Brian Vastag
@brianvastag.sciencemastodon.com.ap.brid.gy
Occasional science reporter at The Washington Post and elsewhere. Disabled by complex chronic post-viral illness. Living on #Kauai #Hawaii. Sometimes […]
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🌉 bridged from https://sciencemastodon.com/@brianvastag on the fediverse by https://fed.brid.gy/
Wondering if someone can help me move accounts. Instructions say to create an alias on your new server. When doing this, the form says, **"**Specify the username@domain of the account you want to move from." So I did that, specifying "brianvastag@sciencemastodon.com" as the account I want to […]
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sciencemastodon.com
June 29, 2025 at 12:59 AM
Wondering if someone can help me move accounts. Instructions say to create an alias on your new server. When doing this, the form says, **"**Specify the username@domain of the account you want to move from." So I did that, specifying "brianvastag@sciencemastodon.com" as the account I want to […]
Trying to log into mastodon.social on chrome: Error page ("Something has gone wrong on our end.") But I can log in with other browsers.
I have no idea why but it is thwarting my plan to transfer my account there.
#fediverse
I have no idea why but it is thwarting my plan to transfer my account there.
#fediverse
June 29, 2025 at 12:37 AM
Trying to log into mastodon.social on chrome: Error page ("Something has gone wrong on our end.") But I can log in with other browsers.
I have no idea why but it is thwarting my plan to transfer my account there.
#fediverse
I have no idea why but it is thwarting my plan to transfer my account there.
#fediverse
I have a mastodon.social account from like 2018 I never used and I was going to migrate this account (server is shuttering) to that one but when I logged onto mastodon.social I got this so I guess I won't.
June 28, 2025 at 2:02 AM
I have a mastodon.social account from like 2018 I never used and I was going to migrate this account (server is shuttering) to that one but when I logged onto mastodon.social I got this so I guess I won't.
This is absolutely wild. Rick Perry (THAT Rick Perry) is now championing studies of ibogaine for treatment of addiction.
Ibogaine is a weird drug derived from a West African shrub. I spent quite a bit of time developing a book about it; it's being used in an unregulated fashion in Mexico, Costa […]
Ibogaine is a weird drug derived from a West African shrub. I spent quite a bit of time developing a book about it; it's being used in an unregulated fashion in Mexico, Costa […]
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sciencemastodon.com
June 28, 2025 at 1:19 AM
This is absolutely wild. Rick Perry (THAT Rick Perry) is now championing studies of ibogaine for treatment of addiction.
Ibogaine is a weird drug derived from a West African shrub. I spent quite a bit of time developing a book about it; it's being used in an unregulated fashion in Mexico, Costa […]
Ibogaine is a weird drug derived from a West African shrub. I spent quite a bit of time developing a book about it; it's being used in an unregulated fashion in Mexico, Costa […]
Rights in the US are supposed to be like the laws of physics - they apply everywhere all the time. Not anymore, thanks to SCOTUS. Someone born to non citizens, in say, Arkansas, may not be a US citizen but if they're born in California they are a citizen. That's the kind of thing this ruling […]
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sciencemastodon.com
June 27, 2025 at 9:41 PM
Rights in the US are supposed to be like the laws of physics - they apply everywhere all the time. Not anymore, thanks to SCOTUS. Someone born to non citizens, in say, Arkansas, may not be a US citizen but if they're born in California they are a citizen. That's the kind of thing this ruling […]
A day with a dip in the ocean is better than one without. Also, this rock says hello.
June 26, 2025 at 11:44 PM
A day with a dip in the ocean is better than one without. Also, this rock says hello.
Every time I open my Scrabble app it asks me if I want to start a game with Beth, who died in Dec. 2023. I'd thought with the amount of work her brother and I have done to remove her profiles, accounts, etc, this would stop happening some day but I guess the digital afterlife is forever.
Also […]
Also […]
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sciencemastodon.com
June 26, 2025 at 10:51 PM
Every time I open my Scrabble app it asks me if I want to start a game with Beth, who died in Dec. 2023. I'd thought with the amount of work her brother and I have done to remove her profiles, accounts, etc, this would stop happening some day but I guess the digital afterlife is forever.
Also […]
Also […]
I see people getting pre-angry at Democrats for what they won't do when they are back in power.
Sure, let's have some fantasy anxieties because there aren't enough real ones.
@USpol
Sure, let's have some fantasy anxieties because there aren't enough real ones.
@USpol
June 26, 2025 at 9:20 PM
I see people getting pre-angry at Democrats for what they won't do when they are back in power.
Sure, let's have some fantasy anxieties because there aren't enough real ones.
@USpol
Sure, let's have some fantasy anxieties because there aren't enough real ones.
@USpol
June 25, 2025 at 4:06 AM
In NBA circles, there's talk of a player having long covid. He recently missed time with an unspecified illness and was just traded from Boston to Atlanta. I sure hope he doesn't, but if he does, willful societal blindness to the often permanent (or very long term) nature of long covid could […]
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June 25, 2025 at 12:36 AM
In NBA circles, there's talk of a player having long covid. He recently missed time with an unspecified illness and was just traded from Boston to Atlanta. I sure hope he doesn't, but if he does, willful societal blindness to the often permanent (or very long term) nature of long covid could […]
Evergreen #hawaii tourism discourse:
- We must diversify away from tourism!
- But no astronomy.
- And only traditional agriculture.
- Oh god there are fewer tourists nooooooooooo.
https://www.sfgate.com/hawaii/article/hawaii-travel-visitors-summer-decline-20383620.php
- We must diversify away from tourism!
- But no astronomy.
- And only traditional agriculture.
- Oh god there are fewer tourists nooooooooooo.
https://www.sfgate.com/hawaii/article/hawaii-travel-visitors-summer-decline-20383620.php
Hawaii tourism is 'significantly down,' and experts are worried
Hawaii is seeing a decline in summer travelers during peak season.
www.sfgate.com
June 24, 2025 at 11:40 PM
Evergreen #hawaii tourism discourse:
- We must diversify away from tourism!
- But no astronomy.
- And only traditional agriculture.
- Oh god there are fewer tourists nooooooooooo.
https://www.sfgate.com/hawaii/article/hawaii-travel-visitors-summer-decline-20383620.php
- We must diversify away from tourism!
- But no astronomy.
- And only traditional agriculture.
- Oh god there are fewer tourists nooooooooooo.
https://www.sfgate.com/hawaii/article/hawaii-travel-visitors-summer-decline-20383620.php
Filed an insurance claim with USPS which means...nothing. I will get nothing.
(If they actually honor the claim I will eat this post.)
(If they actually honor the claim I will eat this post.)
June 24, 2025 at 8:59 PM
Filed an insurance claim with USPS which means...nothing. I will get nothing.
(If they actually honor the claim I will eat this post.)
(If they actually honor the claim I will eat this post.)
Reposted by Brian Vastag
If I disappear it's because my instance closed and I didn't bother making a new account. Probably not dead.
June 23, 2025 at 5:34 AM
If I disappear it's because my instance closed and I didn't bother making a new account. Probably not dead.
Some gluten-free bread is getting so good that I am very suspicious.
OTOH if I inadvertently eat wheat I start to itch everywhere in 30 seconds so I will continue to rely on the bioassay.
OTOH if I inadvertently eat wheat I start to itch everywhere in 30 seconds so I will continue to rely on the bioassay.
June 24, 2025 at 7:20 PM
Some gluten-free bread is getting so good that I am very suspicious.
OTOH if I inadvertently eat wheat I start to itch everywhere in 30 seconds so I will continue to rely on the bioassay.
OTOH if I inadvertently eat wheat I start to itch everywhere in 30 seconds so I will continue to rely on the bioassay.
Is it because they're dumb? Or is that just my neighbor's dog?
https://theconversation.com/when-dogs-bark-are-they-using-words-to-communicate-153345
https://theconversation.com/when-dogs-bark-are-they-using-words-to-communicate-153345
When dogs bark, are they using words to communicate?
Dogs’ barks say a lot about how they’re feeling.
theconversation.com
June 24, 2025 at 4:05 AM
Is it because they're dumb? Or is that just my neighbor's dog?
https://theconversation.com/when-dogs-bark-are-they-using-words-to-communicate-153345
https://theconversation.com/when-dogs-bark-are-they-using-words-to-communicate-153345
You know what I'd like to see journalists do? When the admin ignores their Qs and sends propaganda-laden statements, WRITE THAT. Say, "The CDC did not answer our questions but instead sent us an anonymous statement that contained falsehoods, so the Post is not printing it."
But they won't […]
But they won't […]
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June 24, 2025 at 3:33 AM
You know what I'd like to see journalists do? When the admin ignores their Qs and sends propaganda-laden statements, WRITE THAT. Say, "The CDC did not answer our questions but instead sent us an anonymous statement that contained falsehoods, so the Post is not printing it."
But they won't […]
But they won't […]
Got a press release from #meaction today saying the only #LongCovid clinic in North Carolina, at UNC, is closing. The clinic has seen 3500 people, 70% women, and 43% had stopped working.
Dire.
Dire.
June 24, 2025 at 2:44 AM
Got a press release from #meaction today saying the only #LongCovid clinic in North Carolina, at UNC, is closing. The clinic has seen 3500 people, 70% women, and 43% had stopped working.
Dire.
Dire.
Box report: Still boxin'.
June 23, 2025 at 7:49 PM
Box report: Still boxin'.
Reposted by Brian Vastag
"The latest cancellations – including battery, electric vehicle and solar panel factories in West Virginia, New York, Alabama, Arizona and Washington – mean $15.5 billion in new factories and electricity projects have been cancelled since January 1."
$15.5B, 12,000 new jobs -- wiped out. For what?
$15.5B, 12,000 new jobs -- wiped out. For what?
Businesses Cancel $1.4 Billion In New Factories, Energy Projects in May as Congress Pushes Forward on Tax Increases | E2
Cancellations now total $15.5 billion since January; nearly 12,000 jobs lost GOP districts see $9 billion in investments; 10,000 jobs disappear due to cancelled or delayed projects so far $444 million...
e2.org
June 23, 2025 at 5:42 PM
"The latest cancellations – including battery, electric vehicle and solar panel factories in West Virginia, New York, Alabama, Arizona and Washington – mean $15.5 billion in new factories and electricity projects have been cancelled since January 1."
$15.5B, 12,000 new jobs -- wiped out. For what?
$15.5B, 12,000 new jobs -- wiped out. For what?
Reposted by Brian Vastag
Cancer experts told @BBCNews's "Panorama" that anti-medicine conspiracy theories are becoming more mainstream in their field, and this could be endangering lives. The show focuses on 23-year-old Paloma Shemirani, who was diagnosed with non-Hodgkin lymphoma, a type of cancer, and told she had a […]
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flipboard.social
June 23, 2025 at 6:46 PM
Cancer experts told @BBCNews's "Panorama" that anti-medicine conspiracy theories are becoming more mainstream in their field, and this could be endangering lives. The show focuses on 23-year-old Paloma Shemirani, who was diagnosed with non-Hodgkin lymphoma, a type of cancer, and told she had a […]
If I disappear it's because my instance closed and I didn't bother making a new account. Probably not dead.
June 23, 2025 at 5:34 AM
If I disappear it's because my instance closed and I didn't bother making a new account. Probably not dead.
Is it wrong that I call Timm from Andor "Timmmeeeeee"?
June 23, 2025 at 4:59 AM
Is it wrong that I call Timm from Andor "Timmmeeeeee"?
Boring ass Hawaii weather.
June 23, 2025 at 12:03 AM
Boring ass Hawaii weather.
