AmberWavesoFlame @AmberWavesofFlame@qoto.org

When Trump’s #Sharpie of Convenience becomes state policy:

https://www.threads.net/@mediamattersforamerica/post/Cw8rbgTslrO

A good collection of references:

https://www.mediaite.com/opinion/the-obnoxious-absurdity-of-elons-threat-to-sue-the-anti-defamation-league-for-defamation/

#ADL #defamation #AntiSlapp #fail

A nature-inspired development to combat #anti-biotic resistant microbes:

https://newatlas.com/medical/titanium-spikes-effective-drug-free-kill-antibiotic-resistant-superbugs?utm_source=fark&utm_medium=website&utm_content=link&ICID=ref_fark

Via @billkristol :

The Navy Secretary should announce a competition for best poems written by military personnel aboard aircraft carriers. And present the Tuberville Trophy to the winner at the Army-Navy game.

#Tuberville

I apologize that I have not posted on here in awhile. I have been frustrated with the mobile apps, both the regular one and IceCubes, because, among other things, they are so slow and cumbersome that search doesn't really work.

I still don't know if that is specific to being on a small server like #Qoto, though. There doesn't seem to be anywhere to get that information.

It was a minor shock to me when Threads came out how heavily the userbase chanted for a good desktop interface. My usage patterns are the exact opposite-- sitting down at a PC is a brief weekend luxury competing for other usages of time, but my phone is always with me through every wait and break. Threads prioritizing a frictionless phone app was a huge deal for me.

And of course, with their momentum there came the familiar surges of hope that this would finally be the shift in network effects we need to replace Xitter for good.

But as I renewed my self-appointed role of nagging my favorite Xitter accounts to cross-post, I realized I've been a hypocrite. If it's so easy to cross-post for the benefit of non-Nazi sites, shouldn't I practice the same in cross-posting some of my posts from Threads back to Masotodon? So I'm going to backfill some selected posts and see how that goes.

#cats #memes #pride

#memes #silly #bagels

#DeSantis #fail

Still in disbelief over that ridiculous BBC article. "Doctors will make diagnoses based on what you tell them!" Yes, that's how it works. Unfortunately, not everything can be directly ID'ed from a microscope slide like microbes. So doctors put together a picture based on your symptoms, and when the symptoms are things you experience, whether those be physical sensations like pain and nausea or mental ones, you are a key part of providing that information. Different inputs will lead to different conclusions.

But does that mean the provider makes no difference? Of course not-- you only hear what you're receptive to hearing. I've been going to mental health professionals since I was a kid, and one in particular stands out even though I only saw her twice, a few years ago. She talked down to me from the beginning, openly discarded much of what I said, with dismissive comments like "kids don't notice things like that!" and basically treated me like I was completely wasting her time. It didn't occur to me until much later, running over and over what went so wrong and what I could have said, that she was basically assuming I was a drug-seeker. A lot of people, even professionals, don't really believe in adult #ADHD diagnoses from people who are holding down a job and staying out of jail and other conspicuous crisis outcomes.

So, especially in an institution as overloaded as the #NHS with its multi-year waitlists, is it so hard to believe the bias ran the other direction, and it is the NHS assessor that missed something the other clinics unanimously saw? Maybe the scandal isn't what the BBC thinks it is. Maybe it's that Britains are waiting years for help from jaded and burnt-out officials that are often going to overlook their symptoms anyway.

Does anyone else have trouble with the combination of purse straps and buttoned blouses? The shoulder strap pulling at my buttons as I take my purse on and off throughout the day is starting to create mishaps that, um, ruin the point of #professional dress in the first place.

#justtryingtogogetlunch