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TheBuckeyeBear's avatar

A coworker just emailed me, "Hey, I think one of the pictures is wrong on this website. I thought you might want to know."

See if you can spot what she meant: http://als-enable.lbl.gov/wordpress/about-us/

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heyalumnigo's avatar

hehe...On About page for my old company my boss had Die Hard Bruce Willis as his picture. On purpose and it was on there until we all left a little over a year later.

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DC Trojan's avatar

Jay is very handsome

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atoms's avatar

lol

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TheBuckeyeBear's avatar

I stayed up until 2am working on math problems...and failed miserably. If you're interested: https://twitter.com/Cshearer41

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heyalumnigo's avatar

Got the first one, the one with the rectangles are congruent with area of 9. Working on the 4 of the 5 squares are congruent one.

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heyalumnigo's avatar

those look like fun. I'll have to find some time to do them.

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TheBuckeyeBear's avatar

Because I haven't really flexed my math muscles in YEARS, so it's hard for me to do it now?

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DC Trojan's avatar

I think he meant why do math for fun? I go by the household rule of “don’t yuck my yum” so I’ll say that doing math problems would not cross my mind as a fun activity 😂

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atoms's avatar

I like crossword puzzles. Math puzzles are the same thing, but for math.

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DC Trojan's avatar

I do the NYT crossword daily but that’s just a collection of class markers - which I assume is not true of math

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atoms's avatar

I, too, am a high class motherfucker.

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TheBuckeyeBear's avatar

I also spent an hour doing logic puzzles on Sporcle yesterday, so...yeah.

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heyalumnigo's avatar

The boys and I used to love doing the Sporcle ones. No 1 used to smash all the Harry Potter quizzes

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heyalumnigo's avatar

DBD AV Club

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Ruey Yen's avatar

I was watching Homeland with my dad...I only watched the first two seasons (when it was great) in the past before stopping. However, at some point in season 4, my dad opted to watch some episodes without me and is now two+ seasons ahead. Worse, I accidentally walked in on a future season finale and found out the fate of a major character. By the way, I was surprised to see a young Timothée Chalamet in season 2.

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heyalumnigo's avatar

I have the last 4 episodes I've been waiting to binge watch with the series finale that's happening this Sun. Both Claire Danes and Mandy Patinkin are on Stephen Cobert and he did a Q&A. First question was a spoiler that must have happened over the 4 episodes I haven't watched so I stopped watching.

Can't wait to watch the last 5 episodes.

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HeyStudentsBears's avatar

just finished watch Star Trek Picard. i know i am a couple weeks behind. overall i thought it was good and typical Star Trek stuff.

i ended up losing interest in Discovery after 1.5 seasons.

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Ruey Yen's avatar

I thought Picard was okay, but a big part of the disappointment came from the thought that they more or less ruined Picard's happy ending from the TNG finale for this story? Picard was also too much of a passive character on several episodes, even if Star Trek has always been an ensemble show. I turned out to enjoyed Discovery more just because I had no expectation for it.

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atoms's avatar

Heh, I don't see how they ruined TNG by creating other shit that Picard went through afterward as an Admiral.

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Ruey Yen's avatar

The future of the Picard series is clearly darker than the flash-forwards from the TNG finale. Picard is a lot more haunted by the storyline that drove season 1 of the new Picard series.

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atoms's avatar

That wasn't a real future that happened though, right? It was just a possible future. Besides, we didn't know too much about the full backstory of that that timeline either, just that Picard was retired on his vineyard... which he was in the Picard series.

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Cugel's avatar

I thought Picard was just ok, really slow to start, but picked up- also, I was never that much of a TNG fan. Discovery OTOH was a hot mess in the first season, but threw the the trash out and re-booted in the second and I found it quite good.

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atoms's avatar

I loved TNG... overall I really liked Picard and most of my complaints were relatively minor.

I was a little annoyed that the new-look Romulans appear way too human. Also the planet of the androids and some of the underlying motivations of the characters there seemed a little under-examined. It was fun though.

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Cugel's avatar

Either TOS or DS9 for me; DS9 is about 1,000 times better than TNG

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atoms's avatar

I've watched nearly all of DS9; some of it is pretty great, but it's also quite hit and miss. The first couple seasons are a little rough, it hits its stride in the middle seasons, and the last season or two are a bit of a mess IMO.

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Cugel's avatar

True, the first 2 seasons aren't the best, but I disagree about the last 2, the 6th might actually be the best season and I really like the final season. Unlike TNG the writers aimed for the fences and sent the series off with a bang.

Besides compare Gul Dukat with Q, who's a more compelling character?

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atoms's avatar

I don't think Gul Dukat and Q are really comparable in the same way. You have to reach for Q because he's probably the most recurring pseudo-villain in TNG, but honestly he's not even a full villain. The context is different; because DS9 is a station in one place, you have a lot more regular interactions with the same cast of villains. With TNG, you're on a ship gallavanting around the galaxy, so you run into a bunch of randoms a lot of times who may or may not be villains.

The Borg are probably scarier and more fascinating than the Jem Hadar, but that also doesn't make one show clearly better.

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Cugel's avatar

I'll grant you the Borg as a great concept, and led to some very good episodes, it's not like all of TNG was dreck, but in general, so many of the episodes were lame - "I feel hostility, Captain"

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atoms's avatar

...and no, I don't think it's 1000x better than TNG, or even significantly better overall. I liked both.

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atoms's avatar

This interesting to me, as I also recently watched Picard and enjoyed it and am planning to watch Discovery soon. I'm hoping it'll be fun and campy.

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Cugel's avatar

Fun, maybe, campy, no.

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atoms's avatar

I will reserve judgement.

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Cugel's avatar

Also, finally watched The Mandalorian, I though it was an enjoyable romp. Better than the movies in a way.

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DC Trojan's avatar

I was pleasantly surprised with it. Might rewatch.

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atoms's avatar

Same.

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HeyStudentsBears's avatar

i watched it once already. going to try to re-watch w/ the 2 girls during corona virus times.

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heyalumnigo's avatar

I thought they did a good job with it.

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goldenone's avatar

I'm tired of the whole Star Wars franchise. Saw the first one when I was a little kid. The last few since Disney bought the property from Lucas have been underwhelming and repetitive.

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Rocksanddirt's avatar

My observation on the Disneyfication of things....Disney is not about making great movies. They are about selling an emotional response. So, you have some things that done even a little differently could be great movies (a few scenes in last jedi done with less attention to the audience and more on character motivation, as an example) that just entertaining. Also, most Pixar work after the first Toy Story hit. Generally the stuff is very entertaining, but not great movies as they play to much to the audience. Since the TV shows don't generate the same level of profit that a hit movie does, the Mouse cares less about selling it and lets people make actually good content.

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sycasey's avatar

Disagree 100% about Pixar. They have been pretty consistently quality with their storytelling, aside from the odd blip (those Cars sequels).

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atoms's avatar

Aside from the baby yoda thing, there wasn't much that felt Disneyfied at all in the Mandalorian. It felt pretty true to the Star Wars vibe, and that made it a lot more fun to watch.

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Rocksanddirt's avatar

exactly my point. they let the TV shows tell the story they should vs trying to get a cheer out of a Lando Calrissian one liner.

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Cugel's avatar

I liked The Last Jedi well enough, but I agree with you about The Force Awakens, underwhelming and repetitive. Haven't seen the last one.

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sycasey's avatar

I loved The Last Jedi (which I mostly chalk up to me loving Rian Johnson movies in general), but otherwise . . .

The Force Awakens was entertaining but extremely derivative of the original trilogy, and Rogue One was all right I guess (though I didn't like the creepy CGI-ing of dead actors into the movie, all of which felt unnecessary to the story). Solo felt like a big nothing, and Rise of Skywalker was simply a bad story.

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Cugel's avatar

I trust you've seen "Brick"

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sycasey's avatar

Indeed I have! I knew he would be a filmmaker to watch after seeing that.

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Cugel's avatar

Yup, great movie on a very limited budget.

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sycasey's avatar

But on the other hand, it's not like I can say the prequels were collectively any better. They are bad in a different way.

Star Wars is mostly the OT shining like a beacon over a pile of other disposable crap.

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heyalumnigo's avatar

I guess when I watch a movie I just want to be entertained. it could be underwhelming but if I'm entertained I'm good. I guess that's why I, for the most part, like the Fast and the Furious franchise. The stories are stupid but the movies are entertaining.

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heyalumnigo's avatar

I guess that's why I haven't had much of a problem with the last 3 movies. To me ep 1 and 2 were way worse than 7-9. I did like ep 3 much better than ep 1 and 2.

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goldenone's avatar

Now that you mention it Jar-Jar was an abomination. Did like Darth Maul, though and his double light-saber.

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atoms's avatar

Now that yousa mention it???

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goldenone's avatar

I mean he was in episode 1 and 2.

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Cugel's avatar

Quite enjoying the third season of Babylon Berlin, the wife doesn't like it as much as the earlier seasons, but I think it's just fine.

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heyalumnigo's avatar

Parks and Rec is doing a quarantine reunion/fundraiser for @FeedingAmerica. I think I saw in a different article that it's Leslie Knope wanting to see how her friends are doing during the quarantine.

https://twitter.com/parksandrecnbc/status/1253461556102197251

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Mark Sigmon's avatar

No Problem! Write on! Go BEARS!!!!

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goldenone's avatar

NFL Draft First Round = BORING.

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DC Trojan's avatar

I’m not pleased that Ohio State overtaking SC in terms of first round draft picks, if only because that doesn’t help with recruiting. Also because it’s An Ohio State.

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AndyPanda's avatar

More time will tell, but it *MAY* be that SC (and others) were overtaken by Urban Meyer more than by Any Given Ohio State.

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DC Trojan's avatar

That may be true. However, I don’t think the current regime is well positioned to resume the lead, especially given how good some of the SEC teams are as well.

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AndyPanda's avatar

Other than Clemson (the most SECish non SEC school in existence) and Ohio State, no one is.

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DC Trojan's avatar

We’re extra unprepared though

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AndyPanda's avatar

I watched/listened to more draft last night than all previous years combined. Which says something about the current state of affairs than the draft. Glad to see Herbert with the Chargers, where it might just work out. 49ers got a good one with a lot of speed in Aiyuk. Tonights 2 rounds will be interesting on several levels.

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goldenone's avatar

Aiyuk was a good pick-up, Saw him last year at Memorial and was impressed.

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JoJoSungy's avatar

Green Bay... lol...

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Ruey Yen's avatar

Sadly consistent with their moves in recent years. I don't think Aaron Rodgers will finish his career with the Packers. He will probably pull a Joe Montana/Tom Brady and chase another Super Bowl ring elsewhere.

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goldenone's avatar

Green Bay has no receivers other than Adams.

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atoms's avatar

:-|

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Fire Starkey's avatar

didnt watch but cringed when my beloved Raiders reached for that CB at 19. If you wanted him, trade back and pick him up in the 2nd round

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Scootie's avatar

fastest guy in the draft, you knew they had to.

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goldenone's avatar

To be honest the emails don't bother me, either when a post is put up, or when a like or comment is received, fyi

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heyalumnigo's avatar

It doesn't bother me either. The threads all show up in their own email and gmail combines them together so it isn't too bad. They don't show up individually.

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Berkelium97's avatar

I've never received a single email from the site. Maybe because I'm an author on the site?

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dmoneyfor3's avatar

I get a thread for every DBD I comment on

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Rocksanddirt's avatar

Same here. fortunately the email address is the spam one, with no notifications to bother me.

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Berkelium97's avatar

Is there anything you do that makes you constantly second-guess yourself?

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Fire Starkey's avatar

is having a porn dong really a bad thing?

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AndyPanda's avatar

Confuse management with facts.

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dcblue's avatar

Watch the news theses days?

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Cugel's avatar

^^this^^

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Berkelium97's avatar

Inbox zero

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Scootie's avatar

I have 3400+ emails in my work Inbox, even though I file things. I have 694 unread in my Yahoo that are old and not actually unread, but turned that way in some upgrade or another a few years ago. I should probably clean those out.

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Rocksanddirt's avatar

work inbox 428, 32 unread. Home inbox 1500, 1450 unread.

I am a ruthless filer/deleter of work emails. unless I can't figure out what to do with it.

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Ruey Yen's avatar

Zero for my main emails (which does include some newsletter emails that I open without reading). I have a second, older Yahoo account that lists a rather imprecise "999+" unread emails.

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atoms's avatar

I used to do this a few years ago. I was super diligent about either deleting or filing away every email in a subfolder. Then I went on vacation or something and I never caught back up and now my main inbox has almost 18,000 emails. I've read them, but they're not filed away and I have to use the search tool to find anything. Sigh.

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DC Trojan's avatar

I don’t file work emails. Maybe I should? I flag personal emails that are orders, donations, and payments.

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Cugel's avatar

30,706

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goldenone's avatar

5,999 emails in my inbox going back to 2007 that I have not yet deleted. Have read them all, though

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g.oso's avatar

I just hit 11,000 unread today. Truly an amazing milestone.

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Fire Starkey's avatar

i'm right around there among the 30 odd thousand total in my in box. That's the un-filed ones

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Cugel's avatar

You file yours?

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Fire Starkey's avatar

by project. Sometimes

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dmoneyfor3's avatar

dear god that just makes me uncomfortable to think about

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dmoneyfor3's avatar

I set up a filter for WFC to put in a folder and mark as read

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DC Trojan's avatar

I don’t try to actually empty my inbox but I do keep the emails from stacking up. There are a few senders - Substack and Canvas (the tool the school system uses for emails) whose emails are filtered to “read” status; and I’ll sometimes snooze emails I don’t feel like reading right now. Otherwise I read it, create an action item of needed, and move on.

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Berkelium97's avatar

Spam

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mrjpark's avatar

My hangover meal is a few slices of spam fried with rice and eggs sunny side up.

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HeyStudentsBears's avatar

there is a hawaiian place in NYC that serves amazing musubi. we should go next time you are in town.

https://www.noreetuh.com/

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heyalumnigo's avatar

yeah that sounds good. Once all this is lifted I still want to do the Philly/NYC trip. Either after a work event or just separately. Maybe along with No 3 if it can be timed correctly.

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DC Trojan's avatar

Mmmmm

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AndyPanda's avatar

Better fried or diced in hash or scrambled eggs than on pizza.

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Berkelium97's avatar

Today in covid-19

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g.oso's avatar

Received an email from a NYT reporter looking to speak with employees at my old facility where there has been a major outbreak.

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Cugel's avatar

Yikes!

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heyalumnigo's avatar

how careful is your new facility? I assume the old one had an outbreak because one of the health care workers brought it in since i assume no family members are able to visit.

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g.oso's avatar

My new facility went on complete lock down when the shelter in place orders went into effect. No outside personnel or visitors. All staff have to wear masks and all patients now too as of Tuesday this week, if they leave their rooms. The community dining room for patients was closed so they all eat in their rooms now. Every patient room already had sanitizer dispensers, so now we have to hand sanitize on our way in and out of patient rooms. From there, we have to immediately go to the nursing station to wash our hands. All staff get the temp taken 3 times per day; when we come into work, mid day, and once again when we leave. So if there is a marked increase in temp, we can immediately track everyone that person has come in contact with that day.

All ambulance drivers have to have their temps checked before they are allowed in. My new facility has automatic doors at the entrance but have been turned off from the outside, so someone inside has to let you in. Since this particular facility is 90% rehab, all of our patients are short termers; 2-3 week max stay. Once La Rona hit, most if not all elective surgeries stopped, so our census dropped from 75-80 to 40-45 now. We have consolidated all patients to one station and use the empty nursing station to isolate any patients for three daysif they start to show any symptoms. Anyone going into an isolation room has to sign in, and there are full PPEs hanging on the outside of the door that we wear. All new admissions are isolated for three days before being moved into gen pop.

A lot of these measures Alameda county just put into place once the facility in Hayward got out of control. Now I've read my old facility has its second Rona death. They have 25 patients and 23 staff infected.

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DC Trojan's avatar

To the non-expert, it sounds like your current place is a hell of a lot better run

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g.oso's avatar

Update: I wrote back to the NYT reporter stating I no longer work at the old facility. She just wrote back saying she would like to speak with me regardless. Look for ya boy in the NYT!

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heyalumnigo's avatar

They want the dirt! Post a link when it's available.

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Terence's avatar

I got interviewed by the NYT and when the article came out, I was not in it.

https://www.nytimes.com/2016/01/28/us/for-mavens-of-meat-no-fast-lane-to-slow-cooked-texas-brisket.html

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Berkelium97's avatar

Also, don't eat UV bulbs. Full quote:

"Supposing we hit the body with a tremendous, whether it’s ultraviolet or just very powerful light, and I think you said that hasn’t been checked but you’re going to test it. Supposing you brought the light inside of the body, which you can do either through the skin or in some other way. And I think you said you’re going to test that too. Sounds interesting. And then I see the disinfectant where it knocks it out in a minute. And is there a way we can do something, by an injection inside or almost a cleaning? It would be interesting to check that. That you’re gonna have to use medical doctors with."

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heyalumnigo's avatar

but if we let Trump keep talking his base keeps shrinking and shrinking

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Scootie's avatar

This is what I keep thinking.

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sycasey's avatar

Not only that, but recent polling indicates that Trump is losing support to Biden among older voters.

https://www.cnn.com/2020/04/23/politics/2020-polls-battleground-states/index.html

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Cugel's avatar

I posted a politico article about that yesterday

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atoms's avatar

Oh yeah, I did see that.

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heyalumnigo's avatar

I remember this as well.

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dmoneyfor3's avatar

but if the base shrinks, then the lightbulb won't screw into it anymore!

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goldenone's avatar

There are no words.

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Fire Starkey's avatar

there are words. WHY HAVENT WE BEEN MAINLINING LYSOL THIS WHOLE TIME

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atoms's avatar

We're coming up on twice as many COVID-19 deaths in America than supposedly missing Hillary Clinton emails.

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Berkelium97's avatar

FDA commissioner advises us not to eat or inject ourselves with disinfectants, despite the president's recommendation

https://www.cnn.com/world/live-news/coronavirus-pandemic-04-23-20-intl/h_1d2d1c2779b624b151a1f72557aabe0d

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Berkelium97's avatar

Today in our stumbling, bumbling, crumbling democracy

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Rocksanddirt's avatar

sweet jeezus people be stupid.

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atoms's avatar

LOL: "Darden said Petersen objected to being photographed because he was not taking part in the protest and didn’t want to be associated with it since he’s looking for a job, according to the publication."

I don't suspect that having the story of you threatening people with a deadly weapon be at the top of your google search results is going to help you land a job more easily, but what do I know.

Also, Christopher Darden?? The OJ prosecutor? Is this unemployed guy's attorney? Huh.

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Rocksanddirt's avatar

well...since he's apparently no longer defending the guy who killed Nipsey Hustle, he needs clients.

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Berkelium97's avatar

Pros

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dmoneyfor3's avatar

seeing the pics of everyone's wfh draft rooms was funny

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Terence's avatar

Kliff Kingsbury should check his basement for a middle aged Korean man.

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Terence's avatar

92 year old Vin Scully hospitalized after fall at home https://twitter.com/blmohr/status/1253654712597057536?s=20

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DC Trojan's avatar

Noooo don’t let Vin get the ‘rona

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heyalumnigo's avatar

Ashtyn Davis 3rd round pick 4 (68) to the J-E-T-S Jets Jets Jets!

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Rocksanddirt's avatar

Go Big Blue, Show what you Can Do!

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dcblue's avatar

Go Bears!

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Old Bear 71's avatar

Write On!

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