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@catmexi

AEL, Chicago, Mex-i-can woman. My Mexi-cat believed in me, I'll always believe in her.
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For those worried about the crew having to do a whole job just for one person, flight staff only get paid for time they're in the air; if he'd cancelled, they wouldn't have gotten paid for zip.

So in other words, he gave them an easy day where they can spend most of it on break, and also airplane staff should unionize.

Also the plane likely has to get to NC somehow so you might as well have fun with it

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sunscreen / SPF is for EVERYONE

it’s true that gingers like myself are more likely to acquire skin cancer from sun exposure

it is ALSO true that people of color are more likely to DIE of skin cancer (a very survivable cancer) due to late diagnosis, medical racism, and lower levels of access to care

pls take care of your skin. it’s your biggest organ

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New theoretical research by Michael Wondrak, Walter van Suijlekom and Heino Falcke of Radboud University has shown that Stephen Hawking was right about black holes, although not completely. Due to Hawking radiation, black holes will eventually evaporate, but the event horizon is not as crucial as had been believed. Gravity and the curvature of spacetime cause this radiation too. This means that all large objects in the universe, like the remnants of stars, will eventually evaporate.
Using a clever combination of quantum physics and Einstein's theory of gravity, Stephen Hawking argued that the spontaneous creation and annihilation of pairs of particles must occur near the event horizon (the point beyond which there is no escape from the gravitational force of a black hole).
A particle and its anti-particle are created very briefly from the quantum field, after which they immediately annihilate. But sometimes a particle falls into the black hole, and then the other particle can escape: Hawking radiation. According to Hawking, this would eventually result in the evaporation of black holes.
In this new study the researchers at Radboud University revisited this process and investigated whether or not the presence of an event horizon is indeed crucial.
Source: phys.org
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Not everyone can attend (or wants to attend) a Pride event in-person. Maybe there isn't one in your area, maybe they're 18+ or 21+ only, maybe they're not accessible to you, or maybe you're not out right now.

No matter the reason, we created our first Digital Pride experience in 2020 so you can join in from anywhere - and IT'S BACK AGAIN for 2023!

We'll be streaming Digital Pride on Twitch FOUR WEEKS IN A ROW during June!

🎮 June 8: Join us for some Final Fantasy XIV and a chat about how so many of us discovered our LGBTQ+ identities and communities through games like this.

📚 June 15: We're debuting the new season of Perfectly Queer, followed by drag queen story hour and a queer author showcase! Let's talk about "banned" books and the importance of queer lit!

🎙 June 22: Watch another episode of Perfectly Queer, then come chat with some amazing gaming voice actors and chat about representation in gaming!

🇲🇽 June 29: First Perfectly Queer, then a super-special Spanish language segment with It Gets Better México featuring some of your fave Colombian influencers, a Drag Race queen, and a Mexican pop star. Hint hint.

Details coming soon - follow us on Twitch in the meantime at twitch.tv/itgetsbetter so you don't miss a thing! Can't wait to see y'all in chat with us watching live!

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There is a new subreddit called r/PeriodPantry that allows people who need period products to post wishlists. Many people are forced by poverty to chose between menstrual hygiene products and other necessities, and may end up skipping meals or suffering health problems or social isolation as a result of lacking hygiene products. Please feel welcome to post a period product wishlist, fulfill a wishlist, and/or reblog this post to help it reach others.

Hey, this is a really cool mutual aid group, if you need period products or can help someone get period products this is a great little group to check out.