Anita
@anitastar.bsky.social
World traveler, tribal textile collector, design junkie, analyst, IT exec, #Medsky
1972: worked in NYC anti poverty program that sent folks to this type of training. NO ONE got a job afterwards. Same w/all other types of private trade schools. Nothing’s changed about the trades - maybe the same here? Sounds like that’s the problem.
December 2, 2025 at 4:28 AM
1972: worked in NYC anti poverty program that sent folks to this type of training. NO ONE got a job afterwards. Same w/all other types of private trade schools. Nothing’s changed about the trades - maybe the same here? Sounds like that’s the problem.
Only on my third test, via ultrasonification, was asbestos detected in my dust - it was so finely pulverized: moderate levels
I stayed out until underground fires were extinguished
Economics matter after disasters - people don’t
I stayed out until underground fires were extinguished
Economics matter after disasters - people don’t
December 1, 2025 at 2:58 PM
Only on my third test, via ultrasonification, was asbestos detected in my dust - it was so finely pulverized: moderate levels
I stayed out until underground fires were extinguished
Economics matter after disasters - people don’t
I stayed out until underground fires were extinguished
Economics matter after disasters - people don’t
Decades ago, as a graduate instructor, I pulled the test papers of 2 non-Christians at a public college, for cheating. They professed religious discrimination to the department chairman, who was the same non-Christian that they were – and I am.
Same sh*t, different day
Same sh*t, different day
December 1, 2025 at 1:01 AM
Decades ago, as a graduate instructor, I pulled the test papers of 2 non-Christians at a public college, for cheating. They professed religious discrimination to the department chairman, who was the same non-Christian that they were – and I am.
Same sh*t, different day
Same sh*t, different day
Unfortunately, it’s a labor market reality for this generation
2024 report: 52% of college grads underemployed w/in a year of graduation. Up to 45% still underemployed 10 later
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2024 report: 52% of college grads underemployed w/in a year of graduation. Up to 45% still underemployed 10 later
cdn.prod.website-files.com/6777c52f82e5...
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November 30, 2025 at 2:48 AM
Unfortunately, it’s a labor market reality for this generation
2024 report: 52% of college grads underemployed w/in a year of graduation. Up to 45% still underemployed 10 later
cdn.prod.website-files.com/6777c52f82e5...
2024 report: 52% of college grads underemployed w/in a year of graduation. Up to 45% still underemployed 10 later
cdn.prod.website-files.com/6777c52f82e5...
ALL of them need to do better!
(Someone else posted this)
(Someone else posted this)
November 30, 2025 at 2:29 AM
ALL of them need to do better!
(Someone else posted this)
(Someone else posted this)
As would physicists, when he calls for RCTs for masks
November 30, 2025 at 2:20 AM
As would physicists, when he calls for RCTs for masks
Our, ahem, “public health leadership” is filled with eugenists, so you’re colleagues are right on track.
November 28, 2025 at 9:43 PM
Our, ahem, “public health leadership” is filled with eugenists, so you’re colleagues are right on track.
Multiplex RATs are a problem for reasons explain below. New Metrix multiplex is expensive, but by the time you factor in serial testing, I don’t know how different the total cost will be.
November 28, 2025 at 9:34 PM
Multiplex RATs are a problem for reasons explain below. New Metrix multiplex is expensive, but by the time you factor in serial testing, I don’t know how different the total cost will be.
He has Russian roots…
November 28, 2025 at 2:11 PM
He has Russian roots…
November 26, 2025 at 10:24 PM
I’ve been to many MUCH more interesting places.
Austrians are old fashioned & stuffy + other unpleasant things. At least Belgians have great food. Both have wonderful architecture.
But fun 🥱
Austrians are old fashioned & stuffy + other unpleasant things. At least Belgians have great food. Both have wonderful architecture.
But fun 🥱
November 25, 2025 at 8:58 PM
I’ve been to many MUCH more interesting places.
Austrians are old fashioned & stuffy + other unpleasant things. At least Belgians have great food. Both have wonderful architecture.
But fun 🥱
Austrians are old fashioned & stuffy + other unpleasant things. At least Belgians have great food. Both have wonderful architecture.
But fun 🥱
No, but I went to grad school for a year in Newark Delaware – pronounced NewArk - so I can imagine
November 25, 2025 at 4:01 AM
No, but I went to grad school for a year in Newark Delaware – pronounced NewArk - so I can imagine
Have you ever been to Vienna?
It makes Brussels look lively.
It makes Brussels look lively.
November 25, 2025 at 3:58 AM
Have you ever been to Vienna?
It makes Brussels look lively.
It makes Brussels look lively.
Vienna was NEVER fun & sexy!
November 25, 2025 at 2:12 AM
Vienna was NEVER fun & sexy!
Open-label placebo is for when patients fail routine medications or have too many effects & are desperate for another approach without side effects
The mind-bending power of placebo
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
The mind-bending power of placebo
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
The mind-bending power of placebo - Nature Medicine
Studies with open-label placebos — sugar pills given without deception — suggest that the placebo effect is more psychologically complex than previously thought.
www.nature.com
November 23, 2025 at 4:29 AM
Open-label placebo is for when patients fail routine medications or have too many effects & are desperate for another approach without side effects
The mind-bending power of placebo
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
The mind-bending power of placebo
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
November 21, 2025 at 1:08 AM
That’s a problem with AI. Even if you tell it to grab the most recent information, you never know
November 21, 2025 at 12:52 AM
That’s a problem with AI. Even if you tell it to grab the most recent information, you never know
Thanks! Every instruction Gemini gave me for iOS failed. Since I don’t know how to do this - or that existed - instructions (which I haven’t tested)
November 21, 2025 at 12:30 AM
Thanks! Every instruction Gemini gave me for iOS failed. Since I don’t know how to do this - or that existed - instructions (which I haven’t tested)
Do you know about WISeR? It’s VERY concerning - as is the current CMS head, with a LT affiliation with Advantage
healthcareuncovered.substack.com/p/inside-cms...
healthcareuncovered.substack.com/p/inside-cms...
Inside CMS’s Troubling WISeR Vendor List and the Power It Hands to Private Contractors
CMS’s chosen WISeR vendors include firms tied to insurer-backed venture funds, former Big Insurance executives and private equity.
healthcareuncovered.substack.com
November 21, 2025 at 12:22 AM
Do you know about WISeR? It’s VERY concerning - as is the current CMS head, with a LT affiliation with Advantage
healthcareuncovered.substack.com/p/inside-cms...
healthcareuncovered.substack.com/p/inside-cms...
