Avrila, dodging COVID round 2
@ebrillblaiddes.bsky.social
Part adjunct, part self-employed, entirely neurodivergent. She/her in STEM, i.e., had pronouns before people got offended by them. Can't believe it's controversial to not want SARS. Also plays with string 🧶
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Hey new followers, I recognize a few of you from Bird Hell Site (detector webapp came online or got noticed?) so I assume y'all know this, but so the rest of you know what's in the tin:
* quite autistic
* numbers are fun
* yarn yarn yarn
* cute lizard is cute
* fuck Nazi bullshit
* quite autistic
* numbers are fun
* yarn yarn yarn
* cute lizard is cute
* fuck Nazi bullshit
The good news is now I have envelopes (bc have to mail a thing) but the bad news is I have toooooo many envelopes bc the 250 pack is what I could get. Considering yard sale.
November 13, 2025 at 11:45 PM
The good news is now I have envelopes (bc have to mail a thing) but the bad news is I have toooooo many envelopes bc the 250 pack is what I could get. Considering yard sale.
Hypothesis: this is also the impulse behind throwing bread for birds (yes I know other foods are healthier, but that's orthogonal to the existence of the motivation)
Permit me a little maudlin gushing. I can’t tell you how good for the soul caring for animals is for me. The animals in question don’t even have to like me or acknowledge me, but spending time feeding and caring about something matters.
November 13, 2025 at 6:09 PM
Hypothesis: this is also the impulse behind throwing bread for birds (yes I know other foods are healthier, but that's orthogonal to the existence of the motivation)
I remember when this would've been enough to start a theory that the CEO of Starbucks is the Antichrist.
Reminder that Starbucks’ CEO made 6,666x more than the company's median employee in 2024.
This was the widest CEO-to-Worker pay gap in the entire S&P 500.
And we're supposed to believe Starbucks can't afford to bargain a fair contract with its unionized workers?
This was the widest CEO-to-Worker pay gap in the entire S&P 500.
And we're supposed to believe Starbucks can't afford to bargain a fair contract with its unionized workers?
As of this morning, Starbucks workers across the country are officially ON STRIKE. And we're prepared for this to become the biggest and longest ULP strike in Starbucks history.
Say #NoContractNoCoffee with us: DON'T BUY STARBUCKS for the duration of our open-ended ULP strike! $SBUX
Say #NoContractNoCoffee with us: DON'T BUY STARBUCKS for the duration of our open-ended ULP strike! $SBUX
November 13, 2025 at 6:03 PM
I remember when this would've been enough to start a theory that the CEO of Starbucks is the Antichrist.
Someone please tell that couch fucker that ibuprofen is important to this government bc it keeps me, the product of a second amendment kind of family of origin, from working my way toward "nothing to lose" amounts of pain.
November 13, 2025 at 3:32 PM
Someone please tell that couch fucker that ibuprofen is important to this government bc it keeps me, the product of a second amendment kind of family of origin, from working my way toward "nothing to lose" amounts of pain.
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November 13, 2025 at 2:04 PM
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Don't just think about the price. Consider how much you'll love wearing the garment, which will be about finding a manufacturer that produces things to your taste. A $100 hoodie worn for a decade is cheaper than a $40 hoodie you replace in a year.
As usual, the key is to buy less, buy better.
As usual, the key is to buy less, buy better.
November 12, 2025 at 10:54 PM
Don't just think about the price. Consider how much you'll love wearing the garment, which will be about finding a manufacturer that produces things to your taste. A $100 hoodie worn for a decade is cheaper than a $40 hoodie you replace in a year.
As usual, the key is to buy less, buy better.
As usual, the key is to buy less, buy better.
Is "airborne AIDS" accurate? Not strictly speaking, though TBF definitions in the immunefuckery space are going to need to be considered in light of conditions on the ground.
Will you go less wrong by having that level of badness in your risk model? Probably.
Will you go less wrong by having that level of badness in your risk model? Probably.
Or in the case of COVID, the NYT told the horrible truth early on but, along with the rest of the media, downshifted to the more soothing “it’s mild/like a cold” narrative for the return to “normal” in 2021/22. From June 2020:
November 13, 2025 at 3:56 AM
Is "airborne AIDS" accurate? Not strictly speaking, though TBF definitions in the immunefuckery space are going to need to be considered in light of conditions on the ground.
Will you go less wrong by having that level of badness in your risk model? Probably.
Will you go less wrong by having that level of badness in your risk model? Probably.
STARBUCKS BOYCOTT STARTS TOMORROW
Pass the word!
Pass the word!
In case people forget. You should be boycotting Starbucks. Tomorrow starts their strike. Going to Starbucks is crossing picketing lines.
Be a better person and don’t go to Starbucks ✌🏼 it’s not that hard
Be a better person and don’t go to Starbucks ✌🏼 it’s not that hard
November 12, 2025 at 8:42 PM
STARBUCKS BOYCOTT STARTS TOMORROW
Pass the word!
Pass the word!
*cries in "was going to be a teacher"*
I'm so excited! Check out my first article for @thedailytism.com
Helpful! Autistic woman discovers that “on-the-job training” means throwing you to the wolves
An autistic woman’s first job has ended in disaster after she discovered that “on-the-job-training” means chucking you in the deep end without so much as a pair of inflatable armbands, sources have cl...
thedailytism.com
November 12, 2025 at 4:17 PM
*cries in "was going to be a teacher"*
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spoke with the executive director of my local food bank today and got this really incredible line: "if you donate 1 can of green beans, we can give away 1 can of green beans. but if you donate a dollar, we can give away 6 cans of green beans"
November 10, 2025 at 7:32 PM
spoke with the executive director of my local food bank today and got this really incredible line: "if you donate 1 can of green beans, we can give away 1 can of green beans. but if you donate a dollar, we can give away 6 cans of green beans"
The difference between "store brand teabag in water from the fountain" and "cold brew vanilla chai" is branding and attitude.
November 11, 2025 at 10:07 PM
The difference between "store brand teabag in water from the fountain" and "cold brew vanilla chai" is branding and attitude.
What's good in task tracker apps? WaterDo is broken and I have too many plates spinning to wait around hoping they fix it.
November 10, 2025 at 10:18 PM
What's good in task tracker apps? WaterDo is broken and I have too many plates spinning to wait around hoping they fix it.
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This holiday season, give Jeff Bezos and Amazon the gift of zero dollars. 🥰
November 10, 2025 at 6:47 PM
This holiday season, give Jeff Bezos and Amazon the gift of zero dollars. 🥰
I'm old enough to remember when "pulling oneself up by one's bootstraps" was understood as a physical impossibility.
Casual reminder that the myth of “pulling yourself up by your bootstraps” is a cruel hoax designed to convince poor people from all walks of life that the injustices they face are a result of their own actions, rather than an oppressive system rigged against them.
November 10, 2025 at 9:25 PM
I'm old enough to remember when "pulling oneself up by one's bootstraps" was understood as a physical impossibility.
We need bread and doctors more than we need an additional type of cops, even if they weren't being oppressive.
The monthly SNAP benefit is around $177 a month
The average ACA benefit can be up to $550 a month
These are small numbers compared to the billion dollar tax cuts given to corporations
The $40 billion to Argentina or $45 billion for ICE
They’re life saving programs & Dems must hold the line
The average ACA benefit can be up to $550 a month
These are small numbers compared to the billion dollar tax cuts given to corporations
The $40 billion to Argentina or $45 billion for ICE
They’re life saving programs & Dems must hold the line
November 10, 2025 at 9:09 PM
We need bread and doctors more than we need an additional type of cops, even if they weren't being oppressive.
No, that's a cock-up. A caucus is a type of desert plant.
The caucus meeting was just to orchestrate who would fall on the sword but not be up for a vote in 2026.
so currently defectors are:
Kaine (2030)
Shaheen (Retiring)
Hasan (2028)
Fetterman (2028)
Durbin (Retiring)
CCM (2028)
Rosen (2030)
King (2030)
Kaine (2030)
Shaheen (Retiring)
Hasan (2028)
Fetterman (2028)
Durbin (Retiring)
CCM (2028)
Rosen (2030)
King (2030)
November 10, 2025 at 4:07 AM
No, that's a cock-up. A caucus is a type of desert plant.
With a side of "your Nazi bullshit DID NOT EVEN WORK" for all involved in that plan.
It was utterly morally bankrupt to use waves of infection to induce immunity in the population.
Morally. Bankrupt.
Morally. Bankrupt.
November 10, 2025 at 12:04 AM
With a side of "your Nazi bullshit DID NOT EVEN WORK" for all involved in that plan.
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It was utterly morally bankrupt to use waves of infection to induce immunity in the population.
Morally. Bankrupt.
Morally. Bankrupt.
November 8, 2025 at 3:14 AM
It was utterly morally bankrupt to use waves of infection to induce immunity in the population.
Morally. Bankrupt.
Morally. Bankrupt.
First place my mind went, too: how often do you need to buy shoes *again*, for them to be consistently fit for purpose?
how's the quality of the shoes btw
OK Wil’s point simplified. An e.g.
Back in the day a pair of shoes would cost a week’s wages. Let’s call it $1000
Today shoes are cheaper approx $100.
So today you could buy 10 pairs of shoes for a week’s wages.
Someone who can afford 10 pairs of shoes is richer than someone who can afford one.
Back in the day a pair of shoes would cost a week’s wages. Let’s call it $1000
Today shoes are cheaper approx $100.
So today you could buy 10 pairs of shoes for a week’s wages.
Someone who can afford 10 pairs of shoes is richer than someone who can afford one.
November 9, 2025 at 9:07 PM
First place my mind went, too: how often do you need to buy shoes *again*, for them to be consistently fit for purpose?
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Keep crying, you orange monster.
November 9, 2025 at 7:35 PM
Keep crying, you orange monster.
Any of you who have money on a SNAP card, go clean it out on canned/frozen/pantry food THIS WEEKEND. Maybe it won't matter but you won't know until after, which might look like an empty card without any food.
Everyone else, pass the word!
Everyone else, pass the word!
November 9, 2025 at 5:47 PM
Any of you who have money on a SNAP card, go clean it out on canned/frozen/pantry food THIS WEEKEND. Maybe it won't matter but you won't know until after, which might look like an empty card without any food.
Everyone else, pass the word!
Everyone else, pass the word!
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GOP’s version of freedom of religion:
✅ Ten Commandments required to be displayed in schools
❌Communion for ICE detainees
❌Praying in front of ICE facilities
✅ Ten Commandments required to be displayed in schools
❌Communion for ICE detainees
❌Praying in front of ICE facilities
November 8, 2025 at 1:49 PM
GOP’s version of freedom of religion:
✅ Ten Commandments required to be displayed in schools
❌Communion for ICE detainees
❌Praying in front of ICE facilities
✅ Ten Commandments required to be displayed in schools
❌Communion for ICE detainees
❌Praying in front of ICE facilities
🤣🤣🤣
*sandwich hits federal agent in the chest*
Narrator: “Subway. Yeet fresh.”
Narrator: “Subway. Yeet fresh.”
November 6, 2025 at 9:27 PM
🤣🤣🤣