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Kath @kathmarval.bsky.social · 44m

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Kath @kathmarval.bsky.social · 23h

When a culture like this decides its customs should be the civilized norm for EVERYONE, a lot of sensible circadean customs will be lost.
And thus we all become "mad dogs & Englishmen."
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Kath @kathmarval.bsky.social · 23h

And you sleep despite sunlight in summer because there isn't enough night.
In winter every moment of daylight is precious & you don't sleep through it. In summer there's so much daylight you get unmoored from it.
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Kath @kathmarval.bsky.social · 23h

Yes AND
I think it's extremely relevant that 16th to 19thC colonizers were from NORTHERN Europe.
GBritain is really far north, a thing obscured by the climate-moderating effects of the Gulf Stream.
When you're that far north, you don't nap at midday in winter because you'd lose all your daylight.
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Kath @kathmarval.bsky.social · 1d

How far north (or south) are you?
That's not a truly, truly awful schedule unless it's winter & you're north of the 40th parallel (or correspondingly close to the south pole).
You could make it work if you could move every six months so you'd always be in summer & less than, oh, 55⁰ from a Pole.

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Kath @kathmarval.bsky.social · 1d

OMG this!
I endorse this sentiment forever.

M. Gordon @dimespin.bsky.social · 1d

Sleep is a biological necessity, and sleep deprivation has real physical, psychological, and social consequences that need to be taken seriously. The way our society treats it as slothful to sleep according to natural rhythms (including midday naps and variant chronotypes like night owls) is evil.

Zach Weinersmith @zachweinersmith.bsky.social · 2d

Do you have any extremely niche, but serious, ethical stances?

Kath @kathmarval.bsky.social · 2d

It is amazing to me how much this sounds like Austin Texas

C. E. Aubin @ceaubin.bsky.social · 6d

What The Hell Is Going On, a thread:

I’ve seen some thinkpieces and posts about Portland protests that fail to understand the long-term hyperspecificity of Portland culture/humor, and frame it as a sort of shitposting meme-pilled ironic thing. Which is wrong.

So I’m gonna give you my breakdown.

Kath @kathmarval.bsky.social · 2d

Note that the big toe on her right foot does not extend as far as the toe beside it, while the big toe of her left foot extends further than the toe beside it.

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Dr. Lucky Tran @luckytran.com · 3d

15 US states and territories have formed a new Public Health Alliance, which will counter the absence of federal leadership by tracking outbreaks, issuing guidance, buying vaccines and more.

Members of the new alliance include CA, CO, CT, DE, GU, HI, IL, MD, MA, NJ, NY, NC, OR, RI, WA.

Map: Governors Public Health Alliance
* Guam is also a member of the alliance
Updated October 15, 2025
Map: @luckytran • Created with Datawrapper

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Kath @kathmarval.bsky.social · 3d

Oh, I'll bet some of them wanted to, especially in moments of extreme frustration.
But they knew better. They knew better than to try, & they knew they wouldn't really like the results if they succeeded.
I remember when three USAmerican people would have been appalled at this mess.

Kath @kathmarval.bsky.social · 3d

Last year's flu was also early, & bad.
Got my flu shot in August.
Ignored the advice from a PA to wait until October because I'm having surgery at the end of October & not having flu derail the surgery or my recovery is more important to me than not having a breakthrough flu in February.

Kath @kathmarval.bsky.social · 3d

I am having planned scheduled elective surgery & was told to stop my GLP-1 agonist *2 wks* prior to surgery.

Kath @kathmarval.bsky.social · 4d

That is a beautiful ring

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Kath @kathmarval.bsky.social · 4d

TBF I figured it myself - no corroborating sources - so I could have missed something & gotten it wrong but I don't think I did.

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Kath @kathmarval.bsky.social · 4d

Oh good I'm glad you agree.
Many people who complain about doctors not knowing anything about nutrition are stuck in positions of opposition to modern medicine, vaccines, science, &c. In glad you're not.

Kath @kathmarval.bsky.social · 4d

BTW this is the origin of the phrase to "drop a dime on someone" meaning to inform against them. It's from back in the days when most pay phones cost 10 cents, not just pay phones in Massachusetts. It refers to putting a dime in a pay phone to make an anonymous telephone call.

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