When will my husband (Ao3) return from war (is up again)

AO3 IS DOWN!!!!!!!

In the middle of a fanfic and this shit happens

The world hates me

Listen, you should never film strangers in public without their consent, but I swear there need to be fines or something for people who do that shit in some spaces. For example: I had to go to the ER last night, and some jerk filmed a woman who just came in and was clearly having an asthma attack. She immediately got to go back, and he was unhappy about that. Believe me, I get that it sucks having to wait when you're in pain, but you don't get to pick who deserves care when. The medical system in the US is a nightmare, and the ER could be the worst moment of someone's life. No one deserves to be recorded because some jack ass believes someone doesn't look like they need care.

This is fine to reblog. People who film strangers should be shamed if nothing else.

I know a lot of EFR instructors (Emergency first response, the people who teach CPR classes) who used to be ambivalent about this and now are firmly in the "fuck you fuck your phone category.

Maybe its demographics, EFR instructors do tend to be older and less online, but there's been a shift from voyeur filming being seen as irritating and tasteless to actively harmful.

I met one lady who had an entire section of her lecture based on how to divide labor in emergency and one of those steps was crowd control. If you are taking charge of an emergency situation, you delegate tasks. Point at one person and tell them to call 911, Point at another person tell them to warn traffic, Point at another person tell them to get the first aid kit if you know where it is. You assign small tasks to individuals instead of asking a crowd that way the task actually happens, and you're not sitting around 20 minutes later wondering why the ambulance is taking so long to show up and it turns out that everyone assumed someone else called.

Now there is another step. Pick a big dude and tell him to stop people from filming. Which is actually the tamest version of what she said, because this lady went on and on about how phones are fragile, light, small, pieces of computer equipment that can be easily punted into oblivion.

And yeah, she's probably the most vocal proponent of property destruction in the face of voyeur filming I've heard lately but she's far from the only person in emergency services who's frustrated with the eternal quest for viral videos of strangers pain.

And to be clear there is a huge difference between the paramedic who doesn't want you filming and the cop who doesn't want you filming.

The paramedic who doesn't want you filming is trying to protect someone who is hurt and vulnerable and maybe going through the worst day of their life. That is worthy of respect and if you film someone in medical distress you are a pustulent asshole of a human being.

A cop who doesn't want you filming is probably trying to violate someone's civil rights and you should absolutely record away.

Black panther poster. Just as relevant today

Essential information of previous post:

If you are transfem, this shit will increase your testosterone levels.

They are lying to you to take your money. Don't fucking touch it. Tell your friends and family.

If you're desperate, DIY is an option. The subreddit r/TransDIY is an excellent resource, as is the DIY Wiki.

If what you really want is a herbal supplement, there are certain herbs that will have a minor antiandrogenic effect. The DIY resources here will have more information on it.

Edit: the dose of ashwagandha is so high that it will give you serotonin syndrome within four to eight weeks. This shit is evil.

Ok so i just woke up and its 2am here and i went to get some nice midnight drink o sippy sip of water and it suddenly hit me that from all of those “how to survive sudden abnormal cold weather” guides ive read on tumblr hasnt mentioned one extremely important thing:

DO NOT GET DRUNK - not even a little bit.

You lose the sensation of feeling cold as soon as you get even a little bit tipsy. This is incredibly dangerous and is a common reason to why people are found frozen to death outdoors; they were drunk, didnt feel any cold and thus didnt seek warmth and instead fell asleep on a bench etc.

Do NOT get drunk during a sudden cold weather situation.

like

i need abled people to understand

many very very sick people, people with life threatening and terminal diseases, cannot even fucking go to the dr right now because they stopped mandating masking in medical facilities and we cannot risk our lives

because there is a difference between "will kill you in years" and "will kill you in days"

there are also many people who can't get vaccinated due to conditions like guillain barre, which may progress or kill them if their immune system is activated. and these people have no other options for protection besides the vaccines they can't get and the callous whim of others, because evusheld, an iv prophylactic, became ineffective against the new variants and it doesn't look like they have any interest in updating it.

people had to fight to even get evusheld in the first place, and then had to fight to actually receive it because it was expensive and the criteria for who could get it was very small. many did not qualify, and those who did weren't able to afford it. and many of those who didn't qualify but were still able to get it were only able to do so because of privilege- for instance, one was a medical professional and another was a lawyer

the vaccines are also not effective for many people because their immune systems are not strong enough. they don't boost it like they would for someone else

i just want abled people to know this is happening

you should care even if it really was "only 2 or 3 people". but if you don't, it's still really much more that. it's hundreds. hundreds of people who either can't leave their houses and haven't for 3 years, or people with potentially deadly conditions, terminal illnesses, progressive disabilities, who have to work in this anyway if they want to be able to pay rent and eat.

you were told the high risk would protect themselves but how are we supposed to do that? we can't. there is no fucking protection. masks are only effective when everyone else is wearing one.

if you can help, please do.

helping can be as simple as wearing a mask at least when you go to the dr too, and encouraging other people to do so. idk

i can't say it matters when it's on an individual level. i want it to. but the truth is i just don't know what to do. at this point i just want abled people to care, and to actually support us. to protect us. to even want to.

this is why the only shirt I wear out of the house anymore is Social Distancing Grinch. I don't have to say a word to make my point.

(sadly my cane does not double as a 39 1/2 foot pole)

This site has been going around Twitter trans accounts quite a bit lately, so just pointing out here too that it'll do fuck all, they're exploiting trans people at a time when hrt is particularly hard to access and please don't give them your money

fuckin exploitative bullshit marketed in the worst way imaginable

literally selling laxatives as weight loss supplements

Reddit post by Dr Will Powers

No actually, this needs to be in the body of the post.

This isn't someone looking to make a quick buck off the backs of desperate trans women.

This is someone who is gathering a hit list. This person may use your info for active swatting, but not just that, this product will kill you.

This product is outright dangerous. This dose of ashwagandha is ASTRONOMICAL. It's anxiolytic - meaning that it causes agitation and anxiety - and if you take this dose every day you'll be developing serotonin syndrome within 4-6 weeks, and an ER trip/death within 8. And if you're on medications that interact (SSRIs, antipsychotics, most kinds of opiates) or alcohol, this risk is magnified.

This person wants to KILL YOU.

Also the photo they're using for the founder is AI generated. The easiest tell is the neck tattoo seemingly merging with the collar of the shirt, and none of the locs actually having an end that connects them to the scalp.

There's a terf in the comments screeding about how this totally isn't a rightwing psyop and it's asian fetishizing trans ppl obsessed with anime doing this, so here's some irrefutable proof that it is, in fact, a right-wing dox honeypot!

If you go to any post by TheQueerQuirk on Twitter and replace the username part of the url with transaretr8ors it will redirect you to the same tweet with the new username, indicating that TheQueerQuirk's old username WAS in fact transaretr8ors. You can test this yourself.

They're also stealing images from r/transtimelines for fake reviews.

Their domain name was registered on June 2 and the address marked is a common scam address (seemingly of the Icelandic Phallological Museum).

THIS IS A HONEYPOT. THEY'RE COLLECTING ADDRESSES. YOU COULD BE SWATTED, HAVE YOUR IDENTITY STOLEN, OR AT THE VERY BEST RECEIVE A PRODUCT THAT WILL CAUSE SEROTONIN SYNDROME.

SPREAD.

Oh, so the Sonic Superstars announcement was a distraction from the fact Sega is actively union-busting.

AGES is asking for people to spread awareness by retweeting the above tweet and signing the petition to Sega management, which can be found here.

Please note that they also say "Continue playing the Sega games we all love." THIS MEANS TO NOT BOYCOTT SEGA OR ITS PRODUCTS.

No “see results” options we choose sides like middle schoolers

Please reblog so this can break containment

stop believing that you ran out of time to shape yourself into who you want to be! stop believing that its ruined! stop believing you don’t have potential! you are not a fixed being! you have endless opportunities to grow.

I could function in a society that had an actual nightlife that isn't synonymous with just clubbing. Where are the night markets what if I want to go to the library at midnight

being in yr 20s is like every day is a Try Not To Spend 40$ Challenge and i keep losing

saw this post the other day that talked about how so many of us are soooo scared of appearing even momentarily human towards each other these days. like you can't see me sweat or cry or without makeup or with food stuck in my teeth or laugh loud and ugly. everything must be composed and sanitised and photo ready at all times. it's like corporate office culture seeping out into our homes and our lives and for what. it's not cringe to be a real person around other real people

so so sooooo sexy when tv shows end when they're supposed to. so sexy to have a thematically coherent & significant narrative and follow it to its natural conclusion. I'm salivating

*covered in soot, hair standing on end, smoking slightly* my pet wire bit me

ok i will do that

thanks 👍 it did not help

doES ANYONE ELSE REALIZE THAT WE’RE LIKE, THE FIRST GENERATION ON TUMBLR

GIVE IT 10-15 YEARS AND WE’LL ALL BE GROWN UP AND AN ENTIRE NEW SET OF KIDS WILL BE ON HERE BLOGGING ABOUT COMPLETELY DIFFERENT SHOWS AND BANDS AND MOVIES AND BOOKS

THE ONLY THING THEY’LL STILL BE BLOGGING ABOUT THE SAME AS WE WERE IS DOCTOR WHO

HOPEFULLY

We’ll probably all be blogging about Sherlock season 4.

maybe

7/22/2013