The Great Unknown

irrelevant blabbering and cheese. 486 <3

[fuck-customers]

[toastbutteregg]

im right

[memeuplift]

[stability]

me when staff implements an update

[heavyweightheart]

when well-intentioned thin ppl say that we “eat junk and are still skinny” as a way of trying to debunk the bullshit idea that fat ppl are fat bc they eat “wrong”, this operates on some other levels that are probably unintended but nonetheless damaging. 

there’s often sth going on in this argument like “i do [bad behavior] and don’t have [bad consequence], therefore [bad consequence] is not a necessary result of [bad behavior].” but first of all, fatness is not a bad consequence–that’s rly obviously fatphobia, right? and eating whatever you consider “junk” (i hate this term)–say, highly processed and inexpensive foods–is not a bad behavior. when we assent to the idea that it is bad, we participate in the stigmatization of ppl who eat these foods, and that’s disproportionately poor people, racialized groups, and fat ppl. demonizing food is not where it’s at, for anyone. no food is categorically bad or good (oppression and lack of choice/access is universally bad and detrimental to health, ofc). for fat, racialized ppl who eat foods that are stigmatized, this dietary stigma is even more violent. 

and for folks across the size spectrum with eating disorders (again this disproportionately impacts fat ppl), framing the eating of conventionally maligned foods as “bad” is really dangerous and damaging. 

try taking one of these lines of argument instead: people naturally fall across a wide size spectrum, and size is determined by a whole host of factors, mainly genetic. health (whatever that means) is available to some people and not to others, all across that spectrum. neither health nor size determines worth. all people deserve to be fed in ways that are accessible, pleasurable, and nourishing to them. and, oppression–including what we euphemistically call “weight stigma”–is the greatest risk factor for ill health. 

[gayavatarstyle]

I get that being frozen for 100 years is a tough thing to go through but honestly Aang should have used it for comedy more

[gayavatarstyle]

Katara: wow so this is Omashu

Aang: back in my day it was called weed city

Sokka: I’m… pretty sure it wasn’t

Aang: that’s what the fire nation wants you to think

[gayavatarstyle]

Bumi, the second they arrive: welcome to weed city

Sokka: what the fuck

[gayavatarstyle]

can we get this post to 420,000 notes

[kalichnikov]

i wanna talk about this shot

[kalichnikov]

if forum signatures still existed this would be mine

[un-javi]

[karvina]

[readerofthewilderwest]

do you love the color of the sky?

[gahdamnpunk]

AND a race one since the most affected regions will be Africa, Asia and Oceania

[rock-fish-deactivated20201231]

as a friend pointed out, this headline makes it sound like supply will be dwindling. supply is fine. people will be *priced out*.

[trekmemes-deactivated20220205]

this is fucking MURDER.

insulin has been mass produced (from animal extracts) since -1923-. slow acting insulin has existed since the ‘50s, and ‘human’ genetically engineered insulin (derived from E. coli bacteria) has existed since 1982.

insulin treatment for diabetes is not some new or ‘unproven’ treatment. according to beyondtype1, “Humalog rapid-acting insulin came on to the market with a list price of $21 a vial in 1997.” adjusting for inflation, a vial these days should cost about $34 at most. instead, it costs over $300. there is NO reason for it to be steadily gaining in price to the point that diabetics are unable to afford their lifesaving medication, other than the sheer inhuman greed of pharmaceutical manufacturers.

let me reiterate: life without insulin (for Type 1 diabetics in particular) is a slow and painful death sentence. the ability to treat diabetes is a relatively modern phenomenon that has allowed countless people to live full, healthy lives. we should be expanding full covereage and access to insulin to diabetics the world over, and it should be FREE.

[plantyhamchuk]

Have y’all heard about Open Insulin Foundation?

“ We’re a team of biohackers with a variety of backgrounds, and skills, and relationships to insulin and diabetes from many cities and countries around the world, including Oakland, California; Baltimore, Maryland; Paraiba, Brazil; Dakar, Senegal; Yaounde, Cameroon; and Puerto Rico. We’re working to develop the first practical, small-scale, community-centered model for insulin production to make insulin accessible to all. We envision a world in which communities in need have local sources of safe, affordable, high-quality insulin, and where people living with diabetes and their communities can own and govern the organizations that produce the medicine they depend on to survive. 

What We Do

We are creating an open-source (freely available) model for insulin production that centers on sustainable, small-scale manufacturing and open-source alternatives to production. We are developing protocols to produce short-acting (lispro) and long-acting (glargine) insulin, working on developing open-hardware equivalents to traditional production equipment, are researching sustainable regulation pathways to bring our insulin to the public, and are building capacities for local, small-scale manufacturing.

How Do I Participate?

Our work would not be possible without the support of volunteers, interns, and community advisors. We welcome people of all backgrounds from all over the world to bring their enthusiasm, time, connections, and experiences, both in life and in work. Our volunteers promote us on social media, build equipment, run experiments, write reports and blog posts, facilitate meetings, connect with other organizations and groups, meet with experts in the field, run virtual events, and contribute in designing tools, resources, and methods of all sorts.

Potential Partners

We welcome collaboration with other groups that share our mission―community labs, academic institutions, patient advocacy groups, and NGOs.

Donate

Your donation will help us get closer to our goal. With a healthy financial situation, we can pay for lab supplies, acquire lab equipment, recruit scientists, and pay for consultation fees for regulation and manufacturing experts.”

Open Insulin Foundation

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Support open source technology

[regularlesbian]

[regularlesbian]

this is like scrooge seeing his own grave in a christmas carol

[sage-hendricks]

Love reblogging a picture of Tumblr’s grave on Tumblr

[capitalism-is-a-disease]

[mementomoriiv]

Naoko Ito

[yvfu]

there’s gotta be a better way to store branches

[whitepeopletwitter]

[tottosgreatadventure]

[everythingfox]

Stop dat

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[toastbutteregg]

SO COLORFUL

it fascinates me that theres (probably) billions of species left undiscovered

[zoreta]

Here is an adult :)

The black-backed dwarf kingfisher is also very pretty!

[etchif]

[astonishedowl]

[aur-eliaa]

I don’t even play this but this is the funniest thing I’ve seen since opening Twitter 10 minutes ago

[dayzeart]

[symptoms-syndrome]

Passive aggressive maybe, but like...healing and getting better isn't easy. When I see people make posts about "LOL google says I should make a schedule to help manage my ADHD but I can't make a schedule bc I have ADHD" it's like. People saying that stuff know it's hard. That's part of why you gotta do it.

Sometimes healing is easier. Sometimes it's something really small that becomes routine. But sometimes it's hard! Sometimes you gotta push yourself to do something and it sucks! But I don't know what to tell you, other than that you don't need to be good at it right away.

Using the calendar example, I have ADHD + semi-frequent memory loss, so it can feel really difficult to try and make a calendar when both of those things can directly get in the way. So I started with making sure recurring events were in it, like therapy and med reminders. Now I'm usually able to remember to put in appointments or other one-time events in as soon as I know about them. It takes a lot of work.

I don't know. I just think sometimes people on this site are sitting in mud and complaining about being dirty. You really do need to try.

[goobiroo]

I relate to this but for cptsd and routines. It's hard. Healing isn't supposed to be comforting all the time. It's an everyday every minute thing. But I do the work to get better

[symptoms-syndrome]

Yes! It definitely applies to a lot of things.

Thinking on it more, I think part of the issue is that people view things as either in their "comfort zone" or in their "danger zone," which is not really how things work. There's an area in the middle where things suck and feel bad but aren't so bad you're in danger (mental, emotional, physical) and that's where growth happens.

Because I'm a visual learner:

Trauma can make you think things are like this:

When in reality, things are more like this:

Trauma etc can make that challenge zone (often also called a window of tolerance) really fucking small, so it can be easy to overshoot into the danger zone, which can lead to having panic attacks and being triggered. Sometimes that can reenforce the idea that everything outside our comfort zone is scary red danger zone! But with gentle prodding into our little orange areas, we can grow our window of tolerance. Growing our challenge zones, then turning our challenge zones into comfort zones.

Using a more concrete example, say you try going to a party and you get SUPER overwhelmed! That might put you in a situation where you visualize things like this:

Figuring out what's in that orange "challenge zone" can take some trial and error, but maybe you can try something like this:

Forcing yourself to go to a party where you'll feel overwhelmed and triggered is just going to reenforce the seperation of the red and the green. But pushing a little bit, in a way that feels scary but safe? That's where growth happens! Then maybe eventually, things look more like

[goobiroo]

That makes a lot of sense. You explained this so well, thank you! And totally, that orange area is super hard to figure out bit it's possible.

Since my coping mechanism is to make challenges into adventures:

I tell myself my orange zones are quests that will help me get to my goals or newer areas. And like any other person, I gotta rest in between them and not overwhelm myself. When I am rested and taken care of my needs, I have a better chance to avoid quick burn out when picking up the quests again. This storytelling keeps me excited and keeps me in check to let myself rest.

[mayessta]