#mid november right

[pleasedontcareaboutme]

mental breakdown not entirely over, I needed a reason to stay alive, so just spent 100+ euros on merch. Ive been thinking abt it for a while but tbh idc, like maybe that will make me a bit happier

[sayingyournames]

rn in the ywlm universe sirius is at an art class that regulus signed them both up for bc the last 3 times he tried setting them up for therapy they ghosted the appointments and therapists in th is town seem to all know each other so now he can’t get them in anywhere and hobbies are supposed to be meditative, right?

[icewindandboringhorror]

Misc. photos from the past year or so ~

[whumpyourdamnpears]

repeating to myself as I first draft these next few chapters that, “it doesn’t need to be perfect, it just needs to be written,” and not think too hard about how badly written they are as of now

[bpdbunnyy4ngel]

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[birgittesilverbae]

cage match: mediocre offer at the wrong time versus wrong offer at the right time, who will win

[britneyshakespeare]

i always feel like such an impostor in church btw

[fishy-lava]

i've only been up for like 2 hours but i'm already in an elevated state of anxiety that i usually only get in once a year and usually not for another couple weeks but i guess we're early this year

[alwayssunnyinhawkins]

Idek what to say at this point

[wickedhawtwexler]

i'm dipping my toes back into writing my crazy sci-fi novel series by reading through the tens of thousands of words of brainstorming i have jotted down in the last year

[aroace-cat-lady]

Mid november I've been down since july smth smth

[thistlecrimes]

Things I've learned from getting covid for the first time in 2023

I wear an N95 in public spaces and I've managed to dodge it for a long time, but I finally got covid for the first time (to my knowledge) in mid-late November 2023. It was a weird experience especially because I feel like it used to be something everyone was talking about and sharing info on, so getting it for the first time now (when people generally seem averse to talking about covid) I found I needed to seek out a lot of info because I wasn't sure what to do. I put so much effort into prevention, I knew less about what to do when you have it. I'm experiencing a rebound right now so I'm currently isolating. So, I'm making a post in the hopes that if you get covid (it's pretty goddamn hard to avoid right now) this info will be helpful for you. It's a couple things I already knew and several things I learned. One part of it is based on my experience in Minnesota but some other states may have similar programs.

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The World Health Organization states you should isolate for 10 days from first having symptoms plus 3 days after the end of symptoms.

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At the time of my writing this post, in Minnesota, we have a test to treat program where you can call, report the result of your rapid test (no photo necessary) and be prescribed paxlovid over the phone to pick up from your pharmacy or have delivered to you. It is free and you do not need to have insurance. I found it by googling "Minnesota Test to Treat Covid"

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Paxlovid decreases the risk of hospitalization and death, but it's also been shown to decrease the risk of Long Covid. Long Covid can occur even from mild or asymptomatic infections.

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Covid rebound commonly occurs 2-8 days after apparent recovery. While many people associate Paxlovid with covid rebound, researchers say there is no strong evidence that Paxlovid causes covid rebound, and rebounds occur in infections that were not treated with Paxlovid as well. I knew rebounds could happen but did not know it could take 8 days. I had mine on day 7 and was completely surprised by it.

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If you start experiencing new symptoms or test positive again, the CDC states that you should start your isolation period again at day zero. Covid rebound is still contagious. Personally I'd suggest wearing a high quality respirator around folks for an additional 8-9 days after you start to test negative in case of a rebound.

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Positive results on a rapid test can be very faint, but even a very faint line is positive result. Make sure to look at your rapid test result under strong lighting. Also, false negatives are not uncommon. If you have symptoms but test negative taking multiple tests and trying different brands if you have them are not bad ideas. My ihealth tests picked up my covid, my binax now tests did not.

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EDIT: I'd highly suggest spending time with friends online if you can, I previously had a link to the NAMI warmline directory in this post but I've since been informed that NAMI is very much funded by pharmaceutical companies and lobbies for policies that take autonomy away from disabled folks, so I've taken that off of here! Sorry, I had no idea, the People's CDC listed them as a resource so I just assumed they were legit! Feel free to reply/reblog this with other warmlines/support resources if you know of them! And please reblog this version!

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I know that there is so much we can't control as individuals right now, and that's frightening. All we can do is try our best to reduce harm and to care for each other. I hope this info will be able to help folks.

[captain-hollis]

One thing I'll say with regards to the game is that, so far at least, you don't really feel involved? There are little character moments in dialogue choices and stuff but in a big cutscene it feels like, a lot of the time, this stuff could be happening without you. Like, it's a little jarring in conversations when characters actually acknowledge you're there. I think this might be a side effect of the whole thing with your teammates being intentionally much more separate from you than in other games but still. I wonder if this is on purpose and the game is setting up for something, since the main character does seem to have somewhat of a personality beyond self insert, or just a weird unintentional side effect of the way this game is framed

[nerendus]

Goal is to get my queue all the way into March, mayhaps even April.

[xnoctua]

Okay so, this post has been haunting me for months and I’ve only just started working on a cleaner evidence board to share.

But since I’ve started this project the wiki is being updated regularly and thoroughly so it won’t bring any new information to light, merely in a different format. It’ll probably be pictures rather than a screen reader-friendly format because I lack the formatting knowledge to have drawings and lines alongside text straight within a post that would look clean on both phone and computer.

So far the ‘characters and their relationships’ page aka family tree page is my favorite because it really highlights how no one survives the horror outside of Arthur fucking Lester who just keep getting up.

I feel like I’ve missed crucial information in Malevolent, that we’re this close to connecting the dots, so I’ve been working on an evidence/conspiracy board and it’s only highlighting how much of Arthur’s involvement into all this cults and gods nonsense was pure bad luck.

Everything connects with each other except him.

The man really was at the wrong place at the wrong time. There’s so many things going on and the only reason he’s a part of it is because he opened a book that wasn’t even sent to him.

[kryptidkhaos]

Trans Man in Florida needs help with HRT and groceries.

I was trying REALLY hard to avoid dealing with the same situation I get put in almost EVERY year, where my prescriptions all run out right before the holidays and I get to spend 2-3 months completely unmedicated until my doctors finally have appointment slots in late February to mid March. I'm working things out with my clinic rn now when it comes to my antidepressants, but my HRT is another story.

I was supposed to have three more refills left on my testosterone, but those refills expired without me realizing, and because I missed a lab appointment earlier this month (because I was too broke to pay for it), they won't give me anymore until I come in for an appointment. I've managed to snag one for the 4th, but it's going to cost around $250, which I really really don't have right now.

I was already gearing up to swallow my dignity and make a begging post for different reasons. because with the way our bills have lined up for November, we're dangerously close to being short on rent (and paying it late as it is) and have absolutely NOTHING to put towards groceries except the $20 I currently have in my wallet.

I hate having to rely on the mercy of strangers, but dear god, I'm terrified of being hungry and under/unmedicated for another month (or longer). I can't keep doing this.

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