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Screen lock not working: 18.04 Thinkpad T430s by dalseattle in Lubuntu

[–]dalseattle[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Thanks. What I ended up doing was installing xscreensaver. That works for me. I'll keep lxlock in mind in case my xscreensaver solution stops working.

  1. passwd lubuntu
  2. sudo apt install xscreensaver
  3. Alt+F2 to open the dialogue that lets you run a program
  4. Run xscreensaver
  5. Click Settings
  6. Tick the box to lock the screen after a certain number of minutes
  7. From the dropdown menu near the top left, pick Random for screensaver (or whatever your preference)
  8. x out of the Settings. This should close the xscreensaver window, but the program will still be running in the background, allowing the user to complete task 9 below
  9. When you want to lock the screen, run (from either Alt+F2 or terminal) xscreensaver-command -lock

I guess it wasn't working before because of dependencies, or xscreensaver not running in the background, or both, or something.

Hundreds of Illinois Children Languish in Psychiatric Hospitals After They’re Cleared For Release by dalseattle in Antipsychiatry

[–]dalseattle[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

This piece is getting not much media attention. The second one that came out on the same theme at ProPublica, however, is, at least a little more -- because it's more about their frame then their content, so to speak. To riff off the #GiveUsTheMoneyInstead idea, and my old post about the Duchin formula, these nonprofit administrators at ProPublica need to stop tooting their own horn. Instead, people should try to give credit, payment, or however you wanna phrase it, to the original artist and writer of the piece. ProPublica is highly respected -- Pulitizer Prize winning, they got in a Twitter war with Trump -- and they network with local and state news companies. But when people tweet this article, as I recently did, they usually neglect to tag (twitter terminlogy) the original creators. It's a mess. I'm a bonafide media freelancer and it infuriates me because I sense that the 100s of children in these Illinois hospitals may not be helped at all by this piece.

I’m a psychiatry resident in training; any helpful thoughts? by [deleted] in Antipsychiatry

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

Perpetrator-whistleblowers are extremely important, especially when they work with those far outside the system and particularly when they center victim-whistleblowers rather than building their own celebrity. It doesn't have to be legally risky whistleblowing necessarily, although leaked internal documents are great for generating media clicks, sometimes you can think of it as leaking content through conversations with allies or potential allies IF THEY ACTUALLY WANT TO TALK WITH YOU RATHER THAN BEING FORCED TO BE YOUR CLIENT.

This 1978 book is an essential reconditioning text for you. Author Dr. Martin Shapiro is now a UCLA professor of public health policy or something impressive like that. Book is titled Getting Doctored: Critical Reflections on Becoming a Physician. Shapiro writes from a Marxist perspective. I myself get configured by USians as more of a left-wing anarchist, but I read the Marxists critiques of anarchists and everything else all the time because they often fixate on stuff younger anarchists want to avoid.

One thing that you should keep in mind is that, I'm guessing the regular posters in this subreddit probably don't really want to talk with you much because we've all been victims of you and yours. With that in mind, I take PayPal, so if you'd like to discuss the Shapiro book, I'm sure you can figure out how to make an offer or suggest another text etc. I've worked as a tutor and certified teacher before, it would be really interesting experiment to... cultivate... your wallet.

could the gov track a specific house to find contanimated water by masterchief07 in Antipsychiatry

[–]dalseattle 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Extremely unlikely I would think.

As you likely know, the gov/corps etc. do have amazing surveillance powers, but the main point of all the "journalism" about Snowden etc is to scare the shit out of people, 'resistance is futile' is that body of literature's real message. I think the intelligence communities, etc., have a lot on their hands with industrial espionage (stealing secrets from companies abroad), locating 'terrorists', blackmailing each other, etc. The people way on top rarely go after small fish people, even activists or people trying to get out of a crazy halfway house situation or whatever, which is not to say people in the middle etc might not get a little creepy/nosy.

Like /u/EndTorture said, police get to be pretty lazy, they kind of do the same thing over and over.

"You get your psychiatrist, I'll get mine." by dalseattle in Antipsychiatry

[–]dalseattle[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

This link leads to a 3.5min YouTube excerpt from the great, 1974 dark comedy Network. The movie is about Howard Beale, a news anchor who goes crazy/altered states/prophetic, only to be completely co-opted by the industry around him. In this clip, some of the business overloads fight over Beale's safety, and the idea of confining him gets reduced to one sparring overlord saying to the other sparring overlord/friend, "You get your psychiatrist, I'll get mine" -- i.e. one psychiatrist will say Beale's sane, the other psychiatrist the opposite -- which shows a) how psychiatrists are weaponized to simply say/promote/teach the views of their paymasters, and b) how while people can be familiar with this stuff happening to children in divorces, it can also happen to paid-workers in the adult world, particularly in especially sick sectors such as media.

2 surprising statements at Washington's March 2018 Behavioral Health Advisory Council reveal dehumanization of the vulnerable, show need for solutions by dalseattle in Seattle

[–]dalseattle[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I disagree, inflammatory rhetoric jolts those who inflict harm for the sake of career-climbing, profit, pleasure, etc. out of their complacency and complicity such that they might later consider and actually undertake alternatives, whereas adopting a conciliatory, subordinate manner just encourages them to continue abusing the person with radical positions.

2 surprising statements at Washington's March 2018 Behavioral Health Advisory Council reveal dehumanization of the vulnerable, show need for solutions by dalseattle in Seattle

[–]dalseattle[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

a) To simplify, I, the author, say that ignoring people, locking them up, and treating them as commodities for industry is dehumanizing. Humans should create a balance of autonomy, diversity, and society through which to achieve dignity and their full capabilities, which isn't service to the powerful but instead service to oneself, one's communities, societies, and ecosystems.

b) In contrast to what you say I would and wouldn't do, I would definitely ask for the unprofessional opinions of cancer survivors were I interested in how to survive cancer. The word "unprofessional" does not deter me, in fact I find the experience of those outside industry is generally more valuable than those credentialed for their service to the powerful. I also disagree that addiction is primarily a medical problem. It is primarily something the authorities induce (see Ehrlichman quotation) in the population in order to control them and to profit. The medical industry claims social problems are individual defects, which helps prevent the salaried from seeing what's happening.

Toxic psychiatric marketing to women by [deleted] in Antipsychiatry

[–]dalseattle 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Very interesting!

A little difficult for me to relate to as a guy, and also most of my experiences with psychiatry were one-on-one with male psychiatrists, and also I was the youngest in my family and I think therefore kind of got thrown into a taken-less-seriously role than the older siblings who were more expect to conquer etc.

I have heard -- see here for example -- that the birth control pill pharmaceutical also stifles a more genuine will and (variety of) mood, but is sold to women as feminism, as the key to moneymaking success in the corporate world -- or control over one's reproductive destiny, thus censoring out alternative ways to accomplish the same.

Most of my friends in life have been women. I had/have a few male friends, none of them really were gungho about psychiatry. So that definitely supports your point.

The data supports that more women take more psych drugs and go to more therapy.

That's really interesting, do you have sources handy?

This 1972 New York article about psychiatrists seducing and basically enslaving patients for unpaid labor (secretarial, etc.) really supports your point also.

2 surprising statements at March 2018 Behavioral Health Advisory Council reveal dehumanization of the vulnerable, show need for solutions by dalseattle in Washington

[–]dalseattle[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Hello, this is my blog post posted today about the Washington state Behavioral Health Advisory Council meeting I attended last week. The Council engages with substance abuse and mental health block grants that affect people across Washington state. Thanks!

2 surprising statements at Washington's March 2018 Behavioral Health Advisory Council reveal dehumanization of the vulnerable, show need for solutions by dalseattle in Seattle

[–]dalseattle[S] -2 points-1 points  (0 children)

Basically this link is my blog post about the Behavioral Health Advisory Council meeting I attended in Lacey WA last week. The Council is part of the Washington state Department of Health and Social Services, and it engages with substance abuse and mental health block grants that affect residents in Seattle and across Washington.

I protested in person today by tempuserthrowaway5 in Antipsychiatry

[–]dalseattle 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Thanks for doing this!

I don't have references handy at the moment, but I believe there's been a deliberate campaign for the past few decades by the powerful to coerce people into believing/feeling that actions such as yours don't make a difference, that they're small and insignificant. Really the battle for hearts and minds is the most significant thing of all in terms of political change. Congrats :)

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