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Cotopaxi

@Cotopaxi@mstdn.social

Retired: "Let joy be unconfined."
Former writer, university student benefits administrator, and public servant.
We live in Texas. A cat runs our household.

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stevesilberman, to random
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One thing I find fascinating about Republican voters and the mainstream media is that Trump routinely says things like this and -- well, you may not have heard, but the man is running for President of the United States -- and nobody just says outright, "WHAT THE BLOODY FUCK IS WRONG WITH THIS MAN? WHAT THE FUCK IS HE TALKING ABOUT?"

Cotopaxi,
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@junecasagrande @stevesilberman

image/gif. Man with handkerchief tied over his head complains that his brain hurts. The man is Mr. Gumby, a character from several Monty Python sketches. Mr. Gumby is not smart enough to find his way out of a paper bag. Don't be like Mr. Gumby.

StillIRise1963, to random
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Roe v. Wade was decided in 1973. I was 10 years old. Put in perspective the fact that until I was 10, abortion was illegal. So, I began my life without bodily autonomy. I had it from ages 10 - 60, and now I’m back at square one, without any. This RIGHT didn’t even exist for one person’s entire lifetime.

Cotopaxi,
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@StillIRise1963 @Aviva_Gary Yes, this is so important! I made a point of telling young co-workers what my mother, now 90-yo, and I experienced in the workplace, before laws and policies were in place to discourage discrimination and harassment. They were shocked. In my last years, I also told them it's their job to continue to fight to protect what our generation established and advance the battleground. The fight for freedom and equality spans generations, and complacency is surrender.

dancinyogi, (edited ) to random
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What was the BEST thing that happened to you in 2023?

Please reply and then boost the question. We hear so much negativity about this year. What is one positive thing that happened to you?

Cotopaxi,
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@dancinyogi So many wonderful things were brought into being in 2023, from the HOA finally landscaping the front of our unit to mitigate flooding every time it rained to successfully avoiding covid for one more year. Best is that Mom cleared her 90th birthday and is still kicking, still living independently, with a little support from her kids. 😊

Cotopaxi, to random
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Link to Time magazine story "Is It Dangerous to Keep Getting Covid-19?", below.
"People who had multiple infections were three times more likely to be hospitalized for their infection up to six months later than those who only got COVID-19 once, and were also more likely to have problems with clotting, gastrointestinal disorders, kidney, and mental-health symptoms. The risks appeared to increase the more infections people experienced."

https://time.com/6553340/covid-19-reinfection-risk/

Red_Shirt_Dude, to random
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I'm a computer guy, and every time I watch a show that has anything to do with computers I'm always complaining that the writers are full of 💩 💔 (That's not even a real IP address!).
I assume that cops, lawyers, and doctors are the same about cop, lawyer, and doctor shows respectively.

My question is, are there any shows that depict procedure faithfully?

For example, I've watched The Expanse, and I suspect that they run all of the physics by an expert to make the show more realistic.

Cotopaxi,
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@Red_Shirt_Dude Both TV series MASH and Scrubs consistently consulted with medical professionals to ensure accuracy in portraying their characters and plots.

Cotopaxi, to random
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Dr. Al-Aly, Senate hearing on Long Covid:
"The burden of long COVID, the burden of disease and disability from long COVID, when you measure it, is on par with the burden of cancer and heart disease. And even if people emerge unscathed after having the first infection, they can still get long COVID after reinfection, and I don't think enough people really know this fact, or know about this. Recovery rates of long COVID are also low."

https://boingboing.net/2024/01/19/long-covid-expert-at-us-senate-hearing-the-burden-of-disease-and-disability-from-long-covid-is-on-par-with-the-burden-of-cancer-and-heart-disease.html/amp

GottaLaff, to legal
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Via Anna Bower 1/...:

In a new filing at the DC Circuit Court of Appeals, special counsel argues that is not immune from federal election interference charges.

Andrew Weissmann:

Trump defense to impeachment charge was: the Senate has no jurisdiction as I am no longer in office.

Trump defense to criminal charge is: I am immune since you did not convict me in the Senate impeachment trial.

https://storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.cadc.40415/gov.uscourts.cadc.40415.1208583920.0.pdf

Cotopaxi,
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@GottaLaff These defenses are not based on any claim of innocence of wrongdoing, but appear to be more along the lines of, "Yeah, I did it, but niener niener, can't catch me!"

Cotopaxi, to animals
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"Yessss! All the toy fishies are belong to Bella! Life is good!"

RickiTarr, to random
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What's a good movie to watch with your Mom?

Cotopaxi,
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@RickiTarr We enjoyed the second Downton Abbey movie, but we're both fans of the series. It's not PC, but we both love Gone With the Wind. Oh, that Scarlett O'Hara sure is a caution!

Cotopaxi, to animals
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I thought Bella and I were both enjoying my Beatles playlist. But she gave me the Hard Stare, then left to go nap upstairs. So...not a fan?
(early)

Cotopaxi, to animals
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Bella, lovin' that comforting aroma of her people's foot funk. Ah!

Orange and white cat Bella pressing her face against the heel of a grey Croc shoe. Dad's feet smell best.
Orange and white cat Bella pushing her face into pink Croc shoe for a good whiff of foot funk. Mmm, smells like Mom!

bmacDonald94, to random
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"Eventually you reach a point when you stop lying about your age and start bragging about it."
Will Rogers

Cotopaxi,
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@bmacDonald94
I love this.
I'm letting my old lady hair grow out, and sometimes my inner critic whispers, "You look pathetic, Old Biddy Trying To Look Young!"
And I answer, "Shut up, you. I'm not trying to look young--as if! I'm saving haircut money. And who cares what I do with my hair? I look fabulous."
White and grey are beautiful. 🤍

Cotopaxi, to random
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So, Christmas Baker's, what to do with cookies too gooey to stack, cookies that want to bind together in a sticky mess?
You wad them into into balls and roll them in graham cracker or vanilla wafer crumbs and make truffles! Mmmm...truffles...

Cotopaxi, to animals
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We found Hubby a great chair at a local thrift store to replace his very uncomfortable, aged one. Bella thinks we got it for HER, and she approves heartily.

Cotopaxi, to random
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Still masking, which we will do during our family Christmas as we do everywhere outside our home. Please, stay safe, mask up. Spread Christmas cheer, not debilitating infections.

Link to Express news story:
Covid poses a ‘serious threat’ warns alarming new study as latest viral strain sweeps US
https://www.express.co.uk/life-style/health/1846611/covid-variant-jn-1-symptoms/amp

Cotopaxi, to animals
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Dragons like to sleep in a pile of their riches.
Cats like to nap in a pile of their toys.
They must be related somehow. 🤔

Cotopaxi, to Cats
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Oh, snuggly day!

Cotopaxi, to random
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"Taken together, these studies show that COVID-19 poses a serious risk to brain health, even in mild cases, and the effects are now being revealed at the population level."
Keep masking, friends. Your brain--and other organs--will thank you.

Link to story: Mounting research shows that COVID-19 leaves its mark on the brain, including with significant drops in IQ scores
https://theconversation.com/mounting-research-shows-that-covid-19-leaves-its-mark-on-the-brain-including-with-significant-drops-in-iq-scores-224216

Cotopaxi, to twitter
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"There is a large graveyard filled with my enemies.
I do not wish to add to it, but will if given no choice.
Those who pick fights with me do so at their own peril, but maybe this is their lucky day..."

#X .

Cotopaxi, to animals
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When you have a nap attack while playing with all your toys. Gosh, fun is exhausting! 🤭

Cotopaxi, to random
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Following a six week break, I checked into Twitter today, scrolled for three minutes, then deactivated my account. Break brought clarity. Twitter feeds a spiraling addiction to unhealthy self-righteous outrage, fear, and anger. Continuing exposure spikes cortisol to levels as destructive to the body as they are to the mind. I've been so much better without that barrage of vitriol. I miss aspects of it, but not the toxicity.
Wishing all here peace of mind and happy endorphins today.

Cotopaxi, to random
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@gneilyo
Hubby shared this YouTube video with me to start my day, Lewis Black on The Daily Show, ripping the cybertruck a new one. Hilarious!
Warning: Bad language, vulgarities, Spew-Coffee-On-Keyboard comedy
Aaaaand--Beetlejuice!
https://youtu.be/yhWqls-CQww?feature=shared

fkamiah17, to random
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🤨 🤥

Cotopaxi,
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@fkamiah17 Before Texas goes blue--or even magenta--we need a much heftier voting wedge of people who want change, will work for it, and will vote for it. This state has been about white male patriarchy and wealth most of its history, and those benefitting from power will stoop to any amount of dirty tricks to hold it. This is why education and women's health especially are unsupported here. The No Child Left Behind policy that started mass erosion of national public education started here.

StillIRise1963, to random
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I’m interested to hear about this bond situation in the Tish James case.

Cotopaxi,
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@StillIRise1963 Yep. But really, crazy is in our rearview mirror. This is surreal, like we all woke up in a checkerboard Dali landscape draped with melting clocks and a sky plastered with giant eyeballs and scissors. The world is tilted on a vertiginous axis, and the only thing that can set it right for me personally will be to see justice done and those responsible brought to account. I thought the Nixon scandals were disruptive and absorbing, but this...this is a whole new level. 😬

Cotopaxi, to random
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Link to story below: New study shows 1 in 4 US adults infected with covid developed long covid symptoms lasting three months or longer. /1

https://boingboing.net/2024/02/06/new-study-reveals-that-almost-1-in-4-adults-in-the-united-states-who-had-covid-also-developed-long-covid-symptoms.html/amp

Cotopaxi,
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An additional new study, link to story below, shows high rate of excess deaths are attributable to covid.
Mask up, stay safe! And if masking is making you feel alienated, take heart. You're doing the right thing to protect yourself. /2
.
https://medicalxpress.com/news/2024-02-analysis-reveals-excess-deaths-attributed.amp

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