they/them, autistic zebra antifascist. bookworm, knitter, weightlifter. chicken enthusiast over at @WitchChickens. I support the uprisings and a copless future.
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Seillean 🐝 retweeted
Dear #SagAftraMembers:
We are thrilled & proud to tell you that today your TV/Theatrical Negotiating Committee voted unanimously to approve a tentative agreement with the AMPTP. As of 12:01 a.m. PT on Nov. 9, our strike is officially suspended & all picket locations are closed.
ALT On a black background. In top left corner. A white figure with its right arm upraised. Next to it. In white text: SAG-AFTRA. Below. In yellow text: Dear SAG-AFTRA Members: We are thrilled and proud to tell you that today your TV/Theatrical Negotiating Committee voted unanimously to approve a tentative agreement with the AMPTP. As of 12:01 a.m. PT on Nov. 9, our strike is officially suspended and all picket locations are closed. We will be in touch in the coming days with information about celebration gatherings around the country. In white text in the bottom right corner: 1/4. Across the bottom. In black text on a yellow background: Your TV/Theatrical Negotiating Committee.
Seillean 🐝 retweeted
1. Amazon is in a world of legal hurt — I just read the less-redacted version of the FTC’s monopoly lawsuit. Lots of evidence of Amazon execs knowingly screwing consumers & killing competition, aware of their own wrong-doing.
A few highlights. First, destroying evidence.
Seillean 🐝 retweeted
Self diagnosis is often the first step to professional diagnosis.
People may think they broke a bone because the symptoms match that diagnosis. They go to the Dr to make sure. Same with ADHD, autism, infections, and most other conditions.
SELF DIAGNOSIS PRECEDES DIAGNOSIS
Seillean 🐝 retweeted
The language used here won't be for everyone, but I think the message should be.
Seillean 🐝 retweeted
😷✈️ Masks and travel.
A few people have been asking me about masking and travel, and I thought it would be an interesting topic to talk about. As a digital nomad, I fly frequently, often taking 4+ monthly flights. However, I’ve never once caught COVID while travelling. I have had it once, but that was when I returned home to New Zealand last year for six months, and I let my guard down. When travelling, I’m always very careful to mask and remain as safe as possible.
Is it safe to travel?
The first question I often get asked is, is it safe to travel in the first place? After all, you are exposing yourself to a significant risk due to the close proximity to other people (and the poor ventilation when the plane is grounded and at many airports). While there will never be zero risk, if you wear a well-fitting respirator (N95 or better), it’s entirely possible to avoid COVID, as I have. On almost all of my flights, I’ve used an Aura of some kind, but I have also used my Envo Mask and even @airpophealth Light SE at times.
How can I eat or drink?
For short flights (less than six hours) I won’t do either. If I prepare by eating and drinking beforehand, I don’t find myself hungry during the flight. While I often become thirsty towards the end of the flight, I’ll wait until I’ve disembarked to remain safe. For longer flights, @SIPmask has been my friend since I started using it. However, I am always careful to ensure my straw never leaves my drink before my respirator.
What respirator should I wear?
As always, this comes down to what is comfortable for you and what fits best (but should always be an N95 or equivalent or better - no masks, only respirators). It’s important to consider comfort when on a long-haul flight, so I opt for headband respirators as they don’t cause pain behind my ears after 4+ hour flights. Since travel is high-risk, I will also ensure I have the best-fitting respirator I’ve used on hand. For me, this is usually an 1870+ or 9205+, but it will differ between people.
It is possible to travel while remaining safe. While there will always be some risk, taking the right measures can greatly reduce this risk. I think it's important to remain aware of COVID and the health impacts it can cause, but I also try not to let it get in the way of my life - I'm just always very careful to ensure I take the measures I can to improve my safety.
Have you travelled during COVID? What has been your experience?
ALT A man and woman sitting on a plane both wearing Aura respirators.
Seillean 🐝 retweeted
Non-industry folks who may not know: the studios can use snippets of our work w/o compensation for promotional purposes. By putting the film up in small parts, they get $ from the ads that they don't hv to compensate us for because of a technical loophole. Part of why we strike.
Seillean 🐝 retweeted
"I thought I was a face-eating leopard, so why are these face-eating leopards eating MY face, too?"
Seillean 🐝 retweeted
BackerKit bans AI-generated content from its platform, including art for board games trib.al/mXPcyGv
Well, I've been meaning to go to DDG for a while, this is a compelling final straw.
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This still does not make sense to me. I guess I imagine what something looks like? I build kind of a sense of it, like manually building different layers of beingness.
It's like intellectualizing an emotion rather than feeling it, if the emotion in question were an apple.
It's baffling to me that some of y'all see stuff in your mind. You SEE it? The way your eyes see? I always thought "visualize" meant thinking of the words/ideas/feelings associated with a thing, not actual visuals.
I am such a total 5 on this scale I didn't know 1-4 existed.
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Seillean 🐝 retweeted
My latest comic for The Audacity is a Where-Are-We-Now on reproductive freedom, post-Dobbs. Give it a read! audacity.substack.com/p/wher…
