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If you have any interest in stories centered around queer women, themes of alienation, the gravitational pull of other's expectations, and cool symbolic mech battles, please, give it a shot. I beg of you. It is one of the best Visual Novels I have ever read

This sounds cool, I think you should buy it.

1. long covid-affected people have a function limit they cannot go past or else it will cause issues that "set you back 5 steps" in my doctor's terms. this goes beyond exercise: it's social energy, work energy, chores, thinking. american culture is very "you need to push past your limits". do not do it with long covid.
2. i am being prescribed low-dosage naloxone. long covid sufferers have ambiently higher levels of inflammation, which affects your nervous system (via "muscle memory" as my doctor explained it) which is why long covid can be considered a nervous system disorder. the receptors that cause your body to create inflammation can be controlled with low-dosage naloxone. supposedly once i find the right dosage my fatigue and brain fog will be better. normal dosage is about 50mg, but low-dosage for this treatment is between 1-9mg.
3. this shit is real. there are professionals who are successfully treating people like myself, who take this seriously, who know enough from research to understand how various symptoms are interacting despite it being fresh and new. if you are feeling thrown under the bus like i have been, it's important to know that you are not alone and that there is a path to recovery.

honestly i think there was another thing i was gonna say but uhhhh i forgor. hope this is helpful and gives you optimism and helpful advice if you're suffering long covid like me.

edit: i remembered!

4. long covid can fuck with your ability to absorb tryptophan, which your body needs to produce melatonin, so if you are struggling with insomnia/sleep quality, then take melatonin!

It is the year 2016. Linkedin has recommended that I follow Kareem Abdul-Jabbar. I don't know or care much about basketball. I think nothing of it.

It is the year 2018. Linkedin is still recommending Kareem Abdul-Jabbar. I begin to suspect that it is assuming I like basketball because I am black.

It is the year 2024. Linkedin is recommending Kareem Abdul-Jabbar and several other basketball players. I am certain that it is being racist in the silliest possible way. I wonder if the engineer who made the suggested-follows algorithm knows that it is racist, or was warned that it might be.

Each passing year, the suggestion gets funnier. Much, much funnier. To think of how fundamentally incompetent Microsoft's management must be to let this happen.

Each passing year it gets more horrifying. I am forced to confront that someone is using this same technology to make decisions about resource allocation, about policing. The content slop has bled into reality. This post is supposed to be a joke but it isn't. I must make it one. Enjoy a too-zoomed-in picture of NBA player Chris Paul's mediocre headshot, courtesy of LinkedIn.