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rainofclones.bsky.social @rainofclones.bsky.social · 3d

Low heat induction in model I have does seem to work by turning on/off/on/off etc - so can understand wanting low & constant heat (plus one may have to replace some non-magnetic cookware). No huge advance if you've electric hobs with timer but if on gas: a portable single induction hob allows trial.

rainofclones.bsky.social @rainofclones.bsky.social · 3d

One way of knowing one is "too online" is the cooking burning! More seriously: simple stuff in predictable quantities (e.g. rice, pasta, potatoes or a 1 pot recipe) can become set & forget - one can take a call or similar and worst that happens is pasta is left to stand too long.

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rainofclones.bsky.social @rainofclones.bsky.social · 3d

Induction hob with timer probably highest impact but rubber/silicone rather than bristle toilet brush is perhaps most unexpected. Stainless steel sink is appropriately boring but if one wants easy cleaning (as long as one keeps tin cans off it) stainless beats alternatives.

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rainofclones.bsky.social @rainofclones.bsky.social · 8d

(A Landmark take on conversations can be seen sensibly by folks as "Don't turn conversations into high school debate club - focused on showing the other is wrong" - or instead as "The most important thing in a conversation is how you manage my feelings (not your actions)" - giving rise to above).

rainofclones.bsky.social @rainofclones.bsky.social · 8d

Tracks for NYC (knew a banker type involved).
To paraphrase something "Moral relativists think all morality is relative - but absolute morality is absolutely wrong!". Landmark related version: "You should never make people wrong - but you're making me feel wrong and that's absolutely wrong of you!".

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rainofclones.bsky.social @rainofclones.bsky.social · 14d

At RFK Jr's level of analysis that's likely: correct comeback.
But expertise is also socially designated - allowing things like: experiencing racism or sexual harassment will make you more knowledgable on it but not more "expert" with a more ignorant, more "objective" person seen as more qualified.

rainofclones.bsky.social @rainofclones.bsky.social · 14d

So not faulting folks for thinking something else needs to be top priority (especially in the US) but never masking - unless it is about not being able to afford it - looks like: giving the virus the best odds always (beyond vax) & treating some folk as disposable; which is kinda of: why we're HERE!

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rainofclones.bsky.social @rainofclones.bsky.social · 14d

So while the CDC data referenced in 1st post (stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/174...) has COVID dropping off top 10 causes of death in 2024 that is happening in a context where testing seems down and COVID was not helpful re: other leading causes such as heart disease

CDC Stacks

The Stephen B. Thacker CDC Library offers a diverse and extensive library collection that includes material in all areas of public health and disease and injury prevention, as well as other subjects i...

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rainofclones.bsky.social @rainofclones.bsky.social · 14d

I.e. correct answer to how likely is a 1 to come up on a dice if you keep throwing it with abandon is "Almost certainly". So never masking is gives virus all chances beyond those vaccination may remove & there's strong indicators that reinfection is cumulatively bad www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...

Long COVID associated with SARS-CoV-2 reinfection among children and adolescents in the omicron era (RECOVER-EHR): a retrospective cohort study

Children and adolescents face a significantly higher risk of various PASC outcomes after reinfection with SARS-CoV-2. These findings add to previous evidence linking paediatric long COVID to multisyst...

www.thelancet.com

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rainofclones.bsky.social @rainofclones.bsky.social · 14d

Real issue is individual responses, like masking & isolation, having to stand in for better public health response (vax + clean indoor air, sick pay, & monitoring). But dice come to mind. Vax is best "1 step" load dice in favour of oneself & others. But "never mask" implies worst remaining load.

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Preorder Read This When Things Fall Apart @mskellymhayes.bsky.social · 18d

My publisher’s been very patient. I’m not doing everything I said I’d do to promote this book (out in a few weeks) because I’m an organizer in a city under federal attack. My days are full and emotionally exhausting. Any help getting the word out means a lot. It's a book people need right now.

Read This When Things Fall Apart by Kelly Hayes | Pilsen Community Books

A bundle of letters to activists and organizers on the frontlines in catastrophic times from Let This Radicalize You co-author Kelly Hayes In social movements, some heartbreaks are all but inevitable.

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rainofclones.bsky.social @rainofclones.bsky.social · 23d

www.thelancet.com/journals/lan... (in recent NY Times article)

Long COVID associated with SARS-CoV-2 reinfection among children and adolescents in the omicron era (RECOVER-EHR): a retrospective cohort study

Children and adolescents face a significantly higher risk of various PASC outcomes after reinfection with SARS-CoV-2. These findings add to previous evidence linking paediatric long COVID to multisyst...

www.thelancet.com

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Mr. Blues Guy @threeorangewhips.bsky.social · 23d

Explore this gift article from The New York Times. You can read it for free without a subscription. www.nytimes.com/2025/09/30/h...

Long Covid Risk for Children Doubles After a Second Infection, Study Finds

www.nytimes.com

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rainofclones.bsky.social @rainofclones.bsky.social · 24d

eprints.glos.ac.uk/4553/ is UK study involving male killers and female victims - of course not all stalkers become murderers - but stalking present in 94% of the 358 cases i.e. murderers are overwhelmingly stalkers first. 100% "clear red flags" which should have been acted on.

Exploring the Relationship between Stalking and Homicide - Research Repository

The University of Gloucestershire has a vibrant academic community where creative research and cutting-edge scholarship are conducted at a high level. Our learning-led environment enables research to ...

eprints.glos.ac.uk

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John Scalzi @scalzi.com · 25d

When I turned 30 I had not yet written my first published book or my first published novel and did not know (or know of) some of the most important people in my life. I didn't know how much my life could still change, and did, after the age of 30. There is so much your life still yet to live.

essencesimmone.blacksky.app @essencesimmone.blacksky.app · 27d

Those who are 35+, what advice do you have for people just entering their 30s?

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Tressie McMillan Cottom @tressiemcphd.bsky.social · 24d

I actually hollered

Marcus Hutchins @malwaretech.com · 25d

I just emailed your post calling me white to Equifax, hopefully they’ll increase my credit score

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rainofclones.bsky.social @rainofclones.bsky.social · 25d

Reading above without photo: thank you for the laugh on discovering "hair like a British legal system participant" was not a euphemism for "prison like buzzcut" but something else entirely. Glad the hair resumed service even if maybe it is not yet "normal service".

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rainofclones.bsky.social @rainofclones.bsky.social · 26d

5 minute mark in www.c-span.org/program/whit... for anyone looking.

White House Daily Briefing

White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt held a briefing with reporters on the third day of a government shutdown. She began by criticizing Democrats for refusing to vote for a "clean" continuing ...

www.c-span.org

rainofclones.bsky.social @rainofclones.bsky.social · 26d

5 minutes into www.c-span.org/program/whit... for those looking for exact source and context - but "war-ravaged Portland" kind of says it.

White House Daily Briefing

White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt held a briefing with reporters on the third day of a government shutdown. She began by criticizing Democrats for refusing to vote for a "clean" continuing ...

www.c-span.org

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The Onion @theonion.com · 29d

Stress-Free Eric Adams Spends Day Bribing Pigeons In Central Park

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Kate Violette @kateviolette.com · Sep 29

louder for the cheap seats in the back:

"Therapy is not a substitute for love and support"!!!

amen

Zahra Khan she/her @hellozeik.bsky.social · Sep 29

TW trauma, abuse, suicidal ideation
Trauma therapy is nice but what got me through the last couple of years of a bad situation RE trauma/abuse is the friends will let me call them at 3 AM to cry for an hour and talk me out of suicidal ideation

Therapy is not a substitute for love and support

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rainofclones.bsky.social @rainofclones.bsky.social · Sep 29

Also critical: unemployment is structurally higher than vacancies - and we want it that way (in terms of businesses being able to hire & not having to pick the worst people) see www.ons.gov.uk/employmentan... - so long term survival without benefits = rich or lucky seen as never laid off or injured.

VACS01: Vacancies and unemployment - Office for National Statistics

Vacancies and unemployment.

www.ons.gov.uk

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Arghavan Salles, MD, PhD @arghavansallesmd.medsky.social · Sep 27

I’m so excited to share this with you all!!!!! @alyssaburgart.com and I have been working on this for a long time. We noticed there was a shortage of podcasts…or, a shortage of podcasts with accurate information, anyway, especially featuring women’s voices. Welcome to The Present Illness!

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The Present Illness

Medicine Podcast · Society’s running a fever, and two sharp-witted physicians are on the case. Surgeon-scientist Arghavan Salles dives into social media’s wildest trends, while anesthesiologist-bioeth...

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Kathleen S. Pearce, Atty @attyksolnerpearce.bsky.social · Sep 26

9/26/25: "As investigators closed in, elite experts & professionals offered support & advice to Jeffrey Epstein.
A cache of more than 18,000 private emails obtained by Bloomberg News reveals details from his network.
Read our exclusive investigation: bloom.bg/4nVRyjT

Jeffrey Epstein Leaned on His Elite Network for Help as Investigators Closed In

A cache of 18,000 messages shows the elite support the disgraced financier got in his “hour of terror.”

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Chloe Lee MD, MPH @chloenazra.bsky.social · Sep 23

“It's not a safe time to be a woman," said one of my patients. "With someone like that in power, abusers can basically do whatever they want to us.”

My latest for medpagetoday.com

@lindseyboylan.bsky.social #medsky #epstein #trump
www.medpagetoday.com/opinion/seco...

Opinion | The Women Behind the 'Wonderful Secrets'

The government's role in the Epstein case has profound effects on women's mental health

www.medpagetoday.com

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