I would like to revisit some of the concepts Scott explored in his 2020 article "For, Then Against, High-Saturated-Fat Diets". I'm hoping someone will have some novel/updated insights or new research to share concerning the impacts of the Western diet on health in 2025.
I'm about to turn 32, and I sense that I'm moving toward becoming a prime candidate for one of the gastrointestinal cancers that (among many others) are on the rise globally among people under the age of 50. Demographically, I am disproportionately at risk due to genetic, socioeconomic, and other factors. And, guys, I don't want to die any time soon.
This trend in cancer rates among young adults has... (read 331 more words →)
Thank you for your response. Yes, I've done these things. The unfortunate reality is that my state is not very charitable. The decision makers here fund the Department of Child Safety with federal money intended for social safety net programs.
The TANF benefit, for instance, is like $200 per month per family but requires recipients to spend a certain amount of hours every week in an office doing stupid busy work as punishment for not being employed, thus reducing the time/energy they could otherwise be using to find some income generating activity to do for more than $200 per month.
Consequently, no one bothers signing up to get TANF, and the state shrugs and... (read more)
Thanks, I have done DataAnnotation already a few months back. It's true that it's difficult to get assignments there after you finish the first one or two. They supposedly have tons of work for people who specialize in certain tech roles, but that obviously won't apply to most people. There is also virtually no way to contact anyone who works at DataAnnotation if you have questions. But I have made a few dollars there.
It is not that high here, but this is something I will look into if we can get to Seattle. But does this not require a license?
To be honest, I downplayed much of my situation in my post. After all, it is my first post. I have contributed nothing to this community so far. I feel it's irresponsible and sort of entitled to hose people down with the full weight of my very negative and emotionally draining circumstances as an introductory post. It's not charming. I kept thinking, while writing this post, "do I really want this to be the first thing I say to these people?" I respect this community more than any other one and understand that it can only absorb so many posts that essentially "take" (or seek to take) more than they offer before... (read more)
Thank you for this. I'm not eligible for it but I will send it to my sister who is. She needs emergency dental work but the health insurance plan offered through her employer doesn't cover it so she's just been suffering through the pain. So really, thank you. She will be so glad.
Thank you for the thoughtful suggestions. Aella is exemplary but camgirling strikes me as a nightmare.
I have considered making stuff, like custom glasses/premium drinkware, and selling on Etsy but the market seems saturated and I've never had the money to buy the equipment to learn the skills required to do this kind of thing.
I am certified in Salesforce and could probably get hired helping to manage the Salesforce org for my tribe (Cherokee Nation) but would have to move to Oklahoma.
I've applied for every grant I can find that I'm eligible for, but there's not much out there and the competition is stiff.
We will figure out something, I'm sure. If we don't, there's nothing standing between us and homelessness and that reality fills me with anger and despair.
I feel like there's nothing society wants from me, so there's no way for me to convince society that I deserve anything from it.
It's so hard out here.
Thank you for your response. I probably should have given a more exhaustive list of things I have already tried. Other than a couple things you mentioned, I have already tried the rest.
Before becoming a stay-at-home parent, I was a writer. I wasn't well paid but was starting to earn professional rates when I got pregnant with my second child and that took over my life. I have found it difficult to start writing again since then. The industry has changed so much and is changing still, and so am I. My life is so different now. I'm less sure of what I write - no longer young enough to know everything,... (read more)
Lumping anti-vax conspiracy theories together with pioneering research in an emerging field (e.g. microplastics research), strikes me as careless.
Most people understand that vaccines are overwhelmingly beneficial and that avoiding them is bananas. I would consider this common knowledge. It's not like the public is on the fence about this that I'm aware of. A kooky subset of the population keeps demonstrably false conspiracy theories clinging stubbornly on by refusing to acknowledge material facts, but I don't think the average person finds their arguments compelling.
Micro/nano-plastics research, on the other hand, is still a virgin field of research. Until like two years ago, it wasn't really on anyone's radar. Even now, two years in,... (read more)