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Kathmandu

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Boston metroplex. SF/F fan.

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kcarruthers, to random
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I’m flying to Boston via Dallas Fort Worth for the first time next week. Any tips for the transit?

Kathmandu,
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@kcarruthers @neurovagrant
Do you have your transit from the airport to the conference hotel all planned out?

When crossing streets, be alert and cross with a group if you can. Bostonians are alert and cooperative, but we use narrower margins than most places. It can take a while to adjust.

mcnado, to random
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Burning down a refugee camp is not a tragic mishap, especially if you first burned down the refugees original homes, their hospitals, their water pumps and treatment plants, and their fields. No, it is not a mishap. It is an intentional act of violence against people who have lost everything.

Kathmandu,
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@mcnado
It's been clear to me for months now that Israel's plan of campaign is "Drive them all into the sea". Or into Egypt, they don't care. Drive everyone into a tiny space, and slaughter everyone who doesn't leave.

This is supported by their public statements. They've said repeatedly that they believe everyone in Gaza is part of Hamas. So when they say "We won't stop until we have wiped out Hamas" ...that means wiping out everyone.

Kathmandu, to science
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@HopePunkFTW This seems like your kind of thing:
"To save their soil, Kansas tribe shifts to regenerative agriculture—and transforms their farms."

Crop rotation, adding flower strips along the edges to sustain pollinators, stopping the neonicotinoids, and they get better results!

https://phys.org/news/2024-05-soil-kansas-tribe-shifts-regenerative.html

grimalkina, to random
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It's REALLY weird to me when people in software mine research papers for their content and say "researchers" instead of naming the scientists who actually did the work they're using. We're human beings and our work is our livelihood (at a fraction of yours I might add). Name us.

Blessed for the community around me that has this value, side eye at the content engine that doesn't.

Kathmandu,
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@kellogh

Yes, lots of people are used to the idea that science comes from institutions. It's even taught as part of basic information literacy: does this come from a respectable large organization, or from one person (probably a crackpot)?

Even a classmate in 1st-year library science grad school was surprised to learn that a study by SoandSo, Ph.D, could be just as reliable as a study from Institute X.
She'd been in 'industry' before, so maybe that was her previous training.

@grimalkina

mrundkvist, (edited ) to books
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'A Bibliophile in his library', Edward Gorey 1987

Kathmandu,
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@mrundkvist
I almost didn't notice the 6th cat behind the footstool. 🙂

KFosterMarks, to random
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Y'all, the Developer Success Lab is thrilled to announce that we’re giving two talks AND facilitating two workshops at LeadDev London this June, 10-12th!
https://leaddev.com/leaddev-london/2024agenda

Details in the comments....

Kathmandu,
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@KFosterMarks @grimalkina
Sounds interesting! 🙂

Will there be a recording or transcript available later?

luckytran, to random
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CDC's recommendations for the public re: bird flu outbreak in the US

1️⃣ Avoid being near sick or dead animals and contaminated surfaces
2️⃣ Wear respiratory or eye protection if you are near
3️⃣ Do not prepare or eat uncooked or undercooked food such as raw milk or raw cheeses

Kathmandu,
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@luckytran
I am noticing the difference between "Wear an N95 filtering facepiece respirator" to farmers, which is specific and concrete, vs. "wear respiratory protection" to the general public, which is vague.
"If I keep my elbow in front of my mouth, is that enough?" /s

The CDC has a real problem with focusing more on "there is a hierarchy of protection, and you do not rank high enough to even be told what the good protection IS" than on keeping people safe.

inquiline, (edited ) to random
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USians, please sign this letter!!

(instructions are given for non-experts as well as expert signatories, keep clicking thru!)

Public Health Experts Urge CDC’s Advisory Committee on Healthcare Infection Control Practices (HICPAC) to Follow
the Science and Protect Health Care Workers and Patients

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1mucFG68ac158tc0_JG4NjpDdwWUVJrAz/view

(transmitted by Jane Thomason,
Lead Industrial Hygienist, Health and Safety Division, National Nurses United)

Kathmandu,
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@inquiline
Is useful for non-credentialed, non-experts to sign this?
I very much support infection control, but I don't have any medical credentials.

rbreich, to random
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Republicans already have a plan to rapidly privatize Medicare if Trump wins.

Tucked deep into Project 2025 is a call to “make Medicare Advantage the default enrollment option.”

This would be a historic handout to the insurance industry.

And the death of Medicare as we know it.

Kathmandu,
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@peachfront @timo21 @rbreich
One thing that opened my eyes was the year my state had single-payer.* I could see any doctor. No pre-approvals, no need for a referral, just call the specialist and say "I haven't had X tests in 5 years, can we schedule some?" and the answer was yes, and I never had to pay anything but the monthly premium. It was wonderful.
Turns out referrals and pre-approvals are for the insurance company, not for any medical need.

Kathmandu,
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@peachfront @timo21 @rbreich

  • It was the first year of Obamacare, and so many people signed up that the state couldn't process applications. I got a letter saying "We'll get to your file sometime; for now, just give this number when you need medical treatment."
    I called a med-office, they said "Do you have insurance?" I said "I have this number from the state..."
    They said "Oh yes, when would you like to come in?"
    Any Dr. I wanted, any treatment I needed, all year. It was great.
LeftistLawyer, to Futurology
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This is big.
proceeds apace. I’d been tracking the initial finding early on, but hadn’t checked back in on the research in a while.

No bullshit — it’s looking more and more like is kryptonite to .

https://louisville.edu/medicine/news/researchers-recommend-human-clinical-trials-for-cbd-to-prevent-covid-19-based-on-promising-data#:~:text=The%20researchers%20showed%20that%20the,interferons%2C%20an%20antiviral%20cell%20protein.&text=The%20researchers%20wanted%20scientific%20data,viral%20replication%20in%20live%20animals.

Kathmandu,
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@violetmadder @LeftistLawyer
Side note, but novocaine doesn't work on me either, and *** chloroprocaine does ***. It wears off after about 5 minutes, but those 5 minutes are pain-free.
Chloroprocaine could be worth asking for if you haven't tried it yet. 🙂

cstross, to random
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Why, oh why, did a fancy rat called Oscar just insert himself into the latest Laundry novel? I mean, WHY?

Go home, Muse, you're drunk on the job (again).

Kathmandu,
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@cstross
A rat wearing a tiny string of pearls and a jaunty wisp of ostrich-down? 😜

Kathmandu,
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@cstross
It was a reference to your post " a fancy rat called Oscar just insert himself into the latest Laundry novel?"
Sorry for the confusion; I thought I set it up as a reply.

Kathmandu,
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@cstross
I mean, it was just a joking reference to being "fancy", not to any particular Oscar.

Melpomene, to random
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So, I need advice on and medical advice generally. Trying to get a DX when all your tests come back inconclusive is frustrating. Bout to drop $1400 on a file review. Maybe. When the last labs come back with nothing.

"It is tendonitis!" (Tests good)
"It is a repetitive stress injury!" (Nope)
"It is spine compression!" (Not likely based on MRI)
"It is neuropathy!" (Conduction etc fine)
"It is toxic metal!" (Nope)
"It is vitamin deficiency!" (Nope!)
"It is infectious!" (Not so far)
"It is an STI!" (I'm clean thanks)
"It is uh, long covid!" (Maybe)
"It is an allergy!" (Maybe)
"It is gut biome!" (Maybe)
"It might be MS but probably not!" (All clean MRI)
"You're too oversexed for your system!" (I mean, accurate prob)
"You've been cursed by eldritch forces!" (Fucking probably)
"You're developing magical powers!" (Worth the shit tbh)
"You're dying of something undetectable." (My late night fear)

Kathmandu,
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@Melpomene
Long Covid is an umbrella term, so there are still multiple things to test for.
There was one test approved in Europe.
https://www.medscape.co.uk/viewarticle/long-covid-blood-test-receives-european-approval-2022a10022cg

Kathmandu,
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@Melpomene
(I thought I posted this, and then it doesn't show; apologies if it posts twice.)

Some cases of long covid involve micro-clots interfering with circulation; the clots can be detected with apheresis (a blood-filtering procedure, unfortunately expensive).

Kathmandu,
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@Melpomene
Since you mentioned 'allergy' and 'gut biome' as Maybes, there is a cheap, simple test/treatment you can run yourself. A subset of long-covid issues appear related to chronic immune-response activation, and can overlap with Mast Cell Activation Syndrome (MCAS). If your long-covid issues seem related to inflammation, irritation, kind-of-allergic responses that come and go...1/2

Kathmandu,
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@Melpomene
You can test for that by temporarily taking two kinds of antihistamines at once, twice a day. (details in the linked post, with citations). If it works, you know your symptoms have a chronic-immune-activation component. If it doesn't work, no harm done, and one category of problem ruled out.
I've seen mention of tests for other aspects of long covid, but I don't seem to have them bookmarked, sorry.2/2
https://synecdochic.dreamwidth.org/805203.html

hywan, to climate
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Someone is going to dim the sun, and it will be soon, https://climate.benjames.io/someone-is-going-to-dim-the-sun/.

The fact:

  • “100 planes injecting sulfur particles into the stratosphere would dim the sun by about 1%, and cool the earth by about 1°C”

The reality:

  • We don’t know if a cascade reaction can happen, and if it will, it can be absolutely dramatic.
  • It is most costly than the article suggests.
  • We need to regulate/forbid this.

#ClimateChange #sulfur #SRM #geoengineering

Kathmandu,
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@hywan
Wasn't atmospheric sulphur what led to acid rain?

NunavutBirder, to worldwithoutus
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Lefty, the bully of the tank.

Kathmandu,
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@NunavutBirder
And yet, so pretty!

Kathmandu, to TaylorSwift
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Oh. I just got it.

Taylor Swift called on her followers to register to vote. Taylor Swift inspires young women who are more likely to vote left-wing.

So now I'm seeing a zillion re-posts of news articles about "Taylor Swift has a private jet: she is an evil polluting billionaire" because the right wing wants to suppress her political influence.

That's why we're seeing 'news' about just her jet, not anyone else's. It's a coordinated propaganda campaign.

#PrivateJet #TaylorSwift

jmcrookston, to random
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The World Health Organization won't use "airborne" and instead wants to introduce "inhalable respiratory particles".

Absolutely ridiculous. The out-of-touch idiot/ivory tower jokes are all completely warranted.

Kathmandu,
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@jmcrookston
Not out-of-touch. It is conscious and deliberate face-saving. They don't want to admit having ever been wrong in the past. They'd rather twist terminology and thinking into knots, while people die and are crippled, than ever admit they were wrong.

Which means, even were we to we let them go with "inhalable respiratory particles", they'd keep claiming 'aerosol-generating procedures (AGPs)' are different from 'breathing' and keep claiming you only need masks for AGPs.

seachanger, to random
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I think a lot about all the people sick or dead from covid complications whose families and docs will never say that

Kathmandu,
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@seachanger
Yes. The solidarity was good.

maleve, to random
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Concerned about the collapse of healthcare? Why aren’t you masking up.

Given how many people are sick, how much coughing I hear and how few are masked up, a good number of people are neither staying home nor masking up if they do go out.

Wearing a good mask and sticking to well ventilated spaces has served my family well.

These q100 masks are super comfy and provide negligible breathing resistance compared to the pre-pandemic n95s I’d wear for home renovation.

image/jpeg

Kathmandu,
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@maleve
I've been looking for some mask options besides the Aura. Does your mask have foam/padding over the nose-bridge? And what model is it?

datum, to random

Well, this sucks.

A loved one is positive on rapid tests.

Anyone know how to get in Canada?

Anyone know of other protocols or medicines for faster recovery / lower odds of ?

She's isolating and resting, and is pretty willing to accept well-founded advice in the few minutes she's awake here and there.

I'm not willing to suggest colloidal silver or other treatments that don't have supporting evidence, so please don't offer suggestions without citations.

https://ods.od.nih.gov/factsheets/COVID19-HealthProfessional/ doesn't cite any positive results for reducing Long COVID, just studies in progress. :(

New to mastodon. I think this is where I put some '@'s to draw attention? If that's wrong please correct me and I'll delete/repost without.

@zeroes @trendless @VeeRat @subjacentish @erictopol @augieray

Kathmandu,
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@datum @PacificNic
Here's an article from PubMed about how "Iota-carrageenan and xylitol inhibit SARS-CoV-2 in Vero cell culture".
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8604354/

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