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Anxiety levels are on the rise worldwide, especially among our youth. Many factors contribute to this trend. We are constantly “on”, striving to ensure we are scheduling for every moment. But in doing so, we are potentially depriving our brains and bodies of the downtime they need to reset and recharge.

We need to embrace the pause. It is a space where creativity can prosper, emotions can be regulated, and the nervous system can reset.

Read Emily's article in Current Affairs magazine here: https://www.currentaffairs.org/news/how-we-stopped-caring-about-selling-out

From the article: "In recent years, our pop culture landscape has become so dominated by athletic-wear brand deals and laxative pill endorsements that it’s hard to remember an alternative. A-listers now seem to treat art like a side hustle, and advertising as their main career. It’s not enough for McConaughey to earn millions by smoldering through the window of a luxury Lincoln SUV, or lounging shirtless for Dolce & Gabbana cologne. He just had to become the creative director for Wild Turkey Bourbon, launch his own “Pantalones Organic Tequila” brand, and now, lend his rugged charisma to AI platforms. "

Using friendship-based community organizing and principles of permaculture, gift economy, and mutual aid, Food Not Lawns has been turning yards into gardens and neighborhoods into communities since 1999, when we were conceived by the Food Not Bombs family in Eugene, Oregon. For more than twenty years small, self-organized groups of grassroots gardeners have been organizing local seed swaps, joining together for garden work parties, and making lots of friends while learning more about the simple act of growing food can radically improve your home, your community, and your life.

Do you take migraine medications like gepants, triptans, or monoclonal antibodies? How well do they work for you? Here's why migraine meds don't work for everyone, and what progress science still needs to make.

cross-posted from: https://slrpnk.net/post/23574741

re:wild your campus co-directors Mackenzie Feldman and Sheina Crystal discuss their amazing initiative across college campuses, suggest pesticide free options for your lawn, and answer some of your questions about pesticides!

re:wild your campus co-directors Mackenzie Feldman and Sheina Crystal discuss their amazing initiative across college campuses, suggest pesticide free options for your lawn, and answer some of your questions about pesticides!

cross-posted from: https://beehaw.org/post/20217731

If you're migraining and can't read too good, this video summarizes the info: New Migraine Prevention Goals by the IHS (2025)

The International Headache Society says no more to a blanket 50% reduction in migraines counting as "successfully treated." Instead, treatment success should be measured by migraine days per month, with more than 6 days considered "insufficient control."

Excerpts from the "Setting goals of migraine burden while on treatment" section:

Migraine Freedom. This is defined as the complete elimination of days with migraine or moderate-to-severe headache, ideally over a period of three months.

Optimal Control. This is defined as less than four days with migraine or moderate-to-severe headache per month for three months, with a satisfactory response to acute treatment, defined as pain-freedom within two hours from the intake.

Modest Control. This is defined as four to six days with migraine or moderate-to-severe headache per month. In this case, disability may persist, but this level of control may represent a meaningful improvement especially for those with high frequency episodic migraine (10–14 headache days per month) or CM (>14 headache days per month) before treatment.

Insufficient Control. This is defined as more than six days with migraine or moderate-to-severe headache per month. At this level, migraine imposes a substantial burden and may require frequent use of acute medications.

Most of the natural world has been altered by humans in some way. Ecosystems that are dominated by humans or man-made structures, such as cities, can still provide meaningful and essential habitat for insects. Today, we are going to discuss research being done in various human-dominated landscapes to answer the question: how do we restore and conserve insects in these ecosystems?

Guest Information

Dr. Chelse Prather is an associate professor and environmental biology coordinator at the University of Dayton. As an ecologist, Chelse has worked with insect communities in forests, grasslands, and urban ecosystems. She has managed a variety of projects from understanding basic insect ecology, like what nutrients limit insect communities, to very applied projects, such as how the installation of solar arrays affects insect communities.

Nine to five, yeah
They got you where they want you
There's a better life
And you think about it, don't you?
It's a rich man's game
No matter what they call it
And you spend your life
Puttin' money in his wallet

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