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deewani

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Browncoat. X-Phile. Monkey. Trekkie. Sci-Fi Nerd/Geek. Mad for Indian Music. Instant Human, Just Add Coffee. I block spam posting bots/followers....

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ai6yr, (edited ) to ai
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WHERE IS MY BLINKER FLUID RESERVOIR?!?!

🤪 #AI

deewani,
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@ai6yr Ummmm I'm sure it's right next to the parking light fluid reservoir. 😉

deewani, to random
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REMINDER : Free Covid vaccines for under- and uninsured via CDC’s Bridge Access Program only covered thru 12/31/24. If you know anyone in this category, please let them know. #SFBA #covidvaccines #Novavax https://www.cdc.gov/vaccines/programs/bridge/index.html

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Starts TODAY: “Across California, masks will be required in hospitals and skilled nursing facilities in an effort to limit the spread of RSV, the flu and COVID. The mandate will last until the end of flu season in March.”

“Marin County and Santa Clara counties require everyone who enters medical facilities to mask up. Alameda, San Mateo, Contra Costa, and Sonoma counties will require health care workers to mask up in patient care areas.”

https://www.ktvu.com/news/masks-required-in-certain-settings-again-throughout-california #COVID19 #SFBA #masks

DataDrivenMD, to random

🧵/Shortly after 9:00 p.m. EDT on March 11, 2020, Donald Trump reluctantly addressed the nation from the Oval Office. A full 9 hours earlier, the World Health Organization issued an official declaration: COVID-19 was a global pandemic. Three hours earlier, Tom Hanks took to Instagram to announce that he and his wife, Rita Wilson, were quarantined in Australia due to COVID-19.

https://readconstruct.com/the-moment-i-knew/

deewani,
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@DataDrivenMD 2 weeks before the world shut down in the #SFBA, family wanted me to go clothes shopping for upcoming wedding. I told them I don’t think they should go. They thought I was crazy, Unable to convince them, I drove off in my car to have a panic attack in a parking lot. Large number of wedding guests traveling from Santa Clara & NYC. Wasn’t until a week later they took me seriously. The shelter in place order came down on the wedding day. The NYC horrors followed that.

deewani, (edited ) to coronavirus
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deewani, to baking
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This is your holiday baking reminder to refresh your baking powder if it’s old. For those wishing to have aluminum free baking powder, Trader Joe’s has double acting baking powder again with the same ingredients as Rumford and is likely actually Rumford for less. Ingredients: Monocalcium Phosphate, Corn Starch, Sodium Bicarbonate. #TraderJoes #Dupes #TraderJoesDupes #Baking

ai6yr, to random
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American Astronomical Society (AAS) list of suppliers of safe solar viewers and filters. *** SQUINTING WILL NOT PROTECT YOUR EYES*** https://eclipse.aas.org/eye-safety/viewers-filters

#eclipse #safety #viewing

deewani,
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@ai6yr Lowe’s Hardware locations have the American Paper Optics brand. I picked some up few weeks ago for easter baskets, & a few more this week. Located at customer service desk in one location, front self serve registers in another location. People can check local stocks on their website. https://www.lowes.com/pd/American-Paper-Optics-Solar-Eclipse-Paper-Glasses/5014580513

deewani,
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@ai6yr Staples also had these glasses at register today, fine print on back shows they are also manufactured by American Paper Optical

ai6yr, to random
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LOL The other "wrong key" story for me was in 2018 or 2019, when I ended up driving to a motel along old Route 66 and got room "6", took a shower, and collapsed in bed exhausted. A couple of hours later I was woken up by someone who ALSO had the key to room "6" and it ended up I had actually checked into "Room 9" but the key also worked for "Room 6". We just traded keys (not that we needed to, LOL).

deewani,
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@ai6yr I am guessing that 1986 Honda Civics were similar. As a new driver I once got into and sat inside another gray Civic, then I looked around and realized I was not in my car.

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deewani,
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@andybrwn Toggle switches are the best. :) I am dreading having to replace my 20 yr old car. Hope she lasts some time to come. Still miss manual windows.

ai6yr, to random
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CPSC: Igloo Products Recalls Youth Sipper Bottles Due to Choking Hazard https://www.cpsc.gov/Recalls/2024/Igloo-Products-Recalls-Youth-Sipper-Bottles-Due-to-Choking-Hazard #recall #cups

deewani,
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@ai6yr I hate any kind of kids cups/bottkes with built in flip straw lids or over engineered lids where there is potential for mold to grow b/c people don’t/can’t wash those parts properly.

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18+ dancingdogs, to H5N1
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Via Sam Scarpino / Are you struggling to keep track of all the #H5N1 developments in the #US?

Together w/ @jkbren & @MOUGK , we started an open-access timeline of key events related to the outbreak.

As you can see, the situation is rapidly progressing, so we will keep updating. #news ##MaskUp #Birds #avianflu #birdflu #nature #farming

deewani,
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deewani, to random
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COVID Is Rising in Bay Area Wastewater Again - Carly Severn @teacupinthebay “COVID-19 levels are up across 82% of the sites monitored around the Bay Area. WastewaterSCAN’s Amanda Bidwell told KQED by email that this local rise mirrors a current “upward trend” of COVID-19 wastewater levels nationally over the last three weeks.”#KQED #SFBA #COVID19 https://www.kqed.org/news/11987343/covid-bay-area-wastewater-variant-symptoms-isolation-guidance

deewani, to random
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Via @erictopol Ground Truths episode: Akiko Iwasaki: The Immunology of Covid and the Future, A leading light in immmunobiology takes us through Long Covid, nasal vaccines, and the next frontier of the field https://erictopol.substack.com/p/akiko-iwasaki-the-immunology-of-covid.

ai6yr, to H5N1
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LA Times: Despite the spread of bird flu, lawmakers in some states are pushing to legalize raw milk https://www.latimes.com/environment/story/2024-06-04/as-bird-flu-pandemic-widens-state-lawmakers-push-to-legalize-raw-milk #h5n1 #hpai #birdflu #milk

deewani,
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“We detected high virus titers in the respiratory organs (which suggests that infection may have occurred through the pharynx) and moderate virus titers in several other organs, findings consistent with the systemic infections typically caused by HPAI H5 viruses in mammals. Detection of virus in the mammary glands of two mice was consistent with the high virus load in the milk of lactating cows, even though these mice were not lactating.”

deewani,
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@ai6yr @B_Whitewind Also an issue if it becomes easily transmissible to other innocent people….

deewani, (edited )
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@wendinoakland @B_Whitewind @ai6yr @mjausson Yeah sorry for the confusion. The STAT article contains link to this study : https://www.nejm.org/doi/full/10.1056/NEJMc2405495 “The animals showed signs of illness starting on day 1, including ruffled fur and lethargy. All the animals survived until day 4, when they were euthanized to determine virus titers in multiple organs..”

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ai6yr, to random
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If the Microsoft Windows 11 PC (which I am forced to use for client/work) is any proof, every Microsoft AI feature added to the OS is subtracting 15-20% of the productivity from your employees. 🙄

Or, maybe it's Patch Tuesday.

deewani,
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@ai6yr New nag from Microsoft to upgrade to Win 11 : It's time to upgrade your PC before end of suppport which they say arrives Oct 14 2025 - which they say means no tech support (that's fine) or SECURITY UPDATES (boooo!) after that date.

deewani, (edited )
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@ai6yr I have a Win 10 Pro machine. When clicking search I kept seeing an offer to try CoPilot, I OFC ignored. Then I found that I could use group policies to disable Copilot. User Configuration > Administrative Templates > Windows Components > Windows Copilot > Turn off Windows Copilot. Machine keeps naggin me to update for free to Win 11 but so far I have resisted. Need to figure out if I do that if I can still disable and IF they are going to give me Win 11 Pro not home...

ai6yr, to random
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Hmm, finding a vegetarian Indian dish to make for dinner from scratch (which doesn't require a lot of ingredients I don't have and time) is an interesting challenge 🤔

Thus, why Indian restaurants and grocery stores here with takeout counters are appealing, LOL.

deewani,
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@ai6yr @dougfir Samosas with chana on the side and chutney is the best. A cheat for the crust is the refrigerated uncooked flour tortillas from Costco. Have written that recipe out for others too if anyone is interested.

deewani,
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@ai6yr @dougfir There is a google map for the dhabbas - I will find the link. Edit/ found it - created by that reporter. https://www.google.com/maps/@/data= source: https://x.com/mvenk82/status/1659960128743849986?lang=en

deewani,
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@ai6yr A recipe for cilantro (dhania) chutney. Also goes good drizzled over chana & as a condiment for Samosa, Pakoras. Process in small food processor until finely chopped:
2 jalapenos, chopped in large pieces
½ inch ginger, peeled
2 garlic cloves
Add to the food processor and pulse until desired consistency is achieved:
1 cup cilantro leaves, packed.
1 lemon’s juice
2 tsp salt
2 ½ tsp sugar
1 tsp paprika

ai6yr, to cooking
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One week induction stove assessment:

  1. Absolutely stellar performance for my use cases, which are
    A. hash browns
    B. boiling water
    C. eggs

  2. Biggest issue:
    A. cookware compatibility

  3. Biggest benefit (aside from energy/no gas burning emissions):
    A. extremely controllable temperature

Note: Getting other folks to try the induction stove did not go well; I am a technology early adopter and willing to experiment, no one else here is. They are comfortable with using what they have used, even if there are issues (lousy burner design here, for one).

End result: Likely will switch at home, might have an interim step with a portable cooktop.

deewani,
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@ai6yr I usually buy cookware from the TJX stores (HomeGoods, Marshall’s, TJ Maxx) - they usually have lots of induction ones. Probably because they get lots of cookware from Europe. A quick check can be done by grabbing magnetic chip clips in the same department and seeing if it sticks.

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