Notices by Carolyn (cstamp@mastodon.social)

@mfennvt @StillIRise1963 It would be nice if he bursts into flames when swearing on the bible knowing that he has no intention of honouring the oath he will take.

@Verso @mekkaokereke That "right to an audience" thing never ceases to infuriate me. Especially when they refuse to listen to or acknowledge provable facts.

@juergen_hubert @mekkaokereke Every kid grows up knowing that they can't say anything they want to all audiences without consequence.

Free speech is supposed to protect people from consequences of speaking up against their government.

@Infoseepage I'm not going to speculate without all the facts. I hope the science is able to speak either for or against.

@Infoseepage Considering that it's running rampant in wild bird populations, it won't be these birds that are responsible for mutations and it sounds like they might help with a solution. The owners aren't just willy nilly wanting to refuse to destroy all 400 birds.

@Infoseepage 40 out of 400. ""Even the ones that have been sick, if caught early are responding to treatment and getting better, they're healing themselves,"..."What they do is build up a herd immunity, they themselves are so strong and they will create an antibody to the flu."

It's this antibody and the unique resilience ostriches have that the farm is trying to use to study the disease and find a cure for other birds."

https://www.vernonmorningstar.com/local-news/edgewood-ostrich-farm-showing-resistance-to-avian-flu-7748059

@br00t4c "Spotting a police impersonator can be difficult, but there are red flags that can help keep you safe. Find Law reports that a real officer at the front door will first knock and announce themselves. This means the officer will announce their name, authority, and reason for being at your home without you asking."

The problem with this is that we've seen that American cops do not necessarily follow this. They are often threats, who do not properly announce themselves.

If you know someone who has hit their head and then complains of head or neck pain, get them to the ER.

Going through a bit of an angry phase of the friend dying thing. After he fell and hit his head against the coffee table, I thought he had gone to the hospital to be checked out. Turns out, he didn't. He did complain about some head and neck pain for a few days before he started talking incoherently, at which point, he was taken to the ER. At that point, he was hospitalized with a brain bleed.

If you ever hit your head, especially if you experience neck or head pain, get thee to a doctor.

Friend died. :(

@zenheathen Yeah, I've been disgusted by him since Amber Tamblyn talked about him hitting on her and her equally-underaged friend. Scuzzball to the core.

Reagan really did a lot of damage that culminated in more and more damage.

https://www.instagram.com/reel/DEiiTlAv1aX/

@luckytran But we already know by the pandemic response that it won't happen. :(

@mattblaze Yikes, really? I thought it bad enough when they were telling you to CW your monochromatic images. I think it's terrifying that someone with a very thin skin and no impulse control now sits on the largest pile of nuclear arms in the world. @60sRefugee @nyrath @simplenomad

@skinnylatte I thought the Musk Twitter takeover was chilling. He stated he only wanted hardcore workers to remain, hardcore meaning a lot of overtime, sleeping in offices and no life. Those working on visas were threatened with having their visas revoked if they didn't play along. So it turns out that visas can be another source of exploitation, even for highly education, right along with folk who are in jobs requiring less education.

Friend is at a restaurant far away. <Looks at menu.> $100 for an appetizer, fried tofu or cauliflower risotto, and a dessert? $21 extra if I want a mushroom thing. (The meat one starts at $150.) It has location, fabulous view on ocean. But...I know how much tofu and cauliflower cost, so pondering what would have to be done to them for me to pay $100. I guess the charge is for occupying the seat.

Did the US learn nothing from prohibition? The only thing that comes out of repressive laws, such as age-verification (which is risky for users), is less tax for government and more under-the-table activity. Children are not being protected.

@mcnado I am still appalled that any hospital staff is allowed to work without a mask. :(

So...friend with head injury is still in hospital because of kidney failure. Can't visit because only family are allowed. In that regard, it seems our hospitals are still better than those experiences American keep posting about. Having lots of possible virus carriers around isn't good for anyone in a hospital. Crappy that patients have to be so isolated, but would be crappier to have whatever compounded with covid.

@bmacDonald94 Well, both do that. I do understand that libraries give a foundation for love of learning and universities add to that. Can't have universities without books but for things like science, they add to book knowledge with lab equipment. :)