rvaughnmd

rvaughnmd, 3 days ago to random

Wife sent me to the grocery. I got the full size ice cream drumsticks 'accidentally'. Guess I'm going to have to eat them all as my punishment.

Spoiler alert: due to shrinkflation and greedflation, they aren't that much bigger than the 'mini' versions anymore.

rvaughnmd, 3 days ago to random

Bugs everywhere. It's game over man, game over! #Cicadas

rvaughnmd, 3 days ago to gardening

Clematis has entered the chat
#gardening

rvaughnmd, 5 days ago to random

They just keep coming! #Cicadas

rvaughnmd, 6 days ago to cycling

France, Italy, Belgium: Which European countries have the best cycle to work schemes?

The Netherlands offers a mileage allowance -

A commuter cycling 10 kilometres per day five days a week could earn about €450 a year from the scheme.

#cycling

https://www.euronews.com/green/2024/05/12/france-netherlands-belgium-which-european-countries-have-the-best-cycle-to-work-schemes

rvaughnmd, 10 days ago to cycling

But does it have a power meter so you can ride it on #Zwift?

'Underwater bicycle' propels swimmers forward at superhuman speed

#cycling

https://newatlas.com/marine/seabike-swimming-propeller/

PadraigOCinneide, 12 days ago to random

Our lawnmower's battery charger stopped working over the weekend. $200 for a new one, which is like 1/3 of a lawnmower. Ugh.

I ordered the weird screwdriver to open the case for $7, watched a 20 min YouTube with someone debugging a similar model. I was able to take it apart and solder back together a component that had come loose. 💅 It's been up and working for 20 minutes with no explosions or even bad smells.

Being willing to attempt to repair stuff is such a superpower. YouTube is amazing. ✌🏻

rvaughnmd, 14 days ago to random

Imagine being trapped in a puke tube miles above land with no way to escape.

https://jalopnik.com/70-vomiting-passengers-turn-frankfurt-flight-into-livin-1851454612

rvaughnmd, 16 days ago to random

A $1595 Full Metal Jacket will save your life bro!

"Now, as we look for materials that offer us resistance to disease on Earth and up in space, and a base on which to build intelligent clothing, copper is set to be at the centre of innovation again. Its ability to conduct heat and power while killing bacteria and viruses make it a potential first building block for the future of clothing."

You know my birthday is coming up soon, just sayin'

https://vollebak.com/en-us

rvaughnmd, 18 days ago to cycling

Damn, they're on to us now ...

Cyclists dumbfounded by bizarre online conspiracy theory claiming bike inner tube valve is a "5G antenna tracking device" inserted under skin after Covid jab

"appears she's gone tubeless'

#cycling @Biff_Bruise

https://road.cc/content/news/cyclists-dumbfounded-bizarre-covid-conspiracy-theory-308119

rvaughnmd, 19 days ago to random

Best healthcare system in the world

“Deny, deny, deny. That’s how you hit your numbers,” said Day, who worked for Cigna until the late spring of 2022. “If you take a breath or think about any of these cases, you’re going to fall behind.”

https://www.propublica.org/article/cigna-medical-director-doctor-patient-preapproval-denials-insurance

pluralistic, 1 month ago to random

Combine Angelou's "When someone shows you who they are, believe them" with the truism that in politics, "every accusation is a confession" and you get: "Every time someone accuses you of a vice, they're showing you who they are and you should believe them."

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If you'd like an essay-formatted version of this thread to read or share, here's a link to it on pluralistic.net, my surveillance-free, ad-free, tracker-free blog:

https://pluralistic.net/2024/04/19/make-them-afraid/#fear-is-their-mind-killer

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rvaughnmd, 1 month ago to random

Aren't they proud of suing their patients? Why would they hide their name?

Hospitals suing patients over unpaid bills would have to put their names on the lawsuits under new Colorado bill

https://coloradosun.com/2024/04/12/uchealth-medical-debt-lawsuits-bill/

rvaughnmd, 1 month ago to cycling

"Road safety remains the biggest barrier to more people cycling": Research suggests more than two thirds of Scots think not feeling safe is main barrier to #cycling

https://road.cc/content/news/research-suggests-not-feeling-safe-main-cycle-barrier-307747

rvaughnmd, 1 month ago to random

After Appalachian hospitals merged into a monopoly, their ERs slowed to a crawl

https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2024/04/09/ballad-health-secured-hospital-monopoly-er-wait-time-tripled/73183952007/

rvaughnmd, 1 month ago to random

101 studies flagged as bogus COVID cure pusher sees career unravel

It's a past-due reckoning for French microbiologist Didier Raoult, critics say.

Essentially, critics claim Raoult and the institute that he led until 2021, the Hospital Institute of Marseille Mediterranean Infection (IHU), conducted hundreds of studies on humans without appropriate ethical approval or oversight or adequate consent from all participants, the Science investigation found.

https://arstechnica.com/science/2024/04/101-studies-flagged-as-bogus-covid-cure-pusher-sees-career-unravel/

GottaLaff, 1 month ago to baltimore

Via Will: "When a cargo ship took out a #Baltimore bridge, it also demolished the lies poisoning our #immigration debate

The 6 migrant men who died weren't drug dealers or sex traffickers but hero dads filling potholes to give their kids a better life.

This column meant more to me than anything I've written for a while. Here's an excerpt. Please take a moment to read the whole thing."

If @willbunch wrote it, you should read it.©

https://www.inquirer.com/opinion/baltimore-bridge-collapse-immigrant-deaths-20240328.html#loaded

rvaughnmd, 2 months ago to random

Health workers fear it's profits before protection as CDC revisits airborne transmission

#CoviD #COVID19 #CovidIsNotOver

https://www.nbcnews.com/health/health-news/health-workers-fear-s-profits-protection-cdc-revisits-airborne-transmi-rcna143663