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[thoughtlessarse]

Heat stress from global heating could lead to impaired vision and increased deaths of pregnant mothers and their unborn young, Australian researchers say Octopuses could lose vision and struggle to survive due to heat stress by the end of the century if ocean temperatures continue to rise at the projected rate, a new study has found. While previous research has suggested octopuses are highly adaptable, the latest research found heat stress from global heating could result in impaired eyesight and increased deaths of pregnant mothers and their unborn young. The researchers said loss of vision would have significant ramifications for octopuses as they are highly reliant on sight for survival. About 70% of the octopus brain is dedicated to vision, and it plays a crucial role in communication and detecting predators and prey. Researchers exposed unborn octopuses and their mothers to three different temperatures: a control of 19C, 22C to mimic current summer temperatures, and 25C to match projected possible summer temperatures in 2100. Octopuses exposed to 25C were found to produce significantly fewer proteins responsible for vision than those at other temperatures. “One of them is a structural protein found in high abundance in animal eye lenses to preserve lens transparency and optical clarity, and another is responsible for the regeneration of visual pigments in the photoreceptors of the eyes,” Dr Qiaz Hua, a recent PhD graduate from the University of Adelaide’s School of Biological Sciences and the study’s lead author, said.

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[sp00kyprincessfreya]

I am homeless and very at risk because I am transgender please consider helping if you can

[gwydionmisha]

Students in high-achieving schools are now named an ‘at-risk’ group, study says

As a kid who went to a high achieving school, it checks out.

[psychologeek]

So, on my last fic I added somethings from my personal experience, as both disabled (though I don't use a wheelchair) and past youth at risk. And just, it got important to me, and I wanted to share it.

It's Barbara Gordon focused, and even though it's not JUST about her recovery, it's still part of it.

And it's just - it's really important to me. You CAN grieve what you'll never be, and what might have been taken from you. And you CAN be happy and proud as a disabled person. And both CAN co-exist at the same time.

I'm proud to be who I am (mostly). I think I'm going to a good place in life. But it doesn't change the fact that sometimes I hate the fact I need help in things, or the way my brain works, or how people don't seem to understand when I say-this is HARD for me.

And it's something that we can't usually show out. Bc when the world keep pushing you down, telling you you're wrong, unworthy, unable - you can only FIGHT or surrender. So we go out there, saying "no, I'm strong! No, I can do this! I'm great! I wouldn't change a thing!" And sometimes it's true. And sometimes it's less true, but we can't tell this to "outsiders" bc THEY DON'T GET IT.

Anyway, this is my take on Barbara Gordon. I hope you like this.

There are things (walking, running, grappling through the city at night, wind in her hair- ) she'll never do again. Other skills (dressing, washing, moving from one place to another-) she had to re-learn, finding new ways to do what was so easy before. It's been years, and she graduated college, even with the injury. (Study on painkillers, reading while doing the PT exercise). She got a job as a librarian. She learned new skills (rolling, coding, how to be the eye-in-the-sky, and coordinating big and small teams-). She's not the same person as she was. ("You evolved", grins the fifteen years old little shit who still lives, rent-free, in her head. "You're like a fucking Pokemon!")

I'm not a wheelchair user, but I had to use one for a few days last month. I use forearm crutches sometimes, for injuries or chronic pain. And I just thought it would be nice to add how much accessibility aids are AMAZING. Like, being disabled is hard - but it's not bc of the aids we need. On the contrary. Mobility (and other) aids HELP US. I love using crutches, bc it means less pain on bad days. It means I CAN leave my house, even during bad days. noise-blocking Headphones mean I can be around people even when things are harder.

I also tried to respect the grief and sadness about things that she can't do, or had to relearn how to do (differently) while showing it's not the end. It's hard, but things are possible.

[I hope it makes sense. Thinking is a little hard now]

***

The Back Room and Shelter are inspired by places I used to go as a teen. The BR, especially, is based on a specific YaR center that was my safe place, my shelter, during difficult times as a teen. When I didn't, couldn't trust anyone they were there. When I ran away, when I was homeless, they helped with food and getting housing.

They'll never read it, but thank you for being there.

[thewiredgalaxy]

reminding yall again about my gofundme bc i currently owe my building 1400$ and im really fearing eviction so... please share and, if you can, donate

[wjotgefuck]

If someone really loved me they'd lock me up and make my ransom really high

[americanwhorrerstory]

“And I should tell you I miss you, but I simply just don’t care”

[catsconflictscopicsandchamomile]

🚨🚨🚨EMERGENCY SOS!!! SINGAL BOOST I NEED HELP!!!!!!!!!!! 🚨🚨🚨

despite my desperate protests, my psychiatrist has cut off my adderall (which I haven't even been on for two months) on the grounds that if the dose needed adjusting more than once (LESS THAN TWO MONTHS), the whole med had to go and, to quote my dr directly, "as a psychiatrist, I do not care about your executive function". She has refused to hear me out, closed discussion and made it clear that

1) she knows I'm two days away from running out

2) she knows the consequences

and 3) I'm on my own.

I'm HIGHLY autdhd and this medication transformed my life. Before that, I couldn't job hunt or even make my own meals, and my social awareness was at 0. I will be forced either back inpatient or into a shelter without it (I'm already bordering both of those options, as I live w abusive family and cannot afford to move out).

I know it's probably a false hope, but there's GOT to be some kind of law that prohibits cutting a patient off necessary medication cold-turkey without any formal evaluation, discussion or basic planning for withdrawal. Like in my case I think I can handle it in terms of physical survival, but this is like. fucking dangerous behavior.

If not a law, is there a number? an emergency advocate?

Obviously i can't stay with this doctor but I also can't go w/o this med while I wait. I can't go back to spending every day pacing and staring blankly at the wall.

[the-kitten69]

[emberwritesinsight]

The discussion around Ariel TheLittleMermaid baffles me bc if my dad literally destroyed a bunch of stuff I collected in front of me in a terrifyingly violent display of anger and I had a witch offer me an out if I could score the boy I thought was hot, my name would be on that dotted line before you can say "poor unfortunate soul". What do you mean she's stupid, her dad ravaged her Special Interest Cave like a toddler throwing a temper tantrum, I would also run the fuck away

[pinkiepig]

I wanted to draw a cool tiger from someone’s dream 🐅

(Link to the original poster)

[sunbentshadows]

Iconic Performance Pop Girlie Of All Time

[justmebeingdifferent33]

Woman with five kids suspects she was spiked at Alton Towers - Urgent warning regarding internet 'audit' channels

With only my last post being around notifying theme parks of my concerns of internet auditors, earlier on I came across a video from a woman who was at Alton Towers theme park with her husband and five kids who suspected she was spiked. Could this be linked with everything that I’ve been going on about recently? Please listen to my concerns on his Tiktok video and consider reading and reviewing…