Jenn Dolari @dolari@driveinsaturday.org

Reporting by Erin Reed over the weekend revealed that GOP legislators are openly plotting a ban on all gender transition, with youth bans being only a step along the way to their eventual "endgame."

It's not a surprise, but it is important confirmation that bans on youth transition have nothing to do with science or medicine but an attempt to drive trans people out of public life completely. #trans #medicine #science #news #journalism

https://www.assignedmedia.org/breaking-news/gop-lawmakers-reveal-endgame

Because the "story" is making the rounds again! "I smell burned toast" is NOT a sign of stroke. Neither does smelling toast diagnose one, nor does not smelling one absolve you from one.

There are three things (and one important facet) in stroke: FAST!

F: Face - is one eye drooping, is the mouth drooping, is the face asymmetrical? In short: does it not look like it looked a bit ago. It would make sense to ask the person if they'd been to the dentist today, other than that, it's a good reason to call an ambulance.

A: Arms - have the person close their eyes and lift both of their arms at a 90° angle in front of their chest. Are they (at least mostly) evenly up? Have them queeze your hands, is one side squeezing less than the other? If so, call an ambulance.

S: Speech - is the speech slurred? Does it take longer for them to answer? Do they seem "drunk" to you? Do the answers not always make sense?

and, finally:

T: Time - you have minutes to get them to a hospital. Don't drive them yourself, call an ambulance. There's a mythical "golden hour" window, during which reversion is rumored to be possible, but that's bullshit. Do it as fast as you can, time is brain, every second matters.

None(!) of those purported "home remedies" work. Don't cool their neck, don't make them sing "Happy Birthday", don't make them recite old poems. Just be with them, document when you first noticed something, let the paramedics know.

Strokes are insidious in that the person affected by one often does not realize they do. To them, all is well, they answer quickly and coherently, they squeeze evenly. They might be or get agitated with you. Stay calm, stay helpful, and most importantly: stay human. Call your local responders and just "be there" for the person. There's little to nothing you, or the paramedics for that matter, can do. That's the job of a hospital team. Get them there as quick as you can, and you'll always have a fighting change.

Uh oh, I guess I should change mine.
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Oof, just heard about a massive dick move scenario for corporations that somehow hadn't occurred to me before:

1) Mandatory Return to Office
2) Employee moves to be near office
3) Employee is laid off

Like, seriously, fuck these companies into the sun

@AzulCrescent I had this talk with a trans girl who'd just started her transition, about how she needed to eat well because she was going through a second puberty and wouldn't want to starve her body of resources.

US Economists gloating that it's "as if COVID never happened at all" because share prices are up and I don't think it could be any clearer that Human Life is not actually valued in Western societies and that's why we're all fucking miserable.

This is the ideal resting position

You may not like it, but this is what peak relaxation looks like

#cats #catsofmastodon

need to start keeping a list of all the times some big supposed display of bleeding edge technology turns out to just be A Guy

Back in my day, people in anime had noses

@theogrin 💯 transitioning gave me a foundation of feeling like I could hope to have a future I care about. I’ve still had to do the work in therapy and with my health and fitness and everything else. Transition didn’t fix every problem I had, it just made it feel like it was worth it to live