@collectdust I first read the Hobbit when I was 8, in 3rd grade. I read the LOTR series in 7th grade. My best friend and I made a giant map of middle earth on butcher paper, just for fun. I am currently reading the Silmarillion for the first time.
@softpinkgiggles@bdk1521 The falling birth rate is GREAT NEWS. If the human population slowly declined to 1-2 billion, that would improve quality of life for each person, improve the environment and make it much easier for humanity to have a sustainable future.
@bridget__early@MollyJongFast The time to educate women about why these newborn treatments are needed is BEFORE they give birth, during prenatal visits. Just having gone thru a traumatic birth experience, sleep deprived, is not the time to talk about urgently needed shots, eyedrops, etc.
@designmom Look which Dems are standing up and speaking out in congress? Mostly women. Which R's keep going against their party? Mostly women. Women are not the submissive ones.
@ElieJarrougeMD I have an acquaintance who is a NP in a diabetes clinic. She assumes no patient really follows instructions because they always get worse on the prescribed the diet and meds. The diet? 300g of carbs per day. Low fat. Low salt.
@Needle_of_Arya Exactly. So many people think dog personalities are a blank slate at birth and itโs all training. You could not train a doodle to do what a border collie does, you canโt stop a border collie from trying to work. They will make up their own job, and you wonโt like it!
@TheAtlantic@shayla__love If you canโt see the article, the culprit was toxic false morel mushrooms in their diet. They contain a slow-acting neurotoxin.
@TimNoEgo Probably a scammer. They make the donation using a stolen credit card, then ask for a refund. If you send a refund, they get the money. Eventually the credit card charge will be disputed and you are out real money. So just do nothing, donโt refund him.
@OurShallowState@Mayoisspicyy Heโs been disappearing for multiple days at the beginning of each month since last September. Heโs getting some kind of treatment. Maybe infusions of baby blood plasma?
@JamesTate121 Why is this not insurance fraud? If they are denying most claims just to force people to appeal, knowing these claims should legally be paid? We pay for a service, they are not providing that service and lying about it. Fraud.
@FondOfBeetles@dilanesper My HS did mixed PE sports. During flag football a boy slammed me to the ground and caused complex fractures of my fingers that broke my fall. The male teacher said nothing and refused to allow me to go to the nurses office. Girls only PE for sports that โcouldโ have contact.
@DeeLaSheeArt The first edition of that book advised wives who were being violently abused that this was just an expression of their husbands need for physical touch, and they should sleep with him more to stop the abuse! Publisher removed this section in later editions.
@cremieuxrecueil As wages stagnate and the poor get relatively poorer, marriage becomes undesirable as it makes you eligible for fewer gov benefits. Things poor people can lose when they get married: SNAP, Medicaid, financial aid for their kids in college, utilities assistance, jobs programs etc