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SR Long
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Avid reader, statistically literate scientist and horrified public health enthusiast. Pro-education and politically aware. Over-educated, feisty feminist, occasional artist and cranky lace knitter. Gardener who fights with squirrels. AussieMom.
So... Rural dot gov has been removed. One wonders what, exactly, those J6 true believers think of this. I guess Musk's rampaging interns don't think they're very important now that they have voted.
February 4, 2025 at 4:54 PM
Good morning. Well, it's morning out here on the edge of N America, anyway.
February 4, 2025 at 2:47 PM
Via @outbreakupdates via X:
MN DOH health advisory suggests emergent care settings subtype all FluA pts within 24h of admission. Crickets from CDC, naturally.
January 25, 2025 at 1:22 AM
Look at that! CDC, not complying in advance, HAS updated the COVID surveillance database. #resist

data.cdc.gov/Laboratory-S...
January 24, 2025 at 1:04 AM
Well, that's... Not optimal.
November 21, 2024 at 1:36 AM
I'm tired of my free trial of Reality by David Lynch. I would like to cancel, plz.
November 19, 2024 at 7:07 PM
November 17, 2024 at 5:23 PM
Stand up comedy in hell:
How bad is RFK jr?
1/2
November 15, 2024 at 3:19 PM
November 15, 2024 at 12:14 AM
RFK jr: (scoffs) what? Like it's HARD? HA. HOLD MY BEER.
#Vaxdenialist #yallwatchthis
November 14, 2024 at 11:14 PM
Courtesy of the News Literacy Project.

[Image is of a poster about confirmation bias and motivated reasoning]
November 14, 2024 at 5:13 PM
Well, we know where we are, I guess. Good to be well-oriented.
November 14, 2024 at 5:10 AM
It has been nearly impossible to concentrate long enough to knit or to sew this week. I'm stubborn, though--that quilt binding IS gonna happen.
November 14, 2024 at 3:29 AM


In related news, a lot of folks are about to discover that Ayn Rand was monumentally wrong about many, many things. Probably wrong about trains, too.
November 13, 2024 at 7:02 PM
Carl Sagan TOTALLY called this one.
November 13, 2024 at 3:53 AM