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yeah he can quote lenin, but does he know how to run a business meeting?

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The 4th of July commemorates the American Revolution, an event which took place in Qing-dynasty North America during the reign of the Qianlong Emperor, Gaozong

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Art By IG: @brynthegirl Instagram: @artwoonz

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if you just register for a dysautonomia international medical conference. and you just let the videos play. and you even just half pay attention. you will gain the ability to change and save other people's lives.

so many chronically ill people only get diagnosed when someone other than their doctors say, "hey, have you heard of postural orthostatic tachycardia syndrome? it is really common, treatable, but it only shows up on specific tests."

or "hey, I know you have been diagnosed with fibromyalgia, have you had autonomic testing or testing for non length dependent small fiber neuropathy? 30-40% of people with fibromyalgia have small fiber neuropathy, and a lot of that is the non length dependent pattern, which not a lot of doctors know about."

or "hey, you know how you have weird allergy issues? have you ever heard of mast cell activation syndrome? around 17% of people have mast cell issues, and they can cause debilitating symptoms all over the body until treated."

there are so many debilitating chronic illnesses that are EXTREMELY treatable, but only show up on specific tests. a lot of people with these conditions test as 'healthy' otherwise. and so fucking many of these kinds of conditions are presented at dysautonomia international in presentations that are easy to understand.

these medical conditions are everywhere, and have been around forever. and covid-19 has multiplied how many people have these, around the world.

everyone has an autonomic nervous system, and it breaks very easily. dysautonomia can happen alongside countless other medical conditions. every chronically ill person needs to be asking themselves if they might have some form of autonomic dysfunction. because chances are pretty good that they do.

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Why You Should Try Eureka: Investigative Urban Fantasy Part 2: It’s Easy to Learn!

This is part 2 of a multi-part series of posts about the awesome features of Eureka: Investigative Urban Fantasy, in no particular order.

Find the earlier parts here:

Part 1

Eureka: Investigative Urban Fantasy has the answer to your DM burnout, and your group complaining that they don’t want to play anything but D&D5e because they don’t want to learn another system. Even if you don’t end up playing Eureka itself, just reading the rulebook will give you knowledge and standards that you can bring to other games to increase your enjoyment and decrease your workload. We have been told numerous times by fans that Eureka “changed the way they think about RPGs.”

It’s easy to learn. The Eureka rulebook introduces concepts one at a time in order of importance, and does so in a way that few other TTRPG rulebooks seem to do: It not only tells you the rules, it explains the intent behind the rules. TTRPGs are an artistic medium that rely heavily on reader interpretation, with making consistent and fair rulings using that interpretation often left on the shoulders of the GM. When you don’t know the intent of a rule, though, this takes a lot more brain power, and often tricks GMs into hours of unpaid game design, leading to GM burnout.

Eureka makes the intent of its rules clear right there in the rulebook, providing examples, outcomes, and guidelines on how and when to implement these rules right there in the text. When you know what a rule is supposed to do, it’s easier for you to remember what it does.

Another thing that helps you remember the rules is our bullet points. At the end of each section of the rulebook, you’ll be greeted by a bulleted list of just the barebones key points of the section you just read, reinforcing it in your mind. This also makes it far easier to look up forgotten rules mid-session, as you won’t need to pause to read the whole section just to find the number or whatever you’re looking for, you can just skip straight to the bullet points and find out if that modifier is supposed to be a +1 or a +2 immediately. This makes gameplay at the table a smoother experience for all.

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happy "closer to 2050 than 2000" day everyone

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king's champion alanna of trebond and george cooper (king of thieves)

Too many himbo hero/sneaky heroines plots out there. Where are the just and straightforward heroine with a sneaky boyfriend subversions?

Fry and Leela except if Fry was smart.

Eowyn and Grima Wormtongue if Grima weren’t evil and also gross.

C’mon. Someone must have done it.

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Biodiversity can be achieved through executive dysfunction!

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Guys why the fuck are able bodied people like this.

A family friend (don't know her too well) tried to hug me as she was leaving, and I politely tried asking her not to because 1) I'm in pain and 2) my spine is deteriorating due to a chemo drug. I really mean it when I say you can't hug me. But this bitch just went "no I'm gonna hug you" and shook me around and squeezed me like a dish towel while I was trying to push her off, and now a section of my spine and ribs is so fucked up I can't bend it and it really hurts. She literally injured me just because she couldn't take no for a fucking answer.

Like. This is why I have learned helplessness. This is why I give up so easily. At some point, having boundaries and asserting yourself and communicating your needs doesn't do jack fucking shit, because if people want to, they can overpower you and physically harm you in the process anyway. For nothing.

And this is why I don't buy people saying "it's YOUR responsibility to enforce your boundaries; just asking for something isn't a boundary <3." Because I physically can't. Most disabled people physically can't. A person in a wheelchair can't "enforce" someone not touching their chair. Yeah, after it happens, they can maybe avoid that person in the future as a way to "remove that person's access" to the wheelchair user. But at that point, assault has already been committed and it's not about boundaries anymore. It's about human fucking rights. "Don't assault me" is not a fucking boundary. It's an able bodied person's trigger word.

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The really cool thing about hydrangeas is that they can be blue, pink, or purple based primarily on the pH of the soil. A free science experiment in every plant.

Omg this is so cool I didn’t know this! I wonder if I can do this experiment with students

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I was looking at Leverage fic on AO3, read the tag "hand job" and thought "I don't remember that episode" in all seriousness before it hit me

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I've always been fascinated by cooperation and communal living in the animal kingdom. There's so many reasons that species will live communally, and not all of them are because they particularly want to.

Maras, a large rodent species, are monogamous but will put their babies into a creche. One couple will stay to look after the babies whilst the rest of the parents go and graze for the day. If the sentries spot danger, the babies run into the burrows, safe and sound. It's a really effective system!

ID: A baby and adult mara touching noses with each other. They are rabbit-like in body shape, with fur that is a gradient from grey to reddish-brown.

The thing is, maras hate each other. They really, REALLY loathe being around other maras that are not their mate. They are NOT very sociable animals.

So when it's pickup time at the daycare, things can turn ugly very quickly. Whilst they may tolerate being in the same vicinity as another adult mara, there's only so much they can take before things go south. Punches. Kicks. Even the yeeting of babies. Their commensalism hangs by a thread, and they are constantly gnawing at it. But the creche system is so effective that they will continue doing this, litter after litter, year after year.

I think this is a really interesting example of how social behaviours can arise even when the animals are themselves not very tolerant of each other. It goes to show how useful working together can be, even if the thought of being in the same geographical area as someone else can send you into a blind rage.

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God gives his hardest battles to his strongest soldiers and I'm dodging the draft

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*wokely* tell me what genitals you have, stranger i just met