#avoiding harm

[thinkingonscripture]

When Hiding is Wise

Sometimes hiding from others is a valid response to avoid unnecessary persecution. The believer who operates on wisdom and faith will make the right choice at the right time. Solomon wrote, “The prudent sees the evil and hides himself, but the naïve go on, and are punished for it” (Prov 22:3; cf., Prov 27:12). In this verse, the prudent man is shrewd and sees evil ahead, and by wisdom “hides…

[thistlecrimes]

Things I've learned from getting covid for the first time in 2023

I wear an N95 in public spaces and I've managed to dodge it for a long time, but I finally got covid for the first time (to my knowledge) in mid-late November 2023. It was a weird experience especially because I feel like it used to be something everyone was talking about and sharing info on, so getting it for the first time now (when people generally seem averse to talking about covid) I found I needed to seek out a lot of info because I wasn't sure what to do. I put so much effort into prevention, I knew less about what to do when you have it. I'm experiencing a rebound right now so I'm currently isolating. So, I'm making a post in the hopes that if you get covid (it's pretty goddamn hard to avoid right now) this info will be helpful for you. It's a couple things I already knew and several things I learned. One part of it is based on my experience in Minnesota but some other states may have similar programs.

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The World Health Organization states you should isolate for 10 days from first having symptoms plus 3 days after the end of symptoms.

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At the time of my writing this post, in Minnesota, we have a test to treat program where you can call, report the result of your rapid test (no photo necessary) and be prescribed paxlovid over the phone to pick up from your pharmacy or have delivered to you. It is free and you do not need to have insurance. I found it by googling "Minnesota Test to Treat Covid"

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Paxlovid decreases the risk of hospitalization and death, but it's also been shown to decrease the risk of Long Covid. Long Covid can occur even from mild or asymptomatic infections.

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Covid rebound commonly occurs 2-8 days after apparent recovery. While many people associate Paxlovid with covid rebound, researchers say there is no strong evidence that Paxlovid causes covid rebound, and rebounds occur in infections that were not treated with Paxlovid as well. I knew rebounds could happen but did not know it could take 8 days. I had mine on day 7 and was completely surprised by it.

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If you start experiencing new symptoms or test positive again, the CDC states that you should start your isolation period again at day zero. Covid rebound is still contagious. Personally I'd suggest wearing a high quality respirator around folks for an additional 8-9 days after you start to test negative in case of a rebound.

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Positive results on a rapid test can be very faint, but even a very faint line is positive result. Make sure to look at your rapid test result under strong lighting. Also, false negatives are not uncommon. If you have symptoms but test negative taking multiple tests and trying different brands if you have them are not bad ideas. My ihealth tests picked up my covid, my binax now tests did not.

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EDIT: I'd highly suggest spending time with friends online if you can, I previously had a link to the NAMI warmline directory in this post but I've since been informed that NAMI is very much funded by pharmaceutical companies and lobbies for policies that take autonomy away from disabled folks, so I've taken that off of here! Sorry, I had no idea, the People's CDC listed them as a resource so I just assumed they were legit! Feel free to reply/reblog this with other warmlines/support resources if you know of them! And please reblog this version!

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I know that there is so much we can't control as individuals right now, and that's frightening. All we can do is try our best to reduce harm and to care for each other. I hope this info will be able to help folks.

[peacemore-springs]

Nursing Standards of Practice

The basic laws of nursing in the NMC are the professional standards of practice and behaviour that all nurses and midwives must keep to.

These standards are set out in the Code, which contains four key sections: prioritise people, practice effectively, preserve safety, and promote professionalism and trust. The Code is based on the Nursing and Midwifery Order 2001, which is the main legislation that established the NMC and its functions. The NMC also has other orders and rules that regulate the education, training, conduct and performance of nurses, midwives and nursing associates. The NMC’s role is to protect the public and ensure that nurses and midwives are trained and competent to practice.

The NMC can take disciplinary action against any registrant who breaches the Code or fails to meet the standards. Nurses and midwives also have a legal duty of care to their patients, which means they must act in their best interests and avoid causing harm.

[yuukirita]

Hiii I love your art, it’s been my fuel for the past couple weeks lmao

So I wanted to just say

Baby bee doesn’t cry in front of anyone, right?

But what if one day he gets like super hurt (like broken arm/ smashed leg idk) and since he’s just a baby he doesn’t know what else to do but cry like a baby would

And so all the bots are freaking the freak out cuz

A. omg the baby is so injured (or whatever)

B. They’ve never seen him cry!!!!! They don’t know what todo!!! They’re all new parents!!!!!!!!!

mmmmmmm Yes.

I'm so glad you like my art! I like my art too! Hope this fuels you for many more weeks to come! :D

[johnboyegbert]

Hello, random billionaire. I want to play a game. In front of you is an unsealed, poorly built submarine. You do not have to go in the submarine. If you do, i will seal you inside and drop you so deep in the ocean that no one will ever find your body. Entering the submarine will cost you $250,000. Just to reiterate, you absolutely do not have to go in the submarine. There is no benefit to going in the submarine. You have 96 hours. Make your choice.

[mollysunder]

This is the worst lie Jinx has ever told herself.

Felicia's literally just Vi with a braid.

Now young Silco, that's just male Jinx with less baby fat, but we all know Jinx's face is only getting sharper.

Forget the Felicia, it's like the artists decided Silco was literally Jinx's only parent. The resemblance is still there even when Silco gets older.

You think anyone who knew Silco when he was young looked at Jinx and went, "yh that's Silco in blue".

[arunneronthird]

you're standing tall, dragon's son

[glitter-stained]

Are the people who keep complaining that jason got away with what he did completely unscathed actually okay? Like, did we read the same comics? There's extremely little I can think of that didn't happen to Jason as "punishment"

like why are the people who want him to be punished forever not happy he is already getting punished forever what else do you want

[purplesaline]

Piracy is preservation, and authors would rather have their books in front of people who can't access many books for free instead of looking those people in the eye and saying "fork over your month's earnings"

Shut up

To be clear, I'm not against Piracy in general. In fact I'm not only an advocate, I'm a prolific pirate myself.

I'm sure you can find a handful of authors who feel that way, but those I know personally (one indie author and one traditionally published) as well as those I've seen comment on the issue are adamant that piracy has caused them significant personal harm.

They'd far rather people who can't afford their books use libraries to access them or, if the libraries they have access too don't carry the book(d), they'd rather people reach out to them personally to arrange for a copy within their budget (sometimes including for free).

Pirating books is not the same as pirating movies. It's the difference between attacking a Spanish galleon and a fishing sloop.

Bigger names like Brandon Sanderson, Steven King, Diana Gabaldon, etc have a entire fleet of sloops and are unlikely to miss a couple going missing, but the less famous (and thus less highly paid) authors can have their entire career ruined by their book being pirated. It can even prevent them from getting offered another book deal, meaning there won't be any more books by that author for you to read.

We aren't entitled to the intellectual property of others. Full stop.

If the author wanted their book to be free, they'd have made it freely available (as some do!). Maybe if everyone had a universal basic income that covered the cost of living we'd see more art available at no cost, but as it stands artists need to make a living too and that means they need to earn a profit to survive. If they can't do that with their art they have to find another way to do it which means less time and energy to make art.

Not to mention the advance an author gets is usual peanuts, and unlike actors who get paid by the time the movie is out, an advance isn't a wage and if the author doesn't sell enough books they have to give back whatever amount of the advance the sale of their books didn't cover. If they get a $5000 advance and only sell $3000 worth of books they owe the publisher $2000.

Again, I'm not against piracy. I am against harming individual artists to the point where it significantly impacts their career. I want more art in this world.

I'm also not telling people they can't, or shouldn't pirate books. I'm against it but I'm not trying to for e others to believe the same as me. I'm providing information so people can make a more informed decision and better understand the consequences of their choices.

So do what you will with the info I've provided. Just be willing to acknowledge the harm you cause with those choices. Even the piracy I take part in causes harm on a smaller scale.

I have no argument against "I don't care, I'm doing it anyway" and I won't bother trying to argue it.

[pointlesscandies]

For those of you who did not see starlympics:

rest assured that Khaotung was only forced to do sports for like 3 minutes and avoided the ball like it was on fire

🎉🙌

[aliencatwafers]

Sinners (spoilers)

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I love love love the Sinners movie! It was an amazing out of body experience and the narrative was so enthralling. I need to make a separate post about the amazing stuff in the movie.

One thing that does confuse me, actually two, are these:

Why are people simping for Remmick? There’s Stack, Smoke, Annie, Pearline, and so many others. Why Remmick? (Does Tumblr seem Black characters unsimpable and only white characters are simpable? That sounds questionable. People can still simp for white characters but Black characters deserve the same love too).

Why is Sammy x Remmick popular? I don’t get it - it’s a very exploitive dynamic where Remmick killed almost everyone Sammy knew and wanted to steal his music/culture. I get that Remmick wanted to feel his culture, but he’s perpetuating the same harm as colonizers did onto him and he’s taking advantage of his proximity to whiteness. I’m not one to stop people from shipping because I believed people should be allowed to ship, but I have the right to question and judge. I feel like there’s a level of racism present in this ship. Pearline is literally right there for Sammy as a ship, and Remmick is probably super duper old.

[bloomingkyras]

Camilla Lindbergh Princess Of Swannie for @seyvia Fairytale Affair a BC Challenge (sims submission)

"A story of a Soul Healer.. Camilla Lindberg, Princess of Swannie."

Camilla was born with a specialties, that no one will be able to have which make her be able to "Heal Her Own Fiancé's Soul" to life but not into human but animals.

It's happen when Her Fiancé, Daniel Charls, Prince of Winona, Died in Military war in the year of unknown. The Soldier found his body in his campsite and by that time they know that he still alive cause he still breath and knowing "the news", Camilla world become messy, cause she just not lost her lover but their beloved horse too, a Military Horse, Dash, that was given by her on His 17th birthday.

Until she determine to use her Specialties to bring him back to life. But the King, Sir Carlos, forbid her to use it, cause It will have a negative impact, not just for them, but to the People of Swannie and Winona. Which will make all the Spellcaster lost their abilities, lost their magic and potion will not be be able to use. The only way was by using animal's heart. Camilla threatened her mother who was also a Queen of Swannie, if her father did not allow it, she would hang herself and use that power to get her fiancée back to life.

The King finally approve but His condition, was only using His power and Hers and If the 'time comes to take Dash Home" they have to release it, so she agree and they have to bring Her fiancée's heart and Dash's body somewhere unknown for "cultivation". Month pass by.. Dash finally a life but weak.. It's medicine was only Camilla. When ever Camilla have to do her "Service", Dash will become weak and make her have to bring him, anywhere she goes. Until the time for Dash to go HOME..Camilla refuse to letting him go, until she keep making it's coming back to life using her magic and it's give impact to herself which she almost blind.

Their "Guard" told her to stop. But Your Majesty, Sir Carlos, ignore. He said, what Camilla do was Love to her Fiancée. They said this is not LOVE but EGO. Love should not be treat like this, Love should be free not tied up. They should release Dash asap as possible, if not another war will come as the other world started to hear the rumor about this.

Ma'am Freeda, the Queen of Swannie, said the only way to make Your Highness, Camilla release Dash, was by making her out from Swannie or finding her new soulmate far from their own country.

Lucky for them, The Queen of Spellbyndell, had sent an invitation to all world and country, to participate in the fairy Queen of Spellbyndells challenges! Secretly, Sir Carlos ask his Assistance to reply the invitation and sent Camilla's entry to compete in the challenge and the reply letter from The Queen of Spellbyndell accidently hand on to Camilla who currently playing with Dash at its stable. And it's was the right time to convince her again to release Dash forever. And she will agree if Your Majesty, Sir Carlos help her to see Her fiancé for the last time.

Name: Camilla Lindbergh Princess Of Swannie she/her (20 YA) (spellcaster / soul healer *this occult form are only be seen in her own country)

Traits: I recently download more cas trait. but I only have her 3 traits that u mention and no romantic trait.

Aspiration: Appliance Wiz

she have some skill that already level 2 and 2 more skill have level 4.

I already set her like and dislike and also way of life from Lovestruck.

I'm sorry..I feel overwhelm and excited to dress her up, so she end up with a lot of cc. but feel free to change if needed. and that was the outfit that she and her people of Swannie wear. don't worry its not modern outfit but it call timeless outfit.

U can make some change on her to look more yours.

and that its. Fuh..that was a long journey and how Camilla the Soul healer, end up agree with her Dad, to compete in Fairytale Affair a BC Challenge. And I don't hope much. If Your highness, Camilla manage to go thru the next round which left 4 Princess, and I know it's not easy, it already make me happy. Thanks Seyvia, for this opportunity to take part in the BC and I'm already excited for what next from u. And also give me some tips regarding outfit too , this was the challenging part so far too. And have fun with my princess. :)

-PRIVATE DOWNLOAD-

[flufflecat]

do most people know that mcgucket was using the memory gun on random workers and on ford repeatedly during the late stages of the portal construction?

[sulkybender]

I just feel if s1 terminal Viktor had just shoved his face into Jayce’s tits he would have been cured

[wirefoxedterrier]

My biggest frustrations with the anti-vegan posts that garner thousands of notes on this app are they tend to always be points actively discussed in vegan spaces since their creation.

Veganism varies by circles and isn’t a protected word, so is absolutely used by Instagram dieters and misanthropes who have never considered the oppression of humans, but veganism has also has (and has had for decades) active discussion about the requirement to support human and social liberation alongside that of non-human animals. All leftist vegans I know firmly agree that non-human liberation of the environment and other animals is not going to happen and is futile without just as much focus on all the other injustices in a capitalist society. That includes a holistic boycott whenever possible of products and enterprises that harm humans alongside avoiding animal produce .

Of course like, the tumblr users making these posts probably haven’t seen these vegan circles or discussions because they’re not in them, and the health dieters and non-intersectional single issue focused activists are pretty vocal and infuriating, but still. It’s so infuriating to see people bringing these up as a gotcha towards veganism based off things that vegans have greatly in depth discussions, prioritising the voices of those whom are minorities, for so long.

[calcified-fluorited]

finally watched this video and it kinda tore into my nostalgia about s1. Plus all the things that bothered me about s2 well-articulated.

What a mess though! The fact that so many people believe that this show is leftist! Good video