@t54r4n1 @Louisa

I think it may be better than "I've #crabs" which could be somewhat #socially #distancing in the age of #covid and world #boiling.

"It's not over, it's just not yours anymore."

Given its full context, within the story and broader reality when it was released, I believe that's the most underrated devastating line in the history of #cinema.

Probably not for the relatively too few who've seen it, but because too many haven't.

#TheGirlWithAllTheGifts, 2016, #DirectedBy #ColmMcCarthy

Much more than a #horror #movie, a #politically and #socially relevant #film that's a still-timely work of #art.

I am struck by the similarities in the construction of “degenerating” situations in both cities, by racially and economically #marginalized young men of #immigrant origin. These discourses of disorder and pathology attributed to these young “migrant” men end up #socially and #politically justifying the desire for “order” by state #interventions of any kind- Shreya Parikh.

https://africasacountry.com/2023/07/the-pathologization-of-migrants-in-tunisia-and-france

"Cringe #queers are the richest part of our #community

Baby #butches who really like #starwars, #trans #catgirls, #socially #awkward #twinks who may never be graceful enough to be fabulous, trans #guys with #weird hair, #goths of many flavors

These are the #everyday #people who give us flavor and color. Not #everyone can be a tv #dragqueen or a hot #muscle butch on #Instagram, and those who aren't, those who are loud and #unapologetic, unhip and truly Queer in both senses of the #word are the ones who you will meet, and often the ones who will make a difference" :antifa_100: :heart_cyber:

https://www.tumblr.com/anarchistmemecollective/720771352363155456?source=share

8/20 So in crowds, or even small groups, I can't follow a conversation that isn't directed clearly and directly to me, or where multiple people cross-talk.

This is incredibly #socially #isolating. It's a feeling of not really being there, not experiencing what is going on.

#SocialIsolation

"@historickomodo submission: “Salvador Allende didn’t die for this shit.”

For newbies playing along at home, this #meme circulates all over the place on #liberal pages, and it’s filled with #contradictory pieces of #ideology. Firstly, one can’t really be a #capitalist and a #socialist at the same time – if you support capitalist #ownership over the means of #production, then you support capitalism; if you support #democratic ownership over the means of production, where people have a say in the #institutions and #activities they contribute to, then you support socialism. I don’t know how to make it more succinct than that. Also, #communism is the post-scarcity natural conclusion of socialism, a #stateless/ #moneyless/ #classless #society where #socially-operated #property is held in common and #people “contribute according to their #abilities and receive according to their #needs”; #statelessness is a #fundamental aspect of the ideology, ergo a #totalitarian #government “forcing everybody to be exactly equal” is not communism. 

Secondly, channeling government power to curb capitalism’s self-destructive excesses is merely Keynesian #welfare capitalism or Scandinavian social democracy, both of which try to use the state to mitigate structural tension within the parameters of the system (and all-too-often to wither away class consciousness and pushes for actual socialist change). 

Thirdly and lastly, “the #economy and society being run democratically to meet #human needs rather than #profit for a #greedy few” is literally socialism. Capitalism by definition will always have a tiny class of owners pulling the #economic and #political strings; as long as they own the means of production and accrue profit off the backs of the #laboring class, they will always, always have disproportionate power in society. Such is the #nature of class relations – throughout history, laboring classes have produced the things society needs while ruling classes have sat and accrued the most #wealth. If labor produces all, why not have a society democratically run by #laborers?"

https://www.tumblr.com/left-reminders/719052387152740352/softboypassing-leftist-daily-reminders?source=share

#Geckos can use their tongue to differentiate their own odor from that of other members of their species, as researchers from the University of Bern have shown in a new experimental study. The findings show that geckos are able to #communicate #socially, meaning that they are more #intelligent than was previously assumed.
#Biology #EarthScience #sflorg
https://www.sflorg.com/2023/02/en02202301.html

[ID: a #screenshot of a #comic #speech #bubble. The black #text in it #reads "No #matter how #openminded, #socially #conscious, #antiracist I #think I am, I still have #old #learned #hidden #biases that I #need to #examine. It is #my #responsibility to #check #myself daily for my #stereotypes, #prejudices and, #ultimately, #discrimination." /ID end]

@Gila I've a similar attitude to all #holidays that are #culturally or #socially sanctioned.

#Solstices and #Equinoxes I give a hoot about: they are definitive physical manifestations of our little blue and green ball flying round the fireball sun.

They mark the seasons; planting, growing, harvesting, hibernating.

Random picture:

The risk of contracting #COVID-19 indoors is the same when #socially #distanced 6 feet apart and 60 feet apart, researchers at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) say.

https://thehill.com/policy/healthcare/549981-mit-researchers-say-risk-of-contracting-covid-indoors-the-same-at-6ft-and

“#Socially assistive #robotics aims to endow robots with the ability to help people through individual #non-contact assistance in convalescence, #rehabilitation, training, and education. ” https://buff.ly/2VzLDDd

a robot could help a child on the #autism spectrum.