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Now that Lindsey Graham is dead, his many victims are speaking out. Actress Jesse James Rose just opened up about being one of them. Despite Lindsey's sexuality being an open secret in DC circles for decades, he ceaselessly harassed and demeaned LGBTQ+ people while in public.
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This is for new foragers, like my coworker:
'Medicinal' does NOT mean 'good for you and safe to eat all the time'. A plant being 'medicinal' does NOT mean that eating it, without any idea of WHY and HOW it's considered medicinal, is a good idea. It is UNWISE to consume a plant that has a long history of use in a way that DOES NOT have a long history of use.
In addition to learning that a plant is edible, you need to learn how it is eaten, what part is eaten, when it's harvested, and how to harvest it sustainably and in a way that supports its continued existence (unless it's invasive). If people only eat the ripe berries as food, then don't eat unripe berries. Don't. Eat. Unripe. Berries. UNLESS! There's! precedent! For that plant!
I know there's this idea going around that Americans only eat sweet or salty things, and that we've eliminated bitter things from our diet, and we should thus be eating more bitter things. But! Bitter things are bitter for a reason, and sometimes that reason is poison! Some of them are medicinally useful at the correct dose, but! You need to know what that is! You need to be doing it on purpose! DO NOT! Assume that bitter means that it's good for you!
Yes! Foxgloves can be medicinal in the right dose but they're also really poisonous if you just eat them randomly. Willow bark has the compound that can be refined into aspirin but if you eat it it's really easy to give yourself ulcers. Also, you must get a foraging book that is specific to your local environment, poisonous lookalikes vary by region
Eliminated bitter things from our diets? Nonsense, what about coffee?
Anyways, yes. Medicinal plants are medicines. They have drug interactions and side effects. You can overdose. Modern pharmaceuticals are a good thing because you know exactly how much of the active ingredient you are consuming, and there is a lot of information on the safety.
Also, like any food, you can randomly have a sensitivity or an allergy to a plant you haven't eaten before, so maybe only eat a little the first time you eat it.
Also sometimes a plant HAS been used for medicine but no longer IS because it was tested and we found out something akin to "....oh no, it gives you cancer/liver failure/other fun stuff longterm". Even NON-MEDICINAL foragables can have that happen. There is a mushroom that people ate, until we tested it and found out that it has this weird compount that just kinda. chills there, except for when your body suddenly Notices it and attacks its own blood in an allergic response and kills you after x-th time you eat the mushroom. (real one, had to change the edibility rating in my second hand bought mushroom guide. check things periodically!!) (Paxillus involutus for those concerned. again, you can eat it many times with maybe only a slight stomach upset, then DIE the next time)
You might ask "how did we not know that!?!" Well, how would the folk knowledge connect "ate this thing for years/decades with no ill effect, suddenly died" with One plant/ mushroom that was a culprit? You can't, really.. Some medicinal plants also really are better avoided Now that you can get The Same Compound in a stadardised dose in a pill! No, natural is not better in this case, really. The concentration of the medicinal (often also poisonous) compound can vary greatly from plant to plant, depending on the enviroment, time of year, plant's age, and a bajillion other things. Don't risk it if there's literally the Same Thing, in very pecise same dose in each pill. Using the plant might have been better that nothing when these were the only options. We can remember the history without risking our health for no good reason when we have safer alternatives now
Yeah, that.
I honestly feel that the uses of medicinal plants are pretty narrow in a world where pharmaceutical drugs can be manufactured, because of all of these reasons
There is no hard boundary between "natural" and "unnatural," like, lots of medicines are the exact same compounds found in medicinal plants, except when it's manufactured you know exactly how much of the active ingredient you're ingesting.
And lots of those compounds are REALLY toxic above a certain dose because. well. They Are Drugs.
Also, at least in my country (USA) supplements are regulated really poorly and sometimes don't even contain the thing they are supposed to be. I wouldn't fuck with any medicinal plants that I didn't grow or harvest myself or get directly from a person I trusted
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Exodus 4:13, Andrei Tarkovsky Journal 1970-1986, The confessions of Saint Augustine, Jeremiah 1:6, Jonah 1:3, C.S. Lewis Surprised by Joy: The Shape of My Early Life.
🦀 Annual report of the New Jersey State Museum Trenton, N.J.: MacCrellish & Quigley, State Printers, 1902-1915. Original source Image description: Illustration from the 1902-1915 New Jersey State Museum annual report showing detailed scientific drawings of a female green crab (Carcinides maenas). The top view displays the crab’s broad, spiny carapace with two large, curved claws raised. The bottom view reveals the crab’s segmented abdomen, jointed legs, and fine details of the mouthparts and eyes. The images highlight anatomical features for identification, with a scale bar beneath the top crab for size reference. The plate number “126” is noted in the top right corner.
A question I get asked a lot while working at a public library is "how do you deal with homeless people?"
And the answer is, we don't.
The unhoused people who come here seeking refuge 99% of the time understand that they will be kicked out if they misbehave.
The people you have to watch out for are Jessica, who only came because the kid she didn't want had to visit for a homework assignment and she just *needs* to yell at her child for asking to borrow two books or stay an extra five minutes, or Michael, who came in to look at porn on our computers for whatever fucking reason, or Karen who just wanted to come by to throw a fit that the particular book she wanted was checked out and harrass our staff about our collection being too limited.
99% of the time, the people we need to ban are middle to upper-middle class white people while the homeless and mentally ill/disabled people mind their own damn business and are honestly some of the best patrons we have.
I bring this up because today we had a man come in. He stopped at the desk, pulled up a chair and said "I'm newly homeless and was living in my car. I'm disabled. It was impounded. It's raining. I don't have a phone and I don't know where to go tonight."
And we did what we could to help. He was incredibly kind and patient despite his obvious anxiety and stress, more than most able bodied, housed patrons are to us under much less dire conditions. I liked knowing that we were the first place he came.
We have so many people like this who come in everyday. Many are quiet and keep to themselves, but sometimes they talk to us.
They tell us about how they're taking a few courses on a scholarship they applied for from our library's computer at the local community college to get their diploma. Or ask about a manga or dvd or book we might have to help them pass the time.
One woman, who comes in daily with her tattered walker always says hello to me and likes to work on the new jigsaw puzzle with me when we set one out.
So like, treat unhoused people like people. Treat disabled people like people. I don't want my library to feel like the only safe space in the world, but I'm glad it can be one of them.
I'm so sick of hearing about how "the homeless are ruining everything" when they are some of the kindest, most respectful people here. Sometimes they mutter, might not have had a place to shower, and might need a little extra space for their backpacks but that's FINE. It Doesn't Matter Actually. None of that is a problem or any of my business to care about (unless they request help/services), and I also don't think it's any of yours.
libraries provide vital and lifesaving services and i will die on the hill you have to let people who are mentally ill and disabled and homeless and politically disagreeable to you still access those rescourses. its simply too important to society
One of my proudest life achievements was helping a close friend leave a controlling, emotionally abusive partner who happened to work as a librarian. Part of how I knew this guy was a terrible person was that he used his workplace experiences with homeless patrons as a justification for his increasingly reactionary right-wing politics (which were CLEARLY imported from manosphere tiktok, not his job). When she’d started the relationship he was a pretty normy lib with a few hangups from his patriarchal catholic upbringing. When he left his job (and finally got kicked out of her life, at around the same time) he was a trump-voting weirdo with an addiction to expensive men’s fragrances. But somewhere in the middle of that I was telling my friend “this guy is bad news. Every other librarian I know is super compassionate about & appreciative of the unhoused people who come in. I think it’s going to get worse and you should get out now.”
Anyway I was right and her life is so much better without him and I thank every other librarian who helps provide a safe, quiet place for people to rest and access resources.
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It's "Don't speak ill of the dead." until it's time to put the correct name on the stone. 👀
It's "Don't speak ill of the dead." until someone's child is murdered and everyone's suddenly an expert in criminology and forensics.
It's "Don't speak ill of the dead." until school shooting victims don't follow yer political agenda.
It's "Don't speak ill of the dead." until someone thinks a God granted them dibs on some land.
It's "Don't speak ill of the dead." unless they died from AIDS, right?
It's "Don't speak ill of the dead." until someone's homeless.
It's "Don't speak ill of the dead." until a politician you've deified needs to move some merch.
It's "Don't speak ill of the dead." until someone starts charging for erotic services and content.
It's "Don't speak ill of the dead." until yer kid comes out or spouse wants to leave.
What do y'all think the Gods would appreciate more?
An offering made with your own effort, possibly by starting to learn a new skill or supporting someone in community.
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A billionaire's bot slop that's hurting Jörð?
How convenient it is to attach small, useful objects to your clothes at waist level
Asking again, Christians. If we're made in the image of such an amazing Creator...why are so many of y'all dependent on Caesars' Planet Boiling Art Theft Machines?
"next time, log in faster with fingerprint/face/iris recognition!" how about i keep typing my password like i have for the past 25 years and you fuck off
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Polyamory is safe for work. Polyamory is safe for kids. Polyamory is safe for day time tv. Polyamory isn’t more sexual than any other relationship and it can be just as romantic, sweet, and healthy.
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I'm gonna get phthaloplasty. Oh yeah my shit's all gonna be a serene sea green, or perhaps a tidal blue
Happy Ýlir!
A tender, Wintery kiss for the Goddess Iðunn from the Goddess Skaði. Inspired by an apple tree in our yard that is usually one of the last trees in its area to lose its leaves when the killing frosts and freezes come.
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The Lightning Son WIP
(P@treon saw it first~)
The average internet user should not have to become an expert on adversarial watermarking just to keep a MULTIBILLION+ DOLLAR company from stealing their work.
