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I have an article out today that's about how one person's determination to solve her own complex health problems led to an extraordinary effort on the part of one lab at NIH & a discovery that could lead to treatments for chronic fatigue syndrome & #LongCovid.

#news #journalism #health #MEcfs

wapo.st/3Pem0G4
(gift link)

@mavica_again the style guide we use at Kodansha says to use “never mind” even though one word with no space is obviously correct

I woke up around 5am, looked out our bedroom sliding door and gasped. Got dressed and went outside to take some phone pictures of the #yeg fog.

It's okay if you failed today. You can try again tomorrow.

Are you a hacker/maker/nonprofit in the UK? Would you like some free 64×16 px RGB LED panels? We have a lot. We need to get rid of them.

led.limehouselabs.org/docs/giv

Today was ... interesting. If you followed me for the past months over on the shitbird site, you might have seen a bunch of angry German words, lots of graphs, and the occassional news paper, radio, or TV snippet with yours truely. Let me explain.

In Austria, inflation is way above the EU average. There's no end in sight. This is especially true for basic needs like energy and food.

Our government stated in May that they'd build a food price database together with the big grocery chains. But..

my previous day job does have openings and has work that's low stress. it's just more physically active than I might be capable of right now.

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I applied to an in-house manga editing job which would be great if I got it
I'm going to ask my own managing editor about more translation work soon, too… three of my titles ended and two of them are paused pending…something that hasn't been explained to me.
and work I completed in july still hasn't paid out, and won't until like. november.

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I need an extra $250 a week
I'm not sure I'm physically strong enough to go back to my day job but 20 hours a week there would be $300+ which would do it
what other options are there… delivery driving?

LETSSS GOOOO; Kenney Game Assets All-in-1 is FREE today, instead of the usual $19.95. Get all my game assets in a single bundle, great for learning new engines 👀

Download/claim here:
kenney.itch.io/kenney-game-ass

@teaduckie 95+% of my enjoyment and time spent on the two games is in watching other people play. I think they would me by favorites even if I'd never played them

Grey Area is out now!!

Come join Hailey on her adventure to the grocery store! ...and maybe a few other places, too...

store.steampowered.com/app/232

Humble just threw up a "Learn to use #Godot !" bundle and I am HOWLING

looks like a rerun, so someone in their marketing division was able to go "I got this" and did the funniest thing by just flipping a switch humblebundle.com/software/ever

speaking of which, one of my favorite "you would never have guessed yourself people would find this 3d printable item useful" i saw a while ago: wheelchair handle spikes.

i remember someone mentioning how useful they were to "keep assholes from grabbing and moving me". it was striking how they said "grabbing me", considering it a part of their body.
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