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2024-06-16 01:12:55

I don't really know how to describe this, but I've noticed a lot of people have this "born again Christian" vibe going on after they abandon all COVID precautions and it's super fucking creepy.

2024-06-15 02:44:57

*I* know why people are sick way more often since 2020.
Based on basically all mainstream media I've seen to date, I am smarter than all the scientists in the world combined, but so are all the scientists conducting the mountains and mountains of research demonstrating that SARS-CoV-2 absolutely fucks your immune system.
It's weird how those scientists are baffled, too, Bloomberg. They don't SEEM baffled, but I guess it's still a mystery in 2024.

2024-06-13 19:48:53

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@npub1m0v…du9y as I just stated, the existence of the exemption under 14-12.11(a)(6) implies that intent to conceal your identity is actually irrelevant.

2024-06-13 18:48:39

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@npub1m0v…du9y Read the text of North Carolina House Bill 237 (2023-2024 session) and get back to me.

2024-06-13 18:47:27

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@npub1m0v…du9y The bill has passed and the Republican supermajority can override the Governer's veto. Explain.

2024-06-12 17:17:42

For years they said fascism was coming, but it was here all along. You couldn't have stopped it with voting.
You never could have.
The state was never going to tell you when it became fascist.

2024-06-12 17:05:53

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@npub1eav…g6f3 It's one of my favourites. I'm toying with the idea of doing the same with watermelon rinds, now.

2024-06-12 15:41:56

Seriously, let this sink in:
IT IS ILLEGAL TO WEAR AN N95 IN NORTH CAROLINA.
https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2024/06/north-carolina-house-passes-revised-mask-ban/
Edit for clarification: some N95s that are rated for surgery are sort of allowed, but only for the prevention of spread of contagious viruses rather than the protection of the wearer and you can still be forced to remove it by business owners, cops, fearful citizens, etc.

2024-06-12 15:37:43

Our timeline is such a joke. As much as I'd like to say this is funny, it may be peoples' only option in North Carolina, now: https://medium.com/@samyoureyes/the-ban-proof-respirator-bpr-a27173d9355e
Article by @npub1hvq…jfwx

2024-06-07 20:24:45

Lies, damn lies, and "scientific studies".
CDC really wants people to think influenza is suddenly not airborne.
https://www.cdc.gov/flu/avianflu/spotlights/2023-2024/ferret-study-results.htm

2024-06-07 18:38:41

I sometimes worry some billionaire will read my toots about carbon fibre submarines and totally misunderstand my humour.
Like, it's FUNNY that a bunch of billionaires imploded themselves in a carbon fiber submarine.
I just don't want them to misinterpret me somehow and think I don't think it's funny.

2024-06-07 14:29:47

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@npub1zt3…0v09 I agree with your points, but that's why I said it's not literal. The working conditions were probably better, but I think most of us would resent living under a misogynistic theocracy.

2024-06-07 13:23:30

Literalists have lost their shit at me for saying this in the past, so I guess I'll say it again:
It would have been better to be a peasant in the middle ages.

2024-06-05 17:57:04

Most dystopic fiction sounds kind of quaint and nice, these days.

2024-06-05 17:39:54

It's actually not okay to tell someone that appears healthy to give up their seat on the bus for someone else. You don't know anything about them.
I look healthy. I mostly am, but I have IBS and if I wasn't giving up my seat on the bus for someone, it was because my stomach was on fire and standing was agony, but that didn't stop "good Samaritans" from yelling at me about it because there was an old person present.
My dad is old and he's still stronger than me so people can fuck off with their assumptions.

2024-06-05 16:25:26

Nobody is "taking" your job. You are being forced to work under threat of homelessness, death, and starvation and demand for labour is artificially constrained by a fake-ass economic system that prioritizes fashion over feeding and housing people.
The ruling class is taking your money, your time, your rights, your health, your children, your body, your mind, and your morality and integrity.
Fellow working class people are not, and have never been, the enemy.

2024-06-05 16:12:58

We need more art depicting cool-looking people wearing N95s.

2024-06-05 14:00:34

If your tiny group of friends (billionaires) were 50% of the climate change problem, you fully recognized the extent of the problem, you believed population was a bigger issue than excessive lifestyles (because you'd definitely believe that), you didn't want to modify your lavish lifestyle at all, and you didn't feel empathy, of course your solution would be to let the plebs die. Preferably quickly.

2024-06-05 13:35:57

Mandatory PCR tests for World Economic Forum participants this year is no fucking surprise at all. Must be nice to be treated like a human.
Edit to add: https://bird.makeup/users/1goodtern/statuses/1797990237525750050
and https://forumspb.com/en/participants/venue-access/

2024-06-04 19:42:28

Driving an oversized pickup is the only form of gender-affirming care I can think of that harms others.

2024-06-04 17:35:31

Jokes aside, throwing a milkshake in a powerful Minister's face and absolutely not giving a single fuck about the consequences says a lot about what's boiling just under the surface in our society.
Fear is only an effective mechanism of control when people have something left to hope for.

2024-06-04 15:39:12

Bad advice: Do what you love and you'll never work a day of your life. :drake_dislike:
Good advice: Don't destroy what you love by monetizing it. For work, do what you can tolerate because chances are you'll never love what you do. Being paid for it robs you of your intrinsic motivation to do it. :drake_like:

2024-05-31 21:57:51

Australia's hospitals collapsing super hard and fast this North Hemispherean spring actually wasn't on my BINGO card. Of course it was going to happen and will keep happening. I just wasn't really expecting it right now, exactly.
Edit to add: https://www.indaily.com.au/news/2024/05/31/sa-hospitals-grapple-with-unprecedented-access-block-as-elective-surgeries-cancelled (no idea about this particular source, but the study is on multiple sites)

2024-05-31 21:54:05

Is Apple any better than something that runs Microsoft, what with the new spyware on the Microsoft OS? I know nothing about computers.

2024-05-31 21:00:15

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@npub1zt3…0v09 Realistically, that farm should be covered in a foot of lead now and never touched again.

2024-05-31 18:41:12

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@npub132h…f594 I can't decide if Tesla is the Boeing of cars or if Boeing is the Tesla of airplanes. 🤔

2024-05-30 21:39:02

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@npub1xed…yg9w That's 34 felonies more than most people I know have been convicted of.

2024-05-28 17:09:18

Being extremely poor is illegal in North America. If you don't know this, you've never been poor or associated with poor people.

2024-05-28 16:05:38

ACAB includes Paw Patrol.

2024-05-28 16:02:04

Draw a line in the sand.
Guess what?!?
It's gone now.
Sand is a terrible medium for drawing lines.

2024-05-24 18:58:51

My bet is the reason they haven't detected H5N1 in dairy cattle in Canada has a lot more to do with the Canadian dairy cartel fully capturing regulators than it has to do with the actual prevalence of bird flu in Canadian dairy cattle.

2024-05-23 05:05:56

I bet a lot of the anti-vaxx yoga moms who refuse vaccines because they think they're toxic get Botox ALL. THE. TIME.

2024-05-22 22:05:45

I'm relieved to hear the NC anti-mask bill failed for now, but I think it's really important for people to push back even harder now while legislators are still on their back foot.

2024-05-22 15:42:39

Going to the gym these days is a fucking GREAT way to destroy your heart and body.

2024-05-22 14:22:04

What neurotypicals mean by "socialization" for children is "bullied into conformity".
Personally, I don't think you're actually doing kids a favour by crushing who they are with social violence and rigid enforcement of hierarchical structures.

2024-05-22 01:54:24

[Food]
You know what's even better than eating at restaurants?
Not eating at restaurants.

2024-05-18 16:44:18

We should all be very worried about the North Carolina mask ban and corresponding non-reaction from any "progressive" in power. This is a serious and credible threat to all our lives.
You teach people how to treat you.

2024-05-17 19:56:02

[Food]
Rhubarb kimchi is legit. At first, the rhubarb flavour was intense but, after 5 or 6 days, it has mellowed out and you can't even really tell it's rhubarb. It's delicious. The texture is great. This is my new favourite way to use rhubarb, for sure.
#Fermentation
https://media.zeroes.ca/media_attachments/files/112/458/182/672/700/590/original/c52b9fc3336579d2.jpg

2024-05-16 13:53:39

I think a lot of the anger at people who say they won't vote at all or won't vote for Biden probably comes from a place of having difficulty accepting the fact that America is no longer a democracy (if it ever was).
That's a tough pill to swallow.
That's not meant as a shot at people. The reality is scary and depressing.
(I'm Canadian, so please don't tell me to vote)

2024-05-15 17:07:15

People STILL resent the fact that they sometimes had to wear a mask for a little while a few years ago.
It seems like an incredibly outsized reaction for someone who's "totally fine".

2024-05-15 17:01:56

It takes a substantial amount of mental gymnastics to come to the conclusion that capitalism=freedom.

2024-05-14 19:18:14

You know what they're gonna do, right?
They're going to convince people that only the "anxious" pasteurize their milk.
Then you will be expected to take raw milk drinking breaks at work with your superiors as a form of networking.

2024-05-13 21:20:35

I saw someone describe having coworkers that work free overtime as "toxic" and that was the first time I recognized that completely true fact.

2024-05-13 14:22:05

What's the best way to make oat milk if I only have an immersion blender?
(Mastodon works better than Google 😆)

2024-05-10 17:27:40

Have you tried turning the computer off and then on again and then throwing it against the wall and going outside to listen to the birds sing?

2024-05-09 16:12:33

You work until you're too old to do all the things you wanted to do while you were young, if you're lucky.
This is a shit deal, and they're taking away even that.

2024-05-09 15:29:53

Normalize quitting your job without notice for the pettiest of reasons.

2024-05-09 13:35:29

As hard as being The Last Masker Standing (along with my family) in my community is and has been, I wouldn't take it back even if COVID was never a thing.
I don't think I could have ever grown as much in any other context.
I'm proud of who I've become and I think a lot of us should be.

2024-05-06 21:59:35

American politicians seem to have very bad personal judgment.
Who the fuck works into their 70's when they already have a cushy retirement package available?
You think these people are qualified to run a damn country?!?

2024-04-29 19:23:02

I dunno if bitterant would work for respirator fit tests for me.
It would be hard to detect when one is already as bitter as I am.

2024-04-27 20:21:47

Always respond to "I can't hear you with that mask on" with "get fucked".
If they're telling the truth, no foul on your part. 🤷

2024-04-17 14:28:41

Looking for CO2 monitor recommendations. Is Aranet4 Home good?

2024-04-15 15:28:06

Every once in a while I think about the billionaire who's trying to live forever, who caught COVID and fucked up his lungs.
Bunkers aren't going to do shit when they're out here huffing the world-ending biohazard with the rest of us plebs.

2024-04-07 03:27:26

I just ordered a kombucha scobie and water kefir grains. I'm going to make some weeeeird stuff.
Kelp? Could you make a kelp kombucha? I might need to find out.
#Fermentation
Edit: I looked it up and apparently "kombucha" actually means kelp tea and, yes, there are recipes for kelp kombucha.

2024-04-05 22:08:01

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@npub1z36…n0u6 I always ask them what boot soles taste like and they never answer me for some reason.
I'm genuinely curious, but could never bring myself to try it.
Maybe they misunderstand me. 🤔

2024-04-04 19:55:41

Knights were basically old-timey Ivy League frat boys.

2024-04-02 17:12:24

Apparently I've been doing intermittent fasting my whole life, but I've been pronouncing it "ADHD".

2024-04-01 03:49:57

Just trying to run out the clock on capitalism at this point.

2024-03-27 21:47:26

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@npub1xsy…cevg Speaking of spaceships, submarines are very cost effective in comparison.

2024-03-27 21:41:35

Washing your hands is a great way to remove blood spots from murder.
Ask Lady MacBeth. She knows.
Unrelated: I'm starting a book club where we do the opposite of recommend a book. Here's the first https://www.cbc.ca/books/soap-and-water-common-sense-1.5542407

2024-03-22 17:54:39

SUCKERburg. Hehehehe.

2024-03-22 16:37:31

Contrary to popular belief, doubling down on RTO does not improve employee mental health.

2024-03-21 17:20:02

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@npub1gmx…atcq Add to that the whole process is about as inaccessible as it possibly could be for someone who has ADHD.

2024-03-21 02:31:08

Bacchus had it figured out.

2024-03-20 18:52:17

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@npub1zxf…h82d If "viking" hadn't become a white supremacy dogwhistle, I'd say we should call it "going a-viking".

2024-03-15 03:07:35

Saw an article the other day about the incredibly tragic death of a child in foster care and the ministry cited lack of staff, frequent staff absences, and inability to recruit and retain as a major factor in their inability to prevent things like this.

2024-03-13 02:44:28

In the absence of substance, nothing matters...
Hehe... physics jokes...

2024-03-12 19:22:35

What really gets me about that trash NPR article written by a gaslighting POS is that her entire gripe is that she can't eat INDOORS at restaurants.
THAT is what she deems an acceptable trade for the death of her husband.
What the fuck is wrong with normal people?

2024-03-12 03:08:20

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@npub1u5s…ay0e @npub1uw2…pmne "Therefore, as Long COVID patients become louder, as their presence becomes more undeniable, as their numbers grow, the COVID normalization project must pivot from attempting to disappear these victims to steadily stigmatizing them."
This is absolutely what is going on and it's fucking dangerous. It's dangerous to all of us.

2024-03-11 17:31:25

4 years today. Officially entering year 5.

2024-03-11 16:11:37

The sexualization of female musicians is actually super bizarre. It would be funny if it wasn't so fucked up.
Just trying to imagine Chad Kroeger posing suggestively while scantily clad for a Nickelback album cover makes me laugh.
Why stop with music? Why don't we have soft porn glamour shots for authors and famous painters, too?
If it's relevant, it's relevant, no?
Stephen King in a g-string, suggestively biting a clown shoe.

2024-03-11 14:49:19

I wouldn't put it past the CDC to tell people to wash their hands in response to a cholera outbreak.

2024-03-11 06:33:39

Now that cannabis is legal, I think I'm going to start a business repurposing leaves and stems for cattle feed.
I'm investing everything I have.
Incredibly high steaks.

2024-03-08 22:08:30

Here's the thing about white men griping about affirmative action being "unfair":
If you have two candidates with equal qualifications and one candidate is a member of a visible marginalized group and the other is a cis white male, chances are the candidate who has had to overcome significant systemic barriers and hostility to obtain the same qualifications and experience is the better candidate, actually.

2024-03-07 23:16:32

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@npub1pe7…xpvn @npub1gmx…atcq I don't think people who've had it 20+ tonnes will ever be common...
If you know what I mean...
💀

2024-03-07 14:49:48

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@npub19fc…ay3c @npub1lej…vl5l Speaking as a white person that grew up in an extremely white community, cops were ALWAYS portrayed very positively. They came to our schools for outreach. They put on events. They SEEMED nice.
It was only when I grew up that I found out that they're not good and that the "middle-class" white experience is drastically different than the experience of pretty much everyone else.
I know better now, but I could have easily gone the rest of my life believing they were the "good guys" if things had been different. If all you do as a white person is interact with other privileged white people, you don't really get any exposure to reality unless you're at least a decent critical thinker.
Not excusing it because the evidence is actually everywhere. Just saying I can see how some white people believe cops serve some kind of positive function in society, but they're wrong.

2024-03-06 03:48:45

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People who have you under their thumb will react incredibly aggressively at the slightest hint they've lost control.
They'll say vicious and vile things to you and about you.
It's actually a good thing, in a way, because those that believe them are probably not any better.

2024-03-06 03:46:24

Irregular reminder that people that use their relationship with you as a bargaining chip are not actually safe people and their friendship isn't worth maintaining.

2024-03-05 23:04:34

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@npub1gmx…atcq I'll never be able to wrap my mind around the fact that Americans pay directly for healthcare instead of universal healthcare and nobody has razed the entire country to the ground yet.

2024-03-05 16:08:28

It probably needs saying: #MeaslesIsAirborne

2024-03-04 03:28:40

Normalize asking the COVID-cavalier if you can have their stuff when they die.

2024-03-01 22:35:41

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@npub1gmx…atcq Exhibit A: https://www.thebeaverton.com/2024/02/breaking-coworker-who-gave-entire-office-covid-promoted-for-never-taking-a-day-off/

2024-03-01 22:31:49

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@npub1gmx…atcq 💯 they've become such a parody of themselves that satirical newspapers are better sources of accurate information.

2024-03-01 22:16:48

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@npub1093…mk0c "The change comes at a time when Covid-19 is no longer the public health menace it once was."
How the fuck did this person get a job writing professionally?
@npub1gmx…atcq

2024-02-29 02:49:17

Is it funny that the media is playing innocent while they walk back all their lies about COVID?
No. Not really.
But that schadenfreude as they shit their pants while they frantically try to change the narrative they created because they realized it's going to collapse society...
🤤

2024-02-27 17:26:40

People don't have support in being COVID-cautious. They can't look to the government, employers, friends, or family for encouragement.
It's a lot.
We need to be able to welcome people warmly back into the fold.
People need support. We are strong, but we need to create space for people who couldn't do what we have been doing, but want to.
I know. I'm angry, too. They've done wrong. But we aren't going to get people on-side by failing to forgive.
We can't afford not to.

2024-02-21 16:27:36

I definitely woke up on the wrong side of the bed. I guess it's to be expected when you're living in dystopia, but that's no excuse for not smiling as you're crushed under the boot.

2024-02-20 15:44:35

Nothing screams, "I'm soft," like a scratch-free, shiny, oversized pick-up truck being driven around in the suburbs.

2024-02-20 15:40:08

Bread lines and starvation happen in capitalist society BECAUSE of capitalist society ALL. THE. TIME.
Can we let this mythology rest, already?

2024-02-14 01:56:28

#CDCsays if you can't beat them, join them.

2024-02-13 16:59:44

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@npub1cpp…2uya Totally beside the point, but carpenter's axes are TERRIBLE for chopping wood. It's not at all what they're designed for. Mauls aren't pretty, though.

2024-02-12 17:25:50

I take the media and public health officers backing off pathologizing maskers as both a good AND bad sign. I think they are just starting to grasp how badly they've fucked up. For them to start walking back on what they've done, it would take A LOT.
So how bad is it?

2024-02-10 04:48:21

Season 1, episode 3 of House: it's gotta be COVID.
Like, I know it's a couple decades early, but c'mon.

2024-02-09 16:14:32

The secret is to leverage your immunity debt to acquire more immunity assets that produce their own immunity. That way, you generate passive immunity and don't have to get sick another day in your life.

2024-02-06 20:34:29

The gaslighting approach of essentially telling COVID-cautious people that they're figuratively dead to you unless they walk back some of their precautions is really ironic, considering you'll be literally dead to them in a few more years.

2024-02-02 23:10:50

Social media is funny.
It's like you're yelling your controversial opinions at the top of your lungs into a crowded room while a stenographer sits in a corner, cutting every screamed pontification into a stone tablet and, every once in a while, somebody comes up to you and screams their concurrence or disagreement and a few people watch, giving you the thumbs up every time they agree with what you're saying.

2024-02-02 23:06:37

I would do so much to be permanently, completely immune to COVID.
I would watch hockey or sand drywall for it.

2024-01-31 21:39:12

Obligatory acknowledgement that the situation with COVID is the result of a massive coordinated astroturfing campaign. I'm mad at people, and this doesn't absolve them, but the people who bankrolled these campaigns are real life supervillains.

2024-01-31 15:35:46

The term "performance" as it relates to work is starting to feel very literal. It really IS a performance now.
How good are you at acting like the world isn't falling apart?
Can you channel your inner thespian and pretend you don't hate being here all day every day?

2024-01-31 03:32:26

Call me old-fashioned, but I don't plan on ever having a computer chip installed in my brain by an oligarch.