mivox

mivox, 18 days ago to random

So how do we get this kind of info out to people in those rural communities, and have them believe it over Fox/NewsMax/etc? https://mastodon.online/@parismarx/112351985490546456

mivox, 1 month ago to random

So I signed up for the waiting list on a promising sounding unified messaging app a while ago. (Trying to figure out how to get all possible incoming messages for my business without having to check a half dozen different apps to do it.)

I got an email yesterday letting me know it was my turn to sign up! Super exciting! I went to sign up a bunch of messaging accounts, and read the welcome message in the account…

…only to discover that Automattic bought them. sigh

mivox, 1 month ago to random

Heyyyy I finally got my damn website up and running again! Christ there are so many moving parts on these things.

https://mastodon.art/@knezek/112233799892699768

mivox, 1 month ago to random

How many more blatant atrocities will the US shrug off, while we continue to ship weapons to the perpetrators?

(And yes, I know the atrocities being committed against the Palestinian people are orders of magnitude greater than one strike against a humanitarian aid convoy, but it’s blindingly obvious the US gov’t doesn’t give half a shit about Palestinian lives.) https://mastodon.ar.al/@aral/112200175765614232

mivox, 1 month ago to HashtagGames

There’s a moose in the driveway/on my front porch. (Not even making those up.)

#ExcusesForCallingOffWork
#HashTagGames
#AlaskaLife

mivox, 1 month ago to random

And there’s one more country leapfrogging ahead of the US in terms of general social progress. :blobcat_thisisfine:

Congratulations, Australia! https://newsie.social/@estherschindler/112192064822346614

mivox, 1 month ago to random

In states with laws targeting LGBTQ issues, school hate crimes quadrupled (gift link)

🎁 https://wapo.st/49V8v7j

mivox, 1 month ago to random

Hey, that’s my name. (It’s hella uncommon in the US, but maybe not so much in Eastern Europe?) https://mastodon.world/@auschwitzmuseum/112139935015218174

mivox, 1 month ago to random

Please, everyone who sees this post and has a cervix: SCHEDULE YOUR ANNUAL PELVIC+PAP. Like, ASAP.

Are you young? GET YOUR HPV VAX, right gaddamn now.

I’m making an appointment tomorrow. https://mastodon.social/@cstephens2/112130046290488587

mivox, 2 months ago to random

Today, made my traditional St Paddy’s dinner (not to be confused with a traditional Irish meal for the same occasion. I don’t even know if there is one, tbh.)… brown bread, colcannon, home-cured corned beef, Alaskan Smoked Porter (not pictured).

A green-glazed dinner plate, filled with sliced corned beef, a pile of colcannon, and a wedge of brown bread generously covered in butter.

mivox, 2 months ago (edited 2 months ago) to random

Imagine living in a world where a disease that only killed ~3000 people in a “bad” outbreak was taken seriously? :blobcat_blushplead:
https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/man-iron-lung-dead-paul-alexander-b2511827.html

(Oh, and now I’m hearing the man died of COVID… Jesus.)

mivox, 2 months ago to random

Damn, the honeymoon is ending quicker than I would have guessed! https://mastodon.online/@parismarx/112083627049766786

mivox, 2 months ago to random

siiiiiiiiiggggghhhhh :blobcat_flopdaze:

https://www.smbc-comics.com/comic/post-2

mivox, 2 months ago (edited 2 months ago) to random

Your friendly periodic reminder that #CovidIsNotOver

Roughly 2000 people a week are still dying of #Covid19 in the US.

And as far as I know, there is no specific count being tracked of people dying of post-Covid cardiac events & strokes, so the actual total of Covid-related deaths is likely much higher.

mivox, 2 months ago to random

Popped in to Twitter to check and see if Naomi Wu had posted anything recently (sadly, no).

Absolutely depressing to see a bunch of my fave people (most of whom had accounts here and/or on Bluesky at some point) were back posting there. :blob_cat_oh_no:

mivox, 3 months ago to random

#CDCSays no point wearing your seatbelt on the highway if you don’t wear it in your driveway. ¯_(ツ)_/¯

mivox, 3 months ago to random

Got my eleventy-sixth COVID booster today… (OK, really, I think it’s #8) Was really hoping to get #Novavax but the pharmacy was out, so another round of Moderna #Spikevax it is.

I’ll check again if anyone in town has Novavax in June, but what I’m not doing again is putting off a booster until a specific one is available. Last time I did that, waiting for the XBB booster release, I got covid instead. Sticking to whatever is available every four months from here on out.

#COVIDIsNotOver

mivox, 3 months ago to random

It’s fucking cold out, in case anyone was idly wondering how Fairbanks, Alaska is doing today.

mivox, 3 months ago to HashtagGames

Jabberguppe

Rime of the Instance Adminner

“Let’s Federate Together”
—The Pleroming Stones

#FediverseASongOrPoem
#HashTagGames https://oldfriends.live/@hashtaggames/111785795966855912

mivox, 4 months ago to random

Good news fellow vaccine regulars! It appears the more Covid #vaccines you get, the less likely you are to get long covid. :blobcatcheer: :moomin_yes:

Speaking of, I’m about due for #7 or 8 or whatever I’m up to…

#COVIDIsNotOver #CovidVax

https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/vaccination-dramatically-lowers-long-covid-risk/

mivox, 4 months ago (edited 4 months ago) to random

Quick, go listen while there’s still time! #NewYearsEve #NYE2024

https://youtu.be/bm51ihfi1p4?si=UjyBEJCh6HMwBtXs

mivox, 4 months ago to random

Is it too much to hope for that SK might give their absurd cannabis laws a second thought? This is tragic. https://mastodon.world/@claudiamiles/111650836001790750

mivox, 4 months ago (edited 4 months ago) to Alaska

Photo taken at 11:17am (about 20 minutes after sunrise) today.

In just under an hour, I can go get a photo of the sunset (2:40pm).

Happy #WinterSolstice from #Alaska!

mivox, 5 months ago (edited 5 months ago) to random

Your periodic reminder that getting #COVID only confers immunity for about a month: https://www.sbs.com.au/news/article/immunity-from-covid-19-reinfection-could-now-last-just-28-days-heres-what-you-need-to-know/60ysp5t53

Also if you can get boosted three times a year, please do that, because the MRNA boosters’ effectiveness starts to wane after 4 months: https://www.cdc.gov/mmwr/volumes/71/wr/mm7107e2.htm

h/t to the weekly Pandemic Roundup from @violetblue for the excellent image.

#COVIDIsNotOver

mivox, 5 months ago to random

It has been a very Climate Change winter up here so far.

Good for my heating fuel bill, bad for… everything else in the world, give or take. https://alaskan.social/@AlaskaWx/111529705572830044