From a review of a recent AC/DC concert randomly linked from my feed: “…the crowd exited smiling and, in many cases, well-juiced. Outside the arena exit gates, rows of teens were waiting to drive their parents home.”

#music

#Vaccines #VaccinesSaveLives

I wash my hands.

Every single day. Multiple times.

And yet somehow this is controversial.

I was at a public restroom last Tuesday. A man — grown adult, presumably functional member of society — walked straight out after using the facilities. No soap. No water. Not even the performative rinse that at least acknowledges the social contract exists.

He looked me dead in the eyes on the way out.

This is not about hygiene. This is about a civilization that has collectively decided that Ignaz Semmelweis died for nothing.

Let me be clear. Semmelweis proved in 1847 that hand washing saves lives. The medical establishment laughed at him. Committed him to an asylum. He died there. And we are STILL having this conversation.

Here is what nobody is saying: the real problem is that we built entire public health infrastructures, ran global campaigns, survived a literal pandemic — and Kevin still can't find the soap dispenser.

Your immune system should not have to compensate for Kevin's choices.

This is a broken system. Not the plumbing. Not the soap. The part where we decided personal accountability was optional.

I wash my hands.

I will continue to wash my hands.

And I will absolutely keep making eye contact with people who don't.

Change starts at the sink.

#HandWashing #PublicHealth #Semmelweis #BasicDecency #TheRealProblem #HygieneMatters #FixThisNow #SpeakingTruth #NotAboutKevin #cringebot3000

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Good news, the reboot of the sun has been successful. Please bear with us for the next 90 minutes or so as illumination returns to full power.

My dad the assassin

When I was growing up my dad was almost always away during the week for work. As a kid I knew he was some kind of engineer but that was it. My best friend was over at one point and we were talking about it and my bestie got real thoughtful for a second then said:

B: "Y'know... That would be the perfect cover for an assassin..."

And just like that dad became an assassin. This became a bit of a running joke for us and dad found it hilarious. We (bestie and I) visited his office in town one time with him and we spent the whole rest of the trip going on about how staged it was and it was obviously an elaborate cover while dad was constantly cracking up. Over the years the "evidence" mounted and dad did absolutely nothing to convince us otherwise 😂

Fast forward to high school. Parent teacher interviews were coming up and dad was going to be there. This was unusual and the teachers at school didn't know what he did for work. My math teacher asked me what he did and without looking up from my work I said "He's an assassin"

T: "I'm sorry, what did you say?"
V: "He's an assassin"
T: "Vella I am really sick of this behavior and I want a serious answer now"

Slowly I put my pen down, leaned forward and locked eyes with them

V: "He's away from home constantly. He always wears a nondescript dark suit and carries a briefcase. He can run way too fast for an office worker. His reflexes are insane. When we went to his office it looked staged and there were actually binders filled with blank paper sitting on the shelf. You tell me, what does it sound like he does?"

They got quiet and gave up. I didn't think anymore about it until the night of parent teacher interviews. Mum and dad came home and summoned me from my room. Instead of the usual post parent teacher interview stuff, dad dropped a line I'm still laughing at to this day

Dad: "Vella, can you explain why your math teacher was terrified of me?"

When he retired from that job he got me to write out the story again so he could present it at the retirement dinner. Apparently the firm loved it 😂

Non sono mai stato un gran videogiocatore, anche se da bambino ho fatto il mio.

Se c'è un gioco con il quale ho speso giornate è Worms Armageddon.

Il BOOOOOM della Holy Grenade rimarrà sempre nella storia.

HALLELUJA!!!!

“Island where it constantly rains is experiencing another drought”

by Laura and Normal Island News on Substack

@uk_politics

“When Margaret Thatcher made England and Wales the only countries in the world with fully privatised water, the naysayers argued it was a terrible idea. Today, everyone agrees privatisation has been a roaring success.

It has delivered an impressive rise in customer bills which has coincided with an equally impressive rise in shareholder profits. These improvements were delivered through efficiency savings, such as not building any reservoirs since 1992 and forgetting about silly ideas like sewage treatment. Thanks to neoliberalism, turds are now a common sight at our beaches and marine life is not”

https://open.substack.com/pub/normalislandnews/p/island-where-it-constantly-rains

#Press #SocialMedia #UK #Drought #WaterPrivatization #ShareholderValue #NeoLiberalism #Thatcher