Alison Jones

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Retired Educator, Business manager, OD consultant. Community over economy. Environment over consumerism. Plant based, introvert, highly sensitive person.

Speaking of the holidays... I need a new tradition for Christmas Eve dinner.

Previously I would make a chicken alfredo fettuccini (thank you The Holiday for that idea). However I have completely struck out finding a good vegan alfredo sauce.

So I either need a new food, or an absolute banger of a sauce.

#food #Christmas #vegan

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"New #recycling facility Samsara Eco aims to create infinite, virgin-grade plastic without fossil fuels.

Its enzyme library now contains #enzymes that can tackle challenging plastics, including coloured, multi-layered, mix-layered, mixed #plastics and textiles like polyester and nylon."

https://thefifthestate.com.au/waste/is-the-plastic-crisis-about-to-be-solved-with-this-new-recycling-facility-near-canberra

Is the plastic crisis about to be solved with this new recycling facility near Canberra?

A new recycling facility near Canberra claims it will be able to create infinite, virgin-grade plastic without fossil fuels.

The Fifth Estate

this has gone outside my circle, so just for info: my doctorate is in philosophy, my medical knowledge comes from having had ME/CFS for 11 years and long COVID since April 2020, and reading a lot of research this year.

Follow RemissionBiome on Twitter for frequent detailed info about LC and ME/CFS research. haha, yes, I know, Twitter, but they won't come to Mastodon - a lot of disabled people have entrenched communities over there and not a lot of spoons to learn about 'instances' etc.

Cannot stress this enough: if you think you have Long COVID: DO NOT EXERCISE.

I know it feels like you can, but post-exertional malaise means that the damage you do when you exercise you may not feel for a day or two. Exercising makes you WORSE. It causes damaging chemical reactions. And the first six months (when you probably haven't got a diagnosis) are your best shot at recovery, but only if you REST. Completely.

I despair when I see people say they think they have LC and then go jogging.

“We have a very serious problem with the way we currently do politics”

I strongly encourage you to read this powerful and deep essay by the wonderful and brilliant Ro (Phoenix) Bersten of intertwine, engaging not only with my book, Living Democracy, but with challenging questions of intersectionality, privilege, difficult consensus and more.

It’s a brave piece of writing and deserves reading, sharing, and consideration.

“Fuck assimilation, I say. Be a co-conspirator.”

Also, “sporadic”!!!

https://greenagenda.org.au/2023/07/the-multitudes-at-the-margins/

The multitudes at the margins - Green Agenda

When I read Living Democracy and the uplifting and hopeful possibilities contained in Barcelona en ComĂș and the general assemblies in Rojava, I’m reminded that we are currently so far away from this it’s hard to see the path there. [...]Read More...

Green Agenda
Paul Kelly - If Not Now

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5,000 pilots suspected of hiding major health issues. Most are still flying.

#COVID19 @auscovid19

Source: https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2023/08/27/faa-pilots-health-conditions-va-benefits/

5,000 pilots suspected of hiding major health issues. Most are still flying.

Federal authorities have been investigating about 5,000 pilots suspected of falsifying their medical records to conceal conditions that could make them unfit to fly.

The Washington Post
@[email protected] what app are you using?
For Austria, EG.5.* showed a growth advantage of 6% per day against XBB.1.9.* "Hyperion", with a crossover in mid-July.

Here are the leading Austrian regions reporting EG.5.*.

The hotspots appear to be Lower Austria (29%) and Vienna (19%).