That’s my dream office haha. Somewhere that no one knows exists.

Interesting architectural mystery

How?

Assholes don’t build lasting societies.

Thank you for articulating my point better!!!

It can certainly feel that way. And I do think there is no such thing as an ethical billionaire, if by favouring assholes you mean rewarding monetarily.

I argue though, that without kindness there would be no societies. Even if the parable of the Margaret Mead’s healed femur isn’t true, the fact remains that there are in fact those who help, and they are probably more plentiful than those who hurt. They’re just harder to spot, because media makes money off emotions and fear and anger are stronger than hope.

To quote Mr Rogers “look for the helpers”, because they are there. And if you’re not seeing them, maybe it’s time for a news break. Including social media, just for a week. And then see how you are feeling. I have to take breaks now and then, and I promise it helps.

May I recommend Kinnu? It’s gameified learning on a huge variety of topics. I just finished the data science pathways, but have also done logic, superpower learning, and ikigai. It’s free and I find it a super interesting way to kill about 5 minutes at a time.

Giant head. Normal sized face.

Until the next one who has been preaching violence gets a taste of it.

Whether or not a product is usb c is make or break for me now. I bought a more expensive mouse to not have to carry around another charger.

Can I ask something that sounds off-topic?

Do you have hobbies outside of work? In my field there are people who really don’t. They pour all of their being into their identity of the field, and when it comes time to retire or they medically can’t work it destroys them. And usually the reason they medically can’t work is the nature of the work itself. Many of the same occupational stressors that you yourself would face as an emergency nurse.

I only ask because it sounds like the only discussions you willingly engage in are related to patient care/nursing. Caring for others without nurturing yourself is not sustainable.

I’m sorry to hear you were removed from ER. ICU is a really valuable learning space, since the most critical patients have so many body systems involved. If you wanted to grow, you can also then branch into related specialties like neuro ICU or cicu etc. I would highly, highly recommend finding something that fills your cup outside of work first, though. Then it also gives you something to talk about that you don’t find boring or tedious :)

I’m pretty sure he turned it down?

I wasn’t trying to conflate the two things. I was providing a source on where the “farms” came from, and clarified that they were meant to help “drug addicts” (not minimizing your experience- just reinforcing that the wording is already not great from a lens of treating maladaptive substance use, in addition to being completely inappropriate for people who take prescribed medications.)

I neither agreed not disagreed, though I do find it problematic to be enrolling people who are neurodivergent into any kind of list for any reason without their expressed consent and ability to withdraw that consent at any times. If the reason is purely investigation/research as you say, then I believe that it should be under the same rigor and ethics considerations as any other research.

The farms were for those addicted to dangerous drugs like antidepressants.

I would say that an artificial dad is the partner of a married single mom.

So angry at Nestle and the time they killed all those African babies doesn’t even hit your highlight reel. I agree- we can do without Nestle.

So there’s that, but also the position of “special counsel” or whatever dumb title he holds is time limited. You can’t be an unelected government official indefinitely (although I’m sure the current administration would change the rules if they cared enough to keep him). He’s making it sound like he’s bowing out, when it was the plan to step down in May from the beginning.

I don’t know if it’s the circles I’m around or what, but this is not my experience at all. As someone with a nonverbal autistic loved one who was bullied with this slur, I disagree with the idea that it doesn’t cause harm to continue to use it. If someone uses it I ask that they don’t use it around me and that’s been respected. Language evolves over time, and we need to evolve away from using what was relatively recently a medical diagnosis as an insult.

I’m a fan of mindfulness and gratitude practice. Also, physical exercise! Nothing like working up a good sweat when I’m mad at myself to feel better after.

A little glass vial? A little glass vial!