I'm from Australia, that looks like a huntsman.
When I first moved here and saw one I freaked out and begged my husband to catch it. He laughed and said they are good spiders, and very fast so hard to catch anyway.
That spider lived above the window blinds, and I realised I would have to sweep the dead bugs off the windowsill every few days.
He definitely became an honoured guest!
It's beautiful! The post isn't public on imgur or I would upvote you there too!
You can hear what Israelis have to say from their own mouths. It's evil.
I agree, losing it would feel like losing the library of Alexandria. We do need more doing this!
Beautifully written.
Signed, another 40 year old millennial.
I have nerve pain and understand the feeling of the meds not taking the pain away, and the knowledge that there is a trade off with taking them. I have refused to up my dose, but try literally everything else.
Unfortunately I am allergic to codiene and natural opoids, and so tramadol is my long term pain management medication.
I also take broad spectrum cbd oil and flower, triple strength fish oil for inflammation, magnesium, etc. I have also been using lignocaine patches over the nerve roots after reading a study that showed promising results, and despite it not making any sense to me that they should work topically, it does seem to help.
Besides medications and supplements, I use a TENS unit, IR heating pad, ice packs, massage gun, and positioning to reduce pain on bad days.
I have tried every locally available treatment, experimental medication, therapy, consulted with pain doctors and surgeons. Unfortunately nothing has helped so far.
On good days, I can spend 4 - 5 hours up at most, and will pay for it the next day. Most of my time is spent in a zero gravity bed.
I don't like taking the pain meds, but acknowledge that taking them means I can do more. Push further. It's not a tradeoff I like either, so most of the time I don't.
This is very beautiful, and very sad.
Well, I think the self driving taxis across the us apparently need human interaction every 6 minutes on average... So are they self driving? I don't know.
We can't use our phones and drive, but someone can have a screen and drive 6 cars at the same time...
Then double check that you are registered to vote!!!
Remember to vote in all local elections. The more sensible people you get into office the more change you create. Look up all the candidates, even for things like education, water treatment, family court judges.
These are all offices that we vote (or not) into office.
When I went to look at who to vote for in the shitty midwest state I am from, (I am an expat. ) sometimes the choice wasn't clear. Some had no party affiliation, but those who seek positions of power often move on to other positions of power. Starting at the bottom we must vote in good people.
So I looked up their campaign websites or facebook pages, and made my choice from there. Do I want the girl with little background in the subject who has republican affiliations supporting her campaign for the office?
Or maybe the guy who runs free name change clinics for people who need it and works at the local food bank.
The choice was clear to me.
I am sorry fellow Americans. This was an outcome I had greatly feared.
Don't give up.