The saying, "The good die young" has truth to it.
Highly sensitive, empathetic people tend to carry a heavier emotional load.
This over taxes the sympathetic nervous system, which if not balanced / recharged, causes increased wear on the body, even serious health consequences.
Empathy and kindness are still good, just look after yourself as well.
CONGRESSMAN JAMES RASKIN, who is a Jewish and is one of the prosecutors of Trump's first impeachment, has written the closest any American politician will come to saying FU to both Netanyahu & Hamas
THIS 👇🏾
"Contempt for civilian life is the hallmark of terrorist regimes and actors, not liberal democracies. Unlike the terrorists, we reject all notions of mass guilt, collective punishment and deliberate sacrifice of civilian life for military or ideological purposes."
I had no idea!
Sometimes the only thing that can save us is laughter.
Last night Pete Davidson gave an incredibly poignant SNL opening monologue.
I increasingly feel utterly alienated from the growing part of my species which seems to openly want to rush towards apocalypse.
WHY?!?!!?
Do I happen to have any folks knowledgeable about polio in my network? More specifically, looking for pre-19th century treatments (however useless) and names for the disease, as well as beliefs regarding origin and causes (before it was discovered to be a virus).
Links and book recs welcome!
@DrALJONES This is a good vid for folks to watch too.
https://youtu.be/E4ivtdzbaOY?si=8WH9eqsW9GwEakE-
That was a long stressful work day. Please post retro computing porn. Sci-fi / anime computing imagery also welcome.
Here is the gorgeous Commodore Pet.
Hacktivists (with the IQ of a box of rocks) are launching DDOS attacks against non-profits providing humanitarian aid to both sites of the Israeli-Palestinian war—because we all know the non-profits are the ones to blame here.
DeRp DeRp!
⚠️🇺🇦Satellite imagery shows barriers placed by Russia at entrance to temporarily occupied Sevastopol harbor (PHOTOS and more)
https://www.ukrinform.net/rubric-ato/3774258-satellite-imagery-shows-barriers-placed-by-russia-at-entrance-to-sevastopol-harbor.html #Ukraine #Press #News #russia #russiaUkraineWar #9yrInvasionofUkraine #BoycottMusk
#NoEUPrezForHungary
#NoUSRepublicans2024
Hi all, emily here -- freshly to mastodon so here's me:
astrophysicist
bay area, formerly upper midwesterner
admirer of #6 buses
recreational cyclist
estradiol enthusiast
#introduction
15 October 1879 | A Dutch Jewish women, Marianne Bouwman, was born in Rotterdam.
In October 1942 she was deported to Auschwitz and murdered in a gas chamber after the selection.
#Auschwitz #Birkenau #Holocaust #Shoah #Jews #history #histodons #Nazis #Germany #NeverForget #ww2 #Memorial #Remember #memory #otd #facts
Mostly reclusive and carrying slightly damaged goods. A survivor by some accounts. Definitely in need of much therapy. ;)
Staunchly anti-fascist
Bear in mind that, while I may "like" your "toot", about a person, event or particular topic, if it links to the "bird-site" I will no longer boost and inadvertently contribute to their grift. Everyone has a choice and a part to play when crimes go unpunished.
"We are dreamers, shapers, singers, and makers".
-Elric