Opaque

not able to be seen through; not transparent; impenetrable to light hard to understand; not clear

vivre-incontinence.bsky.social

vivre-incontinence.bsky.social

@vivre-incontinence.bsky.social

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Assurer le port sans conflit : 3 ajustements d’environnement simples

1) Rotation contrôlée — deux tenues très similaires en alternance réduisent l’obsession de retirer.
2) Rangement aidant — pochette opaque avec code couleur pour vérifier l’état sans explication publique.

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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."

Niamh

Niamh

@niamhzie.bsky.social

There's something incredible about the dissonance of receiving an email, asking me to email someone else (known to the original emailer)

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Anachronism

A thing belonging to a period other than that in which it exists (especially something that is conspicuously old-fashioned)

Fabian Society

Fabian Society

@thefabians.bsky.social

"In an era of complex security challenges and professional armed forces, the reliance on 16-year-old recruits is an anachronism we can ill afford"

Recruiting under-16s into the armed forces is costly, inefficient and outdated, writes Jim Patrick Wyke

https://fabians.org.uk/minor-majors/

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Tortuous

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

Nick S

Nick S

@holgate.permanent.red

dodging the bait, there was a decent episode of On Point last month on road trips which mentioned Eisenhower's tortuous 60+ day DC-SF journey in 1919, which tells you how getting anywhere by road in the US with a map to guide you is basically only a hundred years old.

https://www.wbur.org/onpoint/2026/06/29/history-american-road-trip

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