@otto9otto

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Electrical engineer, maker, gardener, health freak. #fedi22 #maker #health #exercise #psychedelic #ADHD #autism
I am so hobbled by #ALS (bedridden) that I have decided to end it. I am four days into not eating and drinking almost nothing. Goodbye my friends.
@[email protected] @erictopol You are laying bare your far-right politics which, obviously, is clouding your thought processes. Vaccination has been shown to help prevent Long Covid: https://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/long-covid
What is long COVID, and how long does it take to recover?

What is long COVID? Read on to learn about what it is and how long recovery takes. This article also covers the symptoms, causes, and diagnosis of long COVID.

@erictopol Under Trump, at least that many people needlessly died during the pandemic in the USA.
Elon Musk recommends "conspicuous acts of kindness" as a response to the Palestinian-Israeli war. Such as providing medical care, pure drinking water, etc.: https://youtu.be/JN3KPFbWCy8?si=72dbXkdbLcGgWRHD
Telephone Rant

Phone Calls are Rude If you're 30 or over, you may remember how back in the 80s and 90s, calling during dinner hours was considered rude. The hours between 5-7 were for the family, and you'd never have your meal interrupted by a phone call. But, maybe that was just a Midwest thing. Prior to th...

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Adventures in #ALS land: a wheel fell off my chair, so a kind stranger helped me back to the wheelchair van. Then a caring neighbor helped me out of the van and into the house. The wheel is now fixed.
NASA captures image of eerie 'ghost hand' in space

NASA's Chandra X-ray Observatory has captured a spellbinding and eerie image of a "cosmic ghost hand" out in space.

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@jknlsn @dimillian In his manifesto, Marc identifies “sustainability”, in quotes, as one of the enemies of techno-optimism. But while he might be referring to people who cloak degrowth ideas under a false banner of sustainability, actual sustainability is not an enemy of techno-optimism. Indeed, it’s a core part of it. Being able to sustain technological society into the indefinite future is, itself, a fundamental goal of innovation.

https://www.noahpinion.blog/p/thoughts-on-techno-optimism?r=krrqn&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web

Thoughts on techno-optimism

What it means to me, and why I support it.

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@MasonRemaley "Every dollar spent on the military is a blight on the country's honor." I used to feel that way. The problem is that China and Russia will not play along.
@Aaronvegh It is a longish manifesto. Some of it is wrong/rubbish. Some of it is "fuck, yeah!". It made me wish I could work in a cubicle again.