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Immediate failure for not being academia levels of brain-broken. You’ll sit in your cube and like it!
Oh, the funniest part of this to me was how certain I was it was true. I used to have to find alternate routes into the building all the time because of the geese. I think they nested in the bushes near all the doors. If it wasn’t, it was a very good lie and I appreciated the effort anyway.
This was for a lab I was teaching, so they had to be there in person. It was a 3 hour block, so I wouldn’t have even asked why they were late. I only even remember 5+ years later because they came rushing in with an explanation and I thought it was hilarious.
This may have worked. I once excused a student for being late because the geese were being aggressive.
DrabPoultry@midwest.socialto
politics @lemmy.world•16 Democrats Just Voted to Confirm Another Trump Appointee
18·1 year agoDonate harder and maybe they’ll consider doing something!
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News@lemmy.world•Target foot traffic down for 11th straight week after caving on DEI
17·1 year agoGo fash, no cash.
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Cats@midwest.social•Help, I think my cat is a vampireEnglish
1·1 year agoMy first cat was similar when I first got her. She’d hide under my bed all day, but creep out at night, especially when I was sleeping, to check me out and see if I was safe. She eventually became the most outgoing, friendly cat. Unfortunately, the solution to this might just be more time for her to decompress and adjust. I would try something like a feliway diffuser or calming spray to put on the places she usually hangs out.
Fuck Cuck Schumer
DrabPoultry@midwest.socialto
News@lemmy.world•Rubio Orders State Department to Stop Issuing Accurate Passports to Trans People
7·1 year agoDo you genuinely think the government doesn’t have any trace of whether or not you have changed your gender marker?
Bureaucracy is kind of their whole thing.
Maybe it’s just because I’m in a red state, but I know for a fact my state keeps track of that. I’m probably going to a camp very quickly.
DrabPoultry@midwest.socialto
AskUSA@discuss.online•What's your "American healthcare" story?English
8·1 year agoI had to have an incredibly painful procedure (with no pain relief or anesthesia) to determine if I had endometrial cancer. My insurance “covered” it, but I still owe over $2000 for it.
DrabPoultry@midwest.socialto
No Stupid Questions@lemmy.world•Can a COVID test show your level of infectiousness?
2·2 years agoDefinitely. Plus, you can absolutely get different CT values from two different testing platforms. Some PCR tests are more hands-on than others and the result can vary based on the quality of processing and on the settings that are used in the analysis software.
DrabPoultry@midwest.socialto
No Stupid Questions@lemmy.world•Can a COVID test show your level of infectiousness?
6·2 years agoA home test won’t. A PCR gives you some idea if you can get them to tell you the CT (cycle threshold) value of your test. The CT value corresponds to how many times the temperature cycled before the amplification signal of the sample became detectable. Lower CT values correspond to higher viral loads.
I have a cat that gets a lot of respiratory stuff too. I bought her a cool humidifier and I set it up next to her favorite bed when she’s really congested. It seems like it must help, because she’ll mostly hang out next to it until her cold passes.
DrabPoultry@midwest.socialto
cats@lemmy.world•A portrait of Unsinkable Sam. A cat who survived the sinking of three navy ships during WW2.
111·2 years agoHis face is like, “again with this shit??”
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News@lemmy.world•COVID-19 hospitalizations are increasing in US, rates are highest among oldest and youngest Americans
5·2 years agoThe data is coming from the CDC. They need to wait for partnered hospitals to identify positive cases and sequence them for variant tracking. We’re currently waiting for our contract with them to be approved again. They’re getting very limited information right now, so things are probably even worse than they look. Yay!
Edit: the last update I got from my area says about 20% of people tested for covid are positive, including close to 10% of asymptomatic people. Stay safe, everyone!
DrabPoultry@midwest.socialtoTechNews@radiation.party•[HN] Stop Using Plastic Cutting Boards
12·3 years agoA tempered glass cutting board would be a good alternative. Definitely more fragile than wood, but non-porous and dishwasher safe.
DrabPoultry@midwest.socialto
World News@lemmy.world•More Than 80 Percent Of Americans Can’t Afford New CarsEnglish
1·3 years agoIf only you could still get a used car for $5k. I had to replace my 20+ year old car due to a hit and run that absolutely destroyed it structurally. The best I could find on short notice (I didn’t have a choice because I live too far from work to bike and public transit is a joke here) was $20k. It is older than my previous car was when I bought it and nearly 4x the price.




This comment looked like it double posted, so I tried to delete one and it deleted both, but I feel like it’s important:
The police have no constitutional duty to serve or protect you.
https://www.nytimes.com/2005/06/28/politics/justices-rule-police-do-not-have-a-constitutional-duty-to-protect.html