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Sable Shade🇦🇺 ☮️4️⃣🇺🇦🇵🇸<p>Which is worse?:<br>1. fascists that know they are<br>2. know they are but pretend they're not<br>3. that don't know they are</p><p>Fascists are ineligible to vote</p><p>🔘 1</p><p>🔘 2</p><p>🔘 3</p><p>Vote See results · people ·<br>347 days left</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/fascist" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>fascist</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/ostrichIfArseIsSand" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ostrichIfArseIsSand</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/H8" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>H8</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/myopia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>myopia</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/duksezmoo" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>duksezmoo</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/poll" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>poll</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/worldPol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>worldPol</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/ausPol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ausPol</span></a></p>
Rhyothemis<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://beige.party/@SnowshadowII" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>SnowshadowII</span></a></span> </p><p>How does being outdoors prevent the development of Myopia? (11 June 2024) <br><a href="https://youtu.be/FHXs_7Lv_Gc" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="">youtu.be/FHXs_7Lv_Gc</span><span class="invisible"></span></a></p><p>(it's not due to reduction in near work)</p><p><a href="https://zeroes.ca/tags/myopia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>myopia</span></a></p>
Chunshek :HomestarRunning:<p>You know what’s “fun” for me these days?</p><p>Realizing that with my current pair of (myopic) glasses, I can no longer read text on my phone closer than 25cm (10″) away.</p><p>Sure, I can take off my glasses and read the text on my phone while holding it much closer, but then I can't see far anymore.</p><p><a href="https://prettyaweso.me/tags/Presbyopia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Presbyopia</span></a> and <a href="https://prettyaweso.me/tags/Myopia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Myopia</span></a> don’t cancel each other out. That‘s what’s “fun.” :NeofoxGlare:</p>
Sherri W (SyntaxSeed)<p>The latest upsell at the <a href="https://phpc.social/tags/optometrist" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>optometrist</span></a> is "myopia control" lenses for kids.</p><p>The idea is to slow the progression of <a href="https://phpc.social/tags/myopia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>myopia</span></a> (nearsightedness). About $300 more per pair. Gotta wear them till at least 18 starting at age 8-12.</p><p>But if your kid's like mine &amp; might only need them sometimes... you now HAVE to wear them all the time.</p><p>They also reduce your peripheral vision through the lenses.</p><p>And at $300 per pair, say you buy new ones every couple years, that's around $1500 more.</p><p><a href="https://phpc.social/tags/parenting" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>parenting</span></a> <a href="https://phpc.social/tags/glasses" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>glasses</span></a></p>
Anne Fausto Sterling<p>Perfect example of how culture changes biology. </p><p>"After studying more than 4,000 children at Sydney 1mary &amp; 2dary schools for 3 yrs, children who spent less time outside were at greater risk of developing myopia." Let the kids play out in the open, dammit! <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/complexsystems" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>complexsystems</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/myopia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>myopia</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/culturechangesbiology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>culturechangesbiology</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/playoutside" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>playoutside</span></a> </p><p><a href="https://www.nature.com/articles/519276a" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="">nature.com/articles/519276a</span><span class="invisible"></span></a></p>
Julie Goldberg<p>Fascinating article! I had no idea that there is a global epidemic of <a href="https://social.coop/tags/myopia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>myopia</span></a>, and that it is PREVENTABLE! <a href="https://social.coop/tags/medical" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>medical</span></a> <a href="https://www.wired.com/story/taiwan-epicenter-of-world-myopia-epidemic/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">wired.com/story/taiwan-epicent</span><span class="invisible">er-of-world-myopia-epidemic/</span></a></p>
Play All The Things<p>OK, delayed <a href="https://c.im/tags/introduction" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>introduction</span></a> toot:</p><p>I am an <a href="https://c.im/tags/optometrist" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>optometrist</span></a> who primarily does <a href="https://c.im/tags/myopia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>myopia</span></a> control and <a href="https://c.im/tags/visiontherapy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>visiontherapy</span></a>. A <a href="https://c.im/tags/boyscout" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>boyscout</span></a> leader. A <a href="https://c.im/tags/birdsite" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>birdsite</span></a> earlier adopter who got way burned out, I am loving this new to me Mastodon experience. </p><p>I love <a href="https://c.im/tags/music" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>music</span></a> and have been an amateur <a href="https://c.im/tags/musician" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>musician</span></a> for years. A am an avid <a href="https://c.im/tags/podcast" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>podcast</span></a> listener and creator. </p><p>Although I am not a hardcore gamer, my current passion is <a href="https://c.im/tags/nerdmusic" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>nerdmusic</span></a>, mostly <a href="https://c.im/tags/vgm" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>vgm</span></a> and listening to music from <a href="https://c.im/tags/videogames" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>videogames</span></a> as well as <a href="https://c.im/tags/nerdcore" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>nerdcore</span></a> hiphop. I am a volunteer dj at WMNF 88.5 community <a href="https://c.im/tags/radio" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>radio</span></a>. </p><p>I am VERY excited about my new WMNF show "Play all The Things", a 2 hour show all about the this music. Please submit your music to me for consideration for the show!!!! </p><p>Looking for a music service to call home. </p><p>👍</p>