All the police forces?

Deus Ex, Cyberpunk 2077, Surviving Mars, Stellaris and SWTOR.

All of them are my favourite game of all time.

Meh.

I know phone companies and social media companies are unethical and exploitative but seriously…

We know the phones are not helping

Learn to uninstall the app or turn the thing off.

If you’re using your phone as escapism, the phone isn’t the problem, the thing you’re escaping from is!

Ferengi rules.

Doesn’t want to end oppression, wants to become the oppressor.

They already got Marines backing up police.

I Seriously doubt this is true

The dark side is a pathway to many abilities that some consider unnatural.

Yeah, that’s called being Bi, not being Gay!

I’m currently running the latest version from F-droid, it’s doing what it should do. No red flags I can see.

I know the current owner as much as the previous one so no difference for me.

Is that a baguette sword on her back?

That’s easy, only had one!

My husband is gay, but I’m not.

He doesn’t mind me noticing other people, we’ll often comment on what we think of an actor in a film. He’s fine having a laugh about this when we’re talking about the guys but doesn’t a mocking dismissive face if I talk about the women on the screen 🤣

Its not a competition.

More than one thing can be bad.

Invalidating People’s feelings is a terrible habit to get into and leads to a lot of bad stuff for everyone

Yeah, I’m not gonna claim it’s easy, only that it’s preferable to the alternative.

You just say that.

Please just say it.

I can work with that.

The alternative just winds me up.

Yeah, I totally agree that there’s an issue. You seem the best suggesting that some scientists are wasting time.

What’s your hypothesis on the motivation for that? Is it in individual or systemic Change that’s needed?

I’m reminded of a quote…

There are two kinds of scientific progress: the methodical
experimentation and categorization which gradually extend the
boundaries of knowledge, and the revolutionary leap of genius
which redefines and transcends those boundaries. Acknowledging
our debt to the former, we yearn nonetheless for the latter.

      -- Academician Prokhor Zakharov,
          "Address to the Faculty"

This often represents an issue in the reporting not the science.

A new study which explores the details of those volatile organic compounds might be reported the same as a less robust, detailed or specific study from the 80s because it has to make a good headline now, just like it did back then.

There’s also the need to keep updating research, to replicate old studies to prove the evidence still counts, especially in the field of ecology since so many are inclined to dismiss the science in that field which could literally kill us all.

That’s one option.

In the UK there’s also a more vocational route, part time study, mixed with practice and focused on doing the job rather than learning about the job.

I always had an interest in understanding humans, I find the way their minds work endlessly fascinating.

So I did a lot of study on the subject until one day I parked my old job and trained as a therapist.

After that I got invited to stay on at the college and teach. Been doing that for eight years now, alongside my practice, and I love it.

I spend my days answering questions from people who want to learn, who have chosen to be there and whose goal is to make a difference in the world.

It’s a privilege and a good way to earn a living.

Double Jesus! 😀

Almost all creative acts create stuff that isn’t “objectively valuable”

We’ve been tricked into thinking that’s what creativity is about. It’s only worthwhile if it’s “succesful”

That’s not why humans have creativity though.