Atelopus-zeteki

Yes it does! Check out pixelfed! It’s a lovely supportive community, in my experience.

Could imagine, but hey, please, don’t go there.

2D Taco ain’t much fun.

And ME!

Ok, but can someone explain what abuse of xanax entails? Is it a ‘fun drug’ of some sort? Oh wow. “benzodiazepine” Got it. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alprazolam#Recreational_use “The physical dependence and withdrawal syndrome of alprazolam also add to its addictive nature.”

“A large-scale nationwide U.S. government study conducted by the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration concluded that, in the US, benzodiazepines are recreationally the most frequently used pharmaceuticals due to their widespread availability, accounting for 35% of all drug-related visits to hospital emergency and urgent care facilities.”

“Misuse of alprazolam and other benzodiazepines has been shown to cause cognitive impairment.”

"A 2016 randomized controlled trial stated that “overall, long-term benzodiazepine users may not be in their full cognitive state upon withdrawal”.[128] Similarly, a 2017 meta-analysis concluded that “a range of neuropsychological functions are impaired as a result of long-term benzodiazepine use, and that these are likely to persist even following withdrawal”.[130]

Thank you for your service!

Horseshoe Crab has entered the chat.

Baby signing is a really useful thing to have evolved from all this, as you are correct that young one’s can think in words much earlier than their vocal systems come on line. We’re such a weird species, to be born in such an under developed state, which development takes years, or a whole lifetime to complete. :-D

It’s true. My sign name is the letter J, for my first name, but one moves the little finger in a circle up by the side of the head, like “Crazy J.” That stuff gets used all the time, but is not always as obvious to non-signing people.

Photography, Biology, Geography, biking with friends, biking alone, gardening, guerilla gardening, hiking / walking in the woods, foraging. Oop, I read as far as “what fun stuff can I do outside.” Walking, being outside at sunrise and even sunset can be glorious.

I was just listening to TWIV, and they discussed that there was no single symptom, nor set of symptoms that a clinician could use to rule in or rule out SARS-CoV-2 infection. Testing is key to differentiation between upper respiratory infections.

Most likely it was in TWIV 1178 (https://www.microbe.tv/twiv/twiv-1178/), but might have been in 1179.