Tom

@tjk@oldbytes.space
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Programmer, tinkerer, editor.

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webhttps://halffull.org/
bookshttps://www.amazon.com/Jen-Kirchner/e/B00AI6GIO8/
better halfhttps://jenkirchner.com
codehttps://github.com/tjkirch/
Having some fun modifying the fw on my Tangara. Looks pretty great with Album Art @jacqueline #tangara
have a little hedgehog being washed, as a treat

When I say "Good Morning" in my meetings, I'm being passive-aggressive to the offshore team that my company is replacing me with.

Anyone need a Linux systems engineer?

found on the internet today: thnickels.

https://thick-coins.net/

Heyo, here's an #Otter
Can we give all COVID variants names like this so people will FINALLY take it seriously?

A related thing I wish would stop being repeated in COVID-realist spaces is that the "disabled need to be protected" from the virus.

NO! EVERYONE NEEDS PROTECTION!

Nobody is immune to COVID. Nobody is immune to Long COVID. There is no cure for Long COVID.

Most people are catching COVID between 1 and 4 times per year.

Everyone infected with COVID develops some new health issues that began shortly after their first infection. That COVID might have caused these issues is a foreign concept to many folks suffering from COVID-induced issues. These same folks do not see themselves as disabled, vulnerable, or even as having Long COVID, and will not think to consider themselves as needing protection when we talk about "protecting the vulnerable" from (further) harm.

To say that the language we use to discuss this ongoing public health atrocity is "lacking" would be an understatement.

I'm appalled at claims I've seen in various supposedly COVID-realist circles that the virus has apparently "evolved to become milder" despite the fact that there is no evidence for this. None whatsoever.

The reasons why fewer people appear to be dying from the virus are:

• No one can die twice (vulnerable populations have already been culled by fascist governments worldwide who used the virus to save money on long-term care)
• No one tests anymore (medical care providers have effectively stopped testing altogether)
• Vaccines (which do significantly reduce the chances of dying even though they don't significantly reduce the odds of becoming infected or developing Long COVID)
• Deaths are being misattributed (50-year-olds dying of heart attacks? NotCOVID™! Healthy and fit seniors experiencing swift decline after a bout with COVID, only to die shortly after? It's just old age!)

#CovidIsNotOver #CovidIsNotMild #WearARespirator

Long COVID is Now the Number One Chronic Illness in Children.

"Repeatedly mass infecting kids with COVID is not a public health strategy. It's a fast pass to declining population health"

"So many children are getting Long COVID because COVID causes Long COVID, and children are not “immune” to COVID, they are not becoming healthier with each infection, and the adults around them are doing nothing to mitigate the virus."

"So if COVID is a virus that can disable them, damages their blood vessels, raises their risk of heart failure and cardiac arrest, causes autoimmune disorders, diabetes, and a range of mental health and cognitive problems, then we’d be doing something really awful by failing to deal with, or even acknowledge it. Maybe even unforgiveable."

Source: https://archive.md/c8aSv

@auscovid19

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Can we give all COVID variants names like this so people will FINALLY take it seriously?
Coincidentally, "razor blade throat" was my nickname in college.

Joke's on them because those were just my teeth.

Relevant:
https://youtu.be/6uMA8VyUgeE

Comedy Blow Job

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@Alice we don’t call you Slice for nothing
@Alice Looks way too much like a favorite actress....
@phaedral Absolutely her. She's the best.
@Alice Total celeb-crush... except I'm old enough to be her dad.

@Alice "sign in to verify your age."

Blow me, YouTube.

@Alice
Razor Blade Throat band name. Called it!!!

Polka style, metal band.

@WrenArcher I would go to the concert and buy the t-shirt! @Alice
@Alice throat game sharp as hell
@Alice you went to the concert. we came.
@Alice they named the new Covid like an old Bush album?
@Alice next mutation “battery acid esophagus” is gonna be lit
@Alice its gonna be harder for people to fake being healthy with this one
@Viss
Fully vaccinated and my ex boss brought it back from Colorado and gave it to all of us employees...
He knew he was sick and went into all of our work stations.
Spreading his stupid disease before any of us knew he was sick.
I ended up in the ER
It lasted around 2 weeks and I can't imagine what would have happened had I not been vaccinated.
I got Paxlovid at the ER and it still knocked me down.
@palin well thats horrible. it might be worth filing a workmans comp claim
@palin @Viss you should be able to sue for that in a just world. I think I heard somewhere there's an offence of knowingly passing on an STD... In theory COVID is *also* an STD..
@Alice Eagerly waiting for the "ballsplosion" variant next year.
@Alice I vote we call the next one lung ripper
@Alice has very Nine Inch Nails album vibes
@Alice they'll just assume it's not covid because they don't have a terrible throat ache so it's fine to infect other people...
@Alice they still won't take it seriously because ~40% of covid infections are asymptomatic, and humans are incredibly stupid. Most people don't even know what "asymptomatic" means, much less understand that the virus is causing long-term harm to their organs.

@Alice

folks in the comments have some good suggestions

mine is: COVID 'surprise heart attack'

@Alice

COVID's marketing team is terrible at its job

@benroyce @Alice

With all these new variants, you’d think they could revise the Covid version number from 19 to something more contemporary too.

@airwhale @Alice

yeah, it's not 2019 anymore. it's like listening to Drake or raving about "Avengers: Endgame" or doing the "Baby Shark" dance

it's so over, 6 years ago. COVID needs to innovate to appeal to contemporary audiences

@Alice I always read NB.1.8.1 as: No, Bitch I ate one!
@Alice oh, people still aren’t taking it as seriously as they should, sadly. i first saw this posted by a local news’ IG and the comments were things like “oh, so it’s just strep” or “i got that when i first had covid in 2021/22 and i lived through it” — made me sad and livid 😫
@Alice - Dangerous stuff. And some people still don't get vaccinated.