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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.

2024-04-07 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. 🤔

2024-04-02 17:12:24

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

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 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.

2024-03-20 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?

2024-03-11 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 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.

2024-03-05 16:08:28

It probably needs saying: #MeaslesIsAirborne

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 15:40:08

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.

2024-01-31 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.

2024-01-30 04:18:22

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@npub1aar…88uu Every employee at the local grocery store looked like they had just finished crying the other day.
It was VERY noticeable. Red eyes, red cheeks, puffy. It was bizarre.

2024-01-22 15:38:18

A friend from the before-times is trying to book the West Coast Trail this morning. I want to tell them they should wear an N95 for at least a couple weeks before their trip so they don't ruin it by getting sick, but that's a faux pas, now.

2024-01-16 16:28:14

I feel like society is very measurably falling apart before our eyes but we've normalized it so we don't notice it as much.

2024-01-03 17:20:56

Doing everything you can to minimize your risk of catching COVID is extremely rational. Anything less is a compromise.
I'd wear a PAPR if I had the confidence.
The decision not to is entirely emotional.

2023-12-13 23:45:17

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@npub1gmx…atcq Was literally just thinking about this. Whether or not someone masks is THE indicator on which my entire opinion of a person hinges.
Don't wear a mask? I'm done bothering giving you the benefit of the doubt.

2023-11-23 18:26:28

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@npub14ka…um78 Bahahaha.
THAT is Wilder?!? He looks like Super Saiyan Vegeta, but sadder and more fascist.
I didn't know someone could be a caricature of themselves.

2023-11-06 21:22:09

Plague as an opportunity for the survivors:
"When the plague rescinded, after three months of infection on the city’s inhabitants, the social structure changed significantly. Many folks found themselves without family; others were without assets. Out of the rubble of human catastrophe, those who stole, or inherited assets became modestly wealthy. These nouveaux riches infiltrated society, and chipped away at the IX’s rule until they gained seats in public office. The artisans and literates who survived ignored the IX’s orders of wage limitations and demanded enormous sums to perform skilled labor and notary work. For the first few years after the plague, Siena saw a moderate amount of economic growth. The foundations of this growth were shaky, and a decade later the government did not have enough in the treasury to keep public support. The IX was overthrown in 1355; the change in the social structure as a result of the pestilence was simply too difficult to govern."
https://www.montana.edu/historybug/yersiniaessays/davis.html

2023-11-01 16:37:44

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@npub1nzm…85c8 @npub18fk…yjzv *in the US*

2023-10-25 16:16:04

I know I'm privileged to be able to say this, but I'm not going to get COVID for a fucking job. If I get forced into the office, I will quit my entire career immediately. I will not be quiet about the reason.
#CovidIsNotOver #CovidIsAirborne

2023-10-11 17:52:04

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@npub19fc…ay3c If I don't engage in the thing immediately, it stops being an interest, like, yesterday.

2023-10-02 03:06:58

How about we kick off #DisabilityPrideMonth with some actual action on the most mass disabling virus in decades (maybe centuries)?
#CovidIsNotOver #COVIDisAirborne #BringBackMasks

2023-09-30 03:34:15

I had the weirdest interaction today. I went into a store and an older guy says to me, "I guess we're back to wearing masks again, hey?" to which I responded, "I guess. I never stopped. I haven't been sick in almost 4 years."
We then had a really candid conversation about COVID with absolutely no animosity while the cashier and another customer listened to our conversation. He asked where I got my information and I said peer-reviewed studies and we talked about N95s and airborne transmission. I don't think I converted anyone but, for the first time, I felt 100% confident and like I had control of the situation.
What I found really weird, though, was the reactions of the two others present. They were both SO uncomfortable. The other customer briefly mentioned that COVID was the worst illness they ever had before scurrying out of the store like they were terrified of the conversation and the cashier pushed their chair back as far away as they could. This was AFTER I made it clear I haven't been sick since February, 2020, so it's not like it was getting sick they were freaked out by. This was, like, cornered animal levels of fear.
#CovidIsNotOver #COVIDisAirborne

2023-09-15 17:02:07

I just convinced my coworker to start masking again! Not just masking, but wearing an N95!
IT'S FINALLY HAPPENING!!!!
#CovidIsNotOver #COVIDisAirborne #BringBackMasks

2023-09-14 14:24:41

About 3,000 were killed on September 11. We still talk about it every single year.
The other day, an estimated 18,000-20,000 people were killed by oil and gas corporations through climate change and almost nobody I know has even heard about it.
18,000-20,000 people.
From a single flood.
I know we are all numb, now, but 18,000 to 20,000 people just died in a SINGLE climate event.
https://www.reuters.com/world/africa/libya-flood-survivors-pick-through-ruins-search-missing-thousands-2023-09-14/
#ClimateChange

2023-08-27 16:27:36

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@npub189n…satx Never did and proud of it!
Florida. 🤮

2023-08-24 22:00:55

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@npub1gmx…atcq I remember this feeling from the 2021 heat dome in BC. It really puts it all in perspective. The smoke and heat feel so apocalyptic. There's nothing enjoyable about temperatures like that. There's nothing redeemable about it.
It takes you to a dark place.

2023-08-24 16:25:40

The fact that there's a new variant out (again) that people are concerned about changes literally nothing for me. I'm not more worried. I'm not changing my behavior. I only think about it when articles come up. It IS interesting seeing viral evolution unfold so rapidly, however.
It seems so ironic being told I'm living in fear when I feel so emotionally detached to increasing immune escape. Mechanical interventions never stopped working. 🤷
#WearAMask #CovidIsNotOver #COVIDcautious

2023-08-24 14:04:40

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@npub16pa…sxgh Don't need to... To argue with you would imply you have something of value to say. 🤷

2023-08-24 13:43:22

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@npub16pa…sxgh where did I talk about vaccines?
This is likely bad faith, so I'm not going to respond to your other questions.

2023-08-24 13:05:22

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@npub16pa…sxgh the vaccine has never been advertised as a cure for long COVID, so I'm not sure what you mean by that?

2023-08-22 18:19:04

This is your reminder that long COVID is common, often debilitating, and currently incurable.
#CovidIsNotOver

2023-08-14 15:08:04

I've made posts about making snarky responses to people asking why I'm wearing a mask but I think the more effective (and true) response would be, "I have chronically ill and disabled friends and the world would be a much darker place without them. I care about the health of others and that trumps the minor discomfort of wearing a mask in public."
#BringBackMasks #COVIDisAirborne

2023-08-10 15:49:27

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@npub18p3…03wh LOL that's actually hilarious and also not funny at all. I'm a man and I once tried shaving my face with a Venus razor and I couldn't believe how terrible it was but they're still more expensive than men's cartridge razors.
Side note: My wife and I both use safety razors now (also known as double edge razors) and they're way cheaper than any cartridge razor (they also work way better).

2023-07-31 21:04:58

I love the term "toxic positivity" because it puts a name to something I've struggled with my whole life. North American culture ABSOLUTELY has a problem with this.
I have met so few people who actually know how to listen to and comfort someone experiencing pain, loss, grief, etc. We aren't taught how to do this. We just want the sadness to go away.
Telling someone everything is okay when you know it's not, for them, is isolating. It's not just bad for the person who is experiencing pain. It's bad for the listener, too.
You can't have deep, genuine, compassionate relationships with someone if you can't sit in their sadness with them. Real relationships need sharing. Vulnerability is critical to forming something meaningful. You don't get that by pretending everything is always fine.

2023-07-19 14:49:26

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@npub1znz…8l64 It almost doesn't feel like real life anymore. Florida's ocean is human body temperature, lately. How are things continuing as normal? Why are people continuing as normal? I feel like I've been in a state of shock about human intellect and behavior for 3 years now. I'm feel like having a total breakdown should be the normal response to what's going on right now. It almost takes strength to despair...

2023-07-15 15:55:49

I'm my opinion, part of the reason marginalized groups are over-represented amongst the COVID-cautious is because they grew up knowing the system is callous and, often, malevolent toward those that are not part of the dominant group. Marginalized groups have no illusions that the government and friends will take care of them. They know most people are fickle and will abandon their friends for social convenience and comforting lies.
#ZeroCovid #NOVID #CovidIsNotOver