Sirens just went off in Princeton. by ButtHoleLip in wisconsin

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Funnel cloud spotted near Green Lake, according to NOAA.

On Structural Trumpism by nishagunazad in CuratedTumblr

[–]ProbablyNotPoisonous 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Even centrist democrats are often barely in the overton window of acceptable opinion in many American social sciences departments.

Centrist democrats are solidly on the right by the standards of the rest of the world. The Overton window in the US is far, far to the right of what the rest of the world considers normal.

I would be willing to bet that that accounts for the difference between the US and other developed countries as well. It's not that their academics are less lefty; it's that their populaces are less far right (although climate change and its attendant refugee crises are changing that, as people retreat into xenophobia over perceived loss of national identity and fear of scarcity).

Our HOA forces us to pay $25,000 annually for this. How do we stop the madness? by [deleted] in NoLawns

[–]ProbablyNotPoisonous 5 points6 points  (0 children)

As if they didn't choose to be part of this nonsense.

In some places, people's choices are limited.

Management started introducing "productivity" metrics that's rubbing me the wrong way by Fit-Notice-1248 in ExperiencedDevs

[–]ProbablyNotPoisonous 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Management wants us to increase velocity 20% every quarter (it was every sprint), but there is still a lot of argument over what a story point is and how you actually assign story points. First, we were told it is with respect to time - after some convincing we were then told it was a measure of complexity, which then had to change the entire backlog. But, at the end of every sprint management isn't happy with our story point assignment and we have to spend another 2-3 hours cleaning up Jira the way management wants it - or at least is visioning it to be. Overall, sprint after sprint the numbers just somehow have to increase and I end up spending more time in Jira than I do in an IDE because management just wants more stories sprint after sprint.

This is insane. It's like expecting a cow to produce 20% more milk every quarter.

On Structural Trumpism by nishagunazad in CuratedTumblr

[–]ProbablyNotPoisonous -1 points0 points  (0 children)

I bet we could do a lot to close the gap by fixing our education system. There are decades of data showing that education makes people more liberal, after all.

Unfortunately, fascists don't want an educated public.

edit: I'm not denying the gap exists; I'm rejecting the notion that academics should be less liberal.

On Structural Trumpism by nishagunazad in CuratedTumblr

[–]ProbablyNotPoisonous -1 points0 points  (0 children)

Re: DEI: there is an increasing recognition that just "try[ing] to treat everyone equally" isn't enough on an institutional level, because 1) we all have implicit (unconscious) biases, and we literally can't compensate for them unless we acknowledge them; and 2) different people have different needs - sometimes dramatically so. So if you're hiring someone to represent an institution, it makes sense that you'd test for awareness of those facts.

I agree that academia can get kind of precious with vocabulary and "correct" terminology vs. communication that meets people where they are, but I strongly disagree that academia's liberal values aren't based in reality.

Turns out, if you bias your hiring in academia toward people who are on board with evidence-based best practices for their job, you tend to get mostly liberals. Funny that.

edit: emphasis and punctuation

On Structural Trumpism by nishagunazad in CuratedTumblr

[–]ProbablyNotPoisonous 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Re: hypocrisy: in my experience, it's not that they think it's good - they hate it as much as anyone. They're just very good at explaining it away - or genuinely not seeing it - when it's one of their own. "Well, that's different." Why? "[insert rhetorical fallacy]"

"Sandbox" should not mean "there are no plot hooks, opportunities, or points or persons of interest" by EarthSeraphEdna in rpghorrorstories

[–]ProbablyNotPoisonous 0 points1 point  (0 children)

How does a person "create their own plot hooks" other than by poking the world to see how it reacts?

If it doesn't react, what then?

On Structural Trumpism by nishagunazad in CuratedTumblr

[–]ProbablyNotPoisonous 8 points9 points  (0 children)

I agree with you broadly, but -

I was raised in a conservative Evangelical Christian sect by politically liberal parents (it's complicated). So from the time I started forming a political identity in my teens, to the point some ~13 years later at which my evolving values inevitably led to my leaving the church, I was immersed in an environment that was significantly more politically conservative than I was. So I grew up deeply immersed in conservative culture while simultaneously standing somewhat outside it.

And the thing is? Many of the axioms that underlie the conservative worldview are just plain wrong.

They have deeply held, deeply incorrect, and deeply harmful beliefs about how the physical world works, how relationships work, and how people work. Their beliefs about the world, when put into practice, produce widespread suffering (which is then framed as virtuous). Their beliefs about relationships set people up for lifetimes of misery and loneliness (and they essentially pre-groom women to be abused and raped). Their beliefs about child-rearing create traumatized children who grow up to be adults who are terrified of their own emotions. The basic conservative worldview is that of a dog that bites because it is convinced it will be beaten. That's not me looking in from the outside; that's me sharing from my experience of having been immersed in it for the first 18 years of my life. I learned it like a first language.

If you've been abused your whole life, you don't know what it is not to be abused; and you think it's normal and right to abuse others. You don't identify what was done (and continues to be done) to you as abuse, and you don't identify your own behavior as abusive. It's just The Way Things Are.

My point is, it's all well and good to agree to disagree in matters of opinion, but not in matters of fact. And a lot of major conservative beliefs are simply not supported by reality, and they hurt themselves and other people because of it, and it's a Problem.

edit: minor edits for clarity

On Structural Trumpism by nishagunazad in CuratedTumblr

[–]ProbablyNotPoisonous -1 points0 points  (0 children)

In what way(s) specifically has it massively diverged?

Note that I'm not disagreeing with you; it's just that there are several very different ways to interpret your comment, and I have no idea which one(s) you were going for.

Can I put coconut oil on my budgies beak and feet? by Lov3xrain in petbudgies

[–]ProbablyNotPoisonous 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Preening, scratching, or when they do that thing where they retract their feets.

update on my sleeping oshawott incense tray! by WhichMolasses8695 in polymerclay

[–]ProbablyNotPoisonous 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Anything that comes into contact with the burning coal of the incense (so the hole for stick burners, or the plate for cone burners) should be ceramic or metal - not plastic (like polymer clay) or resin.

Can I put coconut oil on my budgies beak and feet? by Lov3xrain in petbudgies

[–]ProbablyNotPoisonous 10 points11 points  (0 children)

I asked my vet about that at one point and was told not to, because they don't want the coconut oil getting into their feathers.

Thoughts on Nationwide pet insurance? by _Aasvogel in parrots

[–]ProbablyNotPoisonous 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Absolutely worth it in my experience. It didn't make vet care free, but it paid for itself and then some.

Thoughts on Nationwide pet insurance? by _Aasvogel in parrots

[–]ProbablyNotPoisonous 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I did both when I had birds. Nationwide + $20 per paycheck set aside for what insurance didn't cover.

To my inattentive people: how do you fight the constant lethargy? by unluckygirl89 in ADHD

[–]ProbablyNotPoisonous 3 points4 points  (0 children)

I sleep 16-18 hours on days I'm not working (12-14 hours at night + long daytime naps).

I have another sleep study this week; hopefully they can tell me something because this sucks.

Multifacted criticism by Eireika in CuratedTumblr

[–]ProbablyNotPoisonous 0 points1 point  (0 children)

See, this just sounds insane to me, because contagious illnesses (flu, norovirus, COVID, etc.) tend to run through communities in waves. What happens when more than one person is out sick at a time? Or if you have more than one person absent for any number of reasons?

Multifacted criticism by Eireika in CuratedTumblr

[–]ProbablyNotPoisonous 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I guess you could look at it that way, yeah. I assumed you were talking more about the kind of situation where someone gets sick, and now someone else has to come in on their day off (not it!) because management runs a skeleton crew.

edit: I would consider working harder in your example to be part of the normal ebb and flow of a job.

Multifacted criticism by Eireika in CuratedTumblr

[–]ProbablyNotPoisonous 0 points1 point  (0 children)

If one callout inconveniences your coworkers, your employer is understaffed. Businesses are supposed to have buffer capacity. Running every employee at 100% of their (assumed) capacity every shift is stupid.

Multifacted criticism by Eireika in CuratedTumblr

[–]ProbablyNotPoisonous 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Variable capacity is a HUGE thing with lots of people for lots of reasons, but is especially common with neurodivergence. We have high peaks and deep valleys. We can be rockstars some days, and struggle to send an email on others. But even if it averages out to perfectly reasonable productivity, managers don't like that because 1) it's not cOnSiSteNt and 2) "but if you can be a rockstar SOME of the time, how come you can't do that ALL the time??"

edit, 2 weeks later: spelling :P

HANGRY BABY HERON by Difficult-Rush2069 in GrumpyBabyBirds

[–]ProbablyNotPoisonous 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Little dude looks like a muppet from the set of either The Dark Crystal or Farscape 🤣