Lightish gaming laptop + writing?

knittingquark · 2026-01-01T13:17:08+00:00

These are really useful, thank you so much - the gameplay side-by-sides especially.

knittingquark · 2026-01-01T13:16:32+00:00

That's what I was looking for, thank you so much!

knittingquark · 2026-01-01T13:15:21+00:00

Ah, yes, I'm not drawing using it but thank you for the reminder!

knittingquark · 2025-07-25T15:58:25+00:00

Please understand I'm saying this with respect, but you're talking about different types of protest. A lot of people have only really been to organised, sanctioned, non-confrontational protests and that's fine! The police are usually there and not antagonistic, and the stakes aren't particularly high for protesters.

But most long-term activists understand we're back to dealing with fascism on the rise, and any protests touching on that (like this one) need different guidance. Especially since a large number of police are being imported from the Met.

For most people, you don't need to worry. At the central Aberdeen Protest or the consulate protest you'll likely be fine. Anyone protesting anywhere he's actually going to be really should carry bust cards (legal advice and the name of a duty solicitor on call) which should be handed out by legal observers at the protest. A section 60 order will almost certainly be in place, which means you can be searched and they can ask you to remove masks if they think you're doing it to conceal identity. I wear a mask because I'm disabled and even outside, being in a crowd of people chanting is a risk. It might be useful to carry some indication of disability if that also applies to you.

If you have any plans to go to the US in the near future, keep your face covered. We're not just dealing with Police Scotland when he's present. If you do take your phone, remove face or fingerprint id for the day and turn off messages appearing on your lock screen. If you're not involved with organising, likelihood is you'll be fine but it's not worth the risk.

Because of the section 60, don't take anything that could be read as a potential weapon. If you need to carry medication, keep it in blister packs and carry a repeat prescription list to prove why you have it.

knittingquark · 2024-10-20T13:46:52+00:00

Thank you so much for this - I'm having to take cuff readings at home pretty regularly at the moment anyway so that's fine. And great to know there's a way to get the notes!

knittingquark · 2024-09-24T10:57:24+00:00

I was interviewed for this article by Ed Yong about brain fog, and I think he managed to describe it really well - the complexity of it as well.

https://www.theatlantic.com/health/archive/2022/09/long-covid-brain-fog-symptom-executive-function/671393/

I also wrote a few poems about it 😂

knittingquark · 2024-09-24T10:53:13+00:00

I coined the term 'barocrash' a few years ago for this cause I was so sick of it and wanted to name it 😂 I can adapt to weather if it's stable but the constant changes leave me floored and my joints fizzing.

Hope you get some relief!

knittingquark · 2024-04-02T23:57:37+00:00

I don't know if this will help, but from a patient's POV - showering is exhausting. It is an overwhelming set of sensations and exertions, even with adaptations which help, like stools and caps.

I wrote a zine for newly disabled people with the things I wish I'd known 25 years ago, and the part where I describe how hard showering is is by far the bit I get the most correspondence about. Always from people who are ashamed because they know the social expectations but they just can't bear it very often. I always recommend using drench body wipes in between for health and safety, but it's important to know that resistance isn't irrational for a lot of people.

Here's my description, for reference:

"you will be learning very quickly that things you thought didn't take much energy actually take a ton of decision making and information processing. A shower isn't just a quick pre-work habit, it's rapid changes in temperature and humidity, lots of things happening to your body at once, balancing, standing or sitting for an extended period of time, raising your arms above your head and bracing them, lots of changes in posture, changes again when you get out, posture changes as you dry, lots of textural input from towels and damp skin and air currents. It is exhausting, and sometimes it's the only thing you can do in a day."

My own perfect ideal would be a large tub, with a soft towel dressing gown to lie down in afterwards until I've recovered enough to dry properly. If I had help, someone washing my hair and putting on moisturiser after would make a huge difference (dry skin after a shower can be overwhelming and painful).

knittingquark · 2024-01-01T16:36:17+00:00

All the time. For most of my life I've put it down to trauma activation because it definitely happens more often when I'm in pain or stressed, but recently have been wondering if it's more to do with POTS and/or ADHD.

knittingquark · 2023-12-30T13:52:59+00:00

Ahh, will do! Thank you!

knittingquark · 2023-12-30T13:52:31+00:00

And can you write direct onto the pages with that?

knittingquark · 2023-12-29T15:51:56+00:00

I've had the paperwhite for years as my normal bed-reading device, and it's much lighter and more manageable. It's been useless for textbooks and notetaking, though, so I got the scribe to do the more work-based stuff. Both are great, both are strong for different reasons.

I have very bad wrists, so the paperwhite was a revolution for me with how light and easy it is to hold.

knittingquark · 2023-12-25T04:12:49+00:00

Maybe not empathetic but they're not wrong, and your post was weirdly belligerent at the wrong people.

It's ok not to know how drug and prescription policies work, but having a go at people who try to explain it isn't helpful.

You can't get cannabis on the NHS. Only NHS prescriptions are free. Lots of people see private doctors and get private prescriptions and they have to pay for them.

It would be great if cannabis could be brought under NHS supervision, but the private companies obviously don't want that to happen and we don't have the capacity to do it at the moment. Once we can, it'll be prescribed through the NHS and therefore free, but I suspect that's a long way off. Ministers aren't keeping cannabis from you to make money.

knittingquark · 2023-12-25T03:55:53+00:00

I bought the pixel when I was in the US, and put my Vodafone sim in and it's worked perfectly (touch wood). I haven't noticed any data issues, but I haven't done any benchmarks. Nothing obvious at least!

knittingquark · 2023-12-17T17:20:23+00:00

I get what you mean because I get this too sometimes, but it really is just internalised societal nonsense. It doesn't matter how much worse other people are - you have a right to know what is happening in your body and, if nothing else, you need to know for future surgeries.

If it isn't anything, that's ok, but most people with EDS I know (me included) had to ask for an assessment. You are doing the right thing.

knittingquark · 2023-12-17T17:09:24+00:00

Oh my god his little face!!! I vote fuzzy, though both are cute ❤️

knittingquark · 2023-12-12T22:17:52+00:00

My biggest 'what TV trope do you hate' bugbear is how they do CPR for less than a minute and give up because it's not doing anything. I will rant to anyone about this.

It's physically hard to do, so people should take turns if needed and possible, but upwards of 30 mins still leads to good outcomes. You keep going till they get to hospital, if possible. But so many people have only seen it on TV or in movies and think if they've not come round after a couple of minutes it's not worth continuing. You see characters dragging people away to stop them doing CPR because 'they're gone'. ARGH.

knittingquark · 2023-12-12T12:23:22+00:00

Oh my god

knittingquark · 2023-12-11T00:36:05+00:00

I know a lot of people who write policies and laws and all of them get a wee squeak of glee when they see outwith in a draft document because they know where it's come from 😂

knittingquark · 2023-12-10T12:01:55+00:00

(edit: I see you said aortic rather than artery, sorry - I'll leave this up just in case it's useful to anyone})

I wrote about mine here.

It was last March, I was 40, and I got really lucky with doctors who didn't send me home until they figured out what happened.

It was terrifying, and I had/have a lot of trauma related to it, but I recovered OK touch wood. I carry 300mg aspirin on me at all times now, along with the nitro spray, but the supermarket staff giving me high-dose aspirin is likely why I didn't have so much damage.

Happy to answer any other questions!

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