I Have A Funny Feeling I Need To Widen The Upper Area Some More But I Like This So Far

“I’m becoming who I am and it’s the scariest thing I’ve ever done.” Posted from the PostSecret website.

when god closes a door you reach your little paws under it and go mrrwwaaaooow mmreeaaow

For years I would look at posts and questionnaires about neurodivergence that takes about being so focused on something that you forgot to eat and be like, "Couldn't be me. Being hungry is so uncomfortable! Your stomach is growling and cramping? How do you ignore that?"

Then someone informed me that neurotypical people have a whole bunch of "hungry" sensations before they get to that point.....

Taking the hype of the Super Mario Bros movie to share my Princess Peach art 👑💕 I should draw her more often.. 😅

*throws into the void* just spent the last 7 hours of my life on this, pls i can't look at it anymore

genuinely i think the hardest thing ive ever had to learn in my life is that even the relationships (platonic, familial, etc) that you thought were strongest and relied most heavily on can disintegrate in the right circumstances like yes even the one you think that could never happen to. and that's something i learned when i was already YEARS deep in aro theory and activism bc it's just that ingrained that you Should have that permanent safety net and yeah maybe you should and it doesn't mean you shouldn't invest in people and relationships and it doesn't make transitory relationships less important it literally just is a fact that the Only specific person you can Always rely on is yourself and that's okay. alexa play no one is alone from into the woods.

every time i see a somewhat left aligned cishet white manboy say that things like yasss and slayyy and other black/trans/gay things white cishet women took and fucking ran with are ~cringe~ for a split second i feel the rage

Random character designs for practice eerrrr

CNN

Scientists finally know why people get more colds and flu in winter | CNN

A new scientific finding has uncovered why we get more viral colds, flu and Covid in winter and during cold snaps.

The sardonic, reductionist headline here could be "Scientists finally figured out why you get more colds in winter: bEcAuSe iT's CoLd!"—but the actual science involved here is both interesting, and potentially very relevant to everyday life and especially the immunocompromised:

It turns out the cold air itself damages the immune response occurring in the nose. [...] In fact, reducing the temperature inside the nose by as little as 9 degrees Fahrenheit (5 degrees Celsius) kills nearly 50% of the billions of virus and bacteria-fighting cells in the nostrils, according to the study published Tuesday in The Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology. “Cold air is associated with increased viral infection because you’ve essentially lost half of your immunity just by that small drop in temperature,” said rhinologist Dr. Benjamin Bleier, director of otolaryngology at Massachusetts Eye and Ear and an associate professor at Harvard Medical School in Boston.

Want to avoid catching or spreading respiratory viruses like CoVid-19, RSV, influenza, or a common cold? Mask up, please, but also bundle up! Wrap up in a scarf, wear a balaclava, and just generally keep your face warm. There's no single magic solution, but that's not a reason to do nothing. Rather, it's a reason to take several simple precautions that help avoid the spread of disease and protect those around you. (I can't tell you how much "this isn't 100% effective so I shouldn't do it at all" frustrates me.)

Oh, and #knitblr? This is your time to shine.