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So the heatwave affecting India right now is insane. For my fellow fahrenheit folks out there, 60°C (the white areas) is 140°F.

Fellow white people: if you’re able, put your bodies/vehicles/voices in between these kidnappers and their targets, ESPECIALLY if you look “respectable” (eg soccer mom/dad, business attire etc). They’re much, much less likely to engage violently with individuals and crowds who look like ppl they respect/view as human (white/white passing) so use their prejudice to your advantage.

- Straight up refuse them entry. Not all workplaces will allow you to do this (e.g. I work in a public library and can't do that) but if you are on private property you can straight up tell them to GTFO or get trespassed by the cops.

- Announce their presence over the PA system. Say "Will the ICE agents who just entered the building please come to [your department] immediately?" and anyone else in the building is going to be made aware that ICE is here and that they're likely to be headed towards wherever you asked them to go, giving them time to escape if necessary.

- Be strict about weapons policies. If your workplace only allows LEOs to carry weapons, ask to see their badges, and ask to copy down their badge numbers and names, too. Take your time doing this, waste their time with as much bullshit red tape as you can muster.

- Be VERY strict about harassment policies, and make it clear to the agents that you will not tolerate them harassing or detaining patrons of your establishment unless they show you a warrant signed by a judge. If they have one, ask to photocopy it "for your records," again making sure to waste as much of their time as possible. Let them know that you will call the cops if they attempt to apprehend anyone without a warrant, and follow through on that if they try it. Tell them it's "policy" if they object. (It doesn't matter if it's actually policy, you can just lie to these assholes.)

If they go for a kid, call a Code Adam. Lock the house down. Get the cops called. In my limited experience, if someone calls a Code Adam - local news pick that up on their radios set to the channel local police use, and they tend to show up with (or ahead of) the police.

If you can do this, set off the Theft Alarm when the ICE come in (if you can't stop them, or if they ignore your attenpts). This makes people look up, and they will see what is going on up front, but it will make it harder for the ICE agents to communicate with each other, and nearly impossible to sneak up on their targets.

The difference between Baxter's First Meeting in his epilogue compared to Cove's and Derek's is really funny to me i will not lie

hEDS itself actually has a very narrow range of symptoms. the majority of the symptoms people ascribe to hEDS are either entirely unconnected or come from hEDS comorbidities (which are not particularly well understood- we know they're there but we don't have a good grasp on why they're there)

hEDS does not cause allergic reactions, MCAS does. many people with hEDS have MCAS but not all people with hEDS have MCAS and not all people with MCAS have hEDS.

hEDS symptoms primarily have to do with direct impact on collagen causing things like joint instability and prolapses. hEDS comorbidities cover a broader range but even then people ascribe some conditions to hEDS without a whole lot of research backing it up.

it's more harmful than just pedantics. sometimes people miss more dangerous disorders like lupus because "well, hEDS can cause inflammation from joint damage and arthritis from repeat injuries." this way of thinking has likely killed people.

are men really more likely to be antisocial or narcissistic, or are women just overlooked because ASPD/NPD are seen as too "aggressive" for them?

are women really more likely to be borderline or histrionic, or are they just seen as so "hysterical" that they have to be feminine?

are black people more likely to have schizophrenia or ODD, or are labels of "psychosis" and "defiance" simply used to further dismiss, oppress, and imprison BIPOC?

are white people more likely to have autism and ADHD, or are doctors just more willing to accept that white children are disabled and not just "bad?"

My first conversation about PCOS with my new endocrine/OBGYN was about weight management and how that could improve my fertility when I eventually wanted kids. It wasn't asked what my goals were for my health or if I wanted kids, just assumed.

I was a hormonal, depressed mess. I hated my body. My body dysmorphia was so bad that I cloistered myself away from so much. I wore hoodies and jeans in the 90°F, 80% humidity summers. This was considered fine. I was given metformin and birth control pills and told this was all that could be done. That PCOS wouldn't affect my life until I wanted to be pregnant. I wasn't asked if I wanted to be pregnant, just assumed.

I don't know how many PCOS groups I joined on my early 20s hoping to find community and commonality for body dysmorphia and symptom management, only to be bombarded with fertility treatments and tips and 'inspirational conception' anecdotes. They never asked if I was attempting to conceive, just assumed.

Me: My pills make me not want to die tho

They: You shouldn’t want to die, that’s not normal