torso is being crushed. #pain #sadface
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torso is being crushed. #pain #sadface
REMEMBER: if white smoke emerges from the White House chimney, it means there is a new President. If black smoke emerges, it means they are burning evidence.
(I know that’s actually not a permanent solution and pretending bad things aren’t happening is not a great survival strategy in the long run, but there was nothing I could do about it now.)
“It could be worse” It also could be better. So what’s your point?
is it only asylum seekers our Labour Prime Minister would object to living next to or would the sentiment apply to black and brown people in general? if merely the former, would he like to explain how he knows people he sees, say, in the street, actually are asylum seekers and not citizens?
Dispatches from the West Country: somebody’s painted 🏴s on a load of roundabouts in Penzance and the locals are furious because they also hate the English
Can someone tell me again how we carry on in the face of such suffering and relative powerlessness
grr, yesterday briefly too
This Astarion is about 50% done. Finding the right paint scheme and design etc. I dont know how to promote and find fans of things but if you like Baldurs Gate please share and help me find others who might be interested in buying finished work soon?
New Mexico has issued a public health order that removes federal restrictions to COVID-19 vaccine access so that pharmacies in New Mexico can vaccinate people of all ages and risk profiles. Every state need to do this!
1 million daily meals in Gaza requires 100+ supply trucks every day. WCK teams in Gaza are prepared to scale up to 1 million meals a day for Palestinian families—but reaching that goal requires more than 100 supply trucks entering safely each day. (1/2)
A few reminders. Convention on the Rights of the Child "196 countries have become State Parties to the Convention as of October 2015. Only the United States of America has not ratified the Convention." www.unicef.org/child-rights...
And if you're wondering whether someone getting killed is what it will take for the media and political class to come to their senses, I would just remind you that Jo Cox was murdered in a similar moment of demagoguery and hysteria 9 years ago, and if anything things have got far worse since then.
Post-COVID? This article must be from the future. www.cbc.ca/news/politic...
There are no rules, live your best ball pool life.
knots in my skull. #pain #sadface
There’s a persistent myth that new solar farms don’t really help tackle climate change because panels are “made with coal” and “never pay back” their carbon debt. This is simply false. - UN: solar ~8x cleaner than gas, ~19x than coal per kWh - panels repay CO2 in 4 months; save 57x over life
The brilliant @zoejardiniere.bsky.social is as brilliant as always 👇🏻
BECAUSE WE HAVE DONE JACK-ALL AT THE SOCIETAL LEVEL TO PREVENT IT. I'm so FUCKING tired.
ugh, torso is heavy and hurting guess I'm not done with long covid after all.
Here is my main opinion on AI, in every capacity: What is the point of technology? Is it to make our lives better and easier, or is it to make a very small percentage of people richer? The latter is what AI is doing. The people actually doing the coding are making themselves redundant.
rather than being the patrons for a thousand budding Leonardos they decided to try their best to destroy the livelihoods of all of them
“A respected network of hospitals and cancer centers is halting enrollment in clinical trials for children with brain cancer after the federal government said it would no longer provide funding to the group”
Some people wonder how you can tell if someone is transgender. It's actually not hard. There's one thing that all trans people have in common that they can't hide: they're human. So if you encounter a human, they very well might be trans. So just treat them like you treat other humans. See? Easy.
Things could have been different for want of a competent government. Anyway I'm so angry, wear a mask and get the booster if you can afford to.
September 2023 was when covid was passed on to me, after the government had limited the vaccine booster. So that's basically two years in unnecessary pain, had my situation been different I'd be unemployable and for what?
Sore after yesterday's exercising but not in a long covid way just muscular.
grr
BREAKING: At least 51 Palestinians have been killed by Israeli attacks across Gaza since dawn, sources in the besieged enclave's hospitals have told Al Jazeera. 🔴 LIVE updates: aje.io/kts8kg
The maddening thing is that we know EXACTLY how to prevent this. Yes, kids should get vaccinated, test, stay home when sick, mask as much as possible. But even without any of that: Better ventilation and filtration in schools can MASSIVELY reduce viral spread, for all sorts of respiratory diseases.
Here’s a sunset in case you needed one
New rule. A parent may only propose removing a book from the school library only after reading it in its entirety and delivering a book report to the librarian. Until then no discussion shall be entered into.
Sophia was a victim in the mass shooting and is in the ICU. Her mom is a pediatric critical care nurse and went into work to help with the mass casualty event before knowing that her own daughter was shot and in her hospital. Please donate if you can. ICU stays aren't cheap. gofund.me/bbf12a5f
This is what happens when the government promotes natural immunity by infection because they didn't want to pay the cost even when it's cheaper in the long term.
Buffy Summers' summer
Part of an email I received today. 🥹😭🥹😭 Never be afraid to reach out to an author
![👋 my name is [redacted], and I recently was gifted a copy of](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:olec54726kyamu3zhi4q5h2d/bafkreib7cm6hhwwtgqfucmxasg4jhiq45fpjk32sjupdkmvgo5vrlcnkvm@jpeg "Click to view full size")
There's a new So Below album out today! \o/ 🎶
help
Lockyer Island in Antarctica. Image taken by Sentinel-2 on Aug. 17, 2025.
going to delay the shower tomorrow and see if it starts up after exercising but before the shower *shrugs*
I've been doing some weights for the last week or so with no adverse effects so tried a cardio routine which seemed fine just the odd needle barely noticeable, after showering the stabbing has started up.
I am full of DREAD today when I want to be full of TREATS
grr
Just a heads up. I was able to schedule my COVID vaccine appointment. Online it will ask “do you have a condition that puts you at high risk for severe outcomes from COVID-19 virus.” Click yes and it will allow you to schedule an appointment. No questions asked. No proof required. Pass it on.
🚨Border Patrol arrested two firefighters who were actively fighting a wildfire at the time. When the other members of the crew asked for a chance to say goodbye, a Border Patrol agent told the crew member “you need to get the f*ck out of here. I’m going to make you leave.”
*buys a pack of cigarettes and walks to the pharmacy*
I think the United States counter-example now inhibits such proponents.
Israeli Foreign Minister Saar says there will not be a Palestinian state reut.rs/4n1gaaf
Hi authors! Please remember to file a claim!
If we added in-line translation, how many of you would use it? Pls comment w your emoji of choice 🧚♀️ bc likes are not indicative enough of want
Having in-line translation is helpful for double checking my translations and learning new words, improving my progress. 🇪🇸
I liked a YouTube video: [4K] Watch the largest and most powerful rocket launch live! Starship Flight 10 - Everyday Astronaut. www.youtube.com/live/BtUMt0g...
Look, they cannot even do bread-and-butter cases. www.nytimes.com/2025/08/27/u...
Isaac Chotiner interviewed Biden's close friend and last ambassador to Israel, Jack Lew, and in the interview Jack Lew explicitly defends Israel killing children. Lew's defense of this is so offensive that Isaac Chotiner interrupts him twice and then says outright that he's wrong.
Update on the clinical landscape. Anecdote alert. Now seeing (adult) patients that are so sick all the time due to viruses that they can’t cope. Ending up in ED with exhaustion. Also starting to see a cohort of young adults getting bacterial infections annually.
“For LGBTQ young people in particular, access to information online can be a lifeline when you don’t have an affirming household or community." Bingo
Dave Walker nails the 'migrant crisis' coverage perfectly
I was sometimes puzzled how many parts of 1930s Europe could descend so quickly into fascism. Now I know. I wish I didn't.
#Gaza: On Aug. 23, heavy gunfire broke out while people were gathered around one of our water-trucking distribution points in #KhanYounis. Demand protection for civilians and humanitarian aid. Sign: www.doctorswithoutborders.ca/now-more-tha... Update: www.doctorswithoutborders.ca/palestine-ms...
I really hate the term "sideloading". I preferred the original term, which was "installing software on a computer that you own"
Too many folk overthinking this. "Mass deportations are an abhorrence that a civilised country should not countenance". That's all. No need for logistical advice, the spirit of Churchill, or picking your favourite previous action down the slippery slope.
grr argh
I liked a YouTube video: Wicked Game - Chris Isaac (acoustic cover) - LucyTheLunchbox. www.youtube.com/watch?v=__Cc...
Something happened in space a few minutes ago. It looks like illuminated fuel from a rocket's second stage. I took these photos from Silesia in the Czech Republic.
Judge Xinis: Your clients are *absolutely forbidden* from removing Mr. Abrego from the continental United States. You understand this? DOJ: Yes.
HAPPENING NOW: Judge Xinis is leaning toward issuing another restraining order to block Kilmar Abrego Garcia's immediate deportation to Uganda at least through this week — she wants an evidentiary hearing on Friday.
HAPPENING NOW: At 2:00 p.m. ET, Judge Paula Xinis is set to hold a telephone conference regarding Kilmar Abrego Garcia's newly-filed lawsuit challenging his removal to Uganda. Abrego was detained by ICE earlier today. I plan to live-post the hearing for @lawfaremedia.org. Follow along ⬇️🧵
the last two news stories i saw, one after another, were israel bombing nasser hospital in gaza and then this one. genuinely ashamed of the UK right now
Restock alert! Mark your calendars for September 6th, 10am PT Lots of cups and a few larger pieces will be available. Listing previews coming soon ✨ Amyraehill.com #sciart #bsnm
tomorrow is a lie
I liked a YouTube video: Wicked Game - Chris Isaac (acoustic cover) - LucyTheLunchbox. www.youtube.com/watch?v=__Cc...
grrr argh
Israel bombed a hospital. Rescue workers and reporters rushed to recover the dead and the wounded. Israel bombed the hospital again. Live on TV. Read that again. Our government’s legacy will be its complicity in crimes against humanity. End all arms sales to Israel, now.
‘Debilitating consequences’ in Uganda after USAID cuts – photo essay
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/a...
new physio, to me: and what about your elbows, are they particularly bendy? me: i really can’t tell because i’m comparing myself to *gestures* physio: ugh!!
My favorite Greek myth is the one where the hero defeats the monster, but then the monster starts a podcast.
I needed help, I didn’t want anyone to touch me. These were two mutually exclusive states.
still think dems should be doing this. we need a fully functioning, reasonable, government-in-exile with effective frequent communication and action items for organizing
Why are reviewers even receiving manuscripts with unchecked references?
* being starved www.washingtonpost.com/world/intera...
Freaky Friday but it’s me and my doctor so she can feel my actual pain levels
“You single issue voters—-“ Let me stop you right there. Not ONE major candidate on any national ballot masks, and I am a person who has had my life destroyed by getting long covid shortly after protections were dropped by a democratic administration. And yet I vote. So maybe shut the fuck up.
Fantastic news. I hope future generations of healthcare staff never have to face a novel pathogen without respiratory protection again. I'll never forget how hard I had to advocate for this in 2020.
Kharkiv lives under russian fire, day and night. It’s quieter, gloomier than it used to be. But once a year, something shifts. Magic happens. Proud citizens take to the streets of a city where mass celebrations are impossible. Bombed, scarred, but unbroken. We walk. We sing.
grenades going of inside my skull. #pain #sadface
grr
In June, Latricia Green pleaded for a protection order from her ex-husband. It was denied. She asked again in July. It wasn’t served. She was shot and killed by her ex-husband this morning inside a Detroit hospital
actually i want to share this with everyone: this is what happens to your *already chronic debilitating health conditions* when you add the stress of applying for disability benefits