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[Lyn🦋 @_ayandamay]

Withdrew a job application because it came with a 40 minute assessment. I’m no longer having my time wasted by taking those…

[blue @bluewmist]

Major cheat code for life: Master the art of the fresh start. From a bad morning. From a bad interaction. From a missed workout. From a poor decision. The goal isn't to avoid the fall. It's to shorten the time between the fall and the reset. Fast recovery compounds.

[𐌁𐌉Ᏽ 𐌕𐌉𐌌𐌉 @OrevaZSN]

“Imagine she was your daughter.”

No. Stop needing to imagine every woman as your daughter, sister, wife, or mother before you treat her like a human being. She shouldn’t have to be related to you to deserve dignity or respect. Just develop basic human empathy.

[A✰ @Avazoey_]

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[𝓐 ⭑ @ayojoestar]

ADHD is the shame of being "gifted" as a child and useless as an adult. Everyone expected so much from you. And now you can't even fold laundry without a body double, a timer, and an existential crisis. The gap between your potential and your output isn't just frustrating. It's humiliating.

[‏ً @itsnwts]

Men be like, “women just aren’t good leaders,” and then call their wives 9 times from the grocery store because they can’t find the items on the list *she* made.

But sure, women can’t handle leadership.

[Siddharth Singh @siddharth3]

Yes, 43°C in India feels different to 43°C in Europe. Allow me to explain.

1. Europe is much more north on the planet, compared to the tropical location of India. For example, Paris is even north of Toronto in Canada. In India, the sun hits from the top. In Europe, it hits at an angle, and significantly longer summer days can yield strong solar loads through the course of a day. So the sun feels different.

2. India’s air pollution (suspended particulate matter) dulls the sun a bit. The sun feels sharper in Europe due to the clear skies, while pollution in India scatters and dissipates heat differently.

3. The recent heat waves in Europe have been accompanied with very low or zero winds. The leaves on trees don’t have a hint of movement. So it feels suffocating in a different way. In India, the warm winds and humidity might have different effects.

4. Europe has historically been cooler, so its buildings have been designed to remain warm in winters, while Indian buildings are designed to remain cool in summers. For example, stone or tiled floors in India dissipate heat quickly in summers, but also mean that you can’t walk bare feet in winters. Meanwhile European households might have wooden floors that don’t feel cool in the summers. Some European cities also have black roofs as a norm, which trap heat.

5. Much of Europe has had very limited number of warm days through history, so air conditioning is not a norm. Why would households invest in ACs when it crosses 25°C (minimum) for less than 7 days a year? New York has 4-5x more frequent warm days than Paris, for example. But that’s now changing. As it gets warmer, the case for ACs is obvious.

6. Much of Europe values aesthetics and public spaces a lot. So buildings associations oppose ugly heat-blowing external AC units facing the streets. This is why European cities are the most beautiful and walkable on the planet. Would you sit down to have wine and pasta on a street side cafe if an ugly AC unit was blowing hot air onto you? But of course, it’s too hot during heat waves now, so buildings associations will be forced to relent and change their rules. (You can also find some examples of some activists or institutions opposing ACs for climate change reasons, but I think that has a much smaller impact on decisions than actual building rules).

But the ultimate reality is this: as heat waves get hotter and longer, ACs will become the norm in Europe as well. Most offices and shopping centres are already air conditioned. Households are increasingly purchasing them too.

And the other reality is that Indians suffer a lot from heat waves too, even at 43°C. We just don’t report human interest stories the same way. Many don’t have ACs, live under tin roofs, and are hit by a constant stream of hot AC exhaust air from neighbours. We all need to prepare better for our respective heat waves.

[𐌁𐌉Ᏽ 𐌕𐌉𐌌𐌉 @OrevaZSN]

We need to bring back intellectual elitism. Sorry, but a virologist will always know more about vaccines than a yoga mommy blogger with a ChatGPT Plus subscription.

[Ishaan Jain @strongbyishaan]

As someone from a Jain family where only vegetarian meals are prepared at home, I say this without any shame or hesitation: a standard vegetarian diet is inferior and sucks.. The typical vegetarian thali, no matter how elaborate, rarely matches the nutrient density, satiety, and flavor complexity of a well-balanced non-vegetarian meal.

I’ve always disliked the forced imposition of vegetarianism..whether cultural, religious, or moral. Diet should be a personal choice rooted in awareness, not guilt or blind tradition. That said, I continue to eat vegetarian, not because I was born into it, but because it aligns with my individual ethics. I fully respect anyone who makes the same choice.

However, respect doesn’t mean denial. If you choose to stay vegetarian, have the intellectual honesty to admit its limitations. Then take full responsibility for fixing them.

[Marc Berruezo Ais @MarcAis]

Funniest thing about the Central Europe heat wave fuss is that, all of a sudden, the Spanish siesta, closing stores mid-day, and dinner at 10 PM doesn’t sound so lazy Southerners.

We had 35 degrees for centuries before AC existed. Welcome to our life. You will get better at it.

[Weerman Stefan @MeteoVoorne]

De eerste vrij grote hagelstenen zijn in Middelburg, Zeeland, gevallen! Daar passeerde een kleine zware onweersbui! #codegeel #codeoranje #onweer ⚡️

[Marrieta ⚘️🐦🦋 @_Marrieta]

Kan iemand me vertellen waar dat code rood/oranje #noodweer met hagelstenen als golfballen, wateroverlast, onweer en 100km/u storm opeens is gebleven?

[Sheetal Rijhwani @RijhwaniSheetal]

Gen Z might actually be the generation that changes toxic work culture.

My Gen Z cousin told me they have a group at work with only Gen Z employees.

They all leave the office together, on time. Nobody stays late just to impress the manager. Nobody answers work calls on weekends.

If a manager misbehaves, they report it to HR. And HR scolds the manager, not them. 🤨

One day, the office AC stopped working. The entire group went to a nearby cafe and informed HR,

"We'll be back once the AC is fixed." 😂

I asked her, "Is everyone in that group Gen Z?"

She said, "Yes. Millennials don't have the courage to do this. You've gotten used to staying quiet and putting up with everything."

Emotional damage. 😭

[🤠 @heavensbvnny]

Girls will suffer unearthly tragedies and still run errands the same day with a smile on their face but if a man’s parents divorce when he is 12 he will unleash his wrath on the world for the rest of his life

[Whemïmor @hy_wemmy]

Some people spent so much of their lives trying to survive that they never got the chance to learn how to swim, speak a foreign language, play an instrument, travel, or simply explore life beyond work and responsibilities. That’s a side of poverty we rarely talk about.

[Eden @EedenEnne]

Struggling is one thing, but if someone requires me to be their tiger mom gf just to get themselves to even WANT to make an effort in areas that affect both them and me, it's too close to dating and grooming a developmentally disabled adult, and there's no ethical way to go on

[Strength Society @Strengthdaily_1]

@Lovandfear People who fear rejection spend their lives avoiding opportunities.
Those who accept rejection eventually run into success.

[Kevin Cunningham @cunningman31]

@KnowingBetterYT My grandfather was a cruel spiteful racist manipulative monster. He was also an untreated bipolar with narcissistic tendencies.

Who cares what his diagnosis was though, cause the reality was he treated people like shit his whole life

[⚡︎ @_sorrengailll]

There is no “gender war”. Men have been abusive for generations and women are finally refusing to tolerate it anymore. That’s all

[isha @MibshaD]

“Abortion is traumatic.”
So is pregnancy.
So is birth...
So is poverty...
So is being tied forever to an abuser.
So is raising a child you were forced to have, and
But apparently only one trauma counts too..