Of course, OF COURSE the fucking operator of that famous excavator trying to free the ever given is both a sub-contractor and still hasn't been paid for all of his fucking OT work yet.
https://jalopnik.com/guy-who-worked-21-hour-days-to-dig-out-the-ever-given-h-1846641635
HIV news (vaccine development), European Pharmaceutical Review source
"A novel vaccine approach for the prevention of HIV has shown promise in Phase I trials, reported IAVI and Scripps Research. According to the organisations, the vaccine successfully stimulated the production of the rare immune cells needed to generate antibodies against HIV in 97 percent of participants."
"In the Phase I IAVI G001trial, 48 healthy adult volunteers were enrolled to receive either a placebo or two doses of the vaccine compound, eOD-GT8 60mer, along with an adjuvant developed by the GlaxoSmithKline.
One of the lead investigators on the trial, Dr Julie McElrath, senior vice president and director of Fred Hutch’s Vaccine and Infectious Disease Division, said the trial was “a landmark study in the HIV vaccine field,” adding that they had demonstrated “success in the first step of a pathway to induce broad neutralising antibodies against HIV-1.”"
There's more details in the article, but like...
Holy shit, y'all.
HIV has been an ongoing quiet pandemic, under-treated due to assholes associating it with the LGBTQ+ community and moral failings, for as long as I've been alive.
This is such good news I'm crying.
So, the paint took a little longer than the #2MinuteSketch, but I made a little picture this morning. Total work time of about fifteen minutes, with the linework at under two. @Curator
One more time, with feeling:
I'll be speaking tomorrow at hackers.town's Virtual Hackerspace meeting
Saturday, April 3rd, 2021 at 6 PM EDT / 10 PM UTC. meet.jit.si/vhs
If you've been interested in finding out more about what we're doing with #theTubes swing on by!
Meeting will be livestreamed on video.hackers.town and stream.aardwolf.social.
Hands-on workshop to connect new peers to the tubes immediately following the presentation!
New tarot inspired open-source typeface dropped: https://velvetyne.fr/fonts/basteleur/
The 2021 Gender Census worldwide report is now published:
https://gendercensus.com/results/2021-worldwide/
Here's a summary/TL;DR:
mh, food, meat, alch, relationship, kink/cbt/lewd joke
I spent today reading in a mild fuge until the early afternoon, then went and split wood with a crush, and then shared steak and merlot with them. Honestly, a pretty good Sunday. The steak could have been better, but I gave them the best cut and they seemed pretty happy with it.
Three hours with an ax, a sledgehammer, a Sawzall, and a chainsaw did me some real good. Plus, there's now a woodpile about the size of a loveseat, and my crush might've learned how to coil cables so they don't tangle.
I would like the world to know that "Wanna come over and split some wood?" is an excellent pickup line to use on Starlesses, but I will probably take you more literally than you were hoping.
re: Fungus doodles, 18+ anime
@Quartz_Movement I think it's because I'll cw'd it for food mention and your instance assumes that people only cw stuff because 18+.
If you're really looking for that intersection, though, episode 5 of the anime Interspecies Reviewers covers profane/sexy fungi.
@deianeira this is very cool! I haven't built any instruments of note, but I do own a few unusual ones. I've been chewing on a re-design for the electronics on an electric midi harp I own.
What kinds of harps did you make?
@f0x missed u.
Good luck finding a balance that works well for you, etc. You're very cool. :>
Fox picture
@pixelflowers@notbird.site @f0x oh, I wish. I should have marked it as a repost when I put it up! Sorry about the confusion!
Semaphor foxes sound amazing, though. That is SO cute!
i like kind machines. pro-people-not-dying. anti-nazi. anti-colonizer. pagan, but lazy about it.
I am #HardOfHearing, #nonbinary, polyamourous, into ttrpgs and #tech. Hobbyist #leatherworker, hobbyist scifi author, community builder, and artist.
I like to build #whimsical things that help people to #dream better and form meaningful connections. If you wanna hang out with friendly computer weirdos in Minneapolis, lemme know.
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