Grandmothers stalled the police as climate protestors created the largest street mural ever

flowersandfutures:

More than 3,000 demonstrators in San Francisco have created what’s thought to be the largest street mural ever made. On Saturday, the 2,500-foot-long, 50-foot-wide mural turned five blocks of city streets into scenes of community-proposed solutions for a warming world.

What’s more, the protesters didn’t have a permit to paint the streets — so a group of indigenous-led grandmothers faced off with police to block roads for five hours while the muralists completed their work. With the grannies from the Society of Fearless Grandmothers holding down ground, none of the protesters were arrested.

This is so solarpunk and so badass!

Grandmothers stalled the police as climate protestors created the largest street mural ever

southpawgrammar1995:

one of the things that bothers me most about posts which imply (or outright state) that all men are inherently abusive, aside from the fact that it’s objectively untrue, is that it normalises and excuses abuse – if abusiveness is inseparable from maleness and masculinity, then abusive men aren’t really accountable for their actions, because by that logic they can’t help it. this also falsely implies that there is no alternative male behaviour, which is incredibly dangerous and absolutely contributes to victim blaming where the perpetrator was a man. men can be gentle! men can be loving! if you’re attracted to men, accept nothing less, and never place the blame on your own attraction to men if you are poorly treated rather than on the man in question for actively choosing to mistreat you.

sophygurl:

prismatic-bell:

soundssimpleright:

ace-spacepup:

feelboss:

marsdidthething:

gentle reminder in this cold-n-flu season to not take mucinex if you’re also taking an SSRI (antidepressant)

always google “drug interactions [insert drug names]” to make sure that combining meds won’t make you more sick

mucinex DM specifically

the dextromethorphan reacts badly with the serotonin and can cause really bad anxiety and insomnia. it can also cause something called serotonin syndrome, or serotonin poisoning.

regular mucinex is ok, but you should always double check medication reactions!

Had a mild bout of serotonin syndrome this year and lemme tell ya folks it is NOT FUN and in serious situations can be fatal. Always follow medication dosing guidelines and ask if you aren’t sure!

D8

Also true of Robitussin DM. Anything with DM in the name, actually.

I’m really glad that second post added the DM part because my doc has prescribed mucinex to me before knowing full well I take SSRI’s and she’s actually showed concern before about the meds I take affecting my serotonin balance and stuff, so good to know she didn’t just zone out on that one.