I’m not understanding your comparison to the Troubles, because Paisley was the lead figure who fuelled the fires of religious hate through his influence, having founded a number of the groups involved in the incidents that kicked off the Troubles.
Maybe it wasn’t a single speech that caused it, but he was very much the face of the loyalist movement for most of his life.
It was last revised under the Criminal Law Amendment Act 1885 where it was raised from 13 to 16… so I would think it probably was designed exactly that way. None of the parliaments in the UK seem to have any intention of raising it.
Omg this is exactly what I’ve been looking for. I do a lot of media monitoring for work and have been using MBFC to try to measure how reliable my current Google Alerts are, because it throws up some weird and wild news sources.
Tomie isn’t as meme-ified as Amigara fault, or as widely adapted as Uzumaki, but is another of his bigger works, would recommend!
Also, you may have seen a few images from Uzumaki (the hair, the face) but the story is quite long and really unsettling! Would still recommend giving it a read.
How do you pronounce “graphic”?
Isn’t that essentially what Patreon is for though? How is it different (other than I assume no ‘bonus content’ for your sub)?
Okay, but we had that same issue in 2010 before Chrome started to become mainstream. And before that, IE had to compete with Netscape.
Wild they put you on ritalin first. I don’t know much about the chemistry but would trying a low dose of lisdexamphetamine maybe not be helpful, and less stressful on your heart?
Assuming you’re in England/Wales, can you contact ADHD UK for any help in advocating with your health board? Or any local networks?
Question: what stimulants have you tried? Is it possible to try something at a lower dosage, or an alternative stimulant? And what non-stimulants have you tried?
I’m a late diagnosis and have been titrating vyvanse for 3 months now (started at 20mg and moved up to 50mg). I’ve never taken Adderall but from my understanding, as it’s slow release, it should give a ‘smoother’ experience through the day. I ended up settling on 40mg as for me it’s the right balance of benefits vs. side effects. Possibly paradoxically, it’s lowered my resting heart rate - I assume this is as a result of not operating from a place of constant fear anymore.
Microdosing is something I’ve also had my eye on for a while, but until you can get medical grade, properly regulated tinctures, I wouldn’t risk touching it.
While Ms Dorries remains a member of Parliament, she can turn up in the House of Commons chamber to make her views known.
She can, but even before her resignation she had only shown up a handful of times (about 6?) In the prior 12 months, and it’s been over a year since her last spoken contribution.
Why would they give her a peerage when she can’t even attend her actual job as MP?
Have you ever tried some sort of stimmy food like pepitas? They’re kinda a pain to eat if you’re not used to it. I can do one at a time and don’t have the best success rate of even getting the seed out 😂.
I literally bought a t-shirt to wear when I’m like this 😂!
UK based artist, love her stuff.
Simple for me too! I use Google Tasks (RIP Reminders but Tasks is already better) just out of ease. It’s right there on my phone and if something pops into my head, I can just call out to Google Assistant to add it to the list for x day/time.
I actually love OneNote - I use it predominantly at work to organise and info dump EVERYTHING. We have pretty strict IT policy though so it’s really my only option. I wish the phone app was easier to navigate, as I’ve not found a reliable notes app on Android (I have so much stuff split across multiple notes apps that I just kinda gave up).
Paisley of course being instrumental in those ‘plantations’ - i just thought it weird to suggest he didn’t start the Troubles, when he pretty much did.
Not to say Musk is comparable - he’s not even close to the main actor here. But he is a public figure who has been using the social media platform he owns to stir up hatred against particular groups of people in the UK. And not just on this occasion, he’s been chiming in for years.