Chetzemoka

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[–] Chetzemoka@startrek.website 25 points 2 years ago

I'd miss you guys. I've jumped in on conversations on your instance a couple of times and it always seems like a nice place

[–] Chetzemoka@startrek.website 16 points 2 years ago

There are many many other classes of medications for depression. SNRIs, tricyclics, mood stabilizers, bupropion is a completely different mechanism of action, even drugs that were originally developed to be antipsychotics are used off label.

I agree with others who have suggested that you should see an actual psychiatrist. Other prescribers just don't have the same training and experience as a psychiatrist with a medical doctor license. There are lots of medications available.

[–] Chetzemoka@startrek.website 0 points 2 years ago (3 children)

The character's name is Boromir.

What do you think would be the mechanism of death when he gets hit by an arrow? Even bullets rarely kill instantly. Bullets stop people because they hurt and people go into shock. A properly trained soldier absolutely is capable of continuing to fight through this. Short of a head shot, the most likely mechanism of death is blood loss, which takes a little time. When. Boromir dies, he is ashen pale the way a person with catastrophic blood loss would be. I think that death scene is more realistic than you realize.

[–] Chetzemoka@startrek.website 74 points 2 years ago (5 children)

This headline is some absolute bullshit.

California already had health insurance for undocumented immigrants, as does Massachusetts. It's just limited to emergency care and pregnancy care.

California is expanding their existing coverage to comprehensive health care including primary care, which is cheaper than letting medical conditions get so completely out of control that they require expensive and disabling emergency hospitalizations.

[–] Chetzemoka@startrek.website 3 points 2 years ago

I love the rhythm of this language. "Honga Tonga Honga Ha'apai" is so much fun to say.

[–] Chetzemoka@startrek.website 25 points 2 years ago

Additional context about these "training" fees. The people coming over from the Philippines are TRAINED NURSES. They're properly educated, often already working, and in my experience generally excellent nurses. These "training fees" are literally wage slavery. These nurses require very little training, mostly about US healthcare laws and facility policies. These facilities are not teaching them how to be nurses.

[–] Chetzemoka@startrek.website 5 points 2 years ago (2 children)

From a volcano, per the source you linked:

"The Hunga Tonga-Hunga Ha’apai volcano — which violently erupted in January 2022 and blasted an enormous plume of water vapor into the stratosphere – likely contributed to this year’s ozone depletion. That water vapor likely enhanced ozone-depletion reactions over the Antarctic early in the season.

“If Hunga Tonga hadn’t gone off, the ozone hole would likely be smaller this year,” Newman said. “We know the eruption got into the Antarctic stratosphere, but we cannot yet quantify its ozone hole impact.”

[–] Chetzemoka@startrek.website 3 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Nah, it's fine. Wet things dry. They're fine as long as you get them dried out in a timely fashion. All the water is up, dehumidifier running ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

[–] Chetzemoka@startrek.website 3 points 2 years ago (3 children)

Hellz yeah, Flammy Friday 💪

Much needed as I'm finishing up shop vaccing around 50 gallons of water off my basement floor because I'm a complete idiot who likes to overflow bathtubs.

It's fine. It's my house. I'll fix it. 🤦

[–] Chetzemoka@startrek.website 5 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Mean Arterial Pressure is the actual number we use as a guideline. MAP is calculated as 1/3 of the top BP number + 2/3 of the bottom number:

https://www.mdcalc.com/calc/74/mean-arterial-pressure-map

Goal is bare minimum 60, and preferably >65. A BP of 80/40 gives you a MAP of 53, which = no bueno. Your kidneys and brain will not be happy.

Source: am critical care nurse

[–] Chetzemoka@startrek.website 5 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Not even N95s. If people just did the bare minimum and wore a surgical mask and washed their hands frequently the instant they felt like they might be sick, we would work wonders to reduce spread, morbidity, and lost wages/productivity. We just need the same simple politeness around respiratory illnesses that already exists in some Asian nations.

[–] Chetzemoka@startrek.website 4 points 2 years ago

No, dracaena species in particular are sensitive to minerals and fluoride in tap water. I water my dracaena with bleach sterilized rainwater (after a livingroom-wide leaf spot outbreak a couple years ago). They're just fussy.

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