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This is why you do staged rollouts of updates… not the entire planet at once.

This. Especially looking at the quality of your sleep (poor sleep can trigger or exacerbate depression). There is a high prevalence of sleep-related issues in the autistic community. If you haven’t had a sleep study done, I recommend doing it (it’s uncomfortable and not a good night’s sleep, but it will help identify issues such as sleep apnoea or restless leg syndrome).

Also go through all the typical sleep hygiene stuff (I know it can be annoying and tedious, but these factors can play a bigger role in autism than for neurotypicals due to sensory issues) such as temperature, noise and light. Are your pillow and mattress comfortable and providing the support you need, or are you tossing and turning, or waking up sore or uncomfortable?

Make sure it’s not whitespace sensitive and requires explicit typing, just to mess with everyone.

Can someone who speaks sovcit interpret please? I can usually follow their “arguments” to some degree, but I’m completely lost with this one.

Yeah, I saw this article too and thought it was ridiculous.

Brutal.

Yep. I have it.

Content Warning.

Sounds like someone who’s had too much and is trying to justify their habit.

Well, I guess that’s one ISP everyone will want to avoid…

Ouch.

Perhaps she could start with her own.

This measure of 199 out of 200 is the US population equivalent of 1,650,000 people.

So, roughly in the ballpark of how many COVID has killed thus far (best estimate I could find was a little over 1.2 million). Even that didn’t really motivate people, unfortunately.

Unless the human mortality rate is much higher than COVID, this is just going to be the same thing all over again. Vaccines take time to prepare and even though this is a flu strain (which should give us a headstart), there doesn’t seem to be much happening with this yet (even the US has only just started getting organised with an order of 4.8 million doses, which is a drop in the ocean if their burgeoning outbreak amongst livestock manages to jump to humans). Waiting until we have rampant human-to-human transmission to order vaccines will be too late.

CLearly getting in the week’s supply of cuddles.

Really glad to hear that - sounds like you have found a good vet. They are worth their weight in gold!

One of my favourites. Sci-fi shows don’t often do natural disasters (or do them well), but “The Storm”/“The Eye” and “Inferno” (both SGA) are favourites.

The next step is doing what I did - get a second office chair. One for you, one for the cat.

I have actually encountered those sort of potential differences between ground planes. They can indeed wreak havoc under the right circumstances.

Indeed! Covers most of the instances where I would otherwise have to use find.