I_Like_Books

@I_Like_Books@strangeobject.space

Woman originally from #USA, I live in #Finland. #Feminist (2nd wave, Eco, Intersectional), #Demisexual, #Vegan, Extreme #Leftist #Progressive #AntiCapitalist, #Apatheist #Taoist, #ASD, #cPTSD, #BabyBoomer, I am married to a cis man.
Avid #Reader both #NonFiction & #Fiction. Original Star Trek Fan #TOS . #TTRP.

Please use CW for sex, meat

#Feminism #Books #GoodNews #Reading #Anticapitalism #Environment #LGBTQ #GoVegan
#NoBorders
(due to fear I have left some things out)

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I_Like_Books, to random

I have issues with what has been diagnosed as neuropathic pain. Plainly put my back hurts, I have had several falls and they have made my pain quite bad.

They have tried four medications: the first gabapentin worked fantastically but I was allergic to it, it made me itch so bad I wanted to peel my skin off

the second was duloxatine, I do not know if this would have worked. It makes pain medications ineffective but it also does not stop neuropathic pain quickly. I could not live with the pain I had when starting it.

the third was nortriptyline which I was put on without telling me what it is. I got it home and my husband read the included flyer. When I realized what it was I panicked. In the 80s I was given it and it resulted in gran mal seizures. Talked to the doctor and she switched me to Lyrica

1/2

I_Like_Books,

Lyrica, after months of taking it & slowly increasing the amount, is working moderately well on the pain. I still have to take codeine but not nearly as much as before.

The problem I am having (aside from there still being pain) is weight gain. I get serious cravings for salty things (my normal favorite) even at times for sweets.

I have gone from hovering around 55kg after gaining back from an abusive relationship (I lose when seriously abused) to now being over 70kg (72.0kg this morning). I have gone from being in the lower healthy BMI range to the overweight range

I am seriously fighting off the desire to just force myself to eat nothing for a month in order to get myself back down to a healthy weight

I hate having cravings, I hate not being able to eat healthy amounts, I hate my stomach flopping down in a fold (on the plus side I like my boobs like this). Worst is the pain is not gone

I_Like_Books, to Quotes

“Enjoy the little things, for one day you may look back and realize they were the big things.” – Robert Brault

I_Like_Books, to goodnews

"Last week, The Ocean Cleanup organization that has been tackling the Great Pacific Garbage Patch deployed their System 03 for the first time—nearly three times larger than the previous technology and capable of cleaning the area of a football field every five seconds.

This follows testing of their two smaller systems which succeeded in extracted over 275 tons of plastic from the Garbage Patch since 2021.

The arrival of System 03 marks a huge leap forward for the Dutch CEO Boyan Slat and his team, and their mission of ridding the oceans of at least 90% of the plastic trash by 2040.

System 03 consists of a floating barrier approximately 1.4 miles (2.2 km) long, which is towed between two slow-moving vessels. This barrier suspends a screen extending 13 feet (4 meters) below the surface of the water, where most floating plastic is encountered."

https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/ocean-cleanup-launches-system-3-to-clean-football-field-every-5-seconds/

I_Like_Books, to goodnews

(when I was waiting for a kidney stone operation my kidney specialist was contemplating me being prepared for dialysis - I am fine now)

"Sufferers living with kidney failure can soon look forward to a future without dialysis or a long waits for an organ transplant, thanks to efforts from the University of California in San Francisco that produced an implantable device that mimics the organ’s daily functions.

Their first clinical trial showed that kidney cells, housed within the device called a bioreactor, can work quietly in the background, like a pacemaker, and does not trigger the recipient’s immune system to go on the attack—a major stumbling block for patients who need to take harsh immunity-suppressing drugs after receive donor transplants."

https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/implantable-artificial-kidney-may-free-patients-from-dialysis-and-transplants/

TicklishHoneyBee, to random

catastrophic mechanical failure, its over

I_Like_Books,

@TicklishHoneyBee 😢​

bebatjof, to random

First time I'm leaving my house since that doctor's appointment Thursday. I'm sitting in the park, looking at my phone. A guy who looks 98% white (but not 100%) gets into my personal zone, I look fucking pissed at him and wave him away, and of course immediately he jumps at the opportunity to call me racist. I'm so fucking sick of this. I can't leave my house without getting stared, hissed, smacked at, but sure, racism is the problem here.

I_Like_Books,

@bebatjof 😢​🤗​

james, to random

Alright he's kinda cute today. And the heterochromia is out

I_Like_Books,

@james thank you (I have Achromatomaly)

I_Like_Books, to random

I went and did a thing that just a few years ago I thought that I would never do again.

I allowed a journalist to interview me. I am part of an article on conversion "therapy" in a local paper (Karjalainen) and how there is a movement here in Finland to ban it (ban conversion, not ban the paper).

The article outs me, for about a decade now I have been extremely careful about letting anyone know my birth assignment. With this article anyone who has even had minor encounters with me will know.

The only reason I was willing at all is that I feel much safer here in Finland and that I absolutely refuse to go back to the USA where I feel I would be unsafe being out at all.

I_Like_Books, to Quotes

“Those who contemplate the beauty of the earth find reserves of strength that will endure as long as life lasts.” – Rachel Carson

I_Like_Books, to goodnews

"A kindhearted couple who won £100,000 on the Euromillions is planning to spend their winnings on fostering children.

Already parents to three children, the couple in their 40s will now convert their garage into extra bedrooms to begin fostering kids in need, a dream they’ve always shared.

Kathleen Reece admits she’s often moaned in the past about her husband Mark playing the Euromillions every week, believing they weren’t lucky enough to ever win.

And she thought Mark was playing a practical joke on her when he asked her to check the winning ticket while he went out to get some milk in North Worcestershire, England."

https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/couple-who-won-100000-in-lottery-plans-to-spend-money-on-fostering-children/

I_Like_Books, (edited ) to goodnews

"You won't hear gendered terms like "ladies" and "gents" at a new square dance in the West Bottoms. Organizers of this do-si-do scene put an inclusive spin on the traditional American art form.

On a sweltering Saturday night last month at The Emerald performance space in the West Bottoms, a string band tuned up for an old-fashioned square dance.

It’s common for shindigs like this one to include references to gender. Traditional callers often use terms like "ladies" and "gents" to call out the steps. But here, violinist Rachel Krause has kicked off a new type of community dance. Oddball Hoedown brings all folks into the fold, no matter their gender.

“It is a queer-centered space," Krause said. "But all oddballs and weirdos alike are welcome, and those who have this shared placement of value upon, like, inclusivity and celebration and respect.”
"

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https://www.kcur.org/arts-life/2023-09-01/at-kansas-citys-new-gender-neutral-square-dance-every-pardner-is-welcome

Charlotte, to random
@Charlotte@arielfinn.social avatar

I have spent several hours digging through my stuff, looking for some game books.

I have piles - as in vertical piles - on my bookshelf. I have piles on my desk. Piles on my fridge. Piles everywhere in my closet. Piles on the floor.

Not just books, not just movies or CDs or games, but old textbooks. Notes from courses I took a decade ago or more. Financial statements and tax filings. All just strewn around.

I can't lie to myself anymore.

My name is Charlotte Finn, and I'm a hoarder.

I_Like_Books,

@Charlotte 😢​🤗​

I know it is difficult, I have lived with hoarders (including two spouses) (I hoard food but that is a different issue)

TicklishHoneyBee, to cycling

Flat tyre on the trailer half way through day 1.
Hurrah.

,

I_Like_Books,

@TicklishHoneyBee 😢​🤗​

KindlyWizard, to random

Went for a quick test ride on the Gwencycle (my new-to-me-shitty-$60 bike) and it's nice to know the bit about never forgetting how is very true, haven't been on a bike in 15 years? Maybe longer?

It's going to take me some time to get used to riding on a bike this big (27"), and hard turns are going to take a lot of practice.

The shifters are shit. Sorry, they just are. I think I want to replace the handlebars and the shifters both if I keep this particular bike. (currently unemployed, can't replace atm)

The bike chain lube I got worked great, everything goes spinny just right, like me in a skirt.

Had a minor spill right at the end, as I tried to stop in my backyard and hit a hose I couldn't turn fast enough to miss. Gonna give my knee a day or two to heal up just in case before I get back on it.

But the big thing is, it works and it's fun to ride! Yay!

I_Like_Books,

@KindlyWizard 😢​🤗​
I hope you heal fast

my own personal experience with the "never forgetting how to" was the opposite. Each time I started to ride again I would have quite a few spills. I finally decided this last time to just use trikes

TheSunnyOne, to random

Preface:

My family do love me. I live with them rent free. They've never physically hurt me, and never intentionally psychologically hurt me.

For the better part of a week, and still going, I have felt truly awful...physically and mentally.

It took 2 days for the family I live with to realise this, and even since then they have not actually checked on me.

My mum got ill as well, turns out she has Covid again (which might also be why I'm where I am right now).

Many repeated announcements of this fact in the family chat, regularly getting check ups, brought food, drink, etc.

My parents just seem to forget about my disability, or ignore it, or think it'll go away eventually.

I think...a short term sickness they can compute, and deal with...but long term, chronic, like mine, it's now just background noise to them.

They complain to me about aches & pains, forgetting that that is my every day experience.

Exhausted.

I_Like_Books,

@TheSunnyOne 🤗​😢​

I_Like_Books, to random

“I always entertain great hopes.” – Robert Frost

I_Like_Books, to Canada

"Canada this week updated its travel advisory to the U.S., warning members of the LGBTQ+ community that some American states have enacted laws that may affect them.

The country's Global Affairs department did not specify which states, but is advising travelers to check the local laws for their destination before traveling.

"Since the beginning of 2023, certain states in the U.S. have passed laws banning drag shows and restricting the transgender community from access to gender-affirming care and from participation in sporting events," Global Affairs spokesman Jérémie Bérubé said Thursday in an emailed statement."
"

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https://www.npr.org/2023/09/01/1197169683/canada-issues-travel-advisory-warning-over-u-s-states-lgbtq-laws

I_Like_Books, to Archaeology

"As part of what was once ancient Mesopotamia, Turkey has long been fertile ground for archaeologists. It's home to significant sites that even predate Mesopotamia — UNESCO World Heritage Sites such as Gobekli Tepe, a Neolithic settlement believed to be more than 10,000 years old with what may be the world's oldest place of worship, and Catalhoyuk, a proto-city dating back some 9,000 years.

Now, more recent sites in the country's southeast are yielding finds that archaeologists say may change modern understanding of this part of the world's past, moving the footprint of pre-Roman activity in the area farther east than was previously believed."

https://www.npr.org/2023/09/01/1191263572/turkey-archaeology-zerzevan-castle-discoveries

esther, to random

Today I finally understood how the coupled rangefinder mechanism works on Leica-style cameras and how the camera body "knows" the focus distance of the lens.

The lens' focusing mechanism moves a piece of the lens that extends from the back of the lens into the camera body and presses on a little round part called a cam and depending in how much the lens presses on it, the rangefinder optics can be adjusted to show the two images diverging or converging.

This video shows it pretty well https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iRBxAQl7Xl0

I_Like_Books,

@esther this is not just true with cameras it is also true with cloth weaving machines and even fuel injection. I am stunned at what people have been able to create without electrical controls

james, to random

So weird when people report you to your own instance. Do research.

I_Like_Books,

@esther @james on other types of media (not just fb & xitter but including forums and MUD clients) it just got so overwhelming that I had to leave.

tansy, to Fashion
@tansy@wandering.shop avatar

Who wants to play ?

Reply to this post, or use and share something you love which you got second-hand.

What might you post?

! A favourite item or outfit, where you got it, & why you love it. Coz apparently we already have enough clothes to dress the next six generations 👗 🙄

, furniture, jewellery, kitchenware... whatever takes your fancy + pushes back against overproduction.

You can also tag someone to invite them to post 💚 🌍

I_Like_Books,

@tansy I would share a photo but it is currently blocked so I cannot get a good photo

Ellen, to random
@Ellen@masto.ai avatar

My partner has been unable to work since Nov because of illness and I've just found out that if he claims ESA, a mere £80ish per week, they will cut it down for every pound I earn so he's probably gonna have to be on JSA as punishing as that is. I am seriously at my WITS END with living in this spiteful country. I'm so stressed financially that I may perish

I_Like_Books,

@Ellen 🤗​😢​

Private
I_Like_Books,

@arratoon @bookstodon my husband looked up what order I should read them in

I had ordered them according to when they were first published (I only have 5) but he found a different suggested order)

isomeme, to trans
@isomeme@mastodon.sdf.org avatar

I was born in 1962. The word needed to describe who I am, "transgender", was not available until I was about 30 years old. I need to be more patient with myself as I continue to become more essentially me. After all, I was half my current age before I had the vocabulary available to think coherently about my identity. I'm actually rather impressed at how well I've made up for lost time. 🙂🏳️‍⚧️

https://books.google.com/ngrams/graph?content=transgender&year_start=1962&year_end=2019&corpus=en-2019&smoothing=3

I_Like_Books,

@isomeme 61 today, yes it has been a difficult journey (though I managed to find the language to describe my own identity in my early twenties)

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