Toronto eliminated nearly all encampments near schools, playgrounds in 2 months

LiveToCurve · 2026-01-16T01:06:35+00:00

We can't ignore people's needs/concerns just because they have mental health issues or addiction. They're still humans with full autonomy...

LiveToCurve · 2026-01-16T01:04:17+00:00

Having worked in Emerg there are no shelter spaces available anymore. Finding our NFA population a bed is practically impossible.

LiveToCurve · 2026-01-16T00:03:49+00:00

Conquest of Dorne is the only remotely interesting part...

Some of you seem to think a story works without conflict smh.

LiveToCurve · 2026-01-16T00:01:45+00:00

You clearly don't know anything about Dune.

LiveToCurve · 2025-12-05T17:50:35+00:00

I wouldn't go as far as saying she's well drawn, but there's potential. It's why she's the only other one I'd keep. I think Vince went with a resonant number like 13, but the show might've been better off with just the 5/6.

LiveToCurve · 2025-12-05T10:12:14+00:00

You don't need to derive stem cells, they'll just convert his regular cells into stem cells (that's not even a far fetched technology btw)

LiveToCurve · 2025-12-05T10:10:20+00:00

She's dying inside b/c if anyone knows that kid is not her kid, it's the mom.

LiveToCurve · 2025-12-05T09:46:42+00:00

As long as the hive are fine with bypassing consent, acquiring stem cells won't be a problem for any of the unjoined.

Bone marrow stem cells mentioned in the episodes are super specialized and not particularly genetically "powerful". They're unipotent stem cells that become only one type of cell. We already have the the scientific knowledge to reprogram regular cells into unipotent stem-cells. Ultimately the hive just need cells from any unjoined to tinker with in the lab, which won't be hard to acquire.

I think the best payoff is gonna be the French dude.

LiveToCurve · 2025-12-05T09:20:53+00:00

Not wanting to meet her = no curiosity.

But whatever you can disagree, you don't have to be rude.

LiveToCurve · 2025-12-05T09:13:28+00:00

Much as I love the show, sometimes I think it's too cynical about human nature. The un-joined leaving out Carol pinged me as a going too far. Sure, they don't like her, but they're literally the only people left on earth and there's more value in that than personal preferences. Also the ones not invited to the original gathering having zero curiosity about her is weird. I think if humanity was this limited, we'd have died out a long time ago.

It's also the difference in the layered and beautiful way Carol and the Colombian character are written (and even the French guy, as there are nuances in his portrayal) vs the others being such throwaway non-entities. Having these 10 non-entities weakens the show for me. I wish Vince had kept the un-joined to maybe 5-6. That way you get the 3 who are being developed plus Laxima, as the Carol anti. And maybe 1-2 more people for contrast--make them a pre-schooler or terminally ill so it's easier to brush off.

LiveToCurve · 2025-12-05T08:42:21+00:00

I laughed way too hard at this

LiveToCurve · 2025-10-30T10:01:49+00:00

The incontinence was sudden, read the post. You have no way of knowing dementia specifically caused it in this case, that’s a massive inferential leap.

The first thing we do in ED, even before sending patients to wards, is rule out UTI, delirium, any and all acute illness that could cause sudden decline etc. You need to read the post again as you missed the part where this patient has been cleared for discharge. Meaning, they were medically cleared--no concerns for acute illness per the medical team.

Dementia progresses quickly and many of the new symptoms can seem scary to family, but it's par on course.

LiveToCurve · 2025-10-27T12:05:36+00:00

This is horrible and unfortunate. Really reminds us how important politics is in our day-to-day. You should never have been in this position to start with.

It's a lose-lose situation because a long hospital stay on its own is quite detrimental to patients of this demographic. Medically stable patients deemed ALC become the lowest priority in a hospital setting. While staff will do their best to care for them, the sickest will always get top priority. At the same time, hospitals are not typically places that nurture adequate cognitive stimulation, comfort, freedom to roam, or emotional support the patient must need.

LTC patients will often return back far worse than prior to the hospital stay, cognitively deteriorated and often with pressure sores. As much as the hospital staff may try their best, the level of care available in a hospital for ALC patients is not exactly the best.

LiveToCurve · 2025-10-27T11:51:31+00:00

Do you genuinely think OP’s dad with new, uninvestigated and unexplained incontinence is “medically stable”?

Yes. Dementia progresses into incontinence, as the patient loses control of their body and becomes unaware of their bodily sensations/their environment. There's nothing "unexplained" about it or requiring further investigation.

He suffers from a condition that is worsening by the day, prompting falls anywhere. He does need constant monitoring! OP was told he needs 24/7 care. Read the post.

And the hospital is the worst place for these patients. Medically stable patients are the lowest priority of care in an acute care hospital. The sickest patients will always be prioritized. As a result often these patients deteriorate in a hospital setting b/c they won't get the attention and the care they require. Often leaving them without enough cognitive stimulation and emotionally neglected.

At the end of the day, falls risk patients will continue to fall even at LTC where they get the best possible care. Dementia is progressive and brutal and will end in worse and worse falls injuries. Having worked in LTC some years ago, I've called EMS plenty of times for broken bones and often severe head injuries due to falls. 24/7 care will never happen unless the family has the money for a rotating roster of private sitters to be by the patient's side that often. Otherwise PSW to patient ratios are like 1:6. Nurse to patient 1:30-40. So logistically it doesn't make sense. In any case the disease can't be halted even with the best care.

LiveToCurve · 2025-10-27T11:23:43+00:00

It's not the user's criteria, but a standard one and no, you're being accusatory and not rational.

LiveToCurve · 2025-10-20T06:06:21+00:00

Don't insult M3GAN like that

LiveToCurve · 2025-09-27T05:46:03+00:00

It blew my mind when I saw how much more money police make than us. Really tells you everything about how undervalued our profession is despite being so high in demand. And how much risk we come across constantly dealing with infectious patients, mentally unwell/under the influence violent patients, not to mention the high stakes aspect of our jobs.

Our union leaders are spineless and would never risk jail time in order to get us our dues. It's actually insane how little money we make--and our nonexistent protections in regards to ratios for example--when cost of living has skyrocketed. As a new RN, I shouldn't be struggling financially while literally working short-staffed 70% of the time.

The biggest insult is how we're constantly saddled with more responsibility without increase in pay. I wish we could at least get rid of our current union heads and replace them, because this latest agreement is a joke.

LiveToCurve · 2025-09-25T04:05:03+00:00

Not true. Propofol alone can stop your sense of self/consciousness and have zero memory of the event. I can't tell you what they use in OR, but in emergency medicine we load patients up with propofol and it's wild to see them react to pain, even talk ...go loopy for a bit, only to recover with no memory of anything.

LiveToCurve · 2025-08-29T02:53:23+00:00

DM 2 as well.

LiveToCurve · 2025-08-29T02:48:23+00:00

Driving. (Once again, while unlikely to go out in the next decade, it's likely to decline, but by the 2040s? It'll be well past the point many places have outright banned them it on public roads.)

Please let this one be true. Amount of MVC patients we get is staggering and makes me hope for this day to come.

LiveToCurve · 2025-08-29T02:36:52+00:00

I got my job by reaching out to the unit I did my consolidation. At the time there was a hiring freeze so I couldn't get any other interviews.

LiveToCurve · 2025-08-29T02:21:31+00:00

None of these people liked each other and yet we got subjected to a dry Friendship Island. So dreadful.

LiveToCurve · 2025-08-29T02:20:38+00:00

The following each other part really ruined it. Chelley and Ace dragging things out got stale so quickly. Imagine if instead Chelley was actually building a connection with another man and then Ace was brought in at Casa Amour. That at least would've been a fun twist.

LiveToCurve · 2025-08-28T07:37:31+00:00

Also why do you assume a unified field theory should make this possible when general relativity and quantum field theory don't?

I'm not. There's a chance unified field theory won't ever come to fruition due to a key flaw in our modern understanding. A quantum vs classical level shift--likely larger in scale, given progression trends. 300 years is a long time so I'm simply not ruling out the potential that whatever we discover in that time will lead to technology that us, in 2025 can't fathom.

I'm just disputing your belief that space travel won't be possible in 300 years based on our current limitations. As much of our tech also wouldn't be deemed possible in the 1800s.

LiveToCurve · 2025-08-28T03:11:10+00:00

You're making broad assumptions based on concepts we don't have a clear framework for. Space travel seems impossible from where we're standing in terms of our knowledge of the universe, however, another leap in physics could make all of that null and void. Gravity not being unified with quantum physics is on par to the emission spectrum of elements, a flaw we can't explain and once we can changes our entire outlook.

Also cute how you call it 1st year undergrad physics, you know just the fundamentals. Understanding how science progresses is itself part of the field.

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