16.12.16//Studying my fave topic! I love study the circulatory system so much it’s so interesting
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16.12.16//Studying my fave topic! I love study the circulatory system so much it’s so interesting
so talented!
。.:*☆ –––– 6.16.20 –––– ☆*:.。 BACK AT IT, FOLKS! Today begins my LSAT journey! I’m starting with Khan Academy and have joined a virtual study group! I’m going to take the LSAT in August and maybe also in October. Anyone else studying for the LSAT? I need friends who are going through the same thing!
。.:*☆ –––– 6.17.20 –––– ☆*:.。 Listening to: Daren’s Lemon Grove album
Late start today, admittedly. I haven’t used my milk bottle glass yet so my barista instincts kicked in (I was a barista for four years)! Pictured is my mini macchinetta which is a great substitute for a countertop espresso maker (which are REALLY expensive). This was $24 from Target! It produces more volume than a traditional espresso (1 oz is traditional) but it produces a really great flavor! Pictured is a soy latte frothed with a milk frother! Now to start the LSAT Hacks book!
PSA: no name is impossible to pronounce. no name is too hard to learn, no name is justifiably butchered. kids with ‘different’ names should be taught again and again that being called by their name is a right, not a privilege
there are over 2000 unique phonemes (individual sounds) in the world’s languages, and each language has anywhere from around 20 to 60. you stop learning new phonemes it’s theorized at around age 12. this is where accents come from – using your own language’s/region’s phonemes to speak
so no name is impossible to pronounce world-wide, but it is very easy to not have the linguistic archive necessary to pronounce a given name entirely correctly. it is a simple case of physically not knowing where to place your tongue, whether or not to vibrate your vocal chords, etc. the only one of the dictators of sound you could be shown is how to position your lips
that being said… obviously you should still try. saying a name as correctly as you physically can goes a long way for making someone feel respected and humanized, and dismissing a name entirely as too hard goes a long way to disrespect and dehumanize people. just also accept that someone’s accent interfering with their pronunciation isn’t a sign of lack of trying, but a sign of physical limits
This is very true. I met a baby at my old store whose name was Navajo. I did my best and actually got a bit frustrated because there was a syllable I could NOT get, and her dad was like “it’s very hard if you don’t actually speak Diné, but thank you. Most people won’t even try.”
Be the one who tries.
Yes, there’s a big difference between getting as close as you can with your native language’s phonology, and just not even trying
“Be the one who tries.”
Also, please try to spell it. I have a hard name to spell and I guess, pronounce. People usually struggle, and I accept anything that sounds like a reasonable pronunciation, as long as people try. (the Guy, though, got the pronunciation right on the first go without me even telling him what it was meant to sound like. Not gonna lie, I was impressed). What frustrates me is when it gets misspelled in emails, or when they send emails to entirely the wrong address. Or it’s spelled wrong on certificates etc. Like, I’ve literally given you my name and you can’t be bothered to read it, copy it over and check you haven’t made a big mistake? That’s lazy and it’s rude. And it causes problems. Certificates have to be redone. I often need to chase emails that were never sent to me (but were meant to be) because someone wrote in the wrong spelling and didn’t check. It happens often enough that at work I usually ask people for their email address and email them so they can write back to me. When it keeps happening, it gets frustrating. When you’re lazy with someone’s name, it affects them.
Well, that’s what you get for asking a cardiologist to solve a gastroenterology problem. A bananas solution delivered with utter unearned confidence.
September 27, 2019
everyone left the coffee shop so I had to take a pretty shot of the early evening golden light 📷
“why are these scientists talking about pluto when they should be curing ebola” because they’re astrophysicists not molecular engineers or infectious disease specialists you’re getting mad at the wrong people
*walks into Starbucks and violently shakes the barista* LOOK WHERE THE FUCK AM I SUPPOSED TO GET A NEW BED FRAME THEN????
Reminds me of this gem I saw on Facebook this morning. I have so many questions. Why is a particle physicist peddling ANY form of birth control? What the hell does “cleared by the FDA even mean?
YES. I take issue with this as well. A lot of the advertising or hype seemed to centre on the fact that it was created by a woman who is very smart in a totally unrelated field. I’m a woman, and a feminist, and a doctor. And my main criteria for someone designing new contraceptives isnt’ whether they are female, or certifiably very smart in an unrelated field, it’s what they know about O+G and fertility and can keep me from getting pregnant, as safely as possible. I have nothing against the creator, I just think her other work is irrelevant to this and shouldn’t be used as a selling point unless you can prove how your work with particles contributes to understanding fertility. But since I’m already here, we’re going to talk about this app, because contraception is always something I’m ready to rant about. So this app (like many ‘rhythm cycle’ methods) is billed as a natural form of contraception. It’s not new, it’s just something that has been repackaged, though I’d love to see its learning algorithms to see how it’s improved on existing ‘natural family planning’ methods that have always been unreliable. It promises to be very reliable, but UK watchdogs have found its advertising to be misleading; it can’t be said to be “highly accurate” according to the ASA, who also felt that typical use of the app led to results that fell below comparison with existing forms of contraception. Natural Cycles suggests typical-use efficacy rate of 93% and a perfect-use efficacy rate of 99%, however their initial study was found to have high dropout rates- people who didn’t get on with it may not have been included, and that can alter the numbers. In reality, it matters much more what most people do, in everyday use. And that data can be harder to get. It’s been pointed out by the NHS that the data on these apps is limited, and comes only from the companies themselves; therefore more research is needed to ensure that these forms of contraception meet the standards we hold existing contraception to. The ASA found that research showed that 91.7% of users did not become pregnant over the course of 13 cycles based on typical use of the app. They found that only 9.6% of cycles were considered as perfect-use, where the app had been used precisely as instructed. This is a difference in the data from the original trial; it’s possible that the population of the trial were perhaps not representative of the average user - not everyone is equally motivated to do things as prescribed. Which is why I will always go on about how typical use of a contraceptive really matters. There’s a really good breakdown of the whole Natural Cycles story on FullFact. You might think what’s the difference between 91.7% and 99% - they both sound quite high. But if something is 99% effective, only 10 in 1000 women will become pregnant. If something is 91.7% effective, 83 out of 1000 women will become pregnant. Compare that to something like a mirena coil or implant, where only 1 out of 1000 women will become pregnant. The most commonly used Pearl Index looks at numbers out of 100, but both those methods have a higher than 99% record. The numbers matter, because each 1 is a person who then has to make decisions about what to do about this unexpected and often unwanted pregnancy. There have been quite a few concerns in general about how reliable these methods are, and whether there is an increased number of abortions or unplanned pregnancies as a result. Some people feel that it was misrepresented to them. I’d been keeping an eye on stories about the app, because I was wary in believing any rhythm method could be that reliable, and it’s really sad to hear how much it has affected some people. This method relieson things like charting mucus thickness, body temperature when you get up first thing in the morning and other signs that you might be ovulating, to know which days are riskiest to have sex on. However, it relies on a lot of things, like you getting up at exactly the same time every day, and having a regular cycle. There are lots of things that might affect your body temperature; workouts, being hungover, smoking, having sex, being sick, stressing etc. This kind of method is actually used pretty successfuly for couples who want to get pregnant, because the risks are a lot lower if you’re using it to choose which days you want to have more sex to make babies. It’s worth noting that it’s still a viable contraceptive option for some people. If they have horrific side effects with hormonal forms (or just really want to avoid them), and are rigorous about taking measurements. The ideal user for this kind of method is someone who is a little older and more settled; perhaps someone in their 30s, who is rigorous about checking their measurements every morning, and who has a regimented life with the same waking times every day. It’s also probably someone who ideally doesn’t want to get pregnant right now, but who, if it did happen, would still be OK with it; the risks are mitigated if pregnancy isn’t that big of a deal to you, and you’re managing the timing of a baby, rather than trying to prevent your world from imploding. I’m really glad that it’s an option for people, but I really would like these methods to be sold as what they are; a trade off in which people have to input a lot of data (and risk user error), have to have regular cycles and routines, and really should use other protection on any days that might be borderline, so that they don’t need to use hormonal contraception. But if pregnancy is something you really, really want to avoid, it’s always best to double up on your contraceptives and/or use a more reliable method that cuts out as much user error as possible, if you can.
Unpopular opinion: Being intelligent isn’t an excuse for being unkind.
Pretentious asshole is OUT! Pretentious Sweetheart is IN! Wearing dapper clothes and holding the door open for others makes you feel COOL AS H*CK! Glance up from your hefty books to give a stranger a smile!! Quote literature to inspire others! Be presumptuous in the way that you presume that everyone needs their day to be a little brighter!!!
Administration showed us this tweet on day one of grad school and boy did it hit home
I so funny 😛
I laughed.
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“why are these scientists talking about pluto when they should be curing ebola” because they’re astrophysicists not molecular engineers or infectious disease specialists you’re getting mad at the wrong people
*walks into Starbucks and violently shakes the barista* LOOK WHERE THE FUCK AM I SUPPOSED TO GET A NEW BED FRAME THEN????
Reminds me of this gem I saw on Facebook this morning. I have so many questions. Why is a particle physicist peddling ANY form of birth control? What the hell does “cleared by the FDA even mean?
Someone pray for me and this Step exam
I will send you the world’s most harmonious vibes and prayers.
But you do not need them.
Just show up test day, show it what you have, and walk away.
Because you’ve put so much into this and you’ve got it.
You are enough. This test is a number. The world will harangue you all it wants but I know the following to be true:
This is not about your worth about being a physician.
If you want to be a physician, by golly, you will be one. Honest.
I passed. I *just* passed. Then I matched.
Even now, on my last year of residency, I will work to become a better physician. There is so much a number cannot define me or anyone else by.
There is always another chance to do better and be better, regardless of the outcome. The core of every dream is still achievable.
So that’s why I say, show it what you have and move on.
Because we need you out here and I so look forward to the privilege.
All I need for work! Genius!
this diagram is a gift
A gift from the cardio gods!
As a pharmacist, you’ll never have to interpret an EKG, they said.
HA
LIES
I’m not bringing up the QTc interaction unless it’s serious. Also, uh, why are we using flecainide in structural heart disease.
And why do I work at the only hospital with EKG printouts that don’t calculate this stuff for me.
Anyway I just saved this image, thank you.
P.S. pharm students, yes I look at images too. No white count or fever, they’re ordering vanc and Zosyn for “HCAP” you bet I’m opening that x-ray to eyeball the consolidation in the lung tissue, trying to find something to support verifying that order.
kill me I will never learn to read an EKG 😓
Ha wait until you get a job in a place with paper charts
I am teaching this stuff and that flowchart is a gift
Guys not to be dramatic but *falls into sofa with a hand on my forehead* it's been a week~
and you survived. you're amazing :)
why were prezis ever a thing. who was like “i wish this powerpoint could give me motion sickness”