#observations
Why does every Scorpio I know have or have had scoliosis
black americans only care about issues that affect them and not other blacks around the world. When stuff happen to them we must all come together but if things happens to blacks outside of North America….there is pure SILENCE.
stars appearing
stars visible
Camp on plain clear clear clear
Camp on flat calm clear
Camp on track calm, clear clear light clear
Camp on plains clear calm
two meteors, with tails
Camp on Ponds thunder, nimbus, rain
Camp Ponds beyond nimbus, rain
Camp on Creek calm, thunder nimbus, thunder
Camp on trap hill calm cirrus, stratus cirrus
a mackerel sky all day
Fish Ponds calm, clear (rain in night)
Pigeon Ponds (rain) clear
Camp on branch rain rain rain steady rain (moonshine) clear clear calm
Camp on flooded branch (calm) calm
two meteors falling to southward
Camp under hills clear calm thick fog
Camp under zero overcast, rain calm, rain
Sandhill Camp (in desert scrub) calm, thick fog
Muddy Camp clear clear (clear in the zenith)
watch stopped
stars appear
No Camp clear clear
No Camp calm, clear quite clear
Extracts from “Comparative journal, kept during the journey, in 1836, and at Parramatta, and other places”, pp.385-411, Thomas Livingstone Mitchell, Three Expeditions in the Interior of Eastern Australia with Descriptions of the Recently Explored Region of Australia Felix and of the Present Colony of New South Wales. University of Sydney Library digital text prepared from the print edition published by T. and W. Boone London 1839, University of Sydney Digital Collection. See also University of California digital scan, HathiTrust.
On the directory near Dr. Crane’s office, one of the producers on Quantum Leap is listed- Harker C. Wade, at the bottom.
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Everyone points out how Pibb’s colors updated between the Teaser and the April Fools event.
But NOBODY I’ve seen has pointed out Bun Bun has also gotten taller and filled out as well
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I’d like to argue that his behavior has been consistent with the personality he’s shown before.
If anything, it is us, his fan base, who put him on a pedestal about his maturity and gave him the encouraging feedback that allows him to nonchalantly mention his own maturity in interviews without coming across as cocky. Obviously his career makes it hard for him to live an everyday social life with people of similar social status, so if his interpersonal skills seem to lag it’s probably safe to assume it’s because he missed out on a key part of the socialization process the rest of us lived through at the same age during which he’s been touring. He’s the front man of a band now, his name is basically a brand with all its merchandise, there’s so much he’s lived that the rest of us haven’t and never will.
So in case he has a naively skewed perception of people’s behavior and their intentions, so be it, it must be worth the trade-off, and he’ll probably learn his lessons anyway as soon as he’s exposed to the particular situations. His songs have always implied a particular worldview that everyone’s been writing off as romantic, but if you’ve followed me a while you might know I was not fond of TYB because of its subtly sexist undertones (neglecting a love interest’s free will in order to emphasize own desire for said love interest). That viewpoint of mine got discarded because the music video framed the song as empowering, and of course Shawn’s heart was in the right place even if he did victimize himself in the lyrics - it’s the artistic license. His focus on love and relationships may be a personal preference or may be the pressures of his industry in part, but it’s a logical progression that he may intentionally put himself in situations just to experience them enough to feel the emotions - the self-proclaimed tortured soul, ring a bell? Also refer to Patience…
And real quick, I’d like to point out that his nineteenth birthday party was a glaringly obvious indicator/foreshadow of the behavior he indulges in / finds glamorous. His family’s influence on his decision to “live” in Toronto instead of NYC or LA gave everyone the perception he’s “so well grounded” but if his heart was torn about whether to go far away or not, and he chose that apartment close to home after all, it makes sense that there’s some desire - or maybe even rebellion - in him that’s pushing him to be a little more careless, and that’s a very predicable pattern of behavior too.
So since none of us are his personal friends, everything is an opinion based on our own biased observations and interpretations, and basically all our posts are fucking irrelevant in the grand scheme of things… it’d be nice if the right to maintain opinions remained respectful because different viewpoints might amount to an informative discussion. Nobody has to blindly support everything Shawn does, but the thing we might all agree on is that we don’t even yet know what he’s done for sure and we can’t know his rationale definitively until he states it explicitly.
Biology
- Either due to their natural tolerance or armor, Galra are able to recover quickly after being shocked for short periods of time. Sendak was able to grab Keith’s sword while electricity was coursing through his body. Haxus was shocked and able to stand up and fight. (S1:5)
- Galra are hardy, able to survive attacks from Alteans and Shiro’s punch, but they are not impervious to injury. A punch to Throk’s side (S3:1) made him gasp in pain, Galra teeth can be knocked out and they can lose consciousness from being punched (S1:10). Nosebleeds can happen if they are hit in the face. (NYCC Poster #1 referencing S1:10)
- It appears their bodies work very similar to humans and experience mundane functions. They sleep, yawn (S1:10) and get bored.
- Galra blood is red. This is seen in Throk’s eyes(S4:3) and all over the face of the Corporal who gets smashed into the wall by Allura. (NYCC Poster #1)
- The Galra have incredible reflexes and are able to dodge shots fired from guns. Some examples are Ulaz(2:3), Acxa(3:2), Krolia(S6:2). Yuppers (S2:10) are also able to dodge bullets. Evolving to evade such creatures on Planet Daibazaal could have been why the Galra are so long-limbed, tall, strong and agile.
- Galra are strong enough to break metal. Kolivan elbowed a sentry, shattering it to pieces. (S3:1)
Life & Culture
- Not all Empire soldiers thirst for violence. Some are very chill. (S1:10)
- Nothing happens on a lot of ships and stations (S1:10)
- Zarkon’s High Command is a big deal whenever they visit other posts. (S1:10)
- Being remembered and mourned after death is important to their culture, enough that Lotor promised “being lost to the sands of history, unremembered and unmourned” as punishment for treachery. (S6:1)
- While humans have pockets on their hips, Galra have pockets on their thighs. This is true of civilian clothing. (S6:1) This is probably due to accommodate their long arms.
- Galra use the same time increments that Alteans do. Commander Bogh and Lieutenant Lahn use the terms ”dobash” and “varga.” (S6:1)
Other
- Under Zarkon’s direction, Commander Prorok and then Commander Throk led the Emperor’s fleets to attack Voltron (S1:11, S2:5, S2:12)
- When a fleet is defeated, the victor can take the other’s crew into their own. (S5:5)
- Lotor mentions sand in reference to Galra culture. It may have existed on Daibazaal (S6:1)
Ok so, Yaminorius, is so small?? And extra?? And also evil but terrible at it?? HIS LIL FANGS I CRYY ✨ And so I feel compelled to share this handful of screenshots I’ve compiled as I’m at episode 38/47 at this point, so all that said, have a nice day–
Who needs Walmart when you’ve got
I cannot take Black Zarak seriously–
I MEAN LOOK AT HIM
Mask mandate ended. Covid still in the community.
The official mandatory mask act (of parliament)is lifted for most social activities, except public transport, hospitals and selected other areas.
I’ve got 3 mates from the social club who are isolation cases, one has a moderate dose of C19. Plus 2 at work. One of the work colleagues caught covid twice.
(Don’t ask me how, that was the medical evaluation. Possibly 2 different variants)
The mindset is now that the election promises are to be started (or delayed, deferred, recast or reviewed) and vaccinations roll out completed, well, covid is not a high risk high priority item.
It’s not gone. It’s a receding tide line.
Meanwhile, the fishtank got a good clean out, and fresh plants.
Fish seem happier, definitely more active.
Interlude over….
This came up in my memory feed from about 2016…. it makes a pause for thought moment.
This is like people arguing against chlorination of water, so water can carry typhoid, amoebic dysentery, cholera, just to name a few water borne diseases…
29 May 2022
Covid still loose in society, even amongst the triple vaxxed.
My 50th birthday party is tomorrow, and 2 couples are unlikely to come, 1 couple due to positively confirmed as having covid (fever, food has no flavour..) and another being symptomatic.
So although the high tide mark of covid is reducing, it’s not gone.
While shopping yesterday, I came across this mothballed vaccination facility.
Switch on the lights, quick clean up and ready to go within a few hours in case of a resurgence of infections and testings.
Plus saw this van on Monday.
Fruit and milk being delivered to offices after 2 years of low or no orders. I do wonder how much trade is reduced by covid, work from home, businesses shutting….
Meanwhile, while buying your own milk and veggies, remember that the supermarket now has RAT test kits available!
I continue this journal, out of some vague duty to history and…. stuff….
I relate to those who would rather forget and move on, like any long, grinding, seige of social dislocation.
I am tired, and do have a bit of ‘seige fatigue’ of covid, but beyond all the grind, it’s important that some remembering is done.
K also has some deployments in remote Australia I need to update and post as well.
14 May 2022
Cognitive impairment from severe COVID-19 equivalent to 20 years of ageing
Cognitive impairment as a result of severe COVID-19 is similar to that sustained between 50 and 70 years of age and is the equivalent to losing 10 IQ points, say a team of scientists from the University of Cambridge and Imperial College London.
The findings, published in the journal eClinicalMedicine, emerge from the NIHR COVID-19 BioResource. The results of the study suggest the effects are still detectable more than six months after the acute illness, and that any recovery is at best gradual.
There is growing evidence that COVID-19 can cause lasting cognitive and mental health problems, with recovered patients reporting symptoms including fatigue, ‘brain fog’, problems recalling words, sleep disturbances, anxiety and even post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) months after infection. In the UK, a study found that around one in seven individuals surveyed reported having symptoms that included cognitive difficulties 12 weeks after a positive COVID-19 test.
While even mild cases can lead to persistent cognitive symptoms, between a third and three-quarters of hospitalised patients report still suffering cognitive symptoms three to six months later.
To explore this link in greater detail, researchers analysed data from 46 individuals who received in-hospital care, on the ward or intensive care unit, for COVID-19 at Addenbrooke’s Hospital, part of Cambridge University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust. 16 patients were put on mechanical ventilation during their stay in hospital. All the patients were admitted between March and July 2020 and were recruited to the NIHR COVID-19 BioResource.
The individuals underwent detailed computerised cognitive tests an average of six months after their acute illness using the Cognitron platform, which measures different aspects of mental faculties such as memory, attention and reasoning. Scales measuring anxiety, depression and post-traumatic stress disorder were also assessed. Their data were compared against matched controls.
This is the first time that such rigorous assessment and comparison has been carried out in relation to the after effects of severe COVID-19.
COVID-19 survivors were less accurate and with slower response times than the matched control population – and these deficits were still detectable when the patients were following up six months later. The effects were strongest for those who required mechanical ventilation. By comparing the patients to 66,008 members of the general public, the researchers estimate that the magnitude of cognitive loss is similar on average to that sustained with 20 years ageing, between 50 and 70 years of age, and that this is equivalent to losing 10 IQ points.
Survivors scored particularly poorly on tasks such as verbal analogical reasoning, a finding that supports the commonly-reported problem of difficulty finding words. They also showed slower processing speeds, which aligns with previous observations post COVID-19 of decreased brain glucose consumption within the frontoparietal network of the brain, responsible for attention, complex problem-solving and working memory, among other functions.
Professor David Menon from the Division of Anaesthesia at the University of Cambridge, the study’s senior author, said: “Cognitive impairment is common to a wide range of neurological disorders, including dementia, and even routine ageing, but the patterns we saw – the cognitive ‘fingerprint’ of COVID-19 – was distinct from all of these.”
While it is now well established that people who have recovered from severe COVID-19 illness can have a broad spectrum of symptoms of poor mental health – depression, anxiety, post-traumatic stress, low motivation, fatigue, low mood, and disturbed sleep – the team found that acute illness severity was better at predicting the cognitive deficits.
The patients’ scores and reaction times began to improve over time, but the researchers say that any recovery in cognitive faculties was at best gradual and likely to be influenced by a number of factors including illness severity and its neurological or psychological impacts.
Professor Menon added: “We followed some patients up as late as ten months after their acute infection, so were able to see a very slow improvement. While this was not statistically significant, it is at least heading in the right direction, but it is very possible that some of these individuals will never fully recover.”
There are several factors that could cause the cognitive deficits, say the researchers. Direct viral infection is possible, but unlikely to be a major cause; instead, it is more likely that a combination of factors contribute, including inadequate oxygen or blood supply to the brain, blockage of large or small blood vessels due to clotting, and microscopic bleeds. However, emerging evidence suggests that the most important mechanism may be damage caused by the body’s own inflammatory response and immune system.
While this study looked at hospitalised cases, the team say that even those patients not sick enough to be admitted may also have tell-tale signs of mild impairment.
Professor Adam Hampshire from the Department of Brain Sciences at Imperial College London, the study’s first author, said: “Around 40,000 people have been through intensive care with COVID-19 in England alone and many more will have been very sick, but not admitted to hospital. This means there is a large number of people out there still experiencing problems with cognition many months later. We urgently need to look at what can be done to help these people.”
Reference; Hampshire, A et al. Multivariate profile and acute-phase correlates of cognitive deficits in a COVID-19 hospitalised cohort. eClinicalMedicine; 28 Apr 2022; DOI: 10.1016/j.eclinm.2022.101417
Source:University of Cambridge. Image: GettyImages.
I did note that there were signs of long term health effects, now anecdotally known as “long covid” which was notably persistent fatigue.
Now there is an early report to the neurological effects too.
It’s still out there, and still causing long term health issues, not just a week of isolation and exhaustion….
9 May 2022
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If the pandemic is over, why are there still shortages and restrictions?
The general attitude is, yeah, we’ve got the vaccine, had our doses, masks and border closures are going by the wayside now, back to normal!
Right?
Taking a few minutes observation in the shopping centre, not so sure…
Vinegar, a cheap cleaning agent, and back board sign for toilet paper, both with restricted supplies…
We’ve moved past the worst of the panic buying (hopefully forever) but we’re still running short, got delays….
Not out of the pandemic yet.
26 April 2022
Covid and ANZAC day march, Adelaide, 2022.
Well, day is done and job is complete for this marshal. A normal march, overall, except for a few bands missing, some public speakers, due to being either a close contact, or struck with Covid.
Interstate have been commenting about 2 years with out (and by that, it’s meant Victoria)
But this is a return to a ‘as normal as possible’ march.
Overall, yes.
Good turn out, however, covid is still an active health risk.
25 April 2022
Mask mandate removed, but schools are the new covid catch points….
Ok, Easter Friday (15 April) our state laws were changed to remove the compulsory wearing of masks unless in a hospital, aged care facility, public transport.
And it took a few days to sink in. Saturday I did some shopping, most people wore masks, including myself.
On Tuesday, hardly anyone work masks..
The papers are all beat the drum, and exaggerated the shit out of it….
Saturday 23rd April headline.
Meanwhile, I can think of 3 people I directly know, that have caught covid from a school kid. So schools are the new vector of transmission…
We’re not out of the pandemic yet, I saw this sign recently…
And the boarded over small business stores are noticeable. Mind you, the shop fitters are busy refurbishing many of those shops, but not all….
Summary: it’s not over, and although it may feel like the beginning of the end of the pandemic, it’s too early to call….
24 April 2022
Covids changes on society: click and collect.
Shopping picked by staff and collected at a pick up point isn’t new. I remember this as a kid.
Add in smart phones, internet apps, all that infrastructure and tech in your hand….
It’s come back and really being rolled out.
Shops are having bays put in…
Covid lockdown would have accelerated this change, only delivery shifting to customer pick-up.
The society changes are there, and then one day, we’ll look around and then….
‘Hey, remember when….’
11 April 2022
It’s been just over 2 years of Covid as lifestyle.
Already 2 years? And the society changes are there…..
The click and collect is a standard process for many, originally a niche, then a response to covid lockdown/ quarantine.
Saturday night, K and I went with friends to the Adelaide festival theatre and the performance was “last night of the proms” by the Adelaide Symphony Orchestra.
Harpist had to be covered by an electric keyboard as there was a covid issue.
And no choir, as more covid issues…
So a thinned out Orchestra.
Plus the seating was about 60 to 70%. Quite a few gaps and empty rows.
But we’re shifting back to a (amended) normal. A state election and change of government will do that…
(Mostly it was frustration with ambulance ramping, and a disapproval of Scott Morrison)
And yet deaths from covid are still announced in the news. Along with PCR tests rates dropping (self RAT tests there, which means records for those aren’t captured by the health system)
It’s all more of the same blase approach as society adapts to the post vaccination world we live in…
4 April 2022
Change in covid, vaccinations, but is the pandemic over?
I’m tired, family stuff, life stuff, that’s why there’s been a gap.
Work has removed the stickers from the desks for social distancing.
That’s definitely a sign of the social mental shift.
I’ve got draft copies that are overdue, I’ll chip away at these during the next 7 days.
More later, after a good night’s sleep….
2nd April 2022
False alerts, RAT test at home, confusion…..
Late last night, the wife, K, got a text saying that ‘she was a close contact’.
Bit confused, we did some RAT test. K called the helpline, her name and number wasn’t on the database. Plus the only events she’d been to weren’t check in required any more.
Taking (inflicting upon yourself) the at home test is simple, and the nasal swab is slightly uncomfortable.
Tested clear, but…..
Still a bit uncertain. On balance of probabilities, I’m clear….
Before the vaccine roll out, I’d be at home, trying to keep myself amused, only allowed out to walk the dog while I’m masked up.
Quite the change, now that vaccine implementation is now widely done.
But covid is still out there.
21 March 2022
False alerts, RAT test at home, confusion…..
Late last night, the wife, K, got a text saying that ‘she was a close contact’.
Bit confused, we did some RAT test. K called the helpline, her name and number wasn’t on the database. Plus the only events she’d been to weren’t check in required any more.
Taking (inflicting upon yourself) the at home test is simple, and the nasal swab is slightly uncomfortable.
Tested clear, but…..
Still a bit uncertain. On balance of probabilities, I’m clear….
Before the vaccine roll out, I’d be at home, trying to keep myself amused, only allowed out to walk the dog while I’m masked up.
Quite the change, now that vaccine implementation is now widely done.
But covid is still out there.
21 March 2022
