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So they say...

@aroaceauri / aroaceauri.tumblr.com

welcome! you can call me auri or skye or chaos (37 | she/they). this blog is a fairly reasonable approximation of what living in my head is like. this is an inclusive space. except fascists and TERFs. they can fuck right off.
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Reblogged maandarinee
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someone convince me that downloading PDFs is not actually the same thing as working on my dissertation

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I just came out here to have a good time

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"A student [downloads] hundreds of pages of [PDFs] and takes them home, and the manual labor he exercises in doing so gives him the impression that he possesses the work. Owning the [PDFs] exempts the student from actually reading them. This sort of vertigo of accumulation, a neocapitalism of information, happens to many."
-Umberto Eco (in How to Write a Thesis, originally discussing photocopies)
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indeed it does Umberto Eco 😔

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Reblogged waytoomanyships
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Note - We’ve updated this post with more tools and clarifications!

Every day, there seem to be more reasons to break up with Google.

So we’ve rounded up a bunch of privacy-centric alternatives for all your deGoogling needs.

Check out the full list over on the blog!

- The Ellipsus Team xo

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oh hey obsidian is what I use! i can't say anything for the other two but i really like obsidian bc it's good at managing really complicated worldbuilding stuff

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Reblogged xxxdragonfucker69xxx
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vampcraft

i think as adults it’s our responsibility to be nice to kids and treat them with the respect we wish we got at that age and im not kidding or exaggerating in the least

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Reblogged directactionforhope
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Scripts for Talking to Doctors

We aggressively believe that patients shouldn’t have to do a bunch of emotional labor to get their needs met by their healthcare providers, but the reality we live in means this is an important skill to have as a spoonie.

Luckily, we have some new resources for you!

💊 This super long thread on code words to use with doctors [CW exaggerated ableism/use of slurs], kicked off by the Cliff’s Notes on “How To Negotiate Your Disability Without Curling Into A Ball And Weeping More Than Once Or Twice A Week *Or* Murdering The Entire Universe (More Than Once Or Twice A Week).”

Covered topics:

  • Getting pain meds without being labeled as a drug-seeker.
  • Getting mobility devices despite enormous stigma.
  • Getting a “medibuddy” or advocate in with you when your doctor likes enforced isolation tactics.
  • Taking notes and being organized without ruffling any feathers.
  • Introducing “googled” information with a little fibbing.
  • Tactical crying.
  • …and basically being manipulative as hell, because sometimes that’s really, frustratingly necessary in order to get past ableist gatekeeping.

💊 This response to a request for help talking to a surgeon and getting him “to take me and my mysterious health issues seriously while still coming off as a ‘good patient.’”

💊 Our archive of advice under the “Dealing with Doctors” tag (yeah, we’re mad this has to exist, too.) And to those about to enter appointments… we salute you.

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