by Carl Ballard — ,
Good morning. I am feeling rather well this morning, but I spent much of last week and the weekend hobbled. Fortunately, not COVID-19, but something nasty. It’s nice to be able to get tested for COVID, though. Just get that out of mind. It was free, but I did have to give them my insurance information, same as when it was King County.
Anyway, please wash your hands right now and get vaccinated if you haven’t yet.
by Carl Ballard — ,
by Carl Ballard — ,
Happy first day of school to Seattle, and first week of school for much of the rest of the region. Are you confident in the mask and vaccine requirements as a student, parent, or school employee? Are you a teacher hoping that the last year and a half of distance learning didn’t leave students unprepared?
Anyway, please wash your hands right now and get vaccinated if you’re eligible.
by Carl Ballard — ,
Good morning to everyone except Compassion Seattle. I don’t know enough about the legal case to have an opinion on the merits. But I do know that their garage initiative was garage. So I’m glad it won’t be on the ballot.
It does mean that the City Council and mayor need to step the hell up. They need to do more to house people. It’s well past time.
Anyway, please wash your hands right now and get vaccinated if you haven’t yet.
by Carl Ballard — ,
Good morning you beautiful people. What a lovely, drizzly morning. Walking down wet streets for the first time in forever. How fantastic. Anyway.
I was in the Central Library for longer than just grabbing a book and leaving for first time since it completely shut down. It’s just the lower level and the computers. I don’t know why this in particular, but it made me sad how slow the reopening is going. Like, how long until I can just grab a random book of poetry, read a few and put it back? I know there’s a deadly disease, so I’m glad they’re taking their time. But it’s such a great location when it can be.
Please wash your hands right now and get vaccinated if you haven’t yet.
by Carl Ballard — ,
What the actual fuck is going on in the Klickitat County Sheriff’s Office? Like how do you combine all of that bullshit into one office? Like, weird COVID-19 garbage should be enough to keep him away from office, and it’s not even the height of his garbage. It’s really incredible. Just lawlessness. Terrible person, and terrible office.
Anyway, please wash your hands right now and get vaccinated if you haven’t yet.
by Carl Ballard — ,
Good morning. Now that the mask mandate is back in Washington, I want to make sure you do one simple thing. Please, please, please don’t take your mask off to sneeze. You absolute fuckers.
I mean, come on. You have a mask on for a reason. And sneezing into the bus or plane, or whatever is the exact opposite of that reason.
Anyway, please wash your hands right now and get vaccinated if you haven’t yet.
by Carl Ballard — ,
I am mostly on board with Governor Inslee’s vaccine and mask mandates. If anything, they could lean harder on vaccination. I also don’t love making vaccinated people wear masks, but it’s better than not having an enforcement mechanism for the unvaccinated. Still, keeping the pressure on for state employees to get vaccinated is a good step.
Anyway, please wash your hands right now and get vaccinated if you haven’t already.
by Carl Ballard — ,
Good morning to everyone who didn’t protest homeless people using the Silver Cloud. Seriously, fuck them. Awful, awful people who should be ashamed of themselves. Protesting in favor of an empty building. Demanding people still live on the street. Fuck off.
Anyway, please wash your hands right now and get vaccinated if you haven’t yet.
by Carl Ballard — ,
I am back from a lovely vacation. But I did forget to hit Publish.
Anyway, it looks like the heat wave was probably more deadly than we originally thought. I guess those heat events are here to stay. Or at least more common. Pffft
Anyway, please wash your hands right now, and get vaccinated if you haven’t yet.
by Carl Ballard — ,
by Carl Ballard — ,
by Carl Ballard — ,
by Carl Ballard — ,
by Carl Ballard — ,
Over the next few weeks, I will be on vacation. So the open threads will probably be a bit more sporadic. I will be flying for the first time in a couple years, and I really wish more of you had been vaccinated.
Anyway, just a heads up that these threads will be later and potentially weirder than normal.
Anyway, please wash your hands right now, and get vaccinated if you haven’t yet. Make a plan today.
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