part of what i like about "queer" as a label is that it is inherently hostile to definition. this part of myself is alien and unknowable to outsiders and I like it that way. no boxes for you to check and guess like you're playing cluedo. just queer.

hey folks if you have an android phone: google shadow installed a "security app".

I had to go and delete it myself this morning.

uh oh! one of your organs has mysteriously vanished! Spin this wheel to find out which one!

I'm always frustrated by people who imagine complex systems in our society can be replaced by Mutual Aid, and build their entire post revolutionary fantasy on that idea... Real medical care for instance can't ever be replaced by Mutual Aid

Without access to MRI, dialysis, and cutting edge medicine I would have been dead back in August of 2024... If I lost access to my medical treatments I would be dead in a couple of months.

I hate to say it, but I think at best they aren't thinking about the extent of what people need and how mutual aid won't be able to help. At worst, they may see this as completely acceptable.

Honestly, would not be shocked to find there's a deep eugenicist stripe to it for a lot of people.

so if plastic cellophane is bad bc of microplastics and aluminium foil is bad bc.of aluminium in the brain, what da hell am i supposed to wrap my cured meats in to keep them fresh in the fridge???? i get acid reflux from dilemmas like these

You would have to consume more than 40 mg per kg of body mass for aluminum to be toxic, which for the average person of c. 62 kg means consuming 2.5 grams of aluminum at a sitting, or the equivalent of a square of foil 23 centimeters on a side. It is not very bioaccumulative; its presence in Alzheimer’s patients has never been shown to be causally linked (i.e. it seems more likely that something about their brain tissues makes aluminum build up, rather than aluminum buildup causing Alzheimer’s).

Microplastics, similarly, aren’t dangerous on their own, but there are toxins that can be trapped in the body by them. And since cellophane is made of dietary fiber (cellulose), it’s not the kind of plastic anyone should be worried about.

There’s also wax paper and silicone parchment paper, the latter another “plastic but not an issue” plastic. (Silicone is basically sand, chemically.)

there have been dozens of idiotic and borderline infuriating replies and tags on this post since it broke containment and this is literally the only worthwhile one. acid reflux resolved

new one

did you know: alligators are functionally immortal as they neither age (negligible senescence) nor can they be slain with any blade of man. only elven steel can kill an gator and elves aren't real, so

the magic of the internet is that i can write literally anything and as long as it's four lines or less you're going to read it and let my poison into your brain. i'm turning off your brain cells for fun

who let biologists play dnd

cc: @somethingshortandsnappy

I love using "by the way" as a segue into topics that are completely unrelated to the matters at hand. it isn't remotely by the way, quite a ways out of the way in fact. a little adventure

i hate seeing people drink the openai/chatgpt koolaid 😭😭😭 genuinely feels like watching someone get seduced by scientology or qanon or something. like girl help it's not intelligent it's Big Autocomplete it's crunching numbers it's not understanding things i fuckign promise you. like ohhh my god the marketing hype fuckign GOT you

IN 150 CHARACTERS OR LESS - Nikita Gill

Correspondence Plaque Earrings

I’m deficient in vitamins they haven’t even discovered yet

Fascinating watching this website contort around the idea of reaching out to and converting far right leaning individuals as if the same 3-4 stances aren't having a do-si-do while all being able to coexist

It's like

Outreach to radicalized individuals needs to happen, because without it their numbers just grow

But also

Outreach is time consuming and difficult, not guaranteed to work, and put you or people around you in danger by putting you on a radicalized persons radar

But also

We know that compassionate, prolonged outreach is remarkably effective. We also know emotional appeals are astronomically more likely to change someone's mind than factual ones when it comes to core beliefs

But also

most deradicalization works when someone who is close to the individual puts in the work to shift their perspective.

But also

You do not need to do this yourself/no one is obligated to do this thing that is difficult and dangerous and there is a ton of organizing work and also outreach work in our own political circle that needs doing and you should utilize your resources how you see fit

But also

You do not need to be nice to or coddle people who have done material harm

But also

Outright hostility only serves to reinforce the us vs. them mentality and makes it harder to deprogram people

But also

focusing on trying to win over radicalized individuals can't come at the expense of work to help victims/our community/those marginalized/etc.

But also

People who are deradicalized need a community to reintegrate to or what's the point.

But also

You don't have to welcome someone who's done harm into your community.

But also

Sometimes your desire to not allow someone who has reformed reintegrate into a community has less to do with harm reduction and more to do with punishing them for previous wrongdoing

But also

You never owe forgiveness to anyone who has harmed you.

But also

Outreach to radicalized individuals needs to happen, because without it their numbers just grow.

Just ad infinitum. Just a never ending ouroboros of "You're an idiot for how you engage with this famously thorny issue".

Just pick one of the bullet points above and work at it, and if someone else wants to work at one of the other ones, we're all trying to make things better. Maybe be less snarky and self righteous.

Resuscitation efforts for Black patients is statistically given about 25% less time than white patients.

Black patients are more likely to be refused pain meds because “they can take it” and the myth of “thicker skin.”

Then this:

An increase in Black doctors leads to more preventive screening, leading to 19% reduction of cardiovascular mortality gap.

A 10% increase in Black doctors in any given area leads to an average 30 days increased lifespan of Black male patients.

To see can save lives.

i want so badly to be more offline but alas the siren call of images

Sewing pattern: this is NOT for beginners

Me, a beginner:

okay but what if i believed in myself really really hard

i sewed my first zipper yesterday i can do anything

sewed through my finger, now i'm up-to-date on my tetanus vaccination!