One of the things ChatGPT is good at is serving as my ever-available debating partner. It can come up with a good list of pros and cons for/against any proposition, and it can brainstorm reasons for why something is or isn't the way I'd like it to be ( Read more... )

The FDA has approved another update to the ongoing series of COVID shots. The 2023 booster will be based on the XBB.1.5 subvariant that is currently dominant in the US. It should be available around the same time your annual flu shot is available, and you can get both COVID and flu shots at the same appointment (one in each arm ( Read more... )

Two Pfizer shots 35% effective, with a booster 75% effective, against Omicron -- UK data. That's a 20% drop from effectiveness against Delta.

And between 2x-3x as contagious. Cases doubling every 2-3 days.

Can we please update the shots now, world?

Nobody in the history of humanity has ever achieved “work-life balance,” whatever that might be, and you certainly won’t get there by copying the “six things successful people do before 7:00 a.m.” The day will never arrive when you finally have everything under control-when the flood of emails has been contained; when your to-do lists have stopped ( Read more... )

There are nights during the year when, if you're prone to feeling lonely, it feels worse. I can feel that on Valentine's Day, I can feel that on New Year's Eve. And with a pandemic overlay, it can feel even worse.

[I felt pretty darn lonely that Friday night in Chicago when I got stood up by an old ex. Not calendar related, but harsh.]

I used to ( Read more... )

People are starting to practice not only social distancing but also economic distancing, which leaves a lot of people - especially the most economically vulnerable - in the lurch.https://www. ( Read more... )

Public health agencies recommend that people at higher risk of severe illness should stay home and away from large groups of people as much as possible, including public places with lots of people and large gatherings where there will be close contact with others. This includes concert venues, conventions, sporting events, and crowded social ( Read more... )

https://www.sfaf.org/collections/beta/we-asked-clinicians-would-you-prescribe-doxycycline-to-someone-for-sti-prevention/Read more... )

So why am I not anti-drug? I've been close to several people who I believed were suffering from drug problems -- even people who destroyed their lives with drug abuse -- yet I'm a libertarian when it comes to drug laws ( Read more... )

My Chrome browser says that LJ is trying to load malicious scripts, and is blocking them for me. I'm not sure when this started, I only noticed the little warning icon this morning ( Read more... )