I Did a #MutualAidRequest & tried to retoot it but can’t find it.
So here I go again.
I’ve had #LongCOVID & #cancer for a year (on Feb 2) the same day a book I contributed a chapter to became an Amazon best seller.
I was also sick with a flu from Thanksgiving to NYE which did not test positive for COVID thank goodness .
But I worked while sick which is a bad idea for me. But I had no choice.
It’s caught up with me & I physically can’t work.
Please help. https://gofund.me/95d3f7be
my gender is the "one" that the crappy english teachers warned us against using because we'd never be able to grammar it right
for example: one can learn to grammar their tenses correctly if one doesn't measure linguistics with prescriptivism
there's no quote tweet equivalent, is there?
one cannot have their quote and toot it too
Many people are desperately afraid of “forever masking.”
I'm afraid of #COVID19 remaining a top five cause of death indefinitely.
I'm scared COVID will leave billions with lasting damage to their heart, brains, and immune systems.
I'm frightened that children infected three, four or nine times will have lifelong health issues.
I'm worried that a rapidly mutating virus could yet spin off a deadly new variant.
Why is it so hard to do something so simple to possibly save a life? #WearAMask
I miss singing. I miss making music with an instrument.
I think a big part of why I haven't wanted to listen to much music lately is that it misses the craving.
Like always having mashed potatoes but all I've wanted for months or years is a baked potato.
After a while I don't even want the compromise. I might still consume it because I need to, but the disappointment overcomes the interest.
It's been too long since I've had access to create music, and I want that again.
The one thing I strongly dislike about mastodon is the frequency at which the federated timeline refreshes and what it does to what I'm looking at.
Instead of it just taking longer to scroll up to top, it actively moves what I'm looking at down - which both makes it impossible to read, and also makes me click on things I didn't intend to because it moved that fast.
Until this is corrected, the federated timeline is inaccessible.
migraine weeks are miserable
I took meds last night and got the main migraine to go down significantly,
but today is all neck pain where I have the bulged disk, probably because I've had to lay down too much in too weird positions, thanks to migraine
also, craving chocolate for dopamine because I forgot to take my adhd meds & now its too late, but too much chocolate could re trigger migraine
not fun, brain. not fun.
3 things I wish everyone understood about #COVID19 now:
- The main risk isn't acute illness or death but chronic harm to hearts, brains & immune systems: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/12VbMkvqUF9eSggJsdsFEjKs5x0ABxQJi5tvfzJIDd3U/edit?usp=sharing
- You can get Long COVID following a mild illness: https://fortune.com/2023/01/05/origins-of-long-covid-90-percent-initally-mild-symptoms/
- COVID is evolving to be more dangerous by defeating our immunity protection: https://fortune.com/well/2023/01/06/kraken-xbb15-omicron-covid-variant-most-transmissible-yet-could-spawn-more-immune-evasive-variants-study-china-vaccine-monoclonal-antibodies-breakthrough-infection/
This means we should try to avoid spreading COVID & helping it evolve. And we should be more concerned for ourselves and others. #WearAMask
The change that a new year promises is a trickster change. The energy is buzzing and it's hard to not tap into it. The same energy dissipates shortly after, leaving those that bought into it feeling like they failed.
Today isn't a day to figure out change. Today is a day to be content as time passes, and as we exist. Change that is needed comes slow and non-linearly, and rarely starts on January 1st.
Tinu - Empress of Twerk
Augie Ray
Effin' Birds