You can’t guarantee that only “pest” birds (which still may be native, protected species) will visit your birdbath, or that they won’t carry some illness or parasite to pass on to your cat.
You can’t guarantee that only “pest” birds (which still may be native, protected species) will visit your birdbath, or that they won’t carry some illness or parasite to pass on to your cat.
PEP (post-exposure prophylaxis) will make it much less likely for you to contract HIV, but you must begin taking it within 72 hours of potential exposure, and the sooner the better.
If you’re in the US, this CDC page has more info about where to find treatment.
A doctor will be able to tell you what other tests you should have, but I imagine they’re going to just want to screen for the usual stuff (chlamydia, gonorrhea, etc).
Station Eleven from… Station Eleven is probably there only one that’s been as interesting to me as the story itself, I guess because it’s such a big part of the story and character motivations. The book and show are both good in their own ways, but I particularly like the passage repeated throughout the show:
I remember damage, then escape
Then adrift in a stranger’s galaxy for a long time
But I’m safe now
I found it again, my home
The one I have is from REI and made of modal (similar to rayon, made from wood pulp), it’s the only one I’ve used but it feels very nice, soft, and lightweight. I don’t ever feel like I’d be better off not wearing it if I’m in direct sunlight, and sweat dries from it fairly quickly. I’ve been hot while wearing it but not any hotter than I would have been standing in the sun to begin with, you know? I’ve also never had it fail and result in a burn, and my dermatologist was enthusiastic about it when I brought up that I’d been using that instead of sunscreen.
The main reason I went with that brand was because I couldn’t find any non-polyester options anywhere else. There’s nothing wrong with them functionally, I just try to avoid polyester in general.
If you absolutely hate sunscreen for sensory reasons, check out UPF jackets and other clothing. I live in a place where the UV is 11+ every day in the summer and it works great without being suffocatingly hot. Being able to just throw a jacket on and go outside without worrying about sunburn is pretty great.
After close to 6 years of use it’s reaching the end of its useful life. Unless there’s a catastrophic failure or something I plan to use it until it no longer gets updates, which should be some time next year.
I’m more of a sewer than a knitter or crocheter, but I’ve heard AI patterns for knitting and crochet are really bad online now (and an utter waste of yarn and time).
Do you recall the name of it or more about it? All his videos have really generic titles (assuming for algorithm purposes).
Did it get stolen during 2020 at some point? There are times I would have considered it.
Someone thinking that you kind of look like a Joe Rogan bro until they get to know you is not what I would personally classify as harm.
The best time to start regularly exercising and eating at least moderately healthy food is 10 years ago, the second best time is now.
Someone who sells drugs for a living is at the Golden Corral that sponsored this anti-drug zone sign, likely using it as a place of business.
Bluesky I use a fair amount, nothing else comes close to that and lemmy though. I guess if you count just watching but never liking or commenting on videos, YouTube.
I like to do drive by gawkings of Nextdoor. I live in southern CA so people get absolutely, hilariously deranged about some things. Coyotes and bike lanes are probably going to cause the downfall of civilization, based on the fuss about them.
Some people kill themselves (either actively or by refusing treatment) so that their families won’t be in debt and will have a place to live, that’s how lost everything it can get.
This, except also a quarter for an Aldi shopping cart.
I was a teenager during 9/11, and watching nearly every adult in my life go absolutely stark raving mad from both fear and blood lust was a real wake up call for me, I can tell you that much. If you aren’t old enough to remember it there’s nothing recent I can really compare it to. 9/11 and the Iraq War are what really got Fox News off the ground, so just imagine living in Fox News land, because it was absolutely tapping into some primal response a lot of people had.
Congrats! Finding a mental health professional you really click with is incredible.
Ask your vet if they think it’s a good idea to let your cat eat random wild birds during an outbreak of H5N1 ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
I like bird watching too, and it’s easier to do without a predator scaring them off.