Jess Mahler @jessmahler@wandering.shop

(Cont) If you can, take a brief cold shower every few hours and really focus on those 'hot' zones to cool them down.

There have been days where I've had to spend two hours in a cold bath with a book to keep cool enough to not get a migraine. Drought & water restrictions here mean baths are out of the question now so I've had to ramp up all the other things.

Ooh, also, suck on ice cubes. :)

I hear there's a bit of a heatwave in the UK right now. As someone from the UK who's been living in South Africa for almost a decade, some things I do to deal with the heat:

* Feet in a bowl of cold water
* Ice pack wrapped in a damp tea towel (especially good under your feet in bed at night)
* Damp tea towel around neck
* Spray bottle to spritz self with water

Keep your 'hot' zones cool; armpits, under boobs, crotch, back of knees. Having cool feet and neck helps immensely too.

#Pride Month is over, but I want to leave y'all with one thought about visibility.

When I was young, I didn't know what #bisexual meant—thought I was a broken straight.

I want people to see me and know that being bi+ doesn't have a damn thing to do with your ability to love as you will, including the possibility of being in an awesome relationship like the one I've had for over twenty years.

I want some young bisexual to know that and not beat themselves up for decades. I want them to love themselves. ❤️

The world is terrible and everything is scary, but don’t forget love. It’s still there and it’s still beautiful. We’re all scared and angry and tired, but don’t forget to love yourself and let others know that they’re loved.

Take care of yourselves and each other. Be kind to yourselves and to those who deserve your kindness.

#mastoart #queerart #polyam #polyamory

(I know I've seen these. A lot.) The tactics white supremacists use are effective and working. This is an article that tries to make clear the tactics involved and how their actions of planting the roots of bigoted ideology often goes unnoticed. https://medium.com/@DeoTasDevil/the-rhetoric-tricks-traps-and-tactics-of-white-nationalism-b0bca3caeb84

If you or someone you love lives in the US and needs help accessing government services, I just found the BEST WEBSITE
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This site talks about how to get disability, food assistance, medical care, affordable housing, all sorts of programs you may or may not have heard of, and how to apply, and how to appeal, and how to everything! It's great!

A friend of mine, Laura Creedle, wrote an amazing book about #neurodivergent characters: #adhd and #autism respectively. It's really wonderful, trad published, and just had its price get reduced at Amazon. Consider picking it up if you've been looking for #representation or just want to read a cute #romance about incredibly realistic characters -- Laura herself has ADHD and has a wonderful blog about living with it.

#bookrecs

http://adhd-writer.com/blog/

#FunFactOfTheDay You can learn more about Cuil Press, how we came to be, our creator (Michón Neal) and more in the following interview!! (We bet you’ll learn something new about us and/or Michón!! 😉) https://murphyhoward.wordpress.com/2018/05/27/cuil-press-anthology-interview/

"This is a travesty," the dwarf muttered into his wine goblet, standing beside the buffet table.

An old human nearby jerked her head and hissed, "How can you say that? Haven't you ever seen two men more in love?"

The dwarf's face reddened as he grumbled dourly, "It's... not THAT at all... it's..."

"Because one's an elf and one's an orc?" accused the human.

"What, no! ...Though what DOES K'ord have that I don't?" sniffled the dwarf.

#tootfic #microfiction #writing #terylstales #fantasy #lgbt

Baby boomers are not going to vote progressive in the primaries, but they’re also NOT going to vote against their party or sit home in the general. You can decide this today.