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[flamingsword]

If you have chronic pain, it may soon be possible to get testosterone therapy to manage it. The treatment is very new, so won’t be covered under a lot of insurance at first, but sometime in the next few years it should be widely available. If you have the resources, print that article out and take it to your doctor, if you have one that listens.

Epidemiologists are concerned that holiday gatherings could accelerate a “tripledemic” of Covid, Influenza, and the respiratory syncytial virus that is killing so many children. Maybe y’all should have everyone take a Covid rapid test before you get together, just to be on the safe side? And if you have kids around make sure nobody with the sniffles comes to your houses.

Neat body-positive podcast about how most of the weight loss “science” is junk.

Crack in Earth's magnetic field triggers extremely rare pink auroras witnessed in Norway Look, y’all! Space Narnia!

Comments

[ex_flameandsong751]

Pink auroras! EEEEEEE -flail-

[conuly]

I'm thinking masks and open windows, and perhaps have your actual meal as a picnic if weather even remotely allows?

[flamingsword]

Yeah, I might ask if we can have Thanksgiving on the balcony of my BIL’s apartment today, since it is 60 right now in North Texas. Sweater weather, but being nice about it, with no wind chill and intermittent drizzle. It’s actually kinda nice.

[reidemosthenes]

Those auroras are super cool!

I'm a bit anxious about going to the union party tomorrow because covid, but I really want to go and see what it's like. I'm just hoping double masking will make the difference.

[flamingsword]

Good luck? Double masking does help, and being somewhere with a lot of airflow. So grab a spot under the vent, I guess.

[sabotabby]

That is one hell of an aurora.

It blows my mind that the majority of teachers don't consider the welfare of children and mask the fuck up at school.

[flamingsword]

Same. Maybe they think that students are such a huge risk to each other that what’s one more percentile risk.

[leopard_princess]

Thank you for recommending Maintenance Phase. I'm really enjoying it!

[flamingsword]

Welcome welcome! I try to recommend the good stuff to people.

And now: we see if I have enough functional brain to knit the rest of this beanie.

[leopard_princess]

Rooting for you!

[leopard_princess]

Also, Aubrey's hearty laughter is delightful!