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Your Local Epidemiologist@ylepidemiologist.bsky.social · last mo.

We’re spending an awful lot of time undoing lessons that previous generations already learned the hard way... and then putting them back because we re-learned the reason they were there in the first place.

Pentagon restores mandatory flu shots for all recruits as boot camp outbreak sickens nearly 300

The Pentagon says military boot camps are once again requiring flu vaccinations for all recruits. This change comes amid a flu outbreak at Lackland Air Force Base boot camp, which has sickened nearly ...

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P&D Close@pdclose.bsky.social · last mo.

How is it that we have all this #AI available, yet no one has been able to create a banking/credit card notification that makes one sound for debit and a different sound for credit?

P&D Close@pdclose.bsky.social · 3mo ago

Standing at my bathroom sink this morning, I glanced at the mirror and saw a large inky black #bird "sitting" on my shoulder, glaring at me. I whipped around to see a big black #crow out in my tree in the perfect spot to be reflected at shoulder level in my mirror. Good thing I'm not superstitious!

Andy VZ@andyvz.bsky.social · 4mo ago

Tip for Android users: changing your "Private DNS" setting to dns.adguard-dns.com will block a huge amount of ads in your browser AND in various apps at the DNS level. For example, this reduces the ads I see when using YouTube by about 95%. And it's free, no account required.

Screenshot of entry field for private dns
The Washington Post@washingtonpost.com · 5mo ago

Love is in the air at Edinburgh zoo. Pebbling marks the start of the breeding season for Gentoo penguins. Kids at Edinburgh Children's Hospital Charity painted pebbles for the penguins to choose from and present to their mates.

P&D Close@pdclose.bsky.social · 5mo ago

This chart really illustrated the difference in ICE enforcement that happened in Minnesota, and the same thing in other States. Minnesota was definitely hit way out-of-proportion really, really hard.

Jene@luckymud.myatproto.social · 5mo ago

Seeing this visualization has been really impactful for me. There were times when people tried to come at us sideways for claiming this is *different* and massive in a way that we hadn't seen other places. But it really really has been.

A graph using reports from people over papers showing Numbers of reported kidnappings and activity from Minnesota, California, Florida, Texas, and then a combination of all other states. The highest Spike is in mid-January showing that Minnesota was reporting 500 incidents a day while California was reporting right around 100. Along this whole graph, Minnesota is showing at least double reports compared to everyone else with the exception of a time in very early January when California was almost on Pace with what we were seeing here. There is a small heading up top that says: immigration enforcement in Minnesota dwarfed the rest of the nation.
Mel@melshardae.bsky.social · 6mo ago

Hey tabletop gamers, if you bought or were considering buying this bundle but got overwhelmed by the number of games to sort through, have I got the spreadsheet for you!! All 1,074 games tagged as "physical" sorted by play style, with language, engine, and genre notated to the best of my ability:

No ICE Minnesota Bundle: TTRPG Sorting

docs.google.com

itch.io@itch.io · 6mo ago

The No ICE in Minnesota bundle has launched, raising funds for the Immigrant Law Center of Minnesota. Over 1400 items for $10.00! itch.io/b/3484/no-ic...