The Pages at the End of the Lane.

Yorkshire, England. I mostly post about books.

[fiddleabout]

y'know it's one thing to sit here watching the men's euros knowing that lamine yamal, starting for spain in the final, is sixteen years old, but it's an entirely different thing to know lamine yamal, starting for spain in the final, was twelve years old when covid hit

[littlebitdodgy]

This is not information I needed and now I feel about 80 years old

[gay-jesus-probably]

Hello everybody with summer fast approaching here is your regular reminder that:

Everyone needs to wear sunscreen

SPF 50 is pretty much the best protection you can get, an SPF higher than that will have the same effect

Melanin does not protect you from skin cancer

Tanning is caused by exposure to ultraviolet radiation

Spending the majority of your life receiving regular large doses of UV radiation without any skin protection is a good way to get skin cancer

Don't use tanning beds, and don't go sun tanning

Wear your fucking sunscreen

[gay-jesus-probably]

Okay, people are clowning in the replies, so let’s try this again:

Sunburn is an uncomfortable short term problem caused by being out in the sun for too long without sunscreen. Some people are more susceptible to it than others. Melanin does protect you from sunburn, so people with dark skin are less likely to get burned, but also sometimes people just have a natural resistance to sunburn (or lack of resistance) - I’m white as hell, and literally the only time in my life I’ve gotten a sunburn was when I spent a whole day outside in a swimsuit without putting on sunscreen when I was a kid, and all I got was a minor burn across my shoulders. Never experienced that whole ‘peeling’ thing y’all are talking about, sounds super gross and uncomfortable tho. Rip to all the rest of you but i’m different.

Skin cancer is fucking cancer. It has nothing to do with sunburn, apart from both being caused by a lot of unprotected sun exposure. If you have skin, you are at risk of getting skin cancer. I have little to no risk of getting sunburn, but I still wear sunscreen, because I am protecting myself from fucking skin cancer.

If someone is basically immune to sunburn, then that’s awesome, but we still need to use just as much sunscreen as everyone else. Because we can still get skin cancer. Immunity to sunburn is not a sign that you can go easy on the sunscreen. And honestly, if you’ve got dark skin, you should probably be extra paranoid about applying sunscreen, because the majority of information on recognizing skin cancer is meant specifically for recognizing it on white skin. If you’re black/brown, it will probably take you longer to be diagnosed if you get skin cancer. And cancer is one of those things that you want diagnosed and treated very quickly, so you should be extra motivated to not get skin cancer in the first place.

Everyone needs to wear sunscreen. Wear your fucking sun screen.

[littlebitdodgy]

As someone who has had skin cancer, I can confirm that it's exactly as much fun as you think it is, which is to say none at all, zero out of ten Do Not Recommend (and I was fortunate enough to catch it early so the intervention needed was fairly minimal). And I wasn't someone spent time tanning, or was careless in the sun, or who didn't wear sunscreen, I was just unlucky. If I did those things, it could have been much worse.

Please wear your sunscreen.

[bigcats-birds-and-books]

Books of 2024: THE GREAT CITIES DUOLOGY by N. K. Jemisin.

[blinkbyleee]

Books; a way to escape the world.

[wordsarelifereviews]

Read all the books

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[transboysgetknives]

ra ra rasputin something something sour cream

[transboysgetknives]

no, no, i have faith in the hellsite. this will reach its targeted audience when it’s ready

[grumpygitsinteriorworld]

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[coffeebooksandmore]

the moodiest rainiest day

coffeeandbookss

[littlebitdodgy]

Irrationally angry at the puppy because he has eaten the on/off button from the telly remote

I know it's not helpful to feel like this because he doesn't realise he's done anything wrong (He Is Baby, everything is a toy) but also now I am physically unable to watch anything and I know I said I wanted to read more but I didn't mean like this

[learnelle]

Walking home from work and admiring some late night Parisian bookshops 🍂📚

[bigdreamsandwildthings]

Lost in the pages 📖

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[vilicity]

[allthingseurope]

Strahov Library, Prague

[listentothestories]

Emily A. Clark | Beacon Hill Books and Cafe

[candicebella]

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