“And then you’ve got Karoline Leavitt, who’s sick; she’s out of control,” Jeffries continued. “I’m not sure whether she’s just demented, ignorant, a stone-cold liar or all of the above. But the notion that an official White House spokesperson would say that the Democratic Party consists of terrorists, violent criminals and undocumented immigrants, that makes no sense.”
Reminds me of the valerie plame thing. Republicans love talking about covert operations to score cheap political gains.
bagel and cream cheese, with coffee.
Call it Phil’s Bucket of [deleted] and make clear you’ll get rid of any posts for any reason, and then only allow discussions you think are interesting?
So, like, “let’s continue this conversation outside” as a community concept?
Hmm, some of these work. My DM does enjoy that good grass so there are some sessions where I could steal his entire box of dice without him noticing. Rogue it is, then!
Save it for a while in case you ever need to leave your boyfriend suddenly. Or there’s an emergency. They’re paying you so you don’t need to work. Once you’re working, give it back and come clean then. If you aren’t working, you really don’t want to get rid of safety money.
My roommate had this happen. He got it again, but less bad, when he got a booster. I think it initially took a couple weeks to go away, but I might not remember correctly. I think some people are inclined to have this happen.
Someone I know felt she was having a heart attack, pulled over, and called 911. I think that’s the sort of scenario this is about.
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/books/NBK582757/
A few studies have reported a small increased chance for problems such as attention deficit disorder (ADHD) and autism when a person had a fever in pregnancy, especially if the fever was untreated. As there can be many things that affect future behavior and learning for a child, it is hard to know if a fever, underlying infection, underlying medical condition, or other factors were the cause of these problems.
Further, there might be other factors related to acetaminophen use, such as fevers (which are known to cause increased rates of neurodevelopmental delays).
Guess we’re about to do a large society-wide experiment to prove whether high untreated fevers during pregnancy lead to developmental delays.
It’d be weird for them to gift hair rollers or a tube extension to a kid at a dentist’s office, so I think I’m with the other commenter about it being a fused spring, I guess??
Loved this game back in the day. I never finished it because one level made me sick, but it was so fun I really regretted not playing all of it.
If I eat something that has gone bad and I get food poisoning, I might be unable to eat that food for a long time afterwards. Even if I really want to and miss it and am super careful to make sure it’s safe. I might feel mildly sick even just from the smell of it. My body is just trying to protect me, and there’s nothing inherently wrong with that food, but it sucks. Given time, and in some cases careful cautious introduction, I might be able to get it down again. Had this experience with a pot pie once, and it took a couple years to eat them again, even when I looked at the box and thought I wanted it for dinner.
With people, the reintroduction process feels unfair. It is unfair. You aren’t the same person who hurt her, but unfortunately you’re introducing similar feelings or experiences. She wants to kiss people again, she liked kissing people in the past, and she wants to kiss you specifically, when she considers you. But when the moment arrives, or she thinks about the moment arriving in reality, her body goes DANGER DANGER because one time she kissed someone and a horrible thing happened.
It’s unfair to her, too. This is an unbelievably shitty thing to have to work through. She might even desperately want a relationship with someone kind, like I’m sure you are, but if she isn’t able to know how long it will be until you can have the physical relationship you both want, it makes sense that she’d step back from you. This could take years to resolve, or it might never resolve. She might be being kind to you by turning you down, or she might be being selfish because she doesn’t think she can handle navigating someone else’s feelings while hers are so intense. It’s fine if her reason is either, or both.
So, yeah, what she’s describing sounds pretty normal for someone with trauma. I hope life treats you both with more kindness and you meet someone who can return your feelings, and she figures out a treatment that helps her find peace.
I can’t find any studies on this. I don’t really trust personal perception for this one, and I’m also curious.
Never sure how to answer this one, since I’m bi and like f/f as well. I tend to like particular dynamics in romance, and men are more likely to be depicted having some of them. There are some other dynamics women are more likely to be depicted having with each other, and when I’m in the mood for those stories I read more f/f.
Coral Island! It’s been out a while but they had a major update recently. My farming/crafting life sim stretch continues.
It’s interesting to hear from someone who used something like it. I never even thought about how much sweat would be a problem.
You never have to feel a particular way. If anyone says you have to feel bad, or that you shouldn’t feel bad if you do, they’re wrong. Not how feelings work. Some people feel better knowing that their abusers are shit because their folks are shit, and it had very little to do with you, other than your convenience as a victim when they wanted to hurt someone. But what you feel just is.
I try to just look at what I’m feeling, and accept it, without judgement. Don’t turn away, but don’t dwell. It makes it easier to decide reasonable action later. Not detached from emotion (impossible) but understanding it as a part and not the entirety of behavior, where right and wrong start to come into play.
The purpose is for previously comfortable people to get used to taking action to oppose fascism. It’s mostly a large visible Fuck You Trump party, but you meet people there. You got up, you broke your routine, you were in line at Michaels with other people who were also buying posterboard and markers. They’re in your community. You aren’t surrounded by them - they are surrounded by us. And, huh. There are more of us here then there are cops in town. Interesting.
At events, those previously comfy people make connections and when they say “i wish i was doing more” someone else can say “some of us are going to the home depot on monday to interfere with ICE.” or even just “there’s a dinner after this why don’t you come too?”
Then it feels less weird to get up and do something next week. There are plenty of people who will just have the fuck you party and not do anything else, but there are also plenty who will do more.
Its purpose is to create momentum. That’s how I see events like this. Most people don’t have a quick on switch for taking big actions. You practice things and talk about things first.
If you’re on bsky, @drlisacorrigan has a thread that discusses the theory behind events like this. It starts:
I think you have to be logged in to read her thread, but I believe what she says is the theory behind why nokings was created. On their page, you find a ton of other groups that are partnering - real world groups that do real things - and they also have weekly suggestions of actions to take.
So the demands of the protest, imo, are for comfortable people to get up, figure out who’s around them and with them, and take action or join one of the partnering organizations that fit their interests and skillset. Since the problem can’t be solved with one single action, like impeachment, there needs to be labor involved in every aspect.
Another demand, much catchier, is that we not have kings in the United States.