@Pixdigit I am in fact allergic to dust mites! But I've been experimenting with vacuuming my bed to extend the use life of bedding.

Thank you for these cool replies -- I'm so glad I asked!

I'm trying to get to bed so I will reply properly tomorrow.

And my friend is okay -- not in distress, just a full plate at the moment. No cause for alarm. I didn't mean to worry you all! xo 2/n

@JubalBarca This is one of those "Is a tomato a vegetable or a fruit" situations, isn't it?

If people would commonly refer to the critter in question as a "bug", that's good enough for me for this purpose.

@forse Amazing!

Hey, Fedi. I have a favour to ask you. Help me help a friend. (Not financial!)

I have a friend who is all about cool bug facts. They're going through an intense patch in their life, so I would like to send them some bug facts to cheer them up. But this is really their thing, so basic search engine results aren't going to new to them.

If there's a cool bug fact that you genuinely love, could you tell me? I'll save them to share with my friend over time. 1/n

#Bugs #CoolBugFacts #Insects

@neil This is one of those cases where it's not really about gender, it's about kyrirarchy, because (for example) people of colour say the same things here.

We need to find ways to make fedi safe for everyone -- across every axis of social power.

@bougiewonderland @futurebird Me, too! I was (more than once) someone's Canadian girlfriend and often assumed to be imaginary.

Canadian Girlfriends Unite!

#TeamCanadianGirlfriends

@smithkm @PizzaDemon @futurebird Obligatory:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8nvzEqsZIGo

#KidsInTheHall #KITH #CanadianContent

@staringatclouds @stefan The human centipede of ouroboroi.

@DenOfEarth @lokeloski

@GeePawHill I do this all the time. I think of it as "fan mail for regular people". I don't know how it affects them but it makes *my* life better. And, hopefully, it shores them up a bit for this world on fire, too.

You may or may not have seen the link I posted recently to an informed & deeply compassionate covid safety statement from a church in Vancouver. I email them to let them know how moved and how seen I felt by it. The pastor emailed me back today and now I'm in tears again.