Had a dream that our building opened the pool for pool season. There were crowds of people everywhere & healthcare workers were on the scene taking everyone's temperatures and checking everyone's eyes.
In DC, pool season typically runs Memorial Day to Labour Day. I can't imagine pools will re-open this month. Do we even have research about the coronavirus' abilities to survive in water, yet?
Given it's regularly 100 °F / 38 ° C in DC during the summer, the thought of facing that without a pool is depressing.
And I'm not sure if we should run the air conditioner? Apartment buildings, ( ... like planes, elevators, and cruise ships ...) have enclosed spaces that recycle air. Will shutting all windows & forcing air through the building's vents be safe?
There's just so much we don't know about the virus yet.
Speaking of what we don't know, over a month ago, during my first #SexualHealth and #COVIDー19 dispatch from my living room, I said this might happen. Video is still available on YouTube. nytimes.com/2020/05/07/sci…
We saw this with Ebola. Basically, we discover a disease is transmitted via bodily fluids such as saliva, and make no mention of sexy fluids like semen, vaginal secretions, breast milk, anal juices, etc.
Then, because we're so scared of anything related to sex, we don't talk about it as much as we should vis-a-vis public health (or anything really).
Currently watching the Lorena Bobbitt documentary on @PrimeVideo. It includes much discussion about how grown people weren't sure how to describe what happened because they couldn't print or say the word "penis" in the news.
And it was only in 2011 that tampon commercials even began showing red (instead of blue) representations of periods on pads.
And back then, in 2011, I think it was a dot not even liquid. @Always walked so @kotex could run: "Kotex appears to be the first major, established brand to show blood-red fluid on its products in marketing." wsj.com/articles/kotex…
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Good morning, loves! ❤️ Here are a few wisdom droplets for you: To state the obvious, every member of congress who aided & abetted last Wednesday's attack is a traitor to this country. #NatSec
If you've seen photos & listened to reports from congresspeople who were inside the Capitol during the attack, you know certain Republicans gave rioters pre-attack recognizance tours.
They also first-pumped to cheer attackers on as they trashed the Capitol, tweeted out the location of the fellow congress members' hiding spaces & one literally said (about the mob) "those are my people." Watch this entire video. #NatSec instagram.com/tv/CJ-OkgNAO1N…
By definition, they require imagination and expanding one's mind. For example, when you see an actor, you're picturing them as the person they're depicting — not solely thinking: "Hey, that's ____!" #StarringRole
Usually, "unwanted" is a dated term to describe an untimed, or unexpected, pregnancy. #SRHR#SexualHealth
Usually, it covers a lot of agency on the part of the person who became pregnant. In other words, someone who is able to become pregnant had a consensual sexual encounter, and that encounter resulted in an unexpected — or "unwanted" — pregnancy.
Not all photos are uploaded to Twitter using the correct specs to optimize display on Twitter. For example ...
Twitter apparently taught its algorithm to find the most interesting / relevant parts of of photos, then display a cropped version of those pics such that the most relevant part shows up as a thumbnail.
We have to stay up. Stay focused. Stay happy. Stay optimistic.
Thank you, @silverbranchus for hosting an outdoor, physically distanced #Oktoberfest event. Spirits need lifting right now, and you're providing that service. #RIPRBG ❤
Tonight I restore my soul. 🍻 Tomorrow, I get back to work.
The New York Times did this, back in 2016. Though, with Trump supporters and Duck Dynasty (vis-a-vis shows like Modern Family & Empire). nytimes.com/interactive/20…
It's the premise of #BigData. To riff off Aristotle's "give me a child until he is 7, and I will show you the man", in modern times, it's: "Give me your data, and I will show you who I believe you are, and push you in the direction of who I want you to be."
As an example, if you're getting election-related calls, texts, Facebook ads, etc., you're getting them because you're on a list. Data decided which list(s) you should be on.