Mastodawn

Popular tech journalists and podcasters @Casey, @kevin and @pj have quite publicly spun up a Mastodon server at theforkiverse.com - detailed in this episode of Search Engine: https://pca.st/episode/e099edae-aa41-4777-b1df-7024c6998e28

It's so great seeing folks like this who cover tech go deeper than opening accounts and actually engaging with the structural differences that make the fediverse special.

That episode has some pretty fair criticism for Mastodon as a tech product, but I really hope that this experiment is a fruitful one and they get to glimpse a different kind of future (as @pluralistic would say, "a new, good internet") where we aren't all serfs being force-fed algoslop on platforms we're trapped in.

Their server is pretty buzzy, they just announced it today. Drop by, say hi, welcome them to the Fediverse!

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Mark Lapierre Aug 8, 2023

@Hersh many people not new to data science too. And that there's a difference between git and GitHub, or that GitHub isn't the only service available. My data scientist wife did a workshop on using git to collaborate for the rest of her team, and only one of them knew about as much as she did already. But at least they all know more now 🤷

Mark Lapierre Mar 31, 2023

@CarlataOld @north

Ugh, yeah, that reminds me of some of the BS my wife told me about when we were in the US. Glad to see we're still staying strong with you up there in our love of us punching down!

But it turns out there's a senate inquiry happening soon down here, so I guess I have an angry letter to write! https://www.aph.gov.au/Parliamentary_Business/Committees/Senate/Community_Affairs/ADHD

Assessment and support services for people with ADHD

On 28 March 2023, the Senate referred an inquiry into the Barriers to consistent, timely and best practice assessment of attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) and support services for people with ADHD to the Senate Community Affairs References Committee for inquiry and

Mark Lapierre Mar 31, 2023

I'm so enraged right now. I did what I thought was the right thing by making time in my busy schedule to go to the chemist to pick up my medication early to ensure I wouldn't run out if I couldn't get there tomorrow or next week, which is very likely. But when I got there the chemist said I would have to come back tomorrow because it could only be dispensed 20 days after the last time, which was 19 days previous. And dispensing it early would break the law. I had no idea when the cut-off date was because I forgot what my doctor said, and the fucking useless e-script doesn't say when, like paper prescriptions do.

So not only does the law make it unnessarily inconvient for people who need the medication to actually get it, it does it in a way that *punishes* people for trying to overcome their disorder. Dates and appointments are a struggle for me and many people with ADHD, so discouraging us from planning ahead by denying us our medication when we do shows how utterly oblivious the lawmakers are to the effect of the laws they enact. Or maybe they do know and don't want people overcoming their limitations too easily, or they just don't care.

#ADHD #rant #swearing #EatTheRich #FuckPoliticians

Mark Lapierre Mar 22, 2023

Well, I guess I can't take my teeth for granted anymore. Almost made it to 44 with no fillings. 😭

Mark Lapierre Feb 28, 2023

Turns out sourdough starter makes great bait for a fruit fly trap. Who knew?*

*no doubt plenty of people did. Just not me

Mark Lapierre Feb 22, 2023

Noel Lopez Feb 22, 2023

"But what about organ damage in people who didn’t necessarily need to be admitted to hospital with the virus, but developed long COVID?

"In a new study published in the Journal of the Royal Society of Medicine, my colleagues and I looked at organ damage in long COVID patients, most of whom were not severely affected when they had COVID initially. We identified organ damage in 59% of participants a year after their initial symptoms."
https://theconversation.com/three-in-five-long-covid-patients-have-organ-damage-a-year-after-infection-200013
#COVID19 #CovidIsNotOver #LongCovid

Three in five long COVID patients have organ damage a year after infection

A recent study found 59% of people with long COVID had damage to at least one organ a year after their initial symptoms.

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Mark Lapierre Feb 15, 2023

@eth Haha yep, to break your fast. Sometimes English does get it right 😂

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Mark Lapierre Feb 12, 2023

@someguyhooper @DenisCOVIDinfoguy nah we can't let Hunt off the hook that easily. Regardless of how much power Morrison stole for himself, Hunt was still the health minister and could have done a lot more than he did when he was minister, including setting in motion what he's asking for now.

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Mark Lapierre Feb 12, 2023

@carodjah that's sounds like some shoddy prep work. Doesn't seem the patient was anywhere near adequately prepared, or that the doc was suitably capable of helping him through his distress.

Of course it's hard to judge based on an article, but it's 100% not something to go into without much better prep than it seems was provided. Certainly not without talking frankly and at length about what to expect, and how to respond.

I've some bad experiences too so I'd have a lot of questions to ask before I even considered the first dose.