@AgathasSapphic I ended up doing the alternative dosing strategy where I started at 6mg and worked my way down to 4.5mg. My first attempt was starting at 1mg and it messed me up pretty bad
@Nerzog999 Nah let’s keep our expectations high seeing as opponents of M4A will try to extract as many concessions as possible and kneecap it the way they did the ACA
@ajlamesa And it’s not like we can’t create incentives like student loan forgiveness and government-backed low-interest startup loans for starting a private practices. Doctors can accept lower pay if they’re not saddled with 1/2 mil in student loans or beholden to private equity
You don't want significant government intervention in most sectors, but health care is absolutely one where the government either needs monopsony power (single-payer) or must directly set prices (all-payer). It's not supporters of Medicare for All and universal health care who are being dishonest in this debate.
There is an active outbreak of avian flu (H5 influenza) in dairy herds in Washington State, particularly the Yakima Valley. A number of dairy workers have been infected, with at least one death. Speaking with workers, we believe the official case numbers are a vast undercount. 1/
@singingsox If there’s anything having hEDS has taught me over the years is that things can always get worse! They can get better too but boy oh boy can they get worse
Magdalena Oksińska was a talented young artist whose paintings were full of emotion and showed her unique way of seeing the world. In 2024, she held her own exhibition.
Yesterday she was shot dead by her brother, the terrorist behind the Kraków attack.
RIP, princess. 🤍😭
@chiefkittenme I noticed a lot of my bilingual friends were able to achieve a higher level of fluency even though they were allowed to speak English at home just from watching their parents interact and experiencing a higher level of exposure. My accent is maybe a bit better tho bc I spoke more
@chiefkittenme English bc of the country I grew up in. I did study my home languages in college though. I’m good enough to get around on vacation but not enough to work or function as an adult in languages 2 and 3
@radfemsiren All this talk about boys and whites “falling behind” have we considered it’s because they apparently aren’t expected to learn important life skills (case in point) like everybody else is? It’s not DEI it’s a skill issue
@chiefkittenme 1 language per parent. I think it was also a problem in our relationship that my parents accidentally limited the topics of our conversation to whatever they wanted to talk about via the vocabulary they taught me and I wasn’t allowed to communicate w them in English until