Ruby Sakura Lightbringer

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See, that’s what the app is perfect for.

Sounds perfect Wahhhh, I don’t wanna
thatse-corvid-core-babey
smalleared

Text ID: I went to Portland, Oregon, to interview Prof Joel Nigg, who is one of the leading experts in the world on children’s attention problems, and he told me we need to ask if we are now developing “an attentional pathogenic culture” – an environment in which sustained and deep focus is harder for all of us. When I asked him what he would do if he was in charge of our culture and he actually wanted to destroy people’s attention, he said: “Probably what our society is doing.” Prof Barbara Demeneix, a leading French scientist who has studied some key factors that can disrupt attention – she is an expert on the effects of chemical pollution – told me bluntly: “There is no way we can have a normal brain today.” We can see the effects all around us. A small study of college students found they now only focus on any one task for 65 seconds. A different study of office workers found they only focus on average for three minutes. This isn’t happening because we all individually became weak-willed. Your focus didn’t collapse. It was stolen.ALT

Your attention didn’t collapse. It was stolen by Johann Hari

year-of-the-terf

let me tell you, i could barely make it through this paragraph, but this shit is important

starry-stitch

Another part of the article that really grabbed me:

“At the moment it’s as though we are all having itching powder poured over us all day, and the people pouring the powder are saying: ‘You might want to learn to meditate. Then you wouldn’t scratch so much.’”

teaboot

This post is about why you're scrolling past

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necrowtic

sometimes a girl just has to make a little animal sounds. and thats okay

necrowtic

if your girl isnt making enough animal sounds she may be experiencing stressful conditions or suffering from a lack of proper enrichment

necrowtic

the only way to fix this is to kiss her a lot. please

rubylightbringer

i wish someone gave me forehead kisses until i meowed… *crying sobbing crying whimper whine heem whimper wheem whine whumpus sob cry*

neuroticboyfriend
five-thousand-loaves-of-bread

just because you autistic doesn’t mean you have expertise in speak all autistic issue.

so many (speaking / low support needs / level 1 / white / high masking / no ID) autistic ignore all other descriptor they don’t share and only focus on autism

always get irritate when [speaking / low support needs / level 1 / white / high masking / no ID] autistic review [nonverbal / no functional communication / high support needs / level 2&3 / BIPOC / no mask / have ID] autistic character and reduce it to “autistic person review autistic character and i have authority because we both autistic” when literal experience of autism can’t be farther apart and leave out everything i put in brackets & their privilege

like sure because both autistic, will have similar experiences or else won’t be both autistic but find privilege autistic people overestimate how much experience we share and how much they can understand.

they think they do (understand) so they say they do so everyone else like them say they do and some of us who actual live it will say “hey no you don’t” but no one hear because we don’t have as good communication or platform

good rep doesn’t need mean “without ableism” and “i relate” it can also mean “portray very realistic ableism we face and in some way critique it (maybe in subtle ways)”

don’t think any [speaking / LSN etc etc that bracket] autistic will truly stop doing it because see even people who try be ally to us do it without realize not mean to. not mean they bad person it just. naturally happens. but still everytime it tired make me tired and make realize oh won’t be 100% carefree with people not like me even if both autistic

originally about this but apply wider

chasingtheskyline
five-thousand-loaves-of-bread

see people say custom wheelchair base price $8000-9000 US dollars and although am not wheelchair dealer, don’t think that true?? don’t know where they get that from??

(one of) my (insurance) chair is ultra light & rigid & manual chair AND a power assist and that total cost $9000 yes. but the power assist retail 6000-7000, so the chair itself about 3000 with many upgrades.

which absolutely still a lot money!! ridiculous!!! but still, 3000 & 8000 big big difference. is misleading and crush hope

for example. look at spinlife, cheapest ultralight rigid chair start at $1330. can just buy it by self! (altho would recommend go professional to make sure measurement + needs met etc but know not possible for all) which again still a shit ton money but. not 8000

chasingtheskyline

Without insurance maybe. My wheelchair (manual, custom) was $500 with very good insurance, $5000 without. It's pretty basic and serves my needs but I agree $8000 is exaggerated.

rubylightbringer

… from what i’m seeing here, there needs to be people making and selling cheap wheelchairs, because uh… it should not cost thousands of dollars without insurance to buy basic movement ability. like i don’t even know how bad it is, and i’m offended at the pricing.

seriously like, i hope y'all can have more accessible wheelchairs and mobility aids, this is ridiculous.

thatse-corvid-core-babey
writing-with-olive

heyo just a psa: gc2b is not safe anymore. old binders from them are fine but new ones are way lower quality and will almost certainly mess up your ribs (think warping or breaks). don't get binders from amazon because they also tend to be dangerous. underworks seems to have maintained their good ratings, so if you need a binder consider going with them, and remember to always do your own research :D

crazycatsiren
swinging-stars-from-satellites

I really like the word “smitten”. because at first glance you just think of sappy lovey-dovey stuff but also you have to remember this is a word that’s born of the word “smite.” a devastating word. a word that, summarized, means stricken. smitten means stricken as well — struck with devastating affection.

rubylightbringer

funny enough, because “smitten” has this affectionate context, people have had to make a separate past tense of smite as “smote” which sounds…. strange. words be funky.

shortgremlinman
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solidarity with the writers guild of america! learn why the writers are striking in this npr interview and donate to the entertainment community fund here.

biteybeast

like-the-2ides asked:

Human: we bred a new pigeon varient! A pigmy pouter pigeon!

God: fucked up a perfectly good rock dove is what you did. Look at it. It has anxiety

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officialweezerelections answered:

WHAT THE HELL IS THAT, WHY DOES HE LOOK LIKE THAT. HE LOOKS FAT AND SKINNY AT THE SAME TIME. HE IS A SEMI-INFLATED BALLON. HOW ARE YOU REAL, WHY ARE YOU REAL.

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joaniam

He does not have anxiety, he thinks he is the sexiest man alive. That's the entire point of pouter pigeons.

like-the-2ides

I am the gal that made the ask, I want to hear your wisdom

joaniam

When pigeons are trying to be Impressive for whatever reason, they puff up their crops/throats/the bit with the shiny feathers. So a pigeon who has a puffed up throat, or inflated crop or inflated globe - if you wanna use some lingo that I’m not 100% on - is really strutting their stuff.

Big pigeon on the block, you see. If they’re scared then they try to be as small as possible, essentially.

Sometimes pigeons want to be Impressive for courtship purposes. Some areas of Being Impressive are:

Loud coo

Big crop

Shiny feathers

So notice these things are emphasized in our friend the pygmy pouter here. He might be small, but boy oh boy is he sexy to lady pigeons.

Now, normally humans don’t tend to breed our domesticated species to be more attractive to each other, but there’s a reason these breeds are called “thief pouters”.

Not too long ago, people were much more interested in pigeons, on a grand scale. Pigeon lofts were kept in numerous places, and the pigeons were allowed to fly in and out- kind of like today’s outdoor cats, except pigeons don’t kill for fun. Because pigeons were free flying, that meant that if they didn’t want to go back to their own loft, they wouldn’t.

Normally pigeons DO go back to their home nests. It’s safe, their family’s there, but...

Sometimes you’re flying around and you happen to see...

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The sexiest man you have ever seen.

So you follow him home because he is SO sexy.

For humans, this meant that if you had the sexiest pigeons, they would bring in MORE pigeons. For free. Cuz they’re just so irresistible.

In actuality, croppers and pouters are some of the least anxious pigeons out there. Horseman thief pouters actually get extra points if they try to impress the judge.

You wanna see a rock dove with anxiety?

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These shiny bois tend to be much more nervous than pouters for sure.

like-the-2ides

THATS SOME COOL SHIT THANK YOU FOR THE PIGEON FACTS

joaniam

I'm glad you enjoyed. The entire existance of thief pouters is hilarious and I love them

rubylightbringer

so you’re telling me male pigeons show off their titty to get laid– that’s– huh.