Nobody should buy GTA til they free Arion Kurtaj

What with GTA VI going up for pre-order i'd just like to remind everyone that rockstar conspired with the UK government to lock an 18-year-old away for life for hacking them.

as a pharmacist seeing content about the side effects of birth control made in this very sensationalist way makes me feel weird because yes it’s important to make a fully informed decision about the risks of taking contraception, but you need to understand that ALL medications have rare but serious side effects. everyday medications like paracetamol and ibuprofen have crazy side effects like heart failure and death but people still take them because there’s an understanding that these risks are extremely rare. yes they happen to some people but statistically you’re probably more way more likely to die in a car accident than get a brain tumour from birth control pills. but that doesn’t stop you from getting into a car. Birth control isn’t for everyone but it is an incredibly valuable medication that is a cornerstone of women’s health and reproductive rights. In an age of increasing right wing ideology, abortion bans, violence against women, and fears around reducing birth rates, going out of your way to make fear mongering statements about contraception and paint it as this big scary medication that’s going to kill you feels like a psyop

my mom just had a 7cm brain tumor removed and since she's woken up she's been talking nonstop about this dream she had about going to an art gallery full of colourful paintings by a 'homosexual artist' named klimsdorf who was ethereal and wise, both young and old... at first she was convinced he was a real person but after failing to find him online she's accepted he was a figment of her subconscious mind and is now determined to bring him to life via painting his portrait herself. she's 67 and has never drawn in her life. and now this. blorbo from her tumor

the intended reading of this joke is that the doctor is being called a clown, but I also like people's alternate readings in the notes where a) the patient's partner is a clown, figuratively or literally, or b) the patient is hallucinating a clown everywhere they go

golly its almost like there was some kind of virus going around recently that gave a bunch of people lifelong disabilities. does anyone remember anything like that?

i know it's been said on here and said again but people do so desperately need to genuinely do intentional work to build distress tolerance and start figuring out how to recognize the differences between danger, discomfort, and when a situation that is merely uncomfortable is triggering an emotional flashback in your bodies because it resembles a past situation that actually was dangerous which makes it difficult to realize/believe that this moment is merely uncomfortable.