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Happy World Otter Day!

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Ok yes, but also drink a big glass of water (or other flavored beverage idc just not alcohol) to protect your kidneys.

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the existence of a divine feminine implies the existence of a john waters masculine

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Cool! So lokivetmab isn't just named by someone who felt like invoking a Norse trickster for (?) reasons (?). I knew the -mab was monoclonal antibody and assumed the 'vet' indicated non-human animal use, but the 'ki' means it's target is a cytokine (IL-31 for anyone who's curious) and someone, possibly some joker, decided on lo- as the "fantasy" identifier. It does make it memorable.

Only with "These unique names, known as INN, must be distinctive in sound and spelling and easily pronounceable" I feel like the last one in the list is also the last priority.

So presumably for fuzapladib they were stuck with -ladib because it's a leukocyte function-associated activation inhibitor, and somebody did grab Scrabble tiles for the -fu, but what's the 'zap'?

Fuzapladib?@ Do drug companies really just grab a handful of Scrabble tiles and throw them on the floor to create a name?

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Fuzapladib?@ Do drug companies really just grab a handful of Scrabble tiles and throw them on the floor to create a name?

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Texas is actual Hell, maybe.

Typical day in Texas (fascist hellhole).

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I finally made the meme I've had in my head for over a year

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Reblogging for the additional info on engineered stone which will NOT be going into our kitchen if we ever replace the falling-apart melamine (?) counters from the 60s.

Respirators remove a percentage of a thing from the air; like "N95" means it removes 95 percent of particulates (that are not oil based, that's the n part). If the concentration in the air is 1000 uc/m3 you will get 50 ug/m3. If it's 10,000 ug/m3 you are breathing 500 ug/m3. If the acceptable occupational exposure level is 10 ug/m3 then that mask is not sufficient in either case. If the acceptable level is 0? No mask will be sufficient.

Also the number of acceptable deaths producing a luxury product is zero.

We've apparently invented an artificial stone that, when cut, functions as a kind of Super Asbestos.

So, you know, watch out for that.

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This is absolutely NOT a new disease, it's what killed miners in the 20s and helped drive unionization, it's very, very well known and I guarantee you the people running these shops know they are death traps. I'm begging you, if you work in any kind of construction, fabrication, a laboratory, factory, or other situation with fumes and/or dust (even fabric dust, that's slightly different but still deadly "brown lung") look up OSHA requirements. Are they being followed? Can you find out? What is the concentration in the air where you work? What is filtering capacity of your breathing protection (if any)? Is it adequate to the environment?

You can file a complaint here: https://www.osha.gov/workers/file-complaint

I get that if you are undocumented then that is super scary. You can do it anonymously. OSHA can grant special visas to workers in workplace safely and health cases. The CFR are written in blood please don't add yours to it. No job is worth your life.

We've apparently invented an artificial stone that, when cut, functions as a kind of Super Asbestos.

So, you know, watch out for that.

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Mostly I'm just angry that we have robots making art while humans do drudge work when it was supposed to be the other way around.

It REALLY is fucking funny how there is genuinely a distinct third faction in AI discourse on this site that is not "Pro-AI" but "The anti-AI crowd is talking about divine sparks of creativity and shit and I'm not about that"

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Outsourcing RAM to my smartphone is a lifesaver.

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Yes. I'm not very good with the instruments though.

I've been playing a lot of Sky: Children of the Light, lately! I think we are well past "temporary phase" and into "favourites" at this point

Like listen you can play musical instruments (granted only in diatonic scales) and hug your friends while roaming in a fantasy world that only sometimes wants to kill you! What more could you ask for

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Animal

Basket Star.

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Not For Puppies

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I grew up in the South. I knew a fair number of people who might have made that first statement. I've since met way too many who'd make the second one. I'll take ignorance without malice every time, over silver tongued "correct" language wrapped around a core of bigotry.

Those first folk are willing to learn provided you don't immediately come at them about their language and put their fur up. They are often some of the best and staunchest allies you could have once you're a friend.

"The trannies should be able to piss in whatever toilet they want and change their bodies however they want. Why is it my business if some chick has a dick or a guy has a pie? I'm not a trannie or a fag so I don't care, just give 'em the medicine they need."

"This is an LGBT safe space. Of COURSE I fully support individuals who identify as transgender and their right to self-determination! I just think that transitioning is a very serious choice and should be heavily regulated. And there could be a lot of harm in exposing cis children to such topics, so we should be really careful about when it is appropriate to mention trans issues or have too much trans visibility."

One of the above statements is Problematic and the other is slightly annoying. If we disagree on which is which then working together for a better future is going to get really fucking difficult.

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30 is fantastic and I think I was just really starting to get my feet under my then. 40 was honestly even better, and at 50 I can now say that I give zero fucks what people think is weird or cringe and live in a way that pleases me and builds connections with people I care about and who actually see me and care about me in good ways. Yes, I ache more and have less stamina but I'm also wasting way less energy on unimportant things.

Take care of your body and build transmission and community ties and life just keeps getting better.

the older i get and the closer i am to reaching 30, the more the people around me try to deny me my age. it’s a constant ‘oh you’re just turning 29 again teehee 🤭’ or ‘dont tell your SO that, he’ll leave you for a younger model 😉’ and i just???? hate it?????????

i spent my entire teenaged years fighting for my life. i crawled through the deepest pits of my depression to cling to the promise of a life beyond that pain. i was so convinced that i was going to die young, that i would never see the grace of my age starting with a 2, let alone 3.

so im going to turn 30, and there’s not a damn thing anyone can do to stop me from loving it.

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Aurora over Lincoln Park tonight