Garidin

@garidin
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#SecondLife, technology ethics (especially #privacy), #Covid #pandemic, news, and other issues. More in my introduction post: https://mastodon.social/web/@garidin/108262587042318069

Extremists and authoritarians are not my cup of tea. I am tired of incivility and toxic partisanship. If you describe yourself as Woke or RedPilled, we are not compatible.

I #StandWithUkraine.

Pro-choice folks are welcome.

I am weary of hearing about cryptocurrency and have filtered terms associated with it.

Along the Merrimack last night.
#MagicInTheMundane

A More Troubling Picture of Sea Level Rise Is Coming into View.

Scientists have uncovered a “blind spot” in the research on rising seas, revealing that tens of millions of people thought safe from coastal flooding are at risk of inundation. Across much of the world, sea levels are higher than previously assumed and land is sinking faster. #ClimateChange #ClimateCrisis #GlobalWarming

https://e360.yale.edu/features/sea-level-rise-land-subsidence

A More Troubling Picture of Sea Level Rise Is Coming into View

Scientists have uncovered a "blind spot" in the research on rising seas, revealing that tens of millions of people thought safe from coastal flooding are at risk of inundation. Across much of the world, sea levels are higher than previously assumed and land is sinking faster.

Yale E360

The images are unedited; no post-processing.

Head: LeLutka - Kaya
Hair: Wings - ES0408
Eyes: Avi-Glam - River
Body: Legacy - Pinup Bombshell
Skin: Skinnery - Cherry
Moles: Tutti Belli - Doll Moles
Eyeshadow: Cazimi - Mocha Eyeshadow
Earrings: Cazimi - Anna Earrings
Necklace: Cazimi - Birthstone Necklace
Sweater: Axe - Bombshell Sweater Dress
Jeans: Blueberry - DWL Jeans - Classic Skinny Jeans
Tank: Riot - Emily BOM Tank Top
Boots: Addams - Babe Zipped Boot (short)

#avatar #SecondLife #Garidin

Watching Fedi and the world react to the US president go absolutely unhinged in public, threatening war crimes as his cognitive grip disintegrates before our eyes, watching the horror and the outrage…there is something I want to tell you from Minneapolis.

And I’m not sure how, and I’m not sure if I can, but I want to try. People are always thanking us and calling us heroes and asking us for some kind of…something, anything we can offer in the face of the authoritarian march, and well, here it is, here is something, if I can figure out how to say it.

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Today is Jane Goodall Day. Her movement continues.

https://news.mongabay.com/2026/04/today-is-jane-goodall-day-her-movement-continues/

April 3 now carries a different kind of weight. It was always Jane Goodall’s birthday. Now it is also a marker—a point in the year when people are asked not just to remember her, but to do something with what she set in motion. The idea behind the first Jane Goodall Day is simple…

#JaneGoodall #Day #MakeADifference #Birthday #Movement

I will never look at the Slack logo the same way now
Do you have the flu, Covid or RSV? Look out for these symptoms

Flu and Covid, including a new variant called BA.3.2, nicknamed “cicada,” are still circulating across the U.S. in 2026. How do you know what's making you sick?

NBC News

As luck would have it, Codey and I were wearing similar monochromatic outfits, and happened to find a coordinating zebra ride at Cheerful Nihilism. I swear to you that we did not plan this.

#Garidin #avatar #SecondLife #LegacyPinup #LegacyBombshell

Ensitrelvir was just approved in Japan for prophylaxis against SARSCOV2 #COVID19
Among 2,041 people living with COVID-19 patients, 30 of 1,030 who received it developed the disease within 10 days compared with 91 of 1,011 (9.0%) in the placebo group for relative risk ⬇️67%.

Visiting G Corner Mart, an eatery in the new Ridgewood Enclave Shopping District.

Hair: Truth - Valiant
Head: LeLutka - Kaya
Eyes: Avi-Glam - River
Body: Legacy - Pinup Bombshell
Skin: Skinnery - Cherry
Eyeshadow: Cazimi - Mocha
Body Chain: Secrets - Mary Ann Diamond
Watch: Ysoral - Dragon
Arm Tattoo: Carol G - Luz
Face Tattoo 1: Kira Tattoo - 40 Evo X A Black
Top: Belle Epoque - Stephy Top
Wrap: MoOH - Armwarmer
Jeans: Kiwi - Sweet Soul

#Garidin #avatar #SecondLife