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Organization tags:

Cute cats: #cats for the soul

Stuff I need to know (tagged by topic): #educational

Funnies: #laughs

This is very [tumblr]: #shoelaces

Mutuals’ fandoms: #the fandoms next door

Earth is strange: #now that’s some worldbuilding

School musician things: #band kid shenanigans

Related to a specific RP server: #for discordia

Related to my in-person life: #the beez dimension

Stuff that makes me go YES!!! : #^^^

Original content: #99 bottles of bees on the wall

Asks: #blueberry pie

More (mostly self-explanatory) tags:

glitchedlad

reblogs were turned off for this one but i want it on my blog too

sandersstudies

Stopping point if you find yourself on your phone doomscrolling, procrastinating, or “stuck”

You can move to scroll in another space (if you haven’t gotten out of bed yet, move to the couch; if you haven’t left the house yet, you can sit outside)

You can make your current space more pleasant to scroll in (if it’s not possible to move spaces, open a window or light a candle in your space)

You can scroll while taking care of your body (change into clean clothes, scroll while brushing your teeth or washing your face, scroll while drinking water or having a snack)

You can stay on social media but avoid depressing or mindless content (try searching for fun facts, hobbies you’re interested in, or good news)

Hard mode: try just making the switch on your phone from short-form to long-form content (from dozens of short posts to an article, a fanfic, or an ebook; from TikToks/Reels/Shorts to a interesting or fun YouTube video, podcast, audiobook, or film) — this can be the first step in transitioning out of being “stuck,” because you can, for example, go on a walk while listening to an audiobook, fold clothes while watching a video, etc.

Expert mode: Set a timer for one minute and put down your phone. Do anything else. (Take deep breaths, go get a drink, pick up a book or craft.) If you can do this, aspire to two or five minutes and keep increasing your time away from scrolling. (Use your phone to play music, a podcast, or an audiobook if this prevents you from picking it up again)

Good luck! I hope you were able to make your scrolling a touch more cheerful today!

#educational

chubbymuffinclub

GLP-1 weight loss drugs are receiving an avalanche of positive press. From major media outlets to trade publications, clinical, policy, and lay audiences have been inundated with articles declaring...

Synopsis: The benefits of GLP-1 weight-loss drugs (like semaglutide) are frequently overstated due to selective reporting, industry influence, and widespread conflicts of interest in both research and media coverage.

While they can produce short-term weight loss, results vary widely, often plateau within a year, and are difficult to maintain—especially since discontinuation leads to rapid weight regain and loss of health benefits.

Cardiovascular benefits are modest and inconsistently distributed across populations, and adverse effects—ranging from common gastrointestinal issues to serious complications—may be underreported.

Overall, the current evidence and marketing practices obscure significant limitations and risks, undermining informed consent and exaggerating the drugs’ long-term effectiveness and safety.

#educational #medical #fatphobia

hedgehog-moss

My vet recommended a new anti-tick treatment but it’s more expensive than the one I normally get—so I'm considering buying just one dose for one of my cats to see if it’s really superior, while giving a second cat the old treatment, and keeping a third one untreated as a control cat. Now I just have to rank my cats from most to least favourite

golongbyjoannanewsom

obsessed w this person in the replies

#homie you don’t need to ask permission

ilynpilled

a character being a perpetrator does not negate their victimhood and neither does their victimhood negate being a perpetrator. u can accept and reckon w both dimensions in ur analysis

ilynpilled

there is nothing morally purifying about suffering or victimhood, it is not something that inculcates “goodness.”

one’s character has no impact on whether they were/are a victim or not, victim status is not something that is only afforded to the palatable.

it also does not = absolution.

ilynpilled

ppl cant handle this in cartoons made for teenagers lets not get ahead of ourselves

boringkate

You listen to music regularly? Why? Have you even tried quitting? Could you quit? You get music stuck in your head? Wow. You're so ruined and music brained. I bet you make your partners listen to music with you when you have sex. Music addiction has really ruined a whole generation. You know it's not realistic to expect reverb in real life, right? You're probably so desensitized that you don't even feel anything anymore when you hear a bird singing that it wants some fuck.

paradigm-adrift

I don't have a problem with people listening to music per se, but I do have a problem with the music industry exploiting & mistreating artists.

Personally, I abstain from all music in order to keep my hands clean but really music should just be illegal outright to protect musicians from abuse.

terramythos

holy shit this person in the notes

e-the-village-cryptid

where's that post about how you can make up any straw man on tumblr and a scarecrow will pop up in the notes like "talking about me, were you?"

aroace-ryland-grace

I took this video at like 3 am last night and I can't stop laughing at it...whatever. go my rocky

#- thunk #project hail mary #laughs

lukeofe

Some of you may not want to hear this, but sometimes autism accommodation means giving that socially awkward person who said something that came off as passive aggressive or uncomfortable the benefit of the doubt. Not everyone is capable of reading social rules and cues effectively, I thought this was autism 101.

ladyelainehilfur

real paramedic x golden retriever firefighter AU energy with this

catasters

gallusrostromegalus

tags by @ultramarineblues: #deeply curious about how this person discovered the cat liked this game

#cats for the soul

bigfatscience

I’m a fat man in my 50s and my doctor is recommending weight-loss to reduce my risk of Type II diabetes. I’ve tried to lose weight before and it never works. What else can I do?

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Well, if you read my blog, you know that basically everyone who loses weight gains it back within 3-5 years, and fully 70% regain more weight than they lost. Your own lived experience may affirm the truth of these statistics.

And it turns out that weight gain is an independent risk factor for the development of Type II diabetes. Oh, and for men your age, weight gain also increases the risk of all-causes mortality.

So prescribing weight-loss to improve glucose metabolism seems remarkably short-sighted to me, given that the inevitable weight regain could further harm your health.

But research has shown that some moderate behavior changes can help support metabolic health, within the range that is possible for each individual given our unique genes and life experiences.

Eating adequately and regularly throughout the day (i.e., over 2500 to 3500 calories per day; no more than 3 hours between meals/snacks). It is easier for your body to process glucose when it comes regularly. Periods of restriction followed by larger meals can stress the body’s abilities to process glucose. Note, you do not need to restrict food groups or eat less. Just nourish yourself adequately and often.

Moving your body so your breathing is moderately elevated for about 20 minutes per day. This level of activity maximizes absorption of glucose into the muscles. Note that more exercise than this does not bring added benefits. No need to push yourself to extremes. Daily moderate activity is all it takes and you don’t even have to do it all at once.

Sleeping at least 7 hours per night, and most importantly, treating sleep apnea if it exists. About 50% of people with Type II diabetes have sleep apnea (compared to about 20% of the general population) because poor sleep affects glucose metabolism. Treating sleep apnea with CPAP therapy is 100% effective and has no side effects. It also improves glucose metabolism. A man your age and size is very likely to have sleep apnea, so get tested!

As I said, none of these behaviors will stop you from developing Type II diabetes if that is the outcome that is determined by your genes and stress history. But they will all improve your glucose metabolism, whether you develop the condition or not, and that is all you can really hope for.

bigfatscience

I should add that a recent longitudinal study revealed that intentional weight loss increased the risk of all causes mortality for fat people with Type II diabetes.

You read that right. Middle aged fat people with Type II diabetes who intentionally lost weight in a medically supervised program were more likely to die in the following decade than were middle aged-fat people with Type II diabetes who maintained their weight.

leebrontide

Ok so my kid had an ear infection, right? As kids often do.

The doctor scraped out a bit of earwax to have a better look inside.

I was sent a bill for $200 PER EAR for this 5 second procedure which I did not give permission for them to do.

That was key- they did not ASK me if they could do this "procedure". And, as I OWN a medical practice (it's me. The medical practice is me, sitting in my house on video calls) I knew to call them when this bill came in to be like "You did not obtain informed consent for this procedure, and it was not en emergency procedure. You had full ability to gain my consent and didn't. I'm not paying."

And the massive hospital who owned the bill said "yuh-huh you do have to pay."

And I said "I own a practice. I know these laws. I do not owe you money for this."

And they conducted an "internal review" and SURPRISE! Decided I totally owed them money and they had never done anything wrong ever.

And so I called my state's Attorney General office, and explained the situation because, as I mentioned, I know the law. The AG got in touch within a couple days to say they were taking the case and would send the massive hospital conglomerate a knock it off, guys letter.

Lo and Behold, today I have a letter where said hospital graciously has agreed to forfeit the payment.

"How not to get screwed over by companies" should be part of civics class.

Know your rights and know who to call when they're infringed on. This whole process cost me $0 and honestly less effort than I would have expected.

May this knowledge find its way to someone else who can use it.

musefortheages

This post is super cute and all but like.... This isn't practical advice. I called the AG???? And they got involved over a $200 bill. Maybe because you yourself are a medical practitioner. Not just your knowledge but also your status.

Civics class wouldn't help most people in this case because the AG will not take on all these cases and most people cannot afford an attorney in this instance or more importantly, the hit to their credit.

The issue is not education over the system, it is the system

leebrontide

I agree the system is a mess but I think education does matter because people seem not to know that this is actually perfectly routine AG office stuff. I’m not the only person who’s done this- this is just what they do?

Were they going to get into a lawsuit over my $400 bill? No obviously not. But they printed up a letter on fancy letterhead to say to stop and it worked. They followed up with me the next day to be sure, and so ask how much money they had saved me.

They use dinky cases like mine to track habitual misbehavior of large scale companies to build cases they could actually go to court over.

And because people are shocked- I never spoke to the AG of my state directly. He operates mainly by overseeing a whole crew of people. And this is what those people do.

This didn’t happen because I’m special because of my tiny therapy practice.

This happened because this is what the AG office is for.

“The problem is systemic” doesn’t mean “and there’s nothing you can do”.

This is a systemic problem but that doesn’t mean there are no resources to help.

ktempestbradford

Thank you for clapping back on this. I'm here to reinforce. Yes, you CAN call your state Attorney General office when an entity is doing something illegal, even if it's "only" for $400. You think they don't care a hospital is doing a crime because it's not a big enough crime?

Then you've been trained well by "The System".

Yes, that System you say can't be fought? Where did you get that idea, huh? Who taught you that "small" acts of illegality don't matter? Who made you think that there's no point in fighting back because it will all come to nothing?

Might it be the same entities that benefit if you believe all that?

Gonna pause and let you ponder.

Never. Ever. EVER.

EVER.

Let companies or corporations or hospitals or organizations or any business big or small get away with screwing you over without a fight. Maybe you personally don't win every fight, but you lose 100% of the time you don't try. You'll win more often than you think you will. I know cuz I've done it.

So have others. Attorneys General offices bring lawsuits against businesses all the time. They do so because citizens contacted them to say "someone is doing a crime" and the crime doers did not stop when told and got into way more trouble than if they'd just stopped. FAFO. The Find Out can't happen if you don't even bother to report the Fucking Around.

On that note, as OP said, please know your rights! And, in a situation where you don't but suspect something is hinky, ask! The people of the internet can help! So can librarians! So can many others. Find out what is and is not okay for them to do. If it's not okay, report them! See something, say something.

Don't let the System win by default.

Fight, damnit!

themardia

Additionally, pay attention to State Attorney elections! Here in Minnesota, our AG Keith Ellison has made it a POINT to go after slumlords, has created an entire UNIT in the AG office dedicated to wage theft, and gone after debt relief for people who were conned by those scummy fake universities. And despite MN being a blue state, one of his elections was a fucking NAIL-BITER.

Absolutely fight the system, absolutely go to your AG office if you’re being screwed over, and also pay attention to the people running for AG in the first place.

sabra-n

Government of the people, by the people, and for the people only works if the people make it work. That's you! You're the people.

"Don't bother doing anything because nothing will happen" confused cause with effect: it's really "Nothing will happen if you don't bother doing anything." Yeah, I know, it's a travesty that they don't hand you psychic powers when you take your oath as a civil servant, but until we fix that clear defect in our democracy: you're serving the public, too, when you report fuckers like this.

ktempestbradford

Not gonna leave this in the tags:

mxlabradorite

Suspicion of The System™️ is one of the ways The System™️ perpetuates itself.

If you believe The System™️ is only for Them™️ and not you, it will only ever be so.

Know the rules so you can make them work for you. Or better, how to break them in ways that hurt The System™️ and help you.

#educational #medical #money

importantcatpics

#cats for the soul

trickstarbrave

I have been enjoying seeing people experience food this World Cup

redflagshipwriter

The person who wrote this has almost certainly never been to Japan- if they had, they would know that Japanese restaurants also offer table appetizers in many contexts. Some of them? Mexican restaurants. You can get free tortilla chips when you eat Mexican food in Tokyo Osaka Kobe Kyoto and rural HIMEJI for fuck’s sake. Those are just places where I’ve personally had free tortilla chips in Japan.

This is chat gpt trash prompted to “sound Japanese” and it’s based off of racist old movie dialogue. There’s zero correlation here to Japanese grammar and how Japanese translates into English or how a native speaker of Japan uses English. It’s slop. It’s racist ai slop rehashing Western exceptionalism, fantasizing about a Japanese person being in awe of how great the USA is. It’s depressing that people fell for this. I know it feels good to think that other people like us, and sometimes they do, but this only works if you assume Japanese people have extremely limited experience and worldview. It’s mortifying.

If someone other than me would push back against this propaganda, it would be nice.

#aapi