Feeling validated for last summer when, amid much more urgent and necessary house fixer-upper tasks, I painted the porch ceiling blue instead (it's a southern thing!).
A lovely ode to front porches, from Kerala Taylor:
https://medium.com/human-parts/an-ode-to-my-front-porch-3996297af427
Birds, Birbs and Borbs
I have just become heavily informed about a totally useless but otherwise awesome information.
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When Is a Bird a ‘Birb’? An Extremely Important Guide
https://www.audubon.org/news/when-bird-birb-extremely-important-guide
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What’s the Difference Between a ‘Borb’ and a ‘Floof’?
https://www.audubon.org/news/whats-difference-between-borb-and-floof
I hate “The Rainbow Fish,” but I love Topher Payne’s delightful alternate ending:
https://www.topherpayne.com/rainbow-fish
Here's a #physiology teaching case that *everyone* who touches a ventilator needs to understand:
A 60 yo woman is intubated for hypoxemia from pneumonia. She has a SpO2 of 88% on PEEP +12 and 100% FiO2. PEEP is increased to +16 & her SpO2 drops to 80%.
What happened?
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