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Shopping for US products online just became a lot cheaper for Australians thanks to a new Australia Post service.Alert for the Aussies on my dash!
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#Australia #the more you know
The Canadian Space Agency is proud to have many Veterans among its employees. On this Remembrance Day, join us in thanking them and all Canadian Veterans for their courage, service and sacrifices that have kept our nation strong, proud and free.
(The poppy pin shown above is either old-fashioned or foreign, I’m not sure which. This is what a modern-day Canadian poppy pin looks like. I’m not complaining about the CSA’s choice of picture, but I thought I should give you the correct mental image for what I’m about to tell you.)
The importance Canadians place on Remembrance Day and World War I is probably the biggest thing that surprised me about Canada. I had no idea until after I moved here.
My first November here, the very first time I ever saw someone wearing a poppy pin, I told her I liked her flower. She was rather surprised. I was nearly fourteen: surely I knew what a poppy pin was? But I didn’t, and the people there had to explain to me.
The first time someone referenced “In Flanders Fields” in front of me, I didn’t know what they were talking about. They were surprised: surely I’d had to memorise it in school a few grades back? But I hadn’t, and they had to explain to me.
I memorised it on my own not long after that; I wanted to be more a part of my adopted country. I visited two World War I museums to learn the things a Canadian ought to know. I bought a poppy pin from one of the countless donation boxes for the Royal Canadian Legion, and I try to wear it whenever leaving the house during the first eleven days of November, as Canadians do. This is my country too, now, and its customs are mine.
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#Remembrance Day #our home and cherished land #cultural differences #the more you know
go here and it’s the first option
it’s always been an option that i’ve always had turned off, i think the new update just made it easier to find someone if that option isn’t disabled
for people who can’t click through, here’s a manual link:
i’m serious. don’t ignore this. there are people who are worried their abusers can find them now, and this can give them more protection.
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#PSA #the more you know #Tumblr: a User’s Guide #hmm #this is on the verge of being too guilt-trippy for me #I suppose I’ll let it slide this time as they do make a good point #I personally found this option a while back and deliberately left it turned on #because Brin has her own email address separate from legalname!me #and I’m totally happy for anyone who knows Brin’s email to know about Brin’s Tumblr #but those of you who don’t have that setup might find this useful
Let’s stop HIV in New York City
- If you are HIV-negative, PEP and PrEP can help you stay that way.
- If you are HIV-positive, PEP and PrEP can help protect your partners.
PrEP is a daily pill that can help keep you HIV-negative as long as you take it every day.
- Ask your doctor if PrEP (Pre-exposure Prophylaxis) may be right for you.
- Condoms give you additional protection against HIV, other sexually transmitted infections, and unintended pregnancy.
If you are HIV-negative and think you were exposed to HIV, immediately go to a clinic or emergency room and ask for PEP (Post-exposure Prophylaxis).
- PEP can stop HIV if started within 36 hours of exposure.
- You continue taking PEP for 28 days.
Many insurance plans including Medicaid cover PEP and PrEP. Assistance may be available if you are uninsured. Visit NYC Health’s website to find out where to get PrEP or PEP in New York City.
This is such a giant step that barely any people know about it seems, so amazing to see progress in the treatment of HIV
I honestly thought this might be exaggeration but the CDC says that PrEP is 92% effective. Damn. Damn.
reblogging because this deserves waaaay more attention D:
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#HIV #interesting #the more you know
The voice in your head is to blame.
Our pleasantly-voiced science buddy Hank Green has you covered with the full answer:
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#the power of science #the more you know #(that’s pretty much what I figured the answer would be) #(nice to have someone confirm it though)
Vote! It makes democracy work. This was the first time I’ve ever voted in person, after serving out of country so long.
wait when you’re in space do you get an absentee ballot? This is really important, I need to know for science
http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/station/expeditions/expedition18/vote.html
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#our home and cherished land #the more you know
Ms. Dutee Chand,
We are Inter/Act, an international advocacy group composed of teens and young adults born intersex (with atypical variations of internal or external sex anatomy). Inter/Act believes we all have the right to live our life authentically and freely. We’ve experienced similar pressures by the medical community to change our hormones and our bodies to fit someone else’s desires.
We are moved by the honorable courage, ambition, and determination you personified throughout this appeal process. As you defy the International Association of Athletic Federation’s unfair policing of females with hyperandrogenism, please know we support your independence from mandated, life-altering surgeries and hormone suppressing treatments. Why are cultivated, trained abilities—such as endurance, stamina, motivation, competitiveness, and discipline—called into question and oversimplified as the consequence of high levels of testosterone? We are deeply concerned with the policies of the IAAF; as well as the irreversible procedures required for competition eligibility provided by the Athletics Federation of India.
We understand the delicate nature of the situation. The IAAF, as a governing body, must provide key principles recognizing differences between male and female sports performance, albeit based upon arbitrary levels of testosterone. Their intention to construct a fair and even playing field for competitors is admirable and, at times, necessary. However, for the large number of competitors possessing a perfectly healthy blend of male and female anatomical characteristics, the field is not even, not in the slightest.
We strongly disagree with any measures that impose prejudicial treatment of bodies with distinct, endocrine imbalances, atypical chromosomal makeup, or non-normative genitals. Imagine a scenario where a person—regardless of gender— overproduces human growth hormone and reaches seven feet tall by age eighteen, weighing a quarter ton. They possess raw talent and passionately devote themselves to the ultra competitive sport of wrestling. So, when this person annihilates the competition, bestowing pride and medals to their country, is size considered an unfair advantage? The likely answer is no, unless of course the wrestler is female and consequently subjected to androgen screenings. Our example clearly illustrates discriminatory policing of of anatomical sex variations, such as hyperandrogenism, in female athletes.
We stand in solidarity with you, Dutee. You are a healthy, brave, fierce young woman. You’re a fighter, a formidable opponent on and off the track. Your humble beginnings reveal a tale of dedication, focus, and hard work. It’s impossible to fully comprehend the hundreds of hours you’ve invested following your athletic aspirations to the very top, all while financially supporting your family. So, for this reason, we find it undeniably deplorable to strip a female runner’s well-deserved opportunity to compete and cross the finish line.
In Solidarity,
Inter/Act Youth
interactyouth.org
Sign the #LetDuteeRun Petetition at www.letduteerun.org and follow the campaign on fb & twitter
*Like the work Inter/Act is doing? Pitch in a few bucks to our fundraiser supporting intersex youth voices in the media!*
Inter/Act is a project of Advocates for Informed Choice, a non-profit legal organization fighting to preserve the rights of children and teens born with intersex traits. www.aiclegal.org
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#Dutee Chand #the more you know
Do you get head tinglies during haircuts? Do pages turning or paper crinkling give you an unexplainable buzz? Friend, you may be experiencing ASMR. Read all about it in Grace Allison’s guest comic on Oh Joy Sex Toy!
This comic brought to you by the support of my patrons on Patreon, thanks guys!
A great and informative comic about ASMR!
Huh. So, I went to Good Ol’ Youtube to learn more about this, wondering if ASMR was related to the weird (mostly unpleasant) sensations I get when I watch injections or piercing. (You never want me to come with you to a piercing or tattoo appointment, because I will twitch my head and shoulders uncontrollably to block out the sensations.) Turns out no, ASMR is similar, but not nearly so intense or unpleasant. (Though it can veer into it if I pay too close attention.)
And that’s how I ended up accidentally feeling much better and more relaxed after an emotional day. Thanks, random ASMR people on Youtube! I learned something new today!
I actually have heard of this before, but I thought my readers might not have.
(Be careful of those “roleplaying close personal attention” ones. The first explanation of ASMR I came across included a link to one of those, and my reaction to it was not so much “ooh nice” as “oh god she’s coming through the fourth wall to get me *tries to back away through the couch*”.)
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#ASMR #the more you know #people who can distinguish between their drive for sleep and drive for sex fascinate me #(I find it kind of amusing that *every* ASMR explanation I’ve read explicitly says it’s completely non-sexual) #(then immediately proceeds to describe it as sedating) #(or sometimes they do it in reverse order like here) #(people are *weird*) #the wondrous variety of sapient life
DAILY FIND: Sometimes the Internet is a crappy place full of crap. But today I’m reminded that it’s an amazing trove of free and good information from reliable sources: The University of Illinois Extension has created a searchable index of every stain known to man and stain removal solutions for each. The tool will even tell you what your window of stain-treatment time is to achieve optimal results.
This is nerd GOLD, people. Use it in good health. -ts
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#habitat unfucking #interesting #the more you know
Sex? It all started 385 million years ago
It may not have been love as we know it, but around 385 million years ago, our very distant ancestors—armoured fish called placoderms—developed the art of intercourse.
So suggest a team of evolutionary scientists, who point to the fossil of a placoderm species blessed with the name of Microbrachius dicki.
Measuring about eight centimetres (four inches) in length, M. dicki lived in habitats in modern-day Scotland—where the first specimen was found in 1888—and in Estonia and China.
Placoderms have previously been found to be the most primitive jawed animal—the earliest known vertebrate forerunner of humans.But they now have an even more honoured…
(read more: PhysOrg)
illustration: Dr. Brian Choo/Flinders Univ.
So my Facebook newsfeed is filled with posts about this and people commenting that “Scots invented sex”! Which reminded me of this book called How the Scots Invented the Modern World! Fitting ;)
A somewhat more accurate answer to the literal meaning of “old as fuck”. (As I recall, that previous post used the specialisation of gamete types to define “fuck”.)
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#the more you know #the power of science #biology #history
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