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apparently some ppl on here still don’t know this but you should not be worshipping william shatner just for the fact that he played one of the most iconic sci-fi characters in history because he is in fact an old homophobic cunt with the world’s most fragile inflated ego who still makes a complete ass of himself on twitter every single day and does not deserve to have outlived leonard nimoy. pretty much everyone he’s ever worked with hates him lmao
Still a good precaution. And definitely necessary for everyone for when life has returned to normal in like three years just in case you meet the love of your life and they’re positive.
Couldn’t share this fast enough.
Rebloging this to add a little more info because it’s very important:
Antiretroviral therapy when used correctly can cause the user’s “viral load” (your viral load is how much of the virus is in your bloodstream), to drop because the medicine prevents HIV from creating copies of itself.
Regular blood tests are done to monitor your viral load, and after taking the medication long enough, it can drop so low that it becomes “durably undetectable”. This means that the HIV virus in you has become so miniscule that it can’t be detected, and by extension can’t be transmitted either. It’s important to note that in order to be considered durable undetectable, you MUST test as undetectable for atleast 6 months after testing as undetectable for the first time.
Also very important, being durably undetectable does NOT mean that you’re cured or that the virus is gone, not by a longshot. The HIV virus is still very much there, but instead of being active, it’s gone dormant in a small number of cells called “viral reservoirs”. This why it’s EXTREMELY important that even after achieving durably undetectable status, you continue to take your Antiretroviral medications correctly. Because if you stop, the HIV virus will reemerge from the viral reservoirs and pick up right where it left off in creating copies of itself, and you will have to start all over again if you want to become durably undetectable again.
This is great advice for people struggling with or know someone who has HIV.
Trans and gender nonconforming friends: This is a smear campaign in disguise targeting trans people. There is a fraudulent organization disguising as pro-trans attempting to recruit trans folks in hopes of including them in an anti trans documentary to be. This documentary is being proxy-coordinated by Matt Walsh, his crew members, and members of PragerU. If you receive a message from anyone claiming to be from the Gender Unity Project, block them immediately. Warn your friends of this set-up as well. The more people know about this scheme, the more likely it is to fail. Full information to follow:
All of you stay safe and stay alert. I’ve got your back, always.
Just for once I’d like to tell the gate agents and flight attendants that my folding wheelchair is going into the onboard closet and not have them tell me there’s “no room”. Bitch that’s a wheelchair closet, not a “your bags” closet. Move your damn bags where they belong.
Ok, so according to my friendly aviation expert, this is a Big Fucking Deal. In fact, if an airline argues with you about putting your wheelchair in the wheelchair closet or even suggests there may not be room, unless there is already anotherpassenger’swheelchair in that closet, they have violatedfederallaw.
CFR Title 14, Chapter II, Subchapter D, Part 382, Subpart E, Section 382.67, Subsection (e)
“As a carrier, you must never request or suggest that a passenger not stow his or her wheelchair in the cabin to accommodate other passengers (e.g., informing a passenger that stowing his or her wheelchair in the cabin will require other passengers to be removed from the flight), or for any other non-safety related reason (e.g., that it is easier for the carrier if the wheelchair is stowed in the cargo compartment).”
This is hugely important because it means that if this happens to you, you should report their asses to the DOT. Why? Because these statistics are published every year for every airline, and the airline gets a huge ass fine for every violation. If we want to see change, we need to make airlines literally pay every time they treat us this way.
@annieelainey you should share this with your followers! This is important info!!
To my mutuals on wheels, print out the law before you fly and whip it out at the gate if they don’t accomodate your wheels.
Thanks a lot for posting this, bro! Flying while crippled is already difficult enough without people pulling this kind of shit. Also, make sure that if there is a piece of your wheelchair or something important missing off of it, that you make a big fucking deal out of it! I’ve had pieces fall off of my wheelchair and nearly lost a decoration I had on it that meant a lot to me because people were careless with my chair. Don’t let them mistreat your wheelchair.
Non-wheelchair folks:
Now that you know, speak up.
You never know when you’re going to see someone who needs an ally.
I’m loathe to link to the Daily Dot, but this article (and the TikTok content) gives a good overview of why BetterHelp is a hot mess in so many ways.
I used the service for a while myself, and during that, saw three different “therapists.” The first therapist seemed to think that therapy meant just having a chat an allowing me to vent, which was largely unhelpful.
She was a Christian, but kept bringing that up, which also irked me because I’d rather not have religion part of my therapy goals. She wasn’t overly pushy, but it did bother me when she said, “As a therapist I have to say that this witchcraft stuff is your choice, but as a Christian I don’t approve.”
I cancelled and requested a new person after that.The second therapist seemed alright at first, but would regularly go on tangents about politics and her own life. I cancelled and requested a new therapist after a disturbing incident where she did the entire session (on cam, as usual) while loudly and angrily doing dishes in her kitchen.
In both of those cases, it felt like these people thought “therapist” means “online friend” or something, and never seemed to have real treatment plans or much to offer.
The third therapist I saw via BetterHelp was just for a single session. Despite consistently telling them, “I would prefer a non-religious therapist,” I was matched with someone who incessantly quoted the Bible. She kept repeatedly asking me if I was a “Bible believer” or had “accepted Jesus.” She also praised me to not standing up for myself, weirdly. She said it was best to let my husband take the lead because submission is a good quality or something like that.
It was ridiculous, and at that point I requested a full refund for that month. Around that time, I learned that BetterHelp doesn’t actually vet their “therapists.” In fact, scrolling their list of offerings, I came across “therapists” with such dubious credentials as graduating from Liberty University with a degree in “marriage” and specializing in “maladaptive sexual behaviors.”
I had to call their offices to get the refund. I’ll be honest; I wasn’t exactly polite during that call, and essentially said, “What you are doing is sick - some people do actually need help, y’know. You’ve wasted my time and money.”
If you want online therapy, I recommend looking for therapists who are semi-local and offer online sessions. Many do these days, and it’s much better than rolling the dice with BetterHelp. That and, y’know, they won’t sell your data.
so in light of Prodigy premiering and all, I thought I’d make a post for people like me who are broke and can’t pay for 15 different streaming services. So.
FIRST OF ALL INSTALL UBLOCK ORIGIN.
it kills all ads, everywhere including youtube and any streaming sites, including pop-ups, mid-video, everything. (It doesn’t work on facebook and twitch, sadly, in case you’re curious but those are the only exeptions I know of.) Now:
If you want to watch new episodes of any trek a few hours tops after they air, go to: flixtor dot to slash show slash tvshows slash all (sorry for the weirdness but tumblr will hide my post if it has links) Prodigy is now the most recent show, you can see it on the left of the screen. For other recent shows go to the searchbar and look for whatever. I say recent because flixtor is a very good site, so it’s my first rec, but shows/movies become paid after a few weeks/months.
For any trek, any time, any episode or movie (as well as any other show or movie ever lol) or just if flixtor doesn’t work go to: www5 dot swatchseries dot ru (end of link). Searchbar in the top right and you’ll find anything you want.
both sites have english subtitles
both are streaming sites. I don’t use torrents/downloads because I personally think streaming is safer, so I can’t help you with those.
Happy free watching!
My dear disgruntled discovery fans, please have some handy resources <3
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Star Trek Discovery Leaves Netflix; Set To Debut Globally On Paramount+ In 2022 – Deadline
So today I found out there are some people who didn’t realise you could block someone on anon. NOBODY should have to put up with it, it’s bullying. So for those who don’t know, here’s how……..
First of all, go to the ask inbox from your account settings page (not the notifications page. You can do it from there, but it’s more longwinded) Open the ask inbox…….
Tap on the three dots and those options will appear. You can either report, block or delete.
Please reblog this so anyone who keeps getting anon hate knows what to do ☝
Reblogging this to keep spreading the knowledge. Please REBLOG it!! Let’s help those being harassed
Don’t be harassed. Block people who are cruel and nasty towards you.
