Notices by Håkan Geijer (hakan_geijer@kolektiva.social)

@voxofgod a study (studies? Can't recall) shows no discernible difference in pain management. So there's no reason to use it

@elexia it was so fucking hot, actually. Absolutely getting cooked from above and below

@voxofgod AeonCypher is wrong. Opthalmologists say not to use LAW because you shouldn't intentionally put gritty solute in your eyes. Also a spray bottle can be too much pressure. The point of an eyeflush is to mechanically remove the irritant (or dilute). You need lots of water at low speed

@LunaDragofelis Pepper spray activates the same nerves that sense heat. Warm water on pepper spray causes a burning sensation. Do a cool sponge bath if you can, but daub, don't rub. Or at least rub gently with a soft sponge.

"Doctors say use 1-2 liters per person."

No. I often use 100-200ml per person and that's fine when a crowd gets lightly dusted. I once used something like 6-8L on a person who got fully hosed down from a pepper backpack. The amount of water you use is "until symptoms subside," however much that is.

Got tear gassed or pepper sprayed?

1. Wash the affected area with plain water (*nothing else*) until symptoms subside.
2. When you get home, shower with the coldest water you can tolerate. Use lots of soap.
3. Pepper spray spreads. Don't touch your face. Be mindful where you put your contaminated clothes. Wash them on their own. Twice maybe if you got got real bad.

There's a few more things that can slightly improve upon this, but if you want the effective bare minimum, that's it.

Mountain teaser pic

Currently "in the mountains" but got signal and a whole bunch of messages and emails from people "over there" and figured reposting this might be useful

I wrote a full textbook about doing basic and advanced first aid at riots. It is free. You may find it useful. https://riotmedicine.net/downloads

Germany is invested in the notion that *because* they are responsible for the Holocaust, they are also *best suited* to understand what antisemitism is. The idea that antisemitism is 'our' problem is inconceivable to German politics today. It is much easier to scapegoat foreigners instead.

@sinituulia I haven't player it yet but my mate made this and we've talked a lot about it, and it sounds like what you're looking for? https://jocher-symbolic-systems.itch.io/oceania-2084

@Mabande I found two articles 8 months apart, so I think they're different things? Or at least a long-term thing.

@unchartedworlds the semi acknowledgement in question https://lauriepenny.substack.com/p/no-gods-no-masters

@Mabande oh fuck right they did that multiple times lmao

Waiting for the day someone who has better receipts than me writes the long and detailed essay about how good ol' Penny Red seems to have incredible knack for seeking out and aligning themself with the most important people in the room regardless of how little said important people's politics align with their own. Or how many of them have turned out to the abusers and rapist. Much to think about.

@susurros it's a global (western?) phenomenon buddy

@nora QANon for blue maga

I don't talk about my personal life much other than "went hiking" or "did a medicine" but slightly breaking that to leave this anecdote that in 2018 (ish? I can't quite recall) when they were talking about going to LA to do the Hollywood thing and mentioned working with Whedon, I'd cautioned them against going as they'd just end up laundering his image. Their response was that it was "a good opportunity" and that they might be able to put a feminist spin on it where otherwise one might not exist. I was not convinced, and I never took their ideas seriously again after. I guess things haven't improved.

Real weird seeing people positively repost that article about Laurie Penny when they have been famously friends with Neil Gaiman and has (to my knowledge) never denounced him other than in some short essay where they opened by getting mad at people who'd asked for a statement.

Or let us not forget their collaboration with Joss Whedon or that cringey essay about Milo Yiannopoulos where they call him a "charming devil."

I dunno, folx. There might be better autistic people, enbies, and/or feminists to adulate, if one must.

@riotmuffin @HeavenlyPossum Nazi shit to name jews. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Triple_parentheses