Mandy J Watson
mandyjwatson.bsky.social
Mandy J Watson
@mandyjwatson.bsky.social
Tech-culture journalist. Copy editor. Game dev. Hire me!
World expert in South African comics (#sacomics) published after 2000.
Words: https://brainwavez.org/
Tiny games: https://mandyjwatson.itch.io/
Masked up in Cape Town, South Africa.
Yeah, I got what you were saying after your direct replies to me.
December 3, 2025 at 10:05 PM
True, yeah, ok.
December 3, 2025 at 9:56 PM
I wish this was true but most people couldn't even handle the first three weeks of lockdown and were climbing the walls at being slightly inconvenienced in their "normal" lives. Many people were just incapable of nothing more taxing than sitting with themselves.

Now they live in COVID denial.
December 3, 2025 at 9:48 PM
What about algorithm, bureaucracy, and September?
December 3, 2025 at 3:04 PM
Reposted by Mandy J Watson
Claudia Black: “When I did the first season, people assumed that I’m making hundreds of thousands of dollars. It could not be further from the truth on a role like this. [My pay was] closer to what I was earning when I was 19 or in my early 20s.”
‘Ahsoka’ Actress Claudia Black Details Why She Exited Season 2 Over Pay: “Something Needs to Change”
Black, who played Nightsister Klothow in the 'Star Wars' series, also gets candid about the challenges of working in Hollywood as a woman, specifically a single mother.
www.hollywoodreporter.com
December 2, 2025 at 8:06 PM
and yet we haven't had access to vaccines or boosters for nearly four years and there is no intention ever to bring them back.
December 2, 2025 at 5:31 PM
These are the two biggest issues in my country. We have some of the best virologists and immunologists in the world and some of the public-facing ones from official bodies have been downplaying the pandemic for years in media interviews.
December 2, 2025 at 5:27 PM
This is a much better response and I am in agreement with you.

Just FYI you missed a couple extra factors: utter ignorance (due to lack of accessible education, not willful ignorance) and an official government and private sector policy that doesn't think COVID is important or particularly damaging
December 2, 2025 at 5:27 PM
Reposted by Mandy J Watson
Want to make your own ROOMS and SOUP-like games? Here you go! This was developed in tandem with SOUP ROOMS and was the tool we used to make it.

Have fun!

akuma-kira.itch.io/bap
Bapalon by KIRA, Kite Line
A virtual museum tool that anyone can edit!
akuma-kira.itch.io
November 29, 2025 at 4:19 PM
Fine, but you were unnecessarily "well, actually"ing in what was a cultural, more than medical, discussion.

(I have subsequently read up on "three cueing" as well and it may very well also be a rather horrific contributor.)
December 2, 2025 at 10:33 AM
Oh, nice. Well done!
December 1, 2025 at 8:44 PM