ozdreaming

@ozdreaming@infosec.exchange

Another drop in the ocean. Parent, healthcare provider, IT/infosec hobbyist, bike commuter, cohousing resident, Susboid, and compulsive volunteer and over-committer. Duolingo addict (currently learning Arabic and refreshing עברית) who needs to break the habit. Trans rights == human rights.

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design_law, to random
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The accuracy:

"If you’re a man and that O.P. is a woman, her facts are feelings and your feelings are facts, and those forty-seven increasingly lengthy responses you fired off were clearly a rational reaction. If she reacted negatively to them, do not forget to rebuke her for being emotional."

  • Rebecca Solnit

https://lithub.com/rebecca-solnit-how-to-comment-on-social-media/?utm_source=Sailthru&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=Lit%20Hub%20Daily:%20January%2031%2C%202024&utm_term=lithub_master_list

ozdreaming,

@emmaaum @design_law Solnit has written many wonderful sentences, here and elsewhere, and I hope she's now remembered for coining this line: "I stand with penguins in condemning the ice in your drink.”

atomicpoet, (edited ) to random

The problem with postmodernism is that it allows people to take extremely radical positions without creating positive change.

But just because you’re critiquing a power structure doesn’t mean you’re challenging or negating it. On the contrary, sometimes by critiquing a power structure, you’re finding more effective ways to exploit it.

For example, BuzzFeed co-founder Jonah Peretti did a great job of critiquing the power structure of identity and formation. Through a Marxist lens, he uncovered how the Internet can exploit this power structure.

So what did he do? He formed BuzzFeed, and profited handsomely. BuzzFeed became famous for its online activism—exploiting people’s sense of identity and formation. Nothing changed but Jonah Peretti got rich.

http://www.datawranglers.com/negations/issues/96w/96w_peretti.html

ozdreaming,

@atomicpoet This is reminding me that it's been a long, long time since I watched the Chomsky-Foucault debate; maybe time for a refresh.

(Foucault died just about 40 years ago; Chomsky, still hanging on.)

jerry, to random

Hello everyone. I know that these are tough times for many people. If you derive value from the fediverse and have the means to do so, please consider donating to support your instance. Most instances rely on donations to pay the bills (infosec.exchange and friends cost over $3000/month to host).

Instructions on how to donate are generally available on your instance's "about" page (for example: https://infosec.exchange/about)

Also, I firmly believe that access to the fediverse should not be tied to one's ability to pay, and I think it's even more important for those in difficult situations to maintain the social connections that the fediverse provides, so (at least in my view) donations are welcome, but not required in any way.

And for those people who already donate, my hats off to you. You make the fediverse possible. :blobheartcat:​

ozdreaming,

@jerry Thanks for the gentle reminder!

mem_somerville, to Teachers
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LOL. The have done an acoustic version of their "workers song" for the in that are on .

I have their last album in my car, it's great stuff for driving and singing by yourself, with more union ballads.

https://www.instagram.com/reel/C2w_R9eu6PB/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link&igsh=MzRlODBiNWFlZA==

ozdreaming,

@Wraithe @mem_somerville I'm glad I got introduced to Windborne at #Arisia this year. Beautiful folk harmonies, great renditions and updates of labor classics.

https://windborne.bandcamp.com/ (and the usual streaming sources).

bikepedantic, to random
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Driving the half mile to the grocery store because DCR

ozdreaming,

@bikepedantic The Alewife headhouse approach was still pretty messy this morning. But the causeway along Yates Pond between the linear path and the Minuteman was (again) a total loss, no treatment whatsoever.

ozdreaming, to boston

Any have experiences to share hosting a #Zipcar in their residential parking lot or garage, on an exclusive (i.e., resident only) or non-exclusive basis? Currently considering it for our cohousing community, and looking out for any pitfalls or "surprises" dealing with the company, co-subscribers, or neighbors. #boston / #cambridgema metro area, if it matters.

#carsharing

ozdreaming, to random

{Acronym alert - glossary at bottom.} I see more patients getting bumped from ICS-only monotherapy (and/or SABA-only rescue med) to combo ICS-LABA inhalers. This is spurred by GSK discontinuing brand-name Flovent, and GINA guidelines promoting AIR and MART (aka SMART) strategy, which utilizes a combo inhaler containing formoterol, like Symbicort, Breyna, or Dulera. This is a big change for many people, who're used to using an inhaled for control and prevention, and inhaled for rapid relief. Now they can use one inhaler for both -- which is convenient, and may bring better control.

Explainer "What is SMART Therapy for Asthma?": https://allergyasthmanetwork.org/news/asthma-smart-therapy/

Now I'm also seeing PCPs, pediatricians, and pulmonologists prescribing other combo ICS-LABA inhalers like Advair with a SMART asthma action plan -- even though that's not approved under GINA or NAEPP guidelines. In fact they explicitly warn against this: "Combination ICS with non-formoterol LABA cannot be used as-needed for symptom relief." (GINA main report, p. 69). LABAs like salmeterol (more lipophilic) take much longer to kick in (30+ minutes) to be intended for rapid relief, and have not been studied for rescue use. But they're being prescribed that way anyway, presumably due to availability, insurance coverage, and clinician confusion during a time of flux. Leading to a lot of follow-up conversations. :blobcatshrug:​

GINA 2023 main report: https://ginasthma.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/GINA-2023-Full-report-23_07_06-WMS.pdf .

NIH NAEPP 2020 Asthma Guidelines: https://www.jacionline.org/article/S0091-6749(20)31404-4/fulltext

Glossary (in no order):

  • ICS == inhaled corticosteroid (Flovent, QVAR). Steroids reduce airway inflammation slowly over time.
  • SABA == short-acting beta-agonist: a bronchodilator (canonically albuterol) that quickly relieves airway constriction, for a few hours.
  • LABA == long-acting beta-agonist (ex: salmeterol, formoterol), relieves airway symptoms for more than a few hours.
  • Rescue med, aka "reliever" == a rapid-acting drug to relieve acute symptoms (e.g. albuterol, epinephrine).
  • Maintenance therapy == drug you take daily to prevent acute symptoms.
  • Monotherapy == managing a disease with just one drug.
  • AIR == Anti-Inflammatory Reliever: combo inhaler with a low-dose steroid + a rapid-acting bronchodilator
  • MART == Maintenance And Reliever Therapy: treatment with an inhaler that contains both a steroid and a rapid-onset, long-acting beta-agonist (formoterol). Also called SMART (S == "Single-inhaler").
  • GINA == Global Initiative on Asthma

Alice, to random
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I wish I could have been in the conference room when someone proposed putting a backpack on a shoe and it somehow got approved.

ozdreaming,

@0x00string @Alice This is what we get instead of the Get Smart shoe-phone.

ozdreaming, to random

I can't remember what this quarter-sized toroidal spring is for. Anyone know?

ozdreaming,

@shellsharks you're right! Acupressure rings!

ozdreaming, to Weather

eweather ( based
forecasting savant) predicts 4-8" of across most of southern from incoming between Saturday night and Sunday midday, with 6-12" possible in the zones just west of .

@universalhub @frenchtoast

skrishna, to space
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Scientists using JWST snapped this stunning photo of the center of the Milky Way, and there are some intriguing mysteries hiding within it.

#space #science #jwst

https://youtu.be/PGEK4goB4Zc

ozdreaming,

@skrishna Both this and your recent Crab Nebula videos were great, thanks! I really learned a lot in just a couple of minutes.

davep, to random

Yes, your email found me well. It's the magic combination of SMTP and other underlying protocols such as DNS and TCP.

ozdreaming,

@kbal @davep @jerry calDAV has done more for my family cohesion than any of these other TLAs (thank you Cyrus, Bernard et al!).

ozdreaming, to whn

@thepoliticalcat @jik @whn @novid Agreed. This is a dereliction of duty by a healthcare juggernaut. I can't fathom a reason to explicitly tell patients to cover their N95 respirators with a surgical mask (unless the real reason is "don't show us up").

But all seems par for the course at a time when the CDC's own advisory committee (HICPAC), dominated by industry execs, is recommending weak, confusing, and unsubstantiated guidelines for mask use in healthcare facilities. https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/rift-over-n95-use-puts-health-workers-at-risk-again/ (KHN article).

ozdreaming,

@stomatologe @thepoliticalcat @jik @whn @novid

That was somewhat comforting to read, thanks for linking to it! The authors are oh so careful to write with deference, that their scorn may be missed:

This aspect of the draft has attracted much public comment because many have interpreted current text as limiting “special air precautions” only to new and emerging pathogens that cause severe, life-threatening disease. There is concern that, based on that perception, SARS-CoV-2 would revert to routine air precautions because, at this time, it is no longer new and emerging. There is also concern that adverse outcomes associated with substantial morbidity, such as long COVID, would not be considered in determining whether to apply routine or special air precautions because they might not be considered as representing severe disease.

Another issue relevant to preventing transmission through air is to make sure that a draft set of recommendations cannot be misread to suggest equivalency between facemasks and NIOSH Approved respirators, which is not scientifically correct nor the intent of the draft language."

CDC is working to expand the scope of technical backgrounds of participants on the HICPAC Isolation Guideline Workgroup and eventually among the committee members through established processes in accordance with the Federal Advisory Committee Act (FACA) regulations and guidance. The expanded workgroup and the HICPAC with the newly appointed members will review and discuss these additional considerations and guideline at the next HICPAC meeting, which is open to the public.

I.e. HICPAC, Ur on notice, C U soon.

hannah, to random
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Just noticed that the font barbra streisand used on all her early albums looks almost exactly like the italics on arxiv.org papers. Not sure what to do about this

Some computer modern from a physics paper

ozdreaming,

@taber @hannah You win the internet today -- I don't know how you pulled that citation out so fast!

Alon, to random
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The Fediverse increasingly has worse disinformation than other spaces. The problem is, the users don't read the news very much, and many have a culture that rejects reading and discussing news. So the pool of people who talk about the news is too small for fact checks. Media literacy here is so low that people go viral with massacre denialism because they read something in Middle East Eye and don't know it's Qatar's Global Times, a propaganda outfit used for things Al-Jazeera won't touch.

ozdreaming,

@Alon I'm not active on any other social network these days. How could one tell if the problem was worse in a feed here than it would be in on FB, X, Threads, etc, driven by opaque algorithms. I suppose on the fediverse, you could direct your concerns to "super boosters" (e.g. Lisa Melton). But anyway, the people I follow seem to have a pretty high level of media literacy, at least compared to the people (and some bots) who comment on articles in commercial media outlets.

ozdreaming, to boston

#Boston Cyclists Union reported on Facebook today:

"We are devastated to learn of the passing of Samuel Alvarado, who was killed after being hit by a garbage truck driver while biking this morning in Allston. The fatal crash happened at the Cambridge and Hano St intersection.

"Our hearts are with Samuel's loved ones.

"This tragic crash highlights two key dangers that people who bike face: unsafe roadways and large trucks. Safety improvements for this area are long overdue - as are safety improvements for large vehicles that are driven on our streets.

Samuel should be alive today. #VisionZero

https://www.facebook.com/bostoncyclistsunion/posts/pfbid02RSAZw1Rkegptxg3toPvcCafRSKJqaJPMFNgCdLrVHQrULDbL5sPLkrw9ZbBCcCeAl

#Boston #MassBike #LivableStreets
@bostoncyclistsunion
@universalhub
#AllstonBrighton

postfilm, (edited ) to music
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Inside a 250 year old French Violin. Photographed with a Medical Laparoscope adapted to a Lumix G9ii Camera. A 1770 violin by Augustin Chappuy. #music #art #photography SOURCE: Charles Brooks: https://www.charlesbrooks.info/

ozdreaming,

@elaterite @postfilm I want the audio track too!

universalhub, to Massachusetts
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Review: #Ethiopian haven brightens the mood and palate in #Malden
#Massachusetts #dining https://www.universalhub.com/2023/review-ethiopian-haven-brightens-mood-and-palate

ozdreaming,

@misc @universalhub I know! I guess Habesha has been around for years, but I didn't know about it until this post!

OTOH I have a partner who randomly greets me with meals like this:
https://infosec.exchange/@ozdreaming/111392934455375519

NatureMC, (edited ) to France
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🧵 1/10 Today, I'm writing rubbish.😉 No, about , . For some years, has changed laws towards a with some measures that are the world's first: https://www.ellenmacarthurfoundation.org/circular-examples/frances-anti-waste-and-circular-economy-law

When I came to the country at the end of the 1980s, there were still wild rubbish burning in the countryside. Later, people laughed about in neighbouring Germany. In the meantime, we have overtaken them. In terms of packaging laws. In large supermarkets, we conveniently

ozdreaming,

@NatureMC thank you so much for this thread! It is truly inspiring.

ozdreaming, to cycling

Every Kryptonite U-lock I've owned develops problems turning the key in the lock after I've owned it for a few years. I got replacement keys earlier this year, which started demonstrating the same problem about 2 months ago. I recently realized that I can get the key to turn in my series 2 lock much more reliably if I orient the whole lock so the crossbar is down (keyhole opening facing the ground), and shake it downward a little as I turn. Just mentioning this here in case it proves useful to anyone else. #BikeTooter #cycling

ozdreaming, to Massachusetts

I missed this earlier: #Massachusetts #bicycle commuter expenses are now eligible for a tax deduction. Thanks #massbike!

(The tax relief bill also makes this benefit eligible to commuters who take buses, ferries and bike share service.)

https://www.massbike.org/massachusetts-bicycle-commuter-benefits-signed-into-law

Lizette603_23, to random
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I did NOT know this. The internet does not contradict it.

ozdreaming,

@Lizette603_23 some additional context: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/service-dog-owner-help/

misc, to random
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I know exercise while having symptoms is associated with making long covid worse - but assuming I fully recover in a week or so, how long should I give it before returning to the pretty intense kettlebell workouts I was doing 3x/week?

ozdreaming,

@misc Kettlebell seems like it would be particularly rough, likely to provoke positional BP and heart rate changes which are frequently hard on people with #longcovid and #MECFS ("orthostatic intolerance"), even w/o weights.

There are many researchers arguing about this topic (and whether it's even safe to study exercise in LC patients), so it's very hard to give good recommendations aside from "go slow" and consult with your PCP.

I've read recommendations to start off with rowing or recumbent cycling, at low duration and low intensity for several weeks, transitioning to upright exercise at 9-12 weeks (c.f. https://journals.lww.com/jcrjournal/fulltext/2023/11000/characteristics_and_treatment_of_exercise.4.aspx).

And if you want to nerd out on the pathophys, see this presentation by Dr Systrom (pulm @ BWH/Harvard) at the 2023 ME research conference: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SeW2AA0bc2Y (40' long, and an excellent sleep aid if nothing else, no offense to Dr. S).

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