Satsuma @Satsuma@cat.family

@alpine_thistle awk

@platypus always so interesting hearing how other schools do it! we just let you pick any available string within the the length requirements (i think its capped at 7 characters? Mine is 6) and its always interesting to see which bits of peoples names they prioritize fitting in

@Anke congrats!

@skinnylatte@hachyderm.io *lots* of Europeans have tried to claim exactly that to me—“I’m from Sweden/England(no really)/wherever and we just don’t have racism like you do in the US!” is a weirdly common sentiment to come across.

I think believing those people is painfully naive, esp when its so obviously an excuse to avoid actually doing the work, but I can see how—esp in concert with things like guns where that’s actually mostly true—it’d lead to a misperception that moving to Europe for ‘better politics’ is actually viable

@Betty @soph_sol oooh neat!

@pagrus @pamela she’s not bothered by how they look— soft collagen runs in the family so anything with earloops are out for all of us—auras have worked well for me and my dad but they’re too large for her and (to a slightly lesser extent) my older sibling.

@pamela @pagrus yeah I feel like you should be able to like, go to your gp or local health clinic or whatever and fit test a bunch of masks and insurance (or really the govt) should just cover that as a Normal Part Of Preventative Healthcare

@pagrus @pamela yeah my mother has really struggled to find a (k)n95 that fits her, and its definitely impacted her willingness to wear masks, unfortunately. And then due to knowing how much fit issues can impair effectiveness, its definitely harder to argue about as well :/

@pamela tbf i did decline the tdap at the time bc it was a bad day to be all achey and post vaccinated but yeah i wish my immunologist did vaccinations!! they have plenty of people trained in injections bc they do allergy shots in the very same office but for some reason they just don’t stock/offer vaccines as standard?? *grouches*

and thank you!! the pharmacy is close and i was able to get a late afternoon appointment so it should go okay i think

@pamela it’s a trap, clearly!

And *both* of my last two doctors appointments came with a vaccine recommendation (pneumovax from asthma, and i’m up for my 10 year tdap booster according to gp) so i’m going to try to do that at the end of this week too *hides under a blanket*

@pamela

Drs appointment was productive but man, doing things