Whatever makes you feel better about yourself, bud.

I just got great news that my cat with FLUTD had his first urine sample with zero crystals present. This is the first time he’s been crystal free since his diagnosis about four years ago, so we’re celebrating!

Most NPR stations have shows you can call in to. It may be too late for tomorrow depending on where you are, but it’s a great way to get the attention of people who likely have similar values and may not be as tech savvy. I wouldn’t necessarily recommend mentioning it to the screener, but it’s broadcast live. Be informative and brief as possible, just in case they decide to drop you.

Is your bum going to be salvageable?

We’ve been throwing cheese slices on them in Wisconsin. It’ll be more fun when it gets hot.

I went five minutes after polls opened at 7 this morning, and I was voter 125. Insane turnout.

I’m so happy to see these types of therapy progressing! I don’t live in a legal state, but I connected with advocates years ago and found a local therapist who is supportive of these tools. I can’t say enough about how effective psilocybin and LSD have been in long-term relief from PTSD and depression symptoms.

I grew up in a home where substance abuse was a huge problem, and it left me with a drug stigma. It took me months after I procured LSD to work myself up to taking my first dose. Now, psilocybin is a regular part of my treatment regimen. It’s so, so helpful. I hope anyone who would benefit from psychedelic drugs has the option of pursuing this therapy.

This is a beautiful comment. Thank you.

Edit to add: Congratulations on doing the hard work and getting to a better place!

I wouldn’t bother, they think depression is something you can just send away.

This is such a toxic take, and it further dissuades people from getting help. Shame and judgement are huge internal barriers for many people that prevent those who need care from asking for it, and hearing ignorant and dismissive assessments about our struggles from healthy people only reinforces this problematic inner monologue.

We don’t think less of diabetics for needing insulin. Mental health care is healthcare. If you are struggling, please know you’re not less than anyone for having mental health conditions. Don’t be ashamed, and please pursue any and all care options available to you. There’s also a wonderful community full of understanding people who want to help support you, too!

Thank you so much for sharing this. Finding opportunities today to be active and resist has helped me feel less powerless in all of this. I have shared it with some like-minded allies, and it helped boost their morale, too.

That is an excellent suggestion. I would also like to add Jack London’s To Build A Fire for a similar impact.

I was in Dingle, Ireland. We were walking around, enjoying the town, and popped into a pub I didn’t catch the name of. Their menu looked good, so we decided to get some food. I ordered the tuna melt, and it was the best damned tuna melt I have ever had. The fish tasted great, and there was very little dressing. The red Cheddar was perfectly melted, and the rye bread was toasted, but light.

This was almost 18 years ago, and I still think about that sandwich.

As a Wisconsinite, I’m sad they don’t list the size of the hodag.

The elk are probably really happy to have Diesel! Donkeys are incredible livestock guardians. They will stomp a coyote or wolf into a fine paste to keep their friends safe.

Vomiting can be a symptom of dehydration. You couple the body’s toxin response from the booze with the dehydration caused by the booze, and this can lead to vomiting. In fact, most classic hangover symptoms are dehydration symptoms.

The first place your body starts to absorb alcohol is through your mouth, especially under your tongue. You, of course, absorb alcohol through your stomach as well. The highest rate of alcohol absorption happens in the small intestines, however. This is why your blood alcohol level continues to go up well after your last drink.

Our bodies can process, on average, one serving of alcohol per hour. The serving size depends on the alcohol by volume of the specific drink, the person’s biological sex, and the person’s weight. If you drink more than your body can process, it begins to build up in your blood stream and cause intoxication. Once it is in your blood stream you are at your body’s mercy to process it. There is no real, effective trick to “sober up”. Tactics may make you feel more alert, but your BAC won’t change. Food won’t help, coffee won’t help, and slamming water won’t help speed this process up.

Basically, unless you’ve chugged a bunch of alcohol in a very short amount of time, vomiting won’t save you. By the time you feel nauseous, the damage is already done. Your body has absorbed and is processing the alcohol you already drank.

I’m older than most probably are on here, but not that old. I desperately wanted to get into animal behavioral science for higher education, but the prevailing thoughts at the time were that most animals are devoid of emotions. Negative reactions were chalked up to a pain response, and anything else was deemed anthropomorphism. I really wish I would have pushed anyway, because we have learned and accepted so much since then.

I would have loved to be involved in discoveries like we have read about in the last ten years. Follow your dreams, kids. Things can change faster than you think.

I am very new to the fediverse, and .ml was the second instance I tried as I was feeling things out. I was not having a good experience at all. I saw so much content that didn’t sit well with me, and the discourse made me never want to comment. It’s validating to hear it’s not just me.

I hope this initiative goes well. I have had the privilege of seeing these guys in the wild, and it’s one of the most precious wildlife encounters I have had. They are so charismatic and special. Everyone should get to experience an encounter with a marten.

When I worked at an animal shelter in south eastern Wisconsin, we responded to a call where a citizen thought they found a stray puppy. We pulled up to find a coyote pup in their car.

Wildlife is being pressured out of their natural environments into ours. We have to learn to live with them, because they’re not going anywhere. They are important to the environment we share, and we have to learn to coexist with them.

Dehydration is just a symptom of the problem, as the article specifically says these monkeys had heat stroke.

They’re pains in the asses, though, behaving in irritating ways due to the negative effects from our pollution and encroachment. So fuck 'em, right?