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luckytran, 1 day ago to random

North Carolina's House has rejected the anti-mask bill! The bill will now go through a compromise process, which could include re-adding a health exemption.

More work needs to be done, but this shows that advocacy is making a difference. Keep going!

https://www.cbs17.com/news/north-carolina-news/nc-house-votes-not-to-concur-with-bill-reinstating-mask-restrictions/

erictopol, 2 days ago to random

An authoritative, comprehensive 5★ review on masks for reducing respiratory infections, by
Prof @trish.greenhalgh and colleagues
https://journals.asm.org/doi/full/10.1128/cmr.00124-23

bobbyallyn, 3 days ago to random

Statement from Scarlett Johansson on the OpenAI situation. Wow:

EUCommission, 7 days ago to random

Our commitment to the fediverse is here to stay.

Today, we launched our new Mastodon instance. It will ensure a privacy-focused space to engage with and get the latest from our Commissioners, departments, and the official voices of the Commission.

We want to thank @Mastodon for stewarding us and helping us make this possible.

Fostering European digital players is vital to our strategy for a stronger #DigitalEU.

This is a unique opportunity to grow the community even more. Let's get there!

jesusmargar, 7 days ago to space

I'm more of a reader than a writer in 'Mastodon Space' but today I bring you something that those people I follow may not have heard of: what's likely to be the first attempt at a space suit, designed as early as 1936 in Spain. It was to be tested with a hot air balloon but unfortunately the whole thing had to be scrapped due to the Civil War. One piece of the original suit has now been found. In Spanish but Google Translate does the trick.

#space #astronaut #mars
https://www.eldiario.es/sociedad/capa-perdida-emilio-herrera-primer-traje-espacial-historia_1_11357855.html

rbreich, 8 days ago to random

Half of Amazon warehouse workers struggle with food and housing costs.

A third of the workers have had to rely on at least one government assistance program.

Amazon's stock hit an all time high in April. Jeff Bezos is now worth $203 billion.

This is what oligarchy looks like.

arstechnica, 7 days ago to random

Google Search adds “web” filter as it pivots to AI-focused search results

Google Search now has an option to search the "web," which is not the default anymore.

https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2024/05/google-search-adds-web-filter-as-it-pivots-to-ai-focused-search-results/?utm_brand=arstechnica&utm_social-type=owned&utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social

dancingdogs, 9 days ago to H5N1

Not The Onion

The institute's founder, Mark McAfee, told the Los Angeles Times this weekend that his customers are, in fact, specifically requesting raw milk from #H5N1-infected #cows. According to McAfee, his customers believe, without evidence, that directly drinking high levels of the #avianinfluenza #virus will give them immunity to the deadly pathogen

#usa #news #birdflu #milk #cdc

https://arstechnica.com/science/2024/05/anti-pasteurization-crowd-reaffirms-love-of-raw-milk-despite-bird-flu-outbreak/

lcallinan, 11 days ago to climate

"But by far the biggest use of gas in Australia is in the production and liquification of it for export. , ... , but this is not a very important export industry. The industry employs 20,000 people – one-sixth as many as Coles – and pays little in taxes and royalties." Alan Kohler, TND May 13, 2024. #climate #climatechange #climatecrisis climatecrisis

Hypoxicchicken, 12 days ago to random

#AuroraAustralis Mornington Peninsula
With some southern hemisphere stars

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GMIK69, 13 days ago to random

Probable #extinction of #influenza B/ #Yamagata and its #publichealth #implications: a systematic literature review and assessment of global surveillance databases https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/38729197/?utm_source=Feedly&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=None&utm_content=1fgJURi2yzLesFml6et0Bb6krzs_FrNIYgPYVFN50JPwVNFg9s&fc=None&ff=20240511102357&v=2.18.0.post9+e462414

The likelihood of extinction necessitates a rapid response in terms of reassessing the composition of influenza vaccines, enhanced surveillance for B/Yamagata, and a possible change in the biosafety level when handling B/Yamagata viruses in laboratories.

Hypoxicchicken, 15 days ago to Anesthesiology

Effects of the design of operating rooms/theatres on safety is vastly underestimated . In this new study we looked at improving the delays for calling for help using an emergency buzzer by making it more visible using a red line from the ceiling to the buzzer.
Installing the line more than halved the number of times calling for help was delayed.
#HumanFactors #PatientSafety #Anaesthesia #Anesthesiology

https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0007091224001892?dgcid=author

kakape, 17 days ago to H5N1

After 10 months off for my science journalism fellowship at MIT I’m jumping back into infectious disease reporting and uh boy I’m not gonna be bored am I?!

Here's a first story on #h5n1 in cows (and I'll try to write a thread later):

https://www.science.org/content/article/combat-cow-flu-outbreak-scientists-plan-infect-cattle-influenza-high-security-labs

kev, 18 days ago to random

My wife and I recently discovered a bum gun in one of our bathrooms at home. It gave me quite the shock!

https://kevquirk.com/the-bum-gun

openculture, 18 days ago to random

Leonard Bernstein Introduces the Moog Synthesizer to the World in 1969, Playing an Electrified Version of Bach’s “Little Fugue in G”

https://www.openculture.com/2024/05/leonard-bernstein-introduces-the-moog-synthesizer-to-the-world-1969.html

18+ curt_nordgaard, 18 days ago to H5N1

19 minutes of up to date information about the #H5N1 bird flu outbreak in the US:

https://johnshopkinssph.libsyn.com/bonus-an-update-on-bird-flu-in-the-us

Notable:
There was a reassortment event after the virus was in cows and it now spreads easily among 19 different mammals (apparently not human mammals at this time?) with high mortality.

There are multiple routes for transmission from cow to human (incl RAW MILK - caution) and they aren’t actively monitored at this time (😱).

mcnado, 19 days ago to random

Well, the dirtbag trial lawyers in Colorado managed to propose such a disastrous series of ballot initiatives that would destroy healthcare in Colorado that they got everyone to agree to create a new wrongful death award and drastically increase non-economic damage caps. In short, patients get almost nothing more, costs of practicing medicine go up, and lawyers steal more from sick people. Nothing gets safer.

EU_Commission, 21 days ago to AdobePhotoshop

The rate of remote work in the EU rose from 11.1% in 2019 to 20% in 2022.

The use of digital tools and the possibility to work remotely can carry the risk of an ‘always-on' culture. We want to ensure workers’ rights and well-being are prioritised in this #digital age.

That’s why this week we launched the first-stage consultation of European social partners on fair telework and the right to disconnect.

More → https://europa.eu/!wV3bPn

Edent, 22 days ago (edited 22 days ago) to random

You receive a call on your phone.
The caller says they're from your bank and they're calling about a suspected fraud.

"Oh yeah," you think. Obvious scam, right?

The caller says "I'll send you an in-app notification to prove I'm calling from your bank."

Your phone buzzes. You tap the notification This is what you see.

Still think it is a scam?
1/3

Grantscheam, 21 days ago to random

Leider hält sich heute anscheinend praktisch niemand mehr daran.

erictopol, 21 days ago to random

So many great folks and friends in this group promoting human health, honored to be among them

https://time.com/collection/time100-health/

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renee.diresta, 21 days ago to random

No, that isn't what VAERS is. It has nothing to do with compensation. When your main qualification for being tapped as a VP candidate is that you’re the ex-wife of a billionaire I understand the bar is low, but at least try to keep the antivax conspiracy theory scapegoats straight. 🙊

pezmico, 21 days ago to Parenting

No one tells you that a surprisingly large part of being a dad to a preschooler is repeatedly trying to super glue back together all kinds of different toys and materials.

And mostly failing to do so.

#parenting

kdawson, 22 days ago to H5N1

New studies show pasteurization inactivates #H5N1 bird flu in milk. Good thing, too, as cats have died (50% mortality) after drinking unpasteurized milk from infected cows.

https://www.statnews.com/2024/05/01/bird-flu-pasteurization-inactivates-h5n1-in-milk/

https://thehill.com/homenews/administration/4636692-cats-died-after-drinking-raw-milk-from-cows-infected-with-bird-flu-cdc/

h/t @CaramelizedShallots

#BirdFlu

mackayim2022, 22 days ago to random

The following post can be read 2 ways.

1. As written
2. Laden with expletives & name-calling directed at the deliberately misinforming group determined to convince you that SARS-CoV-2 was an entirely new form of biology & that immunity did not or could not result from it.