@catlynne333 @EnochianEntropy

OR, if you have one, wear a face shield in addition to the mask. Also substantially increases you protection.

@catlynne333 @EnochianEntropy

Oh dear. Well, assuming it is something you NEED, I would double mask for the encounter, or if you have one, wear an N95. They will give you extremely good protection. The N95’s with respirators give EXCELLENT protection to the wearer, no protection to those around the wearer, and are EASY to breathe through with asthma. The ones without the respirator protect everyone but are a little harder to breathe through with asthma, although I manage.

@EnochianEntropy @catlynne333

We had an expensive wheelchair delivered and they dropped it off in the snow next to the road and sent me a photo of it. I left work and went home to rescue it.

Nothing, no matter how expensive, has required a signature in months. Wheelchair, wheelchair ramp, gifts, nothing.

@catlynne333 @EnochianEntropy

They want you to sign for a package? I haven’t had to do that since the pandemic began.

What I would suggest is to ask them to set the electronic signing thingie down and to step back 8 feet. Then I would open the door and sign.

We have a gate at the road. Normally I meet them at the gate with a German Shepherd or three. They hastily set the package down and leave, while I unlatch the gate. They never get within 6 feet of me. Maybe because of the dogs.

@Beanc

I would like to see regulation also. However, in the meantime, public outcry can scare companies into taking action.

Indeed, even regulated companies need public outcry to keep them honest, as regulators are often in bed with the regulated, hoping for revolving door jobs...

@BlueStateBabe good to know. I did not see Twitter’s apology. Seems rather uncharacteristic for them to post any apologies. Which account did they use to apologize? I follow a couple.

@Beanc

I posted on the bird site asking @apple and @google which apps in their stores are involved. No retweets yet - it’s a bit outside my usual tweets, so my followers aren’t likely to pick up on it. I would like to see pressure on the big companies about this, though.

@Beanc @InvaderGzim

Holy cr@p!

@ecksmc

Hello, sparky! 🙃

Make an account here and join in the discussions.

It’s early, early morning here. 55* F, going to 81 later today. It is too nice to go to work. Thankfully, it is Friday and I don’t think I have to work this weekend.

Facebook, ever the right wing haven, fired employee who gathered data showing favorable treatment of right wing on platform, and who warned that tRUmp would use the platform to dispute election results.

https://www.buzzfeednews.com/article/craigsilverman/facebook-zuckerberg-what-if-trump-disputes-election-results

In a brilliantly stupid move, bird site blocked fact checkers from their accounts for daring to hold tRUmp accountable for his deadly lies about COVID-19.

https://www.buzzfeednews.com/article/pranavdixit/twitter-locking-people-fact-checking-trump

Students suspended from school for posting photos of unsafe school reopening.

https://www.buzzfeednews.com/article/laurenstrapagiel/north-paulding-high-school-suspensions-for-hallway-photos

@sazemisery 😆

@Periwinkle as to family, my dad is gone, my mom needs to go to a nursing home but cannot due to COVID. So she’s got some home care. She cannot stay with us because my job would put her at extreme risk.

The kids... so far are doing ok. We have one military family, one first responder family, one lawyer family, and one economist family. Hoping they all do ok, but if they need to come home, we’ll try to accommodate. Somehow.

Best wishes. 💜💜

@Periwinkle good for you on the weight! Anything we can do to improve our health right now is good! I have asthma and am a cancer survivor with blood type A, so in addition to age as a risk factor, I have a few others piled on top of that. I am taking extra vitamins to be sure my immune system has everything it could possibly need and we are eating a lot of veggies from the garden. Just trying to maximize health so maybe if we do get exposed we can throw it off.

The life of an aging public defender during a pandemic is a bit risky.

Today I had office appointments for out-of-custody clients. Two of my clients informed me at the end of their appointments that they had been exposed to “the Rona” via family. Both had family members who had tested positive and were quarantined at home. One coughed.

👀

I wear a mask. I wash my hands like a freaking raccoon. I shower as soon as I get home and put clothes in the wash. But still...