This is something that more people should be aware of, if only because (in many states, at least) defense attorneys are actually prohibited from mentioning it to jurors. The law allows a jury to return a “not guilty” verdict contrary to the facts of the case, but not for the defense to inform them of that power or to argue for its application in the current trial.
I didn’t know about this. Wow.
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This is SUPER IMPORTANT and also a good reason to show up for jury duty. You know all those laws you think are stupid? This is your chance to maybe do something about it.
I…. I thought this was common knowledge… signal boosting this because it obviously isn’t!
Anti-Mom: You shouldn’t not-complain because there’re always people who have it better.
Anti-Mom: It’s okay if you don’t finish your plate because you’re only human and the vast majority of food waste comes from corporations and government organizations throwing it away, and not households.
Anti-Dad: As long as you live under my roof, we will communicate and negotiate the terms and rules together to make it the most pleasant living experience for the both of us.
So my friend was telling me yesterday that she got a new Samsung smart TV for her living room. One afternoon she was sitting on the couch across on the TV, which was turned off, talking to her friend about social anxiety.
The next day her Samsung phone, Facebook account, and her son’s Instagram account (which is linked to her phone number) were blown up with ads for social anxiety medications.
She called Samsung up like “WTF“ and they admitted that it was a “feature“ on the smart TV for it to record conversations even when turned off in order to provide customized ads. You could turn off the setting but of course you probably wouldn’t even know about it unless something like this happened because it’s not like they readily advertise “this thing will record your conversations even when it’s turned off“.
This is so much worse than Mark Zuckerberg. This is literally some 1984 shit. This will make it so easy to spot people who don’t, umm, agree with the government, and in a fascist state that would be a great surveillance method. Since America is nearing that with Trump as president,
Don’t say you never learned anything from my blog.
@drferox i know not all of these are medical/veterinary or whatever, but a whole lot of this seems fishy to me. i know you talked about Dawn for fleas not too long ago, and as someone who suffered from chronic UTIs for an entire childhood, the alka seltzer one seems like an all around bad idea. do you find any of these (the ones for animals at least) useful?
A lot does seem fishy. If it seems too good and simple to be true, it probably is. So I’ll stick to the relevant ones but in order:
Corn oil for ear mites: Might actually work. However ear mites are pretty rare, I’ve found them twice in 8 years, and it will not do anything at all for a yeast or bacterial infection.Protip: It’s extremely unlikely for a dog to have ear mites.
Dawn Dishsoap for fleas:Recently explained here, you can use it to kill fleas but it’s not ‘instant’ and it’s not ‘a few drops’. Can you imagine what it would be like if we were regularly washing our food implements with something this potent? It works, like literally any other soap, by suffocating the fleas which means you need plenty of it. It’s not a magic potion guys, homeopathic dishsoap wont do a thing.
Gatorade for headaches: Well, drinking an isotonic electrolyte solution is not the worst thing to do with a headache, but it only corrects one potential cause. And gee, was it necessary to vilify over the counter pain relief?
Colgate for burns: Please do not put toothpaste on your burns. See honey below.
Peppermint for ??: Who thought it was a good idea to compare an inhaler to mints.
Horseraddish and oil for sore joints: Knock yourself out I guess.
Vinegar and honey: The cult of vinegar strikes again. I mean, you could gargle with betadine and that will be more effective, or just skip the vinegar.
Alka-Seltzer for UTI: Oh gosh that’s funny. It’s not registered for use against UTIs because it doesn’t do anything. You know what will do something? Taking an NSAID will reduce the symptoms of a UTI but not treat it. You know, an NSAID like Aspirin, which is one of the components of Alka-Seltzer. Honestly, most of the time you will be better off taking ordinary Aspirin and loading up on vitamin C rich foods like cranberries until you can get to a doctor.
Honey for skin: Ah, honey. The golden child of the natural therapies, because it does actually work for some things. It works by contact, coating a contaminated lesion and letting its antimicrobials and extreme osmotic pull kill the microorganisms beneath. It does not work if it’s diluted in water. It can be used for some skin wounds, is a better alternative than toothpaste (wtf why) for burns and may be both beneficial and soothing for sore throats. Just make sure it’s reasonably fresh, not all honeys are created equal.
Listerine for toenail fungus: I’m wiling to bet the person that wrote these has never actually tried them.
Listerine for burst blisters: Oh Dog no. It’s going to hurt and a few drop isn’t going to do much. you’re better off using salt water and a bandage.
Vinegar for bruises: The cult of vinegar strikes again. A NSAID might help bruises heal, as will cold at the start and warmth afterwards, but vinegar? Wishful thinking.
Oats for hand pain relief: Yeah, any warm compress is going to make arthritic joints feel better. I’d use a heat pack, but I guess you can make oats if you like.
Alright you guys, ‘tis the season again and I’ve already seen bullshit float about so here we go: what to do and what not to do when you happen to have a tick attached to yours truly.
WHAT NOT TO DO:
DON’T cover the tick in anything. Vaseline, nailpolish, whatever. Doesn’t matter. It’ll all suffocate the tick, making it panic vomit germs into your blood stream. That’s the opposite of what you want.
DON’T burn the tick. Same problem, plus the additional option of giving yourself a burn wound in the process.
DON’T squeeze the body of the tick when you try to remove it. Again this empties the tick’s digestive system into your body. Bad.
DON’T wait for the tick to detach itself. The longer it stays on you, the higher the chances it’ll transmit anything to you. Plus when ti detaches it may again vomit germs into you.
WHAT TO ACTUALLY DO
STAY CALM. A tick hanging on you is not a reason to panick. You’re not going to keel over just like that, and if you’re unsure what to do, there are many resources on the internet on how to safely remove a tick, like this one from the CDC (aka the professionals)
USE APPROPRIATE TOOLS. These can be suitable tweezers (the pointy kind, not blunt tipped ones), tick removers (there are cheap ones out there, those you can buy at the vets are totally fine for use on humans, too!). Ideally you can remove the entire tick in one go, however if that doesn’t work and the mouth part breaks off in your skin, that’s not a terribly big deal and you can totally remove it separately after you got the body remove. Again, don’t panic.
KILL THE REMOVED TICK. But not by squeezing it. Flush it down the toilet, submerse it in alcohol in a container etc. Ideally if the tick has bitten you and not your dog, keep the tick around in a sealed container in case you start having symptoms and someone needs to identify the tick species. Also IF you start getting symptoms like the tell tale Lyme disease rash, HIT A DOCTOR RIGHT AWAY AND TELL THEM ABOUT YOUR TICK BITE. Do not wait this out, ticks can transmit a whole host of diseases beside Lyme, so be mindful of that, too!
Some of those diseases you can actually get vaccinated again, such as tick born encephalitis. Check with the local authorities if you live in a risk area, and if so, get the shots to protect yourself.
Excellent post! I would like to add that ticks hide in tall grass and bushes mostly. They do not drop down from trees or jump to other people’s heads etc. Ticks aren’t designed to jump, they latch on somewhere on your leg and then crawl upwards in most cases.
As it turns out, this is more like a halfway house. Prisoners usually begin their term in a prison more like one we’d typically recognize – bars on the windows, locked in their cells. But the emphasis there is on successful reintegration into society.
As their sentence progresses, with good behavior, they can move into a facility more like this, where their freedoms are still restricted, but they can do things like network with people outside of prison, search for employment, cook and clean and look after themselves, and begin making plans for their reintegration into society.
As a result, Norway has one of the lowest rates of recidisvism. 20% as opposed to America’s 76%.
It seems like a shocking idea to us because of where and how we live, but apparently, Norwegians are addressing the real problem. When you take people who can’t function well in society, and then…help them do that?…they….do. Without the crime-ing.
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