I hate pollen.

[conuly]

And I hate having itchy eyes, and I hate it.

A Glass Loophole

How an Ancient Indian Art Utilizes Mathematics, Mythology, and Rice

'Boy or girl?' Parents raising 'theybies' let kids decide

A few women naturalists to know

The Incredible Saga of Tracy Edwards: A Real-Life Female Superhero Who Sailed Around the World

Angela Merkel welcomed refugees to Germany. They’re starting to help the economy.

CRISPR is now being used on humans in the U.S.

So how did usury stop being a sin and become respectable finance?

Division of labor in the home is one of the most important equity issues of our time. Yet at this rate it will be another 75 years before men do half the work.

The High Cost of Doing Daycare

One Woman’s Fight to Claim Her ‘Blackness’ in Brazil

On a perfect summer day, a solo hiker went missing from a Cascade trail. A search ensued unlike anything the state of Washington has ever seen. Nine months later, the mystery has consumed the lives of thousands. Where did she go?

Most of America’s Rural Areas Are Doomed to Decline

The big business of loneliness

How Greek crisis helped removed taboo on mental health

The Arc of Legal Weed Bends Toward Injustice

A Surprising Downside of Bodycams (Interesting perspective I hadn't considered, however, I'm not convinced that they still aren't a net good)

Who Owns South Africa?

Why we are addicted to conspiracy theories

Synthetic Biology Could Bring a Pox on Us All

8chan, a nexus of radicalization for the Poway and Christchurch shooters, explained

Human society under urgent threat from loss of Earth's natural life

Inside Gang Territory In Honduras

Georgia Just Criminalized Abortion

The Pentagon Is Reporting Low Civilian Death Tolls in Syria and Iraq. Without Accountability, People Will Keep Dying.

Comments

[missizzy]

Pollen is terrible.

[archangelbeth]

*ponders the bodycam thing* I only skimmed, I fear (my concentration is kinda shattered), but, well, without a cam... Who'd get arrested? Who'd get propositioned? Tougher for the good cops, yeah, but until the bad ones aren't tolerated (protected)... Welp. O:/

[archersangel]

i didn't used to get allergies but something at this place i moved to in 2017 makes my tear-ducts itch in the spring/summer. a way-down deep itching that benadryl only helps 50%, but claritin helps about 80%.

[elenbarathi.livejournal.com]

I totally sympathize; it's Pollen Time here as well. Achoo!

[conuly]

Sneezing, while violent, would be better.

[dandelion.livejournal.com]

Sodium cromoglicate eye drops have made me very happy! Are those OTC where you live?

[conuly]

I don't know what sort of antihistimine eye drops I have - I picked up some of every medication I could find last time and cycle through them on the basis of "this is what I know where it is". I meant to do something testable, but that never happened.

They work all right, though what works best is remembering to flush my eyes with water periodically before reapplying.