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@Dianepatterson Most people have ... weird ... conceptions of how quickly or slowly medical treatments have developed over the past century. (Or realize that as recently as 1900, about 20% of infants died before their fifth birthday of infectious diseases we developed vaccines to protect us against.)

While cleaning up, I found a box full of old memories

re-post: The more I read this, the more I am impressed with this professor's approach to the question, "how should the lives of innocent people be weighed against important military objectives?" I posted it this weekend but just re-read it and am so taken aback by its thoughtfulness. https://theconversation.com/why-all-civilian-lives-matter-equally-according-to-a-military-ethicist-218686

I just heard someone say that taco trucks should drive around the neighborhood in the evenings and play music like ice cream trucks. I felt that.

Me: “I’m not autistic.”
Also me at the hardware store: *buys large screw because it feels nice in hand and has “a good weight”

Here’s some timelapse video from last night’s display of the Aurora Australis as seen from the Otago Peninsula in southern New Zealand #aurora #beauty #auroraausttalis

@TheConversationUS in all honesty, the amount of woodburning done in residential areas shows that reduction of air quality by gas stoves is not something people worry about. If they would, woodstoves would be illegal in residential areas. But here we are, coughing away due to the neighbours "cosy warmth".