Medusa’s Wink
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She/They ♿️♾️🏳️🌈🏳️⚧️ #AuDHD MSW & Public Policy therapist/social worker (ret) I study creatives. treatment of violence • chronic illness • neurodivergence • creative process L.A. reject NOLA swampgoblin ⚜️ Character in the wrong movie
I wonder if this works differently for disabled people. I had to face my mortality at 20 when I got super sick. It took a few years (probably slowed by being super sick😅) for the lack of caring about how others perceived me to kick in but what you're describing intensely happened a few years later.
The number of cases of cervical cancer reported in Scotland among women given the HPV vaccine at 12-13 years of age is now zero. Zero. Zero. Zero. Zero. Zero. Zero. Zero. Zero. Zero. Zero. Zero. Zero. Zero. Zero. Zero. Zero. Zero. Zero. Zero. Zero. Zero. Zero. Zero. www.bbc.com/news/article...
No cervical cancer cases in fully HPV-vaccinated women in Scotland
A study published by Public Health Scotland finds that the HPV vaccine is "highly effective".
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Over the last year I have just . . . hit my limit. I have stopped being everyone's personal shopper, personal assistant, encyclopedia, emotional thermostat, and maid. Nobody can seem to figure out why everything is disorganized and they fight all the time. I feel like a ghost, like nobody ever saw.
This whole thread. I am so excited to be nearing 50 and giving less and less fucks every single day.
Medusa’s Wink@medusaswink.bsky.social · 3y agoOh I LOVE sharing this one with new people! Did y’all know that, as a sweeping generalization, women don’t tend to get the midlife crisis? We actually get a midlife reprieve.
Ok, this took my breath away, and makes a lot of my life make sense.
Medusa’s Wink@medusaswink.bsky.social · 2y agoSo much this. So much. We don’t often break things…we just sorta quietly…stop fixing them Turns out a lot of systems are dependent upon our upkeep 🤷🏻♀️ :walks away whistling:
(Granted, everything actually is an existential crisis right now, so it’s a little hard to tell)
Medusa’s Wink@medusaswink.bsky.social · 3y agoOh I LOVE sharing this one with new people! Did y’all know that, as a sweeping generalization, women don’t tend to get the midlife crisis? We actually get a midlife reprieve.
Oh I LOVE sharing this one with new people! Did y’all know that, as a sweeping generalization, women don’t tend to get the midlife crisis? We actually get a midlife reprieve.
Sending love to my Kaua’i peeps after Lowell pummeled them. The tree tunnel is pretty wrecked (although not as bad as Iniki) and there’s so much cleanup going on, with sand everywhere, roads flooded out, the infrastructure taking a beating.
Still not a lot of info here, but more on DoD taking funding allocated to NIH's Allergy and Infectious Disease office. www.insidehighered.com/news/quick-t...
Democrats Condemn NIH-DOD Research Agreement
The Defense Department could tap up to $2 billion in federal research dollars designated for biomedical research, under an agreement signed with the National Institutes of Health.
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Damage Report: Currently hatewatching The Carmen Family Deaths, a netflix “true crime” documentary wherein the cops railroad an Autistic kid for murdering his mother, because he managed to survive 8 days in a lifeboat at sea.
This 3D Chess tournament being waged between two little girls was maybe the best thing i’ve ever accidentally walked in on. I could have watched for hours #StarTrek
Honestly ppl only have get put through this once before they find every other possible means of accessing their meds, so i forbid judging. In fact unless you’re a cop, don’t even ask. If you are a cop, Look! Over there 👉
Medusa’s Wink@medusaswink.bsky.social · 20h agoWas everyone able to refill their meds today? (I dread 3 day weekends, because i know a nonzero % of us always end up in withdrawal over insurance/medical office/pharmacy issues that just get punted)
Was everyone able to refill their meds today? (I dread 3 day weekends, because i know a nonzero % of us always end up in withdrawal over insurance/medical office/pharmacy issues that just get punted)
My arm was kinda sore for a day or two. Can recommend it over Covid
UN CORAZON DIGITAL Stephen Ray Garza@stephenrgarza.bsky.social · 20h agoyour mileage may vary but got the moderna COVID booster and new flu shot and barely had a reaction this go. I'd still TRY to take a half day or the next day off just in case you do if possible to let your body adapt. I realize that's not possible for a LOT of people. but IF you can. just to be safe
Maybe if I get a couple extra doses it will help with my Fibro/RA/Narcolepsy induced brain fog. 😂😂😂 For real, though, this is some fantastic news!!
CIDRAP@cidrap.bsky.social · yesterdaySome adult vaccines are linked to lower dementia risk. Can they promote brain health? Some studies suggest that flu, shingles, and tuberculosis vaccines could protect against neurologic diseases such as Alzheimer’s. Read more: https://bit.ly/3UGpveQ
I like this game. The hints help, but it’s more fun not to use them imo anthropeum.com
Anthropeum
A daily game that challenges our understanding of human cultures. Ten objects. 5,000 years of human history. Guess where and when each artifact was made. See how you rank.
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"If you are new(er) to thinking critically about how to operationalize suicide prevention beyond sharing a phone number to call if at risk to oneself, it looks like robust investments in abolition, harm reduction, mutual aid, etc., all of which are aligned with the Disability Justice framework."🫂
Will You Please Invest (More) in Disability Justice Work to Operationalize Suicide Prevention?
For Suicide Prevention Month, the author continues to reckon with the costs of Access Intimacy Abuse at the hands of Makai Livingstone, the founder of Embodied Support Services, as she deconstructs ho...
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#StarTrekDay seems an appropriate time to repost this one
Medusa’s Wink@medusaswink.bsky.social · 2y agoStorytime! It’s William (Bill) Shatner’s birthday, and i always tell the same story when ppl say (often with very good reason) that they don’t like him. Because he’s the one who taught me what it looks like when an introvert becomes an A List celebrity. It’s a life of ease, but not an easy life.
Gene Roddenberry’s classic sci-fi TV series ‘Star Trek’ (aka ‘Star Trek: The Original Series’) premiered on NBC on this day sixty years ago (September 8, 1966) 📺 🪐 🖖 #OTD
Happy #StarTrek day in its 60th anniversary year! I started college studying theoretical physics because of Star Trek. I became a historian of exploration and first contact in the Americas because of it, too. The Next Generation and Deep Space Nine are in my blood and bones. A thing I wrote, ICYMI:
“Resistance is futile.” Why Star Trek: TNG’s Borg Collective Is the Perfect Monster for Our Time - Reactor
35 years on, what can we learn from the Borg and "The Best of Both Worlds"?
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With Al, no university will need to trouble themselves with pesky human students ever again. Instead they'll have Al students who are all sexy ladies with big juggs and 17 fingers. The men professors can dote on them and when they see a lady professor can shout "it's over for you!". It's a paradise
It's becoming the Hunger Games just planning dinner in America. And I don't volunteer as tribute.
Jennifer N. Victor@jenvictor.bsky.social · 2d agoI opened a fresh package of chicken thighs to cook this evening and was immediately hit by an…odor. Rather than risking my family’s health I threw them out. 😡 I have no idea if food inspection lapses ruined our dinner, but it sure seems like this crap keeps happening. Government is good, actually.
My leg is sore again so I guess that's enough cooking for a bit. Plus my electric bill (200) is due again in a week. 200 + 100 so I can still eat #MutualAid #helpsky #MAboost #BIPOCMA #blacksky 💸💕 www.paypal.me/longbongsilver cash.app/longbongsilver venmo.com/u/longbongsi...
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![Q: A couple years ago at IDFA, I saw this movie "About a Hero," which is this partly Al-generated hybrid documentary that tries to recreate the atmosphere of your films.
A: The intention of this young filmmaker was never to remake any [of my films], but making something in the spirit. And I immediately said, "You will fail. It is such a stupid idea. It's phenomenally, abysmally stupid. I will not take part in it." He wanted me to explain things and have my voice in it.
I said, "You are alone. There's such a thing as free speech, which I respect. So go ahead and fail." And it is a failure, period.
It's so standardized that Al can step in because there's not real storytelling. It's mimicry of something that has happened before. And I welcome Al to replace all the idiots who are into nothing but repeating, repeating, repeating until it's ad nauseam.
When it's ad nauseam, please, please, please let Al step in and do the job.](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:v5vphilwcf6nunioeyrpxw6g/bafkreibeadpx66jtqlttglhgbgkew6g65haxqngz5yt6p3ybwyi5zney54)
