Random Thread ~Usagi-Chan ☮ Tūsurī~

[esm]

I’m trying to travel when I can because I don’t have a lot of time off. I’ll be teaching summer school and that starts right after regular school. Because none of us need a break from school, but ok. Might have a week off in August.

I want to take weekend trips in this region since there are many places on the East Coast I want to see, and I still haven’t been to NYC when it’s warm.

[Celedam]

To those of you who use iPhones and iPads, I strongly recommend that you check the privacy labels on whatever apps you have installed…

And in a similar vein…

Today, Google launched an “origin trial” of Federated Learning of Cohorts (aka FLoC), its experimental new technology for targeting ads. A switch has silently been flipped in millions of instances of Google Chrome: those browsers will begin sorting their users into groups based on behavior, then sharing group labels with third-party trackers and advertisers around the web. A random set of users have been selected for the trial, and they can currently only opt out by disabling third-party cookies.

https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2021/03/google-testing-its-controversial-new-ad-targeting-tech-millions-browsers-heres

If you're not paying for a product, then you are the product. Always remember and act accordingly.

[boinsie]

^ Thank you for the heads up!

[boinsie]

@ TotallyUncool, Amped, and anyone else in the Los Angeles area:

Cal State LA has surplus J&J and will take anyone for the next couple of days!

https://www.dailynews.com/2021/04/07/fu ... available/

[Celedam]

After many struggles over the past couple years — some due to limited stock, some due to poor customer service, some due to lockdown restrictions — I finally got myself a new comfy chair earlier this year. And I've been making a deliberate effort to use it in the evenings, to get away from my computer. I've been doing a lot more reading and listening to music.

Last night, however, I actually slept through the whole night in that chair. It was amazing, and as I type this I'm thinking about doing it again.

[TotallyUncool]

After I get vaccinated and things ease up, I'd like to start getting around the Southern California area for short trips - there's so much that I miss! I probably won't be able to get away for too long, since I'm pretty much on call for family emergencies, but even a day or two would be nice.

[Nayoko-Kihara]

Last night, however, I actually slept through the whole night in that chair. It was amazing, and as I type this I'm thinking about doing it again.

This brought back memories of calling dibs on the recliner when my sister and I had sleepovers. Enjoy your second night.

[Celedam]

I did about five hours in the chair, until I heard/felt the furnace come on because the room had finally cooled enough from yesterday's unseasonable warmth. I decided to go to bed for the last three hours, and I regret it.

The issue is that I'm normally a side-sleeper in bed, but I have to periodically roll from one side to the other in order to stay comfortable. Lots of interruptions, and interrupted sleep is bad. I'm also getting over a strained back, which is why I tried sleeping in the chair in the first place. Rolling keeps re-aggravating the strain.

The chair, however, perfectly fits my body and supports me at every point that matters. I don't have to do anything weird with my neck or my arms or my legs, which I often do when I sleep on my side. I move so little while I sleep in the chair that I wake up weirdly stiff, but in a good way, like my body has completely and utterly relaxed. The feeling is comparable to when I was given nitrous oxide for dental surgery, way back when I was a teenager. (These days they use midazolam or propofol, which work differently than nitrous.)

[esm]

Made it to San Francisco. It’s weird flying from one coast to the other. The weather is really nice today.

[Shoujo Q]

I got moderna and roughly 4 hours later I can barely lift my left arm. Remember to get your shot your non dominant arm or you’re gonna be a hurting pup the rest of the day.