Mike Weston

@bettycjung.bsky.social Edit: Actually the dots around Honolulu are blue, so I won't rush.

@bettycjung.bsky.social Yes, good medical care, but I'll be on blood thinners for 6+ months.

I listen to the Osterholm report from CIDRAP, and his argument is that because flu shot effectiveness wanes, getting it too early means it won't be very good when you really need it. I think there is […]

@bettycjung.bsky.social The filled in state colors are all blue. But I'm not sure how to interpret the dot colors, or figure out exactly where they are.

I'll probably get my flu shot late this month. Sadly I won't need a Covid shot for a while since I just had it (and bilateral blood clots in […]

@BruceMirken #CIDRAP is a great resource, though I mostly only listen to their every two week podcast with Dr. #osterholm

@ianRobinson Best episodes in season 2, to me, were The Barbarian Sublimation and The Bath Item Gift Hypothesis.

@ianRobinson "I do not object to the concept of a deity, but am baffled by one who takes attendance." (Quote at least close to correct, and probably one of my top 5 episodes, or at least top 10)

@0xabad1dea I have the badger song in the same bucket in my brain as the Bananaphone song, but it seems the latter was earlier and unrelated. My wife and I were fans of both in the early days of our relationship/marriage.

@reiver What time (and timezones)? My Wednesday evening might be someone else's Thursday morning or afternoon. I live in Honolulu (UTC-10), but even Pacific Time in the US to JST in Japan is a big range of timezones.

@brunojnavarro.bsky.social Clicked on the link, saw it was Substack, and immediately backed out.

@denisedwheeler.bsky.social That seems surprising to me, making me wonder if there was some change in the data collection and/or analysis. Note that I am very much *not* a fan of Trump, just wondering if this is real.

@denisedwheeler.bsky.social Glad I recently donated to Americans United (AU)

@bettycjung.bsky.social My philosophy is that if I only consume something very rarely, like ice cream or pizza, I don't worry about the saturated fat, and just focus on actually enjoying the food. Cheese I consume regularly (on my eggs), but in small quantities, so again I don't worry about it […]

@bettycjung.bsky.social https://www.health.harvard.edu/staying-healthy/new-thinking-on-saturated-fat seems to be a fairly balanced article. While it generally agrees with you, this statement about one study caught my eye: "Those in the highest range of daily saturated fat intake were no more […]

@bettycjung.bsky.social Of the things RFK, Jr has done, whole milk is far down the list of worries to me. Others, who don't all seem crazy, are also proponents.

Now raw milk, on the other hand, which I think he also supports, would be seriously bad.

How have I gotten this far not hearing of #startrekday (apparently September 8)? It's already over in some parts of the world, and Paramount+ just sent me email about it under 2 hours ago.

#startrekday2025

@dangillmor +1 for @404mediaco (I'm a paying subscriber)

@mweston.bsky.social Wow, I thought this was a DM, and maybe it was on Bluesky where I posted it, but it seems to be public over here on Mastodon. Glad I didn't say anything too embarrassing!

@stefan @cynical13 Vivaldi is based on Chromium, so it's not as Google-free as the forks of Firefox. I already had a period of using Brave, and decided to leave the Chromium-based browser world, though my primary incentive to leave Brave was learning more about Brendan Eich.

Mike unlocked a badge! Epic: You’ve checked into 5,000 different beers, which is just epic!

[Alcohol]

I just checked in my 5,000th distinct beer on Untappd! I started in February 2011, so that's not quite as alarming as it might seem

https://untappd.com/user/mweston/badges/1327630653

#beer #untappd #milestone

Let me know if this is paywalled by the New Yorker, but I liked this cartoon included in today's humor email: https://www.newyorker.com/cartoon/a4891

Of course I have liked the late Edward Koren's work for many years, including his iconic "Well, there's your problem."

#humor #cartoon […]

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@kenwhite.bsky.social Chuck roast is trivial in an Instant Pot, and very moist, but almost certainly less flavor.

If I got a smoker it would probably be for brisket.

@dangillmor I told the Serious Trouble podcast (https://www.serioustrouble.show/) that I would not renew my subscription for that reason, and urged them to move to Ghost. Sadly they're staying on Substack.

Another podcast I like, Left, Right & Center ( […]

I just saw a post about #CPB and my first thought was Central Pacific Bank. Because I live in #Hawaii and that's where I bank.

Note: This does not indicate that I think what's happening with the Corporation for Public Broadcasting is in any way okay.

@GottaLaff It's hard to think of a better example of shooting the messenger.

Amazingly good climate news, probably pay walled (though the New Yorker is worth supporting, if you can). Also it doesn't apply as much to residents of the US (including me, though at least I live in a very blue state) […]

[U.S. Politics]

I gather that the Social Security trust fund is expected to be gone around 2034, absent congressional action (an oxymoron these days). The "easiest" solution is to raise the maximum amount of income that would be taxed (currently $176.1K), but that approach is still regressive […]

Honolulu Hawaii street with protesters, about 12:48pm local

Another shot of the #nokings #protest in Honolulu, about 43 minutes later and showing most of the primary block where protesters were.

Honolulu Hawaii street with protesters, just after noon

This was the #nokings #protest in Honolulu, just after noon local time. I was on the side of the street where the state capitol is, looking towards the far side of the street. It seemed somewhat bigger than the #handsoff protest in April.

@heidilifeldman So there are protests in Mexico but none in Canada? Also, not including Alaska and Hawaii, even using insets, always annoys me (I plan to be at the state capitol in Honolulu on Saturday).