Notices by epicdemiologist (epicdemiologist@wandering.shop)

@capeta @neil Huh. Related to English "fetid"?

@ErickaSimone Aw rats. Reblogged this before fact-checking. I do wish it were true.

When my daughter and my Mexican daughter-in-law got married, the plan was for daughter-in-law to move here, get a green card and then eventually become naturalized. Now I'm looking up Mexico's rules for foreign spouses of Mexican citizens in case their marriage becomes illegal here.

My husband works in PR for a hospital. One of his jobs is to put up a slide on the big public screens that shows current flu activity. He was saying, in the absence of the CDC website, he won't be able to update the slide. I suggested that he update it, with a big NO INFORMATION AVAILABLE, and keep doing that until the data comes back online. He liked that idea.

@asrg @aaron @marcusb @mike @Fingel Are there anti-AI strategies that don't just add MORE energy/water use to the process?

@georgetakei My vet has dog biscuits AND candy bars at checkout! (Also bottled water.)

@gannet @skinnylatte We don't use alliums in my house either, but in our case it has to do with IBS.

I think it's probably true that people are tired of being told that everything is on fire. The problem is that everything is, in fact, on fire, and reality doesn't give a goddamn how tired we are.

@cstross Jo Walton beat you to it with My Real Children.

@patrickcmiller I was just saying to my husband, "This is one of those situations where I regret no longer believing in Hell." But of course, no amount of punishment for the perpetrators will help the people who now face a multi-hour ambulance ride.

@patrickcmiller Good God. The only Level 1 trauma center for 400 miles.

@NanoRaptor That uneasy feeling is the suspicion that not only is this other person smarter than you, they've made better life choices.

I've heard so much about fatphobic doctors blaming everything on the patient's weight, ignoring other problems, misdiagnosing, etc. that I wonder--has anyone ever done a survey of physicians with these two questions? 1. What is the largest amount of weight you've ever lost? 2. How long did you keep it off?

What is an example of a plant or animal that's native to your part of the world but might look fake to someone who's not familiar with it? Here's mine: Beautyberry (Callicarpa americana).

@Brad I have been waiting 3 years for someone to connect the dots between the cognitive effects of long COVID and the likely effects on traffic safety of "brain fog", longer reaction times, severe fatigue, etc.

"The economy"... WHOSE economy? We're living on the same pay as 5 years ago and food prices have nearly doubled in that time. Insurance premiums have gone up sharply and we have new medical expenses. There are more unhoused people in my town than I've ever seen. I don't give a goddamn how much yacht money rich people have.

@marthawells Facebook took down my post about the Murderbot audio drama for "cybersecurity reasons"! (Maybe they thought it meant I *was* a bot? Scratching my head...)

@VPS_Reports I've served on two grand juries. Grand jury service is not voluntary. You receive a summons, and though you may ask to be excused, many such requests will be denied. Like trial jury service, grand jury service is a civic duty that supports due process. To dox and threaten grand jurors is a contemptible act of cowardice.

@SmudgeTheInsultCat For the full effect, you'd also have to input where you lived when you were in high school.