misfiled as "Keet, Electric" @ElectricKeet@awoo.space

Why is it that a licensed medical provider is allowed to put my personal information into a system that:

• is proprietary and closed-source;
• requires JavaScript just to display a login page;
• has a lengthy legalese "terms and conditions" that purports to automatically apply upon my use of the service before I've even read it;
• explicitly states that they aren't obligated to keep backups or make the info available to anyone;
• was implemented without notifying me?

How is this even legal?

THE FUTURE!

I'll be undergoing a treatment for depression called deep transcranial magnetic stimulation (deep TMS) that has a reasonable chance of working where pharmaceutical means have failed. It works by pulsing a strong magnet at the right part of my head to coax things to start working right.

BUT IT'S THE SHADOWRUN FUTURE!

This all relies on my insurance company deciding to pay for it and not trying to reject it because of cannabis use in a state where it's legal. No, really.

FUTUUUUUU—

Ah, yes. Thank you so much, back muscles, for rescuing me from getting anything done today for anyone but myself.

*sighs* I require a more suitable host body.

Yeah, this season really came through in showing a lot of different manifestations of depression in painfully familiar ways, some others', some my own. I'm looking forward to the next season.

I know it's gonna be painful, but it's been strangely therapeutic thus far.

I will not allow myself to be emotionally hollowed out by despair.

I will not succumb to a sense of futility.

I will not relinquish empathy in an attempt to enforce it in others.

I will, however, get a glass of water and a brief nap.

*sighs* Damn it all.

Hunh. There's still a part of my head attuned to my tulpa in Equestria, Gemini Star, after all.

I can't stomach the show these days, but the Equestria in my heart, the one I connected with... that's the one I miss, and that's the one where Gem is. It's hard to reach it sometimes, but I did tonight, and that's actually a huge morale boost all around.

Hm. Perhaps I'll introduce you lot to her sometime.

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ACCIDENT-FREE DAYS

WORKPLACE SAFETY IS EVERYONE'S JOB

Dear Me circa 1995:

The good news:
You'll finally see a television show that manages to depict, honestly and explicitly, the exact sort of internal despair you hope to someday, somehow, "grow out of" and stop being pinned down by.

The bad news:
Signed with genuine sympathy,
Me circa 2017.

Some folks might consider the combination of weed and BJH (or _Rick and Morty_) to be ill-advised due to the often dark content, but I find that it actually helps! The cannabinoids manage to open up the ol' emotional pathways whilst simultaneously buffing out any lingering sense of hopelessness, so I still get the emotional impact without it crashing my mood.

• Wear nitrile/latex gloves for non-slip handling of glass.

• Put bowl and slide in a sealable bag – one at a time if fragile.

• Add kosher salt to both bag and bong.

• Pour in some rubbing alcohol. 70% will do, but you can get 99% online.

• Seal the bag, then shake the devil out of it.

• Stop up any openings (with a finger or your palm) and shake the bong the same way.

• Rinse it all out. It's like brand new!

When you hear a jazz tune
and the voice makes you swoon

That's Mel Tormé

@ElectricKeet At the account level or other, I meant. And the "cost" of the character limit, like CW's.

I feel that if any feature wants adding to the Mastodon platform, it's better-defined security controls. Accounts gets allow/deny lists and which tier they belong to: friends, friends' friends, server, (current!) federation. Each post may invoke same (at account level or lower, and it would cost the length of the allow/deny list).

I don't care who's popular. I care who I can trust.

Last three episodes of the _first_ season. Did I mention stoned? I was stoned.