Notices by Zauberlehrling (rvaughnmd@med-mastodon.com)

That's got to sting a little bit right?

Tesla sold 7,261 cars in Europe in April, down 49% year on year, according to the European Automobile Manufacturers’ Association, or ACEA. That drop came even as overall battery electric car sales rose 34.1% annually in April.

https://www.cnbc.com/2025/05/27/tesla-europe-sales-plunge-49percent-as-elon-musk-brand-fallout-continues.html

STELLAAAAAA!
#gardening

Radiologists aren’t going anywhere

“Five years from now, it will be malpractice not to use AI,” says John Halamka, president of the Mayo Clinic Platform, who oversees the health system’s digital initiatives, in the NYTarticle.

https://techcrunch.com/2025/05/14/radiologists-arent-going-anywhere/

@CatsWhoCode @Urban_Hermit @davidho

Beware the terrible simplifiers - Jacob Burkhardt.

Many people fall for ideology - which not only simplifies a very complicated world, but also provides a safe community. We often fail to realize that the comfort they get in that simplification and social bonding drives them to reject any challenge to it. You are taking away something that is a core tenet of their identity and world view.

House would have figured this out in under 5 minutes. Took human doctors 2 years.

Florida man eats feral pig meat, contracts rare biothreat bacteria - brucella suis

https://arstechnica.com/health/2025/03/florida-man-eats-feral-pig-meat-contracts-rare-biothreat-bacteria

@hannu_ikonen
"Listen to your patient; he is telling you the diagnosis"

--Osler

Sounds like they knew he was infected and tried cultures/empiric treatment. They just guessed wrong.

"they tried to isolate whatever bacteria, fungi, or other pathogen was causing the problem, they couldn't find anything. He was subsequently treated for a "culture-negative" infection"

So I guess EVs do work pretty well in the cold after all ....

Norway is set to become the first country to fully transition to electric vehicles

The country’s electric vehicle sales have increased from less than 1% of total auto sales in 2010 to a whopping 88.9% last year.

EVs accounted for more than 96% of new cars sold in the first few weeks of this year.

#EV

https://www.cnbc.com/2025/01/28/norway-set-to-be-the-first-to-fully-transition-to-electric-vehicles.html

Swedish man dies in South Korea after being denied urgent treatment at 21 hospitals

Hospitals were reportedly reluctant to treat the individual due to his foreign nationality, the high cost of surgery, and concerns over reimbursement for his medical care.

Eventually, Hyuksin Seongmo Hospital in North Chungcheong Province, 86 km away from Seoul, agreed to perform the surgery seven days after Park began calling hospitals

https://www.euronews.com/health/2025/01/18/swedish-man-dies-in-south-korea-after-being-denied-urgent-treatment-at-21-hospitals

I don't use Windows much so I missed the whole Windows Recall debacle

The 11 biggest tech flops of 2024, ranked – from Windows Recall to the Apple Vision Pro

https://www.techradar.com/tech/the-11-biggest-tech-flops-of-2024-ranked-from-windows-recall-to-the-apple-vision-pro

Do bike lanes really cause more traffic congestion? Here's what the research says
Studies from around the world show bike lanes ease congestion, reduce emissions and are a boon to businesses

#cycling

https://www.cbc.ca/news/science/bike-lanes-impacts-1.7358319

Willie Sutton's Rule

Healthcare organizations are being hit hard by cyberattacks

https://www.techradar.com/pro/security/healthcare-organizations-are-being-hit-hard-by-cyberattacks

Another Dr. Death? Is that an above average death rate in a non-war zone?

https://www.thestate.com/news/nation-world/national/article293839719.html

Well he did warn her what would happen so does that count?

Man shoots and kills passenger when she throws fast food at him, Missouri cops say

#STL

https://www.thestate.com/news/nation-world/national/article293827739.html

A Hospital Kept a Brain-Damaged Patient on Life Support to Boost Statistics.

"staff discussed the need to keep Young alive for a year, because they feared another hit to the program’s survival rate would attract scrutiny from regulators"

"the transplant program’s director, Dr. Mark Zucker, cautioned his team against offering Young’s family the option of switching from aggressive care to comfort care. He acknowledged these actions were “very unethical.”

https://www.propublica.org/article/newark-beth-israel-lawsuit-darryl-young-heart-transplant

"Everything that can go wrong in the human body goes wrong when you are sleep deprived"

https://www.youtube.com/shorts/TpPvltVJ8ag

Medicare Advantage Opens “AI Can of Worms” for Patients

“Plans continue to use AI tools to erroneously deny care and contradict provider assessment findings,” noted the letter. “We believe more detailed guidance is needed to protect access to care for Medicare beneficiaries and improve clarity for providers.”

https://www.commondreams.org/newswire/medicare-advantage-opens-ai-can-of-worms-for-patients

A wild daylily appears

#gardening

Enjoying the garden before the heat wave takes its toll. First coneflower today! Climbing rose, wild strawberry.

#gardening

Clematis has entered the chat
#gardening

@bmacDonald94 Great cover of a great song.