Israel bombed the last main fibre route in Gaza, which means that as of June 12, all internet and fixed-line communication services are now completely cut off, further isolating Gaza amidst an ongoing genocide.
I am seeing more and more calls from inside of Gaza for help with eSims as that is currently the only way they can connect internally and with the outside world.
thinking about when my professor told me how the boards of companies/orgs/etc. will sometimes hire on a CEO/whatever who they know will basically take a chainsaw to existing infrastructure, let them fuck as much shit up as possible, and then promptly fire them as soon as they’ve accomplished what the board wanted them to do. then they can point the finger at that guy & look like they’re the heroes and the problem is resolved because he’s gone now. and they still get to keep all the changes they wanted that nobody else did.
anyway I think it’s fun and all to watch the two most divorced men on the planet publicly divorce each other. and also. maybe keep that in mind, is all.
[music starts] Cast my spell, from my wand Drink my drink, dance til dawn Drink my drink, dance til dawn Cast my spell, from my wand Yes I am a mage, no you can’t ask my age Because I’m old as balls, but I still can dance and rave And when we’re at the function, that’s when i drink my potion And then me and my mages, start causing a commotion Cast my spell, from my wand Drink my drink, dance til dawn And now we’re having fun, the parties just begun The boys are out, the moon is up, and in its light we run And all the club is dancing, air thick with romancing Ladies to ladies casting spell, and they are so enchanting Drink my drink, dance til dawn Cast my spell, from my wand Cast my spell, from my wand Drink my drink, dance til dawn [music fades out]
Happy pride month to all my queer and trans wizards.
As funny as it is to see musk’s own ai not complying with his bullshit about “white genocide” in South Africa i think it should turn your stomach to know that while so many people are jumping on the bandwagon to see it in action it is coming at the cost of polluting the air for a majority Black neighborhood and making it increasingly difficult for the people living there to breathe
The turbines spew nitrogen oxides, also known as NOx, at an estimated rate of 1,200 to 2,000 tons a year — far more than the gas-fired power plant across the street or the oil refinery down the road. That’s according to calculations by the Southern Environmental Law Center, a nonpartisan legal advocacy group that focuses on the South, which used turbine manufacturer spec sheets to estimate xAI’s annual emissions and compare them with pollution that other South Memphis plants have reported to the Environmental Protection Agency’s National Emissions Inventory…
Just three miles away is Boxtown, a secluded neighborhood that officially became part of the city of Memphis in 1968, the year that the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. was assassinated at the Lorraine Motel downtown. While the annexation had come with the promise of connecting Boxtown to municipal utilities, many homes still had no running water or sewage service as late as the 1970s.
Today, more than 90 percent of residents living in Boxtown’s ZIP code are Black, with a median household income of $36,000, according to the Census Bureau. It’s also home to more than 17 industrial facilities — some of which share an industrial park with xAI — that release enough toxic pollution to require registration with EPA’s Toxics Release Inventory.
“I can’t breathe at home, it smells like gas outside,” Boxtown resident Alexis Humphreys said through tears, holding up her asthma inhaler during a public hearing about the turbines on April 25. “How come I can’t breathe at home and y’all get to breathe at home?”
EDIT: YOU SHOULD CARE MORE ABOUT REAL INDIGENOUS PEOPLE
btw i’m not pushing like “boycotting the lilo and stitch is the greatest act of activism you can do in today’s climate”
i’m just like “not watching this movie is literally the bare minimum you can do to help not push an imperialistic tourist agenda that’s destroying native Hawai‘i. just don’t.” and im already pre-irritated bc i know like thirty people are gonna be like i knowww but. i just wanna.
Hey so it’s June 1st, start of pride month! But… it’s also labeled as “World Narcissistic Abuse Awareness Day.”
It’s a day about educating people on narcissistic abuse, so that’s what I’m going to do! (Spoilers, it’s not real, and the guy who coined it was really shitty too.)
Narcissistic Abuse was coined by Sam Vaknin back in the 90s, an Israeli writer, philosopher, and physicist. A man who;
- Has claimed that being homosexual and having relationships that are gay is narcissistic because its wanting to make love with a reflection of yourself.
- That being transgender and seeking out transition is narcissistic because you are “disregarding your true gender.”
- That not wanting to be gatekept from transitioning is entitled and narcissistic.
- Has no qualifications for psychology or psychiatry. (He even has a disclaimer on his website about how he’s not a mental health professional, funny!)
- Was arrested and jailed for security frauds in 1996.
There’s also a whole slew of him being misogynistic, a rape apologist, and Islamaphobic during interviews.
(Sources below the cut at the end of the post!)
So what is narcissistic abuse defined as?
“Narcissistic abuse is a form of abuse stemming from narcissistic behaviors. It can be emotional, psychological, or physical. Narcissistic characteristics can involve volatile behavior, lack of empathy, and aggression. Narcissistic abuse may include gaslighting, constant criticism, humiliation, and coercion.”
Now, what’s so bad about labeling this as narcissistic abuse?
The truth of the matter is that’s it’s misleading and demonizing people who have Narcissistic Personality Disorder (NPD).
All of the traits described are not exclusive to narcissists, and terms already exist for these types of abuse without putting the blame on those who have a personality disorder!
Emotional Abuse: “Emotional abuse includes non-physical behaviors that are meant to control, isolate, or frighten you. This may present as threats, insults, constant monitoring, excessive jealousy, manipulation, humiliation, intimidation, dismissiveness, and more.”
Psychological Abuse: “Psychological abuse involves the regular and deliberate use of a range of words and non-physical actions used with the purpose to manipulate, hurt, weaken or frighten a person mentally and emotionally; and/or discomfort, confuse, or influence a person’s thoughts and actions.”
Those both sound familiar don’t they?
“But Bindi! You can’t tell me the abuse I went through isn’t real!”
And I’m not! This post isn’t to discredit anyone’s experiences with being abused but is asking for a reflection on the terminology used to make the world better for all of us.
What you went through is real, but there’s never an excuse for contributing to the stigma and demonization of people who didn’t ask to be the way that they are.
Someone’s disorder didn’t abuse you, the person did.
And no, you can’t separate narcissism from NPD. You aren’t a narcissist without NPD. There is no way to get around using the term narcissistic abuse without it reflecting right back onto people struggling with a literal disorder.
Now, what actually is Narcissistic Personality Disorder?
NPD is defined by the DSM-5 as “a compromising pervasive pattern of grandiosity (in fantasy or behavior), a constant need for admiration, and a lack of empathy, beginning by early adulthood and present in a variety of contexts.”
It is a cluster B personality disorder, a type of PD classified by difficulties regulating emotions and behavior. These behaviors can be considered dramatic, emotional, or erratic.
NPD is a manageable disorder through psychotherapy and medication management!
But big of all… while the exact cause of NPD isn’t known, it’s believed that a mix of genetic features and early childhood experiences can contribute to someone developing NPD. Some of these factors are accounted to being abused and neglected ourselves.
Many narcissists are themselves survivors of abuse and face constant calls to further abuse us for existing with a disorder due to the damage and dehumanization of narcissists caused by Vaknin.
The coining of narcissistic abuse and its continued, prevalent usage has done irreparable damage. It is dehumanizing, demonizing and has contributed to stigmatization that has made finding help resources and people willing to aid those with NPD a hell of a lot harder.
Dehumanizing people will always lead down a horrible path of people deciding who to target, who’s acceptable to target and inevitably more abuse, violations of peoples rights as humans, and excessive, avoidable collateral damage.
It’s also done damage to people who are survivors of abuse, because in the end its a term that really helps nobody and holds so little actual meaning when describing abuse because it’s inaccurate in its name and general meaning; there are other more distinct, non-harmful terms that get you so much further in describing the events you had gone through.
In conclusion, happy pride month! Stop parroting the words of a raging bigot and do some self reflection after reading this post.
Scientists in weather and climate are live streaming for 100 hours to make their case to the American public.
They are live streaming, but engagement is necessary for it to work. SHARE THIS WITH PEOPLE, RECORD THE STREAM, POST CLIPS OF IT THAT ARE FUNNY, if you can tune in, PLEASE DO!
This is something that has to be heard by as many people as possible. Put it on in the background! See if you can get other people to watch it! Do whatever you can do support those who are trying to be supported! Anything and everything helps!
