中国的校方和学生们的家长们认为这不利于学生考一所好的大学。
这些人长大后，如果有一天拿到了vpn，百分之90会立刻登陆pornhub或者在推特上如饥似渴的浏览从前无法接触到的色情内容。
因为青少年时期长期被压抑的正常的关于爱与性的想法，会导致他们一旦进入到了那个被许可去爱，被许可做爱的年纪后，会展现出惊人的淫荡，就像沙漠里的人长途跋涉后终于喝到了第一捧水那样，对各种性癖，各种性爱技术趋之若鹜。
青少年时代的恋爱与做爱这在全世界正常国家都是一件理所应当的事，但是在中国会被冠上“早恋”的名义进行污化，这是中国人普遍的性压抑的源头，而“早恋”这个概念是从前苏联教育模式里诞生，被中国拿来直接用的，这里就不展开讲了，你们只要知道中国政府因为历史原因受前苏联影响很深就可以了。
那么“辱骂压抑”是什么呢，这个词是我现编的，但我会给你解释这是怎么回事。
中国互联网上有全世界最严格的言论审查，你可以自己搜索一下关于中国领导人以及中国官方的各种屏蔽词的数量有多少个，这些资料网上都有公开的统计。
这些数量庞大的屏蔽词已经影响到了中国普通网民在中国互联网上的自由表达，他们不得不使用拼音缩写、谐音词这样类似的东西去进行反屏蔽来表达自己真正的想法。
当然了，辱骂方面的词汇也在这些屏蔽词库里，也就是说，你在推特上见到的那些攻击力惊人的辱骂文字，在中国互联网里百分之90是无法发布成功的，所有中国网络平台都会自动对那些内容进行拦截。
但即便如此，关于最高层政治的一切与官方论调不同的想法，你无论再怎么用谐音词和拼音缩写去表达都是不安全的，因为你表达的太明显，会有专门负责这项任务的网络警察在现实生活里把你叫到派出所去给你警告，情节严重的会直接关进监狱里。
比如说你人在中国，但是你在推特上骂了习近平，网警会想尽一切办法把你这个人的真实信息挖出来，最后把你押送到派出所，我知道讲到这里很多外国人已经震惊到目瞪口呆无法相信了，但所有中国人都知道这是真的，因为专门用于这类任务的钱，在中国有专门的称呼，叫做维稳经费。
在大概十年前，中国对于维稳经费的投入就已经超过中国军费的投入了。并且抓捕一个在外网辱骂习近平的中国人，在相关部门眼里属于政绩，他们内部有指标的，你们觉得谁会这么无聊天天盯着境外互联网看看哪个中国人骂习近平了，但是这是人家相关部门的正常工作，抓你们是他们的工作内容之一。
如果你是一个正在学习中文的外国人，想通过浏览中国的社交媒体来看看中国网民的想法并融入中文社区。
我很遗憾的告诉你，这是十分困难的，因为中国年轻网民之间已经形成了一套他们自己能看懂但圈子外面人看起来像天书的话术，用你们外国人能看懂的话解释就是中国年轻网民发明出了自己的“黑帮用语”来对抗中国政府的言论审查与屏蔽词库。
那么在推特上，在境外互联网的论坛上，这个限制中国人表达的屏蔽词库没有了，等于中国人被压抑许久的攻击力被彻底解放了，你会看到类似撒旦从地狱里出现在现世般的力量，你会被终于能自由表达的中文的古老的血脉所震撼，无论是关于辱骂也好，文学也好，都是十分精彩的。
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actually acknowledging the work involved in parenting small children requires giving up some or all of your childhood story about your parents, and people do not like doing that bc it's kind of uncomfortable, and if they don't have kids they don't have to
it is fine if people / acquaintances don’t understand that what I do - raising and educating children, taking care of household affairs - is work
it is rather tough when folks both don’t understand this and complain about how it is hard to schedule time with me
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crows fighting for their fucking life to open this box and then defend their pita prize from a bigass gull
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birds on a telephone / power line like this feels like a classic cartoon image but i think this is one of the only times i’ve actually seen it irl. are there just less city birds around than there used to be?
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if you really think about it amanda actually lowkey groomed us in mean girls. she's one of the people who taught us which expressions and vocal tones mean what
You feel relieved when Seyfried first appears in YCSE because you can read her expression and vocal tone but then you also remember that its her job to convey recognizable emotions through the screen and that we've been trained all our lives to respond to cinema's visual language
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demanding that psychedelics never make you feel bad is nearly identical to demanding that life itself never make you feel bad
The by far biggest problem of many ~non-physiologically-toxic drugs like psychedelics is their hedonic inconsistency. Anyone who ever had a bad trip knows what I’m talking about. Imagine a psychedelic where you could guarantee that valence will never dip below neutral.
Why not just trip willy nilly? Why shouldn’t you take psychedelics like candy? Hedonic inconsistency. This is their biggest flaw. Valence enhancement is the most potent lever for safe psychonautics.
I’m not the first one to formulate this insight, David Pearce has been talking about it for years, but still, worth reiterating.
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Regarding the PHP vulnerability, I have seen some security researchers recommending people limit web browsing for a few days (due to the potential for common websites to be compromised via this vuln).
There is exploit code available for this vuln, though it is not known to exist “in the wild.” But with the weaponization of AI, it’s possible that the discovery and broad distribution of exploit code could happen fast - possibly reverse engineered after the patches are released.
I expect cyber security providers of web application firewalls and exploit prevention services will have protections deployed quickly today, and IT teams will be busy patching and upgrading.
And I think it may be wise to lay low on the Internet today. Do what you need to, but probably skip frivolous browsing.
Also:
Make sure you are running full service anti-virus / anti-malware on every device (including phones). I recommend BitDefender for home/personal use.
Update your browser apps and only use Safari, FireFox, or DuckDuckGo. No opinion about Brave (people keep asking). Make sure ad blocking is turned on and auto play of active content is turned off.
Be very cautious of links you receive in SMS messages, message apps, and email. Check and verify the source first and check the URL to make sure the website domain is as expected.
Keep your operating system and all applications up to date, and watch for new updates over the coming days. Regarding iOS, I do not recommend upgrading to 27. Stay on 26 and update as possible.
Make sure you have MFA turned on for all websites or online accounts. True MFA. Passkey has a major design weakness so I do not recommend it.
This is all to protect your devices and your accounts in case a website you visit is explored and does attempt to steal your credentials, information, or deliver exploit code to your device.
@PractiveSec will be following this today. Advisory coming for customers.
There is exploit code available for this vuln, though it is not known to exist “in the wild.” But with the weaponization of AI, it’s possible that the discovery and broad distribution of exploit code could happen fast - possibly reverse engineered after the patches are released.
I expect cyber security providers of web application firewalls and exploit prevention services will have protections deployed quickly today, and IT teams will be busy patching and upgrading.
And I think it may be wise to lay low on the Internet today. Do what you need to, but probably skip frivolous browsing.
Also:
Make sure you are running full service anti-virus / anti-malware on every device (including phones). I recommend BitDefender for home/personal use.
Update your browser apps and only use Safari, FireFox, or DuckDuckGo. No opinion about Brave (people keep asking). Make sure ad blocking is turned on and auto play of active content is turned off.
Be very cautious of links you receive in SMS messages, message apps, and email. Check and verify the source first and check the URL to make sure the website domain is as expected.
Keep your operating system and all applications up to date, and watch for new updates over the coming days. Regarding iOS, I do not recommend upgrading to 27. Stay on 26 and update as possible.
Make sure you have MFA turned on for all websites or online accounts. True MFA. Passkey has a major design weakness so I do not recommend it.
This is all to protect your devices and your accounts in case a website you visit is explored and does attempt to steal your credentials, information, or deliver exploit code to your device.
@PractiveSec will be following this today. Advisory coming for customers.
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I think there are some issues in the recent “Already Clean” essay, and I’m concerned it may have incorrectly updated people on important safety-relevant questions.
My thoughts (including some reproductions): livgorton.com/already-clean-…
My thoughts (including some reproductions): livgorton.com/already-clean-…
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Make sure Microsoft Edge and Google Chrome have the latest component to protect yourself.
Visit emudhra.we-have-a-problem.com/#check and make sure the result says `✅Did not connect`
If it doesn't say that, then visit "chrome://components" and click "Check for update" for "CRLSet"
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Google Chrome -> 10849
Then you will be safe from the compromised TLS certs.
Visit emudhra.we-have-a-problem.com/#check and make sure the result says `✅Did not connect`
If it doesn't say that, then visit "chrome://components" and click "Check for update" for "CRLSet"
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Google Chrome -> 10849
Then you will be safe from the compromised TLS certs.
The Internet goes on high alert after discovery of 8 compromised TLS certs arstechnica.com/security/2026/…
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poll: did you understand who’s on first the first time you saw it | do you understand it now
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welcome to life kids, here’s your screen. you absolutely have to learn how to use this thing because your entire professional and social life will be plugged into it. just don’t get lost in the infinite addiction portal that is also on there for some reason haha ok kids have fun
This is an incredible project: NBC News asked parents to check their kids' YouTube history during school hours — and the results show kids are spending huge chunks of the day watching videos that have nothing to do with learning
nbcnews.com/specials/hooke…
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i think this is not quite granting her enough agency. after reading various other takes and pondering i think her pattern with men is something like displacing her animus onto them - maintaining her innocence by finding men who embody displaced aggression, ruthlessness, etc.
FWIW, I think she is a deeply autistic, deeply traumatized person who fawns over narcissistic abusers and is a willful accomplice in what she romanticizes as Bonnie and Clyde-style love story.
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this is really good
> Here’s what I think is going on with Elizabeth Holmes: She has an extremely severe form of the defense mechanism that Melanie Klein called splitting—dividing self and world into unambiguous “good” or “bad.” She cannot admit that she has any bad qualities: anyhness, any tendency to deceive others, or even any of the more positive forms of aggressiveness like ambition. On her account, her motivations are all benevolent, idealistic, and noble. She even says she never lies!
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> But I think it’s too simple to present Holmes as the victim of predatory men—again, this would be a form of splitting—instead, I think the men in her life embody aggressive qualities she cannot acknowledge or integrate in herself. Her entire identity is organized around an idealized image of herself as a benevolent visionary, while aggression, destructiveness, and guilt are split off, disavowed, and projected onto others. This is how she preserves the fiction of her own innocence.
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> I don’t think the distinction between conscious deception and sincere delusion quite captures Elizabeth Holmes’s psychology. I suspect that she’s not fully conscious of her own deception because she has constructed an elaborate system of defenses against recognizing the truth. I think she is psychotic, not in our ordinary sense of the term, meaning hallucinations or elaborate paranoid fantasies, but in having a fractured relationship to what Jacques Lacan called the symbolic order. She doesn’t relate to language, and therefore truth and falsity, in a normal way.
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> In Lacan’s terminology, psychosis results from the foreclosure of the Name-of-the-Father: the failure of a fundamental paternal signifier to become integrated into the symbolic order. In ordinary psychic development, the father functions not merely as an actual person but as a symbolic authority, introducing a mediating principle that allows the child to differentiate itself from others and establish a relatively normal relationship to language, law, and desire. You bear your father’s name; you are like him in some way, but you know you are not exactly him. Your relationship to him is mediated by metaphor: you can take his place without being him. This distance allows you to become your own person. But in psychosis, this symbolic function is absent or disturbed, and the subject may instead rely on more immediate, imaginary identifications.
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> Holmes’s relationship with her father becomes especially interesting in light of this. At one point, she reads aloud a strange piece of her creative writing where she imagines becoming engulfed or identical with her father. There’s also a remarkable biographical parallel: her father worked at Enron, a company destroyed by a notorious corporate fraud, while also pursuing humanitarian ambitions—he worked as the head of green energy there. Holmes appears to have reproduced this peculiar combination of corporate ambition and philanthropic idealism almost literally. It’s as if, rather than relating to her father through a symbolic identification, she attempts to be him, to repeat and rescue what he was trying to accomplish.
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