firecat

Weird shit you do when you unearth stuff you forgot you had, and you know you don't have go to out in public any time soon: Apply temporary tattoos. Vote on which way is the right side up!

A twitter thread has been going around, discussing the way the concept of Stockholm Syndrome was made up to discredit women. Here is an excerpt from the book the twitter thread is drawing from. ( “See What You Made Me Do” by Jess Hill, 2019.)
https://www.survivepersonalabuse.org/stockholm-syndrome-not-what-youve-been-told/

Most of the discussion of this is around how "too little, too late" it is. (I agree.)
Insulin maker offering free 90-day supply to patients financially impacted by pandemic
https://www.10tv.com/article/insulin-maker-offering-free-90-day-supply-patients-financially-impacted-pandemic-2020-apr

Scary content warning. But I'm trying to think of it as "new information that offers a chance for improved treatment of covid-19 patients"
A mysterious blood-clotting complication is killing coronavirus patients, by Ariana Eunjung Cha
https://www.washingtonpost.com/health/2020/04/22/coronavirus-blood-clots/

A lot earlier than they thought:
First known U.S. coronavirus death occurred on Feb. 6 in Santa Clara County, by Erin Allday and Matt Kawahara
https://www.sfchronicle.com/health/article/First-known-U-S-coronavirus-death-occurred-on-15217316.php

TL;DR: Get an oximeter; it could give you an early warning sign of coronavirus-related lung damage.
Opinion: The Infection That’s Silently Killing Coronavirus Patients, by Richard Levitan, an emergency doctor
https://www.nytimes.com/2020/04/20/opinion/coronavirus-testing-pneumonia.html

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From:

choirwoman

Both are the right way up, of course. (Reminds me I have small temporary tattoos in my purse, one of a pissed-off unicorn, and I should totally use it!)

From:

jesse_the_k

Excellent temporary tattoo!

From:

firecat

A pissed-off unicorn is perfect!

From:

firecat

Thanks! Pretty sure it's from tattly.com, but they don't seem to be making that one any more.

From:

agoodwinsmith

I am choosing the black cat as the "real" cat for two reasons:

He looks like my much-missed Sam. Big sweetheart cat.

And, it looks like Sam is standing on wet pavement, and what we're seeing is his reflection in a gasoline smeared puddle.

Edited Date: 23 Apr 2020 08:25 pm (UTC)

From:

pameladean

The temporary tattoo is gorgeous. I think the colorful cat is the shadow because of the relative proportions of the two, but honestly either way looks splendid.

P.