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If you’re NOT Antifa? What the fuck is wrong with you?

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astrodidact

It has just rained at the summit of Greenland's ice sheet for the first time in recorded history, in yet another worrying milestone in our e

#global warming

mr-entj

A student once asked anthropologist Margaret Mead, “What is the earliest sign of civilization?” The student expected her to say a clay pot, a grinding stone, or maybe a weapon. Margaret Mead thought for a moment, then she said, “A healed femur.” A femur is the longest bone in the body, linking hip to knee. In societies without the benefits of modern medicine, it takes about six weeks of rest for a fractured femur to heal. A healed femur shows that someone cared for the injured person, did their hunting and gathering, stayed with them, and offered physical protection and human companionship until the injury could mend. Mead explained that where the law of the jungle—the survival of the fittest—rules, no healed femurs are found. The first sign of civilization is compassion, seen in a healed femur.

— Ira Byock, The Best Care Possible: A Physician’s Quest to Transform Care Through the End of Life (x)

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ancientstone

Fun fact! This is a Dmanisi skull from Georgia, another type of hominin to us.

Notice that jaw? When we lose our teeth, over time our jawbone heals the gaps, making it smooth, so when archaeologists discover skulls centuries later they can tell whether the tooth was lost after death (as the bone didn’t grow to cover the hole) or during the individual’s life.

The majority of this jaw has healed, so this person would have lived a number of years with basically no teeth. The age of this skull, according to wiki, is 1.8 million years.

This means that millions of years ago this person had a diet with soft, easy foods, and that others in the group would have known, understood, and helped by specialising their foraging for this one individual.

Or, in the words of my lecturer when we covered this, “Someone would have had to chew up this person’s food for them. Every day. Multiple times. For years.”

wilwheaton

Reblog if you are antifascist.

whatareyoureallyafraidof

astrodidact

noping-out-deactivated20241117

I am SO TIRED of having to beg for every scrap of accessibility.

nighthawkslair

Got kicked out of a supermarket once for signs of disability.

#disability rights

outrunningthedark

You know how the disabled community sends out the psa that things which seem “silly” or “unnecessary” to you are more than likely inventions designed to assist us? I can’t mention my choice to microwave water without getting laughed at or looked at like I’m speaking gibberish. For the record: - I can use a standard tea kettle, but on days when I feel like my hands are not cooperating I switch to the adaptive one just to be safe. - it literally looks like this:

- there is an audible whistling sound when the water has reached a boil - the handle is NEVER hot, so there’s no risk of an accidental burn as long as I keep my fingers curled around it - it’s lighter than a standard tea kettle, which is much easier when both carrying and pouring - dishwasher safe for easy cleaning them: “omg you microwave water??? that’s…gross.” me: “i’m just trying to make some tea without needing to ask for help or worry about getting hurt, but okay.”

nighthawkslair

I use a double boiler for most cooking lately. If my mind wanders or I fall asleep it’s just water that boils over, easy cleanup. If I forget something in a double boiler, it doesn’t burn. It just overcooks.

#impaired cooking

starblaster

i have never met an unpsychotic person who knows what it actually means to “not encourage the delusion” …not a single one

starblaster

what “don’t encourage the delusion” means:

don’t argue with or challenge the delusion—attempting to disprove someone’s delusions is not helpful at all and will result in that person not trusting you

assure the delusional person that they are safe; be open and honest at all times

encourage them to verbalize their feelings and offer protection to prevent injury to themselves or, possibly, others

start building a trusting relationship with them rather than acting on a desire to control their symptoms

do not confirm or feed into the delusion by asking questions about it when the person is not experiencing a psychotic episode

what it does not mean:

insisting to a psychotic person experiencing psychosis that what they’re experiencing isn’t real

gayskrillex

I don’t mean to trivialize psychosis by making a weird comparison, but this guide also serves as a handy checklist for helping someone through a bad drug trip. In both cases your number one priority is to get the person through whatever they’re dealing with unharmed.

starblaster

i don’t think it’s trivializing at all, nor a weird comparison—as a psychotic person who has had psychotic episodes inadvertently triggered by drug use and/or worsened while trying to self-medicate with drugs, i think this is an important addition.

nighthawkslair

When someone is lost in a terrifying world of delusions the one thing that can help them most is to show genuine compassion. If you don’t feel compassion for their fear and feelings of abandonment, don’t try to fake it and manipulate them. A human connection, a genuine one, can cut through their psychotic world like nothing else can. Just be a friend to them.

It helps to have been there, to have known that world of terror and being lost. If you have been there, you know how horrific it can be.

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dreamilypurpleoutcast

#racism

so-over-ableism

I am considering getting a cane because despite getting surgery a couple years ago my hip still occassionally gives me pain and I'd like to take some of the strain off of it, but theres still that little voice in the back of head like "yeah, but do you really need it?" I guess I'm just looking for some help quieting that voice down

quieting the voice is really hard, but it helps to talk to yourself. when that voice comes up, don't pretend it's you talking. hear ME and other people with issues telling themselves they need it, and remind yourself that you're just like them. you wouldn't tell another person that they don't really need it, so why should you tell yourself that. surround yourself with positivity, make sticky notes by your cane that says "yes, you need me" and shake off that voice. go through my mobility monday tag and see yourself in those people. each of those people have moments where they think they don't really need it and they can just push through, and remind yourself that if they can push that aside and get the help they need, so can you. if you want to message me and need me to tell you that it's ok, i'll do that for you.

remember, you come first. the world's opinions of you come second. you really need it because you have pain. and that's a full sentence with a full stop.

i give you permission to let go of that voice and help yourself. much love <3

nighthawkslair

Some of us don’t need canes all the time, but have issues at times with dizzy spells and falls. A cane can mean the difference between falling onto a hard surface and breaking a bone or using the cane to steady yourself.

So needing/not needing mobility aids is a complex question for many of us.

#mobility aids