#{PSA

[barelyatouch]

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please make sure that wherever you’re at in life, you don’t treat it like a transitory period. don’t waste your college years wishing to already be graduated & have a job. don’t waste your single years wishing for someone to be in love with. if/when those things come, they will come in due time and they will be good. but there is nothing like looking back and feeling empty because you wasted literal years ignoring what you had because you were hoping for something better. while it’s important to better yourself and reach for your goals, don’t neglect the present because that’s where you are now and it’s your now that determines your future. 

[infamouslydorky]

A reminder:

You are loved. People think about you and want you in their lives. You make their lives better by being in it. Your existence brings light into this world

[petermorwood]

Today's like yesterday...

@dduane is recovering from a really wicked IBS / lactose intolerance attack and I've been acting as medic & general helpmate, all while doing a Long John Silver impression after twisting my ankle when going downstairs in too much of a rush.

Wonderful... :-/

*****

This is a PSA of sorts for others prone to IBS / lactose intolerance.

Something that's safe cold may not be safe after heating.

As far as we can make out, the cause of this attack was a processed smoked-cheese-with-ham, despite it giving no trouble before now.

Out of the fridge and sliced thin with crackers, great stuff. DD just took a Lactaid or similar to balance the presence of the milk products, and all was well.

On Sunday evening, however, she tried baking it in egg-enriched saffron-flavoured bread dough left over from making this loaf.

Those little round things are bite-sized sausages. Very good, too.

Here's the cheese-stuffed version.

Looks lovely, right? Fancy knife. too... :->

However, baking this cheese seems to have caused some sort of chemical change, as happens with cooking oil, or heat concentrated the milk proteins beyond acceptable levels.

Either way, even after taking her usual Lactaid precaution before eating a couple of slices, the IBS / lactose combo still hit DD like a hammer, and It Was Not Fun.

She's on the mend, though tired from lack of sleep (me too) and very achy from all the throwing-up, also vexed that there may be yet another food added to the increasingly long list of once-tasty things needing treated with extreme caution or avoided completely.

The problem is that she might now be sensitised against eating this cheese at any temperature, and there's only one way to find out.

As she's said more than once: "Every woman her own test-tube".

It's not as good a quote as the one about books and potato chips, but is just as accurate.

[sky4cherry]

already had to post a psa before, but one of the biggest outsiders blogs has deactivated after a lot of hateful anons yesterday and today

hope you’re proud of yourself for ruining the fun someone was having by sharing useful and helpful information with the community, many of whom don’t have the chance to see the show themselves so relied on that blog for updates about something they’re interested in and excited about

i know it’s a minority as opposed to a majority, which i’m thankful for, but some of you really need to pull yourselves together because you’re not gonna make it very far if you treat people like that in person. doing it behind a screen is fucking stupid

sorry to put it bluntly and rather unkindly but it’s becoming a bit of a joke that i had to post even 1 psa, let alone 2

(posting more later, just trying to figure out how to say things politely)

[arpans-posts]

As someone who is pro two state solution, I simply do not trust an authoritarian warcriminal like Nethanyahu with American arms and weapons.

Howdy folks, the Senate will be considering the first ever resolution blocking arms to Israel. This is huge and historic; it would block government contracting and about $20 billion in arms and support. This is an uphill battle, PLEASE urge your senators to support S.J.Res114-115. This is maybe the most important piece of legislation relating to Palestine that we have ever gotten and we must seize this opportunity.

This doc has information on the resolutions and their process, as well as sample messages and a phone script you can use. Please, use this moment to hear witness for your neighbors.

[cinamun]

I love the way I've curated my dash, but I would love to see more beautiful BLACKNESS on it!

REBLOG THIS if you're currently playing with Black OCs, Black families, Black couples, a Black legacy founder, a Black heir, I DON'T CARE! Let me see something right quick.

[luna-loveboop]

HEY I'VE HAD A LOT OF PEOPLE SAY THEY WANNA TRY ENGRAVING OF MANY FORMS OR ON EGGS SINCE I DID IT FOR LINKTOBER

THIS IS A PSA THAT ENGRAVING/ETCHING/CARVING CRAFTS HAVE HEALTH RISKS AND CAN BE VERY DANGEROUS ESPECIALLY TO YOUR LUNGS.

ESPECIALLY WITH EGG CARVING (BECAUSE IT IS SO RARE) THERE IS ALMOST NO INFORMATION OF THE SAFETY RISKS ONLINE AND MOST PEOPLE FIND OUT THE HARD WAY WITHOUT KNOWING- I DID AS WELL AND GOT VERY SICK FOR A WHILE BC I DIDNT KNOW.

THESE CRAFTS ARE SUPER FUN AND COOL, AND I ENCOURAGE YOU TO TRY IT IF YOU WANT BECAUSE IT IS GENUINELY ONE OF THE BEST AND COOLEST FORMS OF ART I'VE DONE. BUT I DONT WANT YOU TO GET SICK.

THIS IS A PSA THAT IF YOU WANT TO GET INTO ENGRAVING OF ANY SORT OR EGG CARVING, PLEASE FEEL FREE TO TALK TO ME ABOUT IT IN DMS, OR SEND ME AN ASK AND I'LL OPEN DMS WITH YOU YEAH?

HAPPY CARVING

:)

[askfoxythejokerfox]

spread this like crazy everyone and report this into our goverment we have until January to expose Trump for cheating!

reblog and share immediately

[reiningsoral]

reminder that it is 10000000% a-okay to check in on your gender from time to time and just go "yup. everything here checks out, all good"

it's okay to be cis and explore your gender

it's okay to be trans and explore your gender

it's okay to exist and explore your gender

it's okay to not have a gender

it's okay to explore your gender and gender concepts and come out of it with 0 new information. everything currently is as it already was, nothing new, perfectly content with current state of being.

identity exploration is not something that is only for trans ppl. it's very good to do it, actually! healthy, even. learning about yourself (even if it is just learning you're happy as is) is a good thing.

[nando161mando]

"Here is your morning reminder that a genocide is happening in Palestine" (EN: English)

[xsmoke-and-mirrorsx]

//I just wanna jet it be put on record that I'm not ignoring anyone I promise --

I am just really only responding to light things and dash comes because I am currently sick with a fever of 100...my head is hurty and not wanting to do a lot of thinky right now...but I still wanna respond and be part of things! Asks and long threads are still on file! Just please bare with me and thank you for your patience in putting up with my slow ass.//

[critter-creature-or-beast]

This is mostly off-topic for the blog, but maybe someone else can learn from my mistakes.

You know how I mentioned a few times over the past couple of weeks that I didn't have access to the spreadsheet I use to maintain the blog, because my PC had died? Well here's what happened.

I had a long USB cable plugged into the front of my PC tower because I was charging my phone. At some point, I had removed the phone but left the USB cable plugged in.

The loose end of the USB cable fell off my desk, where it hit the metal heating/cooling vent cover on the wall. Electricity surged and arced from the cable to the vent, seeking ground through the ductwork and killing the computer at the same time. I have enough hardware knowledge to know how to change a CMOS battery and shove a RAM stick into a desktop PC, but not enough to know if the surge killed the power supply, the motherboard, something else, or all of it.

The good news is, I finally have a new PC with better stats, and my solid-state drive was undamaged, so I didn't lose any data.

So that's my PSA, I guess! Don't leave any loose cables plugged into your devices, especially near a vent!

[sky4cherry]

alright so now that we've heard from the wonderful ms towel, my beloved, let me attempt to word this a little more eloquently:

the whole point of media is that it affects people in different ways. we may have very different opinions on an adaptation, but that is because we are different people who find ourselves better reflected in different ways.

as i've said before, it's downright inaccurate to assume that everyone must agree with your take, or that your take is superior to another human being's.

berating someone for their personal opinion, whether it be on a character, a scene, a song, a ship, or anything else is really disappointing. personally my closest friend and i disagree on a ship that's very important to them, but it's actually quite easy to not tell her she's a fake fan just because we have differing opinions.

'the outsiders' is a story about found family, and about teens failing to cope with their differences. maybe sit and think about that for a second before you start threatening and harassing people.

again, i'm aware that this is aimed at a minority of the community. thank you to everyone who has reblogged any of the psas that i have posted, it means a lot to me that there are other people who agree that this negativity is not welcome or encouraged here.

that's all i have to say on the matter, and if anyone has anything they want to dispute with me about anything i've said here, i'm more than happy to discuss it in dms because i think i've made it quite clear that my blog is not a place for you

[starry-ash-606]

People have created pre-written letters through Resistbot and ACLU (American Civil Liberties Union) that you can sign and send to your state's reps and senators. It takes less than a minute and will help put more pressure on legislators to pass this bill

ACLU letter

For Resistbot, text SIGN PLBYTZ to 50409 (also written in image below)

Hey while you're at it, you should contact your reps and tell them to support the No Kings Act to reverse the immunity ruling

(If your legislator is a republican, just tell them how "dangerous" it would when a leftist president has the same lack of accountability)

[canichangemyblogname]

I see a lot of posts about how to potentially identify breast cancer on here, but most of them circulate much of the same information: a list of things to look out for without corresponding pictures for things that may be vague except to those who already know due to personal experience. So, I would like to provide people some pictures (of oranges and balloons) to help them recognize some symptoms.

“Dimpled Skin” — these are deep divots in the skin of your breast that may look like an orange peel

“Wrinkled skin” — the skin around your nipple starts to look like the texture of a deflating balloon

“Scaling” — this will be reminiscent of eczema or psoriasis. The majority of the time, if you have dry and flaky skin, it is eczema. Even if it is on your breast, as Paget disease is a rare form of breast cancer. Go to your doctor regardless. Your skin will thank you.

You will want to note whether this “rash” affects the nipple and if the “scaling” is also accompanied by ulcers, which often look raw and open, almost as if your skin popped the largest zit and a crater was left behind (but, crucially, you were not picking at skin).

[notchainedtotrauma]

I'm remaking a post because the other one isn't contextually sound. I don't have enough money for food, transportation, basically refilling my wardrobe from nothing to...something, toiletry, and daily basic needs. I've been dealing with auditory hallucinations, paralyzing anxiety and traumatic reaction in addition to still severe OCD so I don't even have the space to do the freelance work that could help me gather some parsley. I'm asking for financial help, especially to those that can afford to help those that are more than distressed wherever they are without losing too much.

PP: ccd4t@virginia.edu

K0-fi

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