steven_vlad

@steven_vlad@med-mastodon.com

Rheumatology, epidemiology, US politics, wine. Student of the Italian language.

#rheumatology #Rheumastodon #epidemiology #epiverse #italiano

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MarcAbrahams, to random
@MarcAbrahams@mstdn.science avatar

Another headline that — metaphorically or factually — could and maybe should replace a long-running series of attention-robbing "important news" articles: "R.F.K. Jr. Says Doctors Found a Dead Worm in His Brain" https://www.nytimes.com/2024/05/08/us/rfk-jr-brain-health-memory-loss.html

steven_vlad,

@MarcAbrahams You just can't make this shit up. And NYT posted everything every credulously without a bit of skepticism. Worm in brain. Chelation for very high levels of ??. Titanium chip in his vocal cords.

WTF

TheConversationUS, to history
@TheConversationUS@newsie.social avatar

It stands as the crowning achievement of Western classical music.

200 years ago today, Beethoven premiered his instantly beloved Symphony No. 9 in D minor.

Widely praised as a groundbreaking composition, the symphony has and continues to influence artists across the cultural spectrum, and to spark joy.

https://theconversation.com/beethovens-ninth-symphony-at-200-revolutionary-work-of-art-has-spawned-two-centuries-of-joy-goodwill-and-propaganda-221734
@histodons

steven_vlad,

@TheConversationUS @histodons Dudes. ‘Crowning achievement of Western classical music'?

Only if you look at everything through a romanticism-tinged lens and ignore 500+ years of music before Beethoven and 200 years of music after.

Beethoven 9 is a great piece of music. But it's hardly 'The Best Piece of Music Ever.'

There is loads of wonderful music out there that is equally as important and inspiring.

augieray, to random
@augieray@mastodon.social avatar

Education is important. However, a few days of education are not more critical than the health of children. The UK government has launched a campaign to tackle school absenteeism. Their plan? Get more kids sick, spread #COVID19 more widely, and encourage more needless #LongCOVID suffering.

Send your kids to schools with a runny nose, cough and sore throat? Really?

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/health/article-12938183/Has-child-got-sniffles-read-guide-parent-kids-school-kept-home.html

steven_vlad,

@augieray Jesus. Not to mention conjunctivitis, lice, and worms. Brilliant.

carpingdiem, to Birds
@carpingdiem@med-mastodon.com avatar

The male red bellied #woodpecker was at it again today, excavating the same hole in a tree. #birds #birding #birdsofmastodon #birdphotography #video #HoosierMast

A red bellied woodpecker, with his orange-red head and black and white wings, is busy at work enlarging a hole in a tree, probably for a nesting cavity.

steven_vlad,

@carpingdiem Yum. There’s something tasty in there ….

steven_vlad, to random

More evidence that Covid was worse than we thought.

https://medicalxpress.com/news/2024-02-analysis-reveals-excess-deaths-attributed.html

augieray, to random
@augieray@mastodon.social avatar

STUDY: "The results showed a 2.42 times higher risk of any CVD (cardiovascular disease), a 95% higher risk of MACE (major adverse cardiovascular events), a 61% higher risk of arrhythmias, a 71% higher risk of heart failure, a 5 times higher risk of myocarditis, and a 2.49 times higher risk of thrombotic events associated with ."

https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/rmv.2518

steven_vlad,

@augieray @EllieK It means that the estimates of the individual studies showed a large spread around their mean rather being tightly focused around it. And the larger studies had an extra-large effect on the results because they get more weight (because they’re bigger). So the certainty of the overall estimate is not great.

steven_vlad,

@augieray @EllieK This can happen with observational studies with differing methods as Augie suggests. When there is little to no heterogeneity there is more certainty around the overall estimate.

steven_vlad,

@EllieK @augieray That’s a pretty fair interpretation. It’s probably the best we can do in the real world unless someone does a massive but incredibly well-done observational study. It’s easier with clinical trials.

georgetakei, to random

More and more detached from reality. https://secondnexus.com/trump-delusional-fraud-carroll-penalties?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=infeed&utm_campaign=linkprogram

steven_vlad,

@georgetakei He's completely lost it. He's demented.

augieray, to random
@augieray@mastodon.social avatar

It's just so frustrating. We were told “we had the tools” to manage #COVID19, and then we promptly set those tools aside. The tools include vaccines (but less than 20% in the US have the new booster). The result?

“People's antibody levels against Covid are probably as low now as they have been since the vaccine was first introduced. Now, because antibodies are lower, a higher dose [of the virus] is getting through and causing a more severe bout of disease.”

https://www.bbc.com/news/health-67726685

steven_vlad,

@augieray Sweet Jesus. Who is this idiot?

No, don’t tell me. I don’t want to know …

TexasObserver, to news
@TexasObserver@texasobserver.social avatar

A fifth-grader from #Brownsville ISD reported being bullied by his principal. Five days later, he was handcuffed and detained. He spent 3 days in solitary confinement.

A horrifying story uncovered by Investigative Reporting Fellow @josephinelee:
https://www.texasobserver.org/why-was-this-11-year-old-honor-roll-student-put-in-solitary/

#news #abuse #education #MentalHealth #schools #police #prison #HumanRights #students #children #Texas

steven_vlad,

@TexasObserver @josephinelee Jesus Christ

Private
steven_vlad,

@stefanowitsch @linguistics TRIP and TAS. not light

mythopoetica, to womencomposers

O che nuovo stupor -- Francesca Caccini

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZTucSVoeJOk

Soprano: Julie Roset
Violin: Emilie Clément-Planche
Cello: Dorine Lepeltier-Kovacs
Harpsichord: Xiaomo Zhang

University of Chicago biography: https://www.lib.uchicago.edu/efts/IWW/BIOS/A0083.html

Music by Women bio:
https://www.musicbywomen.org/composer/francesca-caccini/

Fascinating life. She composed for the Medicis!

@womencomposers
@classicalmusic
@composers
@baroquemusic

#earlyrenaissance #baroque #womencomposers #opera #chambermusic #francescaccini #goodnightmasto

steven_vlad,

@mythopoetica @womencomposers @classicalmusic @composers @baroquemusic I’ll see your 'O Che nuovo stupor' and raise you a ‘ Lasciatemi qui solo'! I’ve been discovering her music lately too. Quite remarkable.

https://youtu.be/aSrb_RzIIWc?si=i9Y523i3TRzrjS8_

carpingdiem, to random
@carpingdiem@med-mastodon.com avatar

Hubby has an eye appointment and I am the designated driver. A man checking in is coughing violently.
Medical professional: “Have you been sick lately?”
Man: “Nnn (cough-cough-cough) oo.”
(Honestly, who does he think he’s fooling?)
I clutch my N95 to my face more strongly.

steven_vlad,

@carpingdiem 🤦🏼‍♂️🙄

maria_antoniak, to random
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Did you know that when you view the replies to a post, you only see the replies known to your server? The rest are hidden 🤯

If you're new to Mastodon (or maybe you've been here a while but haven't dived deeper into the community's design), I wrote up a list of things I wish I had understood when I first joined.

https://maria-antoniak.github.io/2023/07/04/notes-on-mastodon.html

This doubles as a list of things that I think need to change if Mastodon is going to be a Twitter replacement. I'd really like Mastodon to succeed!

steven_vlad,

@maria_antoniak Well that’s eye opening

JamesGleick, to random
@JamesGleick@zirk.us avatar

Imagine a system of government where the final arbiters of everything are a tiny group of judges with lifetime tenure, and these judges are allowed to take money from people on whose cases they rule.

Crazy, right? https://www.politico.com/news/2023/04/25/neil-gorsuch-colorado-property-sale-00093579

steven_vlad,

@JamesGleick 🤦🏼‍♂️ Oh for fucks sake….

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