I'm recently vegan (8 days, feeling AMAZING); transitioned out of an omnivore diet for about 2 months due to health issues, joined the vegan sub, saw Dominion advertised, watched it, now I'm vegan for all the reasons.

I was only there for five minutes but the weight of what I can't unsee started to feel suffocating. I'm good at focusing on how glad I am that I'm on the right path now. I can't afford to beat myself up for my past lifestyle. I don't spend my alone time dwelling on the guilt, even though I am guilty (deep down I knew better for many years, but always yielded to cultural momentum... Dominion just cracked me open). But being there... all I could see was packaged misery. Brought to you by big oil, who couldn't function without this, and has spent 100 years convincing us that we need it.

I'm desperately networking, trying to find like-minded people, but I've already been trying to make friends in general since I moved across the US last year and it's HARD in your late 30's. I emailed a rescue farm near me about volunteering. I want to go be with the cows and just sit and watch them and be gentle around them, and be with people who feel the same way. The nearest meet-ups would take too much travel for me given certain life circumstances, though I should be able to do that sometime within a few months. I need to find a vegan who's willing to let me cry into their arms for a few hours.

There are no words in any language to describe how fucked up this is. Even if the lies and jokes about how vegans have to eat "rabbit food" were true, I'd rather eat nothing but iceberg lettuce for the rest of my life, to the detriment of my health, than participate willingly in this hell.

I almost can't believe how much better I feel! And in ways I didn't think that I would. Dairy was the last thing for me to drop after transitioning from an omnivore diet and it's... just... wow! I miss it less and less every day.

In light of this, it initially feels so puzzling that dairy isn't the first thing doctors suggest cutting when it comes to chronic health issues (although my doctor said that "going vegan is good," when I told him my intentions to do so, with regards to cutting cholesterol and managing chronic gut-problems so that's awesome! He didn't even go off on some tangent about nutrition or B12 or what have you; just nodded and moved on). But then I remember that the people who power the machines which make animal agriculture possible also control cultural narratives about health, animal welfare and the environment via legacy media and yada yada...

Anyway, in such a short time I've already seen significant improvements to the health of my skin, my gut, my overall energy levels. I don't wake up feeling quite so groggy or congested. I'm pretty sure I smell better. And so far one of my favorite unanticipated benefits is my BREATH. I feel like I can breathe almost twice as deeply, and fully... is this a thing?

I'm eager to meet other vegans IRL so that I can surround myself with like-minded people. I moved to a new town last year and it's been hard networking. I happen to know one other vegan from here but she's transient and very difficult to pin down. Is there a Vegan-Signal like in Batman that I can point at the sky to summon other vegans?? Heh...

Been adjusting to a plant-based diet for about 6 weeks now. I've suspected in my heart for months that I don't want to use or consume animal products any more, and I've finally taken the initiative, but my therapist (who knows me well) says I would be setting myself up for failure by altering my diet so dramatically, so rapidly. Been an omnivore most of my life, had a brief vegan stint around age 22 which ended when I very drunkenly ordered an extra cheese pizza. I recently had to give up gluten, and may have to give up caffeine as well for gut-health reasons (though perhaps a vegan diet will help that). So I've been taking it in phases; I simply think this is a more realistic approach for me, psychologically.

First I cut out meat, then eggs, and for about 2 weeks now my dairy intake has been about 10 or 20% what it normally is. For two days I had dairy by accident (still getting used to making sure I read labels/ingredients on everything), but today I am 100% dairy-free. I had some GF/Vegan cereal with a sliced banana in coconut milk with some cherries on the side for breakfast, a big mixed-green salad with bell peppers, pumpkin seeds and avocado for lunch, and I made soy curls for the first time for dinner, sauteed with a hefty helping of spices and tossed with some home-made peanut and cashew sauce, served on rice pasta; finally some soy-based ice cream for desert. So dank, and so easy to make, all of it! I didn't make the ice cream though; I used to make small-batch dairy ice cream at home, does anyone do homemade vegan ice cream? Can I use all the same equipment?

Anyway. Thanks for coming to my TED talk. My body already feels a lot better after a day without dairy. Looking forward to surprising myself with more delicious vegan meals; hit me with your favorite simple vegan recipes! Preferably gluten-free too, though I'm not celiac so I can ignore that rule from time to time.

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A team of biologists with the University of Michigan has discovered that the variety of rabies found in moose can be treated by doing 27 pushups every 3 hours, unless you are left-handed, in which case no more than 18 pushups must be attempted in the same time period.

Pentagon floors on lockdown after 'hazardous materials' incident

...Walt killing Gus the way he did? Seems like they could have known, and should've checked his car for a bomb when he rolled up to their compound in "Felina," or just insisted outright on picking him up somewhere.

Shower thought I had recently: When Walt hires Jack in "Gliding All Over," it seems likely that they may have pieced together that all their marks were connected to the same investigation, which was centered around the murder of Gus and the collapse of his illicit business. I just feel like someone in Jack's crew may have figured out WHY Walt wanted these guys dead... as the least-common-denominator (ordered all 10 jail killings AND was alive/not in jail after Gus' business collapsed, AND he cooked Blue which Gus was known in the underworld for selling), I just think they may have been able to connect the dots and realize there's a strong chance that he's the guy who bombed Gus (the Casa Tranquila bombing having been all over the news, there's no way they didn't know about it). Or are they just careless skinheads who don't bother to vet their associates?

Come to think of it, there must be no vetting since they never knew Hank was Walt's BIL until "Ozymandias."

Am I reaching or is there a small thread here? Not that it matters. Again, just a shower thought.

So I just lost a 55-hour Ironman/Winter run to Punisher and his gang stacked on top of each other like pringles in a can. RIP. I was a pretty bummed. BUT for as bummed as I was, I was 20x more excited to start a new run, which by itself is a hallmark of a great game. So I started another Ironman/Winter run. I spawn in Highway with sketchy vitals next to some tents under one of the bridges. Find an empty Karov and a Jaeger. Score. A couple minutes later I find a Karov mag with a SINGLE BULLET. Was able to head-shot a bandit for his AK, kill 2 more bandits, found a pillow and a couple cans of food, napped and got my vitals back up, and I'm back in the game. PERFECT balance of tension and action. I even found a Beer and some Mustard before sprinting to my cabin in Village.

The best thing is, I don't even miss my old save file. This game is so much fun that I'm already attached to the new one. I hope you're reading this Antti; you've got something special here.

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We're being played like fiddles.

https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2026-05-07/cruise-ship-workers-including-from-disney-linked-to-child-pornography

I was moving a bunch of food/bev and catfood from my cabin to the tent in Outpost where I'm keeping my kitty... at night too, so as less likely to be seen. Punisher spawned right behind me just as I got to the bridge. I tried to hide behind a burned tank or truck or something but it was too late, I was seen. RIP lots of loot, thankfully I still have plenty of gear and some food stashed. Still love this game though.