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happy new year -------------_--------------------

11 years since nationwide gay marriage in the US

23 years since sodomy was legalized

I say this with so, so much care: Real queer shit written by real queers can and will sometimes make you uncomfortable. That's one of the defining features of weird, independent queer media. And weird independent media more broadly. Art that comes from true individual passion and authenticity has edges and bite to it that mass market corporate products intentionally do not. Has a rawness that can offend.

the upgraded xenonite suit was invented shortly after

As someone who has epilepsy and used to have several grand mal seizures a day, I’d also like to add that “offer help” can range anywhere from keeping the person calm to explaining to them where they are and what they were doing to even just telling them they should sit and rest for a while longer (lack or coordination is common, and it can be hard to walk straight or see clearly).

It’s okay for them to take up to a half hour to fully regain their bearings and sort out what they were doing prior to the seizure. Just answer any questions calmly and be there for support.

If they come around and you start to panic or shake them or ask them what the heck is wrong with them they are going to freak out and panic too.

I cannot stress it enough that this is bad.

Pawpaws are a Michigan native fruit that looks like it should not be a Michigan native fruit.

I'm told that it has the consistency of avocado, but tastes like a combination of banana, pineapple, and mango, with and earthy aftertaste. They are EXTREMELY delicate fruits, such that they are not really shipped anywhere- to eat them you have to find someplace local that has trees, or have trees, yourself.

I've always wanted to try them, so, I bought a few saplings, and spent a couple hours tonight planting them. They won't fruit for another 5 years at least. Each hole dug, each rootball excavated from its pot, each circle of mulch around the base of them... that's hope. That's a promise to be here 5 years from now, to see them flower, to pull sweet fruit from the limbs and try it for the first time.

Now when you pick a paw-paw or a prickly pear And you prick a raw paw, well, next time beware Don't pick the prickly pear by the paw When you pick a pear try to use the claw But you don't need to use the claw When you pick a pear of the big paw-paw

You mean Baloo was either lying, or eating imported fruit?

Adam ships and has some specific cultivars (that I don't know enough about to know which ones are actually like.... any different or different enough). Perry's came in as basically twigs, and they leaved out with big, beautiful leaves in the house, but when I moved them outside onto the front porch (mostly shaded) they absolutely hated it. It was also a bit of a runaround with Perry Pawpaws- I ordered them, but the website lets you pick up or ship, and it glitched to pick up for me. When I called to correct and pay shipping, he took a Venmo payment from my mom, marked the order complete and.... didn't mail the saplings. I had a hard time getting back in touch, but when I did, he finally did correct it and send the saplings

Footmore Farms won't ship or hold, but the saplings were outside when I picked them up, and although they're the same height or so, they have a LOT more leaves and look a lot healthier post-planting. The leaves are a big smaller, but they're thicker and hardier looking, so I suspect that they were grown outside from the start. I've read that it makes a difference; that letting them grow their first leaves outsides in the sun makes them more sun tolerant as saplings, otherwise they need shade. I have a lot more confidence in their success.

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