I see, I'm going to stick with it like that and make a judgement in a week then. Thank you!

Not about leadership per-se but The Seven Habits of Highly Sucessful People has a lot of good stuff that would help someone in a leadership role, just make sure you find an older copy thats just by Stephen Covey because his weirdo son has shitted up the more recent editions (in my opinion).

Zen Lessons: The Art of Leadership is mostly quotations and short essays so it can be read in bits and peices here and there. Its more of a philisophical thing and doesn't give concrete instructions or anything.

Not a book recommendation but a generaln rule I was taught a long time ago was "praise in public, chastise in private", with "chastise in private" being the more important part. People generally appreciate it when they've been spared from public humiliation, and they'll be more open to criticism in a more private setting.

That entire poll is really fucking bleak

Apples.

This way I have fresh apples tomorrow and I don't have to go to the store!

OMG, Hackers is such a good movie, gotta watch it again some time.

The Leauge of Extraordinary Gentlemen has this perfect ratio of cool to bad that makes it chefs kiss Also it sucked SO HARD that it got Sean Connery to quit acting.

Also: take a picture of yourself on the day you start, you will thank yourself for it a few years down the road.

You are allowed to do what you want with your body. You are allowed to live for you. You are allowed to undergo horomone replacement therapy. It is going to be one of the most wonderful things you'll ever do, and you'll be doing it for yourself.

You'll thank yourself later for starting now, the bodily changes come slowly but the psychological effects can be felt as soon as a week after starting. When I began spiro in my early 20s it felt like something else had gone and I could think clearly for the first time since I was a child. Estrogen came later and added an element of emotional depth that I didn't know I was missing. A lot of the others claim similar things.

Regarding insurance: most will cover it and if you get your perscription through a Planned Parenthood or other gender affirming care clinic they absolutely will advocate for you to the insurance company. Worst comes to worst, in the grand scheme of things estrogen and spiro tend to be pretty cheap in terms of drugs so the worst case scenario isn't that bad all things considered.

You are a stranger to me, but I am very excited for you and wish you the best of luck on this journey. There is one more thing I like to tell people when they're starting out. It really does progress at a glacial pace. It's frustrating, especially in the first year or so, really frustrating. Your body will change little by little and at times it's going to feel like nothing is changing. One day, out of nowhere, you will look in the mirror, you'll see her for the first time and she'll be smiling back at you. It's going to happen, I promise.

I'm pretty new to the meat alternative game but I have discovered that making seitan in a pressure cooker is a massive game changer, much more tender, much shorter time.

Transgender woman who calls a/an artist author philosopher friend historical figure fictional character teacher pet youtuber CEO of a company she gets her health insurance from "the person who saved her life" is an INCREDIBLE bit.

One is a clock and the other is a wrist mounted compass he was issued IIRC

Neti pot, hot bath, tea and soup.

I see, that's a big difference, thanks for explaining that!

Yeah, it looks like he is atleast not our kinda guy. Theres antifeminist shit and wanking about Rome in there. Fuck this shit, fuck this country.

Taiwan, a democratic friend of the United States

Does this count as a tacit recognition of Taiwan? If so, wouldn't that put this at odds with the official policy of deliberate ambiguity? Then again they said "democratic friend" instead of "democratic nation" so I guess that technically doesn't count?

Donald Trump (left), and Volodymyr Zelenskyy (right) arrive in Paris to meet Emmanuel Macron (center), who will teach them better posture. In the press conference Macron has been quoted "By the end of the week, these two young men will stand up straight and proud, just as a leader should! Just like you see me doing now!"

The war in Syria has gone on for about 13 years now and a lot of people see this as a possible end to a conflict that killed roughly half a million people and made refugees of about 14 million more. That, and Assad is not a particularly well-liked figure. The geopolitical implications are a little grim to say the least and it is likely that the formation of the new Syrian government will lead to an entirely new set of nightmares but right now the average person probably doesn't see that.

Nonagon Infinity - King Gizzard and the Lizard Wizard

It's a looping album of songs that all transition into eachother, I totally didn't loop it for three hours last night.

SubRosa - The Usher

Not sure what genre of metal to call this. Female vocalist, uses minimalism to make the parts that hit, hit.

Yes! yes! yes! The whole album is pretty good too!

Learning to gracefully handle the uncomfortable feelings that arise from criticism is a valuable skill. If you constantly reject the invitation to improve, you won't.

When she says: "the discomfort you may be experiencing is your white supremacist and patriarchal conditioning" she is absolutely correct. It is one's personal responsibility to confront that on their own. There is a lot more that was said in the essay but it is apparent from this thread that a lot of people aught to deal with that.

Pessimism