Paul Sutton @zleap@qoto.org

I see a lot of virologists and other researchers very skeptical of some of the long COVID prevalence numbers.

But if someone can now handle 10-20% less brain work than they used to, that's a huge impact even if it's not being fully disabled. And it can be very tricky to capture with standard cognitive testing unless that person for some reason completed such testing pre-covid.

BREAKING: VP Harris reveals her new package of economic proposals aimed to help ALL Americans save money 💵💵💵‼️

Key features:
1. Healthcare:
⭐️Proposes to forgive medical debt for millions of Amer. by using fed funds to buy the debt.
⭐️cap insulin prices at $35 & out-of-pocket prescription drug expenses at $2K for ALL Americans.
⭐️Attempt to lower health insurance costs thru the ACA
⭐️Plans to "crack down on pharmaceutical companies who block competition and abusive practices

We just released Mastodon 4.2.11 and 4.1.19, fixing various small issues.

Release notes and upgrade instructions are available on our GitHub release page: https://github.com/mastodon/mastodon/releases

#mastoadmin

A slice of Raspberry Pi: how to build a retro games machine;

With a £34 mini computer & an emulator, gaming’s entire back catalog opens up... But there are important points to consider – not least questions of legality

https://www.theguardian.com/games/article/2024/aug/16/raspberry-pi-build-your-own-retro-games-machine-emulator

#retrogaming #RaspberryPi #RPi #OpenSource

Get used to seeing these headlines all the time.

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/article/2024/aug/15/july-world-record-heat

Fun science fact I learned this morning. Every frog species can be traced back to a common ancestor in what is now Poland. Isn't that amazing? It means every frog is a tad Pole.

Advertiser boycott sees X revenue collapse

Oh dear....

https://www.thelondoneconomic.com/news/media/advertiser-boycott-sees-x-revenue-collapse-381265/

AI-powered ‘undressing’ websites are getting sued https://www.theverge.com/2024/8/16/24221651/ai-deepfake-nude-undressing-websites-lawsuit-sanfrancisco

Considering the popularity of American football, shouldn’t the phrase have been ”Go the whole ten yards”?

#Gaza #Palestine
#IsraelWarCrimes

In a passionate speech at a UNSC session on August 13, Palestine’s Ambassador to the UN Riyad H. Mansour pleads with world leaders to put their loved ones in place of Palestinians killed in Gaza to understand the extent of Israeli brutality.

"What if the prisoner raped was your son? What if the children starving to death were your own? What if that woman killed was your daughter or your wife [..] killed in cold blood," Mansour Mansour asked.

✡️ 🇵🇸 ☮️

Rockchip Driver Will Be Able To Drive 4K @ 60Hz HDMI Displays With Linux 6.12

Sent out today was the latest round of DRM-Misc-Next patches to DRM-Next ahead of the Linux 6.12 merge window opening up in mid-September. For those using ARM single board computers with a Rockchip SoC and have been struggling for 4K support over HDMI, the Rockchip updates in Linux 6.12 should excite you...
https://www.phoronix.com/news/Rockchip-Linux-6.12-4K-60Hz

Up on the moor for sunrise. A morning of rapidly shifting cloud and sunlight, heather in flower, a heavy, sparkling dew and midges at a nuisance level I rarely encounter outside Scotland.

"A previous mpox public health emergency, declared in 2022, was caused by the relatively mild Clade 2. However, this time it is the far more deadly Clade 1 - which has killed up to 10% of those getting sick in previous outbreaks - that is surging."

"WHO chief Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said the potential for further spread within Africa and beyond "is very worrying".

"A co-ordinated international response is essential to stop this outbreak and save lives," he said."
https://buff.ly/3yHDt5r

We need good PSAs

Thank you to Yale for publishing a wonderful handout with great graphics for the general public. This is one about asymptomatic infections that should be posted everywhere. https://pdflink.to/yale-covid-19-immune-system-impacts/. Please share with friends, family, work, school, church and social circles. #CovidIsNotOver #MaskUp #Covid #Covid19

USA: People who lived through wildfires, floods and hurricanes want the federal government to file criminal charges against fossil fuel companies. E&E News by POLITICO

Amnesty international condemns “unthinkable” US approval of $20bn in new weapons to Israel.

War crimes and human rights violations by Israeli forces against Palestinians across the Occupied Palestinian Territories are ongoing. Palestinians in the occupied Gaza Strip remain at risk of genocide and are suffering from an engineered famine amid ongoing intense Israeli military attacks. Nowhere is safe for civilians in the Gaza Strip.

https://www.thecanary.co/global/world-analysis/2024/08/15/israel-amnesty/

#IsraeliWarCrimes #GazaGenocide

normalise paying for free software.

developers do not create free software if they can not afford rent or food. consider paying for the free software you value.

free of charge (gratis) is an emergent property of #FOSS / #FLOSS , not a core principle such as freedom (libre).

the #GNU project and #GPL license support developers who ask a fee for free software. (https://www.gnu.org/philosophy/selling.html).

New genetic analysis of Lyme disease-causing bacteria could improve diagnosis and treatment https://phys.org/news/2024-08-genetic-analysis-lyme-disease-bacteria.html #science