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[SallyM]

Healthcare PSAs and BSAs

This is just insane to me. I would have done a lot for that shot when kitty was a baby. Or the one they have now for pregnant people to take before the birth. I would have done that! Lot less painful than the steroid shot I needed when we were afraid kitty might be born as a super-premie. We ended up in the hospital twice before kitty was 2 years old once for RSV and once for the flu. Besides the terror of it, the discomfort and pain for our child, and inconvenience for us, it was expensive. E…

[SallyM]

Healthcare PSAs and BSAs

I know this was not said seriously, but it brings up one of my “yes, I will die on this hill” topics. Anything, bar none, that has an effect of human physiology also comes with side effects. Herbal meds are no exception. Echinacea is one such. It actually is a pretty effective immune stimulant, but like most stimulants, it can lead to tachyphylaxis. Basically, your body hates having your foot on the gas constantly and starts to ignore it after a while. You see this with caffeine, where it …

[OWYAC]

My late stepmother was very much into wholistic healing and said “Don’t take echinacea for longer than 2 weeks” and “Herbal teas are medicines; they are not meant to be taken everyday because they can be harmful in the long term”.

[SallyM]

Follow up news

I agree, it’s hard for me to see the data collection of TikTok being more harmful than the data collection on any number of other platforms. However maybe, like other algorithm-optimized social media, the real harm isn’t them collecting your data but in rewiring your brain, training you to watch a never-ending stream of more content, wasting your time, eliminating your ability to maintain concentration, etc. But of course that’s not what the lawmakers were talking about and it’s not a feature …

[j9c]

Elon Musk Destroys Everything

Good thing somebody took a screenshot of it then.

[SallyM]

SCOTUS Happenings

Congress passes a law, SCOTUS upholds it, two Presidents from different parties say “meh…no.” This could actually be the start of a Constitutional crisis. Personally, I think the law is stupid and I think SCOTUS is wrong, but the executive branch ignoring the other two branches is not a good sign for the future of our democracy.

[SallyM]

Google, Meta, X and all the Tech Bros

I know a lot of it, like printing rainbow beer cans or candy celebrating various groups, was just cynical corporate slacktivism, but presumably actual company DEI policies would serve a real function and have real consequences for those who broke them. They’d serve to protect vulnerable groups whether the businesses were sincere or not. Against their will, progress was being made and enforced. Now they know that no higher power is going to swoop down and force them to behave. I suspect it’s goi…

[MerelyGifted]

This is just brilliant…

Because Fuck You metric system

:notes:Do you like frozen iguanas, Falling down like the rain Don’t stand 'neath the trees here , they’re impacting terrain. Avoid taking them inside now , They’re cranky when they awake They’ll scratch and bite once they’ve warmed up, then they’ll try to escape.

[KeybillyJefe]

Totally agree!

Fall of the Fourth Estate: A Critique of Mass Media

Usually, autism self-diagnosis is valid and accepted, but in this case, seriously fuck that guy without lube. I do not believe him to be on the autism spectrum in the slightest. He is not autistic. He is in fact the reason for the jokes about self-diagnosed aspies. He is a narcissistic edgelord troll using the claim of autism as an excuse for why he doesn’t even have to try to be a functional human being, just like those people who use the claim of gluten intolerance to get food specially cooke…

[SallyM]

Possibly untrue science news

Lately I’ve been feeling like the whole flat earth thing is symptomatic of Trumpism as a whole - a million different bits of evidence which obviously prove a thing, that come from simply living in the modern world, all get rejected as part of some sort of grand conspiracy that involves huge numbers of people, and the remaining proofs are too complicated for them, so they get misunderstood/rejected for that reason. They then come up with simplistic, overlapping, incoherent, conspiratorial world…

[SallyM]

The goddamn Trump Administration

That gesture is actually “scissors”, which Churchill was fond of because his opponents kept playing “paper”. [Churchill scissors, Hitler paper] Look how enthusiastic Hitler is being there!

[SallyM]

Found Randomly on the 'Net

Rules of ink colour I learned long ago: Black for adults, Blue for schoolkids, Red for teachers, Green for ransom notes and conspiracies.

[SallyM]

Strategies for Survival

You’ve got to use the right tool for the job; sometimes it’s analog, sometimes it’s technology based. As an older person myself (possibly the oldest person here), I’m shocked to hear from people like educators that students at all levels are incapable of using the technology available to them; they don’t know how to use email, set up files, or even research online, not even google or wikipedia! They’ll plug something into Chat GPT and call it a day, and present that as an essay, even at the uni…

[SallyM]

The goddamn Trump Administration

I’ve been watching a docuseries on Netflix about Churchill. One of the talking heads had a quote that I found really insightful. They said that Hitler was someone who when he spoke, he made you believe he could do anything. When Churchill spoke, he made you think you could do anything. It really encapsulates the difference between a totalitarian or authoritarian leader like Trump and an a visionary leader like FDR.

[OhHai]

C'mon Guys (Toxic Masculinity)

Yes! Part of the issue is that women are more likely to own words like “anxious,” or “afraid.” Men on the other hand are taught that they aren’t scared, they are “observant.” They’re not anxious, they’re “vigilant.” I think men would be more comfortable acknowledging the existence of normal human feelings if we started calling them “tactical limbic responses” and made sure that words like “sad” were featured with aggressive black lettering and lots of extra pockets.

[SallyM]

And now for some good news

Just ban sam altman. Were he human, he wouldn’t have the name alt-man.

[MerelyGifted]

Why, thank you, Nice Lady!

[MerelyGifted]

And now for some good news

I have a small stack of those cards, in English and Spanish, in my bag right now. We also have internal documents in the library for how to assist patrons should ICE or other fascists show up and demand access to our patrons or circulation records. I’m rather proud of my library (and the American Library Association) for stressing details like “ou have a warrant? Great, let’s see it. Okay, now I’m going to call the director and our legal counsel, you just stay *right here.” The reminder to staf…

[SallyM]

Election Fallout

Democrats brought the voters complex, nuanced, information and policies, but those of us who would be attracted to such were mostly already voting for Democrats. We did not need to be persuaded. The Republicans, on the other hand, brought them “Black woman bad, Trump good” and “immigrants are eating your pets!” The dems don’t need to go to the same level of ignorance, but recognizing that they’re not fighting under the same rules anymore would be great.

[SallyM]

The goddamn Trump Administration

They rescinded the memo but not the order. Tomorrow, I understand they will rescind the paper the order is printed on but will stand by the ink. The pen Donny signed it with is right out but the ketchup stain on the pen is still valid. It’s all very complex.