WearsHats

WearsHats, 2 hours ago to random

Hudson River dusk. Zoom in to see the George Washington Bridge.

WearsHats, 12 days ago to random

Stomach: I want broccoli tempura.
Brain: It's the middle of the night. Restaurants are closed.
S: It'll go great with the leftovers of the chicken fried rice you made.
B: The point of leftovers is you don't have to cook again.
S: Come on, it's not that hard to make.
B: I'm so woozy I can't even watch cartoons right now.
S: Brooooooccccoooolliiiiiii teemmmmppuuuuuurrrrraaaaa
B: Dinner is in 2 hours. We'll see.

2 hours later...

Yeah, I ate the whole batch.

WearsHats, 15 days ago to random

I finally did it. I used an LLM. A couple of months ago, MS added its Copilot to Windows. I turned it off. But the latest update shoved it back in my face and tried to get me to let it use my data. So I asked it a question: How do I get rid of Copilot? It suggested I uninstall it like any other program, but MS removed that option. But Copilot went on to tell me the exact registry key to change to block it from loading, and now it's gone.

WearsHats, 22 days ago to random

US Department of Health and Human Services is proposing a new rule requiring hospitals to electronically report cases of respiratory illness such as COVID-19 on a weekly basis, even in the absence of a declared public health emergency.

Public comments on whether to adopt this policy are open.

https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2024/05/02/2024-07567/medicare-and-medicaid-programs-and-the-childrens-health-insurance-program-hospital-inpatient

#COVID #CovidIsNotOver

WearsHats, 29 days ago to random

Cooking revolutionized food safety so much that the appendix (which existed to try to deal with foodborne parasites) became vestigial. Germ theory led to pasteurization, vaccines, and sterile medical environments, which all but eliminated a whole swath of deadly infections.

Those measures were so successful that we have trends of raw diets, raw milk, antivaxxers, and anti-maskers because people don't remember why they're able to feel safe.

WearsHats, 1 month ago to tesla

Thank you, Associated Press, for getting this subhead right.

Amazing they can charge for the feature (which is just a software update, since the cars already had the sensors it uses) when it's still so far short of actually working.

#Tesla

WearsHats, 1 month ago to random

From a friend of a friend (so make of it what you will):

A friend of mine is doing her PhD Dissertation in Community Engagement - specifically exploring the connection between nonbinary people’s communities and identities. She's collecting research data, so if you identify as nonbinary and would like to help please take a look at the survey.
https://www.courtneytobin.com/nonbinary-identity-community

WearsHats, 1 month ago to puns

When it comes to rating citrus, lemons are sublime.

They're just not grate. I have no zest for them.

#puns #dadjokes

WearsHats, 1 month ago to disability

If you're in the US and are disabled and care about COVID safety, the PBS Newshour would like to hear from you.

This is their survey: https://pbsnewshour.formstack.com/forms/covid_isolation

It doesn't look like much, and it's not linked on their website. I wish there was a better option to verify that it's not a scam, but here's the tweet from their official account: https://twitter.com/NewsHour/status/1778808320041550061

#COVID #CovidIsNotOver #disability #disabled #CDC

WearsHats, 1 month ago to random

Trump: Jews should vote for me because unlike the Democrats I'll back Netanyahu unconditionally.

Also Trump: Put me in power and I will make sure this is a Christian nation.

(There is no actual conflict between these positions, because, again, backing Israel is about pleasing antisemitic Evangelical Christians who want to trigger the Rapture. Also, American Jews aren't Israeli, and many of us are as opposed to Netanyahu as we are to Trump.)

#Trump #USpol

WearsHats, 1 month ago to random

You know what's really weird? We had Sun's Day, and then the next day, on Moon's Day, we had this so-called "eclipse!" What are the odds?

WearsHats, 1 month ago to random

From Associated Press photographer Yuki Iwamura. #Eclipse

WearsHats, 1 month ago to random

If you're observing Ramadan, are you allowed to have a snack during the eclipse?

WearsHats, 2 months ago to random

I am so dammed tired of the conversation in news and politics being about how terrible social media is, especially for kids.

As a disabled teenager, online socialization was a vital lifeline. My online friends have been my real lifelong friends.

But the people on TV and writing articles and making laws never talk about the benefits of social media.

WearsHats, 2 months ago to random

Let me see if I've got this right:

There were many names for the islands. But the Chinese called them Nippon/Nihon ("sun origin") because it's east of them.

Italian merchants wrote down the Indonesian pronunciation of the Chinese name as Gaipan, which became Japan in English.

When a 1943 Batman movie villain said "Actually, I prefer to be called Nipponese," there was a pause for the audience to boo. Because we'd been asked to correct it and didn't want to.

So we still call Nippon "Japan."

WearsHats, 2 months ago to random

Flying home on a Boeing 737 Max 9. Wish me luck.

WearsHats, 2 months ago to ilaughed

Bad news: I can't sleep.

Good news, I got to see our last sunset before we leave tomorrow morning.

#sunset #photo

WearsHats, 2 months ago to random

PBS segment on plastic recycling discusses a report showing that plastics don't actually recycle, that oil companies have known for decades it wouldn't work, and that recycling was always a PR distraction designed to avoid regulation and allow more plastic to be made.

https://www.pbs.org/newshour/show/the-plastic-industry-knowingly-pushed-recycling-myth-for-decades-new-report-finds

WearsHats, 2 months ago to random

Passed a man standing outside the farmer's market with an Israeli flag and a sign saying "What shall it profit a man to gain the world but lose his soul?" Which is from the gospel of Mark. Which is Christian. Because evangelicals have the antisemitic belief that supporting Israel will trigger the rapture.

WearsHats, 2 months ago to random

IDK why everyone is making such a fuss over next month's solar eclipse. I mean, I don't want to brag, but I see the sun blotted out by a planet's shadow every night.

WearsHats, 2 months ago to random

IDK who needs to hear it, but it increasingly feels like it needs to be repeated that white Christians in the US are not an oppressed minority.

It's a narrative that's been building on the right for decades, it pisses me off, and I need to rant about it.

None of this should need to be said. It should be glaringly obvious that it's utter nonsense. But there's been this drumbeat in right wing media, part of their larger fearmongering, that everything is biased against Christians.

WearsHats, 2 months ago to random

Ft Lee, NJ is looking pretty nice tonight.

WearsHats, 3 months ago to random

Me: The packaging on this is kind of annoying. They should have designed it so it would be easier to open.

My brain: ahem That is a bulb of garlic, good sir. The "packaging" of which you speak is the protective layers around the root of the plant, which, insomuch as it is "designed," is intended to keep animals (such as yourself) from opening the bulb in order to devour the cloves inside (exactly as you are currently attempting to do).

Me: ... Oh, right.

WearsHats, 3 months ago to ai

Windows automatically added a preview of its "AI" Co-pilot to my taskbar. I opted out of data collection, opened a feedback window, and wrote to tell MS that I actively do not want unethical and wasteful technology forced upon my existing system. Then I removed it from showing up in my taskbar. #AI #Windows #Copilot #OptOut

WearsHats, 3 months ago to random

Oh, hey. You know that story about a handful of migrants in Times Square attacking cops that's national news for some reason? Turns out the cops started it. https://hellgatenyc.com/migrants-arrest-nypd-times-square-body-cam