Not bad, will have a white christmas with snow in forecast (altho its been warm here too and it may just rain insread)

I took a pet sitting gig, mostly alone in the woods at an anarchist-esque community space with a dog and cat in a cabin without electricity or water for 9 days.

I kind of prefer this, my mental health is way better than it usually is this time of year. I dont do christmas well.

Its astroturfed— fake grass.

Look at how countries like USA treat their homeless— people displaced from housing and denied a gainful living. The worse scenario is already happening to them. Nevermind Gazans being killed to turn the whole strip into a resort for these presumed philanthropists

I agree with Greatsquare about elevation, infrequent strength exercises, and icing. Ice is good to “power through” pain and reduce the swelling, but the swelling is there for a reason, your body is pumping blood into an injury to help heal.

Heat is what i prefer, as it dilates blood vessels and improves circulation, which is what your body is already trying to do. The pain may be more but this is only for when you are in treatment (and to prepare for PT/stretch/strength, as you will be warmed up and more limber)

And when you are resting your foot and leg, especially while sleeping, its good to put medicine on. I make a compress (a bandage holding medicine) of camphor oil (of tiger balm, or chinese white flower oil) and epsom salts, whipped into a paste with hot water. The camphor promotes circulation and the epsom salts help with tissue repair. If you can spread this over your heels, and wrap a bandage for it to sit overnight, it has always helped me tremendously.

You can also try drinking comfrey tea which helps with tissue repair but its a strong medicine and depends on the individual

Also… stretching and strength/flex exercises. You want to do for stretching what feels deep but not painful. This can be tricky at first… basically if your joints pop or strain its too far. It gets easier with consistency.

Try yoga… alignment is super important. But the standard sun salutations will be painful to do in full motion with your injury, so only reach as far as feels just slightly uncomfortable. Your body will loosen over time. Even if your injury and stroke is on one side, its good to do mirror exercises on the uninjured side for alignment, core strength, and balance.

I hope you find this information helpful, comrade! Feel free to ask any clarifying questions.

Are you open to advice, comrade? Ive had to deal with injuries all my life from work and being in isolation, housing insecure, malnourishment, and reinjuring myself because of all these complicated stresses. In the past ive healed sciatica and achilles tendonitis (in both feet … at the same time…) as well as a serious ankle sprain last March.

I am 42 and i havent experienced all you have. And i dont have issues from secondary physical or nervous system conditions when i can heal physical injuries (except mental health). And all my experience is anecdotal of course. But maybe it would be helpful 🙏🏻

The West encourages the dysfunction and malignancy of so called disorders. Ive heard it said and I agree that in general CEOs and other executives lean sociopathic, if not psychopathic, because the asocial characteristics of this behavior are emphasized encouraged and awarded in those spaces. Whereas a socio/psychopath without power is liable to take out the asocial conditioning of capitalism on their own communities.

It really feels that way. Did you see that they have designed intact vegetable/mushroom eco systems for deep sea and arctic ships, too?? Absolutely incredible

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Its hard for me too to do long reads, i got social media brainrot and im sure covid brain doesnt help. Now I do two things to help my focus and retention.

First I try to be an active listener/reader and take notes, or listen to audiobooks with readalong highlighted text (such as Natural Reader). It helps me stay focused and increases my comprehension a lot. I also use obsidian note taking app when i really want to absorb the text.

Also, im changing my habits. i’m learning how to pick up long read habits that meet my scrolling/short read habits. So even though i spend only a shorter time reading, i read more often. After 5-15 min I may switch to review notes, switch focus to another text, or write some, and then come back to the text until im done, switching it up when i get too distracted. If im anxious i do chores or go for a walk, have tea then come back to it. And it doesnt matter whether i read it completely or not.

This helps me feel its more casual and i get the sort of dopamine id have for short form content by focusing on several processes at a time. And lately i notice i can do longer sessions, 30-40 minutes.

more population means more artists and artistry, which means more concerts, but please go ahead and make this about “overpopulation”

if people weren’t aware, raising children is used as a political strategy of fascism historically and presently. look up the “quiver full movement”

whereas on the left there are tons of people that refuse to have children, maybe because it’s a hell world especially for intentionally marginalized folks (who are of course disproportionately leftists). or maybe they are associating overconsumption and overpopulation propaganda with their individual choices. or maybe they hate the institution of marriage and family and it’s state construction too much. idk

but then, there are literally people who hate children?? and they’re moreso on the left. okay good luck with hating a defenseless and innocent little being i’m sure that’ll bring more unity to our struggle

point is, the right has a concerted strategy on social reproduction. the left does not, and even sabotages it. the working class is alienated from their own determination of social reproduction. this is a key material concern that has divided along class lines through raw numbers.

I feel as leftists we need to be much more accommodating to familial struggle. I don’t feel stable to have family either, so to me helping create power to benefit working families is a crucial tactic, regardless if I ever have one myself. we need to be in control of our social reproduction because it’s literally an act of survival, and the people who want to end us know that as well.

i mean mckinley jackson his grandson ben harrison, monroe, and teddy all got years to do that at the highest command position of the us colonial state

i meant hes best as a us president bc he achieved nothing as a president. if we were talking about US governors, WH Harrison would definitely be one of the worst

really hard to say who’s worse. but prob the best president was WH Harrison because he died a month into office

he gaveth the mexican pizza, and he taketh away

ancaps and amerikan libertarians are more consistently correct on international concerns than most any other lumpenprole in this country. their conclusions are usually trash, of course.