dualmindblade

Palestinian Solidarity Committee at UT is collecting for bail fund: Venmo @psc_atx

Some of the students, and particularly the Greek culture, are really not okay, they regularly harass anyone displaying solidarity with palestine. https://texashillel.org/israel-block-party/

My oldest was there, according to them a protester was violently tackled leading to a crowd reaction that led another person to be nearly trampled by a horse

It really seems like, by attacking Iran, they've extracted significant concessions and bribes from the US, additional ones, since the US is constantly bribing and conceding to them for no apparent reason. Gotta hand it to them, it's not a tactic that would have occured to most people.

They fucking nailed that fallout show, great the whole way through, one of the most entertaining things I've seen. The politics are mostly inoffensive/good but somewhat lib tinged, nothing like I'm a Virgo. Just one line I want rewritten in the finale and it'd be perfect:

They will respond and Iran knows this, it's a measured response, clearly, but not measured to conclude the exchange

Unbelievably lucky for the eclipse, had a family gathering planned way ahead of time in Waco tx, some are older and anxious and wouldn't have been up for a journey onto the roads to try and get out of the clouds. It looked like the sun would for sure be obstructed at totality, it peaked out a few times leading up to it but never for more than a minute. But like a hole opened up just as totality was reached and it stayed for 3 whole minutes. Actually I was happy for the bit of clouds at the end because the obstruction allowed my phone to capture the last 60s and was still plenty visible with naked eye.

Super cool celestial event, spectacular even, would recommend!

I'm really sorry to hear that, I don't have too much experience with chronic anxiety but every few years I'll have a full on panic attack just randomly and it's absolutely excruciating, I can't imagine having to live with that on the regular.

Just one other comment, I'm a bit wary of using antihistamines in general, probably irrational paranoia but there's been some news that over the counter ones can increase risk of dementia later in life and hydroxyzine seems like it's a lot dirtier and more powerful. For just passing out there may be other options, have you tried an alpha agonist (clonidine, tizanidine)? I feel like these are tragically underutilized as sleep meds, not everyone gets super tired but most do, and from personal experience at least the sleep quality is very good. Probably easy to get from the doc and I've never heard of anyone becoming addicted to these although there is technically now a street drug in this class (xylazine).

It's perfectly possible to be racist and still not on board with genocide. Also just the general vibe is bad for Biden. People wanted a return to normalcy after trump/COVID and if anything the world has gotten more bizarre. Personally I am somewhat nostalgic for the trump years, the last 4 years have been the worst of my life and I'm surely not the only one. Not that that should have anything to do with who is president but also people are even dumber about politics than they are in general

No

Unless your tolerance break is like 6 weeks plus and you also plan on being buzzed all day every day that's not going to be an issue. The real concern is you might develop a taste for it, and that's going to apply to just about anything that even remotely substitutes for THC. Heavy exercise plus eating unhealthy food plus media binge

I'm not sure how long a panic attack lasts.. if you are willing to wait a half hour or so gabapentinoids would probably be a good alternative to benzos, doctors have yet to catch on to how addictive they are and give them out like candy. The rc benzos are still extremely good despite the DEAs efforts, brominated and florinated ones are very much available in the US. If that's too scary I do believe you'll get a script if you're persistent enough and willing to shop around for doctors, may be a long haul project but you could also get lucky.