Katherine W.

@fiddle6
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She/her
Makes things, reads, loves to learn, shares home & life with dogs
continuing to avoid covid
Anybody else feel like you are in an VERY unevenly matched fencing duel with the rest of the world that is trying to kill you? #covid
Keep up the drum beat: Why did Supreme Court Justice Kennedy retire so abruptly? What role did his son Justin play for Trump at Deutsche Bank? Who paid off Kavanaugh’s $92,000 country club fees, $200,000 credit card debt, and $1.2 million mortgage to buy themselves a SCOTUS seat?
Time to Breathe (I'm Back)

Patrick Stewart grew up with no indoor toilet, no hot water, and no central heat. He shared a bed with his brother. His family had bath night once a week. It's sort of ironic that he wound up playing a character who can basically snap his fingers and go anywhere

OK Doomer

Worth Repeating

COVID-19 Antiviral Drugs Promise Speedier Recoveries. But They’re Not Available in the U.S.

https://time.com/6588624/covid-19-antiviral-treatments-us/

COVID-19 Antiviral Drugs Promise Speedier Recoveries. But They’re Not Available in the U.S.

COVID-19 antivirals like simnotrelvir and ensitrelvir seem to work for more people than Paxlovid. But they're not approved in the U.S.

Time

Germany slipped into recession last year, and the reason was record sick time. "The large scale of sick leave last year led to a huge shortfall in production. Without sick leave, the German economy would have grown by 0.5 percent last year." Due to the large number of workers who were on sick leave, the German economy shrank by 0.3 percent.

I wonder why so many people are getting sick. Its a mystery! (Can't be #COVID19, can it?I thought the pandemic was over!) /sarcasm

https://www.koha.net/en/boat/407190/study-Germany-went-into-recession-last-year-due-to-medical-holidays/

#COVID Isn't Going Anywhere. Masking Up Could Save My Life

Alice Wong writes about trying to keep safe in the pandemic as a high-risk person. "The normalization of repeated infections, preventable deaths, & anti-science propaganda is tearing the fabric of society, with the most marginalized hanging by a thread”

https://shorturl.at/qsFT4

@longcovid
#LongCovid #PwLC #LC #PASC #postcovid
@covid19
#COVID19 #SARSCoV2 @novid #novid #CovidIsNotOver #CovidBrain

COVID Isn’t Going Anywhere. Masking Up Could Save My Life.

Disability Visibility is a column on being disabled in a nondisabled world.

Teen Vogue
There are no words for how completely crazy it is that this country is apparently unable to stop Trump from a second try at seizing power, even when he fucking announces his intentions to be a goddamned DICTATOR publicly.

Via Ruth Ben-Ghiat
@ruthbenghiat
11:01 AM · Jan 18, 2024

"Trump is telling Americans very clearly that he will be jailing and killing Americans. Anyone who votes for him is complicit with these future crimes because of this transparency & these threats. Americans cannot say they did not know ahead of time."

#Authoritarians

Hi!! My name is Kate and I'm in the process of starting an all vegan baking business called Cat's Eye Cafe! I've been vegan for 5 years this month! 🎉 I made this account to share parts of the process, like recipes, biodegradable packaging, farmer's market prep, and photos of my cat. I have a full-time "day job" which doesn't pay too much, so I'm starting as small and cheaply as I can while still maintaining my values, which boil down to: being as harmless as possible! I haven't used any social media except reddit for several years, but I'm exploring other options now. I don't know many vegans in person right now, and I always like connecting online to remember that there are more of us every day trying to make the world kinder. Thanks for having me!

2024: "We have respirators that electrostatically capture viral particles, ventilation and filtration systems to clean indoor air, and UV lights to kill viruses."

1918: "That's incredible! What's it like living without all this illness?"

2024: "Oh, we don't actually use them."