Just Me

Red, old enough to no longer care about social media trends too much. They/them. What it says on the tin, really. This is just a personal blog for me to reblog stuff I like and talk about things that I like or think are important. I run a bunch of RP blogs, but those are elsewhere - you'll probably see a lot of FFXIV here though, along with other video games and some anime and just... well, whatever catches my fancy. Along with cute animals, because cute animals are always needed. 

[redbud-tree]

Donate to Support Squeaker's Recovery After His Ordeal, organized by Nik Alexander

Hi, my name is Nik, and some of you may remember me asking for help with bi… Nik Alexander needs your support for Support Squeaker's Recover

Hi, my name is Nik, and some of you may remember me asking for help with bills before I moved to a cheaper rental. Well, that worked well--except this little kitty of mine, Squeaker, got out during the move and spent nine days missing outdoors.

He's home now, but the disconnect for my power and internet bills ended up costing more than I thought they would, and I don't have the money I need to get him into the vet--something he badly needs after being outdoors on his own for over a week!

This tiny fundraiser is for money to help cover his impending vet bills since at the very least I need to get him properly flea-treated and checked over for any injuries or illness he picked up out there, along with a weight since I don't think he was eating and I'm worried he lost too much and might be dehydrated. (He also has some new tummy mats that I personally can't get out and will have to ask the vet to take care of.)

If you could help that would be amazing, and anything that doesn't go to the vet itself would be going into needed medications and feliway (since his sister isn't happy with his return; he smells weird and she was getting used to being an only kitty), along with, potentially, a new cat tree to help with the territory conflicts they're currently having.

Thank you so, so much for any help you can provide.

If you'd like to donate and avoid the gofundme, just message me and I can give you my venmo/paypal details. They use my deadname so I'd prefer not to list them publicly if possible. Thank you!

[creekfiend]

How autoimmune conditions can unexpectedly drive mental illness

Antibodies mistakenly attacking the brain are linked with conditions including schizophrenia, dementia and OCD, prompting a revolution in ho

it may interest some of you to know that there is likely an autoimmune/inflammation component of many mental illnesses that we do not fully understand yet. the immune system and the nervous system are very connected both to each other and to all our other systems in ways that, again, we do not fully understand

reminder that psychology is both a very new and also a very SOFT science. if someone in psych is confidently positing that science understands the way the brain functions and malfunctions, they don't know enough to know how little they know. we do NOT understand the brain like we act like we do.

[laputaskies]

"I hate to trouble you, truly, I do—can we go faster?!"

[we-have-black-marble-at-home]

translator's note: in america, "seek shelter immediately" means "go outside and stand on the porch"

[annabelle--cane]

gothic horror is when there's a location. cosmic horror is when there's an unauthorized fucking Thing. folk horror is when you're outside.

[dawn4ngel]

[bbcwhereareyou]

[punchholesinthesky]

[pcos-and-endo-awareness]

If you haven’t heard, today PolyCystic Ovarian Syndrome has been renamed to Polyendocrine Metabolic Ovarian Syndrome. This change reflects that this is not a reproductive “problem” but a whole body disease.

[leahstuff]

For reference, from the WHO website:

(Text: PCOS affects an estimated 10-13% of reproductive-aged women. It is estimated that up to 70% of women with PCOS worldwide do not know they have this condition.)

[laziestgirlintown]

The Lancet link about shift to PMOS. Spread this to everyone who works in health care now. People with uteruses and ovaries are in agony - yes, the whole body suffers a crisis every fkn month - and health care should help

[sydrichie]

[bisexuanal]

You can really tell who’s never experienced poverty and food insecurity when it comes to discussions around food costs and how unhealthy food is cheaper. Some fucker always comes in with the price of like… lettuce or… apples. And it’s like yeah bitch but can you work an 11 hour shift after eating some salad and an apple!?! Find me something cheaper, and more filling than the broke ass staples of boxed mac and cheese, hot dogs, noodles, bread, beans, and rice. I’ll wait.

It also ignores the mental toll that poverty takes like maybe your home made veggie filled recipe isn’t crazy expensive but it also involves prep time and cooking time and organization in terms of fresh food that a lotta poor people can’t manage.

Not to mention if you can only afford to get to the store once every couple weeks via bus or cab then you can’t keep fresh veg on deck.

But ya know.. poor people are just dumb and lazy.

[only-cat-memes]

[cryoverkiltmilk]

The Upper East Side Meowdow.

[omtai]

oh log we’re really in it now

[immeasurably-frustrated-deactiv]

I was trying to get a photo of all of my baby crested geckos on my hand and I managed to get very lucky with my timing, this is quite possibly the funniest photo I’ve ever taken.

[scalestails]

He scream.

[pipistrellus]

:V

[ratbagbat]

Dragon babies!

[paulgadzikowski]

“We came to rescue you, master.” “Good job.”

[kirabug-tumbles]

BIIIIIIITE

[velartis]

“what radicalized you” bro EMPATHY

[puppygirllaika]

"what radicalized you" well in kindergarten they told me to share things and be nice to people.

[purr-in-ink]

[dungeonmastersconsortium]

"All religions are cults if you think about it"

Actually they're not all cults and you're doing the work of making sure actual cults can slip under the radar when you say stuff like that

Cult leaders LOVE that trend, because they can point to it and say, "people will call anything a cult, it's basically meaningless"

I'm begging you all to stop using the word cult until you really understand what it means

[crippled-peeper]

“You think every citizen should have access to free and accessible healthcare?”

Wrong!!!

I think that Asylum seekers and Migrant workers and The Undocumented and Everyone Else should get free healthcare too

I love immigration

[crippled-peeper]

This one made the fascists and the racists really really mad. I get hate mail daily for this post

Imagine getting mad because someone else’s child’s chemotherapy doesn’t cost them 100,000$ .

[i-have-a-bridge-to-sell-you]

it's not acknowledged enough that a lot of the sleep deprivation, a really big number, that is seen in children and teenagers is due to their parents. "my kid's up all night on their phone" and why exactly is that? because nighttime, the time when they're supposed to be sleeping, aka unconscious in bed, aka not causing you any trouble, aka unable to be immediately put to work by you, is so much of the time the only true "free time" they have. that's what it is. if the moment they step out of their room you give them something to do and berate them for breathing; if every moment they're in their room you're calling them out to do work, and then chiding them for trying to lock their door ... when is there a moment for them to just do what they want? to have fun? to be happy?

there isn't one. not unless they're awake when they're meant to be asleep.

[the-haiku-bot]

there isn’t one. not

unless they’re awake when they’re

meant to be asleep.

Beep boop! I look for accidental haiku posts. Sometimes I mess up.