My job is fairly low-risk but I'm now housemates w someone who's pretty likely exposed to covid and other contagious diseases at work. (and doesn't seem concerned about it.) I guess I should get a booster to somewhat decrease my chances of transmitting things to other people around me this 'season.' I wonder about getting one ASAP vs waiting until 'updated' ones become available in ~ a month.
I am waiting on an iota-carageenan spray in the mail currently. Some of these are big allergy triggers for some people, and some are very toxic to pets (xylitol) so that's something to be aware of. People report different things about nitric oxide (enovid) spray being seized or not by U.S. customs.
it's designed for allergies, the xylitol is supposed to stop allergens from adhering to nasal walls, and in my experience it helped for that
and i feel like given that mechanism it might do for viruses what it does for allergens, and reduce the risk of infection, i know a study is being done on it for prevention but i don't know if the results are out yet, there was a study done on using it for treatment of people with COVID that showed a reduction in symptoms i think
The thing I never appreciated about an apocalypse is that multiple catastrophes could be happening all around, and I'd still be going to work and buying school supplies, filing taxes and grocery shopping.
That unprecedented times could feel surreal and ordinary all at once.
That the world would keep on relentlessly turning even as it was burning.
@jjfphd I think it will be more like a drawn out decline than an apocalypse. It will probably take 100 years or more until the Industrial Age is finally over and the old civilisations are gone. Until then, things will get worse and worse, sometimes in a great catastrophe that kills many people and destroys many things, but most of the time, it will be rather quiet and boring, just entropy doing its thing and humans being unable to repair their cities and infrastructure quite as fast would be necessary.
On May 29, 1787, The “Virginia Plan” written by #JamesMadison was proposed by VA #Governor Edmond Randolph, and included the proposal “... that the members of the first branch of the National Legislature ought to be elected by the people of the several States [and] to be of the age of _____ years at least …”.
Madison’s proposal literally had a ‘blank’ for how old a member of the #HouseofRepresentatives should be.
What was the decision of the Convention?
A. 25 years
B. 30 years
C. 35 years
Add your guess below!
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The Constitution Quiz of the Week is made in collaboration with Robert H. Smith Center for the Constitution at James Madison's Montpelier.
@ldodds
From your list, I've only read "Shuggie Bain". I enjoyed it a great deal.
Currently, I"m in the middle of "Tom Jones", by Henry Fielding. I guess it's a book that I will be only able to read during vacation, since it's quite long and I don't think it is suitable for intermitent reading.
What do you think, is there such thing as "read-only-on-vacation" books? #llibres#books#bookstodon@bookstodon
@ChrisPirillo #1, also with the modification of Kraft superiority. No way would an Atari stick work as well for games needing either precision movement or that crazy back and forth that Epyx Olympic games required.
It feels unwelcoming to me. Like I shouldn't engage here if I'm not autistic enough. I'm second guessing my own experiences less by the day, but from what I've heard almost everyone with late diagnosis have felt gaslit and left out throughout their lives. With all the self doubt that entails, seeing people proclaiming they're actually autistic feels like yet another "you don't belong here".
@neversosimple I’m also late autistic. My take is we speak for ourselves rather than health care professionals or even well intentioned family members. Autism is so broad and diverse in how it shows up that it’s hard not to feel fraudulent (especially with well meaning people saying no you’re not or isn’t everyone a little autistic?). If you’re autistic the hashtag is for you.
@Elizabeth3 Thank you for replying, I was hoping that's the angle rather than exclusivity. :)
We both point to the same thing: the self doubt that comes from our surroundings trying to convince us otherwise.
Seems my doubts took it one step further expecting the same from other people with autism. I won't assume exclusion from anyone who uses it, but I think I'll be wary of using it myself due to my initial reaction.
Constitution Quiz of the Week!
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Can you imagine Aug. 1787 in Philadelphia?
The Federal Convention started Fri., May 25, 1787.
On Mon., Aug. 6, 1787, the “Committee of detail” report had a lot of similarities to the #Constitution eventually signed on September 17th.
Thanks to #JamesMadison’s notes, we can peer into much of the #debates that #summer, including the Committee of Detail report that recommended that #Representatives “shall have been a citizen in the United States for at least three years before his election”.
CN because the idea seems to frighten some people ;)
after having the "kind of to do" item in my head for quite a while, I finally put some blocker events in my calendar. they're for the course I'm going to be co-teaching next semester:
the course timeslots themselves, amd 2 more slots for looking at assignments for that course.
next: think about a timeslot for (remote and in-person) office hours so students can approach me with their questions. #pascodaGoDrrr
I have several great ideas for thesis topics and I hope the titles/synopses are okay for my professor because I would LOVE to supervise bachelor's/master's students on these topics - and then have them publish something on a serious topic with a salty, fun title 😁 #pascodaGoDrrr
Time for another Touhou hijack. This time it's this cooking action/sim! It's liked by a lot of people even if they're not particularly into Touhou. I highly recommend it. Very unique game.
@BBC_News_Labs Why don't you have a main @ BBC or BBCNews account like you do on Tw*tter? That seems like the first thing everyone would be looking for.
@BBC_News_Labs@NIH_LLAMAS What are your metrics for it going well? If it's views/followers/engagement then you won't get much until you offer things that people want, like BBC News.