Advice Goddess Free Swim
It's Friday night, and I'm super-zonked.
You pick the topics. I'll try to post a piece in the morning.
P.S. One link per comment or my spam filter will eat your post.
Advice Goddess Free Swim
It's Friday night, and I'm super-zonked.
You pick the topics. I'll try to post a piece in the morning.
P.S. One link per comment or my spam filter will eat your post.
Nasty things happening in South Africa
https://twitter.com/ElleWest25/status/954471716880834561
Sixclaws at January 20, 2018 3:22 AM
Wow -- this is terrible.
Amy Alkon at January 20, 2018 6:27 AM
And I thought they were upset at being called a "shithole".
I wonder how they'll feel about "muderous shithile"?
I R A Darth Aggie at January 20, 2018 6:58 AM
Has anyone mentioned this yet?
https://www.google.com/search?ei=3WFjWozvOYG8sAWYk6_4BQ&q=%22pope+francis%22+slander&oq=%22pope+francis%22+slander&gs_l=psy-ab.3...9770.10712.0.10864.7.7.0.0.0.0.141.855.0j7.7.0....0...1c.1.64.psy-ab..0.3.388...0j0i22i30k1.0.wl8S4mnARr0
Sheesh. You'd think he'd know better, by now, than to talk like that, no matter how much he MIGHT believe what he's saying.
lenona at January 20, 2018 7:37 AM
From columnist Kevin Cullen (who is Catholic):
https://www.bostonglobe.com/metro/2018/01/19/pope-francis-company-man/kfE0f7wFLDuMN2Uqg2hbQL/story.html
(hope this works)
"Let the record show that the promise of Pope Francis died in Santiago, Chile, on Jan. 18, in the year of our Lord 2018. When Pope Francis slandered victims of sexual abuse, ironically by accusing those very victims of slandering a Chilean bishop who was complicit in that abuse, he confirmed what some critics have said all along, what I have always resisted embracing: Pope Francis is a company man, no better than his predecessors when it comes to siding with the institutional Roman Catholic Church against any who would criticize it or those, even children, who have been victimized by it...
"And just what exactly would constitute the proof that Pope Francis is now seeking, years after the Vatican accepted the claims of Karadima’s victims, who said Bishop Barros facilitated the abuse by refusing to take action against Karadima even though he knew Karadima was a predator?
"Juan Carlos Cruz, one of Karadima’s victims and one of Bishop Barros’s most outspoken critics, put it this way: 'As if I could have taken a selfie or a photo while Karadima abused me and others and Juan Barros stood by watching it all.'...
"Oh, well, lucky for the Vatican, there are still many places where people are horribly poor, sadly uneducated, and not served by a robust, free press, where deference to the clergy and the majesty of the Vatican is still as thick as the fine robes that some of the worst enablers of sexual abuse hide behind."
lenona at January 20, 2018 7:47 AM
"Is Your Child Lying to You? That’s Good."
(I.e., if your child is three and has never lied, start worrying that he/she is seriously backward, at least. Also when a preschool teacher complains your toddler lied, don't get all huffy and defensive - if you're lucky, your child DID lie.)
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/01/05/opinion/sunday/children-lying-intelligence.html
First paragraphs:
"Should parents be troubled when their kids start to deceive them?
"Odds are, most of us would say yes. We believe honesty is a moral imperative, and we try to instill this belief in our children. Classic morality tales like 'The Boy Who Cried Wolf' and 'Pinocchio' speak to the dangers of dishonesty, and children who lie a lot, or who start lying at a young age, are often seen as developmentally abnormal, primed for trouble later in life.
"But research suggests the opposite is true. Lying is not only normal; it’s also a sign of intelligence.
"Kids discover lying as early as age 2, studies have found...
Later:
"How can we get our children to be honest?
"In general, carrots work better than sticks. Harsh punishments like spanking do little to deter lying, research indicates, and if anything may be counterproductive. In one study, Professor Lee and the developmental psychologist Victoria Talwar compared the truth-telling behaviors of West African preschoolers from two schools, one that employed highly punitive measures such as corporal punishment to discipline students and another that favored more tempered methods like verbal reprimands and trips to the principal’s office. Students at the harsher school were not only more likely to lie but also far better at it.
"Witnessing others being praised for honesty, meanwhile, and nonpunitive appeals for the truth — for example, 'If you tell the truth, I will be really pleased with you' — promotes honest behavior, Professors Lee and Talwar have found...
"As for those childhood morality tales, you might want to skip the more ominous ones. Professor Lee and others have found that reading stories to children about the perils of deceit, such as 'The Boy Who Cried Wolf' and 'Pinocchio,' fails to discourage them from lying. Reading them the story of George Washington and the cherry tree, on the other hand, in which truthfulness is met with approval, does reduce lying, albeit to a modest degree. The key to fostering honest behavior, Professor Lee and his colleagues argue, is positive messaging — emphasizing the benefits of honesty rather than the drawbacks of deception..."
In the comments, Ann from California said:
"When I lied as a child, I did so because crazy adults were punishing me for telling the truth and not believing it. So I learned to fish around for the explanation I thought they would accept. How does that fit into this weird research?"
And Elizabeth wrote:
"Let's not assume that all children who 'lag behind' in lying are less intelligent. Couldn't it be that some super intelligent young people understand at an early age that in the end honesty really is the best policy and that real value resides in forming relationships based in honesty? I never had to ask my own son, for example, if he broke something that meant a lot to me. He would come to me with the object to show me what had happened before I even noticed it. It seems pretty smart to me to meet a situation head on rather then try to hide it and dread what might happen once it's discovered."
lenona at January 20, 2018 11:14 AM
Ordering the Night Train burrito special . . .
Man arrested for DUI after ordering burrito in bank drive-thru
mpetrie98 at January 20, 2018 11:37 AM
The joys of raw food . . .
Five-foot long tapeworm came 'wiggling out' of man's body after he ate sushi
mpetrie98 at January 20, 2018 11:51 AM
Twitter Russia warning: Russia, Russia, Russia!
Dear Mike Le Deplorable [my Twitter handle],
As part of our recent work to understand Russian-linked activities on Twitter during the 2016 U.S. presidential election, we identified and suspended a number of accounts that were potentially connected to a propaganda effort by a Russian government-linked organization known as the Internet Research Agency.
Consistent with our commitment to transparency, we are emailing you because we have reason to believe that you either followed one of these accounts or retweeted or liked content from these accounts during the election period. This is purely for your own information purposes, and is not related to a security concern for your account.
We are sharing this information so that you can learn more about these accounts and the nature of the Russian propaganda effort. You can see examples of content from these suspended accounts on our blog if you're interested.
People look to Twitter for useful, timely, and appropriate information. We are taking active steps to stop malicious accounts and Tweets from spreading, and we are determined to keep ahead of the tactics of bad actors. For example, in recent months we have developed new techniques to identify accounts manipulating our platform, have improved our process for challenging suspicious accounts, and have introduced new measures designed to identify and take action on coordinated malicious activity. In 2018, we are building on these improvements. Our blog also contains more information about these efforts.
People come to Twitter to see what's happening in the world. We are committed to making it the best place to do that and to being transparent with the people who use and trust our platform.
Twitter
mpetrie98 at January 20, 2018 12:34 PM
@mpetrie98 - you're likely shadow banned on Twitter already... scary stuff.
Snoopy at January 20, 2018 12:50 PM
Mpetrie, there's a reason we don't hear horror stories like that a LOT more often, despite Americans' eating sushi in pretty much every big city. Namely, sushi chefs are well trained to spot such problems and to prevent bad fish from reaching the dining table. Most of the time.
lenona at January 20, 2018 12:50 PM
How to do Twitter correctly:
https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump/status/954788467069870081
Snoopy at January 20, 2018 1:24 PM
Oooooooooooooooooooops.... sorry!
https://www.politico.com/story/2018/01/19/nsa-deletes-surveillance-data-351730
Snoopy at January 20, 2018 1:41 PM
> ... sorry!
It never would have happened if Donald Trump had been elected!
Crid at January 20, 2018 2:28 PM
Observation, not a link: "super-zonked" likely refers to the presence of one Gregg Sutter after-hours, purpose unknown.
Or so the Russians maintain...
Radwaste at January 20, 2018 3:24 PM
Kittens
Crid at January 20, 2018 3:37 PM
@lenona I did have smoked salmon once, which is raw. I assume that the smoking process got rid of most of the bugs. I had no ill effects, but sushi is one of those things I usually avoid.
mpetrie98 at January 20, 2018 4:12 PM
@Snoopy - Heh.
mpetrie98 at January 20, 2018 4:13 PM
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