Drusas

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[–] Drusas@fedia.io 4 points 13 hours ago

I love that I can hear it in his voice.

[–] Drusas@fedia.io 29 points 13 hours ago (5 children)

If you're old enough to have this thought, you're already screwed by the microplastics.

[–] Drusas@fedia.io 5 points 13 hours ago

How have I never seen this before?

[–] Drusas@fedia.io 1 points 15 hours ago

Horror left its elementary ‘cautionary tale’ beginnings at the door a long time ago, now easily examining societal issues within the confines of lurid tales, subtext as needed.

This has been the case since at least the '60s.

[–] Drusas@fedia.io 4 points 15 hours ago

I very mildly regret getting my upper ear pierced when I was a teen. It caused the collagen to push to the back of my ear, creating a little bump. It has gotten somewhat better over the years.

[–] Drusas@fedia.io 6 points 15 hours ago (1 children)

My experience is that nurses are not particularly intelligent or even that well-educated. Which isn't to say that they are less intelligent or less educated than the average person--moreso that they are very much the average person.

Doctors are very hit or miss.

[–] Drusas@fedia.io 7 points 19 hours ago
[–] Drusas@fedia.io 24 points 20 hours ago (2 children)

Can we get this corrupt fucker behind bars already?

[–] Drusas@fedia.io 1 points 21 hours ago

Books that I have already read more than once:

The Stranger by Camus The Woman in the Dunes by Abe Kobo The Fisherman by John Langan

[–] Drusas@fedia.io 13 points 21 hours ago (2 children)

She's not dead.

[–] Drusas@fedia.io 11 points 1 day ago (1 children)

TIL they can be killed.

[–] Drusas@fedia.io 1 points 1 day ago

We are fed garbage from birth and become immediately addicted to it. And no one knows how to cook anymore (exaggeration, but not by too much).

 

Imperial College project could lead to less invasive testing and combat increase in antibiotic resistance

Jodie is a canine with special ­powers, scientists have discovered. The golden labrador can smell and ­identify ­particular bacteria and could soon play a key role in helping researchers develop a programme in which dogs could sniff out individuals infected with dangerous microbes.

The project, recently launched by scientists at Imperial College London, could be vital in the battle against antibiotic resistance as well as the treatment of patients with lung ­disease and other conditions, they say.

“We believe Jodie and her fellow medical detective dogs point to a new way to spot infected individuals, just by having a sniff of their socks or shirts,” said Professor Jane Davies at Imperial College.

“They could become a major help in tackling antimicrobial resistance and conditions like cystic fibrosis.”

Cystic fibrosis is one of the world’s most common inherited illnesses. A defective protein allows mucus to build up in lungs and other organs, triggering chronic infections that worsen through life.

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While I don't expect or hope to ever need it, as an American, I would like to be prepared to resist as much as necessary if needed. It's looking like it might be needed at some point here.

I'm looking to get a rifle or two for that specific purpose just in case. Can anyone recommend specific brands/models and/or features I should be looking for? I'm disabled in a way that limits my ability to hold anything heavy, so lighter weight is good. I have a revolver, but that's probably not the best for standing up against a repressive regime.

I plan to train with whatever I get, of course. Thanks in advance.

Edit: There way too much information here for me to reply to it all individually, but I would like to say thank you to everyone for your very helpful responses.

 

I spent a few years living in the international district (Chinatown, Japantown, Little Saigon) and people would set off fireworks and firecrackers in the neighborhood for days or even a couple of weeks after New Year's. And then again on Chinese New Year's. And there's also this group that likes to go and bang on drums while marching around the neighborhood at those times. It was awful and it made my dogs so stressed out.

Now that I live in a mostly Vietnamese neighborhood outside of the international district, I only hear fireworks on New Year's Eve and Chinese New Year's. It's great not having to worry about whether or not I should drug my dogs for days on end.

I personally enjoy fireworks displays, but I don't think they should be allowed by unlicensed people at their own homes.

 

About 4 years ago, I watched a movie which I enjoyed but can't for the life of me find. It involved a white couple getting lost in deep rural Appalachia and getting taken in by a cult-like small family in the middle of nowhere.

I don't remember the details very well since it was a few years ago and I watched it pretty late at night. I think it involved the woman being drawn in while the man wasn't, and there being murder (in a shed?), but that could be me mixing different movies up.

Does anyone know what it might have been?

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