They made it so much worse. Essentially any person you encounter (the language says "occupant" of a public or private space iirc) can legally require you to remove your mask.

I'm sure it will be fine. It's not like we let every single human on the planet get infected multiple times with a disease that directly damages the immune system.

I feel this is the first of many laws like this. I haven't felt this deeply crushed, hopeless, and afraid for a very long time. It's hard to keep going when your life is so small and everyone in power is bent on making it even smaller. I don't know how I will do it, and sometimes I wish I wouldn't keep trying.

There was a window of time where it was super easy to jailbreak iPhones - and there were tons of cool customization options, plus you could easily pirate apps and get in-app purchases for free. That was neat. That was the only period in which I owned an iPhone and felt okay with it. I've heard jailbreaking is a lot more difficult these days but I don't really know because I switched to Android.

My Bluetooth speaker died today. Was faltering for a few months, but now it just won't charge anymore. Shut down last night for the final time. I've used it on a daily basis for seven or eight years. It was present for some really important memories. And now it's just trash, I guess. I know it's odd of me but I do feel sad.

Kalimbas are cool. Cheap and they sound lovely like a music box even if you don't know what you are doing. The sound is so nice that my cat has several times fallen asleep right beside me while I've played

a. The hostile anti-human AI takeover already happened, except instead of paperclips it's maximizing plastic

b. Not only is a rock conscious, so is the United States

In second grade I asked to go to the nurse's office because I didn't feel well. The darling teacher actually shriveled up her face and sneered at me - "You're fine"

Ten seconds later I puked directly on her

This was me my whole life until I got the one disease where pushing yourself literally causes muscle necrosis

I haven't been able to play video games for a while now (severe long covid) but I just started a new solo TTRPG and I'm really enjoying it! It's called Apawthecaria and it's about being an adorable little woodland creature who travels about, harvesting herbs and mixing remedies for the animals you meet along the way.

My character ended up being a pine marten traveling with her fuzzy bat friend, both of them taking to the road as a way of running away from something - for my protagonist, I know it's a near death experience she never really processed, but I have no clue what my bat buddy's deal is yet. When I last left off I was foraging for herbs to help an injured otter at a small lakeside settlement.

Green side is also my internal monologue whenever I pirate something

This is mine. I'd have all the kids learn both spoken toki pona and the corresponding sign language. It'd rapidly diverge from the canonical version in real world use, and it's more entertaining than strictly practical, but I just think it'd be neat. And it really wouldn't take much time investment to do.