Aura V. @auravulpes@computerfairi.es

computer boys stop appropriating cyberpunk from trans people

advertising is a far bigger act of vandalism and nuisance on public spaces than graffiti

okay let's stop giving tesla free advertising now

The best and kindest and most secure men I have the pleasure of knowing are all trans men. I see you and love you all, stay strong & safe and know you have allies even if other ignorant gay/queer folk try to ignore your voices and presence.

It'd look something... like this!

Massage is as much about "fascia" -- the connective tissue that wraps muscles and organs, anchoring them in place -- as it is about the muscles itself.

Fascia is thixotropic, which means that it becomes less tough and more fluid under mechanical stress. (It also gets more fluid when warmer, like most things.) Normally, the movements of your muscles provide enough movement and heat to keep them loose. When you don't get enough movement, the fascia around them becomes thick and tough, less permeable. The metabolic waste produced by your muscles builds up in the fascia around them.

A good massage uses heat, pressure, and motion to loosen the fascia, allowing your body to clear the metabolic waste. That's good in the long term, but in the immediate term it means possibly *years* of waste buildup has just been dumped into your bloodstream. Some of this waste is the stuff your body checks for measure how fatigued your muscles are, some is just toxic in large quantities.

All of this gets filtered out of your blood by your kidneys for excretion, which means also taking water out of your blood. So you need to replace the water, and if you don't, your kidneys will slow down / stop filtering toxins out to avoid drying out your blood.

So drink a *lot* of water.