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Nonya_Bidniss

@Nonya_Bidniss@mas.to

Retired deep state IC/civil servant. Scientific & technical intelligence re pandemic threats, chem/bio weapons, bioscience, emerging tech; personal staff of senior GOs; tech writer, speech writer, senior editor; also worked at various analytic & research labs. Today I hike, cook, read & watch #scifi. Degrees in biology & strategic intelligence. Currently in N. Alabama :( #veteran #atheist #antifascist #natsec #fedi22 🌻
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neurovagrant, to random
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ah, good, Windows is forcing an integrated AI "assistant" into Win11.

As I've said recently, more and more, Microsoft is forcing me into the arms of Apple.

https://blogs.windows.com/windowsdeveloper/2023/05/23/bringing-the-power-of-ai-to-windows-11-unlocking-a-new-era-of-productivity-for-customers-and-developers-with-windows-copilot-and-dev-home/

Nonya_Bidniss,
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@neurovagrant That was my exact thought. Or Linux I guess.
I just had to undertake the effort to unfuck what Windows did in its last update (a Bing search bar will never again open randomly on my desktop). Wish I could uninstall Edge altogether. I shouldn't have to fix awful Windows things that happen by surprise on my computer. This is just going to be more awful b.s.

hacks4pancakes, to random

Those occasional weeks of Hashimotos-related arthralgia that are so bad it’s like random sets of my joints are being yanked apart and twisted sound, even after all of the OTC painkillers I can take - but I power through work and the gym anyway so nobody thinks it’s a big deal. And my doctor is a putz who thinks anyone who isn’t a big tough guy is exaggerating about pain anyway.

Nonya_Bidniss,
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@hacks4pancakes I didn't know you had Hashimoto's. My daughter's Hashimoto's wasn't diagnosed (by several doctors!). The medical examiner found it after she died...I've never trusted doctors since then. She suffered severe joint pain and other issues throughout high school and docs would shrug and say "She seems fine"...never checked her thyroid. Inexcusable failures, all of them.

Nonya_Bidniss,
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@hacks4pancakes @DataDrivenMD You're right, nobody takes thyroid disease seriously..in fact many family practice docs don't even think of it at all in my experience.

Nonya_Bidniss,
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@hacks4pancakes Thank you, and I'm glad you're still here.

Nonya_Bidniss, to random
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Natural Product Antibiotic Discovered 80 Years Ago Kills Drug Resistant Bacteria in Mice

The results of research led by scientists at Harvard Medical School suggest that a natural product antibiotic first isolated back in the 1940s may be effective against potentially lethal, multidrug resistant (MDR) gram-negative bacterial infections.

https://www.genengnews.com/topics/translational-medicine/infectious-diseases/natural-product-antibiotic-discovered-80-years-ago-kills-drug-resistant-bacteria-in-mice/

ct_bergstrom, to random

Well this sort of sucks. An online vendor is using my photographs in their "Crows" 2024 calendar without permission.

Also, the second photo is a raven, not a crow.

Nonya_Bidniss,
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@ct_bergstrom Holy shit.

Nonya_Bidniss,
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@ct_bergstrom @wa7iut @alexwild perhaps a campaign of people commenting and reporting on sites such offering the calendar

Nonya_Bidniss, to random
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Just read another article about a person with cancer, whose family latched onto the "fight" framing. The patient is a "fighter" and "cancer picked this fight but we know you'll finish it!" I just hate this kind of framing. It implies it's the patient's "fault" if they "lose"--they weren't "strong" enough or whatever. Just support people with cancer without turning them into boxers in the ring ok?

mattblaze, to random
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Don't like my photos? Don't like my stupid bad takes on things? Don't want to read tedious, boring stuff about elections or surveillance technology and law?

Mastodon has an actual button you can push for this. No, it's not the reply button. That won't stop me from being stupid and wrong in the future. It's the block button.

It makes us disappear to each other. It's like I never existed. If you'd prefer a Mastodon experience without me, feel free to click it. I won't mind.

Nonya_Bidniss,
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@mattblaze Couldn't have said it better! 😂

pbump, to random
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It is obviously bad if a senior DC police official was aiding the Proud Boys, but it also won’t help the broad partisan divide in confidence in law enforcement. https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2023/05/19/dc-police-proud-boys-lamond/

Nonya_Bidniss,
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@pbump And another data point for why Republicans are so confident and the rest are mostly not. Because the police are who we think they are and do the things we think they do. And Republicans love that.

Nonya_Bidniss, to food
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My latest batch of cinnamon rolls, nice texture.

Nonya_Bidniss,
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@neurovagrant sure, we'll play a board game and stuff our faces 😄

kimlockhartga, to books

@bookstodon Often, lonnnnnnggg books get overlooked. (I am guilty of this myself.) So, Bibliophiles, tell us which HUGE tomes are worth the hefty page count.

A few of my rec's:

11/22/63, Stephen King
1Q84, Haruki Murakami
2666, Roberto Balaňo
Gnomon, Nick Harkaway
The Third Person, Emma Grove
Wayward, Chuck Wendig

Nonya_Bidniss,
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@kimlockhartga @bookstodon Just finished Cryptonomicon, Neal Stephenson. Very long, very worth it. I felt 1Q84 wasn't worth the time spent. The Night's Dawn trilogy by Peter F. Hamilton...extreeeeemely long, didn't have to be. So I guess I only have one thumbs up? Well, I'll add a thumbs up for Dune as well. And The Stand.

Nonya_Bidniss,
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@ozofriendly @kimlockhartga @bookstodon Oh I haven't heard of Swan Song. I'll put it on my list!

Nonya_Bidniss,
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@kimlockhartga @ozofriendly @bookstodon Yes, Broken Earth was unique! That's one of my top criteria for a stand-out novel/series. Really unique worlds or societies that I haven't already seen in a hundred other perfectly good SFF stories. Along those lines, Poseiden's Children by Alastair Reynolds is a series off the beaten path.

jerry, to random

Calckey.social had to shut down new registrations and migrations temporarily - they are getting very popular. If you’re looking to kick the tires on Calckey, feel free to give https://Infosec.town a try.

Nonya_Bidniss,
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@dennisfaucher @jerry Same question. I just got settled here. What would I want from Calckey?

Nonya_Bidniss, to random
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Army officially designates Fort Moore, dropping Confederate name Benning

Fort Pickett in Virginia became Fort Barfoot in March. Fort Hood, Texas, was renamed Fort Cavazos on Tuesday. Fort Bragg in North Carolina will be redesignated Fort Liberty next month. Later this year in Georgia, Fort Gordon outside Augusta will be renamed Fort Eisenhower.

Good riddance to a terrible mistake: traitor appeasement!

https://news.yahoo.com/army-officially-designates-fort-moore-172512738.html

Nonya_Bidniss, to random
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Ban Fox News disinformation and Putin's agenda in facilities -- it's not the only channel working for enemies. You can find Newsmax and OANN on the cable subscriptions DOD pays for. But they can all be blocked. Even local commanders could institute such a policy. It just takes a modicum of guts and principles.

https://youtu.be/B9xqczlMqSM

Nonya_Bidniss, to random
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Anderson Cooper: people who decided they're done with CNN after the recent debacle are choosing a Trump-free "silo"

No Anderson, Trump's lies, treason, and criminality have permeated every fucking corner of American life. Dropping CNN like a sack full of angry vipers will not end that in any way. It'll just give CNN what it deserves for participating in the damage.

Nonya_Bidniss,
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@bronakins I've argued for bringing back shunning and ostracizing since 2016

Theblueone, to random
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FYI: Scientists bust myth that our bodies have more bacteria than human cells | Nature

https://www.nature.com/articles/nature.2016.19136

Nonya_Bidniss,
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@Theblueone "But this was years ago..."
Checks date of article, oh ok.

neurovagrant, to random
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oh oh oh Google announced a folding phone?

damn it. just when I thought I was out from android, they try to pull me back in...

https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2023/05/google-pixel-fold-the-thinnest-foldable-with-the-biggest-battery-in-the-us/

Nonya_Bidniss,
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@neurovagrant I saw that! Cool. I'm interested in the Google Watch but I can't find any information about whether I can use it for distance and heart rate without installing the Fitbit app on my phone. It seems to require it. I don't want to create a Fitbit account and have more data shared with more f*ing companies so maybe it's a no on the Google Watch. ☹️

arstechnica, to random
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Yet another problem with recycling: It spews microplastics

One recycling facility emits as much as 3 million pounds of microplastics a year.

https://arstechnica.com/science/2023/05/yet-another-problem-with-recycling-it-spews-microplastics/?utm_brand=arstechnica&utm_social-type=owned&utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social

Nonya_Bidniss,
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@arstechnica I saw a package yesterday that had a "Green Plastic" label on it (partially recycled plastic) - I facepalmed so hard.

Nonya_Bidniss, to random
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I keep telling y'all. If you want legislators to stop the mass killing by implementing the gun control we obviously need, you need to buy them. You need to literally give them MORE CASH than the gun lobby. That's all there is to it. You have to purchase them. It's legal, that's how the gun lobby does it.

I don't like it. It's not right. But this is America. This is the system we are crushed by. This is how it works.

RobertMaguire, to random

Clarence Thomas — who let a GOP megadonor foot bills for him for years — said being a Supreme Court justice 'is not worth doing for what they pay' in a 2001 speech https://www.businessinsider.com/clarence-thomas-supreme-court-is-not-worth-doing-for-pay-2023-5

Nonya_Bidniss,
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@RobertMaguire He apparently completely missed that little thing about serving the nation. Many govt workers would make more money outside of govt but they do their jobs because they have a sense of service. Thomas should resign. He's dead wood who's obviously serving something else.

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