Posts by Verdigris@cybre.space
(DIR) Post #9z7dux0aak2kxUQZwu by Verdigris@cybre.space
2020-09-13T16:09:59Z
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@Canageek My phone doesn't capture the yellow tint, either.
(DIR) Post #A2TezVQjqp1pXjXFSK by Verdigris@cybre.space
2020-12-23T01:32:51Z
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@stux That’s adorable and I want an entire hive. <3
(DIR) Post #A2aPeZugfLmqUVKEHQ by Verdigris@cybre.space
2020-12-26T07:43:06Z
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@Azure Hello, yes, what tea is this?
(DIR) Post #A2fSEsVdTbjJrWtn1M by Verdigris@cybre.space
2020-12-28T18:04:54Z
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@terrana @Azure One of the key functions of non-covert weaponry is intimidation. If one side backs down with at most warning shots fired, that’s a loss minimizing outcome for both.Of course, that’s not flashy, so we rarely see it on screen. Although it can make for a great psychological study of the characters involved.
(DIR) Post #A2fTljkt91JmDsGVma by Verdigris@cybre.space
2020-12-28T18:19:29Z
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@Azure In surveys of stressful life events, moving house rates as not only worse than public speaking, but worse than all the other listed stressors except death of a spouse.
(DIR) Post #A2i4alK1I67pzI5WG8 by Verdigris@cybre.space
2020-12-30T00:25:21Z
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@Azure By owning a device with which someone can startle me at will, I’ve already made a major concession to the society we currently live in. I’m not going to let it be any *more* unpleasant (like, say, making a sound) than I absolutely have to.
(DIR) Post #A2mDorKzOjrWv1B67U by Verdigris@cybre.space
2021-01-01T00:23:26Z
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@mithrandir Better for whom? Better by what value system?For myself, I have reasonable expectation that sometime in 2021 my high-risk status in our current pandemic will result in vaccination. Not having to give a rat’s ass about the personal (rather than collective) safety effects of whether others around me have decided to mask up will make whatever of 2021 is left after that immeasurably better than all of 2020 put together.
(DIR) Post #A2mKLSn0HuL646DAxM by Verdigris@cybre.space
2021-01-01T01:31:33Z
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@mithrandir Keeping in mind that the article has yet to pass peer review, right now they appear to be saying that only “a proportion” of recovered people have inadequate antibody-mediated response to the new strain(s). Given that I’ve read a case study or two about people who repeatedly tested positive, recovered, and at no point had a detectable antibody response to the virus, there seems to be more than just antibodies involved in beating it off.Regardless, I don’t expect that anyone will be going maskless without significant risk at any point in the near future. But I do expect enough reduction in my personal risk that I can stand down a bit. To the point of, say, only wearing a respirator in indoor public spaces, rather than barely leaving my home for months because the people around me can’t be trusted to follow basic safety protocols.
(DIR) Post #A3NLGDT0SEVqEbGIPQ by Verdigris@cybre.space
2021-01-18T19:03:29Z
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Handwritten letters. Not joking.It takes hundreds of emails and phone calls to make a member of the government even pretend to give a fuck about what one wants. But as few as two physical, handwritten letters can hit the action threshold.Let’s unpack the why of that, shall we?0) More than one sender. If only one person is known to have any particular opinion, it’s automatically dismissed. (If you’re encouraging them to continue a stance which they’ve already taken, you’re already the N+1th person.)1) Rarity value. They simply don’t get many, so hardcopy stands out.2) Time investment. Sad to say, but ‘took the time to sit down and write this’ carries more weight than ‘took the time to compose a message that’s clear and to the point’. (It’s best to do both, of course.)
(DIR) Post #A3NN9YjXBfPY4Zwih6 by Verdigris@cybre.space
2021-01-18T19:04:22Z
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3) All thought is embodied. You can’t touch an email, and a phone call to somebody’s office almost never results in them hearing your own voice, with your own emotions. But due to their rarity, a physical letter is quite likely to end up in the addressees’ own hands. That means all the brain machinery which tells someone ‘this is really real’ kicks in. The physical is naturally important to us.This is among the reasons that people who grew up before email have an outsized influence at every level of government. They shouldn’t be the only ones.
(DIR) Post #A8E7T1mqR01MjjQPDM by Verdigris@cybre.space
2021-06-13T00:35:51Z
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On June 12th, 1967, the U.S. Supreme Court unanimously ruled that by prohibiting interracial marriages, the state of Virginia had not only violated the civil rights of Mildred & Richard Loving (a Black+Native woman, and a white man, respectively), but also the rights of all its citizens at once. And so had any other state with similar laws.https://www.npr.org/2021/06/12/1005848169/loving-day-interracial-marriage-legal-origin
(DIR) Post #A8eulfMPzC6EY5XUbA by Verdigris@cybre.space
2021-06-25T23:03:53Z
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@Azure Does she, hopefully, live in the Southern Hemisphere? @..@
(DIR) Post #A8evDrhRhdYCvUoy3c by Verdigris@cybre.space
2021-06-25T23:07:01Z
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@Azure Unless she’s near the Arctic Circle, I now have to wonder how she avoids heatstroke. (Which is kinda on my mind anyway, given the local heat wave.)
(DIR) Post #A8evchupDXIHowvOiW by Verdigris@cybre.space
2021-06-25T23:13:35Z
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@Azure Best of luck to her, in that case. Because even if I was still heat-adapted to Arizona, I’d be dying under those circumstances. @..@
(DIR) Post #AA5qpcr3a4czGxg9Pk by Verdigris@cybre.space
2021-08-07T20:46:53Z
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@Azure It's not just you. Even with the best audio & video quality we can get these days, the feeling of being hermetically sealed off from the other people is uncomfortable and ever-present.I speculate that's due to a lack of scent cues--because it's such a dominant sense that it's invisible until something gets in the way. (I can share source links for that info, if you want.)
(DIR) Post #AA5s6WQGqdwUCWlpqK by Verdigris@cybre.space
2021-08-07T20:59:25Z
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@Azure We don't have a visceral expectation that text will come in alongside the scent of the person who wrote it, the way that we do the actual sight of them (and to lesser extent, the sound of their voice).I liberated a couple of relevant NYT articles from behind their paywall a while back:https://403.dreamwidth.org/127206.html - "Some COVID Survivors Haunted by Loss of Smell and Taste"https://403.dreamwidth.org/127299.html - "What Can COVID-19 Teach Us About the Mysteries of Smell" (in-depth article)
(DIR) Post #AA5tifN67ngQui2TQG by Verdigris@cybre.space
2021-08-07T21:20:43Z
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@hystericempress Respect for someone doing any form of labor starts with dollars, cents, and safety. Respect for sapient life starts with making sure everyone's basic needs are met. People at the top of the societal ladder rarely do a good job at either, but right now seems to be a remarkable moment in history even for them.
(DIR) Post #AA5uZWxw6lHqBvTfIu by Verdigris@cybre.space
2021-08-07T21:28:22Z
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Benefits of it being nice enough out to keep the windows open: Smells like summer, and also the neighbors' cooking.Hazards of actually keeping the windows open: If the wind is wrong, it smells of the exhaust from a neighbors' clothes dryer.Worth it, even so.
(DIR) Post #AGuRHfXkdT7WQDRbDE by Verdigris@cybre.space
2022-02-27T11:32:13Z
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@Azure I vastly prefer my horsepower to be one horse at a time.
(DIR) Post #AKjWVxthAwL9dUazQW by Verdigris@cybre.space
2022-06-22T02:47:42Z
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@Azure Too late. I've adored Yes since I was a teenager.^.=.^