Cool!

Love the ghost in the shell profile pic :)

Yep. Thats true. Its also likely not as true for the population that is here.

I did not vote for a fascist. I did vote. I am an American. And I am not a fascist.

I guess all that comes next is learning how to protest. I’ve never been to one before due to social anxiety and my sleep disorder. I guess now is the time to learn how to participate in one.

No one deserves to be insulted for their nationality.

I wasn’t in that thread, but that’s not an appropriate way for folks to treat eachother

Also, Americans are grieving what may be legitimately the end of vital freedoms, the end of safety for many minority populations, which many of my loved ones belong to, potentially the end of free elections, and an independent court.

It also may mean the complete derailment of any global climate policies as the US steps back from climate commitments, which may prompt other super powers to do the same. That is not a good thing.

Some space to grieve would be welcome. If you live in Russia you have my love and my condolences, I’m sure you have been living with anxieties about your interests not being represented for a long time.

Aww, thats a sweet way to carry on his legacy ❤️

What a lovely name! 😊

I wanna know the cutie’s name!!

Lmao, it’s a tasteful detail to be sure 😂

Also hello, neighbor! 👋😊

Hello! Hope you are well, in spite of missing home ❤️

Ay, hello neighbor! 👋😊

Hello neighbor! Hope you have a lovely day today 😊

Lol, thank you, me too! 🙃

Hope you have a lovely day!

Lol

Durham based, they made their mascot gnu /s

Hello from North Carolina! And thank you for participating in the election 😊

No worries, congrats on voting 😊

Hope you have a good one!

Yep! Same principle. if you’re wearing them to advance your sleep timing or have an easier time getting to sleep early enough, most of the research is on using them for the 2-3 hours before sleep to prevent light exposure from delaying the natural secretion of melatonin.

Though it’s worth noting there are interventions for insomnia that make way more sense to do first, like good sleep hygiene, and melatonin I believe 3 hours before intended sleep time, with an ideal dose of around half a miligram (I say “I believe” because I learned a bit ago the research now actually indicates even earlier for my sleep disorder and I’m not sure whether things have changed for insomnia as well) Most people take waaaaay too much melatonin.

But like if you like the glasses they certainly don’t hurt 🤷‍♂️

Because my sleep schedule is so late I get sunlight at bedtime and darkness in the mornings, which… Isn’t great 😅 That also means if I need to go do things during business hours like vote I’m out in the sun and then have to go to sleep when I get home

The glasses help a bit, but at a certain point the sheer light intensity of the sun will still significantly delay your circadian rhythm, regardless of whether you’re blocking the most activating parts of the light spectrum (blue-green, mostly blue) so I’m thinking I might try getting a cheap pair of those super geriatric fitover sunglasses I can pair with the orange ones lol

Hello from Durham! My grandparents are out in Greensboro

I hope you have a lovely day today 😊❤️

Huh, thanks for the advice!

I have very poor working memory so thinking about words, and trying to remember letters, and thinking about how long they are, all at once, kinda fries my brain pretty quickly 😅 but I have a much easier time with the lateral thinking and word reasoning of connections

I’ll keep your advice in mind if I give the wordle clones a shot, or am playing sometime in the future post-strike!

Hope you have a good one 😊

I’ve never even heard of that movie; I didn’t watch many growing up and am really enjoying getting around to all the classics, I’ll have to make a note to watch it!

They’re infield terminators with orange lenses

If you have insomnia (specially sleep onset insomnia where it’s hard to get to sleep, not the kind where it’s hard to stay asleep) or delayed sleep phase disorder (what I have) they can be helpful

They’re not the specific glasses typically used on the studies (uvex skyper glasses made by honeywell), but those have a hard nose bridge which hurts my nose if I wear them for the durations the studies were on, and a guy did independent testing for a bunch of the blue light blocking glasses and found these did slightly better while being much more comfortable :)

If anyone has questions or would like me to grab the study or the webpage for the guy who did the testing lemme know and I can go find the links :)

Edit: I forgot to mention, a lot of people actually really like these (yellow tint glasses) because some feel they increase their contrast perception. So they’re sometimes worn when motorcycling on a rainy day, or other times where more contrast might be helpful. For me it feels subtle, but my dad immediately commented on it when he tried them.

They’re infield terminators with orange lenses

If you have insomnia (specially sleep onset insomnia where it’s hard to get to sleep, not the kind where it’s hard to stay asleep) or delayed sleep phase disorder (what I have) they can be helpful

They’re not the specific glasses typically used on the studies (uvex skyper glasses made by honeywell), but those have a hard nose bridge which hurts my nose if I wear them for the durations the studies were on, and a guy did independent testing for a bunch of the blue light blocking glasses and found these did slightly better while being much more comfortable :)

If anyone has questions or would like me to grab the study or the webpage for the guy who did the testing lemme know and I can go find the links :)

Edit: I forgot to mention, a lot of people actually really like these (yellow tint glasses) because some feel they increase their contrast perception. So they’re sometimes worn when motorcycling on a rainy day, or other times where more contrast might be helpful. For me it feels subtle, but my dad immediately commented on it when he tried them.