Bondi tears.

My @smh @theage cartoon.

Bondi.

My @smh @theage cartoon.

The Government of Japan has made an ad about its prosecution of Captain Paul Watson, and it’s surprisingly honest and informative 🇯🇵🐋

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QqzOAyXSJMI

@thejuicemedia awesome as always

@cathywilcox yet when you Google Newington this comes up…

I can’t tell you all how amazing my friends are.

One has lent me money for bond and moving costs for when we find a new home, and was investigating walkers and wheelchairs for me.

Two others have given me $500 each towards the moving costs.

A lovely lady from the Facebook #LongCovid group gave me some money to help out with immediate needs when my flatmate got Covid again and i couldn’t afford the preventative measures others were using.

And now a friend has gifted me a brand new walker that converts to a wheelchair so I’m able to get out of the house a little more and regain a bit of independence. She even picked the colour based on what would best match my wardrobe. Just an extra little bit of thoughtfulness that’s so incredibly appreciated.

If nothing else good comes of this, i have learned that the people around me are wonderful, loving, caring and generous and for that i will be eternally grateful.

I include my mastodon family in that group. This is such a safe and kind and supportive and wholesome place and i appreciate it so much.

@dave

I’m struggling with seeing the new me as anything but someone trapped in a body that continually lets them down.

@dave

I sent a pic of cooler morning snuggled in bed (when I was glad I didn’t have to get up), hair in two braids (being the only way it has been worn in many months now because it’s manageable that way), no makeup and an attempt at a smile. I debated sending an older, “prettier” pic but decided I wanted to be true to the new me.

I think it’s important to represent both though. The life we’ve lost and the love we’re now living.

still find it mind shattering that the early months of the pandemic, when we knew basically nothing about the disease, there was a collective response to prevent infections

year 5, we know so much, and it's devastating

-immune dysfunction from even non-serious acute infections
- millions with long term chronic outcomes
-unsustainable healthcare strain
-constant evading mutations making vaccine approach ineffective

the future gets worse with every week of no action

#Covid #Covid19

After a TV drama about a huge miscarriage of justice in the UK aired, "more than a million people have signed a petition and the British government have announced a new law."

#UK #justice #Art

Mr Bates vs The Post Office: How a TV drama shook up Britain – in just a week https://www.bbc.com/culture/article/20240112-post-office-scandal-how-a-tv-drama-shook-up-britain-in-just-a-week

#SilentSunday Winteravondlicht / Winterabendlicht / #Winter evening light #DrentsFrieseWold - #Friesland - #Drenthe - the #Netherlands. Daily photographic antidote to the malice, destruction, sheer fascism, and general ugliness that floods our world - there are many things of value and beauty worth fighting for. This is not the time for resignation. Supporting a nature conservation organisation has become an act of resistance, so please join one! #NatureProtection #NaturePhotography #Antifa

January 17, 2024- "Abnormal neurological manifestations are increasingly recognized in patients with COVID-19, which most commonly include anosmia, dysgeusia, and headache, followed by seizures, stroke, and acute inflammatory polyradiculoneuropathy, also known as Guillain-Barre syndrome.””.increased risk for additional neurological and psychiatric disorders has been reported in a large retrospective cohort.”-https://www.cell.com/cell-stem-cell/fulltext/S1934-5909(23)00442-3#supplementaryMaterial

@skykiss @Tooden holy shit!!!!!

@Nazani

Long Covid is much more prevalent among women, which at least partially explains the lower number of men coming forward.

Please feel free to share in your neighbourhood, especially if you think those high schoolers might be interested. It’s hard enough as an adult but seeing kids, of any age, having to deal with it really breaks my heart.

James Smith Cree Nation inquest hears 'human error' led to wrong suspect photo being sent out at first

#jamessmithcreenation

https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/saskatoon/fifth-day-of-jscn-inquest-first-week-wraps-up-1.7088385?cmp=rss

On Saturday mornings while the dog is being walked, I pour a second cup of coffee and take a backwards stroll through things I missed in the week. The balance of news and snow pictures is weirdly magical in an Australian summer. Go well all of you, thanks for all the labour of showing up here, our world is in a fragile state.

@MarjorieMorgan @Lazarou it’s extra heartbreaking when it’s a child.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-north-east-orkney-shetland-68017038

#LongCovid #DutyOfCare #LegalCase #NHS

Emily, an incredible Canadian artist with #LongCovid, is putting together an amazing project to be displayed at the Art Vancouver Fair in April and spread awareness for long Covid. She’s looking for people with long Covid, or who’ve recovered from long Covid to participate by sharing a picture of their face, which will be displayed anonymously (without names) on a hospital gown.

If you’re happy to participate or would like to find out more, contact details for Emily, and more information about the project, are provided in the attached link.

https://www.emilyartist.ca/2024/01/participate-in-my-next-project.html

Alt text is not the same as a photo caption. Captions are typically written to support a photo, and usually depend on users being able to see the photo. But alt text is meant to be the stand-in for the photo. The alt text is what a screen reader user gets in place of the photo.