uki @noholeatcrotch@fedibird.com

Here's a great piece dissecting how Oster spreads misinformation about public health and her neoliberal motivations: https://proteanmag.com/2022/03/22/motivated-reasoning-emily-osters-covid-narratives-and-the-attack-on-public-education/

Here's a horrendous example of COVID misinformation spread by Emily Oster in 2020, which has been proven wrong by research many times since. Please do not listen to any of her advice about public health.

Oster's work has been embraced by right-wing think tanks such as the Manhattan Institute and the Cato Institute. Her audience is affluent parents who seek permission to disengage from the social contract and ignore harmful impacts to the working class and people of color.

As a scientist who is the director of science communication for the medical center of a major university, my advice is:

Please don't rely on an economist who has spread misinformation about COVID to advise you about how to effectively message on public health.

Great news: In anticipation of the winter COVID and flu surges, Sonoma County in California is reinstating its mask mandate for healthcare workers. It will remain in effect from Nov. 18 through April 30.

With Trump and RFK in charge of federal health agencies, it's even more critical that local public health depts step up and protect the health of their communities.

Since COVID continues to surge and cause harm, one of the best ways to do this is to require masks in healthcare.

Yawnoc is chaotic top-down shooter rogue-lite inspired by Conway's Game of Life and other cellular automata https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2024/11/yawnoc-is-chaotic-top-down-shooter-rogue-lite-inspired-by-conways-game-of-life-and-other-cellular-automata/

#Gaming #Linux #SteamDeck

manspray とかいう動詞はないのだろうがもしあるとしたら「男性が小便を噴霧して塗布する」「男性が大便を霧状にして噴霧して塗布する」とかいう意味になりそうだよな。
mansprayingはそういう行為の動名詞だ

Tesla recalls Cybertrucks for faulty inverter, the 6th recall this year
Owners of the affected trucks will require replacement hardware.
https://arstechnica.com/cars/2024/11/tesla-recalls-cybertrucks-for-faulty-inverter-the-6th-recall-this-year/?utm_brand=arstechnica&utm_social-type=owned&utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social

There’s a teenager in the ICU in BC with bird flu.

As news spreads- I’m seeing increasing number of people ask:

“what health conditions did he have? Was he overweight?”

Can we PLEASE not do this again? A 16 year old is fighting for his life. Stop looking for fault and blame.

Just like with Covid - people are trying to tell themselves there must be “something wrong” with that individual to make them more vulnerable.

They must be in the “other” category. They’re “expendable.”

It needs to stop.

First off - no one is expendable. We’ve been dealing with this horrible “othering” for five years. Disabled and chronically ill people are exhausted.

Second - bird flu is no joke. It can be quite serious.

Instead of looking for fault with the victim so YOU can feel better about your own personal risk - we should be taking steps right now to minimize spread.

We should be demanding transparency from the government on the severity of the threat.

We should have mandatory masking in healthcare. We should be cleaning the air and educating the public on the benefits of respirators and how to use them properly.

We should agree to stop asking ableist questions. Stop blaming the victim. Health is a temporary state. Death and disability can and do befall everyone.

When the first question someone asks when they hear of a person dying or being disabled is “what comorbids did they have?” all they’re doing is trying to cling on to the comfortable lie.

They’re trying to make sure they can keep telling themselves everything is fine, they’re the exception, the threat doesn’t apply to them.

As long as we continue to take that selfish and faulty approach - viruses keep winning.

Everyone can’t be the exception. Once people realize that and start protecting their health and the health of others - we will ALL be much better off.

https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/first-presumptive-avian-flu-case-in-humans-1.7381342

#avianflu #birdfu #H5N1 #keepmasksinhealthcare #maskup #respirators #airborne #n95 #covidisairborne #eugenics #ableism #discrimination #disabilityrights

🤷COVID-19, a respiratory-transmitted pathogen, and the plausibility of using aerosol modelling when silhouetted with emerging COVID-19 epidemiology providing evidence for promotion of masking & ventilation optimization as a required public health measure.
https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/35218821/

Apple’s new ‘HomePad’ is exactly what I want in a home device https://9to5mac.com/2024/11/13/apples-new-homepad-is-exactly-what-i-want-in-a-home-device/?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=mastodon

Nintendo has launched a music app, seizing on the appeal of video game playlists
https://www.npr.org/2024/11/12/nx-s1-5175107/nintendo-music-app-download-games-mario-zelda?utm_source=flipboard&utm_medium=activitypub

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The other day, Ethiopian born influencer, former Miss Israel and former IDF soldier Titi Aynaw visited Ethiopia's Embassy to Israel, to discuss promoting Ethiopian government tourism initiatives.

Titi was born in Amhara (ancestral land of most Ethiopian Jews).

Busy appearing in pro Israeli gov campaign videos & defending IDF operations in Gaza, Titi seems to be completely unaware that her birth region is being devastated by drone strikes ordered by the man in the framed photo behind her.

Monarchy: Review on Linux and Steam Deck: https://boilingsteam.com/monarchy-review-2024/
#linux #linuxgaming #update #release #gaming #steamdeck #proton #steam #monarchy #newgame