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crtastrophe

hit it, Neil!

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and on April 13th, 2006, niel banged out the tunes, and it was good

rifa

Realized I have a naked rat and a small piano

Here's Harry banging out the tunes, April 13th 2023

zeemczed

Thank you, Harry, for banging out the tunes.

surelynotapornbot

Neil!!!

little-tunny

Happy Holidays to all who celebrate 🧡💛💚💙💜

chongoblog

ITS APRIL 13 YOU KNOW WHAT THAT MEANS

FETCH ME NEIL

PSA for UK Teachers

I went to an LGBTQ+ Educators conference a couple of weeks ago and they had a fantastic session on the draft 'guidance' the government published on trans pupils in December 2023 that needs to be common knowledge

The draft guidance, if/when it officially comes in (which it has not yet) will be non-statutory. This means that all schools are expected to follow it unless there is good reason not to.

This transphobic guidance would break the 2010 Equality Act, a fully ratified law. Keeping Children Safe in Education, the legal backbone safeguarding documentation, tells us that the wellbeing of the child comes first, not the 'rights' of the parent. Telling parents about a child's preferred name without their permission breaks GDPR law - as soon as a child can understand that their data is private, they are protected by this law (I have taught year 2 pupils this as part of their IT curriculum, so. Pretty much all age groups are covered by this.)

Not wanting to break fully ratified UK law is an excellent reason not to follow non-statutory guidance. This is what you tell any school personnel asking you to follow this new draft guidance. We have more legal obligation to support and protect our trans pupils than we have to follow this new transphobic bullshit.

There are so many incredible organisations and educators fighting this right now (https://tnb.org.uk/ have great resources if you want to read more) but making sure average classroom teachers can stand up and aren't cowed is the most valuable way to keep our kids alive

yesterdaysprint

gameswithfisch

I forget who originally said it, but there’s a quote about “Great science fiction isn’t predicting the automobile, it’s predicting the traffic jam”

bigbigbigtruck

eagerly awaiting the day daniel radcliffe, elijah wood, and robert pattinson just make the most fucked up bizarre unmarketable film together

c3rvida3

When I was in the hospital, they gave me a big bracelet that said ALLERGY, but like. I'm allergic to bees. Were they going to prescribe me bees in there.

mothocean

asphodelimago

So there's a medication called hyaluronidase. It's used to make other medications absorb better, because it makes the cell wall more permeable.

One common usage is to make local anesthetic more effective during surgery, for instance. It's used in a number of injected medications.

Bee stings contain an enzyme very similar to this medication, so sometimes, people with bee allergies have an allergic reaction to hyaluronidase.

This is called cross-reactivity, where your body mistakes something for the thing it's actually allergic to, and has an allergic reaction anyway. For instance, sometimes people with latex allergies also are allergic to bananas and other fruits. They don't actually contain latex, but there are some similar proteins.

Apparently, hyraluronidase used in humans is derived from one of four sources: sheep testicles, cow testicles, cow testicles again, and GMO hamster ovaries.

tl;dr: They won't inject you with bees, but they might inject you with purified cow testicle juice, and your body might say 'eh, cow balls are BASICALLY bees' and try to kill you anyway.

bearbellyblog

The world is full of such beauty and wonder. Thank you for that sentence.

libraford

The people who police your gender will police your gender even if you're cis.

Eat them.

libraford

"OH those body builder women with pancake breasts arent-" eat them.

"This woman has a beard, thats not-" eat them.

"That man has a baby face, that's not" - eat them with barbecue sauce.

Eat them. You will never be gender enough for their definition of gender. Eat them.

hootybal-lecter

ooops-i-arted

lifeafterpsychiatry

It's a lot healthier to go for a daily walk than to sign up for a gym membership you won't be using because you hate that kind of exercise. It's a lot healthier to eat a frozen meal than to skip a meal because you were too tired to cook something healthy. It's a lot healthier to take a quick shower than to procrastinate an elaborate routine for days. Don't aim so high that you won't be hitting anything!