Sunday dinner by candlelight.

I’m beginning to understand how military strategists feel.

n_ootpinguwalda@nootpinguwalda.bsky.social · 7h ago

We’re now getting round to the serious business of checking the order of the courses we’ve applied for at various unis starting next spring. Because if you exceed the max number of credits, they start deleting courses in reverse priority order.

We’re now getting round to the serious business of checking the order of the courses we’ve applied for at various unis starting next spring. Because if you exceed the max number of credits, they start deleting courses in reverse priority order.

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Plum-based polenta cakey - check. HIGNFY - check. Obedient plushies - X.

Just changed the carbon filter in one of my air purifiers and I can tell you that it’s VERY efficient at picking up any of my hair that is floating around in the air :-D

The countless people who glossed over disinformation and normalized MAHA in any way should recognize this the result of their actions. We no longer have to wonder how the Tuskegee experiments were allowed to happen. We are seeing it for ourselves.

Elizabeth Jacobs, PhD@elizabethjacobs.bsky.social · 2d ago

This is a disaster. The ethics committee in Denmark that approved the Guinea-Bissau study which will withhold the birth dose of HepB vaccine “had never considered medical studies before but it changed the rules in order to vote on this one”. Four members of the committee have resigned in protest.

If you’re still masking… thank you! It might feel lonely but you’re not alone. Many of us are still wearing masks and still trying to break chains of transmission. As the world falls apart…protecting your health and the health of those around you is paramount. It’s resistance and community care.

What it’s like to be masking in 2026

In which I answer the burning question everyone is asking – “why are you still masking in 2026”?

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Instead of funding Ebola prevention efforts, the US is funding this disgracefully unethical study sanctioned by RFK Jr and spearheaded by a couple of Danish charlatans. bsky.app/profile/swee...

Al Jazeera English@aljazeera.com · 16h ago

New cases in eastern DRC and a fatal imported infection in Kenya highlight the challenges of containing Ebola.

Interesting to consider Ukrainian strikes on Russian datacenters as playing defence against Putin's capacity to manipulate the US midterms. #Ukraine standing up for US democracy when the US government won't. That would explain Trump's recent meltdowns too... 🤔

WaterBluSky 🇺🇸 🌻 🇺🇦@waterblusky.bsky.social · 16h ago

Cloudfare: Russian troll activity on X drops to 49%, after Ukraine strikes Yandex Russian data center. 🤖 🫤 Could this disrupt the midterms for the GOP?

After leaving tanker, oil from Exxon Valdez devastates Alaskan coastline on its own, killing over 250,000 seabirds.

As best as I can tell, RFK Jr.'s latest antivax stunt runs counter to the WMA Declaration of Helsinki. Withholding HepB vaccination clearly does not meet any definition of clinical equipoise. Doing it anyway, overseas, is straight up colonialist medicine.

Melody Schreiber@melodyschreiber.com · 2d ago

BREAKING: The controversial hepatitis B vaccine trial in Guinea-Bissau is moving forward -- and here are the details on how it will take place: www.theguardian.com/society/2026...

“I #MaskUp because I am immunocompromised. I am a voice actor for animation, audio books and video games. I don’t want to get sick. I also want to protect others. It’s the right thing to do.” —Helen Laser, @newyorkcomiccon.bsky.social panelist. 📸: @msjulieslam.bsky.social #IAmNYCC

I feel like, since the pandemic started, we not only failed to structurally integrate the necessary infrastructures for hybrid events, but lost several mechanisms we USED to have. Where's the widespread hashtag use? Where's the conference accounts posting reminders? Maybe it's happenstance, i dunno

Yes, we have made so-called glop.

waaaaaah don’t tempt me with a good time!

Jorge@antartica81.bsky.social · yesterday

First good night's sleep in a while and I had a vivid dream. I dreamt that I'd woken up in a world where there was no more Trump, Farage or any of their cult. Where we were all just reasonable people and decent to each other.

Time for serf to rest her achy back and bones and drink a pumpkin spice thingy and finishing shopping for FOODS! Cheered on by this ‘orrible lot!

Yeah, 1 and 2 are not helping 3 to be honest.

That’s quite enough chores for one day - it must surely be SNACK TIME!

n_ootpinguwalda@nootpinguwalda.bsky.social · yesterday

We are hovel cleaning and Dumbo and I are astonished at the level of filth we’ve managed to accumulate. Our medieval ancestors would be proud!

We’re listening to a Depeche playlist while cleaning and holy shit, they have the BEST riffs. I’d forgotten just how good.

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We are hovel cleaning and Dumbo and I are astonished at the level of filth we’ve managed to accumulate. Our medieval ancestors would be proud!

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Or had some serious therapy at a early age.

HappyToast@happytoast.co.uk · yesterday

If only Trump had been interested in Pokémon or some other unending, constant rewarding distraction, none of this would ever have happened.

Just finished a spot of brunch and Dumbo the King and I are annoyed at a massive fly buzzing around. Good job it’s CLEANING DAY, eh? Also Dumbo says that he was right about Saturday serf being delighted that Friday serf did the washing-up last night before the rave.

All the leaves are brown and the sky is grey. I've been for a walk, our balls are cold today. They'd be dry and warm if they were in L.A. #SaturdayMorning dreaming on an #Orkney autumn day. 🍂

This continues to be utterly grim and I sincerely hope the entire study is shut down. How the feck Denmark could let any of it pass scrutiny is beyond me - hope any investigation into it results in the protagonists losing their jobs at the very least. They shouldn’t be allowed to work in academia.

Elizabeth Jacobs, PhD@elizabethjacobs.bsky.social · 2d ago

This is a disaster. The ethics committee in Denmark that approved the Guinea-Bissau study which will withhold the birth dose of HepB vaccine “had never considered medical studies before but it changed the rules in order to vote on this one”. Four members of the committee have resigned in protest.

Thank feck for that!

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Chaucer Doth Tweet@levostregc.bsky.social · 2d ago

Worrye not about 'being productive,' for thou art not a product. Thou art a star daunsinge yn a hopeful skye. A signal blinking across centuryes and worldes. Thou art a song performid just once and perfectlye. Ther ys no part of thee that evir koude be wrong.

Just read about Karl Bushby for the first time - hope his mum’s got the kettle on!

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That was fun but my phone is getting old and can no longer cope with a 3-hour Zoom call with sound, video and chat. Didn’t dare use the later because everything kept freezing. Will have to find a solution before Halloween!

n_ootpinguwalda@nootpinguwalda.bsky.social · 2d ago

We’re heading to the fairground in Vienna this evening apparently for our online rave - I have no idea what to expect but am wearing trashy clothes :-D

I keep hearing that being concerned about Covid, or that being concerned about AI, is really just a sign of “a moral panic,” but based on the state of the world these days it seems immoral not to be at least a little panicked. * Plague poems week 343: librarianshipwreck.wordpress.com/2026/10/09/p...

Plague Poems – The Three-Hundred-and-Forty-Third Week

I was told we should be preparing as we would for an approaching storm: systems will fail, help will be unavailable, prices will rise; and while “prepare” is fine advice it feels likes …

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We’re heading to the fairground in Vienna this evening apparently for our online rave - I have no idea what to expect but am wearing trashy clothes :-D

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