Pepper
@pepperbean.bsky.social
Artist, Game designer, Video wizard-- sometimes just a silly bean
I feel like this could be useful for so many--too often I try to compare pain to previous pain, and that doesn't really help a medical professional understand what that means for my life. This type of scale could make all the difference.
August 12, 2025 at 9:59 PM
I feel like this could be useful for so many--too often I try to compare pain to previous pain, and that doesn't really help a medical professional understand what that means for my life. This type of scale could make all the difference.
I know a lot of us are going through stressful situations, I have a new project that I'm working on and I'd love to share it with you, I hope it gives you some comfort!
sites.google.com/view/zen-bra...
sites.google.com/view/zen-bra...
Brain Book
Welcome to my brain training mental health compilation project!
You may be experiencing a tough time, or just want to see what this is about, I hope you find something useful here.
I am dealing with ...
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June 5, 2025 at 7:13 PM
I know a lot of us are going through stressful situations, I have a new project that I'm working on and I'd love to share it with you, I hope it gives you some comfort!
sites.google.com/view/zen-bra...
sites.google.com/view/zen-bra...
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Ms. Nero has always stuck out her cute lil tongue, just before yawning—I legit shrieked due to cuteness, first time I saw it 😩
April 15, 2025 at 11:57 PM
Ms. Nero has always stuck out her cute lil tongue, just before yawning—I legit shrieked due to cuteness, first time I saw it 😩
Might be a re-post, but everyone should read these, since reading the actual document was nuts, long, and exhausting. stopproject2025comic.org
Stop Project 2025 Comic
Trump's Project 2025 is a detailed plan to shut you up, and shut you out. Don’t let it do either. Read on, then vote.
stopproject2025comic.org
February 22, 2025 at 12:00 AM
Might be a re-post, but everyone should read these, since reading the actual document was nuts, long, and exhausting. stopproject2025comic.org
Libraries are not a business, neither is the post office, or Sesame Street. Firefighters, police, and hospitals* are not meant to generate revenue. Not everything in society is, or should be about making money. *Hospitals often do make money, but healthcare really shouldn't be based on this model.
February 21, 2025 at 11:06 PM
Libraries are not a business, neither is the post office, or Sesame Street. Firefighters, police, and hospitals* are not meant to generate revenue. Not everything in society is, or should be about making money. *Hospitals often do make money, but healthcare really shouldn't be based on this model.
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For the old, white folk in the back like me that needed some help with interpreting #KendrickLamar’s #halftime performance last night, I got some help from a 30 something. Brilliant! 🤯
February 10, 2025 at 5:15 PM
For the old, white folk in the back like me that needed some help with interpreting #KendrickLamar’s #halftime performance last night, I got some help from a 30 something. Brilliant! 🤯
4/ Practice going slow:
Wait 48hrs before reacting to new policies. Initial reporting often misses context
5/ Build community:
Share the cognitive load. Different people track different issues. Network intelligence beats your overload
Remember: They want you scattered. Your focus is resistance
Wait 48hrs before reacting to new policies. Initial reporting often misses context
5/ Build community:
Share the cognitive load. Different people track different issues. Network intelligence beats your overload
Remember: They want you scattered. Your focus is resistance
February 9, 2025 at 7:53 PM
4/ Practice going slow:
Wait 48hrs before reacting to new policies. Initial reporting often misses context
5/ Build community:
Share the cognitive load. Different people track different issues. Network intelligence beats your overload
Remember: They want you scattered. Your focus is resistance
Wait 48hrs before reacting to new policies. Initial reporting often misses context
5/ Build community:
Share the cognitive load. Different people track different issues. Network intelligence beats your overload
Remember: They want you scattered. Your focus is resistance
2/ Use aggregators & experts:
Find trusted analysts who do the heavy lifting of synthesis. Look for those explaining patterns, not just events.
3/ Remember:
Feeling overwhelmed is the point. When you recognize this, you regain some power. Take breaks. Process. This is a marathon.
Find trusted analysts who do the heavy lifting of synthesis. Look for those explaining patterns, not just events.
3/ Remember:
Feeling overwhelmed is the point. When you recognize this, you regain some power. Take breaks. Process. This is a marathon.
February 9, 2025 at 7:51 PM
2/ Use aggregators & experts:
Find trusted analysts who do the heavy lifting of synthesis. Look for those explaining patterns, not just events.
3/ Remember:
Feeling overwhelmed is the point. When you recognize this, you regain some power. Take breaks. Process. This is a marathon.
Find trusted analysts who do the heavy lifting of synthesis. Look for those explaining patterns, not just events.
3/ Remember:
Feeling overwhelmed is the point. When you recognize this, you regain some power. Take breaks. Process. This is a marathon.
The Best Response:
1/ Set boundaries:
Pick 2-3 key issues you deeply care about and focus your attention there. You can't track everything - that's by design. Impact comes from sustained focus, not scattered awareness.
1/ Set boundaries:
Pick 2-3 key issues you deeply care about and focus your attention there. You can't track everything - that's by design. Impact comes from sustained focus, not scattered awareness.
February 9, 2025 at 7:51 PM
The Best Response:
1/ Set boundaries:
Pick 2-3 key issues you deeply care about and focus your attention there. You can't track everything - that's by design. Impact comes from sustained focus, not scattered awareness.
1/ Set boundaries:
Pick 2-3 key issues you deeply care about and focus your attention there. You can't track everything - that's by design. Impact comes from sustained focus, not scattered awareness.
3/ Agenda-setting theory explains the strategy:
When multiple major policies compete for attention simultaneously, it fragments public discourse. Traditional media can't keep up with the pace, leading to superficial coverage. The result? Weakened democratic oversight and reduced public engagement
When multiple major policies compete for attention simultaneously, it fragments public discourse. Traditional media can't keep up with the pace, leading to superficial coverage. The result? Weakened democratic oversight and reduced public engagement
February 9, 2025 at 7:50 PM
3/ Agenda-setting theory explains the strategy:
When multiple major policies compete for attention simultaneously, it fragments public discourse. Traditional media can't keep up with the pace, leading to superficial coverage. The result? Weakened democratic oversight and reduced public engagement
When multiple major policies compete for attention simultaneously, it fragments public discourse. Traditional media can't keep up with the pace, leading to superficial coverage. The result? Weakened democratic oversight and reduced public engagement
This is a strategic exploitation of cognitive limits.
2/ Media theorist McLuhan predicted this:
When humans face information overload, they become passive and disengaged. The rapid-fire executive orders create a cognitive bottleneck, making it impossible for immediate analysis of any single policy.
2/ Media theorist McLuhan predicted this:
When humans face information overload, they become passive and disengaged. The rapid-fire executive orders create a cognitive bottleneck, making it impossible for immediate analysis of any single policy.
February 9, 2025 at 7:50 PM
This is a strategic exploitation of cognitive limits.
2/ Media theorist McLuhan predicted this:
When humans face information overload, they become passive and disengaged. The rapid-fire executive orders create a cognitive bottleneck, making it impossible for immediate analysis of any single policy.
2/ Media theorist McLuhan predicted this:
When humans face information overload, they become passive and disengaged. The rapid-fire executive orders create a cognitive bottleneck, making it impossible for immediate analysis of any single policy.
From a Swiss Sociologist and Mental Health Expert, Jennifer Walter:
The Attack:
1/ The flood of 200+ executive orders in Trump's first days exemplifies Naomi Klein's "shock doctrine" - using chaos and crisis to push through radical changes while people are too disoriented to effectively resist.
The Attack:
1/ The flood of 200+ executive orders in Trump's first days exemplifies Naomi Klein's "shock doctrine" - using chaos and crisis to push through radical changes while people are too disoriented to effectively resist.
February 9, 2025 at 7:48 PM
From a Swiss Sociologist and Mental Health Expert, Jennifer Walter:
The Attack:
1/ The flood of 200+ executive orders in Trump's first days exemplifies Naomi Klein's "shock doctrine" - using chaos and crisis to push through radical changes while people are too disoriented to effectively resist.
The Attack:
1/ The flood of 200+ executive orders in Trump's first days exemplifies Naomi Klein's "shock doctrine" - using chaos and crisis to push through radical changes while people are too disoriented to effectively resist.
I heard about this recently, but not many details, anyone know anything?
February 9, 2025 at 1:04 AM
I heard about this recently, but not many details, anyone know anything?
My reading for January, all of these were good and interesting, but They Called Us Enemy by George Takei is a fantastic memoir about his time in a Japanese internment camp during WWII. A Memory Called Empire by Arkady Martine is also a great sci-fi/political story, I'm already reading the 2nd book.
February 8, 2025 at 8:59 PM
My reading for January, all of these were good and interesting, but They Called Us Enemy by George Takei is a fantastic memoir about his time in a Japanese internment camp during WWII. A Memory Called Empire by Arkady Martine is also a great sci-fi/political story, I'm already reading the 2nd book.
I'm impressed they could still see a lot of detail in the one from 1881! Plain old cameras were very new then.
February 8, 2025 at 8:32 PM
I'm impressed they could still see a lot of detail in the one from 1881! Plain old cameras were very new then.
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I can get behind community and spirituality, I think everyone needs to be included in that.
February 8, 2025 at 1:59 AM
I can get behind community and spirituality, I think everyone needs to be included in that.