Gargron shared a status by KydiaMusic

KydiaMusic@mastodon.social

He’s such a little man!

#AllCatsAreBeautiful #Dootsday #DootsToots #CatsOfMastodon #CatsOfFediverse #CatsOfPixelfed #Catstodon #Cats #Cat #OneEyedCats #LynxPointSiamese

Mayor Doots, a one-eyed Lynx Point Siamese cat, sitting upright on his back legs on a cream blanket on a grey sofa, while his front paws rest against the grey squarish arm of the sofa. The sunlight streams in from a window behind him, and his face is turned slightly toward the camera. He looks regal AF.

9 hours ago

Gargron shared a status by thatkatharine

katharine

thatkatharine@ohai.social

If you see a headline that says "air purifiers don't work," read the report to find out if the air purifiers were even turned on and running properly.

https://www.cidrap.umn.edu/covid-19/can-air-purifiers-prevent-flu-and-covid-19-nursing-homes-only-if-they-re-used-properly

Studies of air filters in the real world, however, have been less promising.

A new study from the United Kingdom found that portable air purifiers didn’t prevent respiratory infections in nursing home residents.

In the study, authors wrote that HEPA units were mostly turned to the lowest setting to reduce noise, at the request of nursing home staff. “That isn't going to run that much air through,” said Lisa Brosseau, ScD, CIH, a research consultant at the Center for Infectious Disease Research and Policy (CIDRAP), which publishes CIDRAP News. “But it's quieter and people are going to be able to stand it.”

Nursing home staff also told researchers that residents, many of whom had dementia, sometimes moved or tampered with the air purifiers.

One resident urinated into the air purifier, according to a companion article published in PLOS One. Another resident put the air purifier on his windowsill. Staff told researchers that another resident “goes around” and turns off the air purifier nearest him “because he doesn’t like the electricity being spent.”

Hay said his team considered visiting nursing homes to see if the air filters were being used, but decided against it, given the risk of transmitting COVID-19.

Asking nursing home staff to help measure air quality “could have resulted in care homes and residents deciding they did not want to endure the intervention and withdrawing” from the study.

Given the limitations of the study, Allen said authors should have tempered their conclusions.

“The biggest problem is that the conclusion doesn't match the data.” Allen said. “If you look strictly at the data, the conclusion is a small HEPA filter that's turned off doesn't work.”

1 day ago

Gargron shared a status by paul_cS

Paul Schn

paul_cS@mastodon.social

Bereit für die Sonnenfinsternis!

#Sonnenfinsternis #Plushtodon

Orangenes Plushtodon und Blaues Plushtodon sitzen zusammen und tragen Sonnenfinsternisbrillen. Blaues Plushtodon trägt eine Brille im Star-Trek "VISOR" Stil.

11 hours ago

Gargron shared a status by timwaterman

Tim Waterman

timwaterman@mas.to

The best alternative to supporting vicious transphobia by buying Harry Potter is to read Ursula K Le Guin's Earthsea books, which are magical, good-hearted, beautifully written, and rooted in anthropology. Please don't buy anything Harry Potter. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Earthsea

1 day ago

Gargron shared a status by aras

Aras Pranckevičius

aras@mastodon.gamedev.place

"GPU texture address mode collies" meme continues to be my main achievement in life, I think.

Border collie, Clamp collie, Repeat collie, Mirror collie

1 day ago

Gargron shared a status by anja

anja

anja@chaos.social

If you find a leaf, don’t let it go.
#catsofmastodon

Carlo, a grey tabby cat, in his cat tree hammock with tail wrapped around a big leaf if a houseplant, looking serious.

1 day ago

Gargron shared a status by sundogplanets

Prof. Sam Lawler

sundogplanets@mastodon.social

RE: https://social.treehouse.systems/@ariadne/117063592703392163

Most city dwellers don't know how much of the night sky has already been stolen by billionaires, because poorly planned, wasteful city lights have already drowned out the stars for them.

2 days ago

Eugen Rochko

Gargron@mastodon.social

I love a good trail.

📷️ Pentax KX
🎞️ Fuji Superia X-tra 400
🔭 Pentax M 50mm/1.7
⚗️ Come Through Lab

#BelieveInFilm #FilmPhotography #AnalogPhotography #35mm #Cumbria #TheLakes #LakeDistrict