🐶⛵️Capt. Caffiend☕️😷

FYI Kirikiriroa it will be our turn next weekend:

mediapa.co.nz/35th-waikato...

Emotional support potatoes come in many forms 🥔👻
#potatolover #funnyart #ghostcomic #comfortfood #potatoes #potato #fblifestyle

Because when you break fundamental things, it takes decades to recover.

Yeah probably.

Wind makes allergies worse and also puts me on edge/tense/anxious - esp the northerly/north-westerly as it shakes the house so much my bed vibrates

Fortunately far enough away it was deeper sounds rather than as loud bangs, but reminds me I should do some exposure training to prepare for the next lot of fireworks!

That’s confusing because is it being on holiday or is it the location? I do think living somewhere less windy would be better for me though

Finished now I think - I could hear it from across the harbour! Woke the dogs up

Diwali Festival of Lights Diwali, the 'Festival of Lights', is a time of festivity for Wellington's local communities and an opportunity to share and celebrate culture.

FYI Wellington the fireworks are part of the city's Diwali festival, website says it will be "short"... more about it here.

wellington.govt.nz/news-and-eve...

Yeah new routines probably needed, and to remember that all the appointments Ive had/have are more than enough “productivity”

They’re not good reminders

Diwali I think

Yeah I made the mistake of treating it like other events and thinking just a couple of days will do! Think I need to embrace being beached a bit longer!

Yes very discombobulating. Hearing how much recovery time people without LC need is a helpful reminder. Really do need to lower my productivity expectations - not helped by Mr not understanding recovery time is needed.

Yes very seductive. I’ve done it so many times too & yet I still do it 🤦‍♀️

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The solutions proposed for New Zealand's (and virtually every other country's) problems are always like:
"We need to make people work for more years"
"We have to cut back on services, I'm sorry, there is just no other way"
"We have to cut benefits for young people"

never:
"We need to tax the rich"

Yes I need to go slow and recalibrate.

I had been doing ok at this, but I think I got my pacing for the past few months right on the edge of my limits that I fooled myself into thinking I was fine/could do more. & now that I’m out of that phase, my pacing’s messed up&my brain thinks I can do more (& is forgetting the post thesis crash)🤦‍♀️

Instagram must have seen this post or read my mind

www.instagram.com/reel/DPlnfAf...

No, we weren’t meant to believe Renee Zellwegger’s Bridget Jones was fat. One of the character’s main traits was that she believed she was fat due to the world she was living in. The book and film got this aspect right.

Jennifer's Botanical Art calendar cover shows red and pink tulips on a delightfully pink background

February calendar page shows a Monarch butterfly and a pink dahlia. Monarchs are ticky to paint!

Three bearded irises on a calendar page. They're trying not to show that they know how gorgeous they are.

This is what the storm tossed covergirl tulips look like on a bluey green calendar page. We loved them so much we wanted them to have their own month.

Pre-order my 4th annual Botanical Art Calendar by 30 October to reserve your copy from this limited run. 12 colourful months! Features paintings fresh from my Wintergardens residency and sketchbook.
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Exactly!

Yeah it’s a terrible failing of public health education. And the idea that immunity is a muscle that needs strengthening has been around a long time (in the alternative/wellness health space at least) do hard to undo, or get ppl to realise it’s different for viruses than bacteria (maybe)

In honour of spooky month, share a 4 word horror story that only someone in your profession would understand.

From a previous profession….

“The sub hasn’t arrived”

it's my birthday on October 31st

i'm a trans journalist with 16 years experience

it would be the best gift ever if you could share my work

If you are fuming about the derailment of climate ambition in AoNZ, how about helping fund an investigation into where this came from 👇

A diagram of the bones and (some) deep muscles of the hand and forearm. AI says that we only have four digits. It’s also identified a tendon as the median nerve, another tendon as the ulnar nerve, among other issues.

An AI generated diagram of the muscles of the neck. It hallucinated the “ennocleidomasid” muscle, and the “anterior scalpalin muscle”.

An AI generated diagram of the muscles of the lateral thigh. It says that the gluteus Maximus (the big juicy butt muscle) is on the anterior side. It also points to the quadriceps muscle and says “attattment”. It also says that the same structure is the tibia AND the deep fascia of the leg.

An AI generated diagram of the bones of the hand and forearm. This time AI says we have 6 digits. It also says that the radius is the ulnar artery. Among other many issues.

A student on TikTok has been documenting her journey with a professor who “wrote” the anatomy textbook and it’s all a bunch of AI hallucinations.

She’s saying that, understandably, the students are doing super poorly!

Behold what we’re teaching the healthcare professionals of tomorrow:

In honour of spooky month, share a 4 word horror story that only someone in your profession would understand.

Weeping leg ulcer dressing.

In honour of spooky month, share a 4 word horror story that only someone in your profession would understand.

From a previous profession….

“Oh no, we’re dragging”

Thank you, you wrote what I needed to read!
Not having the routine I was using just to get through til submission has left me a bit lost now, need to get back into some basics such as hydration etc

Arghhh the whole idea of it being good for immunity is infuriating. And all these people who want to reduce their risk of getting dementia yet they won’t reduce their risk if catching viruses 😩