arkessian
@arkessian.bsky.social
Health stuff after a heart transplant, lefty UK politics, cats (who won't want cats?), general life issues, hilarity about local village shenanigans, occasional SFF book reviews (always positive) plus anything else that takes my fancy.
Anyone know rhe doses in the covid protocol using loratadine and famotidine? A friend who has been staying for a few days has just tested positive. Hes elderly; im post heart transplane so we could use a helping hand @rahaeli.bsky.social
Many thanks in advance
Many thanks in advance
September 21, 2024 at 11:54 AM
Anyone know rhe doses in the covid protocol using loratadine and famotidine? A friend who has been staying for a few days has just tested positive. Hes elderly; im post heart transplane so we could use a helping hand @rahaeli.bsky.social
Many thanks in advance
Many thanks in advance
Today frankly is turning into a bit of a 'mare, so have Tom Holland and an umbrella and some rain:
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August 21, 2024 at 12:42 PM
Today frankly is turning into a bit of a 'mare, so have Tom Holland and an umbrella and some rain:
fb.watch/u5Cla6V1LG/
fb.watch/u5Cla6V1LG/
Utterly glorious.
Of all the wonders of Orkney (and there are many) the one that surprises me the most, digging deep to my bones, is the Italian Chapel on Lamb Holm. Built from two end-to-end Nissen huts by Italian POWs captured in North Africa and led by the talented artist Domenico Chiocchetti.
August 12, 2024 at 12:48 PM
Utterly glorious.
BoyCat and Little Madam have been to the vet for their six months health check.
August 9, 2024 at 12:06 PM
BoyCat and Little Madam have been to the vet for their six months health check.
Wonder how unique this is...
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August 1, 2024 at 8:24 AM
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Racism is fluid and versatile.
When they want you to be Black, they'll be like "one drop".
When they don't, they'll be like, "well, when did she become Black?"
That's why we don't let anyone else define Blackness.
When they want you to be Black, they'll be like "one drop".
When they don't, they'll be like, "well, when did she become Black?"
That's why we don't let anyone else define Blackness.
July 31, 2024 at 10:42 PM
Racism is fluid and versatile.
When they want you to be Black, they'll be like "one drop".
When they don't, they'll be like, "well, when did she become Black?"
That's why we don't let anyone else define Blackness.
When they want you to be Black, they'll be like "one drop".
When they don't, they'll be like, "well, when did she become Black?"
That's why we don't let anyone else define Blackness.
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Emergency cats, Americans, for the use of, while regathering your strength to go out and fight.
July 21, 2024 at 6:35 PM
Emergency cats, Americans, for the use of, while regathering your strength to go out and fight.
Emergency cats, Americans, for the use of, while regathering your strength to go out and fight.
July 21, 2024 at 6:35 PM
Emergency cats, Americans, for the use of, while regathering your strength to go out and fight.
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Ok. I'm not fool enough to click through, but I am curious. Why exactly might NASA be "concerned about an off-grid generator"?
Answers on the back of a postage stamp please. 😄
Answers on the back of a postage stamp please. 😄
July 20, 2024 at 10:19 AM
Ok. I'm not fool enough to click through, but I am curious. Why exactly might NASA be "concerned about an off-grid generator"?
Answers on the back of a postage stamp please. 😄
Answers on the back of a postage stamp please. 😄
If I'm posting a lot today, it's because I'm getting really uncomfortable flashbacks to a rollout 35 years ago. 1/
July 19, 2024 at 4:11 PM
If I'm posting a lot today, it's because I'm getting really uncomfortable flashbacks to a rollout 35 years ago. 1/
I'm sure the airspace above my house would be a dream for a military air enthusiast.
July 19, 2024 at 3:17 PM
I'm sure the airspace above my house would be a dream for a military air enthusiast.
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I've signed, as a member of the Labour Party, but you don't have to be a member to add your support. UK signatures have most value in this case.
I've signed, as a member of the Labour Party, but you don't have to be a member to add your support. UK signatures have most value in this case.
Open Letter to the Health Secretary
We're appalled that Wes Streeting plans to continue the Tories' ideological ban on puberty blockers. This move is not in the best interests of young trans people, and we will need the full unity of th...
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July 17, 2024 at 1:12 PM
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I've signed, as a member of the Labour Party, but you don't have to be a member to add your support. UK signatures have most value in this case.
I've signed, as a member of the Labour Party, but you don't have to be a member to add your support. UK signatures have most value in this case.
Had my crystal ball been in working order, I would not have organised the redecoration of my study on a day when my BP was 96/80. The fallback workroom is upstairs, and might as well be at the top of a mountain.
July 15, 2024 at 7:58 AM
Had my crystal ball been in working order, I would not have organised the redecoration of my study on a day when my BP was 96/80. The fallback workroom is upstairs, and might as well be at the top of a mountain.
Oh lord, I have some practical nieces. 2 of them were scheduled to visit me on Saturday for (one with a mother in tow and one with son). And I've just been informed that the decorators will turn up on Monday to paint my study among other things.
July 11, 2024 at 6:33 PM
Oh lord, I have some practical nieces. 2 of them were scheduled to visit me on Saturday for (one with a mother in tow and one with son). And I've just been informed that the decorators will turn up on Monday to paint my study among other things.
I no longer live in a Tory stronghold! Lib Dems clinched it. Labour were never in with a shout in 'South Cotswolds'.
July 5, 2024 at 6:01 AM
I no longer live in a Tory stronghold! Lib Dems clinched it. Labour were never in with a shout in 'South Cotswolds'.
Well, today has been a delight. Blood test (but I bagged the competent nurse)
July 3, 2024 at 2:07 PM
Well, today has been a delight. Blood test (but I bagged the competent nurse)
I am very busy. So of course I have a new story idea. Novelette, novella, novel... who knows. But it has dragonettes and dragonelles and very full grown dragons (allow me to introduce you to The Great Lady) and a bookish heroine and a coming-out ball and is not a romance. It might be a whodunnit...
June 27, 2024 at 4:10 PM
I am very busy. So of course I have a new story idea. Novelette, novella, novel... who knows. But it has dragonettes and dragonelles and very full grown dragons (allow me to introduce you to The Great Lady) and a bookish heroine and a coming-out ball and is not a romance. It might be a whodunnit...
Kitty calisthenics. According to Little Madam aka the Squeaky Queen.
June 21, 2024 at 3:49 PM
Kitty calisthenics. According to Little Madam aka the Squeaky Queen.
If I get a letter from Boris Johnson, and return it to sender, does it cost him or the Tories anything? Just asking...
June 18, 2024 at 4:23 PM
If I get a letter from Boris Johnson, and return it to sender, does it cost him or the Tories anything? Just asking...
Boycat does not approve of closed doors.
June 7, 2024 at 11:04 AM
Boycat does not approve of closed doors.
Advice, oh ye BlueSky denizens.
My nephew is neurodivergent but we think he' a shoo-in for pTerry Pratchett (right reading age, same sense of humour).
Suggestions from those with the right experience for entry points?
My nephew is neurodivergent but we think he' a shoo-in for pTerry Pratchett (right reading age, same sense of humour).
Suggestions from those with the right experience for entry points?
May 6, 2024 at 7:50 PM
Advice, oh ye BlueSky denizens.
My nephew is neurodivergent but we think he' a shoo-in for pTerry Pratchett (right reading age, same sense of humour).
Suggestions from those with the right experience for entry points?
My nephew is neurodivergent but we think he' a shoo-in for pTerry Pratchett (right reading age, same sense of humour).
Suggestions from those with the right experience for entry points?
Little Madam is not impressed with Saturday
March 16, 2024 at 11:22 AM
Little Madam is not impressed with Saturday
Behind a paywall: 'She lights up talking about reading and her tastes are eclectic: anything [..snip..] and, er, Star Trek novels. “You’re in a different world and I love it. Oh my bloody God,” she says, giggling. “They are called Spirk novels [a portmanteau of the characters Spock and Kirk].”
February 11, 2024 at 6:27 PM
Behind a paywall: 'She lights up talking about reading and her tastes are eclectic: anything [..snip..] and, er, Star Trek novels. “You’re in a different world and I love it. Oh my bloody God,” she says, giggling. “They are called Spirk novels [a portmanteau of the characters Spock and Kirk].”
Working with ChatGPT is like working with an enormously bright trainee whose attention to detail wanders. Here is a spec; please code it. Here is an additional requirement; please include it. Now add back in all the things you left out that I asked for before...
January 23, 2024 at 11:55 AM
Working with ChatGPT is like working with an enormously bright trainee whose attention to detail wanders. Here is a spec; please code it. Here is an additional requirement; please include it. Now add back in all the things you left out that I asked for before...