Dr Pifflepop

@1goodtern Not sure there can be a better Kurgan or remake. Nice if they’re keeping some of the Queen soundtrack though.

Oh my word, I have just learnt that they're remaking Highlander with Henry Cavill, Russel Crowe, Dave Bautista, and Karen Gillan. And Djimon Hounsou. And my entire teenage life just flashed before my eyes. imdb.com/title/tt123552…

@drseanmullen Not physical mask fatigue for me, just can’t afford new ones. But I’ve a stock pile of ugly ones (white).

I know there’s mask fatigue among those of us who’ve kept it up all this time… those who’ve been plagued by Long Covid who are ready to drop their guard. And I’m honestly at times pissed by the virtue-signaling… because some in CC Land aren’t here to help those with Long Covid. Like WTF? Where are you all on helping those who haven’t been able to avoid the consequences of infection? You’re able bodied and you need to at the same time, fight for those with Long Covid!!! Meanwhile, these kind of posts give me hope. I’ve recently learned of a guy who found someone CC across the country who masks. I think one day we’re going to get to a point where we’re using breathalyzers that can detect airborne pathogens and stop people from entering… it my dream for my daughter to experience a low-risk normal life once again. Concerts. Sporting events. Comedy clubs. Dating. I want her to be able to date without any real threat to her health. Can we get there please?? Please!!???

@1goodtern And.. it’s impossible to get people to understand the benefits of a mask. It’s beyond that to even suggest to a new parent the implications etc.

This week yet another friend has told me that their infant has developmental problems. And a lot of them have said that they haven't told anyone else like family or peers. I have to be sadly honest: it's a big proportion of the people I know who've had babies recently.

@BlackIslePMD @FlowerdewBob Ahh my lawn is on boggy Scottish clay. There’s grass, moss, herbs. A lovely mess.

Why are people against moss in lawns? It looks great feels soft and bouncy and doesn't need mown. A section of my front garden is now 90% moss with some heather, dandelions and a smidge of grass.

@Matteynice @Watchman_motto Exactly ^

The real problem is that over time if you DONT take care and knock down that center, the tracks eventually erode deep enough to where you would eventually bottom out and scrape the entire time and the would be no remedy except redoing and grading the entire driveway. Instead, keeping gravel in the middle helps fight that

I share about 100 yards of drive way with my ~70yr old neighbors. For some reason he’s obsessed with knocking down the center grass in the middle of the tire ruts and covering it with gravel. He talks about it all the time, probably 30% of all conversations I have with him are about this. He’s asking if I want to pitch in for more gravel, etc. When I put my parents in a guest house behind the barn, my dad started talking about it too. He got some roundup and sprayed his section of road. Am I missing something here? I see no problem with it. It looks fine. It occupies 0% of my mind. I’m prepared to spend 0 dollars to remedy this “problem” What is happening?

Not sure how something spreads? Wear a respirator. If it helps, great. If it doesn’t, you still avoided other pathogens along the way. There’s no downside to protecting yourself. People who are bothered by other people choosing to wear one are not worth giving any thought to.

Cruised through the last few days at work. Mask good. People who don’t. Aren’t really even people at this point. I’ve disassociated.

Here are 5 reasons why I would wear a respirator, if I lived somewhere with a Meningitis B outbreak.

It took me 8 years of overthinking, burnout, and self-judgment to realize what I’m about to tell you in 2 minutes. This is how neurodivergent minds - the anxious, the hyper-focused, the “too intense” ones - were never broken:

People can say what they want about ‘toxic’ Twitter, but it’s the only place where the health fallout from the ‘Living with Covid’ policy is being discussed.

@cocomarvgrows Had a usually nice person go full ‘why? Are you wearing that’ and the old immunity debt thing. 3+ years with that particular person and …

I get it now. Unlike an umbrella or eyeglasses, a respie sparks anger and resentment in people because they think it’s a symbol of belief instead of a tool of science. They take it as an invitation to disagree. I finally see it.

@CovidSolidarit1 For me weeping left eye. Inflammation and cracking in outer left ear is a suggestion. Could easily be wrong.

I really believe that for me sneezing = mild reinfection. Whenever I sneeze for a few days - even a bit - it is followed by neuro and / or GI symptoms. I do not test positive. Sometimes taste / smell disrupted. I also think eyes are an underestimated route in for the virus.

@carltonkitheka1 Then why do some descend from the ceiling to my face. Why did a woodlouse spider (chunky) fall from a kitchen cabinet. There’s obviously a few wayward spiders.

Spiders learn our routines so if you ever find a spider in your house just know you're not following your routine

Funny world. Someone on the ‘nice’ person list went full anti mask, immunity debt bull yesterday. They’re now on the not nice list.

@muddymuddymum My neighbour used to randomly give me eggs. I’d give them to my mum because she adored them. Neighbour and hens have moved.

I have a lot of eggs. My egg tray is three levels high. My shelf has eggs, My mum has eggs, my mil has eggs, my neighbours have eggs, my friends have eggs. I have a plastic bucket full of eggs. The cleanest eggs are for sale. But the dirtiest I’m stuck with. (Thanks Rain) 1

@SarahSanders58 @dolphinsands Exactly. Local zero waste place does pay what you like (to a point) on books. Plus a free section outside.

@dolphinsands They don't sell books because they try and charge them too much. If they charged about 20p per book, people would buy a bag full, bring them all back a few weeks later and they could sell them again.

Our local charity shop rejected my carload of hardback novels & biographies ("We only take Lee Childs in paperback") & a Victorian chair ("It needs a fire safety label"). I had to take them to the tip. Books & antique furniture have joined willow pattern pottery & stamp albums.

@dolphinsands Very fortunate to have a zero waste store locally. If they don’t need/can’t accommodate it’s put out in a free to take area.

@_samantha8 Nope. I called a taxi to get to work when I had a flat tyre. My dad was all why didn’t you call me!

I just said to my uncle "is £246 to Liverpool airport both ways expensive" and he said it was and now, he's offered to take me to/from the airport. My stupid brain is hoping he didn't think I was hinting 🙄😭😂

@1goodtern Seen more masks recently. One reasonablely good one. Yet the people with them don’t wear them. An increase in mobility scooter use, sales of anti diarrhoea medication, flu capsules and similar.

I had a conversation yesterday with a woman who has just been off work sick. "It wasn't a cough or a cold or temperature or anything like that, I just had fatigue and could hardly get out of bed for a week, I'm not the only one, it's something going round the office". She looked like she had been bitten by a vampire, grey, pale, slack skinned. Left me a little concerned.

We are being gaslit into believing that the impulsivity, cruelty & polarisation we are seeing is purely cultural & political. That explanation is psychologically comforting, but inaccurate. It means we don't have to examine biology. But we must. COVID has entered the chat 🧵