First found friends from draft counseling during Vietnam War. Silent meeting met a need I was not aware of.
The last decade or more I have found myself too far from an active meeting and lost touch.
Recently I've found my way to a meeting only 30 miles away, and a new spritual home.
The worst thing about online learning is that everything has become a video. Every code tutorial. Every design tutorial. Nobody actually writes out a guide anymore.
It's just "hey guys welcome to my tutorial" and watching 10 minutes of content that mostly isn't relevant...
@stux Oh, it's stranger than you know. Here in hillbillly country Tennessee, most guys carry (not particularly well) concealed weapons, so I went and got one, practiced with it ,took lessons, and got the optional "extended" carry license.
How it's effective is you mention it in conversion, which soon develops into "show me yours and I'll show you mine" like naughty little boys on the playground, and then you're best friends forever.
https://www.microbe.tv/twiv/ is a blog by professional virologists, immunologists, physicians and others who study Covid19 and other viruses for a living. They read and discuss recent papers.
It's a bit technical, though they do work at explaining the technical stuff in layman's terms. They know their stuff, as well as the limitations of the science and available data.
Dr. Danial Griffin's clinical updates are targeted for (...)
@TRyanGregory physicians dealing with these things in a clinical setting and are unapologetically technical. His current lecture includes " incidence of myopericarditis after mRNA COVID-19 vaccination" which is majorly interestig but tough going for those of us without mecidal training.
If you want to be able to talk about this stuff, wade through this and get the straight skinny. Plus, it's fun to listen to scientists talk about their (...)
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Source for real science and medicine re COVID19 and other viruses
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