Her Doing<p>🚨 PSA - Shoe services for amputees & peeps with mis-matched feet 🚨 </p><p>For individuals who only need one shoe, there are many organizations that accept donations of single shoes in good condition and/or may be able to assist in locating single shoes. </p><p>There are also retailers that offer single shoes (or pairs of different sizes) for sale or for significant discount.</p><p>And if you have (athletic) shoes too worn out to donate?</p><p>"Nike developed the Reuse-A-Shoe program in the 1990s ... to transform the recycled shoes, along with pre-consumer shoe waste, into Nike Grind: a material used to create athletic and playground surfaces and more."</p><p>Huge h/t to <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://wandering.shop/@troublewithwords" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>troublewithwords</span></a></span> who took my casual comment & tracked this down! 🙏 </p><p><a href="https://amputee-coalition.org/resources/shoe-exchanges/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">amputee-coalition.org/resource</span><span class="invisible">s/shoe-exchanges/</span></a></p><p><a href="https://sunny.garden/tags/Feet" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Feet</span></a> <a href="https://sunny.garden/tags/Shoes" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Shoes</span></a> <a href="https://sunny.garden/tags/Amputation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Amputation</span></a> <a href="https://sunny.garden/tags/Amputee" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Amputee</span></a> <a href="https://sunny.garden/tags/Recycling" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Recycling</span></a></p>
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Dining & Cooking<p>US Man Who Burnt Thumb While Cooking On A Camping Trip Gets Legs Amputated <a href="https://www.diningandcooking.com/1874916/us-man-who-burnt-thumb-while-cooking-on-a-camping-trip-gets-legs-amputated/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">diningandcooking.com/1874916/u</span><span class="invisible">s-man-who-burnt-thumb-while-cooking-on-a-camping-trip-gets-legs-amputated/</span></a> <a href="https://vive.im/tags/amputation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>amputation</span></a> <a href="https://vive.im/tags/camping" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>camping</span></a> <a href="https://vive.im/tags/Cooking" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Cooking</span></a> <a href="https://vive.im/tags/CookingTopics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>CookingTopics</span></a> <a href="https://vive.im/tags/ManBurnsThumb" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ManBurnsThumb</span></a> <a href="https://vive.im/tags/ManHasLegsAmputated" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ManHasLegsAmputated</span></a> <a href="https://vive.im/tags/MaxArmstrong" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>MaxArmstrong</span></a> <a href="https://vive.im/tags/US" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>US</span></a></p>
Aliide<p>A short piece on the Russian prosthetics industry amid war, for @cepa.org </p><p><a href="https://cepa.org/article/putins-limbless-generation-struggles-for-support/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">cepa.org/article/putins-limble</span><span class="invisible">ss-generation-struggles-for-support/</span></a></p><p><a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/russia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>russia</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Ukraine" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Ukraine</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/prosthetics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>prosthetics</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/disability" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>disability</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/amputation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>amputation</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/war" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>war</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/RussiaUkraineWar" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>RussiaUkraineWar</span></a></p>
IT News<p>Surgery — Not Just For Humans Anymore - Sometimes, a limb is damaged so badly that the only way to save the patient is to ... - <a href="https://hackaday.com/2024/07/12/surgery-not-just-for-humans-anymore/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">hackaday.com/2024/07/12/surger</span><span class="invisible">y-not-just-for-humans-anymore/</span></a> <a href="https://schleuss.online/tags/animalintelligence" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>animalintelligence</span></a> <a href="https://schleuss.online/tags/amputation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>amputation</span></a> <a href="https://schleuss.online/tags/science" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>science</span></a> <a href="https://schleuss.online/tags/insects" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>insects</span></a> <a href="https://schleuss.online/tags/surgery" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>surgery</span></a> <a href="https://schleuss.online/tags/ants" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ants</span></a></p>
Norobiik @Norobiik@noc.social<p>Florida <a href="https://noc.social/tags/CarpenterAnts" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>CarpenterAnts</span></a> (<a href="https://noc.social/tags/CamponotusFloridanus" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>CamponotusFloridanus</span></a>) selectively treat the wounded limbs of their fellow ants. Depending on the location of the injury, the ants either lick the wounds to clean them or chew off the affected limb to keep <a href="https://noc.social/tags/infection" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>infection</span></a> from spreading.</p><p> The treatment is surprisingly effective, with survival rates of around 90–95 percent for amputee ants.</p><p>Call the <a href="https://noc.social/tags/ant" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ant</span></a> doctor: <a href="https://noc.social/tags/Amputation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Amputation</span></a> gives injured ants a leg up on <a href="https://noc.social/tags/infections" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>infections</span></a><br><a href="https://arstechnica.com/science/2024/07/call-the-ant-doctor-amputation-gives-injured-ants-a-leg-up-on-infections/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">arstechnica.com/science/2024/0</span><span class="invisible">7/call-the-ant-doctor-amputation-gives-injured-ants-a-leg-up-on-infections/</span></a></p>
Global Museum<p>When an ant injures its leg, it sometimes will turn to a buddy who will help out by gnawing the leg off, effectively performing a lifesaving limb amputation</p><p><a href="https://www.npr.org/sections/shots-health-news/2024/07/02/nx-s1-5025130/ants-treat-certain-leg-injuries-with-life-saving-amputations" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">npr.org/sections/shots-health-</span><span class="invisible">news/2024/07/02/nx-s1-5025130/ants-treat-certain-leg-injuries-with-life-saving-amputations</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/ants" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ants</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/amputation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>amputation</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/insects" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>insects</span></a></p>
Matt Willemsen<p>2,500-Year-Old Skeletons With Matching Injuries Reveal Grisly Punishments in China's Past<br><a href="https://www.sciencealert.com/2500-year-old-skeletons-with-matching-injuries-reveal-grisly-punishments-in-chinas-past" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">sciencealert.com/2500-year-old</span><span class="invisible">-skeletons-with-matching-injuries-reveal-grisly-punishments-in-chinas-past</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/archaeology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>archaeology</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/china" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>china</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Punitive" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Punitive</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/amputation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>amputation</span></a></p>
PLOS Biology<p><a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/Jellyfish" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Jellyfish</span></a> <a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/regeneration" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>regeneration</span></a>. @Sosuke_Fujita @nyuichiro97 &co show that after tentacle <a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/amputation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>amputation</span></a>, repair-specific proliferating cells form a blastema with stem-like properties (distinct from resident <a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/StemCells" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>StemCells</span></a>; preferentially become epithelial) <a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/PLOSBiology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>PLOSBiology</span></a> <a href="https://plos.io/4ayQzzW" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="">plos.io/4ayQzzW</span><span class="invisible"></span></a></p>
Scientific Frontline<p>Cancer that starts in the bones, rather than <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/cancer" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>cancer</span></a> that has spread to <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/bone" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>bone</span></a>, predominantly affects children and young adults. Current treatment is brutal, with outdated <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/chemotherapy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>chemotherapy</span></a> cocktails and limb <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/amputation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>amputation</span></a> leading to life-long <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/disabilities" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>disabilities</span></a>.<br><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Pharmaceutical" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Pharmaceutical</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Medical" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Medical</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/sflorg" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>sflorg</span></a><br><a href="https://www.sflorg.com/2023/03/phar03082301.html" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">sflorg.com/2023/03/phar0308230</span><span class="invisible">1.html</span></a></p>
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