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For the record, both my partner and I have kept up with our vaccine schedule, and both mask (I'm on immunosuppressive medication) - I've likely not caught it once, and he's only caught it once, likely bc he got careless. I still travel fairly frequently, internationally. We go out, have fun. Neither of our lives have stopped, we're just more careful. Keep our distance from others. As an added bonus, I don't have to smell the underground anymore, at all. Personally masking is 100% worth it. Improved my health and his, and doesn't really impede on us. Though I am tired of nurses asking if I'm I'll bc I'm in a mask when I go in for appointments :/

He definitely strikes me as more of a train guy than a transit guy. The difference is subtle between the two, but there.

My answer's going to be different depending on if you're asking for barriers to use or policy issues.

As far as use goes, transit needs to be frequent enough to be useful and go to where people need it to. It sounds simple put like that but you hear a lot about once daily bus service to some of these towns and then everyone wonders why we're so car dependent.

Access is also important and often overlooked in these discussions. Because of course disabled people who have no ability to drive will use transit. Para-transit style services have such heavy limitations that in many areas it can't be used for work and sometimes not even appointments. It keeps people who otherwise might be working out of work which benefits no one.

Policy wise, funding. It's a chicken and egg situation. No one wants to fund poorly used service, and no one uses the poorly funded service because it isn't fit for purpose.

I truly fail to understand the logic besides protecting personal interests. By most metrics it's a success.

Unless he believes that if the council workers can be this efficient and productive in 4 days and that productivity hasn't been affected then the council workers should be able to do extra with that extra day and they obviously weren't doing enough before.

It's twisted logic, but there's a sense to it? If you manage to forget that people are people and need time away from work in order to be more productive, happier, etc

I think that'll be the outrage line. "They just want to work less for the same pay, expecting handouts, something something lazy entitled want everything handed to them" I saw similar with the outrage around quiet quitting.

It's been really lovely here. This is honestly the first time in recent memory that I haven't had to carefully curate everything to filter out the absolute shite. I've enjoyed having a slower paced place to keep up with news and just have a chat

It's looking to be another hot day where I am, and I'm just hunkering down with the dogs and doing not much. Might sort laundry out this evening.

I went on Reddit long enough today to finish purging my content and replacing with spam - I haven't deleted my accounts yet bc laziness. It was fun reading years old threads for a bit but I got bored and I probably won't go back now. Haven't missed it all month

One of the ones I remember watching was Geoff Marshall - he's got a very heavy UK focus if not exclusively.

I, personally, think we can never have too much train/public transit content and would love to see more of it. I've been moaning quite a lot about how shite YouTube is of late. Content creation isn't exactly easy but I'd welcome seeing more people in the space.

Ibuprofen is what I happened to have this time, but I shall for sure keep that in mind in regards to the naproxen. I'm generally quite a big fan of naproxen but ibuprofen just works better with my cramps for whatever reason and I try to just suffer through my migraines (too frequent). I've never had much pain relief with diclofenac, not sure why.

That holistic approach you mention is one of the very few things that gives me any quality of life, frankly. I have one cup of (caffeinated) tea a day and that's it. Salt is probably one of the few things I have to have a ton of but I'm also very regularly nutrient deficient if I don't keep on top of it (sodium, potassium, etc).

Since my injury, I just.. don't go out longer than a very brief period in summer. It knocks me down for days if I do and just isn't worth it. I hibernate in a bedroom, with blackout curtains, take care of the dog, and do precious little else. It's a very sparse existence to be sure but less agonising. Aside from ice, these kinds of techniques are about all I can use on a regular basis? My migraines are too frequent and easily triggered to rely on meds - the triptans I've tried either haven't helped or have made things worse and you have MOH with NSAIDS. Steroids are a handful of times a year thing and give me absolutely wild blood sugar levels.

I'm still working my way through preventative medication options. It feels like I've been through everything but I'm sure there's more. I've a trial of this medication for 6 months, 3 at this dose, probably 3 at reduced.

It's several days later now but I would absolutely take any tips to add to my migraine toolbox. I've trialled several medications, my current one has destroyed my appetite and my sleep. I'm also on Botox, with still many breakthrough migraines. Tried glasses, adaptive lighting, ice, gammacore... It truly feels I've tried everything though I know that's likely not the case.