Sorry I missed your call, I was busy blocking and reporting a new crop of Russian or alt right sock puppets on mastodon.social
28.10.2024 13:11Sorry I missed your call, I was busy blocking and reporting a new crop of Russian or alt right sock puppets on mastodon.socialIt's now _officially_ too late for the Russians to change my mind about who to vote for
22.10.2024 18:34It's now _officially_ too late for the Russians to change my mind about who to vote forPlanning to turn in my ballot today at the elections office. Wish it luck 😬
22.10.2024 13:34Planning to turn in my ballot today at the elections office. Wish it luck 😬I feel like a lot of the takes on the Marie Kondo phenomenon are from people who haven’t actually read the books, and don’t need them. Your place is cluttered but you love it just the way it is? Great! No one is suggesting you change it. The books are for those of us who feel like we’re drowning in useless shit and don’t know where to begin.
19.10.2024 14:26I feel like a lot of the takes on the Marie Kondo phenomenon are from people who haven’t actually read the books, and don’t need them....If I hadn't found an online community for #Sjogrens information, I would be completely lost. I don't think even my rheumatologist knows jack about this disease. So if there's a moral here - if you have some kind of chronic illness, go find an online community. I've had good success with https://www.smartpatients.com
9.10.2024 19:56If I hadn't found an online community for #Sjogrens information, I would be completely lost. I don't think even my rheumatologist...I showed the doctor the journal articles again and suggested it was low, so she said to get an OTC iron supplement and come get tested again in 3 months. It seems to be helping a little already?
9.10.2024 19:51I showed the doctor the journal articles again and suggested it was low, so she said to get an OTC iron supplement and come get tested again...I have #Sjogrens disease and significant issues with fatigue and brain fog. Neither my rheumatologist nor my PCP suggested iron deficiency. I asked to test my ferritin, which at 20 μg/L still looked "normal" to my doctor, but is probably very low for someone with a chronic inflammatory condition -- according to the paper I linked above and some others, in that case it should be 100 μg/L 😬
9.10.2024 19:49I have #Sjogrens disease and significant issues with fatigue and brain fog. Neither my rheumatologist nor my PCP suggested iron deficiency....PSA: You can have health problems from low iron even if your red blood cell count looks ok, and especially if you have certain kinds of #chronicIllness. Your doctor probably does not know about this. Article: "Iron deficiency without anemia: a diagnosis that matters" from _Clinical Medicine_ London https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/33762368/ (click one of the "full text" links at the right to read the full text)
9.10.2024 19:24PSA: You can have health problems from low iron even if your red blood cell count looks ok, and especially if you have certain kinds of...Great summary from Bexi Lobo about what #sjogrens is, what it's like to try to get treatment for it, and how to get a grant if you're involved in #medicalResearch. https://bexiphd.com/blogs/news/why-we-all-need-to-support-research-on-sjogren-s-how-to-do-so
3.10.2024 13:23Great summary from Bexi Lobo about what #sjogrens is, what it's like to try to get treatment for it, and how to get a grant if...I caught a "Longjaw Snapper" in #NoMansSky yesterday, a #WorldOfWarcraft fishing reference. I wish I'd gotten a screenshot, but it wandered around in my brain for a while before connecting to something 😅
9.9.2024 11:54I caught a "Longjaw Snapper" in #NoMansSky yesterday, a #WorldOfWarcraft fishing reference. I wish I'd gotten a screenshot,...Explaining to the crazier of our two kittens that the last thing she needs is to drink my caffeinated beverage
This… this is what people should do if they have fame and money. #olympics https://www.theguardian.com/sport/article/2024/jul/26/how-girl-dad-flavor-flav-became-hype-man-for-the-us-womens-water-polo-team?CMP=Share_iOSApp_Other
27.7.2024 12:01This… this is what people should do if they have fame and money. #olympics...https://follow.ethanmarcotte.com/@beep/112848460282313889
25.7.2024 21:54https://follow.ethanmarcotte.com/@beep/112848460282313889The YT algorithm showed me this and... I admit it's pretty funny https://youtu.be/NGgpSWcaV1U?si=tgC_l2rNxtPkw_KA
24.6.2024 14:34The YT algorithm showed me this and... I admit it's pretty funny https://youtu.be/NGgpSWcaV1U?si=tgC_l2rNxtPkw_KAThings I am eager to do at every opportunity:
✅ Pet a dog
❌ Argue with a chatbot
NO, I do not want to roll the dice with your chatbot, I want your site to have some sort of organization so that I can find the page I'm looking for through a menu.
20.6.2024 12:29NO, I do not want to roll the dice with your chatbot, I want your site to have some sort of organization so that I can find the page I'm...Re: previous boost, read the replies 😂
20.6.2024 11:39Re: previous boost, read the replies 😂6/ Americans are generally required to take at least three years of a second language in high school, but when it comes up in conversation, nearly everyone has a dumb story like this. Anyway, nowadays I read (or try to) a lot of German-language posts on Mastodon, and I’m on #Duolingo. I might try out #Pimsleur instead if I can find the time.
19.4.2024 18:036/ Americans are generally required to take at least three years of a second language in high school, but when it comes up in conversation,...5/ Another semester we had a German exchange student in our class a lot of the time. But, he was Bavarian, and - you know how the teacher didn’t speak German in class herself? - we started learning it from him instead. Oh, how she _hated_ our accents by the end of the year. Didn’t change her “teaching” style, though.
19.4.2024 18:035/ Another semester we had a German exchange student in our class a lot of the time. But, he was Bavarian, and - you know how the teacher...4/ After that year, the school district found a new teacher, who did know college German, but spent most of every class talking about herself in English. Occasionally she would loudly complain that we weren’t speaking German in her class like we were supposed to, but that was fairly difficult since she didn’t and she was the one running the class. One semester, we had a student teacher who did all of the work when she was there, and was quite good.
19.4.2024 18:024/ After that year, the school district found a new teacher, who did know college German, but spent most of every class talking about...