Satsuma @Satsuma@cat.family

@Mer__edith surprised the article doesn’t even mention MCAS as a potential explanation, when the symptoms are quite similar and it’s known to be comorbid with both ME/CFS and POTS

I suppose the individual patients in the study in question were asked more detailed questions to rule it out (as it would have also provoked milk reactions from some other foods—fermented stuff and capsaicin are both triggers) and then it didn’t make it into the article as an option for other people looking for answers…

@pamela that kind of almost aggressive spring sun that seems like its trying its hardest to make up for several months of dark and cloudy winter all in one day

@celli@octodon.social i’m glad you’re taking some time off to test and heal!

You definitely shouldn’t spend every hour catching up on Korean and crafting but maybe you could “compromise” with that side of your brain by watching a few silly kdramas?

@lirazel meng dage!!!

@eldang the importance of regional specificity all too often is only evident after the fact!

I am speaking from a US context here for the part of that based on my own experiences to be clear—I think antiblack racism in particular in particular tends to have a common “they have too many kids which is bad and dangerous to me somehow” theme (eg. welfare queens mix the spectre of black children with “your tax money” but also all the pushes to give black girls IUDs/birth control implants which can be well meant but get real sus in the messaging)

@eldang i most frequently see it in a generally racist context rather than specifically antisemitic — and looking it up it does seem the person who coined the term was primarily conspiracy theorying about Muslims ruining France somehow (tho he was building off older specifically antisemetic tropes)

so my vote (not that i voted, the poll is closed lol) is somewhere between A&B I guess, and if I did see B I would probably assume liberals was probably a euphemism for BIPoC

@Lady untrue this one has sharpie on the tag

@lirazel oh nice! And yeah it’s a much broader discussion but I thought if you couldnt find anything else it’d at least be something

Will let you know if the prof has any good recs!

@celli@octodon.social oof foot/leg injuries can be so difficult :( wishing you lots of rest and painkillers that work when you need a break

@lirazel you might also find “the whole picture” by Alice Procter helpful—it’s a bit of a broader topic but it mentions both remains and repatriation on the back cover blurb (its on my tbr right now)

@lirazel not off the top of my head but i can ask my prof on tuesday! (i suspect she will say “unfortunately most museums are a mess rn about this and so there is not”)

@tikistitch big wizard of oz vibes somehow????