Hawthorn berries are massive and abundant this year, all over town. I wonder what made them so happy
Month: October 2024
Ah, gaps
The “Persistent Gaps” section of this new 🇨🇦 report on long covid is killing me.
Definitions and clinical guidance, sub-populations (how different groups are impacted), care and treatment, pathogenesis (underlying biological mechanisms and causes), socio-economic impact, and prevention. That’s… the whole thing. Long covid is one big gap. Laugh/cry.
I am happy to see they at least mentioned prevention this time. The previous reports that detailed how long covid was common, disabling, and permanent but somehow inevitable filled me with so much rage.
The new “recommended priority action” to “incentivize investment in improving indoor air quality in buildings where large numbers of people gather” is belated but good!
Department of chainsaws for hands
I made myself a horror movie bingo card for October, and I am trying to think of a name for a trope I love.
What do you call that thing where characters have ridiculous and cool DIY assistive tech? I am thinking about chainsaws as prosthetic hands, homemade motorcycle-wheelchairs, and the other mayhem that shows up mainly in horror movies.
“Fuckin Rad Improvised Accessibility” is my draft so far 😂🤘🏻
