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I'm picking up 40 lbs of tomatoes today to turn into tomato sauce over the weekend. I am excite!
Smart! I should do the same
Been feeling the crushing weight of vystopia lately. It's disappointing that almost everyone I know is more interested in their own convenience than justice. Over the last ~7 years I've basically lost interest in maintaining relationships with my non vegan friends (that are left lmao).
Where I live is pretty cliquey and carnist which has made finding meatspace vegan friends hard. Half of those I've met are wishy washy health cheating "vegans" which also sort of suck.
I'm glad my wife and my sisters are all vegan though. At least I do have a few people I'm really close to who understand that there is a difference between right and wrong.
This is so hard. My partner is vegan and I'm grateful for online vegan spaces like this. I went to a local-ish vegan speed friending event more than a year ago and many people were vegetarian 🤮 and/or a cop of some type.
I put the ISO standard AND TIMEZONE
DUE TO COMPLAINTS FROM THE COMPLAINTS DEPARTMENT
I WAS GOING TO POST IT IN ISO STANDARD ANYWAYS SO THAT'S WHY @HAMID IS DOING IT
I've been thinking of making some animal rights related artwork lately. My main influences as an artist are Francisco de Goya and Frida Kahlo and my style of artwork is very much political related and the kind where I want my audience to really think about the world. I'm trying to come up with some ideas as to how I could make it work.
What kind of art are you interested in making? Painting? Mixed media? Digital? Music?
I love Frida Kahlo, a few years ago I went to a show at the NY botanical gardens that combined plants and her artwork and it was a really incredible and memorable show https://www.nybg.org/about/institutional-information/past-exhibitions/frida-kahlo-art-garden-life/
A few years ago is almost 10 years ago haha
My style is typically painting and mixed media, sometimes I like to make small sculptures to get my point across. Honestly really just depends how I feel and what I'm in the mood to create lol.
And wow, that show looked like it was amazing. I've never seen a Kahlo exhibition or show in person but it's definitely on my to-do list.
I'll start. I recently got some bloods done and I am very magnesium deficient (0.4 mmol/L) which would probably explain the chest pain, tremors, and eye twitches I get. Fortunately it should be pretty easy to fix and it seems to be the only deficiency I have right now (other electrolytes, iron, vitamin d, are all good), I'll just have to start taking more magnesium supplements. Has anyone experienced magnesium deficiency before? What foods to you eat to combat it?
Leafy greens, tofu, chocolate, avocados, nuts and seeds are all high in magnesium. It is funny vegans have a reputation for vitamin deficiency but when you look at the stats its pretty much across the board, we are the only ones paying attention and testing. I learned recently everyone over 50 should be taking B12 which suggests it is a much larger issue than something for vegans yet it is a hyper focus here.
I think you're doing great though, you figured it out and the supplements work. I think its a good thing to have to eat more tofu, seeds and greens!