Pardon me. With the absolute rampant stupidity of Twitter, I figure folks like that exist.

@bachophile said in Because everyone needs a Golden Retriever: the last year was hell. Incontinent to urine Same with Oliver (not a Lab, of course). We actually diapered him.

D Toxicity is pretty hard to achieve actually. https://www.mayoclinic.org/healthy-lifestyle/nutrition-and-healthy-eating/expert-answers/vitamin-d-toxicity/faq-20058108 This makes me feel better... Taking 60,000 international units (IU) a day of vitamin D for several months has been shown to cause toxicity. What is vitamin D toxicity? Should I be worried about taking supplements? Answer From Katherine Zeratsky, R.D., L.D. Vitamin D toxicity, also called hypervitaminosis D, is a rare but potentially serious condition that occurs when you have excessive amounts of vitamin D in your body. Vitamin D toxicity is usually caused by large doses of vitamin D supplements — not by diet or sun exposure. That's because your body regulates the amount of vitamin D produced by sun exposure, and even fortified foods don't contain large amounts of vitamin D. The main consequence of vitamin D toxicity is a buildup of calcium in your blood (hypercalcemia), which can cause nausea and vomiting, weakness, and frequent urination. Vitamin D toxicity might progress to bone pain and kidney problems, such as the formation of calcium stones. Treatment includes stopping vitamin D intake and restricting dietary calcium. Your doctor might also prescribe intravenous fluids and medications, such as corticosteroids or bisphosphonates. Taking 60,000 international units (IU) a day of vitamin D for several months has been shown to cause toxicity. This level is many times higher than the U.S. Recommended Dietary Allowance (RDA) for most adults of 600 IU of vitamin D a day. Doses higher than the RDA are sometimes used to treat medical problems such as vitamin D deficiency, but these are given only under the care of a doctor for a specified time frame. Blood levels should be monitored while someone is taking high doses of vitamin D.

He lost his sword from the Tom Cotton op-Ed. This case has been through discovery. It was known he put the lines in.

Interesting, JBP tweeted out the above article. https://twitter.com/jordanbpeterson/status/1491115864032411649?s=21

@xenon said in Maybe Liz is not on the outs: It's just kinda crazy that both Democrats and Republics are pushing the center away. My natural inclination would be to vote for people like 2012 Romney. I can't think of any good mainstream centrist democrats as an example... Politics in this country is becoming a sad joke. Romney nor Cheney are representative of the republicans any longer. They are the last of the old Bush Neocon bunch, motivated totally by getting even with Trump for ousting them. Back then it didn't much matter which party was in the White House, because they were one big snuggled up pile. If Hillary had won, the globalist republicans wouldn't have cared one little bit. But Trump won, and while they had the public at large focused on "oh, he said something rude or mean... bad Trump!! BAD Trump!!" They had been busy lining their pockets with money made by selling access. And NOOOOO, they just couldn't have some outsider come in and mess up all their sweet little deals. They counted on the simple minded public, and the simple minded public came through for them. The problem is, there were a lot more people smart enough to see through them than they thought, then the democrats overplayed their hand, and as a result any centrist democrats there were began (And continue) to move to the right. We are and always have been a predominantly center right country anyway. But you're correct - US politics has become a sad joke. Once the republicans get rid of the Cheny/Romney contingent, and once the entire democrat party collapses and dies and a new party steps up, only then can the sad joke end and the adults in the room can begin trying to undo the damage done. The center has and continues to move to the right.

@doctor-phibes said in Wonder what the political landscape would look like?: @jolly said in Wonder what the political landscape would look like?: @doctor-phibes said in Wonder what the political landscape would look like?: You chaps want to make it more difficult to vote than to buy a firearm. What could possibly go wrong with that plan? The potential problem with only allowing people who are educated to vote, is when somebody a lot more educated than you are starts making the decisions.... Ever bought a firearm? Admittedly not, however it's definitely easier for me to buy one than to vote Move to NYC.

@george-k said in Man with severed spine walks again: @klaus said in Man with severed spine walks again: How about we skip wired nerve connections and go straight to Bluetooth or the like for all communication in the body? https://altered-carbon.fandom.com/wiki/Cortical_Stack Damn Meths...

Early ones had a problem with inner rims warping and delaminating from the outer rim.

@lufins-dad said in Disconnect: I would suggest Salena Zito read the article about Brevity that was posted a few weeks ago. We’re they paid by the word? You mean the rather long-winded article about brevity?

@klaus said in Apple Watch - health metrics: But wouldn't the watch need to know what kind of physical activity I'm performing (and the intensity) to make any guesses about VO2max? Or do you tell the watch "now I'm going to walk a mile at moderate pace" or something to get an estimate? The VO2 max estimates can only be made for an outdoor moderate walk, run or cycling workout. It uses GPS (pace), heart rate and maybe some other health factors (gender, age, weight, etc.) to spit out an estimate. The watch can detect a walk or run (and will ask you to confirm if you're working out) - but you have to tell it that you're about to cycle. If you don't do one of those 3 activities - you won't get a VO2 max data point.

How do you post your scores to Facebook?

Argentina had a list of approved names. All Spanish in origin. They did it on response to a big influx of Germans. Pretty sure it’s not in effect now.

The next video up in also interesting. I had no idea that was Lagertha in Big Sky. Link to video

@axtremus said in At school in Vegas: @klaus said in At school in Vegas: @axtremus said in At school in Vegas: @Larry wrote: “What would I tell my kid? Exactly the same thing I told them when they were in school - don't start anything, but if someone else does, you finish it.” “You finish it” is a rather vague, rather empty bravura. Insufficiently prescriptive for school age children/teenagers, insufficiently prescriptive for most adults, for that matter. Heck, “finishing it” may even be done by getting a school staff member to step in. Also has the same problem as @Copper’s answer, that assumption that the your kid has the bigger firepower, which may not be true. A kid is not a robot waiting for detailed instructions on what it needs to do. You teach a kid a good set of values and leave the implementation of those values in a particular context to the discretion of the kid. Sure, it may screw up sometimes, but that's life. Not that what you say isn’t true, just that it still doesn’t get you closer to teaching your kid what to do in that situation. “Finish (eating) your vegetables”, “finish your homework”, “finish your chores” have common sense understanding and you can indeed expect a school age person to execute those without detailed instructions. “Finish it” (where “it” in this case refers to a fight you witness) is a far cry from having a common sense understanding, that’s why you see people having trouble actually verbalizing what that’s supposed to mean. You are a stone cold moron.

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