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lsanderson (lsanderson) wrote2026-05-20 09:57 am
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This supersized heat pump will heat and cool a whole St. Paul neighborhood
by Brian Martucci
https://www.minnpost.com/newsletter/this-supersized-heat-pump-will-heat-and-cool-a-whole-st-paul-neighborhood/
Gov. Tim Walz signed a bill banning prediction markets like Kalshi and Polymarket from operating in the state, making Minnesota the first state to do so, NPR News reported Tuesday. In response to the new law, the Trump administration filed a lawsuit against the state Tuesday to block it, according to a press release from the Commodity Futures Trading Commission. Via MinnPost
https://www.npr.org/2026/05/19/nx-s1-5821265/minnesota-ban-prediction-markets ( Read more... )
by Brian Martucci
https://www.minnpost.com/newsletter/this-supersized-heat-pump-will-heat-and-cool-a-whole-st-paul-neighborhood/
Gov. Tim Walz signed a bill banning prediction markets like Kalshi and Polymarket from operating in the state, making Minnesota the first state to do so, NPR News reported Tuesday. In response to the new law, the Trump administration filed a lawsuit against the state Tuesday to block it, according to a press release from the Commodity Futures Trading Commission. Via MinnPost
https://www.npr.org/2026/05/19/nx-s1-5821265/minnesota-ban-prediction-markets ( Read more... )
james_davis_nicoll (james_davis_nicoll) wrote2026-05-20 10:39 am
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atlas_obscura_places_feed) wrote2026-05-20 10:00 am
atlas_obscura_places_feed) wrote2026-05-20 10:00 amThe Barichara Paper Workshop in Barichara, Colombia
Around the turn of the millennium Mexican artist Juan Manuel de la Rosa led a workshop with one goal: to create paper out of natural fibres. That process eventually led to an art exhibition and, in 2001, a permanent workshop in the small colonial town of Barichara. The artisans started by making paper out of the local fique fibre, but later branched out into using fibres from a variety of plants such as pineapple, aloe vera and papyrus, among others.
The workshop, now housed in the former warehouse of the Colombian Tabaco Company, employs nine local women and includes the garden from which they harvest their fibres and plant dies, an art gallery, and a shop. Visitors touring the facility are given the chance to take part in the paper making process. Besides paper, books, and art the workshop sells everything from jewellery and lamps to toy animals and mobiles, all made from their own paper.
rachelmanija (rachelmanija) wrote2026-05-19 03:15 pm
rachelmanija) wrote2026-05-19 03:15 pmEntry tags:
Woodworking, by Emily St. James
Erica Skyberg is a 35-year-old teacher in a small town in South Dakota who’s just realized that she’s a trans woman. Or rather, the knowledge that she’s a trans woman has finally become impossible to suppress. Unfortunately, she’s deep in the closet and the only other trans person she knows is Abigail, who is 17 and the only openly trans student at her high school. Erica is in the stage of identity where she can’t think about anything else; Abigail is fine with carrying the banner of being out but would really like her life to not be just about Being Trans.
Erica comes out to Abigail, who is equal parts annoyed and fascinated by the chance to take on the role of being a mentor to an adult. Their relationship is definitionally inappropriate, but not predatory or harmful. Abigail can be a lot and Erica has enormous issues with self-esteem and boundaries, but they’re both essentially kind and well-meaning people trying to just live their lives in a world that has cast them as Public Enemy # 1.
This novel is also essentially kind. It’s a very warm and often pretty funny look at two people who have one somewhat random thing in common and create a relationship based on that one thing, which becomes a relationship based on more than that, and how the repercussions of that relationship spiral outward and affect others: Erica’s ex-wife, Abigail’s boyfriend, Abigail’s boyfriend’s mother, a lonely student who wants to be friends with Abigail, the woman running against an anti-trans political candidate who is guaranteed to win, and many more.
Content note: Obviously transphobia and internalized self-hatred are central to the overall story, but it’s not the kind of book where people are constantly getting slurs screamed at them.
I will mention, since it’s a mistake that I made, that Emily St. James is not Emily St. John Mandel who wrote Station Eleven.
Recommended by Naomi Kritzer. Thanks!
Erica comes out to Abigail, who is equal parts annoyed and fascinated by the chance to take on the role of being a mentor to an adult. Their relationship is definitionally inappropriate, but not predatory or harmful. Abigail can be a lot and Erica has enormous issues with self-esteem and boundaries, but they’re both essentially kind and well-meaning people trying to just live their lives in a world that has cast them as Public Enemy # 1.
This novel is also essentially kind. It’s a very warm and often pretty funny look at two people who have one somewhat random thing in common and create a relationship based on that one thing, which becomes a relationship based on more than that, and how the repercussions of that relationship spiral outward and affect others: Erica’s ex-wife, Abigail’s boyfriend, Abigail’s boyfriend’s mother, a lonely student who wants to be friends with Abigail, the woman running against an anti-trans political candidate who is guaranteed to win, and many more.
Content note: Obviously transphobia and internalized self-hatred are central to the overall story, but it’s not the kind of book where people are constantly getting slurs screamed at them.
I will mention, since it’s a mistake that I made, that Emily St. James is not Emily St. John Mandel who wrote Station Eleven.
Recommended by Naomi Kritzer. Thanks!
RI Birdnerd (ribirdnerd) wrote in birdfeeding2026-05-19 05:50 pm
ribirdnerd) wrote in birdfeeding2026-05-19 05:50 pmVisitors
Tuesday 5/19/26
Another hot day today. Here's some additional visitors to the back driveway, joining the House Sparrows and Blue Jays.
Another hot day today. Here's some additional visitors to the back driveway, joining the House Sparrows and Blue Jays.
Atlas Obscura - Latest Places (atlas_obscura_places_feed) wrote2026-05-19 04:00 pm
atlas_obscura_places_feed) wrote2026-05-19 04:00 pmMaria Theresa Thaler in Trieste, Italy
Before the city of Trieste was annexed by Italy following World War I, it had been part of the Austro-Hungarian Empire for several centuries, and it was during this earlier time period when Trieste became one of Europe’s notable commercial centers. In 1719, when Trieste was only a small coastal town, Emperor Charles VI designated Trieste an imperial free port, which helped to raise the city’s profile. However, Charles VI’s successor, the Empress Maria Theresa of Austria played a key role in the advancement of Trieste by providing funding and administrative oversight for the development of the port facilities and the city as a whole, and by the time of the empress’s death in 1780, the city had become the empire’s principal port.
In the 2010s, the city of Trieste decided to fund a memorial to commemorate Maria Theresa’s contribution to the city by commissioning a monument honoring her. The winning design, which was unveiled in 2023, was a giant copy of the Maria Theresa Thaler, one of the most famous coins in all of history. This coin was first minted in 1741 just after Maria Theresa had started her reign, and its design has not changed since. Over time, the Maria Theresa Thaler was used as currency not only throughout the Austro-Hungarian Empire but also across other parts of Europe as well as in parts of Africa and Asia, and it was still in use as a form of currency in some locations in the mid-twentieth century. Commemorative versions of the coin are even still minted today by the Münze Österreich (Austrian Mint).
Given that the Maria Theresa Thaler was, in effect, the most popular portrait of Maria Theresa ever produced, and given Trieste’s history specifically as a city of commerce, it made sense to create a giant version of the Maria Theresa Thaler to honor the empress. The giant stainless-steel coin, which is 16 tons and has a diameter of 4 meters, now stands partly buried in the ground in the historic Piazza del Ponterosso next to Trieste’s historic waterfront where it is widely beloved by the local people and where it also attracts the bemused looks of tourists passing through the area.
Redbird (redbird) wrote2026-05-19 02:51 pm
redbird) wrote2026-05-19 02:51 pmEntry tags:
three things make a post
*After a mild spring, it suddenly got hot today. Fortunately, we had enough warning that adrian_turtle was able to contact our usual handyman and have him put the air conditioners back in the window, which he did a couple of hours ago. I am staying inside today, because 97F/36C ("feels like" 39/102) is too damned hot for me; I'm glad the handyman was willing to come when he did, rather than early in the day.
*I have been going back and forth with my health insurance company and various people at my psychiatrist's office and the Beth Israel Lahey billing department over a claim that the insurance told me they were denying. The denial letter, with instructions about how to appeal, was dated April 26 and arrived on the 28th, but they haven't sent that to my doctor's office/billing. Meanwhile, billing first told me I don't have an outstanding bill, and then today could find it but said they couldn't do anything as long as it's "pending insurance." Someone at the insurance company suggested I ask the doctor to resubmit with a different code, which seems to have them puzzled. (It was sent in as "doctor's visit, long.") Someone at the insurance company advised me to have the doctor resubmit this with a different code, but when I gave up on billing and sent my doctor a message, she said she didn't know what I want her to do and was forwarding the message to the admin people.
Trying to figure out this insurance mess is why I was on the MyChart website Sunday, and thus led to me getting an overdue mammogram yesterday.
*I mail-ordered a bunch of spices from Penzey's. I'd wanted to get this done sooner so we could take advantage of last weekend's sale, but cattitude reasonably wanted time to look through the spice cabinet. So I assembled an order yesterday, and saw that the most recent politically-themed sale would get me discounts on more things I actually wanted: peppercorns and mustard, rather than their "lemon pepper" seasoning.
Last weekend's sale was loosely immigration themed. The current one is anything starting with I, M, or P, with a promise of a discount on E, A, C, and H in a couple of days to spell out IMPEACH (which is also the current discount code). In any case, we need the pepper and mustard, as well as a variety of things that don't start with those letters, like roast garlic powder and cracked rosemary, which added up to enough for free shipping.
ysabetwordsmith (ysabetwordsmith) wrote in birdfeeding2026-05-19 01:42 pm
ysabetwordsmith) wrote in birdfeeding2026-05-19 01:42 pm
Entry tags:
Birdfeeding
Today is cloudy, humid, and hot. It rained most of yesterday.
I fed the birds. I've seen a few sparrows and house finches.
I put out water for the birds.
EDIT 5/19/26 -- I did a bit of work around the patio.
I've seen a starling at the hopper feeder.
EDIT 5/19/26 -- I trimmed brush around where I want to plant the vernal witch hazel. The name means "spring" but they typically bloom in late winter.
A cool breeze is blowing from the west. It feels like a downdraft. No storm is visible on the horizon but rain is predicted, so I'm keeping an eye on things.
EDIT 5/19/26 -- I planted the vernal witch hazel at the north edge of the forest yard, near a previous one that has survived so far. :D
EDIT 5/19/26 -- I planted 20 gladioli in the north notch of the prairie garden. Surprisingly, at least a couple survived from last year and are putting up leaves.
Already I can see tiny seedlings sprouting from recent sowing of seeds. Clover is among the fastest; I mix that with grass seed for the walking paths. Some others are wildflowers. \o/
Also I uncovered the remaining water jugs that had seedlings in them. I got 3 milkweed seedlings in that jug. 3 out of the 4 native grasses have several seedlings in each -- little bluestem, northern sea oats, and side-oats grama; only the switch grass didn't sprout there. So on the whole, mixed results, but for the ones that did work, worth repeating.
EDIT 5/19/26 -- I tallied what pots I have available and what I need. I forgot to list the tomatoes that I already have though; still need to go back and do that.
I picked and ate the first couple of pea pods. :D I love being able to wander around the yard, pick things, and put them in my mouth.
EDIT 5/19/26 -- I sowed a bunch of 'Sugar Ann' snap peas and 'Avalanche' snow peas in pots that didn't already have any. So far 'Sugar Ann' seems to be growing better and producing earlier than 'Avalanche' but there are flowers and pea pods on both.
I wrote down what tomatoes I have already: chocolate cherry, 'Mr. Stripey' slicer, 'Old German' slicer, yellow pear, 'Santa' grape, and 'Cherokee Purple' slicer. I got a 4-pack of the chocolate cherries but they aren't doing great and one has already died. I could use a red or pink slicer, and I'm still looking for fancy striped cherries.
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I fed the birds. I've seen a few sparrows and house finches.
I put out water for the birds.
EDIT 5/19/26 -- I did a bit of work around the patio.
I've seen a starling at the hopper feeder.
EDIT 5/19/26 -- I trimmed brush around where I want to plant the vernal witch hazel. The name means "spring" but they typically bloom in late winter.
A cool breeze is blowing from the west. It feels like a downdraft. No storm is visible on the horizon but rain is predicted, so I'm keeping an eye on things.
EDIT 5/19/26 -- I planted the vernal witch hazel at the north edge of the forest yard, near a previous one that has survived so far. :D
EDIT 5/19/26 -- I planted 20 gladioli in the north notch of the prairie garden. Surprisingly, at least a couple survived from last year and are putting up leaves.
Already I can see tiny seedlings sprouting from recent sowing of seeds. Clover is among the fastest; I mix that with grass seed for the walking paths. Some others are wildflowers. \o/
Also I uncovered the remaining water jugs that had seedlings in them. I got 3 milkweed seedlings in that jug. 3 out of the 4 native grasses have several seedlings in each -- little bluestem, northern sea oats, and side-oats grama; only the switch grass didn't sprout there. So on the whole, mixed results, but for the ones that did work, worth repeating.
EDIT 5/19/26 -- I tallied what pots I have available and what I need. I forgot to list the tomatoes that I already have though; still need to go back and do that.
I picked and ate the first couple of pea pods. :D I love being able to wander around the yard, pick things, and put them in my mouth.
EDIT 5/19/26 -- I sowed a bunch of 'Sugar Ann' snap peas and 'Avalanche' snow peas in pots that didn't already have any. So far 'Sugar Ann' seems to be growing better and producing earlier than 'Avalanche' but there are flowers and pea pods on both.
I wrote down what tomatoes I have already: chocolate cherry, 'Mr. Stripey' slicer, 'Old German' slicer, yellow pear, 'Santa' grape, and 'Cherokee Purple' slicer. I got a 4-pack of the chocolate cherries but they aren't doing great and one has already died. I could use a red or pink slicer, and I'm still looking for fancy striped cherries.
.
Atlas Obscura - Latest Places (atlas_obscura_places_feed) wrote2026-05-19 02:00 pm
atlas_obscura_places_feed) wrote2026-05-19 02:00 pmTsui Sing Lau Pagoda in Hong Kong
Tsui Sing Lau, which translates to 'pagoda of the gathering stars', is a 13-meter tall, three storey, hexagonally shaped grey brick pagoda. Erected during the Hongwu period of the Ming dynasty (between 1368 - 1398), it was ordained as a monument in 2001, and is the only remaining ancient pagoda in Hong Kong.
Located in the modern day satellite town of Tin Shui Wai in northwestern Hong Kong, Tsui Sing Lau was built as a feng shui structure by a family surnamed Tang, to deter flooding and evil spirits from the north. This location was once next to an estuary, but extensive land reclamation for Tin Shui Wai's construction in the 1980s, means that the pagoda is now situated almost 3km away from Deep Bay.
According to the Tang clan's genealogy, the pagoda originally stood seven storeys tall, but was scaled down to five, then three storeys, after sustaining heavy damage during two strong typhoons. Housed on the top floor is a statue of Fui Sing, a deity believed to be in control of success or failure in examinations. While on the ground floor, Kwan Tai, the Martial God, and Man Cheong, the God of Literature, are revered.
Chinese inscriptions are visible on all three levels of the pagoda's facade, Tsui Sing Lau is inscribed on the second level. The characters on the ground and top levels translate to 'light shines straight onto the dippers and enclosures' and 'over the milky way'.
Atlas Obscura - Latest Places (atlas_obscura_places_feed) wrote2026-05-19 12:00 pm
atlas_obscura_places_feed) wrote2026-05-19 12:00 pmBradford Industrial Museum in Bradford, England
This museum is based at the former Moorside Mills textile factory (built 1874). Originally, only 2 stories the mill was extended upwards by 2 floors during the boom period of WW1 and in 1919 an impressive clock tower was added as a memorial to the factory's workers who fell in the war. Unusually the museum houses a number of memorial plaques from closed mills or trade bodies commemorating workers killed during WW1.
The public areas are on the lower two floors (admin and conservation operate on the top two floors) and in a semi-basement area to the north of the main building which houses the only surviving Newton Bean and Mitchell Uniflow steam engine and a tram shed which opens onto the tram and trolley bus track which is on the exterior of the building. A former Bradford tram and a trolleybus are housed here. Across the courtyard in the "Carriage Shed" is also a horse-drawn omnibus (unfortunately a reproduction). Other external areas include a section dedicated to horse transport including a farriers workshop and a row of 6 back to back houses, Gaythorne Row. Currently each are presented in the furnishings and décor of different periods from the late 19th century, through WW2, to the 1970s.
Back in the main building visitors enter through the main lobby pat a display relating to Bradford's Nobel prize winner Sir Edward Appleton , who discovered the ionosphere and later contributed to radar development. On the ground floor is the "motive power" section , which also houses a section called the millwrights workshop. in here the lathes, drilling and milling machines etc are all driven by a belt and overhead drive shaft system as would have originally been the case. The system is driven by a small horizontal steam engine.
The next section is the transport section with a collection of cars and motorcycles, dominated by the (now defunct) manufacturers from the local area, notably Panther and Scott motorcycles and Jowett cars and vans. This includes an example of the Jowett Jupiter model which won the Le Mans 24 hour race 3 years in succession (1950-52) There is also a standard gauge steam locomotive (Nellie) which operated at a local sewage treatment works from 1922 to 1977 during which time it operated in a (before its time) "carbon neutral" mode , burning dried sewage sludge and using sewer grease (largely wool grease from scouring effluent) as a lubricant. The other section on this floor deals with the printing industry in a gallery that includes compositing equipment and printing presses and a replica of a manual type setting workshop.
The upper of the two accessible floors is dedicated to the textile industry and, as well as a display of textile testing apparatus, includes a section on the colour checking processes. This was an important factor in the Bradford wool industry (at one time the University of Bradford ran a, world renowned, specific degree course on colour chemistry to support the, now much reduced, but still world beating (for high end woollen textiles), Bradford textile industry. Several examples of local woollen products are on display.
Much of the machinery is regularly run but the "timetable" is volunteer dependent and thus can sometimes be changed.
lsanderson (lsanderson) wrote2026-05-19 11:05 am
lsanderson) wrote2026-05-19 11:05 am2026.05.19
WHO considers use of experimental vaccines as Ebola cases and deaths rise in DRC
WHO chief said he was ‘deeply concerned’ after at least 500 suspected Ebola cases and 130 deaths reported in outbreak of Bundibugyo strain
Kat Lay in Geneva
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/may/19/ebola-outbreak-drc-who-tedros-adhanom-ghebreyesus-deeply-concerned
‘It’s heartbreaking’: panic in eastern DRC over return of Ebola
Residents of Ituri province fear spread of disease and economic impact of outbreak six years after the last
Carlos Mureithi in Nairobi and Prosper Heri Ngorora in Goma
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/may/18/ituri-eastern-drc-ebola-outbreak-panic-fear ( Read more... )
WHO chief said he was ‘deeply concerned’ after at least 500 suspected Ebola cases and 130 deaths reported in outbreak of Bundibugyo strain
Kat Lay in Geneva
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/may/19/ebola-outbreak-drc-who-tedros-adhanom-ghebreyesus-deeply-concerned
‘It’s heartbreaking’: panic in eastern DRC over return of Ebola
Residents of Ituri province fear spread of disease and economic impact of outbreak six years after the last
Carlos Mureithi in Nairobi and Prosper Heri Ngorora in Goma
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/may/18/ituri-eastern-drc-ebola-outbreak-panic-fear ( Read more... )
lydamorehouse (lydamorehouse) wrote2026-05-19 09:56 am
lydamorehouse) wrote2026-05-19 09:56 amEntry tags:
Computer Woes
The first thing I did Monday morning was invite my computer to drink an ENTIRE CUP of coffee. Not sure why I did that, but I literally just held the cup over the keyboard and FUMBLED it. I think we all know perfectly well that computers do no like coffee, nor really any copious amounts of liquids inside their electronic brains.
I am crossing fingers right now? But after letting it dry out for a whole day, I do *think* I may have a working laptop again.
Coffee no longer gets to be even on the same surface as my laptop, however.
I am crossing fingers right now? But after letting it dry out for a whole day, I do *think* I may have a working laptop again.
Coffee no longer gets to be even on the same surface as my laptop, however.
oursin (oursin) wrote2026-05-19 03:20 pm
oursin) wrote2026-05-19 03:20 pmEntry tags:
Not sure this was quite such a new departure....
Queer Non-Monogamy in Edwardian London.
Author of article does point out that this is happening among people with huge amounts of privilege and possibilities of discretion:
[I]t is certainly easy to romanticise the traditions of lavender marriages and queer non-monogamy that were so prevalent in the London arts scene during the Belle Epoch. However, to over-simplify the past in this way would be to overlook the many tensions that existed between queer couples, as well as the growing interest in alternative relationship structures within heterosexual participants in this scene. Most importantly, however, it would be a failure not to take into consideration the considerable inequalities that allowed the rich and the powerful to live by a double-standard of sexual propriety. Provided they avoided relationships that troubled other structures like class and race, this group remained free from the expected social and legal repercussions of queer sex in the early twentieth century.
Ahem ahem.
Does she not realise quite how much This Sort of Thing - negotiating the boundaries of marriages that were made for various reasons of status, money, and politics, to accommodate other relationships - had been going on For A Very Long Time, and has she not seen that movie about the Duchess of Devonshire in the late C18th? (Which included sapphic dalliance.)
Will concede (she concedes) that a) Lords Strachan and Warwick did not seem on-board with their Ladies' sapphic dalliance (see icon), though the issue there does seem to have been they had not been sufficiently Pas Devant the wrong kind of people who would gossip and go away to make satirical prints sold in Piccadilly and b) the whole thing probably got even more discreet in the Victorian era, though when one considers Edward the Caresser's set, did it do so by very much?
I once, in fact, I think, put forward an argument that Bertrand Russell, e.g., in his arguments for free love, was proposing to democratise a way of life his family had been practising for generations.
Atlas Obscura - Latest Places (atlas_obscura_places_feed) wrote2026-05-19 10:00 am
atlas_obscura_places_feed) wrote2026-05-19 10:00 amCathedral of Our Lady of the Immaculate Conception in Maputo, Mozambique
Standing proudly in central Maputo, this cathedral is impossible to miss with its luminous white facade and bold neoclassical design that gives it an almost sculpted, timeless feel. Its twin bell towers rise above the city, creating a calm visual anchor amid the movement and noise of the capital.
Built in the early 20th century, it reflects a layered history, yet it remains very much part of everyday life, welcoming worshippers and visitors alike. What makes it truly memorable is the contrast it creates, serene and majestic, yet fully integrated into the rhythm of a modern African city.
james_davis_nicoll (james_davis_nicoll) wrote2026-05-19 08:54 am
james_davis_nicoll) wrote2026-05-19 08:54 amEntry tags:
sovay (sovay) wrote2026-05-18 11:52 pm
sovay) wrote2026-05-18 11:52 pmWe have come to dance this dance to please the company
My day was overwhelmingly composed of phone calls and the rest of my week is doctor-intensive, but the mail brought me the original felt-tip-and-acrylic painting which moon_custafer had done earlier this month of the Morris dancers at their local May Day. It arrived safely from Canada. Friends who make art are the best.
moon_custafer had done earlier this month of the Morris dancers at their local May Day. It arrived safely from Canada. Friends who make art are the best.
drfizzsmedicalkit (drfizzsmedicalkit) wrote in little_details2026-05-19 12:35 am
drfizzsmedicalkit) wrote in little_details2026-05-19 12:35 amWhat are the negative of effects of not going outside for 5 years?
Heya ! God it's been a WHILE since I've posted here LOL ! But I've been thinking on something I haven't gotten a straight answer for :
I have an OC , and a part of their backstory involves pretty much being locked inside their house for 4 years at 17 by their dad at an attempt to keep them away from publicity after their mother killed someone .
To be more specific on their conditions :
- They're not allowed outside unless it's absolutely necessary (example , to see a doctor)
- They have one specific friend who is allowed to come over at any time , and they do message on social media via an anonymous account.
- They do home schooling , to explain education stuff .
They finally move out and go outside more when they're 22 , aka 5 years later .
I know that a (likely permanent) damaged immune system would be one of the negative effects due to lack of vitamin D and exercise , but what else could be a side effect , physically , socially AND mentally ? And how could it be for them when actually going outside for the first time again ? I haven't gotten lots of resources for it ..
Edit : Ok so I learned I'm likely wrong on the immune system , but theres lots of traits I considered that I never considered could've been caused by this trauma ..
Also ! It's worth noting that the character would overall lack motivation to do . Anything for that matter , so exercising is kinda off the table and they lack a lot of basic self-care .
I have an OC , and a part of their backstory involves pretty much being locked inside their house for 4 years at 17 by their dad at an attempt to keep them away from publicity after their mother killed someone .
To be more specific on their conditions :
- They're not allowed outside unless it's absolutely necessary (example , to see a doctor)
- They have one specific friend who is allowed to come over at any time , and they do message on social media via an anonymous account.
- They do home schooling , to explain education stuff .
They finally move out and go outside more when they're 22 , aka 5 years later .
I know that a (likely permanent) damaged immune system would be one of the negative effects due to lack of vitamin D and exercise , but what else could be a side effect , physically , socially AND mentally ? And how could it be for them when actually going outside for the first time again ? I haven't gotten lots of resources for it ..
Edit : Ok so I learned I'm likely wrong on the immune system , but theres lots of traits I considered that I never considered could've been caused by this trauma ..
Also ! It's worth noting that the character would overall lack motivation to do . Anything for that matter , so exercising is kinda off the table and they lack a lot of basic self-care .