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Texas Planning New Execution Despite Ruling – New York Times

I appreciate that cheap Chinese fentanyl is killing people at a alarming rate. I don’t understand how someone could inject heroin of unknown quality. I also believe that certain long-acting opioid drugs can be downright dangerous. But this doesn’t justify demonizing every single opioid medication. Demonizing an effective treatment before you have all the facts is irresponsible. Demonizing an effective treatment without advocating effective alternatives risks ruining millions of lives. The fact is that many older Americans rely on opioids have something resembling a normal life, and many of us use them not just responsibly, but CAUTIOUSLY. I can’t help but wonder whether sacrificing older Americans is the point, especially given the current Administration’s goals of reducing Medicare benefits and gutting the ACA. Now that I think of it, the gov’t is going after alternatives such as kratom, CBD and medical marijuana. Ok, so the horror stories sell papers...

There are an unbelievable number of illnesses causing an exaggerated startle response. MS, PTSD, autism. Apparently lack of awareness of your surroundings is tied into startle response to peripheral vision stimuli. Peripheral Visual Awareness: The Central Issue “Many cases show that with functional (and therefore reversible) deficits, similar problems arise for individuals who have inefficient peripheral awareness; whenever something enters into their awareness it draws their total attention. It becomes the center of attention because they function primarily within a small central field. There is little or no control over the periphery so that objects and people of certain stimulus parameters that enter this area appear suddenly, as a surprise, and therefore a curiosity or a possible threat.” I submit that if the majority of your conscious attention is focused on a small area in central vision, you are more prone to distractions from things you see out of the corner of your...

You really *can’t* argue with them. —– Original Message —– From: <A REALLY BRIGHT PROGRESSIVE> To: ‘Leslie’ (not so bright) Sent: Thursday, September 18, 2008 2:02 AM Subject: An interesting study, and my comments… It’s tricky, talking with these poor brain-damaged souls. If it weren’t so normal, I’d call such mental misreasoning a disease.It’s easy to win a debate if someone is scoring based on fact, or the scorer is using reality-based reasoning. To win over a fascist – well, the conservatives are socialists now aren’t they, with the many government takeovers of large business? How do they rationalize that: George Bush, Socialist Reformer? Anyway, if someone holds a belief very strongly, and uses that belief to reinforce their feeling of superiority – which is extremely normal behavior among all humans – then being told that belief is wrong, and being shown the plain irrefutable pr...

I’ve been interested in knitting machines for many years. I recently found an old notebook with my thoughts on industrial knitting and weaving machines and their connection to Jacquard looms, the Hollerith cards used in 1970s computing and early Chinese mechanical ducks. More about this another time, perhaps. I learned to knit by hand at 6 years old and just never got the hang of it. There some some excellent programmable machines out there including knitting machines that can be controlled by computers or by punch cards similar to those used by Jacquard looms or, by extension, to Hollerith cards. When I first looked into it, programmable machines were prohibitively expensive and I didn’t have the skills to build in the extra features I wanted. I am finally going to start with a basic machine knitting course at the local high school. I will be renting a Silver Reed LK150 Hobby Knitting Machine for the length of the course. If I like it and if I think I can recoup the cost I...

There is a huge movement in the US to prepare for the collapse of civilization. There are many reasons an individual “prepper” might believe that they will cut off from the supply chain. Disaster scenarios include: Acts of war such as thermonuclear war or large-scale terrorist attack. Natural disasters such as hurricanes, volcanoes, tornadoes, earthquakes, tsunamis or meteor strikes. Manmade disasters such as a broken dam, trucker’s or other strike, chemical spills, and as mentioned above, acts of war. Government embargo. Alien invasion. The space type, not the Hispanic baby type. Zombie Apocalypse . Alien baby crossing the border from Mexico into the US, artist’s interpretation. Extreme, yes! But if you’re a sensible person who has been through a natural disaster you know that at least one of these is not only possible, but happen regularly. “The government will send FEMA to take care of us. The Red Cross will show up with coffee and blankets. Wh...