#pandemic life

[giriduck]

Bo-Katan: How do you eat when other people are around?

Din Djarin: You don’t. When you get your food, you find a place to take off your helmet and eat alone.

Me: Mandelorian helmets are like N95s.

Husband: It is the way.

[queenofthedorks]

The candle reviews on Amazon during COVID surges say otherwise. Though I guess something not smelling like anything is urgent.

weird how no one ever comments on the absence of smells unprompted. the nose just isn't a topic of conversation unless it's urgent huh

[consultingreaders]

Thinking about "everybody wants to be a revolutionary, nobody wants to help Mom with the dishes" except it's "everybody wants to punch a neo-Nazi, nobody wants to wear a mask in public spaces."

[calltoamentor]

Changing Your Life in Times of Plague

Daily writing promptHow have you adapted to the changes brought on by the Covid-19 pandemic?View all responses I started this journey amidst a simultaneous global pandemic and personal crisis of identity. I was at a crossroads of who had been, who I was at the time, and who I wanted to become. Unable to choose a path for myself, I spent the first month or so pacing in a circle at the fork…

[backstepping]

ayo edebiri: the movie reviewer we deserve

and her dad also has an account

[branch-and-root]

Think we’re roaring

So, it is not uncommon for finals week to see a few fire alarms pulled. It’s kind of traditional to get one or two.

It is two days into finals, and nearly every classroom building on central campus has had a fire alarm, and today we seem to be starting over again at the beginning of the list.

Also, the grad students have been striking for three weeks (and getting better at their chants the whole time, baby’s first labor action, they’re so adorable), and last night two got detained by the cops, so today campus was wallpapered with posters denouncing the uni president.

Maintenance has been going through and removing the ones that weren’t posted on an actual posting board.

But the point is, you know, I think we’re reaching the roaring part, the part where everyone is so scared and angry and fed the fuck up that it has to come out somehow.

[mixedupmilly]

The Silver Lining: How Covid Forced Us to Adapt and Improve

Daily writing promptHow have you adapted to the changes brought on by the Covid-19 pandemic?View all responses The Covid-19 pandemic has brought about a significant change in our lives. We have had to adapt to new norms such as wearing masks, social distancing, and limiting our activities including work, family, and education. While everyone has their own thoughts on the matter, I would like to…

[segernatural]

sure it was a perfect storm of a pressure cooker but i promise destiel was about destiel

[lunarriviera]

BONUS:

[consultingreaders]

Started a new job recently. Last week overheard someone (not on my immediate team) say that he never tests anymore: “Covid, a cold, what’s the difference?” Two days later, our admin asked if I was feeling welcome. Oh absolutely! I think you’re all sociopathic idiots, but other than that, all good.

[pennyserenade]

i’m actually so serious about ewan mcgregor’s filmography. no one else is serious enough abt it. there’s so many incredible movies and about 90 of them are underrated or cult classics. star wars is great but it’s almost one of the least interesting things he’s done. there’s trainspotting! there’s moulin rouge! shallow grave! down with love! i love you phillip morris! big fish! perfect sense (devastating movie)! birds of prey!!! not to mention his season of fargo!!! where he plays not one but TWO characters and blows it so far out of the water i was genuinely sobbing by the end of it. like on my knees. good stuff

[feminist-space]

I highly, highly recommend this website (thank you https://chrisisgre.at/!) which has an extensive set of resources and sources for covid knowledge.

The image above (also alt text-included) is of the youhavetoliveyour.life website, which is an incredible set of resources with articles that debunk common covid denial sayings, such as "covid is mild now" or "I got it and I'm fine" or "Healthy people don't have to worry about it." The image shows a drop-down menu with common covid denial excuses.

The website also uses photos of prominent public health leaders such as Leana Wen or Ashish Jha or Mandy Cohen, who have been touting, falsely and dangerously, that covid is "over," that it's "not a big deal," that "we have the tools now" (even though we don't, actually, and long covid is absolutely devastating).

Select a statement from the drop-down menu to find informative, helpful, and scientific articles that explain why those statements are misleading and incorrect.

Here is the link:

[intuitive-revelations]

Royal Hope Hospital On-Screen Appearances

Doctor Who: Smith and Jones (2007)

Doctor Who: Turn Left (2008)

Class: Nightvisiting (2016) (right: episode prop art)

Doctor Who: Joy to the World (2024)

BONUS: Law & Order UK: Care (2009) (starring Freema Agyeman and Bradley Walsh, written by Chris Chibnall)

(...please ignore Law and Order's Royal Hope Hospital being based in King's Cross when DW's is clearly on the Thames in Lambeth)

[bluechanas]

i think the problem is we don't currently have a dominating narrative fiction podcast. like they still exist but no one is picking up the wtnv/tma baton.

[bsptourist]

ttt_snowed_in

created by lennrrrd

[urfavcrime]

dsmp is still SO insane to me. still not completely convinced it wasn't a social experiment. it is something that can never be replicated again due to the really specific circumstances that attributed to it's creation and popularity