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pfred60, 24 days ago to auscovid19

Covid Research: Common diabetes drug lowers SARS-CoV-2 levels, clinical trial finds

Looks like great news for those of us ineligible for paxlovid. Being able to reduce significantly the covid-19 viral load looks like a big win.

#CovidIsNotOver
#CovidIsAirborne
@auscovid19

https://www.cidrap.umn.edu/covid-19/common-diabetes-drug-lowers-sars-cov-2-levels-clinical-trial-finds

jpm, 24 days ago to random

Land Downunder (Men At Work) would sound amazing sung with a thick Indian accent

18+ Frances_Larina, 25 days ago to random

I've seen this headline or something similar on a few sites.

"California has too much solar power. Now, it's being thrown out"

https://www.newsnationnow.com/us-news/west/california-throw-out-solar-energy/

Is it just me or do these descriptions - surplus of power due to solar, prices sky high - not make any classic economic sense?

timrichards, 25 days ago to random

Back at Longreach railway station for an evening tour. Always feels like this place needs a few horses tied up in front.

#Longreach

dgar, 26 days ago to random

Just when you think that food cannot possibly call you on your phone....BOOM!!!

Onion rings.

Tim_McTuffty, 26 days ago to actuallyautistic

Diary of an ASD Squirrel. Day 186 , Thursday 02/05/2024

So I’ve been feeling ruff as a bears bum for a few days now (again , you would think more regular exercise would take me the other way 🙄) so I planned to try and sleep thru to 8ish. I put in my ear plugs & set the alarm accordingly.

I was awake at 05:50 … a mix of my traitorous body responding to its Pavlovian training & the noise of herself romping round the house like baby elephant , in that considerate way she has.

So here I sit, my brain is moving at glacial speeds & my body feels like a train hit it.
At least she’s in the office today, so a day of peace & quiet!

I hate how little I am able to do at the moment , either thru illness or depression stealing my motivation.
Sometimes I wish I had a child , or a dog - they seem to be highly motivational from what I can see from the lives of others who have them.
I would be a terrible father or dog owner though , so probably best all round that I avoid both .

Oh while I’m on a roll I WISH my tinnitus would give me a break! It’s been screaming so loud in my ears for days now!

Where to go next on my ASD journey has been on my mind for a few days, the GPs completely negative reaction last time I went to see him has ripped me asunder. Where I had a set path now I flounder in indecision. I guess I have to decide if I need to be able to function better in society , or whether I just stick 2 fingers up at society & return to being a hermit.

Had a really epic FO4 session today after I finished my chores & then when Mrs S. got home we went & did our civic duty & voted - me being plagued by dizzy spells, nausea & exhaustion on the walk there and back & her being plagued by her dodgy knee ! We made a right pair, I think the thing that holds our marriage together at the moment is the need for mutual physical support , together we make a whole working person !

Caved & watched the first episode of Fallout - I’ve missed a couple of the games so I don’t know just how true it is to the earlier games, but I (& surprisingly Mrs S.) enjoyed it , so yeah, roll on ep 2 !

Final Thoughts.

Others write of monumental achievements , of beating challenges , or of coping with pain or personal circumstances that would reduce a normal person to jelly. I wish I were that strong.

I defo have EDFitis again , & it seems as though it’s gonna take its own sweet time to pass. Bummer !

Thank you to all those who are helping me on this journey, in a myriad different ways. I am thankful to each & every one of you! 🫂 🫶🐿️🖖

@actuallyautistic
#TimsASDjourney #ActuallyAutistic #Neurospicy #TheMammutMoves

RickiTarr, 26 days ago to random

It's strange to me when I see people get upset about people doing good deeds, and posting it online.

"They're just doing it for attention!"

Yeah, so what? I'd much rather see people doing nice things for attention, than the people who do mean pranks or wasting food. A good deed is still good, even if it's done for the wrong reasons.

luciedigitalni, 27 days ago to auspol

"This is the problem with journalists and editors covering national security who rely heavily on the national security establishment, including hangers-on, thinktankers and various experts who make a good living as rent-a-quotes on security matters. When coverage is dictated by narratives such as the China obsession that dominates Nine newspapers’ view of the world, the real story goes missing."

#AusPol
https://www.crikey.com.au/2024/05/01/indian-spies-nest-australia-china-russia-national-security/?utm_campaign=daily&utm_medium=email&utm_source=newsletter

pathfinder, 28 days ago to Autism

@actuallyautistic

No matter how well I learnt to mask, no matter how well I learnt to get on with people, if not in any deep and meaningful way, at least superficially. There has always been one skill that I have never mastered and that is simply the ability to not upset people and especially without having the slightest idea how.

Or that I didn't for a long time, anyway. It was only when I realised that I was autistic and that the way I looked at the world was in some ways substantively different from the way many allistics looked at the world, that I began to understand something. Allistics tend to find validation externally, through feedback from the group or the part of society that they identify with, whereas autistics tend to find it within themselves, in their own reason and sense of worth and value.

Now I must stress that in many respects this is a generalisation and obviously there will be a lot of variation and degree in how true this is. But in its more extreme forms, it could very well explain many of the experiences and difficulties that I've had.

Because if someone's self-worth, the value they see in their life and actions, is almost entirely based on their interactions with the dynamics of the group they identify with, or the society they live within and not from their own judgement, then this could lead to certain choices and reactions that are quite frankly alien to someone like me and that I could easily end up in conflict with and all without really trying to.

For example, if the value of a child reflects back on its parents. Then in the extreme case the values and behaviour expected from that child, are not those of the child, but of the parents in terms of the group the child is meant to be representing them in and how well it is doing that. So any sense of divergence from that or criticism of that child, no matter how slight that might be, could easily be seen as an attack on the parents and reacted to accordingly, irrespective of how reasonable or just it was.

Equally, of course, worth, praise, or rewards, can also become divorced from any sense of reality. All that matters is that you, whether that's through your children or not, are being valued, not whether there is any justice to it. Because the truth or validity of it, is not based on how you see yourself, but only on how others see you. And in the extreme case, it doesn't even matter how they came to this view, as long as they have it. So worth can become something to be manipulated and played for and how you really are and how you actually feel about yourself becomes almost irrelevant to this process.

That people could even be this way, that everything could become how you're being perceived and anything that effects that negatively can be something to be attacked, is still something that I struggle to understand. It is so foreign to my nature. But, it certainly explains so many of the times that I've upset people, because I wasn't playing this game, or seeing the world the way I should and didn't even realise it.

#Autism
#ActuallyAutistic

luciedigitalni, 28 days ago to Canberra

"It is clear that the predominant reason for low charge rates in the ACT is a failure to properly and appropriately investigate sexual offences," the report said.

The ACT needs to finally ditch the systemically incompetent AFP and create its own fit-for-purpose police service.

#Canberra #AusPol
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-04-30/act-sexual-assault-review-limited-police-investigations/103783232

timrichards, 28 days ago to australia

Awkward. At one point the trip I'm taking to Queensland today (I'm currently on a Qantas plane) was supposed to be on Bonza. Lucky that didn't happen.

Bonza flights cancelled amid airline’s uncertain future

(maybe paywalled) #Australia #Flying https://www.smh.com.au/business/companies/bonza-wiped-from-departure-boards-as-ceo-mulls-future-20240430-p5fnkp.html

EVDHmn, 29 days ago to actuallyautistic

@actuallyautistic

Would any of you be interested in doing a weekly audio conference? I have organizer stTus on meetup could do audio and discuss how everyone is doing checkins, talking science, or what it’s like for you personally in the world coping ?
Perhaps zoom audio, no judgements safe spaces etc over the internet ? Discords etc

decryption, 29 days ago to random

10 years in this house and finally got a workbench in the garage area designed for a workbench

26pglt, 29 days ago to actuallyautistic

This account of a teenager & his family is heartbreaking 💔.

Families raising kids who have violent meltdowns struggle to find support. Kids like this are acutely vulnerable to the influence of anyone who is kind to them & any group in which they find acceptance. For those of us who experience meltdowns, learning to understand & manage our overwhelm & the eruptions it leads to is a lifelong journey. For most of us it’s full of failure & shame. Where & how can we find acceptance & love? How can we learn to be gentle with ourselves?

I think many #autistic folk, especially those of us who grew up undiagnosed & unsupported then raised similarly undx, distressed, overwhelmed & volatile autistic kids while unable to find help, would shudder with recognition at elements of this tragic story.

My heart goes out to this family ❤️‍🩹 @actuallyautistic

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-04-29/parents-of-teenager-who-stabbed-bishop-give-first-interview/103767910?utm_source=abc_news_app&utm_medium=content_shared&utm_campaign=abc_news_app&utm_content=other

thiesmarsen, 1 month ago to Israel German

Wie immer sehr empfehlenswert: Erica Zingers Kolumne auf @tazgetroete - diesmal über die antisemitischen Demonstrationen an der Columbia University. Tröstet ein bisserl hinweg, über das, was man in der taz sonst zum Thema manchmal lesen muss…

https://www.taz.de/!6004718

#antisemitismus #israel #hamas

mondoweiss, 1 month ago to Palestine

For months World Central Kitchen leadership censored material coming out of its Gaza operation and refused to honor staff concerns about our work there. They are finally taking a stand after personnel were killed but it is much too late.

https://mondoweiss.net/2024/04/i-resigned-from-the-world-central-kitchen-because-it-refused-to-tell-the-truth-about-the-israeli-genocide-in-gaza/

#Palestine #Israel #Gaza
@palestine @israel

inquiline, 1 month ago to random

"#USC is no more or less righteous than any other institution that has overreacted and created this security theater for political positioning and self-protection...

But given the many ways our University has failed our students around the very question of security, we find it especially insulting that our administration activated the police force against its own community in the name of “safety.”"

https://dailytrojan.com/2024/04/26/usc-this-is-a-teachable-moment/