#covid mention

[toss-a-coin-to-your-stan-account]

being a student during peak pandemic was so fucking surreal like. "it's not an excuse to fall behind" I cannot stress enough to you how much A Worldwide Plague Upending Life As We Know It is literally one of The Top Three Reasons to fall behind

#you go upstairs to hear the news talk about the death toll hitting 100k. you get some frozen waffles bc its all you've got stocked up #and you wont risk going to get groceries or takeout. you go back downstairs because you have a 3 page essay due. #you stare at your word doc with lofi playing and wonder why you can't just buckle down and work like normal. #or really. you pretend to wonder #because you know the reason you cant work like normal #you just refuse to allow yourself to believe its reason enough #mine #academia #covid mention

[thehallstara]

anyways happy pride to all my high risk queers out there, to all my disabled queers for whom events aren't accessible to, to my immunocompromised folks who can't risk attending events where people aren't masked or taking covid precautions! happy pride to my fellow cripqueers that want to be out there fighting and celebrating with their friends and family and can't because it's not safe for them to do so– you're not alone and you deserve to celebrate too. we all do.

#s.txt #okay to rb by the way #ngl this is mostly for myself but it's also something i feel strongly about #especially given everything i've seen lately talking about weighing risk vs pleasure as if they're mutually exclusive #or that there aren't high risk queer folks that deserve to access queer joy as well #i would literally kill to be able to celebrate pride with my queer fam this year and i can't bc i can't afford a reinfection #and it makes me so sad #queer #pride month #covid mention #covid isn't over

[bamsara]

my family is wayyyy too casuall telling me they're covid positve while im reheating coffee 2 feet away from them in the kitchen. if i get sick, We Shall Know

also we have a 5th cat now?? their decision also. his name is bennet and he's got a squished face

#sara shush #personal #covid mention

[felassan]

Article: 'Laid-Off Dragon Age Testers Will Picket BioWare'

Unionized ex-Keywords devs won the right to protest, against EA's wishes

Excerpt:

"Former quality assurance testers who worked on Dragon Age: Dreadwolf are preparing to picket outside Bioware’s Edmonton offices after being laid off earlier this year. Electronic Arts tried to block the protest but the developers prevailed in a ruling by the Alberta Labour Relations Board in Canada. BioWare laid off 50 employees in August, including some longtime developers whose tenure goes back to the beginning of the Dragon Age series. It also cut its contract with Keywords Studios, which was supplying quality assurance testers on in-development sequel Dragon Age: Dreadwolf. Those same testers had unionized just a year earlier. Last month, they were laid off from Keywords as well, with the outsourcing company blaming it on the loss of the BioWare contract. Now, as first reported by Game Developer, those former Dragon Age testers say they’re planning to picket outside BioWare’s office on November 7 around noon. They are demanding that Keywords reinstate them and continuing bargaining their first contract, calling the layoffs earlier this year a “union busting tactic.” But Keywords doesn’t have any offices in Alberta so they are going to BioWare instead. EA was apparently far from happy about the decision. The publisher tried to force the laid-off developers to take their protest elsewhere, noting that, as fully remote staff, they never technically worked inside BioWare’s Edmonton office. Instead, EA tried to convince the Alberta Labour Relations Board to make them picket outside their homes. The regulators were unmoved, ultimately siding with the workers. “We view this Labor Board ruling as a huge win for not just us, but remote workers everywhere in Canada,” former Keywords tester James Russwurm told Game Developer. “Workers can now go ‘oh, I can picket my employer’s offices downtown even though I didn’t work in the office.’” The ex-testers had been contracted to work at BioWare beginning during the pandemic, first on Mass Effect Legendary Edition and later on Dragon Age: Dreadwolf. When BioWare moved to force staff back into the office, the group successfully unionized to try and keep their remote status and improve pay. The Keywords developers were laid off before they could finish bargaining their first contract. EA said at the time that it had previously renewed its contract with Keywords and not doing so in September had nothing to do with the group unionizing. But the publisher has never made clear why it cut staff on a highly anticipated game like Dreadwolf that is still deep in development following several reported internal delays. EA and BioWare did not immediately respond to a request for comment."

[source] [the referenced Game Developer article] [more on the Keywords topic]

#dragon age: dreadwolf #dragon age 4 #the dread wolf rises #da4 #dragon age #bioware #mass effect #video games #longpost #long post #covid mention #reposted with fixed links sry!

[ao3-crack]

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#archive of our own #ao3 quotes #ao3 stuff #archive of our own quotes #fanfic #fanfic quotes #funny #ao3 #ao3 notes #shows up to the party 10 mins late #covered in plot bunny bites #with a home-brewed hot chocolate #because the local starbucks is closed from the plague #covid mention #covid ment tw

[disabled-pixie]

Covid isn't over! We're now going into an endemic! It will continue to evolve and make new variants, each more deadly than the last. I know people will say, "It will only kill the already disabled and elderly." Thanks for condemning my life and thousands of others to death because you wanted to go back to "normal life" and didn't do the bare minimum of getting vaccinated!

#covid19 #covid 19 #covid variants #disabled #disability #invisible disability #physical disability #chronically ill #chronic disability #chronic illness #chronic pain #spoonie #tw covid #covid mention #covid vaccine

[just-antithings]

I’m disgusted

get these people off of social media

(first picture was a conversation about ”the coffin of Andy and leyley”)

#mod erin #ask #just anti things #image #ask to tag #covid mention #incest mention #pedophillia mention #caps warning

[sensitiveheartless]

Hey y’all, sorry for being very slow about posting again! One of my housemates came down with Covid this week, and since I just got over it, I’m the best person to take care of him. So there are a lot of things I’m juggling right now, and I’ll probably continue to be pretty sporadic about posting for a bit — but yeah, just wanted to update on where I disappeared to :D hope everyone is doing well!

#I am also endeavoring not to accidentally transfer it to my other housemate — as far as we know she hasn’t had it yet #so I am doing a lot of handwashing and masking — so far so good! #still drawing and writing just very slowly lol #turtle pace turtle pace :D progress is progress! #senhart rambles #covid mention

[barkbrained]

Sorry I haven’t been super active recently (not that I really need to apologize) I have covid for the first time and it’s kind of wrecking me emotionally and physically. I’ve been in bed almost constantly since my first positive test on the 14th, and am still testing positive. The fatigue is crazy.

As cases are on the rise again, I’m posting this as a reminder to everyone that it’s still SO important to protect yourself and your community by wearing a mask when you’re out of the house. Preferably with a kn95 or better, but any protection is better than none! (You can find quality, legit masks here, btw!)

I’ve been masking since the beginning of the pandemic, and I know taking precautions is taxing, and it’s tiring, and it’s stressful, and it’s so so bleak, but it’s still so important. as the government continues to drop the ball on supporting the public and keeping us safe it falls on to the collective to care for each other and stay informed.

So stay safe and support each other, please!

#my art #if any idiots get ahold of this post you will be blocked and I won’t be engaging with you 👍🏻 #if this post urges just one person to start masking again that is enough for me ;-; please guys #covid #covid conscious #mask up #wear a mask #covid safety #furry #anthro #furry art #furry artist #furry community #sfw anthro #furry fandom #furry anthro #furry character #covid mention

[idiopathicsmile]

Things the anti-Covid medicine Paxlovid makes the inside of your mouth perpetually taste like, a not-exhaustive list

Licking a hot metal slide on a humid August morning

The results of an hourlong makeout session with Optimus Prime, wherein he has the alien robot equivalent of morning breath

Taking the water and coins out of an old fountain at an abandoned mall, and boiling it into a tea.

In the hopes of not getting a dirty martini, purposely ordering a “clean martini” only for the bartender to wildly misunderstand and add a sizeable squirt of grapefruit-scented dishwashing detergent to your glass, and then drinking it all at once.

The burps you'd get from really pounding a frying pan-flavored LaCroix

That urban legend about how you can dissolve a spoon in a cup of cola, but then you drank the spoon and only the spoon

The transcendent relief that your Covid isn't worse...but also you kind of put your whole mouth around a parking meter?

#covid mention #paxlovid #really bringing the niche material lately

[crippled-peeper]

hey how's life besides the COVID thing? also first ask to you so I'm kinda nervous lol

Here’s our beautiful Hank, with Patty in the backdrop. They can totally tell I’m sick. They both keep grooming me everywhere I go. They follow me.

Otherwise, I started some seeds for the coming spring. I’ll probably make another post about it soon

#COVID mention #cat #hank #patty

[bamsara]

haven't been able to walk without pain or mostly at all since I got Covid so now sometimes I just *sink* to the floor if I'm up for too long and all the cats in the household started surrounding around me and im very sus of what that means

#why do you surround me #why are they all looking at me like that #anyway handstands to the kitchen #sara shush #covid mention

[felassan]

Article: 'Exclusive: Laid-off Keywords union members set to strike outside of BioWare Edmonton'

EA and BioWare allegedly attempted to block members of Keywords Edmonton United from protesting outside of the company's office.

"Former employees of Keywords Studios who unionized under the banner of Keywords Edmonton United are planning to strike outside of BioWare's Edmonton headquarters on November 7, beginning around 11AM to 12PM local time. The striking union members—who had previously been working on Dragon Age: Dreadwolf before BioWare ended its contract with their employer—are protesting what they describe as an unfair termination by Keywords that they say was motivated by their unionization efforts. The union is continuing to contest the workers' terminations and argue that they be re-instated as Keywords employees who can be contracted to work with other Canadian clients. News of Keywords Edmonton United's strike comes with an additional twist: according to the union, Electronic Arts and BioWare appealed to the Alberta Labour Relations Board to block picketing from taking place outside EA's offices. The corporation behind the Dragon Age and Mass Effect franchises argued that this strike was a dispute between the laid-off workers and Keywords, and that they were not legally entitled to protest outside of BioWare because they had been a remote workforce. The Board has since ruled in the union's favor, and the former Dragon Age: Dreadwolf QA testers are set to strike as planned. Union spokesperson James Russwurm praised the Board's decision, calling it a win for all remote workers across the country. "We view this Labour Board ruling as a huge win for not just us, but remote workers everywhere in Canada," he said. "Workers can now go 'oh, I can picket my employer's offices downtown even though I didn't work in the office.'" The workers' planned strike and brief legal tussle with the company that contracted their former employer shine a light on the union's dispute with the prolific external development services provider. The union continues to assert that Keywords engaged in "bad-faith bargaining" during the process of negotiating a contract, and that their termination was a result of their successful unionization. Their efforts also shine a light on the nuances of Canadian labor law, and showcase useful lessons for developers hoping to unionize across the globe.

EA and BioWare tried to prevent laid-off contractors from striking at their office After members of Keywords Edmonton United unanimously voted in favor of calling a strike, the group filed a notice with the Alberta Labour Relations Board. Canadian law requires for unions to file notice with local labour boards in advance of such action. Upon receiving word of the filing however, lawyers from EA and BioWare apparently objected to the decision to picket outside of BioWare HQ. In a hearing that took place November 2, they argued that the Board should require unionized workers to picket in another location—specifically outside their own homes. A core element of EA's argument was that because the former Keywords workers worked entirely from home, the BioWare headquarters was not their place of work and they had no right to picket there. Alberta's Labour Relations board in Canada has oversight on what are called "secondary picketing" locations, which are locations that striking workers may attempt to protest at that are not their primary place of work. The union successfully argued that BioWare's headquarters did represent their former workplace even though their members did not physically go into the office. Russwurm explained that union members began working with BioWare at the start of the COVID-19 pandemic, which prevented them from going into the office for at least a year. When Keywords and BioWare attempted to force the contractors to return to the office, they began their efforts to unionize. One reason the Board ruled in the union's favor was that like many remote workers in the world of game development, the former Keywords QA testers used special software to remotely access computers located inside of BioWare's office. "If the power goes out in the building, I couldn't do my work because the PC in the building would be turned off," Russwurm explained. The Board has ruled that striking Keywords Edmonton United workers cannot block access or services to the building, which is also home to other companies besides BioWare. Russwurm said the union does not dispute that decision, and that their intent was never to prevent BioWare employees from accessing the premises. He stated that BioWare employees arriving at the studio during the strike would not have to physically cross a picket line to enter the building. "We're going to be out there, getting the word out, and even talking to BioWare employees coming and out of the building that might be interested in unionization. That's more of our focus than actual disruption." Russwurm said he maintains that the video game industry as a whole needs more unionization "across the board," and particularly that his former colleagues at BioWare should have a particular interest in unionizing after this year's brutal layoffs. "They can look around say 'we've had like two rounds of cuts now—[they're] cutting people who have been here for decades.' What kind of job protection do you have?" Game Developer has reached out to Keywords Studios and Electronic Arts, and will update this story when said companies respond."

[source] [more on the Keywords topic]

#dragon age: dreadwolf #dragon age 4 #the dread wolf rises #da4 #dragon age #bioware #video games #long post #longpost #mass effect #covid mention

[eliana-system]

My heart goes out to all the people with endo/real painful periods who got COVID and had it fucked over their cycle. The effect of COVID on menstrual cycles and hormones is ✨not fun✨and is quickly debilitating.

#eliana talks #endo positivity #endometriosis #not fucking endogenic plurals #cripple punk #cpunk #cripplepunk #chronic pain #tw covid #covid mention

[fatphobiabusters]

I was a bit curious if anyone here had seen this study and their thoughts on it. The results of it seem questionable to me. Although I do agree with him that the BMI is bull.

https://www.colorado.edu/today/2023/02/23/excess-weight-obesity-more-deadly-previously-believed

Firstly health doesn't equal worth or morals, always worth saying that.

On a quick review I can't say that he's taken into the account the damage of yo yo dieting. Those who are naturally lower BMI have no reason to put their bodies through the damage of a diet over and over whereas higher BMI people are harassed into.

I can't access the whole original paper, however "The statistical analysis of nearly 18,000 people also shines a light on the pitfalls of using body mass index (BMI) to study health outcomes," 18,000? Where are these people from? what's their diet history? did the higher BMI people have surgeries for weight loss?

"Masters mined the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (NHANES) from 1988 to 2015, looking at data from 17,784 people, including 4,468 deaths.

He discovered that a full 20% of the sample characterized as “healthy” weight had been in the overweight or obese category in the decade prior. When set apart, this group had a substantially worse health profile than those in the category whose weight had been stable. "

Weight loss does damage to your body??? Also "decade prior" how did these people lose weight because 10 years is ASTOUNDING to not have regained weight. Unless of course they were permanently on their diet which is, again, DAMAGING.

"Meanwhile, 37% of those characterized as overweight and 60% of those with obese BMI had been at lower BMIs in the decade prior. Notably, those who had only recently gained weight had better health profiles." The idea that people have natural ideal weights kind of leads to this. Your weight will fluctuate as you age and if your ideal weight goes up then its healthiest at that weight.

"Contrary to previous research, the study found no significant mortality risk increases for the “underweight” category." My first thought is does this include people who qualify for a DSM 5 diagnosis for anorexia? (This means they have weight loss, yes weight loss is required by the book don't get me started) 1 in 100 girls are estimated to struggle with anorexia alone. Are these people removed from the underweight category because they recently lost weight ??? How does that make sense! DIETING CAUSES DAMAGE, EATING DISORDERS CAUSE DAMAGE.

So my impression of this is its great at further proving BMI is crap at health but unless you account for the damage dieting does to a body you cannot say these statistics exist in a vaccum. It's astounding that in 2024 we are still accepting half the picture of weight analysis and statistics. Fat bodies don't just exist, we get pressured to do damaging and terrifying things to our body, we get our health ignored for weight first treatment.

Is our health really that bad or are there these other factors preventing equality in care?

Like in Sweden they left obese patients to die during COVID. Or having treatment stop over weight gain fears.

Or the time they decided polluting water because fat people drink it was okay.

So I guess my tldr is, this isn't saying what people might think it's saying. At least not as presented in this article. This really just proves weight loss is bad imo.

-mod squirrel

#O word #Mod squirrel #Ed mention #Weight loss mention #Ask #Prince luffy #Medical fatphobia #Covid mention #Healthism

[fretbored34]

All thanks to the plague 👍

#dank memes #fresh memes #funny memes #memes #lol #funny but true #so true #me irl lol #funny but not funny haha #oh no lol #adulting #mental health #fuck covid #covid isn't over #tw covid #covid 19 #covid memes #covid mention #slow blink #don't blink #blink blink #blinksforever #blinking #time flies #time flies when you're having fun #new years #new year #new years resolution #new years 2023 #i miss the good old days