Laura Abbott

Are you a Boston-area resident who has been able to go car-free (or close to car-free) as the result of adding a bike or e-bike to your life? The Boston Globe is doing an article on people + families going car-free, and looking for folks to talk to about the experience.

Microsoft’s Windows XP Crocs are no joke Reboot your sole

fun scoop: Microsoft's Windows XP Crocs are no joke. Microsoft has created limited edition Crocs that even come with a Clippy shoe charm 😅 Full details on the Cros here 👇 www.theverge.com/microsoft/71...

Getting mad at the internet between watching these sleds boot

Gotta wonder what the intersection is between “Kids aren’t going to read anyways because video” and “Well actually audiobooks/ graphic novels don’t count as reading”

IOCCC winner code entry

This IOCCC winner entry (International Obfuscated C Code Contest) made me smile. The code draws the current moon phase to the console.

Good luck baby

Edited screenshot from Disco Elysium that reads: RHETORIC [Heroic: Failure] -- Alright, here we go. We're devoting all your available brain cells to coming up with a question about video games. Scratch that, to coming up with *the* question about video games, the alpha and omega of video games questions, and that question is: 1. - (Whisper.) "Are games art?" 2. - Oh god, that's bad. Surely I can think of something better.

Every time.

FYI: in the U.S. it used to be very illegal for black women to wear their hair out, and they were mandated to wear bonnets and hair wraps as their Afros and braids were seen as too alluring and as a public nuisance.

Ok let’s review the Tignon Laws, shall we? 🧵

The Gen Xers Who Waited Their Turn to Be CEO Are Getting Passed Over More companies are holding on to older leaders or passing over a generation in search of the next ones.

Gen X, aka the forgotten generation, is being overlooked again. Boomers won’t retire (41.5% of Russell 3000 CEOs are 60+, up from 35.1% in 2017), while CEO gains are happening among 30s & 40s.

Same story in politics, Boomers cling to power as energy shifts to younger candidates in their 30s & 40s.

Don’t talk to me or my 256 tabs of SSDs ever again

i finished watching the pitt and i have a plan for improving efficiency in emergency rooms. gather all medicine you have on hand and dump it into a large vat. that's the "wellness vat." wheel it around and ladle it out to people. if someone is critical, pick them up and put them in the wellness vat

by age 30 you should have:

* strong opinions about birds
* 12 different "when i get time" projects on indefinite hiatus
* sandwich(es) you fruitlessly yearn to have again
* a growing list of obituaries you're looking forward to reading
* parasocial friendships with other people's pets

I want reviewer number 2 to write my obituary

Can AI write my obituary as long as it comes with 3 well cited papers about the latest research.

I asked ChatGPT and it said that I was a credulous rube who would believe anything if the message was delivered with a sufficient degree of fawning subservience

If you want a weird but true fact to talk about:

Dexter Holland, lead singer of The Offspring, was instrumental in this. His doctorial thesis in molecular biology was sequencing mRNA in HIV. The paper was also heavily cited in creating the COVID-19 vaccine.

National Institutes of Health (NIH) | (.gov) https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov Air Pollution's Hidden Toll: Links Between Ozone, Particulate Matter ... by M Waxman • 2024 - In this cross-sectional study, we investigated associations between ozone, particulate matter, and depressive symptoms in adolescents acro... ScienceDirect.com https://www.sciencedirect.com Association between short- and medium-term exposure to air ... by Y Lim • 2024 • Cited by 2 - Short- and medium-term exposure of air pollution may be associated with an increased risk of depressive episodes, especially for c... Website AirNow (.gov) https://www.airnow.gov Publications Airborne particles, the main ingredient of haze, smoke, and airborne dust, present serious air quality problems in many areas of the United States. This ... Missing: depression | Show results with: depression Clarity Movement Co. https://www.clarity.io Air quality, cognition, and mental health: How air pollution impacts the...

North Central Behavioral Health Systems https://www.ncbhs.org What Poor Air Quality Means For Your Mental Health Jun 29, 2023 - Exposure to above-average levels of air pollution showed more symptoms and behaviors associated with mental health challenges, including...

The air quality is linked to mental health concerns/depressive episodes. It's not just you.

Understand this is part of that impact & let that ground you through this one.

Maybe watch a cheering-up movie, have some treats or comfort foods, go visit with friends indoors...

Mellon Foundation The Mellon Foundation makes grants to actively unlock the power in the arts and humanities that helps connect us all.

“American Academy of Arts&Sciences reports 96.3% of humanities grads age 23-32 fully employed. Earnings in humanitiess comparable to social/life sciences, job satisfaction levels too. A serious mismatch bw actual employment for hum grads +general perception."
www.mellon.org/voices/human...

We need a Paw Patrol of the left

Dude, the history behind the word dude is wild The word "dude" is often associated with the '80s and '90s. But its origin is rooted much, much farther back in American history and it took a long and winding road to reach the coast of California.

The word "dude" is often associated with the '80s and '90s. But its origin is rooted much, much farther back in American history and it took a long and winding road to reach the coast of California.

Hot dog spill shuts down highway in Pennsylvania commuters' wurst nightmare A truckload of hot dogs has spilled across a Pennsylvania highway after a crash, clogging the road toward the end of the morning rush hour.

😐🌭

“You have to enable the interrupt to get it to work” and other secrets EEs don’t want you to know

Hey, the common loon called. Yeah, it was hauntingly beautiful

An FDA panel spread misinformation about SSRI use in pregnancy, alarming doctors A panel organized by the FDA cast doubts on the safety of antidepressants during pregnancy — drawing ire from doctors who say SSRIs are a crucial treatment option for women with perinatal depression.

A panel organized by the FDA cast doubts on the safety of antidepressants during pregnancy — drawing ire from doctors who say SSRIs are a crucial treatment option for women with perinatal depression.

Image of Mr. Rogers standing at a window, with a cartoon bubble saying "Yes...ha ha ha... yes!"

Included the skew:

Two bunnies are roasting marshmallows over a campfire at night. One of them is holding their marshmallow stick very close to the fire, while the other is being excessively cautious. It is a starry night in a woodland clearing

Daily bunny no.3033 proposes a toast

I wish the US would just adopt Japan's system of letting people pay by QR code + anonymous cash at any random convenience store / post office. Cut out the credit reporting & payment processing companies altogether; there isn't really any need for a third-party to know that you're buying porn.

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