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An interesting article about trigger warnings and that they may not help, or even harm. The article is from last year and discusses trigger warnings mainly in the context of material you have to read anyway. But there are more general problems with avoiding triggers mentioned, that it can make someone's ptsd central to their identity and prevent healing.

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What if Trigger Warnings Don’t Work?

Jeannie Suk Gersen writes about new psychological research indicating that trigger warnings may increase anxiety in students and other individuals suffering from P.T.S.D., and considers what teachers and others ought to do with this new information.
Jeannie Suk Gersen (The New Yorker)

me at the end of the day: kill process
me at the start of the next day: start process
os: what do you mean 'start' it? you killed it!

I'm rewatching Cherry since the first time I saw it the Apple TV+ stream kept having problems and I'm now seeing it in their own (but Android) app, so I have hope it'll be ok this time. So far it's 4k, with surround sound, and without buffering, so yay.

Ciara Bravo is such an underrated powerhouse actress. If you don't know that yet, see this film for proof.
#CiaraBravo #Cherry


Ciara Bravo - Actress, Soundtrack

Ciara Bravo. Actress: Cherry. Ciara Bravo has become one of the few actresses working today to move easily between television and film.
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#CiaraBravo #Cherry
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She is so good. Still thinking about this reviewer for a magazine that called her a real discovery in this film. Discovery? She's always been this good for about a decade and if I can know that, a professional reviewer should have too.

I've been waiting so long for this, following along on the socials when they were making it, but I can finally watch Jenna Ortega in The Fallout!
#JennaOrtega #TheFallout
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The Fallout

In the wake of a school tragedy, Vada, Mia and Quinton form a unique and dynamic bond as they navigate the never linear, often confusing journey to heal in a world that feels forever changed.
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#JennaOrtega #TheFallout
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There are some technical issues with HBO Max that means I can't watch it in full resolution and I'd wish it was on the big screen of a cinema. But it'll have to do. I've waited long enough.
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Wow.

Jenna Ortega is really the best. You can expect her to deliver the best performance in the world and then she still exceeds that.

X

2022-03-08 18:25:01


Hollywood, here we come….🔪 #XMovie opens only in theaters MARCH 18 @KidCudi @jennaortega @martinhenderson


#XMovie @Jenna Ortega @KidCudi @martinhenderson

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company: thank you for your patience.
me: I explicitly tried to avoid the impression that I had any patience.

The letter Z is fast becoming some kind of Russtika.

We're still buying Russian gas and oil. Let's stop that. Let's stop funding a war.
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This will raise energy prices, certainly. But one could argue that the energy prices should have been higher a long time ago anyway according to supply and demand, when we found out the unsustainable nature of the supply.

Stephen Reicher

2022-03-06 19:24:08


This Nature paper concludes that even mild cases of Covid have a substantial impact on risk of heart disease.
It should give pause for thought to all those tennis players and football players yet to be vaccinated.
And, of course, it reminds us once again that Covid is not a cold

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A film with Robin Tunney and Neve Campbell? About witches? Yes please! Rewatching The Craft now. No idea what language the link preview poster is in.
#RobinTunney #NeveCampbell #TheCraft
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The Craft

A Catholic school newcomer falls in with a clique of teen witches who wield their powers against all who dare to cross them -- be they teachers, rivals or meddlesome parents.
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#NeveCampbell #RobinTunney #TheCraft

🧵 over on 🐦: twitter.com/jennaortega/status…

https://twitter.com/jennaortega/status/1500518479069339649

We must never give up on the people of Ukraine, Yemen, Palestine, Kashmir, Iraq, Syria… the list goes on unfortunately. For anyone who is willing & wanting to contribute any way they can, I want to form a thread with information. Does anyone have resources/links they could add?
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2022-03-06 17:07:38


We must never give up on the people of Ukraine, Yemen, Palestine, Kashmir, Iraq, Syria… the list goes on unfortunately. For anyone who is willing & wanting to contribute any way they can, I want to form a thread with information. Does anyone have resources/links they could add?

In Nederland kan je doneren aan de samenwerkende hulporganisaties @Giro555 via giro555.nl .

Jenna Ortega

2022-03-06 17:00:55


Hundreds of thousands of people across Ukraine have been forced to flee their homes. Families have been separated, homes destroyed and lives are in danger. #UkraineAppeal Donate to @decappeal now

bit.ly/DECUkraineAppe…

#UkraineAppeal @decappeal @Giro555

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Jenna Ortega

2022-03-06 17:07:38


We must never give up on the people of Ukraine, Yemen, Palestine, Kashmir, Iraq, Syria… the list goes on unfortunately. For anyone who is willing & wanting to contribute any way they can, I want to form a thread with information. Does anyone have resources/links they could add?

Oh no, it's a mirror universe episode!

Fandango

2022-03-04 15:00:05


In this #XMovie exclusive clip, @jennaortega chooses her weapon in a creepy basement.

What happens next? Tickets for X — the latest @A24 horrorshow — are on sale fandan.co/X


#XMovie @Jenna Ortega @A24

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Greta Thunberg

2022-03-04 15:15:54


School strike week 185. #FridaysForFuture #ClimateStrike #PeopleNotProfit #StandWithUkraine

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#climatestrike #fridaysforfuture #PeopleNotProfit #StandWithUkraine

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Already dislike letterboxd, it only allows me to have four favourite films. That's not compatible with how my mind works...

Turns out the recording of a tv programme on a set-top box is adversely affected by blowing a fuse.

Paramount+

2022-03-02 22:00:00


Your feed has been blessed 😌 The @iCarly cast is back with a new season April 8, only on #ParamountPlus.

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#ParamountPlus @iCarly

A tip if you're visiting a website that does overuse lambdas and cdn's for cropping and downscaling their images, i.e. every commercial website: right click or long tap the photo, select open in new tab, edit url, remove anything that is like 'width' or 'crop' and hit enter.
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Example of doing that. The original photo loads as 681x383 pixels. When you edit the url by clicking the pencil icon, you see the parameters ?w=681&h=383&crop=1. Remove that. Click to load that address instead. You'll see that the non-downscaled photo is also on the site and is much larger: 4541x2564 pixels.
The browser indicates 681x383 pixels
Editing the url, showing the parameters after and including the '?' selected
Still editing the url, but the parameters have been removed and it ends with '.jpg'
The browser now indicates 4541x2564 pixels
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Such a waste of storage space for something no-one (but me) ever gets to see. They pay for storage, for the serverless processing and for the cdn to limit the amount of serverless processing.

Interview with Jenna Ortega in WWD about her recent projects. Shame they cropped that great photo by Jonny Marlow in the article; the twitter preview crops it even weirder, so I'll include the uncropped photo you can download from their site.
#JennaOrtega
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Black and white photo of Jenna Ortega by Jonny Marlow. Jenna is wearing a black dress and looks at the camera.
#JennaOrtega

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dont-download-stuff-from-the-internet-and-automatically-execute-it.js

It's all good rooting for the underdog, but it's not a game.

I'm trying to listen to a podcast, a neighbour is trying to drill holes in concrete. I guess they're winning, or in fact it sounds like the concrete is.

Happy Birthday Georgina Leonidas!

You may know Georgina Leonidas as Miss Molly in The Basil Brush Show or maybe from the Harry Potter films, but here she is as Cousin Maureen in Jessie Cave's Flat White series on YouTube: youtu.be/UtlTilRJotU


Flat Whites: The Wheel

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Happy Birthday @George_Leonidas !

You may know Georgina Leonidas as Miss Molly in The Basil Brush Show or maybe from the Harry Potter films, but here she is as Cousin Maureen in Jessie Cave's Flat White series on YouTube: youtu.be/UtlTilRJotU

@George_Leonidas

The international volleyball association seems to think it's perfectly ok to let the men's world championships happen in Russia this year. The Dutch volleyball association has a very weak response of being 'surprised'.

Some say "but what if we can't buy Russian gas anymore?". Actually, let's fully stop dealing with Russia including not buying their gas. It'll be hard, but it's needed. As silver lining we can use the gas price increases to urgently switch to more sustainable energy consumption.
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It may seem odd to include that last point now, but the thing is we should have done this ages ago.

If you're in the US, tomorrow Friday the 25th you can see Studio 666 in the cinema. This is a horror comedy with and by the Foo Fighters in which you can also see Jenna Ortega. Should be fun! I'm so jealous.
#JennaOrtega #Studio666Movie
#JennaOrtega #Studio666Movie

Auschwitz Memorial

2022-02-24 12:44:30


The Auschwitz Memorial statement on the situation in Ukraine.

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This is what happens if you only impose weak, token sanctions. Putin takes it as a sign it's ok to continue his war. We should have zero economic dealings with Russia and a country that so flagrantly violates international law, has no place in the UN Security Council.

Select all squares with a pipe

Skip.

Before I was going to make this joke picture myself, I realised it must have been done before. h/t twitter.com/BenceNanay/status/…

A meme with the "select all squares with" challenge, but the picture is the "Ceci n'est pas une pipe" painting by René Magritte

Starting to suspect that people going on dates is just a myth perpetuated by the film industry to sell more films. Like the story of the emperor's new clothes, but 'you're not a worthy individual if this dating world seems invisible to you' and everybody going like, that's not me, I'm not that loser. Well, I'm the little boy.

"Heat it up but don't let it boil"

Sorry, what do you mean? Should I heat it up or not?

Your furniture is second-hand? Mine is last-leg.

It seems that 2 million pounds buys the UK ruling party and ensures that no more than token sanctions will be imposed.

I don't understand why most of @DoveCameron's previous singles are suddenly inaccessible on both @TIDAL and @Spotify. Leaving only 'Boyfriend' and 'Taste of You'. Now my playlists are so empty...
Playlist with Dove Cameron's music in the TIDAL app, with all but the newest two greyed out.
@Dove Cameron @Spotify @TIDAL

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Seth Abramson

2022-02-22 00:48:08


MEDIA: If you use the word “peacekeepers” in your heds or subheds you are indulging Kremlin propaganda. *Stop it*. This is a Russian invasion of Europe and your *job* as a journalist is to say so clearly and unambiguously.

—a journalism professor at an R1

Putin's invasion of Ukraine seems extremely imminent and I feel so helpless. We should not accept another country to be swept of the map. Any sanctions should be complete and absolute, the Russian regime should be cut off from any international dealings whatsoever. Don't take their gas. Don't include them in any political or economic decision making. Don't do any business at all. And not in that way that it is just a card to play in any future negotiations. We're done with Putin and will not deal with him as long as he's in charge of Russia.

Jane Lytvynenko

2022-02-21 20:42:57


The worst possible thing the West can do right now is impose weak, inconsequential sanctions.

Putin will treat them as a doormat for him to step on as he further invades Ukraine.

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