impudentstrumpet.bsky.social
Translator, blogger, wanna-be inventor, random internet stranger
She/elle/sie/ella/ona
Location: Toronto
http://impstrump.blogspot.com
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But they've never at any point in these decades of stuck pizza boxes changed the specifications of either garbage chutes or pizza boxes so they'd be compatible
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There are some weird edge cases. Star Trek is American and is filmed right here in Toronto, providing unionized jobs with higher than average COVID safety standards to my neighbours! Call the Midwife is British, but is made available to me on PBS!
But "no new American content" captures all of these
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Not finding out how the mystery is solved or what happens next to beloved character is hard.
But not getting entangled in something new is way easier.
Between "maybe I'll check it out" and "is it on something I subscribe to?", I'll insert an intermediate step of "Is it American?"
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I find I keep getting stuck on the fact that the hard part is hard and therefore not starting the task, but doing just the easy part still makes visible progress that makes me feel better about myself and my home
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Wipe down the stovetop even if I don't have it in me to scrub that bit that needs scrubbing.
Wipe down the tiles even if I don't have it in me to do mildew remediation today
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Update: Turns out they use FIVE different babies! www.pbs.org/wgbh/masterp...
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(And, to be clear, I don't go around saying "dude!" to randoms because I know it can be *received* as a gendered reference to my interlocutor. But in my organic dialect, it doesn't actually refer to my interlocutor)
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Whoa! I never thought I'd look at a 900-year-old 24-bedroom chateau and start doing math!
(The math doesn't math, but I did do some calculations!)
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Oh no! :( My condolences to everyone!
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And here is my comprehensive blog post from August 2020 about how I struggled to breathe in masks, how I figured out what was really going on, and how mask advocates could have communicated with me better
impstrump.blogspot.com/2020/08/mask...
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Also, bifold masks are helpful, because they're further away from your face and don't touch your nose and mouth. The image is an example what I mean, the link is to where you can buy this specific one (I chose this because it's the first N95 I could wear comfortably)
canadastrong.ca/products/lay...
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The "you're having a panic attack, not difficulty breathing" framing could come across as "don't be silly, it's all in your head"
But the important information is it needs to be addressed physiologically like a panic attack, not like a respiratory issue
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Counterpressure is a way to quickly, temporarily increase your blood pressure to stave off the fainting that comes with low blood pressure light-headedness my.clevelandclinic.org/-/scassets/f...
If this is what your body is doing, you will feel the results of counterpressure within seconds
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Your body responds with a panic response, including gasping for breath. But it doesn't seem like panic because you're not actually afraid at that moment!
Gasping which might lower your blood pressure and make you feel light-headed (which, again, makes you feel like you aren't getting enough air)
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Concise version here, my detailed blog post linked at end:
The issue is called "false suffocation alarm". The Twitter thread where I learned about it is archived here: web.archive.org/web/20200701...
Basically, your body thinks you can't breathe even though you can breathe and responds accordingly
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My understanding is stymied by the fact that I'm unaware (without googling) of what other kinds of bail there might be.
I have heard *that* cash bail is bad, but don't have enough understanding to explain why.
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Muppy is going to pull that whole multi-wheeled thing she's standing in front of?? Amazing!
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Ugh, that thing where they read a parenting article or something and the rules arbitrarily changed
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Another specific thing I'm wondering about evacuating a plane crash:
Suppose your baby's car seat is in the plane. How do you get...anywhere? Has someone planned for this eventuality?
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And now that I look at the account, all they'd have to do to create satisfactory alt text in most of those pictures is put the player's name!
(There is, of course, room for the kind of rich, evocative, clever alt text that goes viral, but the pics are just baseball players posing for pics)
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That's such a weirdly specific combination of lazy and cowardly!
They're too lazy to do the 10 seconds of work it takes to write alt text, while also being too cowardly to look their sighted audience in the eye and admit that they aren't doing alt text!
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Yet another thing for the "Why would you do that when you could just not do that?" file
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Congratulations!
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#alt4me Is there someone who knows the terminology for this specific design/art style who could provide alt text?
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Conventional wisdom is that you should leave your belongings behind when evacuating a plane and people who try to take their stuff with them are Bad and Wrong.
If they want people to actually leave their belongings behind, they need to widely publicize how they will protect them.
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To what extent are they assuming goodwill ("Don't be silly, the authorities won't arrest you for being in a foreign country without a passport if you've just been in a plane crash!") vs. having actual procedures in place ("This is your official internationally recognized Plane Crash Survivor card")
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Suppose you lose your driver's licence in the plane crash and need to drive home from the airport. What provisions are in place to keep the cops from arresting you for driving without a licence?
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Suppose the plane lands in a 3rd country that you aren't legally allowed to enter. Suppose the plane lands in a place that isn't safe for people of your demographic. How do they keep you safe?
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What measures are in place to keep you safe and get you home safely?
And interview actual, real life plane crash survivors about whether these measures actually work