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Free sewing pattern for a chest binder, for those of y'all who may need such.

The Barometric Pressure Effects on Mast Cell Activation Syndrome (MCAS) and Dysautonomia

Scientists find hidden antibiotic 100x stronger against deadly superbugs

Autistic joy? Is a thing. But also autistic joylessness through constant overwhelm is ALSO a thing. Apparently lots of autists don't experience joy in the same ways or to the same extents as others? I gets moments of joy, but they last maybe 15 seconds worth of slightly more intense happiness? Which according to some folks I know is not what joy is for them, or at least not ALL of what it is.

Sick Woman Theory - PDF of a short philosophical and political treatise about who gets seen enough to count as "political".

Washingtonians during a flood emergency Sound ON.

AuDHD Flourishing: Success, Burnout, and the Nervous System Cost No One Sees - on the Neurodivergent Insights YouTube channel

A new Pagan rock music artist who one of my friends has been linking me to. At least one of her songs fucking rocks, so we'll see about the rest soon.

Comments

[gingicat]

My nibling made a binder from that pattern and likes it quite a lot. They did point out that they already knew how to sew stretchy fabric.

[sabotabby]

Oooh, I need that Sick Woman Theory one.

[otter]

As a professional sewist, I'm going to leave sewing binders to people who make medical devices. I'd only use the pattern to sew one for myself, if at all.

I shared the Sick Woman Theory with the team leaders of the disability waiver project I'm working on.