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deewani

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Browncoat. X-Phile. Monkey. Trekkie. Sci-Fi Nerd/Geek. Mad for Indian Music. Instant Human, Just Add Coffee. I block spam posting bots/followers....

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skiswmm, to random
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By my count there are 20 ambulances on calls, 2 more BLS ambulances also on calls. 😬 not sure what the calls are for, but this is eerily similar to this time last year…

deewani,
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@skiswmm Everytime I have driven by a retirement home in Vacaville I have seen the paramedics there (fire engine & ambulance), silent sirens….. :(

deewani,
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@skiswmm Yeah I am sure the numbers are up in bay area, wastewater levels confirms this. What I fear is what is happening in Japan on highly vaxxed population.

skiswmm, to random
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He took his Erector X down… the sandbags used to hold it up will find a new use I guess

deewani,
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@skiswmm Lol @ erector. It was shining into the city attorney's offices... https://sfstandard.com/2023/07/31/giant-x-sign-dismantled-on-twitter-hqs-san-francisco-offices/?taid=64c7f75de5eb400001eb9135&utm_campaign=trueanthem&utm_medium=social&utm_source=twitter

ai6yr, (edited ) to gardening

failure so far this year: invested in bait stations in an attempt to reduce ant damage to fruit trees/etc. (and the occasional bee swarm that lands here). The here refuse to take the bait... I think too many other food sources in my yard.

deewani,
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@ai6yr
Where I used to live we had neighbors who had an infestation of Argentinian ants, they were nice enough to warn us. I went to my usual pest resource
https://ipm.ucanr.edu/PMG/PESTNOTES/pn7411.html
and then went and bought HomePlus / Pic Ant Killer metal traps. (https://pic-corp.com/product/homeplus-ant-killer-ab-6pk/ ) They have 4 places around them that are meant to be punched out to make holes. I know they make a plastic version but different ingredients.

deewani,
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@ai6yr I love these because 1. They work for a long time 2. Pet and Toddler safe 3. Great for indoors & outdoors 4. Work fast. I placed them all around the perimeter of the house and along kitchen cabinet baseboards and never had a problem again. When we moved here after the fire, a few months in, we had some ants try, I did the same and never again have had an issue.

rach, to random

I’ve finally made the long-term move from twitter. The X nonsense and increase in trolls there was the final straw. Glad to see the science community on mastodon is growing well 😊

deewani,
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@rach I love that I keep seeing posts like this. At the same time, I wonder if that was the point…. Chase of all the science folks, etc. :(

ai6yr, to WX

Kinda cool logging onto my server in the morning and there are a bunch of other people who have already posted National Weather Service outlooks/forecasts/etc.

deewani,
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@ai6yr This is what I had surmised when I accidentally tried to join your private server and finally realized Mastadon was decentralized. Didn’t want to take up valuable space from the important users. :)

deewani, (edited )
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@ai6yr Thanks. I still have to put in the time to learn more about this place. Appreciated your initial offer too.

phylogenomics, to california

Nice to be greeted by this wonderful swallowtail when I got home today --

deewani,
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@phylogenomics Lovely!

deewani, to random
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Interviews with Kai Bird & Greta Gerwig. https://link.chtbl.com/pDP8htG6

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Interviews with Setsuko Thurlow, Kai Bird, Tina Cordova https://www.sciencefriday.com/segments/oppenheimer-movie-nuclear-age/?utm_source=wnyc&utm_medium=podcast&utm_campaign=scifri @scifri

deewani, to Podcasts
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“After three years of cautioning Minnesotans about COVID, epidemiologist Michael Osterholm got long COVID” https://m.startribune.com/michael-osterholm-long-covid-pandemic-booster-podcast/600292775/ Been listening to his podcast on and off, especially at bedtime b/c of the voice, so this is sad to hear. https://www.cidrap.umn.edu/osterholm-update

deewani, to random
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New Ed Yong @TheAtlantic article, only free for a day. https://www.theatlantic.com/health/archive/2023/07/chronic-fatigue-long-covid-symptoms/674834/ #EdYong #LongCovid #Covid #chronicfatiguesyndrome HT: https://twitter.com/edyong209/status/1684549675318231042?s=46&t=dh2Bbw1G8tvr-zRPWe5V8A

ai6yr, to random

Signs of (from the ). FAST diagnosis:
F—Face: Ask the person to smile. Does one side of the face droop?

A—Arms: Ask the person to raise both arms. Does one arm drift downward?

S—Speech: Ask the person to repeat a simple phrase. Is the speech slurred or strange?

T—Time: If you see any of these signs, call 9-1-1 right away.

https://www.cdc.gov/stroke/signs_symptoms.htm

deewani,
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@ai6yr Yup. Often early sign of impending stroke. Happened to pops who refused the ambulance and was confused as to why it was called. Brother took him to hospital anyways. He ended up with a triple bypass and a stroke.

deewani,
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@ai6yr Yeah I insisted. I could tell from what my cousin witnessed that it was a TIA. He is relatively lucky, can walk with a cane now after 2 years, speech aphasia relatively mild, etc. This is why I continue to mask. :)

deewani,
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@ai6yr Yeah it is a systemic vascular clotting disease, not a respiratory disease IMHO. That is it’s route into the body but even there the symptoms are caused by clotting in the lungs. Sadly many who care for the patients do not realize this and never make a connection between “new issues” and previous infection.

deewani,
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@EugestShirley @ai6yr Yes. I have been following the studies. :) My opinion is based on reading the science. It is so sad that majority of folks do not understand this. At risk parents stopped masking too. So it is a matter of time now before we are no longer Novids….

deewani,
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@EugestShirley @ai6yr Thanks. At least they are up on their boosters which are probably waning as we speak. I will continue to mask, ventilate, run air purifiers, etc. They won’t get it from me. Tsunami of disability incoming, diabetes, etc. I also fear for longer term effects. So many cancers initiated by viral damage. I just hope the good people keep working on the variant-proof pan-sarbecovirus vaccines. :)

deewani,
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@EugestShirley @ai6yr Hopefully this yields something better so eventually covid & long covid will be a thing of the past; or at least treatable. https://www.nejm.org/doi/full/10.1056/NEJMp2307867

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@ai6yr @EugestShirley We are in same boat then. Yeah outdoors is fine for me too if not overcrowded. The only thing I really miss is sneaking my own snacks into a movie lol. I still go to the movies but usually early morning matinees, usually only a few folks in those shows. Needless to say I don’t eat or drink in there. There are valved sip masks now though….

scalzi, to random
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She was troubled and erratic and brilliant and one of the indelible voices of my generation, and she was fucking right about the Catholic Church, for all the good it did her in this life. Genius doesn’t make for an easy life, but genius she was, and I’m glad that for a time she got to express her particular strain of genius in this world. May she rest well.

https://youtu.be/34zj4_8Qzec

deewani,
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@scalzi Had been thinkng about her recently after her son’s tragic passing. Last few months, been hearing her wonderful voice here: https://youtu.be/0qrwJDR6bzs

deewani,
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@Callalily @scalzi She only did it this season. She was writing new ones though with Bear McCreary. (More about the title song: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Skye_Boat_Song).

deewani,
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@Callalily @scalzi YW. Same. :)

deewani,
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@cfmccarthy @scalzi YVW well said.

ai6yr, to california

temperatures expected to be "near normal" in the 6-10 day range. (ie "summer" warm vs. "oh crap" warm) Hooray!

deewani,
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@ai6yr The early predictions on the heat dome for August are scary. Gonna enjoy this while it lasts….

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