Lauralee Dukeshire (she/her) @LauraleeDukeshire@social.cleverlibre.org

When we talk about science and its impact on policy and decision-making during the pandemic, it is quite common to suggest that difficulties are simply a function of scientific uncertainty. That is, if we had perfect information, we would make optimal decisions.

..."we care about kids", then these are easy decisions. That's why you have to manufacture uncertainty. You take no-brainer decisions, and open them up for debate.

I suck at #introductions because I forget what I love or sometimes don’t know how to articulate it properly. It’s just difficult to express how overwhelmed I am by how barbaric our world feels to me. I just don’t understand why people are so judgmental. Why so many have to suffer. Why we have gotten so disconnected from the environment. And yes. I understand it’s complicated. But it’s just so exhausting and I just want to be around others who understand this.

I could not tell you
the precise moment
when I realized
that I had become old
though I can say
with absolute certainty
that I was still young
when the plague began.

Great article.

"Musk thinks he bought a tech company, but he’s actually bought a community of users, and that's where its value lies..."

So says Prof Paul Bernal - Professor of Information Technology Law at the University of East Anglia School of Law.

https://eastangliabylines.co.uk/why-elon-musk-the-chief-twit-is-in-trouble/

"Attention is the rarest and purest form of generosity."
- Simone Weil

At least we get to see smiles, am I right, you complete effing ghouls?

From a colleague at McMaster who asks that I amplify on their behalf, @CBCQueensPark@twitter.com @KenyonWallace@twitter.com

This memo now received:

"Due to the overwhelming bed and staffing pressures on the PICU, ED and inpatient wards at MUMC, some urgent surgical activity is being diverted..."

Initial impression of Mastodon…

San Diego is ok.

Intrepid investigator of Canadian MD deaths can't read a simple byline.

Until it's widely accepted that #COVIDIsAirborne AND we have widely implemented the triad of engineering indoor controls of #ventilation, #filtration, and #UVGI this won't end.
The analogy is municipal water treatment and sewage treatment to stop cholera.

If you see this toot (yeah this one right here), can you boost it for me? It will help my new server federate with the wider Mastodon network. 🚀 🙏

Why the long face, Camponotus mirabilis?

(A bamboo specialist ant from Amazonian Peru)

#ants #insects