#Survivor 2018

[zephyrartz-owo]

Mental Health Tip! Don't skip meals lest you be fighting demons

[loveleetoons]

One of my favorite drawings I've ever done. Snow White inspired Sole Survivor who ran through the woods when she first left the vault.

[loganscyangutspill]

Why do I love drawing sleepy Michael so much???

He is just like a pretty princess and would love to wake him up with a little kissy kiss and probably get stabby stabbed

[lifewithaview]

Peter Krause, Aisha Hinds, and Oliver Stark in 9-1-1 (2018) Worst Day Ever

S1E4

In the aftermath of a deadly plane crash, Bobby and team race to help the survivors; Athena deals with panic and chaos at the airport.

*About 10 million US Viewers tuned in to this Episode.

[urjustaguyonahorse]

one of my FAVORITE things about the final season of lost in space is the new dynamic between all the kids while they're trapped on the planet at the beginning. like please, judy parenting 97 kids and the HEAVY implication that vijay is her second in command as he should be. will and robot doing all of the heavy lifting in terms of fixing anything and doing its REALLY well. he's grown up so much from that overwhelmed panicked kid in season 1. penny trying to live a little bit but instantly stepping up the moment they need her. will and penny taking care of each other constantly despite everything. all of the older kids taking care of the younger ones: calming them down, holding their hands, singing to them, etc. i mean the whole situation was a terrible place to be for all of them but the fact is is that it was also incredibly domestic and gave them so much room to grow and i loved it.

[glupshittostan]

back 2 writing fallout 4 fic as though it’s 2017 again. im bursting at the seams so here are the ones I’ve finished so far if anyone is inch rested:

the bloody gallery - the Sole Survivor is stuck in the Pickman gallery fighting for her life against some intruding raiders, while also fighting to find Danse again

state house of affairs - Sole and Danse reluctantly go to Hancock for some mission help and end up spending the night in the State House. bow chicka wow wow

and I got some more on the way 🙇‍♀️

[gaqalesqua]

Gage provides Nora with relief from the weather.  

Kinktober Day Five: Temperature play

[direwombat]

the novice, the scholar, and the stray dog

or, the sole remaining members of the brotherhood's (defunct) detroit bureau in ASSASSIN'S CREED: MOTOR CITY

template made by @unholymilf (tumblr wouldn't let me tag directly, so linking to the blog instead)

[flowering-darkness]

so I may or may not have been selfshipping with Aqua for over six years now

[kellyaldriich]

“I spoke to that blonde vampire today. The nice one... Caroline? They’re building a school here. She wants me to join. Fourth year medicine. She said it’d be a really good opportunity for me to learn. But I... don’t know. Are we even staying here that long? I don’t want to get too comfortable if we’re going back out there.” A part of Kelly wanted to stay, to settle, but she fully understood the distrust by now. If they had to leave, she would; the group were her first priority. “I could use it to help us, I guess.”

[captainfreelance1]

The Two of the Baddiest Women on Planet!

[figureskatingcostumes]

Antonina Dubinina skating to Survivor (as covered by 2WEI) from Tomb Raider for her free program at the 2018 Finlandia Trophy.

(Photos by Antti Lehto)

[justinhubbell]

Hyperactive as in

"I run into many things."

Put in the tags how many scars you have and how you got them

[glngrbred]

Some old millennials are on tumblr putting their whole life stussy (life story pussy) in the tags like

[reasonsforhope]

This is kind of a weird reason for hope, honestly, but it genuinely changed how I think about catastrophe.

Historical fact that you probably do not know:

At least 30-50% of the population of Pompeii survived.

Maybe even the majority of the people of Pompeii survived.

(The numbers 30-50% there are according Professor J. Theodore Peña, a professor of ancient Roman archeology who studies Pompeii, whom I took a class on Pompeii with in 2018. The numbers of "maybe even the majority" are from articles linked below.)

Yes, that Pompeii, the one where the entire city was swallowed by a volcanic eruption.

And no, I'm not kidding. x, x, x, x, x, x

So how this is possible, that anyone could survive, when the entire city was literally buried in volcanic ash? And the answer is that the eruption actually took place over the course of almost 24 hours, as the earthquakes and clouds of smoke emitting from Pompeii gradually got worse and worse, followed by the ejection of ash and giant stones that gradually escalated, until the fifth pyroclastic flow (aka giant wave of searing hot ash) hit the city.

So, people had a bit less than 24 hours to flee the city. And many of them did, whether by boat or cart or horse or foot. And many of them made it.

Pompeii is the iconic, ultimate example we have, culturally, for a natural disaster that causes complete annihilation.

But it never caused complete annihilation at all. Not of the people who lived there.

I think climate change, ultimately, is going to be like Pompeii. Yes, there will be natural disasters. Yes, it will keep getting worse for a while.

Yes, people will die, and yes, we do need to act fast, and we need to do all that we can to save every single living being that we can.

But unlike the people of Pompeii, we have the ability to fix most of the effects of climate change. We have the ability to cool the planet down from whatever temperature it ultimately hits. (Masterpost on this here.)

Natural disasters fucking suck. But as the true story of Pompeii exemplifies, they are often a lot more survivable than we think. And we have benefits and resources and technology and knowledge above all communication that the people of Pompeii never did - in fact, we're getting so good at building for and detecting and warning for natural disasters that the number of people dying from natural disasters has been plummeting, even as natural disasters are getting worse and worse (x).

We are going to survive climate change (x). We are going to fix as much of it as we can (x). And we are going to rebuild afterward.

Because as the many survivors of Pompeii show, that's what humans do.

[thebibliosphere]

Every time someone well-meaning suggests I see a chiropractor for my migraines, I have this little moment of "ah, you're new here. You weren't here prior to 2018 when a chiropractor very gently adjusted my neck for my migraines, and I ended up having to get an emergency MRI because the ensuing symptoms were indicative of a brain bleed."

It wasn't a brain bleed. The muscles on the entire right side of my neck "just" tore (Spoiler there is nothing "just" about that kind of traumatic injury. I am still in physical rehab for it), and I couldn't hold my head up, see straight, walk or do any of the things I'd previously taken for granted until several weeks later when the area finally started to heal.

This was before I knew I had Ehlers Danlos, btw. But this is true even for people who don't have a connective tissue disorder: Don't let chiropractors touch your neck.

There are a lot of vital nerves and blood vessels there, and even gentle adjustments of the area can have life-threatening consequences.

I know chiropractic care can be pain relieving--I still get it for my lower back and hips because I work with a chiropractor who knows about Ehlers Danlos Syndrome, and sometimes my hips need to be popped back in at short notice, and it's easier to hop walk in and see her than wait for physical therapy--but it is a short-term relief that doesn't actually correct why something is happening.

If you can afford it, physical therapy will likely help more in the long term. I know not everyone can afford it, and that's why chiropractors have such a booming trade in the US, but please, I'm begging you, don't get your neck adjusted.

The spinal cord specialist I saw after my injury told me the number one reason he used to see people for traumatic brain injuries was car wrecks, followed by other major roadside injuries. He said those numbers were still the highest, but after that, the majority of his patients were survivors of chiropractic injury.

Do Not Get Your Neck Adjusted.

It's been over 5 years, and I still can't move my neck properly on my right side. I still struggle to eat and drink because my muscles will randomly seize up. It feels like my skull no longer fits on top of my spine because of the scar tissue. Please. I just want people to be safe.

And if you are a chiropractor reading this and thinking, "Well, I've never injured anyone, skill issue." No. You Have Gotten Lucky. Rethink how you apply your trade. Please, you can still help people while recommending safer options for specific body parts. Learn to do pressure point release and acupressure. Teach patients how to stretch and relax the area safely. Just fucking stop cracking people's necks like pop rock candy.