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Clu | #RipNatenom 🕯<p>Bisschen Seelenbalsam mit elektronischen Klängen bei dem Wahnsinn draußen muss auch mal sein: Vom heute erschienen neuen <a href="https://dizl.de/tags/VNVNation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>VNVNation</span></a>-Album, <a href="https://dizl.de/tags/Construct" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Construct</span></a>: "The Spaces Between" ❤️</p><p>Bin jetzt schon auf den zweiten Teil gespannt - insgesamt sollen zwei Alben ein Gesamtkonzept ergeben: "Construct" Ronans positive, uplifting Seite, "Desoncstruct" die düstere.</p><p><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=314tUMas5eg" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">youtube.com/watch?v=314tUMas5e</span><span class="invisible">g</span></a></p>
maerchen1313 on Twitch<p>Hello new (and old) wavers! I'm a TOON live with TUNES every Tuesday, Saturday &amp; Sunday on Twitch. Here's my schedule through the end of May. Come say hi! --&gt; <a href="https://twitch.tv/maerchen1313" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="">twitch.tv/maerchen1313</span><span class="invisible"></span></a> </p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/music" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>music</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/art" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>art</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/radio" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>radio</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/comics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>comics</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/anime" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>anime</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/digitalart" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>digitalart</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/postpunk" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>postpunk</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/goth" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>goth</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/synthwave" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>synthwave</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/synthpop" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>synthpop</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/futurepop" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>futurepop</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/EBM" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>EBM</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/darkelectro" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>darkelectro</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/VSky" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>VSky</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/VTuber" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>VTuber</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Eldenwood" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Eldenwood</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/punk" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>punk</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/DJ" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>DJ</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/darkwave" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>darkwave</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/90s" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>90s</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/90s" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>90s</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/retro" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>retro</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/futurepop" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>futurepop</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/VNVNation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>VNVNation</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Construct" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Construct</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Twitch" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Twitch</span></a></p>
WordofTheHour<p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/construct" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>construct</span></a> : to put together the constituent parts of (something) in their proper place and order</p><p>- French: Construire</p><p>- German: Konstrukt</p><p>- Italian: costruire</p><p>- Portuguese: construir</p><p>- Spanish: construye</p><p>------------</p><p>Word of The Hour's Annual Survey @ <a href="https://wordofthehour.org/r/form" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="">wordofthehour.org/r/form</span><span class="invisible"></span></a></p>
Bytes Europe<p>Kentucky’s first ‘hyperscale data center’ to boost economy <a href="https://www.byteseu.com/674309/" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="">byteseu.com/674309/</span><span class="invisible"></span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/AI" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>AI</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/ArtificialIntelligence" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ArtificialIntelligence</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/build" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>build</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/CampgroundRoad" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>CampgroundRoad</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/construct" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>construct</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/DataCenter" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>DataCenter</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/economy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>economy</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/first" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>first</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/HyperscaleDataCenter" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>HyperscaleDataCenter</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/industry" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>industry</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/JeffersonCounty" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>JeffersonCounty</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/Kentucky" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Kentucky</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/Louisville" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Louisville</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/new" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>new</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/southwest" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>southwest</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/TECH" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>TECH</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/TechIndustry" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>TechIndustry</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/Technology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Technology</span></a></p>
manuelcaeiro ☕<p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/meme" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>meme</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/legality" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>legality</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/power" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>power</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/construct" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>construct</span></a></p>
The Krononaut Moon Project 🌑<p>From a recent thread: <br>"Time is a Construct." </p><p>Most folks could agree that this is a plausible notion. But then, what is a construct? Does it imply a constructor, perceiver, or measurer? Can <a href="https://me.dm/tags/Time" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Time</span></a> or anything else exist without being a <a href="https://me.dm/tags/Construct" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Construct</span></a>? Is a construct itself a construct (a <a href="https://me.dm/tags/recursion" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>recursion</span></a>)? </p><p>3 basic reads: <br>• Time exists outside of anyone's perception. <br>• Without a perceiver or observer, Time collapses. <br>• Time doesn't exist. <br>Or, something else. </p><p><a href="https://me.dm/tags/Community" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Community</span></a> <a href="https://me.dm/tags/TimeTravel" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>TimeTravel</span></a> <a href="https://me.dm/tags/Research" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Research</span></a></p>
Nonilex<p>“We will also go after the biggest drivers of cost for the <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/MiddleClass" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>MiddleClass</span></a> &amp; work to bring them down.And…some would argue, one of the biggest is the cost of <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/housing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>housing</span></a>. So here’s what we will do. We will cut the red tape that stops homes from being built &amp; take on… <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/corporate" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>corporate</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/landlords" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>landlords</span></a> who are hiking <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/rent" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>rent</span></a> prices &amp;…work w/ <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/builders" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>builders</span></a> &amp; <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/developers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>developers</span></a> to <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/construct" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>construct</span></a> 3M new <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/homes" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>homes</span></a> &amp; rentals for the middle class, because increasing the housing supply will help drive down the cost of housing”<br>- <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/KamalaHarris" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>KamalaHarris</span></a></p>
WordofTheHour<p><a href="https://botsin.space/tags/construct" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>construct</span></a> : to put together the constituent parts of (something) in their proper place and order</p><p>- French: Construire</p><p>- German: Konstrukt</p><p>- Italian: costruire</p><p>- Portuguese: construir</p><p>- Spanish: construye</p><p>------------</p><p>Word of The Hour's Annual Survey @ <a href="https://wordofthehour.org/r/form" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="">wordofthehour.org/r/form</span><span class="invisible"></span></a></p>
Susan Larson ♀️🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️🌈<p><a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a> pledges <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/detentioncamps" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>detentioncamps</span></a>, but all the <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/media" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>media</span></a> hears is <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/Biden" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Biden</span></a> is "<a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/old" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>old</span></a>" </p><p>Through a spokesweasel, Donald Trump is vowing to <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/mobilize" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>mobilize</span></a> the <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/military" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>military</span></a> to aid in <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/massdeportations" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>massdeportations</span></a> and to <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/construct" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>construct</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/detentioncamps" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>detentioncamps</span></a> to hold all the people they round up. </p><p><a href="https://boingboing.net/2024/02/21/trump-pledges-detention-camps-but-biden-is-old.html" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">boingboing.net/2024/02/21/trum</span><span class="invisible">p-pledges-detention-camps-but-biden-is-old.html</span></a></p>
David Frank<p>- “ok so how many engines have you tried or learned before?” I have experience doing projects in <a href="https://mastodon.gamedev.place/tags/Love2D" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Love2D</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.gamedev.place/tags/UE4" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>UE4</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.gamedev.place/tags/UE5" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>UE5</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.gamedev.place/tags/GodotEngine" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>GodotEngine</span></a> and other in-house engines, my 8-year experience in <a href="https://mastodon.gamedev.place/tags/Unity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Unity</span></a> are helping me to ask better questions in any other engines I come across.</p><p>- “is Unity your first engine?” No, actually I started with 2D engines like <a href="https://mastodon.gamedev.place/tags/Love2D" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Love2D</span></a> and <a href="https://mastodon.gamedev.place/tags/Construct" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Construct</span></a> because they feel easier to me when I was starting to <a href="https://mastodon.gamedev.place/tags/GameDev" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>GameDev</span></a> as a hobby.</p>
David Frank<p>Honestly I think switching away from <a href="https://mastodon.gamedev.place/tags/Unity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Unity</span></a> might be easier than most might think:</p><p>- Unless you are deep* in development, consider porting to these.</p><p>- <a href="https://mastodon.gamedev.place/tags/GodotEngine" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>GodotEngine</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.gamedev.place/tags/UnrealEngine" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>UnrealEngine</span></a> if you need 3D graphics with great editor.</p><p>- <a href="https://mastodon.gamedev.place/tags/GameMaker" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>GameMaker</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.gamedev.place/tags/Construct" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Construct</span></a> if you need a 2D engine with many features.</p><p>- <a href="https://mastodon.gamedev.place/tags/RenPy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>RenPy</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.gamedev.place/tags/RPGMaker" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>RPGMaker</span></a> if you need genre specific tools.</p><p>-<a href="https://mastodon.gamedev.place/tags/MonoGame" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>MonoGame</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.gamedev.place/tags/SDL" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SDL</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.gamedev.place/tags/Bevy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Bevy</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.gamedev.place/tags/Love2D" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Love2D</span></a> if you prefer a framework around your familiar languages.</p><p>- Know that distinctive gameplay comes from you, not the engine!</p>
Strypey<p>I've posted a few times about matrix homeserver software that can be used instead of Synapse, the reference prototype the Element.io company maintains. </p><p>Construct is programmed in C++.</p><p>It's Conduit that's programmed in Rust.</p><p>I've been getting them confused and posting about Construct being Rust.</p><p>Apologies for the mistake and any confusion caused.</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.nzoss.nz/tags/chat" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>chat</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.nzoss.nz/tags/matrix" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>matrix</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.nzoss.nz/tags/homeserver" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>homeserver</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.nzoss.nz/tags/Construct" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Construct</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.nzoss.nz/tags/Conduit" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Conduit</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.nzoss.nz/tags/Rust" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Rust</span></a></p>
Susan Larson ♀️🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️🌈<p>— These are the people attempting to <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/restrict" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>restrict</span></a> your <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/children" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>children</span></a>'s <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/education" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>education</span></a>, yet they struggle to <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/construct" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>construct</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/coherent" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>coherent</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/sentences" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>sentences</span></a>.</p><p>The image contains the text of the letter referenced in the previous toot. I am not going to dignify it by adding a description to it, sorry vision impaired people.</p>
Shrink4Men<p>There’s really no difference between the <a href="https://lor.sh/tags/LoveBombing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>LoveBombing</span></a> pedestal (<a href="https://lor.sh/tags/idealization" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>idealization</span></a>) and the it’s all your fault POS status (<a href="https://lor.sh/tags/devaluation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>devaluation</span></a>). While one feels better than the other, both are equally meaningless. They’re just different versions of the same <a href="https://lor.sh/tags/manipulation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>manipulation</span></a>. The carrot and the stick are one and the same to the <a href="https://lor.sh/tags/codependent" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>codependent</span></a> <a href="https://lor.sh/tags/PeoplePleaser" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>PeoplePleaser</span></a>.</p><p>Meaning, both conditions can’t simultaneously be true. You can’t be the most amazing, special-est man/woman ever and the most horrible person ever. Especially when a <a href="https://lor.sh/tags/borderline" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>borderline</span></a>, <a href="https://lor.sh/tags/narcissist" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>narcissist</span></a> or <a href="https://lor.sh/tags/histrionic" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>histrionic</span></a> partner vacillates between the two extremes multiple times within the same hour. </p><p>But which one is true? Again, neither.</p><p>So many clients are easily manipulated by the mercurial opinion of their <a href="https://lor.sh/tags/BPD" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>BPD</span></a>, <a href="https://lor.sh/tags/NPD" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>NPD</span></a> or <a href="https://lor.sh/tags/HPD" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>HPD</span></a> partner. It's the reason they walk on eggshells. <a href="https://lor.sh/tags/ClusterB" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ClusterB</span></a> <a href="https://lor.sh/tags/PersonalityDisorder" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>PersonalityDisorder</span></a>-ed people don’t have a cohesive, stable sense of themselves (i.e., <a href="https://lor.sh/tags/construct" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>construct</span></a>). Hence their rage and perceived <a href="https://lor.sh/tags/victimhood" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>victimhood</span></a> at the smallest and/or imaginary slight or criticism. As such, their construct of other people – including you -- is similarly unstable.</p><p>“You bought me a new car!!! Yay!!! I love you!!! Thank you, daddy!!!! Best daddy ever!!!!!” </p><p>“You won’t let me have a third cookie!!!! Mean mommy!!! I hate you!!!!!”</p><p>Therefore, any approval from a BPD, HPD or NPD person is meaningless if it can change on a dime. This becomes a manipulation tactic once they figure out the power they can wield by alternating withholding love or blowing smoke up your butt (i.e., variable ratio reinforcement schedule). </p><p>It’s all the same to them. </p><p>In my experience, these individuals enjoy being cruel more and resent having to love bomb or <a href="https://lor.sh/tags/Hoover" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Hoover</span></a>. The overt cruelty is more enjoyable because of the contempt they feel for you for tolerating their abuse. I also suspect it makes them feel more powerful when their victim grovels for love. Contemptuous and powerful.</p><p>Furthermore, healthy adults don't change their opinion of you just because they occasionally feel irritated, hurt or disappointed by you. In fact, healthy adults can still love and respect their partner even when they’re super angry with them. And can do so without engaging in wanton cruelty or childish nonsense. Imagine that!</p><p>If you're still trying to make it work with a disordered partner because you don't think you can live without their approval, please understand that for which you’re tolerating abuse IS NOT REAL. It’s your codependency and need for external validation from someone who'll never be capable of giving it to you that's real. They'll continue to exploit your vulnerabilities and abuse you for as long as you're willing to suffer it and them.</p><p><a href="https://lor.sh/tags/AbuseHasNoGender" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>AbuseHasNoGender</span></a> <a href="https://lor.sh/tags/TheMoreYouKnow" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>TheMoreYouKnow</span></a></p>
WordofTheHour<p><a href="https://botsin.space/tags/construct" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>construct</span></a> : to put together the constituent parts of (something) in their proper place and order</p><p>- French: Construire</p><p>- German: Konstrukt</p><p>- Italian: costruire</p><p>- Portuguese: construir</p><p>- Spanish: construye</p><p>------------</p><p>Word of The Hour's Annual Survey @ <a href="https://wordofthehour.org/r/form" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="">wordofthehour.org/r/form</span><span class="invisible"></span></a></p>
Patrick Stewart<p>I've been dreaming a lot lately of the <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/future" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>future</span></a> and what can be. However, as <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/Dumbledoor" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Dumbledoor</span></a> once said, "It does not do to dwell on dreams and forget to live." As people, we are programed to analyze, <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/construct" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>construct</span></a>, and solve. But <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/nature" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>nature</span></a> isn't a puzzle to be put together. I fully believe life can't be solved. It can, however, be enjoyed. We can swim with it's flow and not against it. That doesn't mean we just sit there and let it beat us against the <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/rocks" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>rocks</span></a>, but it does mean that <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/life" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>life</span></a> doesn't need to be such a struggle all the time if we just remember to <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/relax" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>relax</span></a> and only <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/fight" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>fight</span></a> when we need to. The <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/Tao" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Tao</span></a> is going to move you through <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/time" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>time</span></a> and <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/space" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>space</span></a> no matter what. So hang on, steer your <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/boat" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>boat</span></a> away from any rocks you can see, and try to relax as much as you can. You won't alway avoid the rocks, sometimes they may poke <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/holes" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>holes</span></a> in your boat, but you'll <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/float" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>float</span></a> along just fine. </p><p><a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/Sleep" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Sleep</span></a> well <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/friends" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>friends</span></a>!</p><p><a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/goodnight" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>goodnight</span></a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/goodnightfediverse" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>goodnightfediverse</span></a></p>
Homeboy Sapiens Africanus<p>This is cute. Especially at this time of night</p><p><a href="https://blacktwitter.io/tags/bedtime" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>bedtime</span></a> <a href="https://blacktwitter.io/tags/construct" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>construct</span></a></p>
Nando161<p><a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Police" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Police</span></a> would find their own <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/actions" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>actions</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/appalling" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>appalling</span></a>. Their use of <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/violence" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>violence</span></a> and <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/disregard" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>disregard</span></a> of <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/training" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>training</span></a> are their <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/defining" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>defining</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/policies" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>policies</span></a>. <br>Sadly, if you showed police how they <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/abuse" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>abuse</span></a> the <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/community" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>community</span></a>, they would just <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/react" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>react</span></a> like <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/abusers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>abusers</span></a> and <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/say" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>say</span></a> the community <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/deserves" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>deserves</span></a> the abuse and 'made them' use violence. <br>You can't <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/reform" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>reform</span></a> this <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/broken" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>broken</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/construct" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>construct</span></a>.</p>
Mark@RCR 🌀<p>What Is a <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/Social" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Social</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/Construct" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Construct</span></a>?</p><p>“A social construct is a <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/concept" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>concept</span></a> that exists not in <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/objective" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>objective</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/reality" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>reality</span></a>, but as a result of <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/human" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>human</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/interaction" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>interaction</span></a>. It exists because humans agree that it exists.”</p><p><a href="https://www.verywellmind.com/definition-of-social-construct-1448922" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">verywellmind.com/definition-of</span><span class="invisible">-social-construct-1448922</span></a></p>
Deborah Elizabeth Finn<p>I've been thinking a lot about the <a href="https://social.overlappingmagisteria.org/tags/ChosenOne" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ChosenOne</span></a> <a href="https://social.overlappingmagisteria.org/tags/archetype" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>archetype</span></a>, also known as the <a href="https://social.overlappingmagisteria.org/tags/Monomyth" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Monomyth</span></a> and the <a href="https://social.overlappingmagisteria.org/tags/HerosJourney" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>HerosJourney</span></a>.</p><p>My inspiration is a "<a href="https://social.overlappingmagisteria.org/tags/WitchPlease" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>WitchPlease</span></a>" <a href="https://social.overlappingmagisteria.org/tags/podcast" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>podcast</span></a> episode:</p><p><a href="https://www.ohwitchplease.ca/episodes/m2hjgxb9klzeafk" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">ohwitchplease.ca/episodes/m2hj</span><span class="invisible">gxb9klzeafk</span></a></p><p>The hosts posit that this archetype is not universal in <a href="https://social.overlappingmagisteria.org/tags/storytelling" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>storytelling</span></a>. Instead, they say that is a specifically <a href="https://social.overlappingmagisteria.org/tags/white" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>white</span></a>, <a href="https://social.overlappingmagisteria.org/tags/straight" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>straight</span></a>, <a href="https://social.overlappingmagisteria.org/tags/male" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>male</span></a> <a href="https://social.overlappingmagisteria.org/tags/construct" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>construct</span></a>.</p><p>What do you think?</p><p><a href="https://social.overlappingmagisteria.org/tags/Myth" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Myth</span></a> <br><a href="https://social.overlappingmagisteria.org/tags/Literature" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Literature</span></a> <br><a href="https://social.overlappingmagisteria.org/tags/CulturalAnthropology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>CulturalAnthropology</span></a> <br><a href="https://social.overlappingmagisteria.org/tags/JosephCampbell" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>JosephCampbell</span></a> <br><a href="https://social.overlappingmagisteria.org/tags/Morphology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Morphology</span></a> <br><a href="https://social.overlappingmagisteria.org/tags/Folklore" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Folklore</span></a> <br><a href="https://social.overlappingmagisteria.org/tags/VladimirPropp" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>VladimirPropp</span></a><br><a href="https://social.overlappingmagisteria.org/tags/HarryPotter" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>HarryPotter</span></a><br><span class="h-card"><a href="https://a.gup.pe/u/bookstodon" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>bookstodon</span></a></span><br><span class="h-card"><a href="https://a.gup.pe/u/folklore" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>folklore</span></a></span></p>