i just woke up to my cat headbutting my laptop closed so hard it broke idk what to even do ill…idk
im going to get an estimate to see if it can be fixed and for how much or if i need a replacement plz uhm help if u can i just got a job and moved and theyre firing ppl where i work i need to move cuz of this weird emotional abuse shit and i need my laptop and i cant deal with this at all rn 🥲 genuinely at the end of my rope
so plz help if u can
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okay so two ppl said it can cost between 270-350$ to fix it im gonna go in person saturday but as of rn the goal is
Elaine Chao was Transportation Secretary from 2017-2021 under the Trump Administration. One of the agencies under the DOT is the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, which oversees, among other things, federal motor vehicle safety standards.
By all accounts, the gear shift and reverse are controlled by a touch-screen as well, so their shoddy design is what caused her to reverse. And the doors also can’t be opened manually if the electronics fail, unless you know to remove a certain panel in the door to pull on a specific wire.
A lot of propaganda is not actually misinformation.
A lot of propaganda is not even half-truths.
A lot of propaganda actually is telling you the truth, but is feeding you a specific conclusion that the author wants you to draw from it.
This makes it a lot more robust, because if you go searching for sources to confirm the information, you’ll find them!
So an important thing in evaluating information is not just “Is this true?” but also:
“Wait, does this lead inevitably to the conclusion this person is presenting? What other conclusions could I draw here? What other reasons for this piece of info could there be? How does this information fit into what I already know?”
“What are the motivations of the person who wrote or created this? Why did they want me to draw that conclusion? Do they themselves believe the conclusion they’re drawing, or are they just trying to convince me? If they do believe it themself, why? If not, why are they trying to convince me? What’s going on for them here?”
“What other pieces of information might I be missing? What am I extrapolating without noticing? What did this person deliberately leave out, or want me to ignore or gloss over? What other contexts and comparisons are applicable here?”
“How does this information with in with not only the specific conclusion that is presented, but with the author’s overarching thesis? When I use it, how well does it fit into my thesis? When I take a step back, does this piece of information actually make any sense as supporting evidence for this person’s thesis?”
Hopefully this is helpful, and can help your skills at evaluating information and arguments become more robust!
Not only does propaganda not have to be false, but the most effective propaganda is true. You don’t even have to editorialize all that much. Simply choosing which stories to feature /promote and which to ignore can lead people down your chosen path
you know, some branches of mathematics are absolutely dogshit at naming things, but credit to the fellas over in higher-dimensional geometry, they’re knocking it out of the park
“have you learned how to drive yet” i have the spirit of friendship in my heart. the joy of lifes little things in my soul. the whimsy of magic. the beautiful enjoyment of nature. the answer is no though
isn’t it insane though how schizophrenic people are viewed as violent and dangerous by the majority of society when in reality schizophrenic people are nearly 14 times more likely to be on the receiving end of violence than to be the perpetrators…
schizophrenic person: makes a post trying to raise awareness about the disproportionate abuse and harmful stereotypes schizophrenic people face
yall: “yeah im not gonna reblog this they used the word ins*ne which is so problematic ://”
What the fuck happens that changes these stats to such a massive degree?
1) schizophrenia hardly ever causes people to be violent so schizophrenic people aren’t more likely to be violent than anyone else
2) schizophrenic people’s autonomy is often taken away from them because of their schizophrenia. because the authorities and mental healthcare providers often automatically assume schizophrenic people to be violent, they’re more likely to immediately react to schizophrenic people’s symptoms with violence, without even knowing for sure said schizophrenic person was going to be violent. all of this causes schizophrenic people to be more likely of being victims of violence and abuse. schizophrenic people also have a harder time getting out of abusive households because of the risk of their autonomy being taken away. if a schizophrenic person’s relative or partner is abusive, often the schizophrenic person has no way out of the situation, both because our disconnect from reality can result in us being easier to manipulate, and because the system is built in a way that it takes away our autonomy because of our condition.
also schizophrenic people and psychotic people in general, please do a lot of research before picking a provider for your own sake, and if they try to treat your psychosis in a way that you think is harmful then don’t hesitate to switch providers. your safety and wellbeing should be a priority over everything else.
Imagine being the only person alive who can say this
buzz aldrin and neil armstrong liked to do a thing where they’d tell unfunny jokes at parties about being on the moon and when people were confused they’d go “guess you had to have been there”
General tumblr reminder, since some people don’t know: If the person’s URL has “deactivated” plus a string of numbers (a date) after it, that means that they manually deleted their own blog. It doesn’t mean they were banned. Banned blogs don’t have “deactivated” after them and will just be the normal URL you can’t click on or interact with. They look very similar and function the same, but they were caused by two very different things.
absolutely love it and find it mesmerizing when the line between art and real life is so blurry. like when you look at a photograph and you’re like!!!! there’s no way this isn’t a painting it looks too beautiful to be true!! or the opposite when you’re looking at a painting and your brain goes ! ! ! Because it looks SO real. too real. and i just think. not only do we kind of live inside one huge beautiful painting but we also sort of create our own world through art. it’s so wonderful i have tears in my eyes
screencap from a video by @geopsych // a summer’s day on the lake by henri biva (oil on canvas)
i cannot express to you how often i think about this stupid post. every time i listen to music and its good i think to myself “thank you music”, and often i say it out loud to myself
it’s pretty funny to see TERFS fall back upon god and his divinely ordained telos to try and keep their soundbite shibboleths coherent
This is a silly argument. We know what biology intends to do. Down’s syndrome exists, and we know that it is a disability because we are supposed, or intended, to have 46 Chromosomes. If you try and argue otherwise you are just being disingenuous
this is a great demonstration of what ‘cultural christianity’ actually looks like – biology cannot be a nonagentic amoral complex set of intersecting processes – it must have 'intentions’, it must 'suppose’, it must be purposeful and deliberate, because 'biology / evolution / nature’ are thoughtlessly copy pasted into otherwise identical arguments about god’s perfect design
Besides everything txtt said, it’s an absolutely bonkers claim to say that Down’s syndrome is classified as a disability “because of” missing chromosomes. I feel pretty confident assuming that if a syndrome with identical symptoms existed that was not caused by missing chromosomes that it would still be classified as a disability, to say nothing of the fact our ideas about what is classified as “disability” predate humans having any knowledge of what a chromosome even is!
petition to bring back saying “huzzah!” when something goes your way and “alas.” when it doesn’t
in hindsight, pitching something that would be deemed a fair bit strange by some standards to a site teeming with already incredibly strange people was a mistake. apologies tumblr users i’d forgotten where i was
Honestly? Shoutout to those of you who are completely fucking lost in life. Those who don’t know what they want to do with life. Those who are stuck in a certain part of life and can’t get out. Those who are reaching for dreams they feel are impossible to reach. Those who feel like they’re accomplishments are being overlooked. Those who feel like their enough just isn’t enough. It is. You can make it. You will make it. There is an opening at the end of the tunnel.
even when hope feels like it turns to bloody sinew between your finger tips, there’s always a way forward
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