#i do it anyway

[notnotnightwing]

Nu uh uh ‼️‼️‼️

[violetisderp]

Random comic.

I was working kn it for awhile untill I forgot about it. But today I remembered so. Yay.

I thought it was funny cause I'm dumb also Bobby has hearing aids now in my design cause the og Bobby's hearing was messed up at first so- eh. And it looks cool. Also idk why they don't have sweaters in this one, I mean by the context it kinda feels like they should? And also caynap is extra short.

And he's speaking.

Not using sign language-

So-

[balkanradfem]

I love being a little gatherer in nature. Filling my little basket with plants and herbs and little seeds and maybe even fruit. Going home all warm with joy because I found so many lovely little nature gifts. But then when I get home and all that stuff needs to be taken out, washed, cleaned, processed, cut, put to dry, organized or stored? Well then I'm like this fucking sucks.

[ghostbbunny]

Ugh wattson you don't deserve this

[baronessblixen]

Are you doing fictober this year?

I am! You can find my stories here under #fictober24 and on AO3 😁

[prestonmonterey]

why isnt it socially acceptable to streeeeeeetch out like a cat

[author-main]

I say it truthfully when I say I want to try wine for research purposes

[withasideofshakespeare]

Oh… the Talbot & John Talbot Jr. scenes wrecked me. This is the sort of father-son relationship Hotspur WISHES he had!

[lightnersdream]

[alivingtypo]

you can pry starting sentences with 'and' or 'but' out of my cold, dead hands

[bookwyrminspiration]

I can behave normally around books

[nemesis-is-my-middle-name]

that article going around abt firefox's new ad program is annoying bc it's phrased as though "mozilla has finally TURNED on its people and is SELLING YOU OUT for cold hard cash!!" when. that's not what's happening. it is specifically being implemented to discourage tracking behavior, and literally all the data they are giving to advertisers is aggregate and anonymized, which is like, the opposite of what that post wants you to worry about, lol

[kenapiece-main]

Can you believe I'm having to make this meme even after successfully finishing up taxes and applying to job

[captainjonnitkessler]

>Join a union

>Hear people constantly complaining that the current union leadership is super corrupt, it's all just the same ten guys making all the decisions in secret and nobody else in the union ever gets to know what's going on

>Go to the monthly union meetings that are completely open to all 1200 union members

>The only attendees are the same ten guys every month, giving detailed reports about everything that's going on

[demaparbat-hp]

That infamous prison escape.

[emjaydoubleyou]

this post is fearmongering. the results of this study are concerning and should definitely be a matter of public discussion, but this is certainly not the conclusion the researchers came to.

the point of the study was to assess the risks of exposure to toxic metals- something one of the co-authors notes are “ubiquitous” fwiw- via menstrual products. Their research confirmed that these metals are indeed present in tampons, but no further conclusions are drawn. it is possible the metal entered into the cotton from the soil, which is a well-known phenomenon; cotton is so good at lifting heavy metals that it has actually been suggested as a part of the solution for revitalizing polluted ground.

the authors conclude with an acknowledgement that the study should be repeated- their sample size was 60 tampons- and a suggestion that further testing ought to be done to indicate whether or not these metals can even leech out of the tampon in the first place, let alone whether or not such leeching could occur at levels deleterious to human health.

there is, in fact, a body of research- too small, for sure, but much larger than this single study- indicating that long-term proper tampon use has no observable negative impact on health. i am grateful and thrilled that more research is being done and i hope that this study is the first of many on this line of questioning, but i am really frustrated at this post and the response it got.

obviously, if this study alters your approach to menstrual health, more power to you. consumers should be informed-risk-takers, and menstrual health is double-obviously a very personal choice. but it definitely wasn't the researchers concluding that you ought to “avoid using tampons at all cost," only this tumblr user did. the lead author of the paper, in fact, specifically says that she hopes people do NOT panic about the results.

(the notes of the post were disappointing. people affirming that they knew they were right to be suspicious of tampons all along, or even recommending alternatives that actually have very little to no research regarding the safety of long-term use, etc. it’s a different conversation, but categorical distrust of tampons is old-school misogyny. you certainly shouldn't wear them if you don’t want to, but there is nothing inherently scary or wrong about them, and people who prefer them are not being reckless or crass.)

((if you're really worried about exposure to heavy metals, you may want to turn a critical eye to fast fashion, as an aside))