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Good news: it appears that repeated mRNA vaccinations promotes a broad spectrum inhibitory response to coronavirus infection.
I’ve had 5 mRNA vaccines and I know I’ve been repeatedly exposed to Covid since and just not caught it. I guess that’s why.
Repeat COVID-19 vaccinations elicit antibodies that neutralize variants, other viruses | Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis
Response to updated vaccine is shaped by earlier vaccines yet generates broadly neutralizing antibodiesTamara Schneider (Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis)
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I feel like I have a “brand”, and that brand is “slightly psychotic middle aged tomboy trans lesbian”.
And brands must be maintained.
So when it’s time to descale the kettle, and other people use vinegar …
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Me, with a time machine: Good news Pyotr Ilyich! You will be remembered as one of the best composers of all time!
Tchaikovsky: That IS good news! Thank you, time travelling stranger!
Me: … largely for the 1812 overture.
Tchaikovsky: <endless screaming>
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Me: LOL c'mon, I was kidding
Tchaikovsky: *cools down a little* oh?
Me: There'll be these 3 minutes from "The Nutcracker", too, y'know, the cheesy plonky ones?
<screaming resumes>
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Five years ago, the East Of England Liberal Democrats posted a photo of two transgender women, me and @Zoë O'Connell, wearing “Bollocks to Brexit” T-Shirts.
It is a sign of how far UK politics has fallen that that is utterly unthinkable now. Both the total erasure of transgender people’s existence and acceptance of Brexit are utter orthodoxy across the political spectrum there now.
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People always point to ghouls like Musk when they say that money can’t buy happiness.
Counterpoint: Enya. She made a load of money. She bought an actual castle. She retired to said castle to become a reclusive cat lady.
Inspirational!
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@Iwillyeah
From "The Terrible People" by Ogden Nash:
https://www.poeticous.com/ogden-nash/the-terrible-people?locale=fr
"The only incurable troubles of the rich are the troubles that money can’t cure,
Which is a kind of trouble that is even more troublesome if you are poor.
Certainly there are lots of things in life that money won’t buy, but it’s very funny -
Have you ever tried to buy them without money?"
The Terrible People, par Ogden Nash
People who have what they want are… And I wish I could afford to gath… I dont’ mind their having a lot of… But I do think that they damn wel… But no, they insist on being steal…Poeticous
Apparently this beach is accessed only by sea.
WRONG
Free soloed the bigger, down and up.
Because I can.
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Just stopped at a motorway services for a coffee. You know the place; sells petrol.
The bin was on fire.
At the place that sells petrol.
A couple of women just sitting next to it, watching the bin be on fire.
I went and told someone. The bin is no longer on fire.
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Today's new word is "zemiotics" which is apparently the study of social harm and loss, though this is unknown to the Oxford English Dictionary.
https://supervisorconnect.med.monash.edu/projects/zemiotics-gambling
Money talks
But it can’t sing and dance
And it can’t walk
As long as I can have you here with me
I’d much rather be
REVEREND BLUEJEANS!
Fellow ADHD types: I have found vegetable cheat mode. Before you boil them, chuck a shitload of MSG in the water.
Downside: I have now run out of vegetables and need to eat my own lips.
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Eurovision loses almost a quarter of UK viewers compared with 2023
Saturday night’s final watched by average of 7.64m as Britain’s entry Olly Alexander finished in 18th placeEmine Sinmaz (The Guardian)
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Me, in southern Portugal: you seen that Spain and Morocco are contemplating a rail tunnel?
@Zoë O'Connell, also in southern Portugal: But they won’t build a rail line to here? WHY EVEN IS SPAIN?
Me: That would be HARD, Zoe. They’d have to build a rail line over at least THREE KILOMETRES of line across land nobody lives on and construct a bridge of about TWO HUNDRED METRES.
So difficult.
There could be an underwater tunnel linking Europe and Africa by 2030
Eurostar, you have competitionLiv Kelly (Time Out)
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Spanish railways were originally built to six (Castilian) feet. Portuguese ones to five (Portuguese) feet. These are, however, only 8mm different - Portugal being 1664mm, Spain 1672mm.
When the two networks joined up (1880s), they agreed a compromise "Iberian" gauge of 1668mm, and gradually all track was switch to that, which was officially completed in 1955.
So yeah, they already fixed *that* problem 70 years go.
Possible UK aurora tonight!
There is a decent chance of seeing the #aurora tonight, over a huge chunk of Northern Europe (perhaps as far south as Switzerland) - https://www.space.com/solar-storm-coronal-mass-ejections-mothers-day-weekend-storm-watch - the sun is having a major geomagnetic event. #space #science4 large incoming solar bursts could supercharge the auroras this weekend
Increased solar activity has prompted the Space Weather Prediction Center (SWPC) to increase their vigilance heading into Mother's Day weekend.Meredith Garofalo (Space)
900 metres up the Algarve's tallest mountain in the middle of the night. Shockingly dark!
Worth it, though.
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lenses need that extra, post infinity 'reach' to do the autofocusing. Not sure if any of them actually have the infinity properly marked; none of the few ones I have/had had it. My current one has something that doesn't feel very accurate. Looking at manual focus lenses, they implement a similar cursor, but most seem to have the extra info of FoD, which make hyper focusing easier.
I use a similar technique to what @goatsarah explained. I mostly use Jupiter.
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In relation to this: https://www.404media.co/google-delists-sites-providing-diy-hormone-therapy-at-behest-of-uk-government/
I offer this: https://www.inhousepharmacy.vu/p-1120-progynova-2mg-3x28s.aspx
Google Delists Sites Providing DIY Hormone Therapy at Behest of UK Government
“In the short term, they will be left with no healthcare at all. However, they will find alternatives, as they always have.”Emanuel Maiberg (404 Media)
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Prone to doomscrolling the hours of insomnia away on Reddit because whatever.
Anyway, it seems heterosexual women getting all divorcy because their partners still wank is a thing.
And I’m like, “wow, your relationships are so very not like ours”.
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I remember this topic coming up at my university (mixed) halls of residence, and one of the guys turning to one of the girls and saying “Emma, guys wank.”
One of the most concisely truthful bits of education I’ve ever seen. 😂
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As someone with some unwanted experience in this, the answer is “no”.
Just trust me here.
Would you want to spend a week as someone of the opposite sex? Why/Why not?#CriticalQuestions #Quiz #PubQuiz #StayHome #StaySafe #StayHomeStaySafe
Would you want to spend a week as someone of the opposite sex? Why/Why not?
Critical Question #44 - Would you want to spend a week as someone of the opposite sex? Why/Why not?From:Critical Questions - Interval 4 of 9001 - The Quiz A...YouTube
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The results are in for the English and Welsh council elections, and the shitbag Tories have come third.
HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA!
Maybe spend less time obsessing about where we pee, eh guys?
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I am delighted and relieved but I daren't hope it'll improve nationally cos Labour is only "less bad" not necessarily any good.
My area did ditch our Tory mayor tho, the one who has been distancing himself from the parliamentary party while also being the life partner of Michael Fabricant which Makes No Sense At All Cos He's A Scary Loon.
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So that Jurassic Park, a creature-feature starring Tyrannosaurus Rex and Velociraptor, is named after a period that occurred over seventy million years before those animals evolved.
I am unreasonably annoyed by this.
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So there’s a thing about these right wing Americanists who want to force women back into “traditional gender roles” that I don’t get: they come from the bit of America where the music is all about women in traditional gender roles, trapped in an abusive marriage, murdering their husbands.
READ THE ROOM, GUYS.
Or drink coffee with arsenic in it. Your choice.
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(Srsly though here in the US this would more typically end with Earl murdering Wanda & probably Maryanne, too, if she lived in easy driving distance.)
https://youtu.be/bqnrXRuebWg
Dear god. I thought we left bullshit like “debate me bro!” in response to safety warnings to marginalised communities behind on fucking Twitter.
Apparently not. No, you do not get debated. You get blocked and fucking purged from the server.
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One reason I've not run a server here. The admins deal with it, and they're great at it.
I see a sea-lion about once every four months, if that
Useful into for UK trans feminine people
Pharmacies in Portugal (verified) and Spain (unverified) will often sell oestrogen HRT over the counter to tourists without a prescription. If you watch Ryanair prices, you could day trip there for £50 or less.
This will likely be cheaper and potentially safer than using an internet pharmacy.
2mg estradiol is readily available in pill form.
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The linked document is being circulated amongst NHS service providers for young trans people. It advises cessation of ALL medical intervention for transition but goes further. It suggests that if the patient or parents continue to access trans healthcare outside their system, they should be reported to social services with the implicit threat that the children will be taken from their parents.
IF YOU ARE A YOUNG TRANS PERSON OR A PARENT OF ONE, IT IS LIKELY UNSAFE TO ENGAGE WITH NHS MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES.
https://docs.google.com/document/d/1JSe-BPuhrSxsuxV4RLpbjCQRPMCFHbGQpv_UwWLfqF8/edit
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@Tormod Halvorsen You may well say that, and i wouldn’t argue.
Sadly, the health system in the UK is institutionally transphobic, and always has been.
Do you not have a Parish Councillor to vote for? 😄
No a more serious note, it's a nice day outside up here. Is it your way?
@sesquipedality I did vote for a police commissioner this time, though often I spoil the ballot. I've been less worried since it became clear they do nothing at all. But I should get back into the habit of spoiling.
I probably shouldn't have been told this, so I won't name names, but I've heard some hilarious Police Commissioner spoils from counters, from people venting about the police and their conduct to votes for Inspectors Morse, Frost, and Clouseau: it's a bit of an art-form, apparently, particularly for that particular post.
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I mean, I definitely caught the 'Rona after my first vaccination, but I've not been ill at all since (yet, I'm exhausted following my show run, so I'm just waiting to be hit...)