Mythical Tiktok Pull

Rachel Maksy gets a lot of hate for her slapdash methods (which I understand in a way, some of her techniques make me viscerally cringe). But as a recovering perfectionist I find watching her process fascinating, edifying, almost aspirational in a way?

My method is so painstaking and I hold myself back a lot for fear of not doing a thing """"the right way""""" or choosing the absolute """"""best""""" techniques materials etc. Which makes my progress so torturously slow and mentally exhausting that it kills the joy. Not to mention results in a lot of unfinished projects because I can't bring myself to face the insurmountable hurdle of how to finish it off perfectly.

And then there's Rachel Maksy who brings a project together with half a tutorial, unfinished seams, and a pound of hot glue... And ends up with a finished product that looks good! (Or good enough, which is by definition good enough). And it's fine? She does it """"wrong"""""" and there are no penalties?? The end product is imperfect and that's ok???

Idk. I just like her videos and appreciate the chance to learn from her process

We really did beat the elven gods with the power of friendship and also this knife we found

Very handsome boy 🐱🐈

My phlebotomist is a Stormtrooper. She misses every vein she aims for.

Not with that attitude

Surprised that no one is talking about the line, "Together, we will end the chronic disease epidemic and keep our children safe, healthy, and disease-free." from the inauguration speech. On the surface, it sounds like a really good thing! Like, hey we're going to find cures and provide treatments for all these chronic illnesses that people are suffering from!

However, given who's saying it, I'm guessing it's a lot more sinister. Since funding research is expensive and Trump is greedy and also ableist, I'm guessing it's more along the lines of 'chronic illness rates will go down if we don't report them and also if everyone who has one is dead'.

In fact, he's working on this already by

Reversing previously established health care policies, like Medicaid and Medicare prescription caps

NBC News

Trump reverses Biden policies on drug pricing and Obamacare

The moves are likely to be inconsequential to many people in terms of what they pay in out-of-pocket health care costs.

Directing health agencies to stop communicating

CNN

Trump administration directs federal health agencies to pause communications | CNN

Amid a deluge of executive actions, the Trump administration has directed federal health agencies to pause external communications, such as

Those of us with disabilities and chronic illnesses are often very vulnerable financially and in other ways and can be reliant on others for our care. It is hard for us to organize or advocate for ourselves due to our health challenges and restrictions. We're largely out of society's view already.

The continued impact of COVID and the threat of potential future epidemics and pandemics, especially if they're being set up to be mismanaged by the Trump administration, is a huge threat to not only those of us who are already ill, but to everyone. Anyone can become chronically ill, even you.

Anyways, the point is, please don't forget about us. Please include us in your efforts to protect those affected by all of this.

If you, like me, have a chronic illness, disability, mental illness, neurodivergency, or are part of any other vulnerable health-related minority, don't lose hope. There's goodness in the world still and we need to be here to see it and to add to it. It's not easy and it's not going to be easy, but it's important. I love you.

the drowning will never not be funny. to me

happy birthday to THE bitch of all time