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Sekrayray

@ Sekrayray @lemmy.world

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  • What did we learn from Covid? (Jen Sorensen)

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  • I was assaulted by a family member for not giving “IV Ivermectin” to someone with COVID who I had just crash intubated (honestly thought they were going to code, but somehow didn’t) back during the Delta wave.

    My view of humanity has gotten pretty pessimistic since COVID. If I had the guts I’d honestly love to go create an insulated community of people who actually think about stuff and want to help each other.

  • SpaceX is reportedly building a $1.8 billion network of spy satellites for US intelligence

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  • Having mega corporations design space networks for you sounds like a great idea until they decide to lock you out and hold your government hostage. Or sell intel… Or sell access to other actors….

    Just admit it—the corporations run the world at this point.

  • Lemmy Active Users looking good

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  • Yep. Been saying for a while that it feels like old Reddit.

    I wonder if it’s a nerd-level thing. Reddit devolved as it turned into another social media outlet instead of a niche internet techie place.

  • Leaky Blood Vessels: Underlying Cause of Long COVID “Brain Fog” Discovered

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  • Bringing in a medical perspective since there is a lot of subtle misunderstanding in the comments section:

    The source study is not referring to “brain bleeding” or “mini strokes” as a cause of long COVID—the results point more towards a breakdown of the integrity of the blood brain barrier and maybe micro vascular ischemia.

    You can essentially think of your central nervous system (brain and spinal cord) as being surrounded by a very selective security system called the Blood Brain Barrier (BBB). The BBB exists to prevent certain chemicals and cell signaling molecules from entering the central nervous system and messing things up. Neurons and many of the cells that support neurons do not regenerate and tolerate stress as well as other parts of the body, which is why the BBB is so important. Through the various assays the primary authors used it seems like in the setting of long COVID there is a breakdown of the BBB—it starts letting things in and out that it shouldn’t be. This leads to inflammation and damage in the brain which likely results in immediate decreased processing ability and also long-term damage (which further leads to decreased processing ability). One of the components which “leaks” in this setting of BBB breakdown are components of the coagulation cascade (the things that make blood clot) which may potentiate small areas of clotting and decreased blood flow (a thing we called micro vascular ischemia—like an ischemic stroke but in very small capillaries). This entire mechanism is similar to (but very different in nuance) “leaky gut syndrome,” where the gut endothelium starts to break down and cause inflammation. I put that out there since leaky gut is gaining more popular understanding these days and may be more familiar for some folks.

    As of now there is no available treatment that restores the endothelial integrity of the BBB. Off of the top of my head this study may suggest that more treatments to modulate the inflammsome (roughly—the amount of inflammation in your body) could be beneficial—which sort of tracks since there is some scattered evidence that high dose Omega-3’s help long COVID.

  • NSFW

    TIL: There are several mass shooting lists for countries other than the US, on Wikipedia

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  • The frequency and death toll of those in other countries isn’t even comparable. The US had more mass shootings last year than any other leading nation did in the entire 21st century so far. Probably more than all of them combined. It’s honestly not even worth trying to compare.

    Other countries aren’t perfect, but mass shootings are astoundingly more common/worse in America. To deny that is simply ignoring the facts.

  • Man dies mid-flight after breaking out in 'cold sweats' and losing 'liters of blood,' scaring his fellow passengers

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  • You know it’s a been a bad day when you arrive to your shift and the Blakemore box is out…

  • Hattie B's Nashville Hot Chicken

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  • Don’t go to Hattie B’s for the OG. Hattie B’s is honestly a sort of white washed version of the Nashville originals that were around for 40+ years. Would recommend Bolton’s next time. Prince’s is pretty good, but not the same after the original storefront burned down right around COVID

  • Anyone else notice the fediverse is quite close knit?

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  • It’s like back in the day of Internet forums. I don’t mind it at all.

  • ‘Don’t Mess With Us’: WebMD Parent Company Demands Return to Office in Bizarre Video

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  • Yeah, so the decision is actually counter to the evidence.

  • Cloudflare Employee records her final meeting where HR tries to fire her

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  • She’s not trying to do that—the corporate asshats are trying to blame this as a performance related firing as opposed to a layoff (which it was) which means she’s not entitled to the same severance and unemployment benefits. If she can get them to slip and admit that she has a legal case.

  • ‘Don’t Mess With Us’: WebMD Parent Company Demands Return to Office in Bizarre Video

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  • I’m so sick and god damned tired of corporations and governments making sweeping decisions with no evidence base to back them up. I work in a field where there is no option for remote work, but I think it’s pretty clear at this point that most non-service industries can be just as effective via remote options. All of this is just about control and it’s so stupid.

  • Canapés

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  • Thinly sliced homemade sourdough baguette—toasted to make the crustinis. Very lighted brushed with some truffle oil at the end (and a sprinkle of MSG)

    Crème fraîche

    Prosciutto

    Imperial ossetra caviar

    Chives

    Since Lemmy editing doesn’t seem to be working :-)

  • Canapés

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  • Just updated the cover post with ingredients!

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  • AI-Generated George Carlin Drops Comedy Special That Daughter Speaks Out Against: ‘No Machine Will Ever Replace His Genius’

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  • Agree. It was fun to hear. The bit around 37 mins about what it’s like being dead was fun