Notices by The research fairy 😷 🧚‍♂️ 🌈 (bgcarlisle@scholar.social), page 18

I will not rest until everyone refers to Los Angeles as "the Slange"

Me, at the blackboard: So as you can see, the English word "gym" has the Greek "gumnazo" as its root, which means "to train naked"

Gym employee: You still have to wear pants sir

Tomorrow (Sept 3) is my birthday

People who know me irl call me "Murph"

Hence, happy Murphday everyone

For those who want to do something special for me:

🍍 If you have the means, scroll down the timeline, find a queer person or a person of colour who is asking for money and just give them what they're asking for
🍍 If money is tight for you, do some act of self-care (e.g. taking a bath or a nap or eat a snack that you really like)

VR game where you apologize to every animal species

When white people say "where does it stop?" to reparations, that's because they're beginning to comprehend the sheer extent of what they should give back. That's the sound of their head spinning at the sheer enormity of what they have committed

Towards a global justice.

Did you know that Intellectual Property is generally something the rich nations have?

And poorer nations would love to get rid of the whole concept, because they tend to not have so much of that, "only" natural resources and labor?

Abolish it, and you would immediately reverse the wealth flows, edging the world closer to a balance.

Sometimes, I think about how I wrote five theses without buying a single book, and at those moments I say to myself
self
good work

My spouse put in an application to adopt a cat yesterday, and we're debating names. Cat's current name is Sylvester, and we can't agree on anything. The cat is as a large black American short hair, who is both cuddly and playful. Current animals are Buffy and Willow (but we wouldn't do Whedon names anymore) and Kiki (I think we're out of Studio Ghibli names.) Any suggestions?

Earth™ version 2018-09-06 patch notes:

- Entering and immediately exiting a trampoline no longer stores a boosted jump
- Fixed an issue where TERFs could use human-only abilities
- Fixed a longstanding issue where people in photographs would occasionally be able to move
- Deleted the beta version of Austria that was hidden under the Marianas Trench
- Disabled keyboard controls for cars
- Bragging online about charity work correctly gives you negative karma
- Removed all references to Atlantis

@djsundog Who wants to have a livetoot viewing party?? @mal @taweret

Overheard at workplace, by a scientist on the phone: "All the ducks have been aligned"

- If you've been pepper sprayed take a COLD shower. Wash your clothes separately or chuck them out.

- Debrief with the people you went with. Talk about what went well and what you can do better next time.

- Moleskin is available at CVS and is amazing for blisters.

- Pay attention to your emotions, protests can be traumatizing, make sure you have a support network

- EAT adrenaline can trick you into thinking you arent hungry but you are a human and need sustenance so EAT