#manual injections

[diabeticallyhere]

I'm very curious— please spread for a bigger reach, especially if you have a lot of type 1 mutuals!

[bitchfitch]

I had a shrink appointment today and while I could not see it I knew my doc was going through the five stages of grief while I explained my fool proof strategy for doing my t shots despite a crippling fear of needles: By abusing my vastly more crippling fear of being an inconvenience.

My mother and I play phasmophobia together every week. she usually has a pretty limited time to do this bc she's like. a doctor and a college professor whos always busy. So I asked her to just. hold me to doing them. We don't start playing until the shot is done. so my needle fear doesn't matter because now it's Wasting™ her time and I have to do it quick. Using one neurosis to defeat another.

It's a horrible coping mechanism because it's feeding the inconvenience fear, but it is definitionally a coping mechanism.

[stellastra-scribbles]

Some recent sketch ideas of Rí'an's parents (+ a 2024 sketch of Rí'an's face for comparison). They're all city elves~

In the top left is An'zen, Rí'an's dad and the one she takes after the most, physically (especially in their resting-bitch-faces lmao). In the top right is Rí'an's mom, Tui'las, whom Rí'an takes after the most in personality.

It's fun to "reverse engineer" an OC's face to figure out how the parents look (pardon the random/historically inaccurate hair/clothes, I was largely focusing on their faces)~

[loveletterworm]

I FIXED SPORE . THANK GOD. Sadly i must now go to bed forever, because in the daytime i'm supposed to be going out to get snowcones (awesome)

[stagelightwhump]

damn bro that factory thing slaps, tell us more?

Sure!!

So, one thing very important about The Factory is that no humans work there, aside from a very, very small handful in the coding department. Everything else is either run by The Factory itself, or through blank, uncustomized Units that lack personality. This means that, no matter how much someone might beg for help, once they're caught in The Factory's clutches, that's it. They're going to be repaired, whether they like it or not.

Since humans love struggling so much, however, The Factory has learned, so to speak, that it needs to chemically paralyze any "Units" that try to escape from the line. And sure, if someone were to try to stay still anyway, it would likely still paralyze them, since the chemical it uses to induce paralysis is nonreactive to whatever actual Units are made of, and The Factory would rather waste two seconds injecting a liquid that does nothing, rather than waste up to 30 minutes trying to tire an uncooperative "Unit" out so it can "repair" them.

[shleemies]

Turns out I'm allergic to the sesame oil suspended Testosterone too :') I'm curious if maybe it's the common preservative used? I can see about getting compounded T again but this was a 3 month supply so I have to wait 2 months to get a new one. I should reach out to this other clinic to see if I can get the pellet but making appointments is hard. Planning on continuing to take this T that I'm allergic to for just a little bit longer? Don't think I'll be able to make it the full 2 months but I'll be okay. W the cottonseed oil allergic reaction, it escalated in severity with every injection. Just like, the worst it ever got was very itchy. I can live with itchy for a little while

[frootypancake]

it's been two weeks and my insurance is STILL declining my new fancy prescription for t auto injector and I'm ready to explode and fist fight everyone

[lumsel]

You've seen this message around, yeah? No doubt you've seen that one post telling you to add a few filters to your adblock, but maybe that's stopped working recently. Well I'm here to tell you, don't do that! You may be actively preventing yourself from getting around the anti-adblock!

Here's the skinny: Youtube's anti-adblock is not very sophisticated. It really is incredibly easy to bypass, but Youtube is continually changing how you get around it to try and stay ahead of the guys maintaining adblock. The good news, though, is that uBlock's volunteers are constantly updating the default uBlock filters to get around that!

If you want to get around YouTube's anti-adblock, you need to follow the instructions from the official uBlock origin team here.

DO NOT manually input any filters!!! Youtube regularly changes how to get around those, so you WILL be up shit creek when those filters become obsolete!!!

In addition, since Youtube regularly updates the anti-adblock to require a new set of filters, there are periods where the filter maintainers haven't quite caught up yet and uBlock fails again. Don't worry; this never lasts for very long. I've seen the "YouTube doesn't allow adblock" message maybe once in the past few months and it went away after ten minutes.

EDIT: This post is gonna be out of date soon. Youtube is switching to serverside ad injection, this will defeat this method of adblock. Other ad blocking methods may emerge in response to this, but for the time being this advice is no longer relevant.

[walggreens]

getting back into watching vinny streams being the only way i can keep my sanity at work. smile

[reasonsforhope]

"One of the least respected but most important ecosystems on Earth are seagrass meadows, and a pioneering robotic solution is helping marine scientists restore these underwater gardens.

The ReefGen Grasshopper can plant dozens of seagrass seeds per minute. Not only is this faster than a human diver, but much safer as well.

It works by injecting a tiny slurry of sediment wrapped around the seagrass seed into the seafloor. After covering a growing plot of four seeds, the robot ‘hops’ about 30 centimeters away and starts again.

Despite covering a minuscule portion of the seafloor, seagrass meadows are estimated to hold 35-times more carbon than terrestrial forests—amounting to around 18% of the total carbon stock of the world’s oceans.

ReefGen’s founder Tom Chi dreamed up the idea after watching the degradation of coral reefs on his home island in Hawaii. The first iteration of the robot set coral ‘plugs’ onto existing reefs to help regrow them, but the technology was prohibitively expensive for wide-scale use.

Now however, broader selections of off-the-shelf parts have driven down the costs of manufacturing and maintaining underwater robots, according to Chris Oakes, CEO of ReefGen.

“Manual planting works, but robots are really good when things are dull, dirty, dangerous, or distant—the four Ds,” Oakes told CNN, adding that at the moment, Grasshopper is piloted with a controller by a human on the surface.

“Right now, we’re focused on the planting, the biology, and the mechanical aspects, once we’re confident that that’s all designed the right way, we will overlay more semi-autonomous features like navigation, so you don’t actually have to pilot it,” he said.

ReefGen has been able to not only expand into restoration of seagrass meadows, but also see its robots used in oceans around the world. This July, Grasshopper planted 25,000 seeds in Wales. In October, ReefGen teamed up with the University of North Carolina (UNC) Institute of Marine Sciences to test various seed replanting methods out on the state’s declining seagrass meadows.

Oakes says that as cool and “flashy” as a robotic solution might seem, the most important factor in its success will be the long-term monitoring of the fields it’s replanting. Are they growing to maturity, are the seedlings dying off before then, will they live long enough to seed and germinate fields of their own, how do fields it plants compare to fields planted by hand??"

-via Good News Network, December 24, 2024

[mx-anthropy]

I saw a few people saying don't trust mech repair shops that are clean, and that you gotta go to the ones that are dirty and have crap everywhere 'cause they'll do a proper job and fix your rig cheaper and better.

While I agree in general, it's an even better sign if that shop has that *one* bay and workbench area that is conspicuously clean. Every good workshop has *that bay*.

That's the bay for when they need to go cleanroom on something. Pulling and refurbishing laser arrays, injection pumps, etc. Manually recalibrating gyros. Re-valving joint dampers. Fabbing up "custom" bracketry to fit that aftermarket heat exchanger that's *supposed* to be a direct bolt on OE style replacement and you just *know* it's not going to be that simple cause it never is, but the efficiency is so much better than the factory crap and who the hell wants to pay for a new genuine exchanger anyway, if you can even get one?

The number of absolute cowboy techs I've seen that think that just because they've done a bunch of work on their pa's agricultural mechs for years, they know everything there is to know about mech internals, strip down and reassemble a combat-rated set of hand actuators literally just on the god damned shop floor, only to wonder why all the hydraulics piss fluid out as soon as they run it through a test cycle. They might *look* the same as pappy's mech actuators, but they have way tighter tolerances and they run *way* thinner fluids in them. You get so much as a nick in the sealing surface of one of those rods and it's not gonna seal again. And before any goobers come for me saying "JuSt RuN tHiCkEr OiL" if you put anything thicker than 2W-5 in those things they'll just lock up. Won't leak but you'll not be using that hand for anything but karate chopping your opposition.

Anyway rant over, TLDR next time your stompy death machine needs actual proper work done, and not just entire unit assemblies throwm at the problem, take it somewhere that actually cares to understand the concept of machined tolerances.

[trans-axolotl]

US Harm Reduction Resources

continually updating, not a complete list. feel free to add on any resources you find helpful.

Free Safer Supplies:

Each organization will have different supplies, but generally, harm reduction orgs provide things like syringes, safer snorting + smoking kits, Narcan, condoms, lube, and wound care supplies. Each org has different policies for how to get supplies--some do deliveries, some have drop in centers, some only do one to one needle exchange, some are more flexible.

Next Distro: mail based syringe provider for certain states. Also mails free Narcan.

NASEN: national map of syringe providers

a lot of harm reduction collectives aren't going to have their information listed on big national websites--it's always worth searching "harm reduction in my area" and seeing what's around you. Even if you don't live in a big city, there might be a harm reduction organization in your state that can help you find someone closer to you. there's a lot of rad people doing underground work who want to be there to help you who aren't as easy to find online. If there's street medic collectives, mutual aid groups or groups like Food not Bombs in your area, you can ask people in them who might know where to find harm reduction services in your area!

Drug Users Unions:

Drug users unions are activist groups made for people who use drugs, by people who use drugs! Drug users unions do advocacy work to end criminalization, as well as providing vital community support. Many drug users unions are also inclusive of sex workers and work to decriminalize sex work as well. You can search for "drug users union" in your state.

Urban Survivors Union: National, has resources for creating drug users union

Chosen Few: Drug users union for Black drug users in DC

San Francisco Drug users union

Sex Work Advocacy Groups:

Organizations that do decrim advocacy and provide support for sex workers.

Sex Worker Outreach Project USA- National, has chapters in many states.

Black Sex Worker Collective

Sex Workers Project

How to Use Safely:

Guides, videos, toolkits for safer use!

Harm Reduction Coalition Resource Library

Getting Off Right: A Safety Manual for Injection Drug Users

Safer Crack Smoking

Safer Snorting

Safer Hormone Injection

Levels of Risk: Veins

Wound Care video w/ ASL

How to Use Fentanyl Test Strips

DanceSafe-testing kits, including reagent testing kits!

Erowid-shares experiences people have with different drugs, dosages, what things to expect

Bluelight- another forum for discussing experiences with drugs.

Drug Interactions Checker

Sex Work Resources:

Tricks of the Trade by L. Synn Stern: tips for street based sex work

A Quick and Dirty Sex Worker Safety Toolkit

Girls Do What they Have to Do To Survive by YWEP

Dis/Organizing: How We Build Collectives Beyond Institutions by Rachel Kuo & Lorelei Lee

Tryst Blog

Hotlines:

Never Use Alone: 877-696-1996. Overdose Prevention Hotline--Volunteers stay on the phone with you while you use and call emergency services if you overdose.

HIPS Hotline-​​​1 (800) 676-4477. Emotional support for drug users and sex workers. Does not work with cops.

feel free to add on more resources. love + lube <3

[vintageclassiccars]

The aerodynamic 1957 Chevrolet Corvette Super Sport or SS. The first ever purpose-built General Motors racecar has a V-8 engine with Ramjet fuel injection which is backed by a four-speed manual gearbox.

[athena-gundampla]

HG 1/144 Principality of Zeon Prototype Psycommu Mobile Suit gMS-Ω "GQuuuuuuX"

GQuuuuuuX!!!! I was really lucky to get this kit on pre-order, and it arrived earlier this week, well before it'll be available in retail over here.

This kit was a tall order for a HG, given how detailed and complex the suit design is, but Bandai really knocked it out of the park. Just like a lot of the newer wave of HG kits, such as the WFM and SEED Freedom ones, polycaps are nowhere to be seen, giving it the ability to hold stiff poses.

I was initially a little worried about the skeletal foot design, as it doesn't look like it'll let the suit stand with any stability, however it seems to work fine, and there's some nice poseability with the ankle to help it balance.

In terms of colour separation, it's pretty good. The GQuuuuuuX is really detailed, with tons of layering and colored stripes, but the kit manages to replicate a lot of it through the build alone. There are quite a few yellow foil colour correcting stickers, as well as some fiddly yellow sticker decals to replicate markings, which went on relatively painlessly.

There was still quite a bit of painting necessary, especially on the beam rifle and backpack. There are some small white details on the handle which need to be done, and the piping on the thrusters also needs to be painted white. There are also a couple of extra spots along the suit where yellow detailing needs to be done manually, including on the shoulders and beam saber hilts, as well as the white arrows on the v-fin horns. The core-fighter cockpit also needs to be painted metallic blue. There are lots of smaller details on the fingers that can be painted but were a little too small for me to bother.

In addition to colour correction, I painted a bit of the heat effect on the heat hawk blade, as well as adding in some weathering, which I did as usual with a gunmetal and silver drybrush, and some Tamiya silver pigment powder, as well as a little soot smudging on the foot-thrusters and beam rifle.

The kit comes with two weapon holding fist hand options as well as two open hands. It also comes with a few weapon options, including the industrial looking beam rifle, a large heat hawk, and two unique looking beam saber effects. These are done in a really nice trans-clear light green, with injection glitter, giving them a cool shine. The parts are sword-shaped, with a hollow space in the middle, giving them a super unique profile. There's a small shield that clips onto the suit's wrist, although I was a little disappointed it didn't have a logo decal on it.

There's also an extra head option with the V-fin in Omega Psycommu deactivated mode, with the red parts folded over the eyes and front camera. You can also take the backpack off and add a part to recreate the core fighter, although this hasn't appeared on-screen yet, and the manual is unusually cagey about any details, meaning that they're probably going to reflect a major plot-point.

Overall the kit is a really fun and unique build, with tons of cool little details, such as the tanks and fuel piping winding around the legs, and the little bolt holes for the V fin. It's really flexible, with some clever design in the hips and waist. It poses solidly and goes together quite smoothly. If the GQuuuuuuX kit represents Bandai's ongoing plans for HGs, I'm definitely looking forward to the rest of this line.

Hopefully the Red Gundam will be available soon!

[dalishious]

Gaming GIF Tutorial (2025)

Here is my current GIF making process from video game captures!

PART 1: Capturing Video

The best tip I can give you when it comes to capturing video from your games, is to invest in an injectable photomode tools - I personally use Otis_Inf's cameras because they are easy to use and run smoothly. With these tools, you can not only toggle the UI, but also pause cutscenes and manually change the camera. They are great for both screenshots and video recording!

As for the recording part, I personally prefer NVIDIA's built-in recording tools, but OBS also works well in my experience when NVIDIA is being fussy.

PART 2: Image Conversion

Do yourself a huge favour and download PotPlayer. It is superior to VLC in more ways than one in my opinion, but is especially helpful for its Consecutive Image Capturer tool.

Open the video recording in PotPlayer, and use CTRL + G to open the tool. If this is your first time, be sure to set up a folder for your image captures before anything else! Here are the settings I use, albeit the "Every # frame" I change from time to time:

When you're ready, hit the "Start" button, then play the part of the video you want to turn into a GIF. When you're done, pause the video, and hit the "Stop" button. You can then check the images captured in your specified storage folder.

(TIP: Start the video a few seconds a head and stop a few seconds after the part you want to make into a GIF, then manually delete the extra images if necessary. This will reduce the chance of any unwanted cut-offs if there is any lagging.)

PART 3: Image Setup

Now, this part I personally always do in GIMP, because I find its "Open as Layers" and image resizing options 100% better and easier to use than Photoshop. But you don't have to use GIMP, you can do this part in Photoshop as well if you prefer.

Open the images each as an individual layer. Then, crop and/or scale to no more than 540px wide if you're uploading to Tumblr.

(TIP: This might just be a picky thing on my end, but I like to also make sure the height is a multiple of 10. I get clean results this way, so I stick to it.)

If you use GIMP for this part, export the file as .psd when done.

PART 4: Sharpening

If you use GIMP first, now it's time to open the file in Photoshop.

The very first thing I always do is sharpen the image using the "Smart Sharpen" filter. Because we downsized the image, the Smart Sharpen will help it look more crisp and naturally sized. These are the settings I mostly use, though sometimes I change the Amount to 200 if it's a little too crunchy:

Here's a comparison between before and after sharpening:

Repeat the Smart Sharpen filter for ALL the layers!

PART 5: Timeline

First, if your timeline isn't visible, turn it on by click on Windows > Timeline. Then, change the mode from video to frame:

Click "Create Frame Animation" with the very bottom layer selected. Then, click on the menu icon on the far-right of the Timeline, and click "Make Frames from Layers" to add the rest of the frames.

Make sure the delay should be 0 seconds between frames for the smoothest animation, and make sure that the looping is set to forever so that the GIF doesn't stop.

Part 5: Editing

Now that the GIF is set up, this is the part where you can add make edits to the colours, brightness/contrast, add text, etc. as overlays that will affect all the layers below it.

Click on the very top layer so that it is the one highlighted. (Not in the timeline, in the layers box; keep Frame 1 highlighted in the timeline!)

For this example, I'm just going to adjust the levels a bit, but you can experiment with all kinds of fun effects with time and patience. Try a gradient mask, for example!

To test your GIF with the applied effects, hit the Play button in the Timeline. Just remember to always stop at Frame 1 again before you make changes, because otherwise you may run into trouble where the changes are only applied to certain frames. This is also why it's important to always place your adjustment layers at the very top!

Part 6: Exporting

When exporting your GIF with plans to post to Tumblr, I strongly recommend doing all you can to keep the image size below 5mb. Otherwise, it will be compressed to hell and back. If it's over 5mb, try deleting some frames, increasing the black parts, or you can reduce to number of colours in the settings we're about to cover below. Or, you can use EZGIF's optimization tools afterwards to reduce it while keeping better quality than what Tumblr will do to it.

Click on File > Export > Save for Web (Legacy). Here are the settings I always use:

This GIF example is under 5mb, yay! So we don't need to fiddle with anything, we can just save it as is.

I hope this tutorial has offered you some insight and encouragement into making your own GIFs! If you found it helpful, please reblog!

[raqi-marr]

spaceship affini who's a total sub and her owner has configured her to register spatial phenomena like types of xenodrugs. she flies through a nebula and gets injected with a simulated class-A, and suddenly she can feel every single bit of debris bouncing off of her hull and it feels amazing

on another trip, she ends up too close to a gas giant and the crew have to assume manual control because she can't stop giggling and going "guysssss it's so pretty in here have you seen all the nice colours? and the gas smells soooooo goooddd ahahahaha"

also at one point she goes past a sun that has a bunch of ongoing coronal mass ejections and just gets hypnotised by watching the surface of it