frogsandfries:

teaboot:

bubblesthemonsterartist:

ramshacklefey:

small-witch-big-hat:

ramshacklefey:

For years I would look at posts and questionnaires about neurodivergence that takes about being so focused on something that you forgot to eat and be like, “Couldn’t be me. Being hungry is so uncomfortable! Your stomach is growling and cramping? How do you ignore that?”

Then someone informed me that neurotypical people have a whole bunch of “hungry” sensations before they get to that point…..

They what

Yeah, I don’t get it either, but apparently this is a Whole Thing…. Like they somehow detect blood sugar dropping and go, “Ooh, time for lil snack!”

See also: there is a feeling of “oh, I need to pee” that happens before “fidgeting around in my seat to finish this thing before running to the bathroom”

I read this and was like, “this can’t be real” and then I looked for sources and like–

Adapting Intuitive Eating for Neurodivergent People — RDs for Neurodiversity

Adapting Intuitive Eating for Neurodivergent People

RDs for Neurodiversity

“This can be very harmful for neurodivergent people, as many neurodivergent people struggle to feel internal cues and bodily sensations, including hunger and fullness. An emphasis on “only eating when hungry” can result in neurodivergent people delaying eating until they are so hungry that they are shaky, highly irritable, or even on the verge of passing out. A focus on “stopping when full” may cause neurodivergent people to overthink every bite they take and scrutinize whether they are truly hungry or truly full. 

To modify Intuitive Eating for neurodivergent people, it may be important to focus on eating enough and eating consistently throughout the day, rather than eating according to one’s hunger and fullness cues. Neurodivergent people may need more of a structured meal and snack schedule than neurotypical folks in recovery, as well as some guidelines around a minimum amount of food. This does not make their eating less intuitive or their recovery less real - it is an important way of honouring their body’s needs and unique ways of functioning.”

WHAT??????

what the fuck

I JUST CAME TO HAVE A GOOD TIME. I DID NOT COME HERE TO BE CALLED OUT LIKE THIS

ilsa-fireswan:

sonatagreen:

dduane:

a-spoon-is-born:

anarchofoxxy:

spiritscraft:

hersheywrites:

86champagnepuppies:

hey if you’re in the U.S. and use food stamps or know somebody who does i found this online cookbook that has recipes for eating well on approximately $4/day :o) 

I don’t have food stamps but I need to know how to eat well for $4/day. Thank you for this.

I love this cookbook!

Tips and tricks on how to survive being working class.

I’ve seen this kind of thing before and a lot of them are full of random weird shit you’d never make…because of time constraints or like, it just sounds super gross.

But this one had a whole section that’s just “Things on Toast”. Another that was all about putting crap in your oatmeal to make it better. Those are fairly pedestrian and don’t take forever.

I haven’t looked through the whole thing yet but so far it’s actually pretty practical. Also if you’re broke like me and don’t know how to make Dal, you should get on that. 

I also liked that there’s this at the beginning:

This book isn’t challenging you to live on so little; it’s a resource in case that’s your reality. In May 2014, there were 46 million Americans on food stamps. Untold millions more—in particular, retirees and students—live under similar constraints.

Been there. Done that. Advice on this art is always welcome.

The link above seems to be broken; here’s one that still works.

The Good And Cheap cookbook is 100% free as a PDF download from the author’s website and is available in English and Spanish. It is practical, tasty, easy, and kind. Physical copies are one of my top “so you have your own place now” gifts. Highly recommend.

(note that the PDF is oriented the same as the physical book - two square pages - so it’s more landscape format and might be difficult to read on a phone)

homoidiotic:

Matthew Rice in Body Alchemy: Transsexual Portraits by Loren Cameron 1996

eternal–return:

Bill Watterson · Calvin and Hobbes (September 21, 1988)

podcastwizard:

podcastwizard:

the hot new trend is “guard posting”

the sensation that’s sweeping the nation

currentclimate:

40 percent of US climate emissions attributed to richest households: study

The wealthiest tenth of U.S. households are the source of 40 percent of national greenhouse gas emissions, according to research published i

The Hill

magrittr:

tributary:

this is the same girl in a raincoat

ahedderick:

animentality:

marisolinspades:

coffee-in-wine-glasses:

pathetic-gamer:

me, an hour ago: “fuck, the stove is on! what do we do?” [immediately does all the wrong things]

PSA: What NOT to do when you smell gas

In this situation, we got home to a smell of gas throughout the house and discovered our gas stove was on without a flame. it was only a tiny stream, and everything turned out fine, but here’s a brief list of everything we did wrong:

NOTE: this is for if you smell significant amounts of gas, not a blanket list for all possible gas situations. (If you aren’t aware, the methane**/natural gas used in houses smells vaguely like sulfer, or rotten eggs - this is an additive, since it has no natural smell. It’s a very recognizable smell, once you’ve smelled it once. It’s not the same smell as gasoline.)

1. If your stove has an electrical/spark ignition, do NOT turn it off.

Spark ignitions often spark when turning on *and* off. Spark + Gas = Boom. Boom is bad. Avoid boom.

Instead, turn off the gas at the source, i.e. the physical valve at the meter. There may be a smaller valve near the stove. If you don’t know where the shutoff is, the fire department will find it.

2. Do NOT turn on (or off) vents or fans.

In fact, don’t flip any electrical switches - that includes lights, plugging in or unplugging appliances, etc. These cause sparks. Spark + Gas = Boom.

Also, don’t start your car. obviously.

3. Do NOT open windows

counterintuitive, I know. This is mostly because you want to prioritize your exit, but it’s also to keep the fumes from spreading outside, where you should be waiting for the ~professionals~ to come handle it.

4. DO take all people and pets outside.

Do this very first!! (one thing we actually did right - go us!)

This is obviously because you don’t want to go boom, but you also don’t want to suffocate. Gas is poison!

NOTE: the gas from your stove is probably methane (natural gas); carbon monoxide is what you get when methane burns, which is why your kitchen needs to be well-ventilated and the stove shouldn’t be left burning for long periods of time, but the natural gas itself is *also* potentially deadly. Carbon monoxide detectors dont detect natural gas, so that’s what the odorous additive is for.

Inhaling natural gas causes nausea, headaches, dizziness, and makes you just generally woozy, and eventually causes you to lose consciousness and potentially suffocate, just like carbon monoxide does. We don’t want that.

5. DO call the fire department/emergency line

They’ll check for other leaks, shut gas off if needed, then test for air quality and eventually clear your house for reentry. It takes like 1-2 hours for the gas to dissipate, generally.

Yay, you survived! Congrats!!

NOTE: if you find the stove has been left on with a flame, or it’s on with no flame but you don’t smell gas, then you should be safe to just open windows and turn on vents and fans to air it out.

idk, this was actually pretty scary, especially when we realized how much of our immediate response was wrong and could have turned a dangerous situation into a real disaster.

tl;dr: If you smell gas when you shouldn’t be smelling gas, just get all the people and animals outside, shut off the gas line, and call the fire department or gas company. don’t fuck around with gas. you’re not overreacting, you’re taking the proper safety measures.

**CORRECTED FROM ORIGINAL VERSION. Original said propane, but it’s very much not propane, it’s methane. too much Hank Hill on the brain, clearly.

^

Yes to all of this! Additionally, if you had the misfortune to be living in a shitty rental house in **redacted**, you might just evacuate the house with your roommates, only to have the gas company guy come back out and say, with haunted eyes: “did you know that raw sewage is being pumped into your basement.”

And we also DID have a gas leak.

As someone whose house almost exploded last year because of a leak in the line leading into my house, please pay attention to the above. This is very good information.

proficientatfreakness:

fieldbears:

funnytwittertweets:

This is the transhumanist horror story I want to read

Came back wrong but it’s. The format this consciousness was first backed up is no longer compatible so some untranslatable characters will now read like extended ascii symbols

jailforwriter:

Getting inspired to write is actually really easy! All you need to do is be the busiest you’ve ever been in your entire life and as far away from a computer as humanly possible. Hope this helps 🥰

softwaring:

softwaring:

i posted this aug 9th last year and it’s just gotten WORSE