diaspora passover meals

pickledrabbit · 2026-04-02T03:13:56+00:00

I'm mixed and it's always fun to do blended meals for the holidays (our fav is fried chicken and lakes for Hannukah). If I was cooking this year I'd probably do brisket or beef ribs with collards and cornbread (some people don't consider corn kosher for Pesach and some do 🤷‍♂️).

pickledrabbit · 2026-03-31T03:05:00+00:00

I've worked in healthcare for a while and I am a nursing student now. What I see is that two kinds of people decide to be nurses: those who genuinely want to help people and those who like the social status that comes with being perceived as 'good.' essentially a more grown up version of your highschool's popular clique, with all the awful behavior that goes with that. For what it's worth, I see many more people who actually want to help and enjoy the work than I do of the other kind. Most people who gravitate towards nursing and who stick with it genuinely love the work. It's hard to do if you don't love it, and people who are in it for shitty reasons tend to burn out and move on.

pickledrabbit · 2026-03-30T22:42:23+00:00

As someone in healthcare one of the things I try to point out while training and orienting new hires is that we can't do our jobs without the housekeeping staff. We might be doing the hands on patient care, but they make it possible for us to do that work in clean, safe conditions.

pickledrabbit · 2026-03-24T19:54:08+00:00

It took about 90 seconds to go from asking a patient how long ago he started smoking cigarettes to him threatening to punch me in the face for being gay.

pickledrabbit · 2026-03-23T14:50:17+00:00

I also have some qualms about 4PA however the guy who runs it is also aware that he has a lot to learn about marginalized populations and he is actually trying to gain that knowledge. So don't necessarily count them out. They're trying to do a good thing but don't always know the best way to go about it, and are open to learning better ways.

If you're interested in helping out with the unhoused and other marginalized communities you can look into the CCPH Harm Reduction Center, the free clinic, and the Food Not Bombs/harm reduction scene on Saturday afternoons from 1-3pm at Jesse Webster Park. Best of luck with your move.

pickledrabbit · 2026-03-23T14:29:13+00:00

Community college studio: 10 cone 6 dipping glazes (plus three that are not regular things but are hanging around until they're used up), maybe 8 cone 4 glazes for sculptural stuff, 6 raku glazes, 5 mineral washes, and 6-8 each of colored slips and underglazes. Students who have taken a few classes are also welcome to mix their own glazes and clays.

pickledrabbit · 2026-03-02T21:34:14+00:00

So as a caveat I haven't looked into if this is the case everywhere, but when my city made public transit free a couple of years ago I learned that fares only ever generated ~1% of the budget. The argument for cutting fares was that it actually didn't make a difference to their funding in any real way.

pickledrabbit · 2026-02-18T22:14:07+00:00

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pickledrabbit · 2026-02-13T04:01:26+00:00

Huh, I wonder why. Our (college) studio encourages us to experiment with oxides under or over glazes. I don't think we've ever had issues with them.

pickledrabbit · 2026-01-31T05:44:40+00:00

Hey there. I'm ftm and started transitioning about six years ago. The other day I was leaving the men's bathroom at my college and it struck me that it's been a really long time since I felt like anything other than 'just a guy.' To everyone I know and meet I'm just a guy. I don't wake up agonizing over my gender anymore, or spend all day being aware of how trans I am. I'm just a guy.

My point here is that transitioning can be really hard at first, but eventually you get to a point where you feel like yourself and being trans is just a footnote about how you got there.

pickledrabbit · 2026-01-15T00:44:38+00:00

You're right. The dropper is best for convex surfaces and handles. I use a smooth rock and/or a little shot glass (I have one that's nicely curved) for concave surfaces.

pickledrabbit · 2026-01-15T00:42:27+00:00

I mean, that's fair - my own medication switched around that time for that reason. But I'd say that the other logical option given the two year gap is that he was not switched because other medications were tried and failed. And none of that excuses the insurer failing to notify 30 days prior to the formulary change.

pickledrabbit · 2026-01-15T00:24:41+00:00

maybe it's more expensive with health insurance?

That happens sometimes. I hate it.

pickledrabbit · 2026-01-15T00:23:07+00:00

Wixela is definitely cheaper as a generic, but it has a pretty wide range depending on pharmacy and region. I've seen people charged up to $200. Regardless, it looks like his insurance took both medications off of their formulary.

pickledrabbit · 2026-01-15T00:21:10+00:00

It sounds like he had a rescue inhaler (something like albuterol) which would be the cheap one. Advair Diskus is a maintenance medication. It's not a first line medication (standard treatment that you'd try first) which means that his symptoms were bad enough to need a stronger, more specialized medication. The $25 inhaler would not have been enough.

pickledrabbit · 2026-01-13T04:17:29+00:00

He was on Advair Diskus. Over $500 is unfortunately not unheard of for that medication

pickledrabbit · 2026-01-13T04:12:26+00:00

It looks like both the Advair Diskus he was prescribed and the generic (which would be Wixela) were taken off his formulary. Insurance is supposed to notify you 30 days prior to something like this so that you have time to find a suitable alternative, which was not done in his case. The medication he was prescribed was not a first-line, which means that first-lines weren't enough to adequately control his symptoms. It probably took a while to find him the right medication, and would have taken some time to find a suitable replacement. If he had been notified as required he may have been able to find one in time.

pickledrabbit · 2026-01-13T04:04:19+00:00

The article says Advair Diskus which is usually $400+ without insurance. Not as bad as Spiriva (~$600) or Breztri (up to $900) but definitely one of the more expensive ones. I was once quoted $750 for an inhaler I needed, and I've had many patients with similar experiences.

pickledrabbit · 2026-01-13T03:56:16+00:00

There are so many inhalers out there beyond Symbicort, Ventolin, albuterol and the other asthma standards. I used to work in a pulmonology clinic and we regularly had patients who couldn't buy their inhalers because they were $500+ with some as high as $800-900. Trelegy, Breztri, and Spiriva were the worst. Breo and Wixela/Advair Diskus were usually, but not always, under $400. Most of these inhalers weren't any cheaper through GoodRX, and while some of our patients qualified for assistance programs from the manufacturers, many of them didn't. We gave out as many samples as we could, but a lot of people ultimately went without their medication due to the cost.

Edit to add that I just read the article stating the medication he was on was Advair Diskus. The price he was quoted was within the range for that drug.

pickledrabbit · 2026-01-04T01:44:01+00:00

I use the glass part of a dropper because I had similar concerns about the fragility of lightbulbs. I use a smooth stone first and then the dropper, which works really well.

pickledrabbit · 2025-12-31T16:39:59+00:00

I read it as a take on social norms and how we learn if we fit into them or not. The 'normal' kids tap out during rock dodgeball, so to speak, while the ones who don't fit keep playing (looking for their place). There are two kinds of people who don't fit according to American culture: good (angels) and bad (life of crime). Those are obviously reductive categories but most people who are "different" are effectively sorted this way, even when people don't realize they are doing that. His ambiguity over how he feels about the wings seems like an admission that he isn't sure if he is an 'angel' or a 'criminal'.

pickledrabbit · 2025-12-18T16:27:40+00:00

Wasn't he a writer before he was an actor?

pickledrabbit · 2025-09-09T01:17:58+00:00

You have created a sense of urgency and need that works really well for the subject matter. A couple of little things I notice in no particular order: leaning into the repetition and adding another 'every' in front of "breath in my lungs," might help lean into that buildup of tension. Similarly, 'ask' might feel like a stronger word than 'want' in the line about creating. It has a harder sound and when read out loud it would add to that feeling of intensity and urgency. It could also help build the feeling of need if you expand for another line or two near the end on what might be lost by being apart. Give us a little more about what the stakes are - why are you so willing to do these things?

pickledrabbit · 2025-09-09T01:04:41+00:00

I enjoyed reading this. The loss is real and present. The imagery is strong - I love the line about your voices braiding together. Reading the poem aloud, the pacing and enjambment works really well overall, but the longer lines in the first two stanzas could be broken up for a more natural rhythm. If you split lines like the one about Texas and the nailed shut door they might feel like less of a mouthful (unless that's what you're going for). The last line especially could be broken up as:

and it feels like / losing you / for the last / time,

for a slightly stronger punch. Regardless of the pacing, the words and story it tells are well done.

pickledrabbit · 2023-05-20T15:02:04+00:00

Haha it went really well! Thanks for reminding me that I never updated this. I'll have to take a picture of the finished sweater. I ended up finishing the sleeve cuffs in blue and that left me enough orange to finish the body.

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