우리 이대로 영원하기를

And here is a video explaining what’s going on in more detail than I provided.

With everything else going on in the world, it can be hard to keep up with stuff going on at home, but ICE is still out here terrorizing innocent people. We must keep our eyes on them, and keep fighting.

-having a job

-not having a job

-applying for jobs

-the job market

Anyways! HERE'S YOUR HANDY GUIDE TO WHAT CAN COUNT AS EYESTRAIN! I'm pulling this straight from the Artfight rules page about what needs to be labeled and filtered as eyestrain because it's VERY helpful and VERY accurate! I also know not everybody has an AF account and might not always have access to this handy guide, and this is an important resource; That's why I'm sharing it here! (under the cut)

PLEASE TAKE THIS SERIOUSLY!!! THIS IS ABOUT THE HEALTH AND SAFETY OF OTHERS!!!

A reminder that sell-buy dates or best-used-by dates are not the same as expiration dates.

The website puts a link to the USDA site which links to foodsafety dot gov who really wants you to use the app, but you can bypass it.

Also a link to the Canadian government's advisory on best-before dates.

do not taste plants if you don't know what they are

do not identify a fruit as edible just because it tastes sweet

hope you didn't eat any fucking seeds, bro

I saw the photo in my feed and went ohh, dude, no, we do not handle yellow rocks with our bare hands until we know for sure what they are. And I know that orange...

In comments, they continue:

and that's where I started cussing at the computer monitor. But someone else had got there first:

I will add:

- Apps like Seek are often good at helping to narrow the identity of a plant down to its family or genus, but very often fall short of an actual species ID (I should specify, they fall short of providing a *correct* species ID. Most will be extremely happy to give you a species ID, even though it is patently false). Once the app gets you close, it’s time to crack open a field guide or consult an expert.

- Speaking of field guides; BEWARE OF ANY PUBLISHED POST-AI. I’m serious. Once people figured out they could generate whole books using those bloated chatbots, foraging guides (which had experienced a surge in popularity following the threats of food insecurity during the beginning of the COVID Pandemic) were one of the first genres to be overloaded with ai slop. Look for trusted authors like Samuel Thayer, and publishing dates before 2023.

- A good field guide should offer detailed verbal descriptions of the physical characteristics of various plants, using specific botanical terms, and will often contain a glossary with definitions of those terms. It should also feature maps of the known growing ranges of those plants, and ideally, photographs of the plant during various stages of growth, and at different times of year.

- Start slow. Learn a handful of “easy” plants or fungi that have distinctive characteristics and few toxic lookalikes, and learn them well. Learn the toxic lookalikes as well as you learn the edible species.

- Once you are confident you have a positive ID, try a little bit and see how it agrees with you. Just because it’s “edible” doesn’t mean you aren’t allergic to it.

I'm constantly tired, and the pain wakes me up at night and stays with me all day… even the simplest things are exhausting.

The medication is available, but it costs around 500 euros, and I can't afford it.

If you can help me, donate, or even share my story with others, please don't hesitate. Your support now could help me get back on my feet after this tragedy.

✅️Vetted by @gazavetters, my number verified on the list is ( #722 )✅️

✅Vetted by @90-ghost✅

Anyways the biggest donors to these nonprofits are usually banks because they're that good at helping people with finances/getting out of debt, and can help you across various companies (like if you have credit cards with x but a car loan with y, etc. they can help you get hardship arrangements with everyone all at once, but your bank is limited only to themselves).

https://www.nfcc.org/ various DMP's can be found through the NFCC, and almost all of them have a free consultation and most of their websites also just have free financial advice or blogs or whatever. Some of them offer specific additional kinds of advice or help - retirement planning, home buying, etc.

Editing to add:

My advice is USA specific but lots of other countries have non-profit credit advising/counseling programs of some kind

Here is the (government) consumer financial protection bureau website article What is Credit Counseling?

The relevant bit: "Most credit counselors offer services through in-person meetings at local offices, online, or on the telephone. To get started, you can try the Financial Counseling Association of America or the National Foundation for Credit Counseling. You can also view of a list of approved credit counselors through the U.S. Department of Justice." The FCAA is the other licensing agency.

I contacted my bank for a meeting with an advisor for a rundown of how finances/credit cards/etc work when I became financially independent, because nobody teaches these things in high school. I also met with a financial advisor when I was about to get engaged because my spouse and I wanted advice about navigating marriage and separate/shared expenses(his MtG card collection vs our rent).