musing about religion in Malaya prior to Islamization
From https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Religion_in_Malaysia
"Traditional beliefs are still practised by the Orang Asal people. Loosely classified as animism, the beliefs are not recognised by the state as a religion. Animistic beliefs are passed down through oral tradition due to the lack of a writing system in indigenous groups, who call their beliefs agama adat (traditional or customary religions). (cont)
benene chips intro post
Loosely adapted from my RadTown (main) intro:
#introduction I'm Nadiah, raised cis woman (and presenting that way in the Malaysian public, though that might change soon). I'm okay with "she/her" but am getting used to "they/them".
I'm #actuallyautistic and I have difficulty managing my attention. As much as I missed making art, I'm also trying not to force myself and end up feeling bad for not creating.
I β€οΈ #nature & π #birds as well as the household's Orange Cat
Read both articles, the latter ends:
"If well-paid US columnists start becoming preoccupied with human rights in your country, it is a pretty good sign that you are about to get bombed. It is also remarkable how quickly those same pundits will lose their acute interest in human rights in a nation after a US intervention."
it's funny to me how much of hacker culture has become this weird performance of the worst parts of what the community was 20 years ago. The "script kiddies" all got corporate and government jobs that tolerate their faux-revolutionary/edgy performances in order to recruit impressionable boys.
uk pol, fascism in action
so Downing St themselves (piffle himself, or a triangle-haired minion?) rewrote the race report they commissioned to fit their own preferred - false - narrative
this kind of thing has brought down governments in the past, but i doubt it'll do more than raise an eyebrow today, so inured have we all become to the current pack of crooks, chancers and fascists and their manoeuvres and manipulations
someone bang on Keir Starmer's loo door, he's asleep on the netty
general meta, learning mindsets
Imagine if debates revolved around genuine curiosity and vulnerability based on trust. What if conversations were like, "let's find out together about this thing, and also share how we feel about what we learn including and especially the pain and fear" as opposed to "I will DESTROY you with my superior facts and logic and you will have to live with your wrongness for the rest of your life, you loser!!"
I have gone into plenty of conversations with the latter mindset, and even when I "won" and felt the warm glow of victory it was ultimately hollow. It's why I sought out a social network where it's easier to keep these interactions from happening in the first place, because "pwning" someone who come at you in bad faith is mostly draining and a waste of time.
Maybe this kind of moderation is the best we can do in a generally bad-faith environment; I am by no means saying one side of a conversation should unilaterally disarm and be vulnerable to the other, because it just doesn't work without genuine good faith on both sides.
Today got off to a weird start when the chimney dispensed a pigeon into the living room. We got the dog out of the way, opened the patio door and shooed the birb outside.
Today continued weird when this happened again shortly afterwards. Not sure if it was the same pigeon - this one flew around the living room and got itself stuck in a corner.
The dog is very confused that the fireplace has become a pigeon dispenser.
physical health ?? family --
Mom tells me to "wait and see" what's wrong with my throat because she dreads the admin hell that comes with sending me for tonsil operation
Woman, at least let me see a doctor to find out what the fuck is wrong with my throat, because something about my voice has been OFF AS HELL these weeks and I tend to wake up with my throat sore and dry
medical expences, not having money, asking for donations
My body is not exactly in cooperative mode, and I need someone who knows how bodies in my state need to be maintained to do some maintenance on it.
I've been postponing this because it's expensive. Postponing getting health care is not very healthy, so if anyone want's to chip in a bit I'll be eternally thankful.
My donation links are
https://ko-fi.com/syrosalusita (one time) or https://liberapay.com/Lilletale (also one time, but it looks like it's recurring)
Nad/Nadiah (and Pinion) | 29 | they/them/she/her | liege/archon/queen | adult-diagnosed #actuallyautistic
Malaysian | Multi-fandom metalhead #Leverage, #DBD, #Venom, #NixHydra #TheArcana, #Markiplier, #JackSepticEye, #Dorohedoro, #Terraria; content sometimes 18+
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