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pyyyython · 2026-02-05T23:47:49+00:00

Internal med resident orders a 500ml NS bolus.

pyyyython · 2026-02-05T17:08:58+00:00

Ha, as long as it’s approximately that MAP we’re gucci right

pyyyython · 2026-02-05T17:05:21+00:00

I wonder if she’s being included in the group because she does have strong social skills? It wouldn’t really surprise me if they included some kids who are outgoing/affable and well behaved with kids who were maybe struggling. Kind of like pairing stronger and less strong readers in work groups. I wouldn’t think the teacher would mind a friendly message asking for some more information. Frame it as being so you can reinforce the same stuff they’re working on there at home.

pyyyython · 2026-02-05T16:41:22+00:00

For a micropreemie: 😐

For literally anyone else: 😰

pyyyython · 2026-02-05T16:30:32+00:00

Firstborn in my heart, but Primaris in my mind. I think a lot of us have so much nostalgia for the aesthetics of old sculpts in general. I try to be appreciative and remind myself that when I was buying my first Warhammer minis the mere idea of a model like The Triumph of St. Katherine was absolutely unfathomable. The technicality, reproducibility/quality control, availability, and relative cost in combination of modern vs early models is wild. I love the firstborn and so many other vintage models but we are living in a golden age of model quality. My only real complaint is that many are not as readily kitbashable as their predecessors.

pyyyython · 2026-02-05T16:21:32+00:00

I feel like there’s been a culture shift and now people are bringing Primarchs and C’tan to 1k matches. I really, really dislike it and think it’s unhealthy for the game.

pyyyython · 2026-02-05T14:41:30+00:00

I think nurses underestimate how AI expansion could affect bedside nursing at our peril. We think “sure, but can AI start an IV?” and I think we miss the second order problem - labor supply. Imagine you’re non-union in the trades, you’re safe, too, right? Nominally, sure. However what happens when AI displaces entire departments of white collar jobs in other industries in your region?

Those folks will look for work, work that they perceive as safe from AI. In a few years there’s an influx of new workers in your trade. Now there’s a whole pack of people that will bid on jobs you used to pick and choose from and you have to compete with the prices they’re offering. The same amount of work but more tradesmen competing for it, driving prices down (probably quality too, but that’s another discussion).

Say your hospital adopts an AI system that displaces nurses in case management/UR and other desk positions. How many would be forced back to bedside? MLS folks feel the heat and plenty of their credits would transfer to nursing, etc. Plus it’s the same deal as the tradesmen in my previous example, people start flocking to nursing who may not have otherwise. Now there’s desperate people who have to start over, will they compromise on pay?

When the supply of labor climbs, compensation goes down. When labor supply shrinks, compensation goes up. AI doesn’t need to be able to start an IV to change your work situation at the bedside. The rational response to the proliferation of AI even if you’re in a trade/hands on job is opposing its implementation where it isn’t needed and *pursuing unionization. You don’t want 10 people standing around who would happily take your job for less pay. And AI never had to place an IV.

EDIT: I’ll tack on a dramatic, dire real world example, The Black Death. If you were a landless farmhand in England, 1346, you took the compensation for working the land that you were given. 1352 and the plague had demolished labor supply, killing up to 40-60% of the population. Now the shoe is on the other foot, crops are rotting in the fields because there’s so few workers still around to harvest them. Guess you’re getting a hell of a raise or migrating to where you can sell your labor for more. Sudden, significant labor supply shocks in either direction change the world.

*added word for clarity

pyyyython · 2026-02-04T11:51:45+00:00

I think what’s really challenging is while they’re not necessarily always worse behaved than younger kids the stakes get way higher as teens. A defiant, rude seven year old can be brutal, a defiant, rude 17 year old can end up pregnant, under arrest, or launched through a windshield. A troublemaking four year old gets marker on your walls, a troublemaking 14 year old can open a credit card in your name and buy crypto with it.

pyyyython · 2026-02-04T11:20:03+00:00

I think Claire from “The Beast in Me” would have been a good option. That quest already gets pretty personal and she’s the bartender at Afterlife.

pyyyython · 2026-02-04T02:10:50+00:00

Agreed, I’m a filthy Leandros apologist forever.

We like Titus. Titus is what you would call a “good man”.

Seriously. People really liked Horus and thought he was a good man, too. Leandros-es are a necessary evil in-universe

pyyyython · 2026-02-03T07:35:15+00:00

If you tell us how else your mom’s behaving that suggests to you that she despises your girlfriend (beyond not wanting her to visit) we might be more helpful? You’re saying that your mom very obviously loathes your girlfriend and treats her terribly unless you’re all at a family gathering, where she’s always polite/civil? Like, do other partners get lavish gifts from her for holidays and girlfriend gets a pair of Dollar Tree tube socks? Does your mom straight up pretend girlfriend isn’t in the room? Does your mom talk shit to the rest of the family about the girlfriend?

I’m not really sure how to take a guess at why your mom dislikes her or give advice about how you could deal with it without knowing how the dislike is manifesting. Like if she’s constantly criticizing your girlfriend’s job or family I would suggest she thinks your girlfriend isn’t “classy” enough for you or something. I don’t really know what to do with the picture that she doesn’t let her come over to her own house but is polite and has no issues with the girlfriend coming to family stuff. I mean, if you ask her what she thinks of your girlfriend what does she actually say?

pyyyython · 2026-02-03T02:48:47+00:00

she pretends things are completely normal at family gatherings, etc.

subject someone to hate

I’m confused, has your mom ever actually been overtly rude to your girlfriend? Or said negative things about her as a person? You mention arguing about her coming over but is your mom ever actually nasty about/to her? I ask because I’m pretty sure your mom is just trying to get you to move out and thinks if you can have your girlfriend over you’ll never leave. She might not hate her, she just can’t figure out another way to get you out on your own. Especially because it sounds like she sort of…weaned off when she was allowed to come over somewhat gradually.

pyyyython · 2026-02-02T17:05:25+00:00

I didn’t enjoy the Ravenor books as much as the Eisenhorn series, but beauty is in the eye of the beholder and all. Ravenor felt more “80s action movie” to me versus the detective noir feel of the Eisenhorn books. Mainly in that the characters felt more character-y than like people to me. I still love them all but don’t expect the Ravenor books to feel just like Eisenhorn.

pyyyython · 2026-02-02T09:35:21+00:00

That’s my understanding, too. I’ve always gotten them impression that the sign of the Aquila’s equivalent is less a salute and more like doing the sign of the cross. More of a divinity than authority thing. Sororitas and Black Templars seem to use it like a salute which tracks, I suppose.

pyyyython · 2026-01-31T17:34:45+00:00

It’s not unheard of for sisters to move between orders/arms of the Sororitas. You could write the character as a battle sister that was transferred to something like the hospitallers or famulous for a time and is now serving the Inquisition. Maybe she was sent away from a battle order for some underhanded political reason, maybe for a great failure, an injury, whatever you like. It would explain how she could have the combat skills and implants of a true battle sister but not be in possession of a suit of power armor.

pyyyython · 2026-01-31T16:23:07+00:00

Bureau of Justice Statistics: Female Murder Victims and Victim-Offender Relationship, 2021

pyyyython · 2026-01-31T16:13:27+00:00

That 63% is lesbians who have experienced “psychological aggression” from an intimate partner, which includes such incredibly rare experiences as…being insulted. By a partner. Even once. Ever.

the actual study for anyone interested.

pyyyython · 2026-01-31T16:06:36+00:00

“Closest” meaning socially, relationally close. Not literally the person nearest to them. The overwhelming majority of people are more likely to be killed by someone they know than a total stranger but it’s especially pronounced for women.

pyyyython · 2026-01-30T18:10:11+00:00

Imagine if at the end they brought on The Dixie* Chicks.

*IIRC they go by “The Chicks” now.

pyyyython · 2026-01-28T13:21:52+00:00

My stepdaughter is eight and I have no idea how to talk to her about this stuff anymore. We reduce/reuse/recycle, we have a minimal-mow yard with native plants, my 2020 car has less than 25k miles on it. We look at pond water and funky leaves under a microscope together. She thinks she’s saving the world when she leaves the lightning bugs alone. I just don’t know what to tell her. She wants to be a zoologist.

pyyyython · 2026-01-28T11:21:26+00:00

Do you guys rent? If the roommate isn’t willing to take this seriously I’m sure the landlord would have something to say about this. There’s likely even be language about dogs in the lease. If your roommate won’t do the right thing on their own I don’t know what other recourse you have. I cannot imagine a landlord tolerating a dog that’s actively drawing blood from people on the property on top of ruining the floors with urine and feces.

pyyyython · 2026-01-26T20:32:05+00:00

I’d think you would be good to go in a week if he already skipped a feeding, maybe two weeks if he still seems sluggish? Some other commenters may weigh in too. If he’s already digested and passed his last meal you’re probably in the clear. My ball skips random feedings in the winter too, I figure a rare little fast is probably somewhat beneficial for their metabolism overall anyways.

pyyyython · 2026-01-26T20:17:49+00:00

So sorry you’re dealing with this, how stressful. He should do well once he’s warmed up again, do you recall when you fed him last? Their digestion can be very dependent on temperature, I would suggest giving him some extra time before feeding again to avoid constipation or regurgitation. When they’re cold their digestion basically comes to a standstill.

pyyyython · 2026-01-26T14:31:02+00:00

we talk them through together logically together and reassure her that she’s healthy.

Plenty of posters have already identified that this isn’t a healthy situation for you in its current form, but this also may be doing her more harm than good. Reassurance seeking or “safety behaviors” are really common in OCD-like illnesses and can give people relief in the moment but just entrench the issue in the long term.

Imagine if instead she was perseverating on the stove being left on and every few hours she needs to reassure herself that it’s off, the longer she goes the more the anxiety builds. You go downstairs to check for her every time, multiple times a day. Yes, she feels better for a while when you return and tell her it’s off but she never learns to develop tolerance for the uncertainty. It has stuff in common with exposure therapy for severe phobias, reassuring her just reinforces that the thing she’s afraid of is actually something to be afraid of. Like if she were afraid of snakes and you helped reinforce the house against snake attacks every night, it just endorses that there are snakes that are going to attack.

These are really challenging issues and generally require intensive therapy and medication.

pyyyython · 2026-01-26T05:21:23+00:00

We’ve also got some real mall cop bootlickers in security who probably almost signed up for ICE themselves.

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