Posts by mivox@mivox.net
(DIR) Post #AYJd8M3ZhuSyj2JTyS by mivox@mivox.net
2023-08-02T01:05:48Z
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If I were still living #LifeWithoutTheInternet, I might not have lost the ability to focus long enough to read a book. :blobcatcry:#HashTagGames
(DIR) Post #Aa0w5Ts3EwrtL1XNvk by mivox@mivox.net
2023-09-16T04:52:43Z
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Three years. Three fucking years of zero #COVID in my home.Now my husband is quarantined downstairs for who knows how long, and I’m building a Corsi-Rosenthal box for the living room, because the HEPA air purifier with the UVC light is camping downstairs with him.I tested negative earlier tonight, really hoping I manage to stay that way. #COVIDisNotOver #FML #PlagueHouse
(DIR) Post #Aa0w5UbQWFAFbklcem by mivox@mivox.net
2023-09-16T05:44:04Z
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Handcrafted, artisanal C-R box deployed. The fan is stuck on high, because the controls are inconveniently located on the front, rather than the top. But hey, that means it’s also a white noise generator!#CorsiRosenthalBox #AntiViralAirFilter #COVIDisNotOver #PlagueHouse
(DIR) Post #Aa0w5VOhZ2a04ZoySe by mivox@mivox.net
2023-09-16T20:20:56Z
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#PlagueHouse Day Two: Husband is normally the breakfast cook. Not only can I not flip an egg in the air like he can, but I broke one of his yolks. :blobCat_tear: His doctor will not prescribe Paxlovid because she says pharmacists want a kidney function test before they fill it. 🤬 On the upside, she told him to rest, so he might actually rest?I do not know if I’m feeling sick or not. I’m too anxious about whether I’m feeling sick to be an impartial judge. :blobcatfearful: #COVID
(DIR) Post #Aa0w5X1NWj6z6ovNNw by mivox@mivox.net
2023-09-16T22:03:27Z
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If you get #covid and your regular doc doesn’t want to give you #Paxlovid for some reason, but your insurance company or employer contracts with #Teladoc, call them instead.I’m picking up Paxlovid & a cough suppressant for my husband this afternoon, no hassle whatsoever (this is after his PCP refused to prescribe anything this morning).https://www.teladoc.com
(DIR) Post #Aa0w5XmAikXfRwokK0 by mivox@mivox.net
2023-09-17T23:28:39Z
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Welp, I’m retracting my previous wholehearted recommendation of #Teladoc, because when I called them today after my positive test (boo!) I got a different doctor, and was told I couldn’t get #Paxlovid because I hadn’t had a recent kidney function test. Who the fuck is out here getting routine kidney function tests? Nobody gets their kidneys tested unless there’s a problem with them. 🤬Anyhow, the upside I guess is that I don’t have to bother masking in the house anymore. 🙃
(DIR) Post #Aa0w5YkR6gkQSr0sFs by mivox@mivox.net
2023-09-18T08:47:13Z
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Is INCREDIBLY bad #tinnitus a common #COVID thing? I have a moderately loud fan running, I have the radio turned up loud enough I can hear it over the fan… But I swear my tinnitus is the loudest thing in this house right now. :blobCatGooglyEyesNotLikeThis:
(DIR) Post #Aa0w5cRRNFvhv69lCa by mivox@mivox.net
2023-09-21T04:28:30Z
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#PlagueHouse Day 5: Matt tested negative two days in a row, so back to work he goes tomorrow. I haven’t retested, because tomorrow is day 5 for me, and we’re supposed to isolate for five days minimum, so I’ll check in the AM.Head is still full of tinnitus, and I’m still generally fatigued as fuck. I could sit up longer today, but standing is limited to less than 5 minutes.It’s good the Mr. bounced back so quick, because I’m pretty fucking useless as things stand. #CovidIsNotOver #COVID
(DIR) Post #AckBxH9HsSzww0zuLo by mivox@mivox.net
2023-12-12T20:10:13Z
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Your periodic reminder that getting COVID only confers immunity for about a month: https://www.sbs.com.au/news/article/immunity-from-covid-19-reinfection-could-now-last-just-28-days-heres-what-you-need-to-know/60ysp5t53Also if you can get boosted three times a year, please do that, because the MRNA boosters’ effectiveness starts to wane after 4 months: https://www.cdc.gov/mmwr/volumes/71/wr/mm7107e2.htm
(DIR) Post #Ahpt8mgE0ToZyR9fRg by mivox@mivox.net
2024-04-01T04:19:14Z
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There’s a moose in the driveway/on my front porch. (Not even making those up.)#ExcusesForCallingOffWork#HashTagGames#AlaskaLife
(DIR) Post #Ahpt8nc0Xe2GreBoVk by mivox@mivox.net
2024-04-01T04:46:00Z
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There’s one big problem with this video: Why in the hell was there a teeny tiny baby moose at my cabin in the middle of December?!Unfortunately, I’m guessing the little fella probably didn’t survive the winter.#OffSeasonMoose
(DIR) Post #AhrbGYuFgvPSiHC9PU by mivox@mivox.net
2024-04-12T01:03:55Z
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So I signed up for the waiting list on a promising sounding unified messaging app a while ago. (Trying to figure out how to get all possible incoming messages for my business without having to check a half dozen different apps to do it.)I got an email yesterday letting me know it was my turn to sign up! Super exciting! I went to sign up a bunch of messaging accounts, and read the welcome message in the account……only to discover that Automattic bought them. *sigh*
(DIR) Post #Aht2xGV0tbxNzsw8JM by mivox@mivox.net
2024-03-31T20:20:19Z
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And there’s one more country leapfrogging ahead of the US in terms of general social progress. :blobcat_thisisfine: Congratulations, Australia! https://newsie.social/@estherschindler/112192064822346614
(DIR) Post #AhzrEAKvDuQWSmEDRo by mivox@mivox.net
2024-03-28T22:11:01Z
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Just under 25 years in prison, and over $11 billion to pay? Daaaaamn SBF is not having a good day. :blobcatcoffee: https://hachyderm.io/@molly0xfff/112174327245532573
(DIR) Post #Ai0XMq3kB7vsFw0lxw by mivox@mivox.net
2024-03-30T22:02:26Z
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“One concern is ongoing private equity purchasing of generic pill press companies that is creating artificial scarcity deliberately.”I would like to make a motion to ban private equity firms, finance bros, and possibly also stock markets, altogether. https://zeroes.ca/@hannu_ikonen/112186335328931776
(DIR) Post #AluhryAdFHkHOa7Z8y by mivox@mivox.net
2024-09-09T17:58:32Z
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I sincerely hope this doesn’t become an annual tradition. :ablobcatbongoangry: :dumpster_fire: 🤬
(DIR) Post #Aluhrz0O8r95z6Ktoe by mivox@mivox.net
2024-09-11T21:44:29Z
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#Covid update: After 2.5 days of #Paxlovid my test was much fainter today, and I feel OK.Reminder: If you get Covid in the US you can get Paxlovid Rx from https://hidrb.com for a $15 fee. (You must say that you’ve had a kidney test w/in the past year & your results were OK. If you can get tested, go ahead & do that!)W/ insurance Pax was $25 at Costco, but YMMV bc healthcare in the US is a joke. So! Pfizer has a program to offset the shelf price: https://www.paxlovid.com/paxcess#CovidIsNotOver
(DIR) Post #AluhsOwNiNOCQCf4BE by mivox@mivox.net
2024-09-12T02:12:30Z
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I’m running last year’s C-R Box fan up in the loft where I’m holed up when Matt’s home. There’s a second whole-house size air purifier running on the main floor. On the ground floor, where Matt has been hanging out, there’s a 600sqft purifier with an internal UV light.When I go down to the main floor while he’s home, I make sure he’s downstairs & I mask. When he goes up to the main floor, he makes sure I’m upstairs & masks.So far, he’s still testing negative.🤞🤞 #CovidSafety #CovidIsNotOver
(DIR) Post #Aluma4KO76C73By4eG by mivox@mivox.net
2024-06-30T10:52:45Z
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“The test of a first-rate intelligence is the ability to hold two opposing ideas in mind at the same time and still retain the ability to function. One should, for example, be able to see that things are hopeless yet be determined to make them otherwise.”-F. Scott Fitzgerald
(DIR) Post #Aq1rjtwhvP3xJoJ624 by mivox@mivox.net
2025-01-13T05:08:45Z
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@futurebird @SrRochardBunson In the early 2000s, I traveled overseas multiple times, always staying with people I’d met on early social media & forums. It was fantastic, and I’m friends with almost all those folks to this day. Social media was the absolute best thing that ever happened to my socially awkward ass.