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I am absolutely in awe of flight attendants. These are people who've learned how to thrive in extreme dryness, pressure changes, time zone adjustment, often among anxious fliers, and instead of using their biological advantages for gain, they are caring for the public and modelling professionalism.

I also can't do a podcast. But I do like radio, like NPR or BBC Radio 4.

What if Indianapolis was the rubric for all state capitals? Mississippolis, Iowapolis, Idahopolis, Californipolis, Nevadapolis, Oklahomapolis, Marylapolis, Delawapolis, Washingtopolis, Alaskapolis, Louisiapolis, North Dakotapolis, Texapolis, etc.

Similar trajectory for me and I can say wholeheartedly that, gastronomically speaking, the UK, having embraced all cuisines since around 1990, is now a great place to eat. Ha-Joon Chang's Edible Economics has a great chapter about this.

You are going to love opera! They will sing to you so sweetly and adoringly and powerfully.

Kenoly Brothers, All the Way - very 90s but some glorious songs in there.

I love this! Thank you. A wonderful reminiscence for me.

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I will investigate these!

This has been my experience with benzos also, but I've never worked with an MCAS doc. Would you be willing to share if your mcas meds are standard or specific to you? And, if they're standard, what is the most helpful one?

I don't know how people can complain that there are no positive role models for masculinity on tv when this man exists

From Conflict to Community: Transforming Conflicts Without Authorities Conflict is everywhere: our living rooms, our streets, our community organizations, and every corner of the internet. But few of us have the training to...

During Occupy there was a huge demand for conflict transformation training, resulting in what we saw as a massive skills increase in the community. This book microcosmpublishing.com/catalog/book... can help. Please check if RR has a mediator. If not, we can find you one.

At my Gran's house we didn't have this combo of toast toppings, but for the spreads, each would have their own spoon and then once you've deposited the substance onto the toast, you use your one knife to spread. That knife continues to be used even if you have a different topping on the next slice.

A truly underrated soup is curried parsnip soup. Creamy, sweet, spicy, and truly yummy. Highly recommend.

Oh thank you for this lovely picture!! Where I live now we don't get snowdrops until late March. Mum hasn't been able to get to Kew yet this year so I'll let her know to go and see these early blooms!

I was talking about Kew with my mum today. We wondered if the snowdrops were out. Did you see any?

Fellow #MCAS friends, do you perceive an intensification of cosmetic scents in the past year or two? It seems not that people are wearing more scent or using more scented products but that the products themselves are more strongly scented, even just hand soap that previously was more muted.

This is a hard time for us. Please acknowledge for yourself every single thing you do so you can see how phenomenal you are. I love Alice Wong's thoughts about us being part of connective tissue for each other and that's what keeps me going in these extreme times.

Do you have any advice on how to make a potato farl? I used to be able to buy them but now can't find them at all and would love to know how to make them effectively!

This is one of my hobby horses. The worst offenders are 'classic'/'oldies' radio shows on popular stations here that I only ever heard white musicians on! Who would ever consciously choose to listen to only white musicians from the 70s to the 2000s?

When I was diagnosed with ME/CFS it was still the era of people calling it yuppy flu, perhaps because it was so hard to get a diagnosis and only those with deep pockets were taken seriously. I see this assumption repeating with long COVID, that it is a made up term for rich kids to be lazy. Not true

Yes, and also newborns and young babies.

Night Train by the Oscar Peterson Trio. You won't regret it!!

Not staying up but very likely to be woken shortly after midnight with close to unbearable symptoms, as has been the norm recently. So, ringing in the new year with distraction techniques, prayer, and pills I'd rather not take. I hope we both are pleasantly surprised with a painless night.

Hero of 2025: Alice Wong The disability justice icon's last message: "Don’t let the bastards grind you down."

For my hero of 2025 at @motherjones.com, I wrote about the late great disabled disability justice oracle Alice Wong, including her work with Disability Visibility Project, Crips for eSims for Gaza, and #CripTheVote. www.motherjones.com/politics/202...

I wonder if you'd consider revising your thoughts. If you live with someone who is medically vulnerable, or if you associate with someone who is vulnerable and unable to mask, or if you are one of the many (e.g. middle-aged women) who are more likely to get long COVID, is it still goofy?

I'm no theologian, but having followed you and seen your commitment to justice, to life, and to care, I see these as prayers of gratitude in themselves. You are doing incredible work in impossible circumstances. I see God working in and through you and I'm grateful for it.

Another great article from @juliametraux.bsky.social. I think, when people (including @jamellebouie.net) get weird about masks or requests to mask, it says that they have not done the work of hanging out with the great diversity of disabled people and really listening to them about accessibility.

Thank you, Dr Tran. It's so depressing to have a chronic illness and rarely leave the house, and then those rare times when I'm able to get out, to be stared at, coughed at, or made fun of is just so demoralizing.

This is so disappointing. @weeklyshowpodcast.bsky.social are you aware that there are kids who are high risk of hospitalization from COVID who have to wear a mask still? Imagine being that kid in school after their friends' parents have watched you ridicule people like them. Deeply disappointing.