Jennifer

Jennifer, 6 months ago to journalism

The media is finally getting their shit together and writing accurate headlines about the former president. This is my favorite from today. #Media #Elections #USPolitics #Trump

RickiTarr, 1 month ago (edited 1 month ago) to random

The Tale of Two Gynecologists

This is a bit long, and I've talked about this a lot lately, but it's something I'm thinking about a lot in the wake of so much hatred of female Healthcare. When my female troubles got bad enough that I finally talked to my doctor about it, he referred me to a gynecologist. I had already had several ultrasounds and an MRI at this point, and she had put me on some oral contraceptives for several months, (which made sick to my stomach no matter what I did) and had just done another ultrasound. She greeted me with "Well, you're really messed up inside, Honey.", which already had me pretty stressed out. Then told me I would probably need surgery to figure out exactly what was going on. She then asked me if I wanted children, and I said No. I had taken my husband with me to the appointment for moral support, and she glanced over at him, and then talked to me for 5 minutes about how many women my age could still have children, and I could definitely consider it, and that they would do everything they could to make sure I could stay viable. They could freeze my eggs if I had to do a hysterectomy, just on and on. She probably asked me directly 4-5 if I was sure I didn't want kids. Finally, I said, "Ma'am, my husband got a vasectomy over a decade ago, we are absolutely sure we don't want kids." After hubs had found me crying on the toliet, because my period was late again, he went to his doctor and said, "Hey doctor, I'm thinking about a vasectomy." The doctor gave him a pamphlet to read, and made him an appointment. The whole thing was done in a few weeks.

Anyhow, she finally referred me to a gynecological surgeon, and I was not looking forward to dealing with this again, and was just generally terrified of having surgery for the first time. I met with this woman and she was so efficient and practical. It is the longest doctor appointment I've ever had, since this surgery would be exploratory, she went over every possibility of what could happen when she was inside. She did a thorough exam, she went over all the scans that I had, and explained why she thought this needed done. Then she said she would like to put in a Mirena IUD during surgery. She said, "You're in pain half the month, and there's no reason for you to have a period if you don't want to have kids. You'll have some erratic bleeding for six months, but by a year most women have a very light or no period at all, there's no reason for you to needlessly suffer if you don't end up needing a hysterectomy."

It's interesting to me still, that one doctor was so focused on what my body could do, and another so focused on how I felt. I came out of the first appointment feeling scared and confused, and the second feeling heard and cared for. Feeling valued as a person and not a baby maker made the surgery much easier to go through, and the Mirena has been great btw. Women don't have to needlessly suffer.

Jennifer, 3 months ago to reddit

Gross.

"Reddit will let 'an unnamed large AI company' have access to its user-generated content platform in a new licensing deal, according to Bloomberg yesterday. The deal, 'worth about $60 million on an annualized basis,' the outlet writes, could still change as the company’s plans to go public are still in the works."

#Reddit #AI

https://www.theverge.com/2024/2/17/24075670/reddit-ai-training-license-deal-user-content

tdverstynen, 3 months ago to random

Example #3412 of why the US healthcare system is toxic and harmful:

The last time I got COVID it chewed up 11% of my small vessel lung capacity, giving me permanent asthma. My doctor agreed that I absolutely need to take Paxlovid whenever I get COVID to avoid further lung damage.

So, this week I got COVID.

When my partner went to our pharmacy to pick it up, we were told that our insurance would only cover $300 of the $1600 charge. So basically CVS Caremark (and Pfizer) is extorting me $1300 on a literal life saving medication because they can.

Meanwhile, their CEO alone got compensated $21.3M last year. Corporate greed is literally killing people.

pvonhellermannn, 3 months ago (edited 3 months ago) to random

#Budget #UKPolitics This article by Gary Stevenson is so good, please read every word of it.

“Whatever Jeremy Hunt says, traders know the rich will get richer and the poor will get poorer. And they’re paid millions to bet on it.”

This is what the world is - it is run by a minute elite for a minute elite and the rest of us, the masses, the natural world, we just don’t count. It is a #TragedyOftheNonCommons (will reshare my own piece on this below 1/n)

#FollowTheMoney

https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2024/mar/05/banker-budget-mega-rich-traders-jeremy-hunt?CMP=Share_iOSApp_Other

RickiTarr, 1 month ago to random

Politicians before every war:

Jennifer, 1 month ago to random

Holy shit. Thanks @pluralistic now I don't want to fly anymore 😱

Boeing's 787 "Dreamliner" is manufactured ... in a non-union shop in Charleston, South Carolina. At that shop, there is a cage full of defective parts that have been pulled from production because they are not airworthy.

Hundreds of parts from that Material Review Segregation Area (MRSA) were secretly pulled from that cage and installed on aircraft that are currently flying the world's skies.
#Boeing
https://pluralistic.net/2024/05/01/boeing-boeing/#mrsa

Jennifer, 1 month ago to random

THIS.

"I don’t oppose the butchery in Gaza because I love Hamas or hate Jews or love Islam or hate America. I don’t oppose the butchery in Gaza because I’m a lefty or a commie or an anarchist or an anti-imperialist. I oppose the butchery in Gaza because I’m not a fucking psychopath." #Gaza

https://caitlinjohnstone.com.au/2024/05/06/i-oppose-israels-atrocities-in-gaza-because-im-not-a-psychopath/

Jennifer, 3 months ago to ethelcain

A friend in Alabama sent me this. 🤪 #Alabama #IVF #Theocracy

Jennifer, 1 month ago to scifi

I need some new science fiction to read, who has some suggestions? I don't like military sci-fi. For reference, my favorite series is the Expanse, I also enjoyed Scalzi's Collapsing Empire, I love Robert Charles Wilson's books. I mostly enjoy space operas and unique stories about technology, for example I really liked the recent book Mountain in the Sea about AI and intelligent octopus. Suggestions from the awesome Bookstodon community? @bookstodon #Bookstodon #Scifi #ScienceFiction

Jennifer, 1 month ago to random

"The reality is the Democrats have been telling us that young people need to save democracy and that people of colour need to save democracy and that any quibbles with this current administration need to be put aside in order to save democracy. But where’s the democracy when you have state troopers beating up students and faculty for protesting, and the White House saying nothing about that?”

#Gaza #Biden
https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2024/4/26/generation-gap-what-student-protests-say-about-us-politics-israel-support

Jennifer, 22 days ago to Israel

Wow. The ICC has issued arrest warrants for three leaders of Hamas and for Benjamin Netanyahu and Yoav Gallant from Israel. #Israel #Gaza #Palestine #WarCrimes
https://www.icc-cpi.int/news/statement-icc-prosecutor-karim-aa-khan-kc-applications-arrest-warrants-situation-state

Jennifer, 5 months ago to random

My area in Tennessee is full of Trump and anti Biden flags. These people irritate me the most because they rotate flags with swear words. Now, I use this word all the time, but think it's totally inappropriate for a flag on a busy street. I imagine people with young kids passing by. "Grandma what does fuck mean?" I've seen these people, they're older than me. I'm tempted to send them a paper letter telling them to act their age! No American flag in sight 🙄 #Trump #Seriously

talia_christine, 4 months ago to random

Everyone ready for the Taylorbowl tomorrow?

RickiTarr, 2 months ago to random

Whenever I see "art" like this I always have to zoom in, and make sure it's AI, because the thought of an artist actually putting in effort for something like this gives me indigestion.

skaeth, 4 months ago to books

What are your thoughts on DNF (Did Not Finish)-ing books? Do you feel guilty about it? Do you worry you missed out on something? Or are you confident in dropping a book and reaching for the next one?

At what point are you most likely to DNF, if ever? What sorts of things cause you to DNF?

My friend, book blogger Kriti, was musing on these questions a while back, and it sparked this new post: https://armedwithabook.com/dealing-with-dnf-the-practice-of-did-not-finish/

@bookstodon
#Bookstodon #Books #ReadingCommunity #BookBloggers #AmReading

Jennifer, 4 months ago to Weather

Our water utility is almost out of water probably thanks to the ongoing climate change induced drought. A nearby town has no water at all right before another day that will freeze the roads and make travel impossible. That was not something on my radar this week for something I needed to really conserve. I was worried about burst pipes, not no water at all. This is the kind of thing that makes me daydream about moving to another country with communities not run by good ol boys. #Winter #Weather

Jennifer, 2 months ago to animals

These two still think its Caturday. #CatsOfMastodon

Jennifer, 1 month ago to random

Thanks to @BatsInLavender I found out today is International Bat Appreciation Day! As someone who likes to explore caves, I've long had a fondness for bats. The ones living here are small and eat insects, helping to keep mosquitoes and crop pests under control. Here's a couple photos from some white nose syndrome research trips to look at gray bats in a federally protected cave in the southeast US. They're so cute!! One photo of me for scale. #Bats #BatAppreciationDay

Woman wearing a hardhat, a purple sweater, and muddy boots in a cave passage. There's a crack in the floor and ceiling. Small brown blobs cover the ceiling, they're small gray bats.

indigenous_commentator, 3 months ago to TikTok

I have 2 #TikTok vids for you today. Are we ready to take down Kelloggs? Fuck! YES! I'M READY!
#TakeDownKelloggs #BoycotKelloggs
April 1st can't come fast enough. But tbh, I've already started cutting out most major brands, and #Nestle was the first in my hatred stomp...

video/mp4

Jennifer, 2 months ago to animals

Tiny Cat doesn't care that I'm sad about losing another fruit crop to a freeze. #CatsOfMastodon

heidilifeldman, 1 month ago to random

I’ve spent the past few days driving across the country. The natural beauty of Arkansas and of Oklahoma surprised me. The aggressive, creepy white Christian evangelical vibe of western Tennessee did not surprise but it disturbed me. The Texas panhandle was as nuts as I anticipated. Some billboard messages from Texas follow. 1/

Jennifer, 2 months ago to MandelaEffect

Why is this legal?
"In 2023, UHG raked in a jaw-dropping $22.4 billion in profits with $5.5 billion in the fourth quarter alone. Revenue was up by 14.6% to an incredible $371.6 billion.This financial windfall has come via rewriting healthcare industry practices through vertical integration ... to essentially be a value-chain monopoly, controlling everything from health insurance to medical services to healthcare data to pharmaceuticals." #Healthcare #Monopoly
https://www.medpagetoday.com/opinion/prescriptionsforabrokensystem/109088

Jennifer, 2 months ago to wildflowers

On today's lunchtime walk before the rain started I got some photos of more spring weeds/flowers I've been enjoying. This time the theme is purple and blue. These are all over the place, especially the violets. #Wildflowers #Bloomscrolling

Cluster of deep purple violets
Green central cluster with purple spiky flowers sticking up. This is called henbit and is edible but I've never tried it. This is one of the earliest flowers here and turns all the plowed fields purple
Tiny purple flower with four pointy petals. The inside of the flower is maroon

fkamiah17, 1 month ago to Israel

A perfect example of how to do balance and objectivity without sacrificing accuracy. Bravo, Professor Walt.

https://foreignpolicy.com/2024/04/15/middle-east-war-crisis-biden-america-iran-israel/

He mentions this article in the NYT, which I hadn't heard anything about before: "Iran Smuggles Arms to West Bank, Officials Say, to Foment Unrest With Israel"
https://www.nytimes.com/2024/04/09/world/middleeast/iran-west-bank-weapons-smuggling.html

Taken in concert with this one it gives a worrying picture of how the genocide is being reported in the US.
https://theintercept.com/2024/04/15/nyt-israel-gaza-genocide-palestine-coverage/

#Gaza #Israel #Iran #USPolitics #Media