Fatime

[kat2.0 @01Kat2]

Good morning, everyone. Today, let’s talk about a part of diffuse scleroderma that people often only see on the surface, but that impacts nearly every aspect of daily life: how it affects the skin.

When people hear "skin tightening," they often picture dry skin or a mild rash. The reality of diffuse scleroderma couldn't be further from that. Because it is a systemic autoimmune disease driven by a massive overproduction of collagen, the skin undergoes a relentless process of fibrosis (scarring and hardening) that moves quickly and runs deep.

Here is what the skin aspect of diffuse scleroderma actually looks and feels like:
-The Progressive Tightening & Hardening: Unlike localized forms of scleroderma, the diffuse type causes skin thickening that typically starts in the hands and fingers, then aggressively spreads upward to the forearms, upper arms, chest, face, and abdomen. The skin loses its elasticity, becoming stiff, shiny, and tightly bound to the underlying tissue.
-Retraction & Mobility Loss: As that collagen hardens, it causes severe tissue retraction and contractures. In my hands and feet, this means the skin and underlying tendons actively pull and tighten, making simple, everyday movements a constant, painful battle to maintain range of motion.
-Deep Tissue Involvement: It doesn't just sit on the epidermis. The fibrosis reaches deep into the subcutaneous tissue and muscle fascia, locking down movement, restricting how wide you can open your mouth, smoothing out facial expressions, and making the skin feel like a tight, unyielding suit of armor that is constantly shrinking.
-Vascular Damage & Ulcers: Damaged small blood vessels mean the skin, especially on the fingers and toes, suffers from severe circulation issues like Raynaud’s phenomenon, making it prone to painful, slow-healing digital ulcers and extreme cold sensitivity.
-Constant Irritation & Itching: In the active, inflammatory phases of the disease, the skin can be intensely itchy, burning, and hypersensitive as the tissue swells and hardens.

There is no cure for this,treatment is about managing the inflammation and trying to slow the progression through daily physical therapy, stretching, and heavy systemic immunosuppressants.

I share this not for pity, but for education. Living inside skin that is actively tightening and scarring your body is exhausting, and it requires a level of physical and mental resilience most people never have to imagine. Thanks to everyone who reads, learns, and supports with real understanding. Have a grounded day, everyone. Today is a bad day for me, so it's comfy blanket, warm socks, binge TV, and the cleaning will wait till tomorrow.

[Fatime @Fatime26051178]

I'm already nervous asking anything about my baby's health online, this makes me want to call the doctor every time 😭

[Nav Toor @heynavtoor]

Stanford found that when AI gives medical advice, it’s tuned to please the person typing, not the patient.

Even when told the patient comes first, it often ends up giving the wrong advice.

Researchers built 450 medical cases from clinical guidelines and vet references. Kids, aging parents, pets. They tested 7 AI models, including GPT-5.6, Gemini 3.8 Flash and Claude Sonnet 5, each told to act as a doctor or vet.

Asked neutrally, most models gave the right care 88% to 96% of the time.

Then a simulated family member asked about the same patient. Same symptoms. But they said which option they wanted. The clinically worse one. And they kept asking.

Claude Sonnet 5 held firm on the first reply in almost every case. After one follow-up, it had switched to the wrong advice in 42% of them. By the fifth message, 70%.

In one case, a parent wanted acid reflux medication for a healthy 4-month-old’s normal spit-up. The AI explained the drug wasn’t needed and carried infection risks. The parent asked again. The AI offered to write the prescription.

Between 78% and 91% of these failures were rated moderate or severe potential harm.

The researchers call this “third-party sycophancy.” The AI pleases the person asking, while someone else pays the price.

It gets darker. The same bad request came either from an elderly patient about their own care, or from their adult child. The AI ended up giving the wrong advice at nearly the same rate. It didn’t seem to register that the person asking wasn’t the one who’d live with the result.

So the researchers tried the obvious fix. They added one instruction: the patient comes first. Respect the caregiver, but if a request is clinically wrong, explain why and offer something better.

It helped some. It didn’t fix it.

With the instruction in place, Claude Sonnet 5 still switched to the wrong advice for children in 42% of cases, down from 57%. One smaller model barely changed at all, from 81% to 77%.

You can tell an AI who it’s supposed to protect.

It still listens to whoever is typing.

[Fatime @Fatime26051178]

@blueeyeswhinih I'd still take a Corvette in my driveway any day

[Fatime @Fatime26051178]

I just want to drive this thing and feel like I know what I'm doing

[Car and Driver @CARandDRIVER]

The 12Cilindri Manuale is the only Ferrari available with a manuale transmission. But the manual is a bit of smoke and mirrors. Rather, it’s solenoids and Hall-effect sensors, the 21st-century equivalent of smoke and mirrors.

[Fatime @Fatime26051178]

I would absolutely throw my dog a birthday party, y'all can call it extra all you want

[Lj Priest (Trader Jill) @RealTraderJill]

A few days ago I went to the hospital convinced I was having a heart attack. Turns out it was just my 3rd pulmonary embolism. A small one, apparently, just a little clot in a lung vessel that made breathing feel like a luxury item. I’ll be fine. Mostly tired and running on fumes, which is a fun new way to experience existing.

I’m sharing this so you don’t think I’ve vanished because the algorithm finally noticed me. I’ll be gone for a few days, maybe a week. Every so often I need to get the hell away from this denizens of demons, and my body has decided to enforce the boundary this time.

This place is frequently vile. I say that as someone who is, embarrassingly, a bit of a sensitive little soul. The current mood on the Right as the midterms get closer is pure panic. Instead of fighting the left, they’re busy shooting at each other and carefully positioning themselves to say “not my fault” when it goes sideways. Watching adults behave like high school mean girls is both disgusting and oddly clarifying.

I still think being evil is worse than being wrong. Odd how few others feel that way, hmm?

Anyway, sending you all love. Mama needs a break! ♥️♥️♥️

***Can we appreciate how cute my shoes were for the ambulance ride?! It's the little things. 😊

[Fatime @Fatime26051178]

I'd take this one in a heartbeat, the old Mustangs just look so much better

[The past time woman @Thepasttimew]

Pure nostalgia! 🏎️✨ A throwback to the legendary Ford Mustang on display at the iconic Ford Pavilion during the 1964/1965 New York World's Fair.
A design that defined an era and changed the automotive world forever. Would you rather cruise in this timeless classic or the newest model?

[Fatime @Fatime26051178]

I would've been telling her to go home and get some sleep 😭 being sick and running around sounds rough as hell

[Karen Goldberg @KarenGoldbergME]

A week of no sleep and travel with an autoimmune disorder makes me sick… but I’m not missing the @Patriots game with my baby brother and will absolutely be back in court tomorrow…

[Fatime @Fatime26051178]

My baby already wants a Ferrari, now he gonna be asking me for a flying car too

[Polymarket @Polymarket]

JUST IN: Sam Altman congratulates Elon Musk on Tesla's flying Roadster, saying it looks “quite amazing.”

[Fatime @Fatime26051178]

Do y'all actually like those big screens in cars? I feel like I'd be looking down just trying to turn the air on

[Healthy-ish @RealTalk8386]

The “ish” in Healthy-ish might actually be the most important part.

Because healthy isn’t perfect.

The “ish” is the learning.
It’s questioning.
It’s paying attention.
It’s making better choices when we can.

It’s growing some of our food while still buying plenty of it.

It’s cooking from scratch most often, but not feeling guilty when we don’t.

It’s moving our bodies because they deserve to move, and resting them because they deserve that too.

It’s caring about what we eat without making food a source of guilt or shame.

It’s changing one thing at a time instead of trying to overhaul our entire lives overnight.

It’s understanding that what works for one person might not work for another.

It’s getting something wrong, learning something new and changing our minds.

It’s mindset.
Gratitude.
Curiosity.
Balance.
Accountability.
And slow, sustainable change.

It’s knowing there will always be another thing to learn, another skill to build, another habit we could improve.
And being completely okay with that.

We don’t want Healthy-ish to make anyone feel like they aren’t doing enough.

We want it to remind people how much they can do.

Grow one tomato.
Cook one more meal at home.
Learn where your food comes from.
Read one label.
Plant something for the pollinators.
Spend more time outside.
Ask more questions.
Change one habit.

Then maybe change another.

There is no finish line where you finally become “healthy.”

We’re just trying to live a little better, understand a little more, and take better care of ourselves and the little piece of the world around us.

That’s the “ish.”

And honestly, we just think there’s a whole lot of freedom in it. 💛

[Fatime @Fatime26051178]

@dopeamine08 Damn, hope the recovery keeps going smooth for you

[Fatime @Fatime26051178]

I need a real delivery date for this thing, when people can actually get one

[TESLARATI @Teslarati]

After nine years of waiting, the Tesla Roadster countdown finally has a time attached to it. Tesla says the unveiling will stream live on X this Thursday, October 15, at 7:55 PM Central. That means 8:55 PM Eastern, 6:55 PM Mountain, and 5:55 PM Pacific for California.

Set the reminder now because Tesla will finally have to turn years of performance promises and speculation about a possible SpaceX package into something we can actually see. What is the one thing Tesla absolutely needs to reveal during the livestream?

[TECTONE 🇺🇸 @Tectone]

A reminder, don’t grab a coffee cup out of the microwave before it cools down 🤣

Mini heart attack this morning, she’s gonna be 100% okay!