You might think that I’m joking when I say that we need cyborg rights to be codified into law, but I honestly think that, given the pace of development of medical implants and the rights issues raised by having proprietary technologies becoming part of a human body, I think that this is absolutely essential for bodily autonomy, disability rights, and human rights more generally. This has already become an issue, and it will only become a larger issue moving forwards.
No but seriously we need cyborg rights, in case you don’t know how many people count as cyborgs here are some examples;
People with cochlear implants are cyborgs
People with pacemakers are cyborgs
People with insulin pumps are cyborgs
There are even edge cases revolving around how much electricity and integration into the body are necessary to make someone a cyborg.
People with replacement hips or other bones are by some definitions cyborgs
People with implanted medical devices such as artificial valves or stents are by some definitions cyborgs
People with prosthetic limbs are by some definitions cyborgs
People with ostomy bags are by some definitions cyborgs
People in wheel chairs, electric or not, are by some definitions cyborgs
The list could go on but I think I made my point that cyborgs are a lot more than just people with robot arms, they are the disabled deserving of the rights to the technology their lives literally depend on.
This is needed.
Earlier this year, a woman was forcibly deprived of a brain implant that was treating her epilepsy because the company that made the implant went bankrupt. Here’s a link to one of several articles about it:
This story happened back in the 2010s according to the first article but is still relevant. Also if my cochlears were repossessed by the company for some asinine reason I would literally stop being able to do 80% of the things I do and my future would be ruined. Cyborg rights are necessary and should have been codified decades ago
There are also people with prosthetic eyes that went dark when the software company that managed them went bankrupt.
We need a set of rights that say, “if your software is installed in LIVING HUMAN BEINGS, you have a legal obligation to maintain it, and when/if your company dissolves or can no longer maintain it, that software becomes open source and may be freely picked up by other people to manage.”
The iron hand of Götz von Berlichingen (1480-1562), a knight and mercenary who lost his right arm in a siege [640×360]
points about this
-it was shot off by a cannon
-he continued being a knight for over 40 years after getting the iron hand
-it was delicate enough he could still write with a quill using it, which is important as he was described as a ‘warrior poet’
-after a merchant-punching life suitable for an elder scrolls protagonist he was outlawed by the holy roman empire, friends of his used a high diplomacy roll and a bribe to get him out, and he then almost immediately kidnapped a bishop
-after outlaw of the holy roman empire 2 electric boogaloo was placed under house arrest in a castle he had purchased with all his quest rewards to spend the next 20 years drunk off his ass
I can’t believe you’d make this post and not mention that his poetry contains the first known usage of the phrase “lick my ass”
Hellppp some transphobe found my posts about getting surgery and is yelling in my asks about how I mutilated my ‘perfect feminine body’ . I got my wisdom teeth removed.
judas was probably like “jesus has pulled off so many wacky things, he’ll get out of this one lickity split, and i get three shiny coins out of it, too”
there are so many eating disorder sufferers who struggle to recover not mainly bc they can’t afford treatment (this is the focus of accessibility discourse in the professional world and grossly overestimates the importance of treatment lol), but because they can’t afford the food. to recover we really can’t be experiencing chronic food restriction and deprivation, but food insecurity or the inability to buy the foods we want and need creates a setting of perpetual deprivation. and this is not only about the “bio” piece–there are also the psycho-social-spiritual dimensions of harm in not getting our basic needs met. it’s self-evident that this works against healing. if we are concerned w the accessibility of eating disorder recovery, we’d do well to focus less on professional services and more on being committed anti-capitalists.
i think freckles, stretch marks, tattoos, bruises, birthmarks and scars are probably the coolest thing, you started with almost a blank canvas and look at u now, all this evidence that you’ve lived and the sun has shone on you and you’ve grown and maybe tripped up a few times and liked an image so much u made it a permanent part of u, beautiful.
zany to me how these um actually nihilists like to pretend that “um actually love/friendship/cooperation/kindness isn’t real bc we evolved that way to benefit ourselves as a species…” um YES? that’s also where tool use comes from? that’s where cooking comes from? am i supposed to think social bonds & tool use & cooking aren’t “real” because they evolved over time instead of appearing fully formed from the ether?
sorry u can’t enjoy things. im a superior being twirling a fork in my bowl of delicious noodles whilst staring in adoration at the world
“love isn’t real it’s a chemical reaction” hon i got news for u about chemical reactions and the nature of existence. it’s ALL chemicals. existence is literally all just chemicals. “we evolved social bonds to benefit ourselves” so you agree? you agree that social bonds are helpful and important enough that they literally shaped the history of human evolution? i do not think u are saying, what u think u are saying.
Do you understand how desperate someone has to be for them to run into the water to get a damaged box of god knows what?
What could have been going through their minds when they jumped into the water? Their children’s faces when they come home with a few cans of food? The promise of the family eating together?
I honestly can’t even fathom what other levels of cruelty Palestinians are supposed to endure before anything tangible is done about this genocide, of which this engineered mass starvation is only one part.
I mean, Elon really reads as somebody who has never gone to therapy. As in, he’s ignorant, prone to mistake his narcissism for being right, egoistic, lying. No mental progress. Just daddy’s money.
‘I wish for death’ - Twelve-year-old Alma says. She fled bombing and shelling twice before the third place they sheltered was bombed, She was rescued from the rubble only to find out both her parents and all four of her siblings had been killed. She found her 18-month-old brother in an unimaginable state. Her little brother was beheaded from the rubble after the IOF massacred them.
Source: BBC
full article here, though the article is written a couple days ago, this interview was conducted in the start of December last year, after the December 2 israeli air strikes
Every Friday. Every Friday i either see this post or live in fear of seeing it. I can’t wake up and say ‘it’s friday’ anymore without thinking of this post. I am living a nightmare and it’s your fault
FUCK YOU FUCK YOU FUCK YOU FUCK YOU FUCK YOU FUCK YOU FUCK YOU FUCK YOU FUCK YOU FUCK YOU FUCK YOU FUCK YOU I HATE GNOMEO AND JUILET SO MUCH I WANT TO SMASH RHOSE STUPID FUCKING GNOMES INTO A 1000 SHARDS I WANT TO PERSONALLY BREAK THEM ALL I HOPE THEY GO TO GMOME HELL FUCK YOU
[Image Description: A tweet from nes (@ feydemon): “translating japanese tweets is like opening up a loot box”. They attatched an image of a tweet from miwa (@ hatenokatasumi): “なんかゼルダはケツがデカイでエロいというイメージがあるけどゼルダを見るとおっぱいしか見えないし母乳飲みたくなるし勃起止まらない”. The auto-translation reads: “I have the impression that Zelda has a big ass and is erotic, but when I look at Zelda, all I see is her brests, I want to drink breast milk, and I can’t stop getting an erection.” miwa, who wrote the original tweet, retweeted nes’ post, saying in English: “Please remove the translation feature from X [skull emoji”. End ID]
Every Friday. Every Friday i either see this post or live in fear of seeing it. I can’t wake up and say ‘it’s friday’ anymore without thinking of this post. I am living a nightmare and it’s your fault
FUCK YOU FUCK YOU FUCK YOU FUCK YOU FUCK YOU FUCK YOU FUCK YOU FUCK YOU FUCK YOU FUCK YOU FUCK YOU FUCK YOU I HATE GNOMEO AND JUILET SO MUCH I WANT TO SMASH RHOSE STUPID FUCKING GNOMES INTO A 1000 SHARDS I WANT TO PERSONALLY BREAK THEM ALL I HOPE THEY GO TO GMOME HELL FUCK YOU
Every Friday. Every Friday i either see this post or live in fear of seeing it. I can’t wake up and say ‘it’s friday’ anymore without thinking of this post. I am living a nightmare and it’s your fault
I’m not sure why crispy chickpeas aren’t everywhere as like a top ADHD snack because they are:
Delicious (so you will actually seek them out/want to eat them)
Crispy (a good stim for texture people)
Easy to make (super hands off, they just roast for like 30 minutes while you do something else)
Healthy (it’s literally just beans! Such protein!)
Versatile (you can switch up the seasonings if you get tired of one flavor; you can also put them on/in a bunch of different dishes)
Cheap AF & forgiving of your timeline (a can of chickpeas won’t go bad in your pantry if you don’t have the energy to make something with them this week)
So here’s the resippy.
Cooked chickpeas (I usually use one can)
Olive oil
Salt
Paprika or curry powder or rosemary or your favorite spice (optional)
Steps:
Drain and rinse your chickpeas.
Dump them onto a towel or paper towel and rub them dry a bit.
Remove any loose skins. If you’re feeling extra you can remove all the skins; this makes them slightly crispier. I do not find this to be worth it.
Put them on a baking sheet (lined with parchment paper if you want to save yourself some cleanup). Toss with a drizzle of olive oil, a generous pinch or two of salt, and your seasoning.
Roast in your oven. I usually do 400°F for about 25-30 minutes, but this is pretty forgiving and you can do 425 for 20 minutes or whatever you want to do
Taste a chickpea. It should have an audible crunch. If it doesn’t, put it back in until it does
When done, taste for seasoning and add any additional salt or seasoning you want. Proceed to devour them.
These are best fresh, but I still like them later on (if I don’t eat them all right away). Store in an airtight container for a couple days at room temp or a few days in the fridge.
There’ll be a post like, “ableism is bad” and all the comments will be “yeah! Ableists are all sociopaths and narcissists!” “Ableists all live in their moms basements and don’t contribute anything to society!”
A reminder for those of us with cats at Easter that lilies of ANY kind are BAD for cats. Some species such as Calla, Peace and Peruvian do not cause kidney damage or death like Easter and daylilies, but they can still cause irritation and gastrointestinal issues if ingested…
People really struggle with the whole WE thing. WE would be the WHOLE UNION not just the millionaires.
“But you got yours, why aren’t you saying ‘fuck them’?”
Jack Lemmon used to call this “sending the elevator back down”, helping younger actors/actresses with their talent, introducing them to producers/directors, helping where he could. An Oscar winning actor helping the up-and-coming, just because he could do so. Nice to see that spirit still alive and well standing up against a bunch of rich, entitled, forgot-where-they-came-from CEO’s.
why didn’t gandalf just carry the ring to mordor himself with these tongs
like i’m picturing him being really careful and looking at it and carrying it exactly like this while walking or riding through the woods and across rivers and up mountains and through valleys and he doesn’t drop it even once except at the very end where he tidily drops it into the volcano. frodo sam and the crew and even gollum wholly undisturbed. sauron can’t find him bc of the meditative aura surrounding him which is generated by his immense focus on not dropping it
World’s most tense egg and spoon race
this somehow became the funniest thing on earth in my head and I had to draw it so