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Cake day: August 13th, 2024

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  • Get the shot, don’t be a fool like Fischer. It’s not only about protecting you; it’s also about protecting the people around you from adverse consequences. Viral infection don’t just cause short term effects, there are a host of long-term issues that can show up with nearly every (only being cautious with my wording here) infection. SARS-CoV-2 - even a mild infection carries with it 3 months of increased cardiovascular risk, a year of decreased cognitive function. Similarly with influenza, RSV, CMV, etc, etc. Get the shot, wash your hands, wear a mask, and encourage those you know and care about to do the same. Some of what we have thought of as “normal aging” is in fact long-term effects from infectious disease. You are gonna age, you are gonna die, but why would anyone want to speed up the process of degradation?

    Beyond the acute phase: a comprehensive literature review of long-term sequelae resulting from infectious diseases https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC10864624/









  • I use glass carboys bio-reactors, and also have a couple stainless steel cone bottom bio-reactors. The first, not so fancy; temperature control is accomplished by moving them to a room that has something approximating the apppropriate temp. The second has a tap near the bottom, and a hole for an airlock on top. I do have a couple heat belts, if I needed to raise temp, as they came cheap from a kombucha operation that was shutting down. Hmm, for that matter I do have that instipot for making natto or yogurt, it’s a bioreactor too, now. Come to think of it, so is this silly sphere in space we’re conversing upon. Cheers!


  • And BTC went from approximately zero to approximately $100K over that time. What else are you advising against at this time? To be honest, I had read an article on cryptocurrency somewhere around '09, and thought, “wow, this is where currency is headed!” I asked a friend who was a nerdy computer programmer type, and he said it was like tulip mania in The Netherlands, so I didn’t invest. Sigh.

    From Investopedia: (https://www.investopedia.com/what-can-you-buy-with-bitcoin-5179592) - since I don’t know everything, and nobody else has said this…

    *Bitcoin launched in 2009, enabling transactions via crypto debit cards linked to Mastercard and Visa

    *Bitcoin can purchase products like electronics, luxury watches, and cars.

    *The SEC approved the first U.S. spot Bitcoin ETFs in January 2024.

    *PayPal lets users buy, sell, and hold cryptocurrency in their accounts.

    *Cryptocurrency debit cards offer an easy way to use Bitcoin for purchases.