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justafrog, to random
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It's nice how sometimes I just see people talking on here and it's fun to see the positive interaction.

I don't have to bother them, just enjoy the sight of people getting along well.

justafrog, to random
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Sometimes I have an argument in my dreams and I want to come back and clarify with sources, but then I wake up and realize I don't need to work on convincing people in my dreams.

I'm still mad about them deliberately misinterpreting me, though.

And that tone of voice was seriously not necessary.

How dare they.

qurlyjoe,
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Wow. That was a dream? Cool!

@justafrog

LikeItOrLumpIt,
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@qurlyjoe Most I don't remember in such detail.

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justafrog, to random
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So, the magnolias have started to bud.

That's not quite what I'd expect a few weeks after midwinter.

justafrog, to random
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Been thinking a lot today about the headline about long covid in the morning news.

"Physical cause of Long Covid!"

Subtitled "symptoms not mental but physical"

So this is society blithely admitting they thought long covid was just whiny people, and proud that they finally, after several years, figured out it wasn't.

Not about the research, or the researchers. I doubt they thought those things.

But most others sure af did.

justafrog, to random
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Weekly deaths, all causes, up to 24th Dec.

RIVM has a snazzy new graph which now uses solid blue for the band of expected deaths, instead of the earlier two black lines.

The data itself is horrifying, and completely what I expected due to the wastewater figures.

Note that we don't have any measures other than vaccinating the elderly. That's all we did. Are doing.

No shutdowns, lockdowns, mask mandates, distancing, NOTHING.

justafrog, to random
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Could we just reschedule SAD to not happen during the winter months?

It really doesn't combine well with meeting lots of people.

Seriously, it's hard enough without anyone trying to make it worse.

Maybe I should try moving to the other half, which sensibly does xmas in summer.

justafrog, to random
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Yeah, everything's fine.

Don't worry about it.

I'm going to put all my notes in paper recycling, where they belong.

justafrog,
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@passenger Basically, they hadn't unlocked measuring virus load in sewage before then.

I don't think that data is available at all.

passenger,

@justafrog

Ah, thanks for that clarification.

justafrog, to random
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Wow.

Just when I thought, once again mistakenly, that all the bad news from was done accumulating, they manage one more.

COP29 will be held in Azerbaijan, which is not only another petrostate, but also a recent ethnic cleanser.

One final fuck you to the people who want a better world.

Actually, I shouldn't expect it to be the final one until everyone has gone home from COP28.

justafrog, to random
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I insert the USB cable into my ph-

Oh, wrong way around?

Repeat from step 1, until..

There, it went in.

I'm sure it's entirely normal to need 5 tries.

nuncio,

@justafrog That's why they invented USB-C - you can break the connector either way!

justafrog, to random
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The recent Dutch election results have caused a lot of disquiet.

Most muslim people in NL are worried about whether it's really alright for them to stay.

I don't like that one bit. They've been here for decades, and that means there's even some 4th gen muslims living here.

If your grandparents and parents lived here all their life, how foreign can you possibly be?

But if 1/4 vote for a party which regularly hates you out loud, that's a very clear message, isn't it?

justafrog, to random
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Meanwhile appears in Dutch wastewater at more than 70% the concentration associated with a severe wave, as part of a continuously rising trend.

We're doing almost nothing about it.

I await, with anger, the shocked surprise of the politicians who managed to keep it out of the election campaign.

What can I do when so many keep voting for the people who only know how to treat things like a PR problem?

justafrog, to HashtagGames
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Shot the deputy.


justafrog, to random
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People asking me "What are you thinking about?" just get honest answers.

Like "The Puertorican cuarto sounds surprisingly similar to a guitarra portuguesa." or "Phorid fly larva eat ant brains and then the ant's head comes off!" or "Ottawa built a bridge which isn't winter-proof."

I could fib something, but why? The real thoughts are more interesting.

justafrog,
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@LikeItOrLumpIt @Cassandra I'm reminded of how years back, the Dutch railway maintainer would switch off switch heating to save power.

Switches which would then freeze stuck and become impassable for trains.

They did a learning from that, though. Apparently sending guys over with a blow torch costs way the fuck more than just heating it.

Cassandra,
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@justafrog A learning! Imagine.

justafrog, to random
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Saw a fuchsia in bloom.

That really shouldn't be happening outside, now.

justafrog, to random
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The higher level of covid in wastewater in NL seems to be translating very directly into losing people.

It's very, very quiet about in the news, though. Apparently it's just normal now to shed thousands of people above nominal, every winter.

Give it enough years and the definition of nominal that's used will simply cause this current state of affairs to be nominal.

Just like how we dealt with the flu in the 1920s!

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