Links post!
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flamingswordPart 1: science and politics
Who Should You Trust? Psychologists Have a Surprising Answer (It's not that surprising, tho) "Research published in the Journal of Personality and Social Psychology does just that, showing that “guilt proneness”—a person’s tendency to anticipate feeling guilty—is a surprisingly powerful indicator of trustworthiness."
A Belief in Meritocracy Is Not Only False: It’s Bad for You - It encourages selfishness and discrimination yet it continues to be instilled in the minds of many. "Despite the moral assurance and personal flattery that meritocracy offers to the successful, it ought to be abandoned both as a belief about how the world works and as a general social ideal. It’s false, and believing in it encourages selfishness, discrimination and indifference to the plight of the unfortunate."
Discovery of new ice may change our understanding of water (Don’t worry, there’s no Cat’s Cradle spooky nonsense going on.)
Long COVID Now Looks like a Neurological Disease, Helping Doctors to Focus Treatments "People with long COVID have symptoms such as pain, extreme fatigue and “brain fog,” or difficulty concentrating or remembering things. As of February 2022, the syndrome was estimated to affect about 16 million adults in the U.S. and had forced between two million and four million Americans out of the workforce, many of whom have yet to return. Long COVID often arises in otherwise healthy young people, and it can follow even a mild initial infection."
An "activist group" funded by fossil fuels and conservative politicos is spreading deliberate disinformation about solar power. Not surprising, but still disappointing.
Alaska Republican Argues Child Abuse Deaths Can Be a ‘Benefit to Society’
“Obviously it’s not good for the child.” Yeah, no shit! WTF is WRONG WITH THESE PEOPLE?!
You know what? I need some hope. Let's make some hopeful links happen.
Part 2: good news edition!
thesnadger on tumblr talks neocities sites and various neat stuff to do with them
Does anyone remember the old Trek bulletin board from the infancy of the internet? It's STILL HERE, y'all! Trekkers are still Trekkin'! Go forth and get your nerd on!
Numbers of Monarch Butterflies are continuing to rebound, beating last year's total. Keep planting milkweed and laying off the pesticides, folks!
A bunch of DUNE stickers I want and am thinking of throwing money at when I'm not saving up for a big, expensive thing.
Conservation zoos have the powerful potential to return conserved species to the wild. "Zoos have “powerful potential” to reverse extinctions, according to a new study that found zoos, aquariums, botanical gardens, and seedbanks have a 50/50 record at bringing extinct species back into the wild."
If you want Wednesday and Enid's "snoods", there's a pattern over here.
MDMA and psilocybin assisted therapy has now been approved in Australia for Treatment-Resistant Depression and PTSD. Now we just need this approved in the benighted USA.
Who Should You Trust? Psychologists Have a Surprising Answer (It's not that surprising, tho) "Research published in the Journal of Personality and Social Psychology does just that, showing that “guilt proneness”—a person’s tendency to anticipate feeling guilty—is a surprisingly powerful indicator of trustworthiness."
A Belief in Meritocracy Is Not Only False: It’s Bad for You - It encourages selfishness and discrimination yet it continues to be instilled in the minds of many. "Despite the moral assurance and personal flattery that meritocracy offers to the successful, it ought to be abandoned both as a belief about how the world works and as a general social ideal. It’s false, and believing in it encourages selfishness, discrimination and indifference to the plight of the unfortunate."
Discovery of new ice may change our understanding of water (Don’t worry, there’s no Cat’s Cradle spooky nonsense going on.)
Long COVID Now Looks like a Neurological Disease, Helping Doctors to Focus Treatments "People with long COVID have symptoms such as pain, extreme fatigue and “brain fog,” or difficulty concentrating or remembering things. As of February 2022, the syndrome was estimated to affect about 16 million adults in the U.S. and had forced between two million and four million Americans out of the workforce, many of whom have yet to return. Long COVID often arises in otherwise healthy young people, and it can follow even a mild initial infection."
An "activist group" funded by fossil fuels and conservative politicos is spreading deliberate disinformation about solar power. Not surprising, but still disappointing.
Alaska Republican Argues Child Abuse Deaths Can Be a ‘Benefit to Society’
“Obviously it’s not good for the child.” Yeah, no shit! WTF is WRONG WITH THESE PEOPLE?!
You know what? I need some hope. Let's make some hopeful links happen.
Part 2: good news edition!
thesnadger on tumblr talks neocities sites and various neat stuff to do with them
Does anyone remember the old Trek bulletin board from the infancy of the internet? It's STILL HERE, y'all! Trekkers are still Trekkin'! Go forth and get your nerd on!
Numbers of Monarch Butterflies are continuing to rebound, beating last year's total. Keep planting milkweed and laying off the pesticides, folks!
A bunch of DUNE stickers I want and am thinking of throwing money at when I'm not saving up for a big, expensive thing.
Conservation zoos have the powerful potential to return conserved species to the wild. "Zoos have “powerful potential” to reverse extinctions, according to a new study that found zoos, aquariums, botanical gardens, and seedbanks have a 50/50 record at bringing extinct species back into the wild."
If you want Wednesday and Enid's "snoods", there's a pattern over here.
MDMA and psilocybin assisted therapy has now been approved in Australia for Treatment-Resistant Depression and PTSD. Now we just need this approved in the benighted USA.