hallo new peeps. my profile and header are obscenely out of date, but I've had this thing for over twenty years so they kind of show who and what I was or have been and so on; looking back there's various gaps like the first Great Exodus where everyone fucked off to Dreamwidth, (though cross-platform posting used to work so there's some overlap) or back when twitter wasn't a toxic fascist hell-pit (which also used to cross-post here) and so on. I had/have a number of friend group filters, and ultimately friends-locked had to become the default; public posts like this one are rare and tagged as such, but if we're 'friends' and not just 'subscribed' you just need to be logged in to see the majority of this weird archive.
I check here daily but don't post much anymore. Trying to get back to it, if only to keep better track of things so I can remember *when* they happened.
The government has shut down the only lab that certified the safety and effectiveness of all masks and respirators sold in the US. You know, NIOSH ratings? That was what that lab did. The millions of Americans whose job hazards require them to use these things apparently don't matter, nevermind the rest of us.
Prices are already going up so RIGHT NOW is the time to stockpile as many as you feasibly can, N/KN95s are going to be all that stands between you and measles, bacterial meningitis, whooping cough (I lived through that, but only just. -20/10 Do not recommend.), tuberculosis and everything else that's about to come swarming back in the next 4 years or more.
(Nevermind how toxic the air's about to become again in general...)
eBay is one source for known quality brand name masks in bulk, people are still selling off enormous stockpiles from five years ago but check prices against retail before you buy. I just scored a box of 50 for $34 less than Home Depot is currently charging for the same thing, but Amazon has them for cheaper if you use them (I don't.). Doesn't matter how you get them but the time is now for this, people are only just starting to realize.
Beat the price gouging and the rush. As many as you can financially manage. NOW. Cloth isn't going to cut it, and nothing you buy manufactured in the future will be tested or proved functional at all. Counterfeits were another thing that lab sniffed out and stopped, especially while the gov't was pretending to take COVID seriously. Nothing to stop that now.
everything going down the shitter exactly on schedule... as both parties allowed. either we all get off our asses and do something, literally or metaphorically, it's going to keep happening. no politician will protect you no matter what state you're in. MA is not an ivory tower. It's Helm's Deep. And that's what's coming at us.
Thu, 12:18: The cat bed territory war continues. Need to finish knitting the second one soon, when hands are working well enough to do it. https://t.co/IJJhC6uwQ8
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Thu, 13:17: RT @BrianMteleSUR: CNN has apologized for fabricating a news story to damage the Lula govt. After announcing that Ukrainian aviation compan…
Thu, 13:49: RT @ParabolaCenter: We remain neutral on the SAFE Banking Bill and are glad to see this version has small positive improvements, developed…
Thu, 14:27: RT @ScorpioMystique: #Scorpio could care less about societal expectations. They do whatever they want, whenever they want.
Thu, 14:27: RT @the_tweedy: A FedEx carrier rolled up when I was feeding my crow pals. At first I was a little embarrassed, but he asked "what are you…
Thu, 15:29: RT @AlHendiify: Backyard Basecamp is only $1200 away from being able to access a massive matching grant to retrofit this abandoned farmhous…
Wed, 12:59: RT @DrDoyleSays: I love this fantasy where something being a diagnosis in the DSM means jack sh*t about its actual existence. As if clini…
Wed, 13:20: RT @MspcaAngell: Advocacy Specialist Elizabeth Magner says installing motion detecting strobe lights is a good way to prevent bears from ta…
Wed, 13:24: RT @SamanthaSLK1: #wyrdwednesday Dried Snapdragon seed pods look like mini skulls and emit a sweet scent. They're believed to have superna…
Tue, 12:09: RT @chipgoines: I guess it really is too much to ask for a progressive candidate for president. My choices are between a spineless centris…
Tue, 12:16: RT @micahinATL: We now know the names of the cops who murdered Tortugita.
Tue, 12:22: RT @TeamTFButler: NEW: Task Force Butler just released 300+ page report PROJECT HUSKY, identifying dozens of members of neo-Nazi gang "Nati…
Tue, 14:33: RT @bibicosplays: Yesterday, the harassment I faced from @canada_disabled wasn't subtle. Usually the harassment I face is more subtle. A l…
Mon, 15:43: RT @ibdgirl76: Dr shut down, Maryland DOH warns that patients will be abandoned and at risk, yet not one suggestion of how to find a new dr…
Mon, 15:47: RT @AP: “Why do we elevate Elvis and erase Little Richard?” Lisa Cortés, director of “Little Richard: I Am Everything,” says her new docum…
Mon, 15:49: RT @LadyStoryweaver: Disabled People 🤝 Trans People Knowing more about what you need than doctors and regularly having to drag them by the…
Mon, 18:58: RT @mattbc: I'm stunned – I do not actually have any words
Mon, 19:04: RT @bill_shaner: It really is surreal that WPS teachers are locked loaded safety off finger on the trigger about to strike and tomorrow nig…
Mon, 11:11: RT @CityLife_Clvu: TODAY'S READ: How "city-state disputes & resistance from influential real estate groups have thwarted numerous efforts t…
Mon, 11:15: RT @bill_shaner: Welp as expected we're paying every cop a $1,300 annual stipend to wear body cameras, the accountability tool that's prove…
Mon, 11:25: RT @hetherrfortune: music, and all art for that matter, stopped being pure as soon as wealth and status became realistic goals for the arti…
Mon, 11:55: RT @GBHNews: "I believe that any person that has a marijuana offense, currently or in the past, that should be wiped from their record," sa…
Mon, 11:55: RT @IDPCnet: URGENT: We need your solidarity and support: #Singapore has scheduled the execution of Mr Suppiah by hanging on 26 April for c…
Sun, 13:27: RT @fck_ur_lies: The sooner they snatch them up, break the education loop, marry them off, and put them into the slave-labor force, the eas…
Sun, 13:28: RT @karaswisher: All joking aside, putting a blue check on someone’s profile without asking permission and then implying, say, a celebrity,…
Sun, 15:28: RT @Bootsy_Collins: Parents, Aunties, and Unks! Coming soon! Junebug gets inspired to run a record store after meeting @Bootsy_Collins Bear…
Sun, 15:34: RT @CrimsonZabrak: —— In the year after the massacre on Dathomir, Darth Maul fought alongside his Mandalorian Guard and the Nightbrothers,…
Sun, 15:38: RT @saranimd: I’m incredibly thankful to be a trauma surgeon, work in a great trauma center, and have partners who genuinely save lives. Th…
Sun, 15:39: RT @veryimportant: Sea Org got the idea of abusive, billion-year contracts from Victory Records