Inspirational Skeletor💀
| Generation | X |
| Sex/Sexe/Sexo | X |
| Location | I returned to find The People’s Republik now closed for business. |
| "What do you do for a living?" | I'm on SSDI for multiple neuropsychiatric issues, am motivated by guilt and revenge. |
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[/smɪθ/≈/s∅mis∅/ {verb} “to forge, beat into, and refine"] • they/them • nonbinary laesumian ∴ • ♿️ • 😷 • 🏴 (lowercase 'a' variety) • active nihilist • absurdist • daylight atheist • white-racialized defector • abject masshole • I swear and overshare a fuck-ton [*see pin-posted intro] • Header: picket fence overgrown with ivy foliating from green to red to yellow • Avatar: my silhouette against blue vinyl siding ascending the stairs while chambering our blackthorn shillelagh over its shoulder.
Corey S PowellNASA's Parker Solar Probe made the closest-ever studies of the Sun -- and got this unprecedented look at multiple solar eruptions piling up on top of each other.
https://science.nasa.gov/science-research/heliophysics/nasas-parker-solar-probe-snaps-closest-ever-images-to-sun/ #space #science #nature #astronomy #nasa
JaneishlyThis is fucking amazing, poetic, angry, real political stuff about why Ireland sees Palestine. (transcript below)
Kneecap, Irishness and Palestine: a cultural analysis
BroadwaybabytoWhenever I mention that boycotting is a privilege, I inevitably get people trying to explain how wrong I am.
How “easy” it is to find alternatives.
How “important” it is not to support big businesses like Amazon.
How “lazy” it is not to shop local.
They talk over me, condescend and accuse me of not fighting for the cause.
Disabled people need your support and solidarity.
We’re all in this fight together.
When we tell you something is inaccessible, believe us.
Most of us already feel guilty we can’t do more, but there’s many things that aren’t “easy” for us.
Survival is resistance. It’s not “lazy” to utilize a service that will keep you alive.
Fight the fascists. Not one another.
Adam GreenfieldBeside-myself chuffed that Dischord archived the April 1989 Fugazi/Edsel/Manifesto gig I booked at NYU, including the cringe poster I made for it with my 512K Mac (“$3/$2 w/can of food for homeless New Yorkers”). The show page can be found here: https://dischord.com/fugazi_live_series/new-york-ny-usa-40589
datum (n=1)More evidence of brain damage from mild COVID-19. Previous studies tested metabolic or electrical activity separately; this one tested both together.
They found both lower metabolism and slower neuron firing in the same brain areas of people with Long COVID.
significant hypometabolism in the bilateral frontal, temporal, and parietal lobes, as well as in the left occipital lobe, along with predominantly frontal EEG slowing in post-COVID-19 patients compared to healthy controls
the functional impact on memory was very strong:
a high incidence of subjective memory decline: 52.9% of post-COVID-19 patients scored more than 1.5 standard deviations [worse than] the normative sample on both the prospective and retrospective memory scales.
1.5 standard deviations is HUGE. That means that in a room of 101 people, lined up from best to worst memory, if person 51 in the middle gets unlucky with Long COVID, they would expect to end up with the 7th worst memory in the room. From literally average to under the bottom 10%!
Both hypometabolism and changes in spectral power are indicators of underlying neuronal stress or damage
https://www.nature.com/articles/s41598-025-04815-6
discussed by:
https://mastodon.social/@MEActNOW/114785060877455028
https://kolektiva.social/@anarchademic/114797316431201508
https://disabled.social/@tomkindlon/114815026573559502
https://mastodonapp.uk/@PaulSchleifer/114797897931610492
Mapping brain changes in post-COVID-19 cognitive decline via FDG PET hypometabolism and EEG slowing - Scientific Reports
Cognitive decline is a common symptom of post-COVID-19 syndrome. However, the mechanisms underlying this deficit remain poorly understood. This study aims to investigate the relationship between brain metabolic and neurophysiological alteration patterns in patients with persistent subjective cognitive decline after mild COVID-19 using joint FDG-PET and EEG analyses. The study was conducted on 28 post-COVID-19 patients with cognitive decline, who underwent comprehensive clinical evaluation including cognitive testing, FDG-PET imaging, and EEG acquisition. Voxelwise statistical analysis of PET images was performed by comparing post-COVID-19 patients with healthy controls (p-voxel < 0.005 uncorrected, p-cluster < 0.005 FWE-corrected, K > 599 voxels). EEG spectral powers were extracted and compared with age and sex-matched controls. The results showed significant hypometabolism in the bilateral frontal, temporal, and parietal lobes, as well as in the left occipital lobe, along with predominantly frontal EEG slowing in post-COVID-19 patients compared to healthy controls. In particular, the EEG alterations were characterized by a significant increase in relative power in the delta and theta bands, accompanied by a marked reduction in alpha band power in the frontal, temporal, and central regions. The observed PET hypometabolism and EEG slowing patterns in anterior brain regions, may help to elucidate the pathophysiological mechanisms underlying cognitive decline in post-COVID-19 patients.
earthling"Moonrise Perfection Over the Dolomites" by Fabian Dalpiaz
CiaraHistory is full of people who just didn't
'No' by Anne Boyer
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