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OtherRyn

@OtherRyn@mountains.social

Cyborg that's part of the problem. (T1D since 2016.)
Sassy and competent.
Gregarious introvert.
Alaska - England - Germany (with a few steps between).

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afewbugs, to random
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Over a decade ago when I was in The Gambia we had one of these badboys https://doulton.com/products/british-berkefeld-stainless-steel-gravity-system?variant=47184177824078 because as a poor country hammered by the legacy of colonialism it didn't the infrastructure to provide safe clean drinking water on tap, and today here I am in the UK in 2024 wondering if I should consider buying one of the damn things https://www.theguardian.com/environment/article/2024/may/15/devon-resident-told-to-boil-tap-water-over-risk-parasitic-disease-south-west

OtherRyn,
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@afewbugs That's a little disconcerting.

OtherRyn,
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@afewbugs The insulin shortages were bad enough to read about, but for such a major area to be without safe tap water? Worrying.

OtherRyn,
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@afewbugs @SaintlySin I am so sorry to hear that. I remember sitting in my "How to live with diabetes" course pre-Brexit vote and someone asked the lead endocrinologist "do you think there will be shortages" and he said "I can't predict the future". I pointed out that there was no England-based pharmaceutical company manufacturing insulin, so... I was then accused by another course taker of 'fearmongering'.

I have never been so sad to have an "I told you so" in my pocket.

OtherRyn, to random
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My timeline is filled with people seeing their first aurora last night and it's so heartwarming. I'm so glad that so many people were able to experience such a wonderful part of our planet.

A common refrain I remember from growing up in Alaska is getting a call from a friend and them saying "The lights are out!" and I'd call a friend and say the same thing and then run outside to see the Northern Lights.

OtherRyn, to random
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I apparently failed to do something or did it wrong with my change over to the new insulin pump and now there's An Entire Thing that's happening and I am overwhelmed and want to have a cry and live in a stump.

I'm sure it'll be fine but I still do not deal with screwing up gracefully.

OtherRyn, to random
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Honestly, this is horrifying. https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2023/sep/27/xtwitter-scraps-function-letting-users-report-misleading-information

I try to treat Twitter like the House of Lords (sorry, The Other Place) in that I don't talk about it much on here, but my goodness, this is very concerning.

OtherRyn,
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@seachanger I don't use Twitter at all anymore, so no. But I also know a lot of people who do, and to remove that kind of community driven corrective is worrysome.

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