u/stosphia

Per this post on Tumblr, the website data dot world is going to be shut down. Another Tumblr user has already reached out to r/data hoarders (hoarding? I'm sorry), and you guys came up in the discussion as well. I noticed it doesn't seem like anyone has reached out to you guys about this. I'm merely the messenger; I don't know anything about storing or backing up this information, I'm just passing on this information to you guys.

Thank you

But I don't really know to whom I could/would brag irl, I'm not sure who in my life would be this excited for/with me.

I sent out a consignment package a couple weeks ago and I'm so excited--it's on their website!! My zines are on their website, and totally random strangers could find my zine online or in a physical shop!!

Yeah yeah yeah, I know it's consignment; this shop takes a percentage of the sale, it benefits them, blah blah blah.

Can I share the link for other people to check out?

You know those fluffy blankets you can get at like, Walmart? I have one that is ancient and, to get straight to the point, it's king sized and I can't bring myself to just throw away that much material when I could upcycle it and continue to enjoy it.

The question is, it's double sided--how the heck am I supposed to cut it?? Is it possible to add hand embroidery?? Would I be better off appliqueing it? Is there anything else I should know about using a material like this for a plushie?

This can be any kind of magic; organic, structured, ambient, etc etc, but the MC must be the one with schizophrenia/in-universe alternative. I'm curious to know if there are any stories like this. TYIA

I had endo-CTR in January of 2025.

About three to six months after my surgery, as I was cleared by the surgeon, I noticed that I was no longer able to do normal things like move a bag of garbage across the house, a distance that had been normal before surgery. I was lucky (?) to get surgery within months of the onset of weakness and tingling, and if I've had any muscle wasting, it hasn't been noticeable.

I went to see a PT. He said my grip strength was normal. So clinically, on paper, there's nothing wrong with me.

But this spring, I've been out gardening and digging and crawling around and the CT ligament area hurts. Everyone keeps telling me, you have to work on your grip strength, you have to do your exercises, and no one is seeming to hear me.

There's nothing wrong with my grip strength. I've been saying since I noticed, it's my grip endurance.

I think it's because I've lost the stability that that ligament provides, but apart from wearing braces--which I can't afford--anytime I want to do something heavy duty, I don't know what to do. The surgery was supposed to be a way for me to return to life as normal, but I regret giving in and being shuttled off to surgery so quickly and not being offered any alternatives.

Please, somebody else tell me you've experienced this, even if you don't have any solutions. I feel a little like I'm losing my mind.