COVID-hating mask freak

1. The single most pernicious and damaging societal imperative I see in action right now, with Ireland in a Covid wave, is this:

'There's no need to test'.

Why? Not just because it tacitly normalises unmitigated transmission, but, more importantly, it hides Long Covid.

Responsible oatmeal breakfast followed by near-expiry choc pseudo-biscotti dessert with coffee #2.

#CoffeeDiary2025
#FoodDiary2025

(Is Wolf (from The Bad Guys) inspired by Spike Spiegel? I'm probably asking bc of the suit)

#FreePalestine
#CovidIsntOver
#KeepMasking
#CleanAirNow
#BringBackMasking

Even the CDC has stated that COVID is present all year round

People should be allowed to get the most up to date COVID vaccine at least twice a year (or more) if they choose to

Protection from infection doesn’t last longer than 2 to 3 months

That's very much how I feel about "How the Sehlat Ate Its Tail" - it LOOKS and FEELS like Star Trek on the surface, but straight up has "I only felt bad for killing them when I found out they were human" and Pike telling Kirk that's fine. It's bad, actually!

A tweet change. Original tweet from Dave Blass - "I don't want to get ostrich sized by the Star Trek fans but the old Gorn isn't cool. Sure, make me the escape goat for "Nu-Trek" but irregardless of the canon which was just a piece of bamboo anyway. I think the whole argument is a moo point. Am I wrong?" Jessie's response - My issue with the new Gorn isn’t canon changes—it’s that SNW stripped away their purpose. The original Gorn weren’t monsters; they were defending their space after the Federation accidentally trespassed. The point was learning to negotiate, not shoot. (1/3)Now they’re xenomorph knockoffs—missing both Trek’s message & what the xenomorph in Alien represented (exploitation, both corporate & sexual). It's nostalgia without meaning. Change, updating stuff, and not being beholden to canon is fine, but context gives depth & meaning. (2/3) Also -- most importantly - the guy in the gorn rubber suit WAS cool! I'll double fist fight about it! (3/3)

Reposting from X. I can't stress this enough. We live in a fascist society. When capitalism strips stories of their context and meaning and sells them back as empty nostalgia, they stop questioning power and become just aesthetics. That’s how we forget what they were meant to teach us.

She doesn’t need a hero, she is the hero we need. 🤩

Heartbroken to hear James Dobson has died age 89. It should have been a lot sooner

Everyone from Gaza losing their accounts after Bluesky got mad about people asking to stop the deletion of Palestinian accounts and hiding those posts is just top class petulant baby moderation

I’ve been talking to Aseel over a year and she’s always taking care of cats but she loves Lisa so much. She needs to see an emergency vet and we are trying to help out but any help would be great.

Her family has a PayPal which is quicker ( tiny.cc/hbcuzz ) and a GoFundMe (gofund.m

We are trying to survive in Gaza - not out of bravery, but because we have no choice. We have lost everything: our homes, our money, our professions. All we have left are our children. Please don't ignore us. Help us survive. All we have left is hope in you. chuffed.org/project/1352...

Prices of Basic Goods in Gaza
Your donation makes a difference in my family's life and saves them from hunger

chuffed.org/project/1251...

I’m so hungry, I'm not ashamed to say that .

Humanity is gone... today we begin surviving on water and salt.

My posts today are getting no traction.

If you’re scrolling, PLEASE leave a dot

chuffed.org/project/137663

#VerifiedByRadioWatermelon

@mommunism.bsky.social @fairshare.help

THIS week tho, we did 1-h hikes 3 days in a row.
Plus 2-h pickleball on Monday.
Plus I did 30-min today.
But I've also carbo-overloaded this past month, so. It's a mess!

#ExerciseDiary2025

I say "faffed around" bc I did no dedicated strength or cardio that whole time.

Obviously I'd jinxed myself with that previous observation.
Didn't exercise for ~1 month after that.
Then faffed around doing 30-min yoga 2-3x a week + 1-2x pickleball a week.

... I feel like SNW!Spock probably has a tattoo or 3. Maybe because he said being on the Enterprise allows him to explore his human side (iirc).

#TVDiary2025

A witch made this fest I'm sure

I also recently learned there are pregnant people who find out they’re positive for group B strep and avoid taking the antibiotics they’re prescribed before delivery because they want a “natural alternative.”

There's still time

WHAT