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Patrick was here

@patrick42h / patrick42h.tumblr.com

Cats, rockets, electric cars, and other life-affirming things Physics student at IUPUI, Hydroplane racer

"Safe states for trans people" by erininthemorn on TikTok

Here's the bill tracking links:

  • California SB107: https://openstates.org/ca/bills/20212022/SB107/
  • Minnesota SF4525: https://legiscan.com/MN/bill/SF4525/2021
  • New York S8842: https://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/bills/2021/S8842

Transcript of what's said in the video, including what's in the screenshot images is provided below, the read more button.

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Do autistic kids "grow out" of their autism? Why does it sometimes seem like there are so few autistic adults?

For Autism Acceptance Month, I covered this topic in this comic to help explain this disconnect! YouTube | TikTok | Instagram | Twitter

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[The Rocinante is] just a frigate.  They’re no match for the Pella.  Not even one-on-one, and we are three to one.  […]  With Lauber and Granicus, our missile advantage is five to one.

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This piece is about prude-shaming and compulsory sexuality. It’s sort of a companion to this other piece, which is about slut-shaming and how wanting to have lots of casual, unconventional sex doesn’t make you a bad person. 

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since the old version of this post was flagged for 'adult content'...

reblog this post if your account is a trans safe space or owned by a trans person!

along with that, reblog if your account is a trans non-binary spectrum safe space or owned by someone on the trans enby spectrum!

It is never too early to start talking about outer space labor law

Like even NASA has been guilty of treating astronauts like organic robots in the past (see SkyLab Strike). You really think someone like Elon Musk will care about their employees working in microgravity beyond their ability to continue performing their job?

For example, NASA astronauts are currently required to work out two hours a day to keep up their bone and muscle mass. This helps prevent irreparable damage/loss and lets them eventually return to living their normal lives on Earth. But exercise equipment is heavy, and it costs $10000 per pound when you’re shooting something into orbit. That’s a lot! Can a company be trusted to send enough equipment into space for each of their employees to get that two hours in when the benefit is for the employees after they’ve served their time? 

How long will these companies expect their employees to stay in microgravity when it’s cheaper for them to leave a single person up there for a long period of time than to bring them down and switch them out? If someone gets sick or wants to quit? 

These are questions and concerns that will need to be addressed in the near future as the space industry becomes further and further commercialized and companies begin to break away from merely contracting for government space agencies.

Aside from the fact that the “Skylab strike” is a myth which as been blown out of proportion, this post does raise some good and interesting questions for the future of the industry

IF YOU ARE UNMARRIED, DON'T HAVE KIDS, AND HATE YOUR PARENTS PLEASE FOR THE LOVE OF GOD HAVE A FUCKING WILL

this has been a public service announcement from your friendly neighborhood probate lawyer

Again:

1. The law doesn't care how long your parents and family have been out of your life

2. The law doesn't care about your long term friends or "found family"

If you don't have legal documents that say otherwise, your biological family calls all the shots.

This goes especially for LGBTQ+. Please do not get deadnamed in your obituary.

How to make a living will (Advance Healthcare Directive) so you don’t get fucked over by biological family if you end up in a situation where you cannot make your own healthcare choices.

If youre trans, this video is a good ref to start with and she provides links and organizations that can help

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⁣When following  the salmon’s path there is often bears! While painting at Kuril Lake , Kamchatka , our guides ensured our safety as we observed the brown bears ancient annual ritual of fishing for sockeye salmon that are starting to gather and spawn upstream. I was taken in by the earlier light on the IIlyinsky Volcano in the backdrop but was of distracted by a bear, which turned out to be a good model and subject for the foreground! (Additional video
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