@Crystal_Fish_Caves
When I visited them in the 1990s, my friend and I drove my Toyota Tercel through one of them!
What a beautiful area to grow up in. We loved the Victorian homes in downtown Eureka.
@Crystal_Fish_Caves
When I visited them in the 1990s, my friend and I drove my Toyota Tercel through one of them!
What a beautiful area to grow up in. We loved the Victorian homes in downtown Eureka.
From my recent road trip down the US west coast to Palm Springs, CA. We drove through Avenue of the Giants in Humboldt County, CA, flanked by miles of California Redwoods. Such a privilege to experience these giants in person! We are small.
#ThickTrunkTuesday #Mosstodon #Redwoods #CaliforniaRedwoods #California #USA #ClimateChange
@flexghost
Let's do a bit of calculation, shall we?
"The House of Representatives has averaged 146.7 "legislative days a year since 2001"
From 2013-2018, the House spent about 4-5 hours a day while in session.
147 x 5 = 734 hours in session per year
$174,000 / 734 = $237 per hour, which does not include their Cadillac health insurance coverage and their insider trading exemption
I suggest they use their copious off hours to get a side gig. I hear UberEats, DoorDash, or Instacart can be a great way to supplement their income.
#USPol #USPolitics #RaiseTheMinimumWage #GigEconomy
https://www.thoughtco.com/average-number-of-legislative-days-3368250
https://www.statista.com/statistics/198568/average-hours-per-day-in-session-of-us-congress-since-1981/
Profit is antithetical to positive healthcare outcomes. Period. End of story.
Researchers examined Medicare claims for 662,095 patients at 51 different hospitals owned by private equity firms and compared the outcomes to those of more than 4 million hospitalizations at 259 hospitals that were not owned by private equity firms:
At private equity firm hospitals:
* 25.4% increase in hospital-acquired conditions
* 27% increase in falls
* 38% increase in central line infections despite performing 16% fewer percutaneous central lines
* 100% increase in surgical site infections despite 8% fewer surgeries
* And all despite treating younger and therefore presumably healthier patients
https://skepchick.org/2023/12/the-guys-who-killed-toys-r-us-are-coming-for-doctors/
#HealthcareIsAHumanRight #SinglePayerNow #MedicareForAll #USPol #USPolitics #GetProfitOutOfHealthcare #PrivateEquity #Finance
@mapachin
How do you backup your follows and blocks?
@feditips
Thanks. So maybe Mastodon will work on this.
I'll choose to do nothing and trust my server admin to keep things running! I hope I never have to switch or recreate my account from scratch, but I will do it if necessary.
Viva Mastodon!
@feditips
I couldn't access Mastodon for most of the day yesterday. I figured the server I'm on was down for whatever reason.
It got me thinking, though. What if the server never came back up? Is there a way I can create something like a backup for my account that I can take to another server if necessary?
I read the instructions for moving my account to a different server, but those instructions assume I am moving now. There was no mention as to whether the data export CSV files could serve as a a general backup to be used in the future if my server ceases to function or how that would work.
What is the best way to prepare for such a disaster?
@feditips
What is the best way to make a thread post on Mastodon?
Should I make multiple numbered responses on the original toot?
Or, should I make each portion of the thread as an individual response to the response before it?
So, make a bunch of numbered responses below the original toot or respond to each response in succession?
@inthehands
This reminds me of a conversation I had with a small business owner in Thailand.
I asked him what it was like to run a business there. One of the bits of info he revealed was that he had to make monthly payments to the local mafia for protection. Any business that failed to do so would mysteriously experience unfortunate events.
I have been saying for years that the US is slowly declining into third-world status. We have arrived?
Former digital marketing strategist. “Vote Blue No Matter Who” is a stick. I prefer carrots. Americans lack #universalhealthcare and that pisses me off. Yuge #DEVO fan. #TwitterRefugeeDuty now for the future![Header: DEVO’s New Traditionalists poster. Drawing of DEVO on stage defending 3 infants from a crowd. 5 approach the stage: a man in a pilgrim-style hat with bible, a woman in bathrobe and curlers with rolling pin, a pirate with sword, a long-haired hippie, and a punk rocker.]
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