Tldr: they get everywhere and the population grows super fast, smaller bodies of water may have issues with the boom before the population reaches equilibrium. Not an expert, just from Ohio, Lake Erie anecdote below. And I don't know if they displaced anything else to occupy this novel niche.
Zebra Mussels got into Lake Erie bunch a years ago and the population exploded so fast people were worried the colonies would block stuff, whole waterways by some estimates. But it turned out they were living off something in the water "that made the water cloudy and brown", idk pollutants or an algae thing? So after a few years there was less of that food source and the Zebra Mussel population found an equilibrium. There were issues, something about getting them off boats, so people were at work to protect infrastructure. Now Lake Erie is clearer and they just found those 40 circles on the bottom, there were some great headlines a week or two back, but they're just sinkholes, not alien structures, whomp whomp
Fig 1 is a modified emotional change curve applied in learning and business settings. The term "Valley of Despair" is used in both concepts, and it's cool, memorable verbiage, but it shouldn't imply relation between Dunning-Kreuger and the change curve
Image description: A modified emotional change curve from Evocon with Y-Axis being "attitude during change process" and X-Axis is time. There are 6 emotional phases described on this chart: 1. Neutral attitude, no knowledge; 2. Initial excitement, motivated; 3. Denial, indifferent, passive, apathy; 4. Resistance, frustration, doubt, anxiety (this phase falls below neutral and is described as "The Valley of Despair"); 5. Exploration, energized, small wins, creative; 6. Commitment, enthusiasm, problem solving, focus, team work.
So in the Australian "Secrets of the Zoo" the handlers call them "Little" Penguins. I've heard all three names used interchangeably, from the US, haven't zero'd in on the regionality of the names, so where you at? Also the zoo show is in Sydney.
Am going to try this recipe but I need to replace the almond elements and was thinking cashew pieces and corn meal, but also maybe walnut pieces and a different nut meal if it's readily available.
Boi howdy Ima tryin! People should also know Adderall to get up and Valium (Diazepam) to go down will increase your tolerance and dependency on both! I think these two are specifically contraindicated for that reason
P.s. all the trans people in my life diy, and they all found mentoring communities to learn from, some on 4-chan. Why can't neurodivergent people get together and share strategies, instead of walking through life feeling like a piece of shit bc you can't hold down a job or socialize sober. Those are symptoms, and those of us that went through the diagnostic process are LUCKY to be able to talk about it and help bring others in to reduce the harm of their coping mechanisms. This isn't reddit, you want a heavily modded space, head on back. I want real stories, from real lives, warts and all.
Sorry, I'm so tired and I can't stop worrying about 14 things and my heart rate won't drop below 80, and this prudish anti whatever attitude is irking
I want to talk about this bc instead of sleeping I'm still gripped with energy from the 10mg IR Adderall I took 20 hours ago. And I'm out of the diazepam they scripted to help. I hate my meds rn and can't get the pro's to try anything else with me. My low season is about to start and I'm really scared, I'm already drinking too much, started smoking cigs again. I tried two different ADHD meds since I got diagnosed Oct '23, decent results with stratera but bad, can't tell if it's real kinda dreams, couldn't eat either. I really don't like Adderall, it just feels like cocaine, going on 9 mo. I was at my best micro dosing mushrooms during the year I waited for my diagnosis. I dialed in to .017-.020 mcg as my sweet spot. Over .021 made me spacey, which wasn't a bad day, just less balanced.
We have to talk about self-medicating as a community bc people end up drinking, smoking, over-doing psych's, self harm. We need to be real, and ready to have harm reduction conversations with people that can't or don't get a diagnosis. We need to be able to educate and help each other when there is no physician to consult OR you have a lazy-ass NP that only spends 5 min to figure out what refills to send. It's going to be another 6 weeks before I have a chance to get referred to another NP and I don't know what my options are. OR you lost your fucking letter and the providers make you start the process over, which is what my partner is dealing with. I'm in the US and our insurance costs 1k/mo for this FUCKIN BULLSHIT
Great great stuff. Wonderful sub, beautiful train, didn't know those XL excavators are called Badgers. I feel like I've seen a doc about moving one across a long distance
Exactly. It's still team sports at the end of the day and they'll fall in line behind whatever wins. And Trump wins for them but sure, a few "adults in the room" make it more palatable
That's also a cover for the IDF violence. Hamas bombed their own hospital, used children for cover, AND IDF bought the bait and bombs civilians. Kids as bait wins, every time, don't take the bait. People are smarter and better than that. Terrorist takes cover behind a child, they won the argument, hands down. No way we hurt kids. And that's not the philosophy observed
Tldr: they get everywhere and the population grows super fast, smaller bodies of water may have issues with the boom before the population reaches equilibrium. Not an expert, just from Ohio, Lake Erie anecdote below. And I don't know if they displaced anything else to occupy this novel niche.
Zebra Mussels got into Lake Erie bunch a years ago and the population exploded so fast people were worried the colonies would block stuff, whole waterways by some estimates. But it turned out they were living off something in the water "that made the water cloudy and brown", idk pollutants or an algae thing? So after a few years there was less of that food source and the Zebra Mussel population found an equilibrium. There were issues, something about getting them off boats, so people were at work to protect infrastructure. Now Lake Erie is clearer and they just found those 40 circles on the bottom, there were some great headlines a week or two back, but they're just sinkholes, not alien structures, whomp whomp