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Striped Hyena by San Diego Zoo Global on Flickr.

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First Existential Moment - Gator Days

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*Insert :0 Pikachu meme here*

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Striped Hyena by Shakar Photography

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"I'm not a feedist but I believe their beliefs" is becoming more and more of a solid descriptor of my politics. No matter your desire to participate in the kink, it exists at the intersection of sex liberation and fat liberation and it's important to defend if those causes matter to you. The cultural backlash against it comes from not only the reactionary hatred of kink, but of fat people being sexual, of fatness being associated with anything positive or aspirational, and so many other overlapping things.

I think a lot about an AITA i saw where OP, who considers themself a progressive and tolerant person, was worried they were an asshole for regretting accomodating an employees health and mobility needs at work. Because it turned out his employee was a gainer/feedist who was gaining the weight for sexual gratification reasons. OP was questioning if it's ok to pay for health insurance that covers complications from something a person "did to themselves."

A progressive boss would probably know it's not their business if company health insurance covers treatment of an employee's STI. I doubt they would question pulling health insurance of an employee who broke their leg on a skiing trip, or had an allergic reaction to their dinner. When fat people's pleasure starts to cost money though? It's a lot muddier for people to be consistent in their progressive values.

If gainers yuck you out, consider how many people pursue becoming skinnier because it makes them feel sexy.

Gainers and feedists and other ppl who have food and fat-related kinks in my life have been sooooo fundamental to me getting to the place I am with my own body and ED recovery. <3 y'all

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Striped hyena / Streifenhyäne (Hyaena hyaena) - Zoo Negara, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia by AnSchieber on Flickr.

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My 15 year old brother is currently obsessed with uranium glass for some reason so today my day has consisted of walking into antique stores and asking them if they currently have any 1930s glassware anyway we struck gold at this place

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What movements would hurt you?

Sometimes (not always), this can be an indicator of what we can train to make ourselves stronger and reduce weak points!

Examples -Squatting down to pick something up -Turning around when someone calls your name -Sprinting/Jogging

There may be certain medical and physical conditions that inhibit this. Please, by all means, ask your doctor, physical therapist, or medical professional before doing any of them.

But in many cases, these represent regular human movements that can be adjusted to our ability.

My rule of thumb is to feel "effort but not pain."

Have a wonderful day!

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Fun fact: Falling Fruit has a worldwide map where you can look to see if anyone has noted any fruit trees you can harvest near your location for free 🍎

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Things we already know about the UHC shooter, mostly from his social media:

- He has a bachelor’s and Master’s in computer science from an Ivy League school.

- He has read several books on chronic back pain.

- His profile banner includes a photo of an x-ray for back surgery. (Spinal fusion I believe.)

- Based on messages from his family, he dropped off the map a few months ago and they’ve been worried about him.

- His political beliefs are a bit all over the map; without doing a deep-dive my take is a pretty average centrist tech bro who’s read too much evopsych.

I’m a bit worried that, as the left is so fond of doing, people will turn on him immediately for that last part. Let’s not do that! Can we agree not to do that? Because here’s the important thing:

He’s a victim of the system, just like we all are. The system pushed him past his limits, and he lashed out at it. The details of his political leanings don’t actually matter - what matters is that you don’t have to be a radical leftist to lash out at a health insurance company. That’s shows how bad things are broken, that a guy who seems fairly privileged in most respects, with no strong political motive, could be beaten down and broken to the point of doing this. He has two Ivy League computer science degrees and yet had nothing left to lose.

This is a class war that doesn’t differentiate between the working class, middle class, even upper middle class. We’re all dog food for the 1% to chew up and spit out. Even if he turned out to be hardcore right wing, in this one single issue we’re united with him.

Everyone’s been talking about how this guy has seen insane levels of support across the political spectrum - which means nobody should be shocked that he could have come from any spot on that spectrum. I’m hoping the fact that he doesn’t seem super far left or right politically will make it easier to keep that unity, but the left just looooves our purity tests. Let’s maybe not this time.

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you better watch out you better watch out YOU BETTER WATCH OUT

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Striped Hyena by JasonParis on Flickr.

Striped Hyena She loves to eat granola and bananas.

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This is one of the funniest holiday cards I have ever seen.