Tortuous

full of twists and turns (typically used to describe winding dangerous roads) excessively long and complex (typically describing a convoluted argument)

@wysiwyg94.bsky.social

When you're dealing with a close relative who's slowly being destroyed by Motor Neurone Disease, coming back with "oh that's like my friend/ relative who had *insert relevant illness here* - it really isn't. It's a slow tortuous process when various functions essential to life just stop one by one

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Dissonance

1. a state of disagreement or conflict 2. a harsh, discordant combination of sounds; a lack of harmony among musical notes Note: Cognitive dissonance is defined as "the state of having inconsistent thoughts, beliefs, or attitudes, especially as relating to behavioral decisions and attitude change."

glass beach lyrics

glass beach lyrics

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in dissonant fanfare
laughs at the gallows
a truce in the trenches
guards at the fences
saying "all that you're seeking won't be found here"

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Innate

inborn; natural

ใ€Š ยฟ ๐“๐‡๐„ ๐€๐๐Ž๐‚๐‘๐˜๐๐‡๐€๐’ ? ใ€‹

ใ€Š ยฟ ๐“๐‡๐„ ๐€๐๐Ž๐‚๐‘๐˜๐๐‡๐€๐’ ? ใ€‹

@accursedmusings.bsky.social

mistakes are innate to being human and alive.

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Fallacious

based on a mistaken belief

Buliamti

Buliamti

@buliamti.bsky.social

To help us disarm some common talking points put forth by climate change deniers is Peter Hadfield. He's a geologist and science journalist who has covered this topic extensively, so let's get some pearls of wisdom from him on how to combat this fallacious rhetoric!

https://youtu.be/nHzO2t1-y9M?si=Uc_VD7SJCiqwy_jz?...

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