Were you calling for ceasefire and doing what you could to aid Palestinians last week? (Esims for gaza here)

Were you talking to your unhoused neighbors with respect and advocating for them and protesting encampment clearances last week? (There's no link just treat people like people and share cash if you can)

Last week were you participating in community meal shares and free stores?

Were you supporting bail funds and protesting the carceral state and trying to stop executions and humanizing incarcerated people last week? (How to write a letter to an incarcerated person)

Were you working to increase access to abortion medications and birth control and abortions in general last week?

Did you share information about DIY HRT and spend time paying attention to the books your school board was banning and make your lgbtqia friends welcome and included last week?

Were you aware of the groundwork being laid for a 2028 general strike and the ways that you could support one (contributing to strike funds, joining and supporting unions, attempting to unionize your workplace) last week?

Were you helping the people around you, were you caring for your friends, were you making information free, were you picking up trash, were you sharing a meal, were you tracking fascists, were you challenging the wrongs done by your government in the ways available to you last week?

Good. Keep doing that.

Drinking horn with gilded copper mounts, Europe, 15th century

as always the human immune system is not beating the "overactive HOA that explodes the whole subdivision bc someone put up a basketball hoop in their driveway" allegations

I really hate that it can just be looking around and go "hmmm I don't like the cut of this guy's jib" and the guy is YOUR OWN BLOOD

I was also reminded recently about the eyes having "immune privilege" meaning your immune system isn't really supposed to Go There bc your eyeball tissue is so delicate that inflammation and higher temperatures would destroy the tissue. so your body is just like. "don't look over there. nothing to be concerned about. nothing to see here" about. your eyes. to prevent your immune system from EXPLODING THE SUBDIVISION

In fact, that's completely wrong. Our bodies did NOT evolve to endure anything remotely like the constant onslaught of viral pathogens that modern humans endure. It's the combination of few to no parasitic infections and far too many viral infections that increases the incidence of allergies and autoimmune conditions.

Unfortunately, the crunchy moms and even to some extent health authorities keep pushing exclusive breastfeeding for unrealistic periods of time, 6 months or even longer. Babies should be introduced to non-milk foods at 4 months. If they seem disinterested and shove the food back out (tongue thrust reflex) try again in a couple weeks.

Delaying to 6 months is dangerous, especially in exclusively breastfed babies. By 6 months, most babies have outgrown the milk supply, and delaying the introduction of complementary foods will slow growth. Breast milk has very little iron, and the deposits stored in baby's liver before birth will run out after a few months, resulting in anemia. Deficiencies in zinc and Vitamin D are also possible.

Also? Babies need to learn how to eat. There's a window in which their instincts will drive them to at least taste anything they see their older family members eat, but that window closes before age 2, so you really need to take advantage of it.

So, promoting exclusive breastfeeding for six months increases the risk of calorie deficiency, micronutrient deficiency, food allergies and feeding difficulties. But people still promote it because one study 40 years ago in Latin America found that in families without access to clean water and sanitation, delaying complementary foods reduced the risk of dangerous diarrhea. In first-world settings, no benefits have ever been demonstrated.

wake up babe, new teapot animal variant just dropped!

oh I'M not innocent? i never did anything. i'm not the one writing tetris sex manifestos all over a perfectly legitimate public survey. i bet you sickos want me to draw the tetrimino gijinkas more. you're all sitting there thinking things like 'i wish topsy would draw I/T toxic yaoi and post it' as if that's a normal thing to think. well FINE

studio 252MYA (paleontology)

ray troll's webstore (surrealist fish designs)

liberty graphics t-shirts (biology/dinosaurs)

present indicative (science-themed clothing + home items)

donbea tees - something fishy collection (silly fish puns about substance use)

crime pays but botany doesn't (botany/biology)

umvvelt (marine biology patterns)

morningwitch (nature patterns)

svaha USA (science patterns)

cognitive surplus (some clothing, but mostly home items)

motel777 (cryptic + nature)

curlworks (cute silly critters)

fossilforager (animal apparel + accessories)

quailtea goods (animal art)

loonpflug (plants and insects)

cotton crustacean (marine biology, paleontology)

byte size treasure (marine biology)

bird collective (birds)

paleontological research institution

carmico (nature patterns)

fullarktees (bug apparel)

phdoodleshop (microbiology/cell biology/etc)

smartsquid (various animals)

sipsey wilder (animal/nature/dinosaur accessories)

bleachedbonesstore (paleontology)

mustardbeetle (animals/nature)

edit: removed camp mustelid because of their association with zoophiles

People online are making jokes about it, but it’s genuinely a disturbing sign. Someone was emboldened enough to intentionally run a background on thousands of young Black people and send them racist messages the day after a very exhausting and stressful election.