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Nshrubs

@Nshrubs@mstdn.social

Don't mess with public schools, the environment, or my uterus. Twitter https://mstdn.social/@Nshrubs
Mostly in Seattle.

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SteveInVentura, to random
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Just got back from getting a flu shot and had the opportunity to ask why CVS cancelled my phizer Covid shot. It turns out that it’s a problem with the insurance companies and they hope to get it straightened out by Wednesday or next week at the latest. The problem also affects the Moderna Covid vaccine as well, but CVS was a able to get a some before the problem happened. @larand @ai6yr

Nshrubs,
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@stevewfolds @SteveInVentura @ai6yr @larand We have so many cases at my school. I'd say well over 40 at this point, but since we're no longer counting, it doesn't seem to matter. Staff doesn't get notice from admin or the nurse when parents call in & say their kid has COVID. We no longer notify families of other kids in the class when their classmates have COVID.

futurebird, to random
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This whole book banning thing, Moms of 'Liberty' the pulling of school libraries, turning school libraries into detention centers.

It's obviously all connected & 'concerns' about trans people and CRT are just excuses to make the policy go down more smoothly with the public. To make the debate a mess, emotionally charged & awkward.

The real goal is obvious: Limit the exposure of young people to libraries. It's a war on libraries.

And I've been too shocked to really process what that means.

Nshrubs,
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@futurebird @lisamelton It's also a war against public ed. When you convince others that public ed is "failing", throw in bad tests for "accountability" & more convincing, then put in a voucher program that defunds public ed while giving public money to unregulated, unaccountable private schools, you can pick & choose who actually gets educated & the rest get trained for cheap labor. Look at the belief system of Betsy DeVos - that's Christian Dominionism in a nutshell. https://www.desmoinesregister.com/story/opinion/columnists/iowa-view/2020/05/28/devos-aims-prop-up-religious-schools-expense-public-education/5268933002/

ai6yr, to Arizona

taking in the beautiful on the I-17 southbound in today.

Nshrubs,
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@ai6yr Right by Sunset Point Rest Area! (One of my favorite places growing up.)

glennf, to random
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Happy Labor Day, or, to my fellow freelancers, Happy Monday!

Nshrubs,
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@glennf 3 teachers in my wing so far are here at school doing unpaid labor getting classrooms ready to go for this week. More expected later today.

ai6yr, to random

Ha! My first "stop scaring people" reply guy (about COVID), who doesn't follow me, telling me to "keep my scaremongering out of my feed" because I mentioned my son (a paramedic) telling me that they're seeing a lot of cases this week for the first time in a long time 😂. Duly blocked. That is what a "filter"is for.

Nshrubs,
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@ai6yr @BakerRL75 I've had a couple here, both blocked, but definitely nothing like the x-bird site. Have yet to be accused of being a pedo & a groomer on this site because I'm a public school teacher, which is also a nice change. On the x-bird site, my block list is well over double what my follow list is.

ai6yr, to random

Well, I guess that answers the "hmm, should I really mask up for teaching my classes" question in my head. One of my employers (and educational institution) is still tracking and reporting exposures... employee and students. Glad they are still doing this.

Long list of places on campus with dates and times of people walking around positive

Nshrubs,
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@ai6yr My school district had administrators on a retreat about 2 weeks ago. By that next week, we'd heard of 9 admins with COVID (including my principal). We heard the later number was 14 infected, but that was piecemeal/grapevine. Does not bode well for the school year.

gruber, to random
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This ad poster for the iMac is utterly perfect. Perfect photo, perfect slogan (the period at the end is key — “Yum” without the period wouldn’t quite play the same way), perfect relative scale and placement of the elements. Even the kerning is perfect — Apple Garamond never looked better or more timeless.

Nshrubs,
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@gruber @lisamelton I still have this one in my classroom. Those were my favorite years teaching & using tech with my students. So much creativity! Now we're stuck with Chromebooks, which are more about productivity. Teaching with tech isn't as much fun as it used to be.

ai6yr, to random

NWS Las Vegas: Adios Hello .

Nshrubs,
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@ai6yr Right as I'm about to leave Utah again & head back up to Washington. ☹️

ai6yr, to random

"Playground on fire... elementary school... no units available" is not what you want to hear. Several calls of people trapped in their homes.

Nshrubs,
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@ai6yr From the other site. This refers to Eastern State Hospital. 😳

ai6yr, (edited ) to Humor

I'm no weather diagramming expert, so I'll call this "angry colon" over Arizona, Utah, and Nevada. 😂

Nshrubs,
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@ai6yr Yikes! I have to head down into that colon on Saturday (near Capitol Reef NP).

Nshrubs,
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@ai6yr No plans to head into the park. Bigger concern would be road conditions/land slides if there's too much moisture.

ai6yr, (edited ) to random

Looks like Hurricane Hilary is predicted to be a Tropical Depression in on Tuesday. When's the last time there was a Tropical Depression in Nevada?! (Update: Rosa in 2018, Nora, Kathleen, and Isis!)

Nshrubs,
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@ai6yr Can remember several hitting AZ in the 80s when I was growing up.

Nshrubs, to random
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Views of Glacier Peak & Mt. Rainier, plus new smoke plumes. ☹️

Mt. Rainier in the distance.

Nshrubs,
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Mt. St. Helens with an active smoke plume to the south.

realTuckFrumper, to random
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The End Of An Era https://politizoom.com/the-end-of-an-era/?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=mastodon

Nshrubs,
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@realTuckFrumper More like end of an error.

GottaLaff, to random
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Endless.

"The militant, anti-government, right-wing provocateur Ammon was arrested — again — this time on an outstanding warrant for contempt charges he faced after failing to attend trial proceedings for a defamation lawsuit filed against him by St. Luke’s Health System." https://lawandcrime.com/crime/militant-far-right-leader-ammon-bundy-out-on-bail-after-arrest-for-outstanding-contempt-charge-supporters-rally/

Nshrubs,
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@GottaLaff @DemocracyMattersALot Already out. Posted bail in the wee hours of the morning after his arrest.
https://idahodispatch.com/ammon-bundy-out-of-jail-hearing-scheduled-in-third-district-court-monday-afternoon/

ai6yr, to random

The first identification of victims -- a family of four--lived in this block in -- found in their car not far from their home. This entire corner would have likely been a no-way-to-exit zone with fire/powerlines down, as I identified a couple of days ago.

Nshrubs,
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@ai6yr
Washington State team deploys to help in aftermath of deadly Hawaii fires
The 45-person FEMA team is made up of emergency responders and other professionals trained in search and rescue from Pierce and King counties.
A five-person K-9 human remains detection team will also be deployed with the group.
https://www.nwpb.org/2023/08/11/washington-state-team-deploys-to-help-in-aftermath-of-deadly-hawaii-fires/

ai6yr, to random

A 66-year-old Texas man whose body was found in Arches National Park is believed to have died of heat stroke while on a trip to spread his father’s ashes, according to his sister. #Arches #NationalPark #death #heatwave #heatstroke https://kutv.com/news/local/texas-man-on-trip-to-spread-fathers-ashes-dies-of-heat-stroke-in-utahs-arches-national-park

Nshrubs,
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@ai6yr Not surprising. Several years ago I ran across some tourists hiking out at the Wave near the UT/AZ border. They were lost, out of water, and not thinking clearly. Luckily in my party we each had about 5 liters of water (in AZ, we always hiked with more than we needed), salt tabs, plus I had a 10 gallon container of water in my car at the trailhead.

sysop408, (edited ) to random
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A lot of people still think about Covid as a wash your hands and socially distance kind of thing.

Chances of getting Covid from touching something is near zero and we're far more likely to catch it from someone we can't see because it can stay in the air for a long time, drift long distances, and remain potent long after a contagious person is gone (as much as 2 hours).

This is why improving ventilation is one of the most important things you can do to reduce risks of infection for yourself and people around you. With good air flow, an infectious person is less dangerous. Infected air is diluted and can't linger to keep infecting.

I took a variety of CO2 readings to estimate indoor air quality. Based on these readings, places I wouldn't want to be unmasked would be: house gatherings, offices, meeting rooms, conventions, public transit, a plane, funerals.

Places that may not be as risky as originally believed are: supermarkets, pharmacies, and restaurants.

Nshrubs,
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@sysop408 @ingalls This looks like my classroom - 26 kids, 70-year-old school, windows sealed shut, no A/C. They tested the CO2 over several days, came back & retested the next week because they thought there was an error. No error. Explains why we're all sluggish & sleepy by midafternoon, especially on hot days, & reinforces why I stay masked inside at school.

Nshrubs,
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@sysop408 @sarajw @ingalls I've had several students develop long term effects after just one infection. One of my former 2nd graders got it pre-vaccine. Now has asthma, inhaler in the nurse's office. Another former student basically has chronic fatigue/long COVID & only comes to school 3-4 days a week now. Another one has had GI issues ever since she had COVID. Just the tip of the iceberg.

georgetakei, to random

Wait. She paid them HOW much in bonuses? Incredible. https://bit.ly/3qj0cAz

Nshrubs,
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@georgetakei Not to mention her food bank donations.
https://www.king5.com/article/news/local/taylor-swift-donation-seattle-food-bank/281-ad367a82-3143-40ce-8459-820b4f2aebed

ai6yr, to random

Someone appears to have issued for protection there in at the striken World Scout Jamboree. Not a bad idea. Spot check and nearly every group walking has umbrellas.

Nshrubs,
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@ai6yr Friend who was on the PCT a few years ago built his own reflective sun umbrella complete with a couple of small solar panels to try to generate power for his phone. Worked great in CA & southern OR for power, not so great in WA when he had days of rain, but then he used the umbrella as an umbrella. I have a photo someplace that he sent. Umbrellas have many (alternate) uses!

ai6yr, to Phoenix

LA Times: "Her bedroom was 100 degrees during Phoenix heat wave — and her A/C was out....One recent study found that if the electrical grid failed during a heat wave, nearly 800,000 people would land in the emergency room and nearly 13,000 would die." https://www.latimes.com/world-nation/story/2023-08-03/as-the-planet-warms-can-air-conditioning-save-us

Nshrubs,
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@ai6yr Exactly why I moved out of Phoenix! Growing up there, it still cooled off at night. After college, it no longer cooled off. It was time to leave.

realTuckFrumper, to random
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Entire House Democratic leadership backs anti-choice Cuellar in 2024 run https://www.rawstory.com/entire-house-democratic-leadership-backs-anti-choice-cuellar-in-2024-run/?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=mastodon

Nshrubs,
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@realTuckFrumper NOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!

Andres4NY, to Seattle
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Anyone in #Seattle willing to lend or rent a #CargoBike (capable of carrying an older kid) to my wife for a week in August?

Nshrubs,
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@Andres4NY @dgodon G&O Cyclery in Greenwood (N. Seattle) used to rent cargo bikes. Not sure if they still do or if they mostly just have ebikes now, but might be worth a look up. Dutch Bike Company in Ballard rents Bakfiets (sp?) cargo bikes by the day. Sorry - I can think of 3+ places in Portland that rent cargo bikes, but not in Seattle.

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