#Covid apps

[robpegoraro]

Weekly output: Android outside phones, Wear OS 4, Covid exposure-notification apps

The case of Covid that I was sure would trash my Mother’s Day agenda faded remarkably swiftly–I had one test come out negative Saturday morning and another barely positive, followed by two negative tests Sunday morning. That freed me to stick to my original plan of going to the Nationals game with my wife, which the Nats then lost to the Mets 8-2. Eh; as this week has reminded me, things could be…

[pandemic-info]

Some personal observations on the characteristics of people I know who are continuing to take as much care as possible to not get Covid (in no particular order): a short 🧵

1. High impulse control 2. Personal experience of serious illness 3. Strong internal locus of control 4. Non-conformists. Often a personal history of non-conformity going right back to adolescence. Yet... 5. Paradoxically, strong moral code; belief in ethical duty to the greater good of society. 6. Well-informed. 7. Rational; aware of their own cognitive biases. 8. Methodical 9. Adaptable 10. Emotionally stable 11. Comfortable with uncertainty 12. Pragmatic 13. Intuitively understand risk/benefit analysis 14. Disciplined

Old thread by @brownecfm on the bird site; Thread Reader link so you don't have to go there:

See also: https://www.frontiersin.org/journals/psychology/articles/10.3389/fpsyg.2024.1389672/full

[majunju]

Sorry if it isn't art related but do you play otome games? What are your favorites/recommendations?

yes i do!! honestly i'd play more if they weren't so expensive but here r some of my favs:

even if tempest

bustafellows

collar x malice

birushana: rising flower of genpei

yumekuro (idk if this counts but its story is heavily focused on romance)

[akkivee]

Imagine if Kuukou did become a vtuber. We all know Ichiro would be a fan of vtubers. One day, Ichiro is looking around looking for a vtuber to watch, and he finds one who seems familiar? He clicks on it to hear Kuukou's voice and how Kuukou is trying to convince people to donate to him so he can create the metaverse temple. Of course, after that, Ichiro becomes his number one supporter (and some anonymous person who might or might not be Hitoya)

lol kuukou’s vtuber experience trying to get his metaverse hub world up and running will probably go like

‘chat, imma be real with y’all, i don’t know what the hell i’m supposed to do with this’

[vampyroteuthid]

it sure is july

[icewindandboringhorror]

Everytime I face a new character limit on a website that didn't have them before/used to have really long ones... AUGHHhhh the modern social media world was not made for people like me (lovers of details, rambling, elaboration, thorough explanation, and nuance)

[xx-k1tsun3-k1d-xx]

tumblr today has suggested me multiple porn blogs with uh, female presenting nipples and the usual links/copypaste captions up front and centre cuz they’re spamming the scene/emo/alt/goth tags rn for some reason and they threw a couple pro-ed ppl with nothing to do with scene or emo in there just for good measure I guess??? but hey good thing they censor random trans ppl selfies like someone could have got hurt or something

[uchiha-gaeshi]

When you travel to see your sister but she’d rather spend time with her friends 😭

[popstart]

inching back into getting back into writing. this is what college assignment proctastination does to my brain its telling me to write weird and fucked up lesbians

[ikishima]

Opening a post of someone on here asking for skincare recs and seeing every single one suggested either fall under “company that directly states their support for israel” or “company that does business with israel” was very jarring, are you guys seriously limiting yourselves to the bds list and “there is no ethical consumption under capitalism” excusing yourself for every other thing you buy? Like the bds list is the bare MINIMUM. You’re bare minimum-ing your support for divesting from an apartheid state & limiting your financial impact for the continuation of the genocide against Palestinians? Your skincare routine is not more important than other people’s literal lives.

[maretriarch]

hour three of a continuous rush, your break is 25 minutes late, you're the only cashier/bagger they have on at the front for the entire store, you have an 7+ line of elderly agitated customers, groceries are 300 dollars for one cart now so every single person in the building wants to commit murder-suicide just by entering the store, and your manager comes to tell you to improve your items per minute scan, the fake gay measurement that only counts towards her bonus

[randombucket60]

I hardly know how to use this app. Adaman can tell

[theyarebothgunshot]

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[elgaladwen]

It's that time again! You know you want to practice what to do in an earthquake at the same time as millions of other people in your time zone!

But even if you don't officially sign up or practice at the same time, there is still a ton of good information there: https://www.shakeout.org/dropcoverholdon/

(No doorways like some of us learned as kids!)

Also! Now is a great time to get the MyShake app (Android and iPhone), or make sure your earthquake alerts are turned on if you have an Android device with that capability. This is the earthquake early alert system for Washington, Oregon, and California. The rest of the country may have coverage with the built in Android alerts, but can't utilize the MyShake app.

More on the app here:

And on my phone, the built in alerts are under Settings -> Safety & Emergency -> Earthquake Alerts (I recall it being very similar on my previous, much older phone too, but basically just look for the emergency alerts)

[dangans-ur-ronpas]

terrible time to be a stem student i think

[majimassqueaktoy]

So, Jess I know you’re not an artist like your bestie in the entire world snap… but what does your art look like I remember you doodled this little pic for me of Tien with Choatzu’s make up lol but have you’ve drawn anything else?

Ya