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The phrase "knowledge is power" takes on a profound significance these days, as we observe an unsettling trend among students who, driven by the currents of popular opinion and social media, are engaging in "protests" fueled by misinformation and, disturbingly, anti-Semitism.
It is critical to step back and consider the true essence and responsibility that comes with this power.
True empowerment comes from the ability to think critically, to differentiate between opinion and fact, and to understand the historical and cultural contexts of the issues at hand.
Engaging with knowledge is about building a more informed, empathetic, and cohesive society. We owe it to ourselves and to each other to strive for a deeper understanding and to use our voices not just to speak, but to speak truth.
As you navigate through the noise, remember: your voice is your power, but it's your responsibility to ensure it’s powered by truth and understanding.
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"I've noticed that about your people, Doctor. You find it easier to understand the death of one than the death of a million. You speak about the objective hardness of the Vulcan heart, yet how little room there seems to be in yours."
- Spock, #TOS S2E18 The Immunity Syndromenow THIS is #StarTrek commentary on human beings I can get behind. hell yes Vulcans are more empathetic than humans
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@mj The point of the article is that there are certain brain patterns on fMRI that appear to correlate with politics and attraction to #Authoritarian viewpoints.
For example, “greater #Liberalism [#LeftWing thinking] was associated with increased grey matter volume in the anterior cingulate cortex”. This part of the brain is associated with #Empathy. So, maybe this research proves that those on the left are more empathetic.”
And those receptive to authoritarianism showed “signs of damage to the so-called ventro-medial prefrontal cortex. This is an area that is associated with #SocialIntelligence and #Tolerance.”
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#WritersCoffeeClub Ch 6 Nbr 20 — What's the secret to writing a good blurb?
Since I have no secret, I'll give you what I would do. (Example below.)
Pick an interesting cliffhanger, realization, or quote (or a combination) from the middle of your novel that stars your most empathetic character. Think of it as cover art in word form.
Summarize it in five sentences.
End with a "but they didn't know, or dreaded that they did know, " that they were "in danger, found a lover, or was being kidnapped, etc." type of last line.
Do not explain place, politics, or personalities or /anything/ that could be considered /getting into the weeds/. Only "plain words" or "common genre jargon" may apply. No exceptions. This is the same rule for the first half page of a short story, and first three pages of a novel.
If 3rd person, give a name for the reader to latch on to.
If 1st person, make the 1st person POV sound like they know they are in deep doo-doo.
Do give a hint of whether it is space opera, high fantasy, romance, historical, etc.
If the story revolves around gender, gender roles, sexual preference, body image, eroticism, or other potentially niche sub-genres that would sell to your intended audience, or cause the wrong audience to never to read a story by you again, ensuring that's clear may be advisable. Your choice.
You need to make the five sentences intrigue the reader. You may want to make them mysterious, also.
You are under no obligation to explain the whole story. /So. Don't./
It is okay for the blurb to mislead about the broader story so long as:
- The event happens as portrayed.
- How you portray it is valid in the context of the story.
/Keep it simple./
Example: (For /Inklings/)
/Beasts/ I could understand. /Beasts/ were straightforward in their dangerous natures. Not so much /human beasts/. Because Her Highness had figured out it was me who'd spoken to the red dragon and convinced it to stop setting farms afire, and that I lived amongst and hunted with wolves I'd also befriended, she forced me attend her magic university to learn to become more human. What I didn't know about acting like a "normal" human female wasn't simply embarrassing in society's eyes—like you don't wear only a loincloth in public—certain offenses could also get you killed.
Analysis:
- Five sentences, some much larger than others.
- First three sentences are a quote.
- They signal fantasy, as "magic" and "dragon" later do in plain genre jargon.
- "Human beast" is intriguing.
- Convincing a dragon makes the POV sound strong.
- Wolves makes POV sound dangerous.
- "Her Highness"is a name to latch on to and signals royalty.
- University suggests a milieu, modernity, and suggests character ages.
- "Befriended" says not in Kansas Toto and adds mystery.
- Loin cloth and embarrassment set body image issues and possibly nudity, possible suggestive content.
- Last sentence suggests POV is a fish out of water and is worried she might get killed despite seemingly powerful. It makes you wonder why and worry how?
- Events all taken from story, though emphasis is changed.
[Author retains copyright (c)2024 RS.]
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#WritersCoffeeClub Ch 6 Nbr 20 — What's the secret to writing a good blurb?
Since I have no secret, I'll give you what I would do. (Example below.)
Pick an interesting cliffhanger, realization, or quote (or a combination) from the middle of your novel that stars your most empathetic character. Think of it as cover art in word form.
Summarize it in five sentences.
End with a "but they didn't know, or dreaded that they did know, " that they were "in danger, found a lover, or was being kidnapped, etc." type of last line.
Do not explain place, politics, or personalities or /anything/ that could be considered /getting into the weeds/. Only "plain words" or "common genre jargon" may apply. No exceptions. This is the same rule for the first half page of a short story, and first three pages of a novel.
If 3rd person, give a name for the reader to latch on to.
If 1st person, make the 1st person POV sound like they know they are in deep doo-doo.
Do give a hint of whether it is space opera, high fantasy, romance, historical, etc.
If the story revolves around gender, gender roles, sexual preference, body image, eroticism, or other potentially niche sub-genres that would sell to your intended audience, or cause the wrong audience to never to read a story by you again, ensuring that's clear may be advisable. Your choice.
You need to make the five sentences intrigue the reader. You may want to make them mysterious, also.
You are under no obligation to explain the whole story. /So. Don't./
It is okay for the blurb to mislead about the broader story so long as:
- The event happens as portrayed.
- How you portray it is valid in the context of the story.
/Keep it simple./
Example: (For /Inklings/)
/Beasts/ I could understand. /Beasts/ were straightforward in their dangerous natures. Not so much /human beasts/. Because Her Highness had figured out it was me who'd spoken to the red dragon and convinced it to stop setting farms afire, and that I lived amongst and hunted with wolves I'd also befriended, she forced me attend her magic university to learn to become more human. What I didn't know about acting like a "normal" human female wasn't simply embarrassing in society's eyes—like you don't wear only a loincloth in public—certain offenses could also get you killed.
Analysis:
- Five sentences, some much larger than others.
- First three sentences are a quote.
- They signal fantasy, as "magic" and "dragon" later do in plain genre jargon.
- "Human beast" is intriguing.
- Convincing a dragon makes the POV sound strong.
- Wolves makes POV sound dangerous.
- "Her Highness"is a name to latch on to and signals royalty.
- University suggests a milieu, modernity, and suggests character ages.
- "Befriended" says not in Kansas Toto and adds mystery.
- Loin cloth and embarrassment set body image issues and possibly nudity, possible suggestive content.
- Last sentence suggests POV is a fish out of water and is worried she might get killed despite seemingly powerful. It makes you wonder why and worry how?
- Events all taken from story, though emphasis is changed.
[Author retains copyright (c)2024 RS.]
#BoostingIsSharing and #CommentingIsCool
#fiction #fantasy #sf #sff #sciencefiction #writing #writer #writers #author #writingcommunity #writersOfMastodon
#RSdiscussion #blurb #jacketblurb #writingAdvice -
#WritersCoffeeClub Ch 6 Nbr 20 — What's the secret to writing a good blurb?
Since I have no secret, I'll give you what I would do. (Example below.)
Pick an interesting cliffhanger, realization, or quote (or a combination) from the middle of your novel that stars your most empathetic character. Think of it as cover art in word form.
Summarize it in five sentences.
End with a "but they didn't know, or dreaded that they did know, " that they were "in danger, found a lover, or was being kidnapped, etc." type of last line.
Do not explain place, politics, or personalities or /anything/ that could be considered /getting into the weeds/. Only "plain words" or "common genre jargon" may apply. No exceptions. This is the same rule for the first half page of a short story, and first three pages of a novel.
If 3rd person, give a name for the reader to latch on to.
If 1st person, make the 1st person POV sound like they know they are in deep doo-doo.
Do give a hint of whether it is space opera, high fantasy, romance, historical, etc.
If the story revolves around gender, gender roles, sexual preference, body image, eroticism, or other potentially niche sub-genres that would sell to your intended audience, or cause the wrong audience to never to read a story by you again, ensuring that's clear may be advisable. Your choice.
You need to make the five sentences intrigue the reader. You may want to make them mysterious, also.
You are under no obligation to explain the whole story. /So. Don't./
It is okay for the blurb to mislead about the broader story so long as:
- The event happens as portrayed.
- How you portray it is valid in the context of the story.
/Keep it simple./
Example: (For /Inklings/)
/Beasts/ I could understand. /Beasts/ were straightforward in their dangerous natures. Not so much /human beasts/. Because Her Highness had figured out it was me who'd spoken to the red dragon and convinced it to stop setting farms afire, and that I lived amongst and hunted with wolves I'd also befriended, she forced me attend her magic university to learn to become more human. What I didn't know about acting like a "normal" human female wasn't simply embarrassing in society's eyes—like you don't wear only a loincloth in public—certain offenses could also get you killed.
Analysis:
- Five sentences, some much larger than others.
- First three sentences are a quote.
- They signal fantasy, as "magic" and "dragon" later do in plain genre jargon.
- "Human beast" is intriguing.
- Convincing a dragon makes the POV sound strong.
- Wolves makes POV sound dangerous.
- "Her Highness"is a name to latch on to and signals royalty.
- University suggests a milieu, modernity, and suggests character ages.
- "Befriended" says not in Kansas Toto and adds mystery.
- Loin cloth and embarrassment set body image issues and possibly nudity, possible suggestive content.
- Last sentence suggests POV is a fish out of water and is worried she might get killed despite seemingly powerful. It makes you wonder why and worry how?
- Events all taken from story, though emphasis is changed.
[Author retains copyright (c)2024 RS.]
#BoostingIsSharing and #CommentingIsCool
#fiction #fantasy #sf #sff #sciencefiction #writing #writer #writers #author #writingcommunity #writersOfMastodon
#RSdiscussion #blurb #jacketblurb #writingAdvice -
#WritersCoffeeClub Ch 6 Nbr 20 — What's the secret to writing a good blurb?
Since I have no secret, I'll give you what I would do. (Example below.)
Pick an interesting cliffhanger, realization, or quote (or a combination) from the middle of your novel that stars your most empathetic character. Think of it as cover art in word form.
Summarize it in five sentences.
End with a "but they didn't know, or dreaded that they did know, " that they were "in danger, found a lover, or was being kidnapped, etc." type of last line.
Do not explain place, politics, or personalities or /anything/ that could be considered /getting into the weeds/. Only "plain words" or "common genre jargon" may apply. No exceptions. This is the same rule for the first half page of a short story, and first three pages of a novel.
If 3rd person, give a name for the reader to latch on to.
If 1st person, make the 1st person POV sound like they know they are in deep doo-doo.
Do give a hint of whether it is space opera, high fantasy, romance, historical, etc.
If the story revolves around gender, gender roles, sexual preference, body image, eroticism, or other potentially niche sub-genres that would sell to your intended audience, or cause the wrong audience to never to read a story by you again, ensuring that's clear may be advisable. Your choice.
You need to make the five sentences intrigue the reader. You may want to make them mysterious, also.
You are under no obligation to explain the whole story. /So. Don't./
It is okay for the blurb to mislead about the broader story so long as:
- The event happens as portrayed.
- How you portray it is valid in the context of the story.
/Keep it simple./
Example: (For /Inklings/)
/Beasts/ I could understand. /Beasts/ were straightforward in their dangerous natures. Not so much /human beasts/. Because Her Highness had figured out it was me who'd spoken to the red dragon and convinced it to stop setting farms afire, and that I lived amongst and hunted with wolves I'd also befriended, she forced me attend her magic university to learn to become more human. What I didn't know about acting like a "normal" human female wasn't simply embarrassing in society's eyes—like you don't wear only a loincloth in public—certain offenses could also get you killed.
Analysis:
- Five sentences, some much larger than others.
- First three sentences are a quote.
- They signal fantasy, as "magic" and "dragon" later do in plain genre jargon.
- "Human beast" is intriguing.
- Convincing a dragon makes the POV sound strong.
- Wolves makes POV sound dangerous.
- "Her Highness"is a name to latch on to and signals royalty.
- University suggests a milieu, modernity, and suggests character ages.
- "Befriended" says not in Kansas Toto and adds mystery.
- Loin cloth and embarrassment set body image issues and possibly nudity, possible suggestive content.
- Last sentence suggests POV is a fish out of water and is worried she might get killed despite seemingly powerful. It makes you wonder why and worry how?
- Events all taken from story, though emphasis is changed.
[Author retains copyright (c)2024 RS.]
#BoostingIsSharing and #CommentingIsCool
#fiction #fantasy #sf #sff #sciencefiction #writing #writer #writers #author #writingcommunity #writersOfMastodon
#RSdiscussion #blurb #jacketblurb #writingAdvice -
#WritersCoffeeClub Ch 6 Nbr 20 — What's the secret to writing a good blurb?
Since I have no secret, I'll give you what I would do. (Example below.)
Pick an interesting cliffhanger, realization, or quote (or a combination) from the middle of your novel that stars your most empathetic character. Think of it as cover art in word form.
Summarize it in five sentences.
End with a "but they didn't know, or dreaded that they did know, " that they were "in danger, found a lover, or was being kidnapped, etc." type of last line.
Do not explain place, politics, or personalities or /anything/ that could be considered /getting into the weeds/. Only "plain words" or "common genre jargon" may apply. No exceptions. This is the same rule for the first half page of a short story, and first three pages of a novel.
If 3rd person, give a name for the reader to latch on to.
If 1st person, make the 1st person POV sound like they know they are in deep doo-doo.
Do give a hint of whether it is space opera, high fantasy, romance, historical, etc.
If the story revolves around gender, gender roles, sexual preference, body image, eroticism, or other potentially niche sub-genres that would sell to your intended audience, or cause the wrong audience to never to read a story by you again, ensuring that's clear may be advisable. Your choice.
You need to make the five sentences intrigue the reader. You may want to make them mysterious, also.
You are under no obligation to explain the whole story. /So. Don't./
It is okay for the blurb to mislead about the broader story so long as:
- The event happens as portrayed.
- How you portray it is valid in the context of the story.
/Keep it simple./
Example: (For /Inklings/)
/Beasts/ I could understand. /Beasts/ were straightforward in their dangerous natures. Not so much /human beasts/. Because Her Highness had figured out it was me who'd spoken to the red dragon and convinced it to stop setting farms afire, and that I lived amongst and hunted with wolves I'd also befriended, she forced me attend her magic university to learn to become more human. What I didn't know about acting like a "normal" human female wasn't simply embarrassing in society's eyes—like you don't wear only a loincloth in public—certain offenses could also get you killed.
Analysis:
- Five sentences, some much larger than others.
- First three sentences are a quote.
- They signal fantasy, as "magic" and "dragon" later do in plain genre jargon.
- "Human beast" is intriguing.
- Convincing a dragon makes the POV sound strong.
- Wolves makes POV sound dangerous.
- "Her Highness"is a name to latch on to and signals royalty.
- University suggests a milieu, modernity, and suggests character ages.
- "Befriended" says not in Kansas Toto and adds mystery.
- Loin cloth and embarrassment set body image issues and possibly nudity, possible suggestive content.
- Last sentence suggests POV is a fish out of water and is worried she might get killed despite seemingly powerful. It makes you wonder why and worry how?
- Events all taken from story, though emphasis is changed.
[Author retains copyright (c)2024 RS.]
#BoostingIsSharing and #CommentingIsCool
#fiction #fantasy #sf #sff #sciencefiction #writing #writer #writers #author #writingcommunity #writersOfMastodon
#RSdiscussion #blurb #jacketblurb #writingAdvice -
Jumping all the way to 2022, Ookubo voiced the dragon girl Tania in #BeastTamer. A prideful challenge, Tania eventually found herself in Rein's party, proving herself to be a reliable and friendly companion, even as her feelings deepened for Rein. With over a decade of experience by this point, Ookubo was able to give a strong, empathetic performance for a character who still worked her way through the world in order to help others.
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Persephone Station by Stina Leicht (2021)
TBR 1/52This is the cyberiest of cyberpunk, with a "first alien contact gone wrong" overlay. Reminded me of CJ Cherryh's action-driven SF and Pat Cadigan's cyberpunk.
A rag-tag crew of enforcers that are as much family as battle-buddies, an immortal, nonbinary gangster boss, an empathetic AGI (artificial general intelligence) newly decanted into a biological body on a mission of mercy. Recommended.
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Something to Know About Defensiveness:
“The first rule of effective debate, argument, or heated conversation is to never, ever, get defensive.” On what we label as #defensiveness, and a story that appears more complete and empathetic.
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“Long-haulers … should be front and center of every story, not merely fodder for anecdotal ledes. Before the #pandemic, I mostly interviewed academics with advanced degrees and institutional affiliations. #LongCovid taught me to also seek expertise from actual experience, instead of mere credentials.”
@edyong209
on how #Covid19 made him a more empathetic reporter. @TheAtlantic deserves a shoutout for supporting his workNYT opinion
#WorthYourTime
#FreeLink
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CW: A good / happy dentist story
It wasn’t a fluke. Today I had a sedated dental cleaning and it was absolutely painless and my teeth are clean and I am not at all afraid to go back and at every stage the hygienist and I had hand signals worked out in case I needed her to stop (I didn’t). She has sensitive teeth too. She was the kindest, most empathetic hygienist I’ve ever seen.
I am so relieved to have found this clinic (and so furious I didn’t find care like this decades ago).
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Generosity and benevolence are two luminous threads in the fabric of human character, intertwining to create a tapestry of kindness and compassion that enriches both giver and receiver.
By embodying these values, we set an example for others and contribute to a kinder, more empathetic world.
#generosity #benevolence #generous #hebrew #language #languageskills #LanguageJourney #languagedevelopment #languagelearning
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“We are with you.”
In moments of disaster—or rather, moments when the everyday disasters of this barbarous social order become heightened into, say, blatant and accelerated genocide in Palestine or state repression of anarchism in Atlanta—solidarity blossoms. The kind of solidarity that at least for a time, “out-organizes” charity and its top-down, liberal do-gooder, nonprofit-ally complex or even Marxist-Leninist-Maoist vultures.
It’s a solidarity in which social relations matter—reciprocal, genuine, empathetic, communally caring. It’s a solidarity that moves side by side—with those who have taken the side of life and liberation, dignity and freedom. It’s a solidarity that holds solid, whether we’re friends or not, against the powers that be, the powers that oppress and occupy, imprison and kill. It’s a solidarity that already practices the worlds we want and deserve—even when pulling the wounded and dead from the rubble.
It is a labor of love.
I’ve seen solidarity through the lens of Palestinians in Gaza with “press” across their chests, documenting not just the carnage but also the ways people cooperate to rescue each other or craft DIY “ambulances” or share what little bread they have.
I’ve seen solidarity this past week in the tireless, round-the-clock court, jail, and bail support for 61 codefendants being arraigned on absurd RICO charges meant to stop @stopcopcity, and the before, during, and aftercare that’s offered simply because that’s what we should do for anyone facing the boot of state repression.
I’ve seen solidarity in the “smallest” of ways that feel big right now during in-person organizing because they hold us together emotionally and physically, build trust, and grow our resistance. Like at our 1,000-person-strong speak-out and march this past Saturday in Asheville, from snack and medical herbs wagons full of free goodies, to discreet community self-defense, to a public grief altar, to a banner that says “we are with you, free Palestine” in Arabic, as a gesture beyond borders created by nations-states that instead extends a hand of self-determined neighborliness and shared struggle, shared fate, shared future.
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Young people call up the dead which goes horribly wrong, of course, in Talk To Me (Danny and Michael Philippou, 2023). The best horror is when it's actually about grief and guilt. Scary as hell, very smart but also touching and empathetic. #FrontaalNaaktFilm #HalloweenMovies
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I don't know who else needs to see/hear this today, but I might as well put it out there...
https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/basics/compassion-fatigue
#CompassionFatigue is a real phenomenon, and #PsychicNumbing is what helps us get on with our own lives instead of falling into despair.
"... “psychic numbing”—the ability to dial down one’s empathetic instincts while on the job, freeing up cognitive resources to find solutions to the problems in front of them rather than becoming paralyzed by the scope of need they see."
Remember that you're important too, and that whatever's not in your control is not in your control. You can do little things to help here and there, but ultimately you have to put on your own oxygen mask before you help anyone else with theirs, because if you don't, then you won't be able to help anyone else with theirs.
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#PennedPossiblities 4/10
How do your characters want to be perceived?Vic: Dependable and intelligent. Not that she isn't already, in her own way, just that others often just see her as a bit reckless with her tenacity. She just hasn't learned how to use it to project the image she wants.
Robert: Caring and empathetic. He struggles with expressing his care and his emotions. The people closest to him have figured out his tells, but it's new people that he has a tough time conveying that to. -
This morning I thought about how my colleague Evan has been detained in solitary in Russia, for nothing -- as a geopolitical pawn, it seems -- and I teared up.
It absolutely kills me.
He represents the best of us -- inquisitive, smart, empathetic -- and they grabbed him on made-up charges. (They accused him of spying, basically.)
It's so heartbreaking.
I don't pray but if I did, it would be for Evan to come home as soon as possible.
https://www.wsj.com/world/evan-gershkovich-a-letter-from-his-family-10db5ccd?st=fi9ouy4ovx9pa7y
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Empathy
Previously I’ve mentioned David Gross who’s written a long series of articles on virtues. It’s worth discovering his Notes on Empathy.
The basis of empathy is being able to see things from someone else’s point of view. Empathy lets us ‘walk a mile in another man’s shoes’, look at the world through the eyes of another, or any number of other now-clichéd phrases. But while that perspective-taking seems intimately tied to the emotion of the thing – you walk in someone’s shoes to feel their pain, look through their eyes to understand their feelings – it need not be. As recent research suggests, there are times when becoming too emotionally involved actually stifles our empathetic capacity.
~ Maria Konnikova from, Empathy depends on a cool head as much as a warm heart | Aeon Essaysslip:4uaeea22.
I wonder the ordering of the following shifts in my experience, and how these shifts influenced each other: The decrease in the frequency, duration, and intensity of anger I feel? The realization that the anger I was feeling was not—certainly not as often as I believed it was—righteous indignation, nor even true indignation? The understanding of what petulance is and feels like? The increasingly frequent experience of empathy and the emotional experiences it enables? The shift to experiencing frustrations (in the noun-sense that a door is a frustration to movement) as opportunities for further exploration, rather than as blockades and existential crises?
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#7ForSunday #Anger #DavidGross #Empathy #Indignation #MariaKonnikova -
The best part of #RedElection is one of the best, fully #human, #female #characters I've ever seen in #tv or #film: #KatrinePoulson, played by #VictoriaCarmenSonne.
She's likeable and very unlikeable, honest and deceitful, direct and manipulative, unfeelingly cold and empathetic, understanding and ruthlessly unforgiving.
Great #writing and excellent #acting create a compelling #character.
When you think you know her, you don't.
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Remember FediFriends :heart_cyber::
Mastodon instances admins are going through a very challenging time right now.
They have difficult, often heartbreaking, decisions to make 💔
They have a lot of changes to managed :blob_dizzy_face:
They have large influx in traffic to deal with :blobastonished:
And they have to deal with all of our comments and strong opinions about this :oh_no:
Be Kind with instance administrators and moderation teams. Even when you do not agree with their choices. You can state your opinion, but always remain polite and empathetic.
This is volunteer work!
They all deserve our kindness 💚#Mastodon #Fediverse #Meta #Metapocalypse #Threads #TwitterMigration #RedditMigration #KindnessIsFree
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The Care Factor by Ailsa Wild, published March 2021.
This is an almost real-time memoir of a very busy nurse from Royal Melbourne Hospital and associated characters during the first phases of the pandemic in 2020.
It's a powerful, empathetic glimpse into the challenges and superpowers of health care workers at the epicentre of the pandemic in this country.
I was largely insulated from the effects of the early pandemic in covid-free Canberra, so I found it really moving.
Brought to me by my always excellent local street library
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The Care Factor by Ailsa Wild, published March 2021.
This is an almost real-time memoir of a very busy nurse from Royal Melbourne Hospital and associated characters during the first phases of the pandemic in 2020.
It's a powerful, empathetic glimpse into the challenges and superpowers of health care workers at the epicentre of the pandemic in this country.
I was largely insulated from the effects of the early pandemic in covid-free Canberra, so I found it really moving.
Brought to me by my always excellent local street library
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The Care Factor by Ailsa Wild, published March 2021.
This is an almost real-time memoir of a very busy nurse from Royal Melbourne Hospital and associated characters during the first phases of the pandemic in 2020.
It's a powerful, empathetic glimpse into the challenges and superpowers of health care workers at the epicentre of the pandemic in this country.
I was largely insulated from the effects of the early pandemic in covid-free Canberra, so I found it really moving.
Brought to me by my always excellent local street library
⭐⭐⭐⭐
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The Care Factor by Ailsa Wild, published March 2021.
This is an almost real-time memoir of a very busy nurse from Royal Melbourne Hospital and associated characters during the first phases of the pandemic in 2020.
It's a powerful, empathetic glimpse into the challenges and superpowers of health care workers at the epicentre of the pandemic in this country.
I was largely insulated from the effects of the early pandemic in covid-free Canberra, so I found it really moving.
Brought to me by my always excellent local street library
⭐⭐⭐⭐
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The Care Factor by Ailsa Wild, published March 2021.
This is an almost real-time memoir of a very busy nurse from Royal Melbourne Hospital and associated characters during the first phases of the pandemic in 2020.
It's a powerful, empathetic glimpse into the challenges and superpowers of health care workers at the epicentre of the pandemic in this country.
I was largely insulated from the effects of the early pandemic in covid-free Canberra, so I found it really moving.
Brought to me by my always excellent local street library
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#AmReading: All the Living and the Dead:
From Embalmers to Executioners, an Exploration of the People Who Have Made Death Their Life's Work
By Hayley Campbell
Real talk: I was hesitant when I first saw this book because I knew it had the potential to sensationalize or demonize the funeral profession. I was pleasantly surprised to discover that Hayley interviewed exceptional people and portrayed them accurately. Phew!
She didn’t shy away from the graphic nature of each person’s occupation, but she also kept it within a professional context. I appreciate her efforts to shine a light on the workers people prefer to ignore and prove that we’re compassionate and empathetic rather than a flock of vultures (fun fact: it’s actually called a “wake” of vultures).
As a funeral director and embalmer, I highly recommend this book. Everyone ought to know a bit about what happens behind closed doors before passing a broad judgement based on stereotypes.
FYI, this book covers the duties of workers in the USA and UK. Practices and laws vary by location. Here’s the book’s blurb:
“A deeply compelling exploration of the death industry and the people―morticians, detectives, crime scene cleaners, embalmers, executioners―who work in it and what led them there.
We are surrounded by death. It is in our news, our nursery rhymes, our true-crime podcasts. Yet from a young age, we are told that death is something to be feared. How are we supposed to know what we’re so afraid of, when we are never given the chance to look?
Fueled by a childhood fascination with death, journalist Hayley Campbell searches for answers in the people who make a living by working with the dead. Along the way, she encounters mass fatality investigators, embalmers, and a former executioner who is responsible for ending sixty-two lives. She meets gravediggers who have already dug their own graves, visits a cryonics facility in Michigan, goes for late-night Chinese with a homicide detective, and questions a man whose job it is to make crime scenes disappear.”
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#AmReading: All the Living and the Dead:
From Embalmers to Executioners, an Exploration of the People Who Have Made Death Their Life's Work
By Hayley Campbell
Real talk: I was hesitant when I first saw this book because I knew it had the potential to sensationalize or demonize the funeral profession. I was pleasantly surprised to discover that Hayley interviewed exceptional people and portrayed them accurately. Phew!
She didn’t shy away from the graphic nature of each person’s occupation, but she also kept it within a professional context. I appreciate her efforts to shine a light on the workers people prefer to ignore and prove that we’re compassionate and empathetic rather than a flock of vultures (fun fact: it’s actually called a “wake” of vultures).
As a funeral director and embalmer, I highly recommend this book. Everyone ought to know a bit about what happens behind closed doors before passing a broad judgement based on stereotypes.
FYI, this book covers the duties of workers in the USA and UK. Practices and laws vary by location. Here’s the book’s blurb:
“A deeply compelling exploration of the death industry and the people―morticians, detectives, crime scene cleaners, embalmers, executioners―who work in it and what led them there.
We are surrounded by death. It is in our news, our nursery rhymes, our true-crime podcasts. Yet from a young age, we are told that death is something to be feared. How are we supposed to know what we’re so afraid of, when we are never given the chance to look?
Fueled by a childhood fascination with death, journalist Hayley Campbell searches for answers in the people who make a living by working with the dead. Along the way, she encounters mass fatality investigators, embalmers, and a former executioner who is responsible for ending sixty-two lives. She meets gravediggers who have already dug their own graves, visits a cryonics facility in Michigan, goes for late-night Chinese with a homicide detective, and questions a man whose job it is to make crime scenes disappear.”
https://bookshop.org/shop/hisandhearsepress
#HisAndHearsePress #BookRecommendations #BookRecs #Bookstodon #Bookwyrm #Nonfiction #DeathPositive #Funeral #Mortician #DeathCare #DeathProfessional #HayleyCampbell
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#AmReading: All the Living and the Dead:
From Embalmers to Executioners, an Exploration of the People Who Have Made Death Their Life's Work
By Hayley Campbell
Real talk: I was hesitant when I first saw this book because I knew it had the potential to sensationalize or demonize the funeral profession. I was pleasantly surprised to discover that Hayley interviewed exceptional people and portrayed them accurately. Phew!
She didn’t shy away from the graphic nature of each person’s occupation, but she also kept it within a professional context. I appreciate her efforts to shine a light on the workers people prefer to ignore and prove that we’re compassionate and empathetic rather than a flock of vultures (fun fact: it’s actually called a “wake” of vultures).
As a funeral director and embalmer, I highly recommend this book. Everyone ought to know a bit about what happens behind closed doors before passing a broad judgement based on stereotypes.
FYI, this book covers the duties of workers in the USA and UK. Practices and laws vary by location. Here’s the book’s blurb:
“A deeply compelling exploration of the death industry and the people―morticians, detectives, crime scene cleaners, embalmers, executioners―who work in it and what led them there.
We are surrounded by death. It is in our news, our nursery rhymes, our true-crime podcasts. Yet from a young age, we are told that death is something to be feared. How are we supposed to know what we’re so afraid of, when we are never given the chance to look?
Fueled by a childhood fascination with death, journalist Hayley Campbell searches for answers in the people who make a living by working with the dead. Along the way, she encounters mass fatality investigators, embalmers, and a former executioner who is responsible for ending sixty-two lives. She meets gravediggers who have already dug their own graves, visits a cryonics facility in Michigan, goes for late-night Chinese with a homicide detective, and questions a man whose job it is to make crime scenes disappear.”
https://bookshop.org/shop/hisandhearsepress
#HisAndHearsePress #BookRecommendations #BookRecs #Bookstodon #Bookwyrm #Nonfiction #DeathPositive #Funeral #Mortician #DeathCare #DeathProfessional #HayleyCampbell