Welp, while I await surgery, I decided to dust off my XFCE ClassicLooks theme I forked like 5 years ago, tweaking it for Gnome/GTK4 as well (and Qt5 and Qt6 - probably overkill though).
Shot of the Solaris ClassicLooks theme on the Gnome Desktop.
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JSkier 
@JSkier@social.linux.pizza
mastodon 4.7.3#ArchLinux, #FreeBSD, auto, and pi tinkerer. #InfoSec by day. Python, home automation, & occasional OSS contributor.
Atypical geek, #runner, #cyclist, & outdoor enthusiast. Husband & father, #veds ❤️🩹 (Vascular Ehlers-Danlos Syndrome) caregiver & supporter.
Music lover – just about everything, especially #punk #country #hiphop
Here mostly for tech & humor, misc interest, and light politics.
Stay #punk; it's always a good day to put a fascist in their place
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Joined December 15, 2021
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Minnesota, USA
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English
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LongCovid Blog:
Welp, this will be my last run until after surgery. Is there a Walkers of Mastodon, lol? 😆 I will be doing more walking and light elliptical use.
I've had multiple instances of collapsed vestibular episodes, and I'm done powering through this in the interest of not losing my hearing, or worse. I'm one stubborn son of a bitch, but I've been doing more damage to my body over the last 14 months than I should have been (under the guise of this being long covid and part of recovery). The plus side, though, is my body didn't decondition for 14 months while I figured out what was wrong with me. This was countered by delayed metabolic syndrome too, so I'm still a loser.
Now walking with a cane, limited stairs, and more playing with blood pressure medications until I get my inner ear surgically fixed. Also trying to get my adrenal system back in line. I need my mental energy to do this; doctors have been nearly worthless. I know what needs to be done; it's a matter of getting there.
See you all in a few months, hopefully when I can run again. I'm really hoping to still do the half marathon I signed up for in October.
You all are great; I appreciate seeing your awesome runs, PRs, and just getting out in nature. I will still follow the tag and cheer you on; if you don't feel like running, run for me at least, as I cannot!
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@da_667@infosec.exchange Shit, you don't have to lie about netflix to get me to come over and write suricata rules 😄
Welp, first surgery was a failure, surgeon can’t find the tissue he surgically attached last week 🤷♂️ Another month of walking outside or on the treadmill, and no swimming. Keep up #runnersofmastodon, I’ll be back eventually 😀 #longcovid
Blood pressure has been up (150 / 90s) the past several weeks (I take daily guanfacine too). I know I'm under a lot of justified stress (fascist regime and all). I haven't been protesting but am doing food, security, and other runs for immigrants in the cities. Likewise, I started taking the propranolol I had this morning, and it's already helping.
I probably have POTS, but I haven't seen a cardiologist yet, nor did I go to the Mayo yet for #LongCovid. PCP is out a few weeks. Does anyone else have elevated BP constantly with #LongCovid? What helped?
In addition to guanfacine, I do cardio 3-5 days a week (most likely have some degree of PEM, but I plow through it). Strangely, my pulse is low (RHR 40 bpm); I'm not sure if that is the cardio working there or something else.
14 months later, still dealing with #LongCovid. It really sucks 🙄
And here it is, my second outdoor run this year! Two in one week. Some nicer weather. Health has been meh, but I was able to finish strong for both (only latest shown). #running #runnersofmastodon
Indoor track run. Debated running outside, but the wind started to pick up, and rain was in the forecast (plus random ice and ICE). I figured out the foot pod, so the Garmin is tracking my track runs inside now, somewhat accurately it seems.
Hoping to get back to 5 days of running in a week (probably not this one, lol), my health is not doing so great; cholesterol and BP are high, and asthma and chronic pain have been a bit of a struggle. I weigh more than I have ever weighed in my life too, so a diet started to complement the exercising. Life with #longcovid and middle age 🤷♂️
RE: https://mastodon.online/@karppinen/116075377830796582
#catsofmastodon Does this belong here? 🤔
Indoor run today, windy and cooler out. Looks like spring (proverbial) took a break for a week 😄 City turned off the holiday lights; very northern State thing to do. #running #runnersofmastodon
A bit of a hard workout, as I'm trying new meds for BP issues, but not bad. Mulling an outdoor run tomorrow; we'll see, the weather looks right for it. 👀 #running #runnersofmastodon
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@argv_minus_one You would need to set qt6ct / qt5ct to use GTK with their respective plugins.
More details here:
https://wiki.archlinux.org/title/Uniform_look_for_Qt_and_GTK_applications
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@argv_minus_one Yeah, on GH, but just playing around to get started so far. Needs work on some of the themes though. I’ll fine tune it in coming weeks (a unified shell for gnome, not going so crazy with toolkits, etc).
Looks even better on xfce 😎 Back to the glory days, forever a classic 😀
#Suricata 8.0.4 out in AUR:
https://aur.archlinux.org/packages/suricata
A heads-up I wrote for all us #longcovid peeps.
https://longcovid.blog/p/warning-about-cyp3a-inhibition-paxlovid-and-corticosteroids/
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@bud_t@m.ai6yr.org No way, of course I see someone else who runs with a T1000E card on Mastodon 😅 I’m in a big city, so it seems to work well here, jealous of the remote areas you have access to for your runs, and tinkering with meshtastic.
It's easy for me to say, Not today. I have a deck of health crap that keeps getting worse. The world is in a fragile state. But today, I ran. Health stuff doesn't matter. Political bullshit doesn't matter. I'm free when I run. Fuck Trump. Fuck ICE. Fuck the GOP. Fuck LanguageTool for saying I'm starting too many sentences with fuck. And finally, fuck #longcovid.
#running #runnersofmastodon
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@gumnos Valid, and not all homes in the 90’s were the best environment for tin / copper tin connectors. I sold computers for what people wanted back then, not for the bottom line of the company.
Rapport was a newer concept, and, it came pretty naturally to me back then. Glad I left sales, though 😆
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@kzodasnowman@spore.social @swoonie@mastodon.ie Diet is on my to-do list and probably harder than resting for me. I love food and had a remarkable metabolism the first half of my life, so now it's time to make the hard dietary changes when I have conditioned myself to not care 😄
My blood sugar is higher (close to 200) typically, and my A1C is pre-diabetic. I'm well within range of a healthy weight, though (heh, they call that out in the video even).
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@swoonie@mastodon.ie Thanks man. I'm working on getting checked out later today, and still have my appointment with primary in over a week.
Indeed, I've heard that about the resting - and yes, it's a massive struggle for me (I'm a parent too). I was out of work for 2 1/2 months, and it kind of drove me crazy but I did it. I struggle a lot with slowing down since returning to work.
I've re-introduced daily day time naps a few weeks ago, but I don't think that is going to be enough though. Hopefully a combination of medication (oof, so many meds) and some more rest can pull me upward a bit!
@mookie@lifeiswoohoo.net @AdminKirsty@infosec.space Enjoy! I’m missing the outdoor runs this winter. Indoor track and treadmills for me.
I didn’t really think it about it before, ICE is around nabbing folks where I run. I don’t run with papers, and although I could outrun those fascists fatties (heh especially on ice), not so much their bullets 😬
Well shit, I'll see how long I keep my P4L plan I had to involve the FCC to keep a few years back. AT&T is garbage for wireless, I'm sure their acquired fiber isn't going to honor my low rate from CL. #isp
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@SmudgeTheInsultCat I can blow dry my nose hairs through my narrow otic capsule in my left eye on earth, but I’m not going to 😂
Surgery is finally scheduled for this Thursday to repair a PLF. Finally. 18 months of this hell, and there is the first of a few surgeries to come.
I am not sure if I'll be able to ever run beyond an elliptical again (I have a congenital bone problem), but perhaps the balance issues can be addressed once more in round two of vestibular rehab after my #thirdwindowpathology is patched and fixed to the best of modern medicine's abilities.
Finally got into the LongCovid program at the Mayo (long story, the first time was a false start).
#LongCovid is a hell I wish upon no one.
We're all gonna die. Someday.
https://music.youtube.com/watch?v=2K8I1aC32KM&si=Ifc4YUnIjhhjldb5
1 day pre-op for PLF patching and repair. Hopefully some progress tomorrow. In and out of the ED for heart issues that are all a minor cascading dam about to break. Man, I miss my family.
FFS, I’ve been deteriorating rapidly the past two months with #LongCovid. One reason I struggle to seek treatments for my symptoms is this: I can’t keep up sympons, specifically potassium (hypokalemia life long), and the ER always pins it on my pre existing MH issues.
I started showing up to the ED for low potassium (at one point in the 2s), and severe sore throat (no structural cause they found).
I have metabolic syndrome from covid (no, not nearly obese, very active and healthy lifestyle until a very recent crash).
My core symptoms are getting worse because I’m taking a diuretic for a condition a doctor doesn’t know how to treat 🤦♂️ Fortunately my surgeon does, who I see Thursday.
The fallacy of Long Covid - too many cooks in the kitchen, and a siloed medical system.
One helluva surgery out of the way, keeping food down, and recovering at my folks' home. No oxycodone for now; I'll try to avoid it. The vestibular system is a giant WTF, but I can still type a little. Oof, this is a journey that really sucks. #LongCovid
I hope others are doing well, if not better than my recent crash anyway.
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@zekjur@mas.to Someone who used to work at Apple sent me these, not sure if it helps? My brother used to work at Apple 😅
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@gumnos@mastodon.bsd.cafe When I worked at Bestbuy, we were supposed to sell gold plated parallel port cables for printing, because of oxidation and corrosion. I never went along with it, because it wasn’t based on science, and the standard cables were relatively cheap (1/3 the cost of the gold plated).
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@bazurk@social.lol I’m a huge fan of this show. Very relatable; just because someone seems to have their shit together, often times they don’t.